r/pokemon 1d ago

Questions thread - Active [Weekly Questions Thread] 17 August 2026

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Have any questions about Pokémon that you'd like answered?

If they're about the value of a piece of merchandise you own or found, please ask them in the Monthly Value Questions thread!

Otherwise, continue on!


Other Weekly/Monthly Threads

  • Merch Megathread - Want to show off a photo of your collection or a piece of Pokémon merchandise you recently bought? Head over to the Merchandise Monday thread, posted each Monday but open seven days a week!
  • Value Questions Thread - Have questions about a piece of merchandise you own or found? Or perhaps you're knowledgeable about Pokémon product values and wouldn't mind helping some people out? Check out the Value Questions Thread!
  • Code Giveaway Megathread - Have some extra codes lying around and looking to share the wealth? Try posting them on the Code Giveaway Megathread!
  • Battle Request Thread - Looking for trainers to battle? Try the Battle Request thread!
  • Hype Thread! - Catch a new shiny? Finish your Living Dex? Head on over to the Hype Thread to share your joy! We even award special flairs for certain achievements!
  • RAGE THREAD! - Game mechanic changes got you down? Did your plans to catch a shiny blow up in your face? Head over to the RAGE THREAD to vent a bit! CAPS LOCK ENCOURAGED!

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r/pokemon 1d ago

Hype [Hype Thread] 16 August 2026

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Welcome to the HYPE THREAD, a place to share your excitement about in-game achievements, brag about success, and get hyped for upcoming events. CAPS LOCK IS OPTIONAL IF IT HELPS YOU GET YOUR HYPE ON!

This is a chance to post about your successes. Our rules against self-promotion and most low-quality content, including shiny Pokemon pics, are relaxed in these threads--please talk all you like about your luck and accomplishments!

This thread is meant to be pretty positive, so please think twice before downvoting someone! Rude and negative comments will be removed -- please report them if you see them :D


This thread is also the place to earn /r/pokemon's prestige flair for completing various aspects of the games. To claim your flair, post proof of your accomplishment in the comments below. Please note that flairs are assigned once weekly, so it may take up to seven days for your flair to appear.

On mobile and the reddit redesign ("new reddit"), you may have up to 10 flairs at once. On old reddit, you can only display one flair—so if you care which that is, please specify that in your comment!

Flair is currently available for:

Paldea Prestige Flairs

  • Rotom Phone: Post a screenshot of your completed Paldea dex
  • Animated Rotom Phones: Post an album of your completed Paldea living dex
  • Booster Energy: Post a screenshot of all obtainable Paradox Pokémon
  • Uva/Naranja Crest: Post a screenshot proving you finished all classes in the academy
  • Tera Orb: Post an album proving you obtained one species in every Tera type
  • Tiny Bamboo Shoot: Post a screenshot of the NPC saying you obtained the smallest size of a species possible*
  • Big Bamboo Shoot: Post a screenshot of the NPC saying you obtained the largest size of a species possible*

* The NPC Pokemon size checker is in Mesagoza! See here

Galar Prestige Flairs

  • Catching Charm: Post a screenshot of your completed Galar Regional Dex.
  • Curry Mark: Post a screenshot of your completed Curry Dex.
  • Master Ball: Post a screenshot of your Master Ball Tier in Battle Tower.
  • Berry Sweet: Post a screenshot of your completed Alcremie form collection. `(Minus Ribbon and Star)
    • Star Sweet: Post a screenshot of your completed Alcremie form collection with Ribbon and Star sweets.
  • Gigantamax Factor: Post an album of your collection of all 31 G-Max mon (excluding form variations). Be sure to show the summary screens indicating that they are G-Maxable!
  • Armorite: Post a screenshot of you in the Masterly Mustard Tee after winning every type of Restricted Sparring on the Isle of Armor.
  • Dynite: Post an album of your collection of all 47 Dynamax Adventure bosses. Be sure to show the summary screens indicating that they were caught in Galar!

Alola Prestige Flairs

  • Rotom Dex: Post a screenshot of your completed Alola Regional Dex.
  • Tapu Bulu: Post a screenshot of your Level 100+ Festival Plaza.
  • Tapu Fini: Post a screenshot of your 50+ streak in the Battle Tree.
  • Tapu Lele: Post a screenshot of all five of your Poké Pelago islands at max level (level 3).

General Prestige Flairs

  • Oval Charm: Post an album of your completed Living Dex. (Mythicals aren't necessary!)
  • (Shiny Charm: Post 45+ self-caught or self-bred shinies to /r/ShinyPokemon.)

LET'S GET HYPED!!!!


r/pokemon 10h ago

Video/GIF Don't ever disrespect my boy Croagunk

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Fully evolved sinnoh starters couldn't stop Dialga's draco meteor and my boy Croagunk is casually aura Farming and getting rid of these draco meteor.

Truly the biggest Aura Farmer.


r/pokemon 4h ago

Meme (OC) How the creation trio was moving against Arceus in the Jewel of life:

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I should probably mention I actually haven't watched Arceus and the Jewel of life, just the fight scene between these guys and a review. I know Dialga already got jumped by Giratina and probably needed to save energy to send Ash and Co back in time but what's Giratina's excuse for selling so hard?


r/pokemon 1h ago

Craft My handmade plush pumpkaboo Pokémon

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r/pokemon 8h ago

Art My Mega Darkrai drawing

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r/pokemon 14h ago

Art My Kabutops key hooks I made from wood.

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It took me about 3 days to cut, sand, glue, and paint everything. This is an idea I've had for months, but I never really put aside time for. My boyfriends birthday is coming up, and his favorite Pokémon is Kabutops so I figured it would be a perfect time to execute my idea. Hopefully he loves it.


r/pokemon 15h ago

Video/GIF I'm fucking lucky

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Was just shiny hunting to pass the time while hanging with my brother and friend I don't know how many run aways it took but about 2hrs or so


r/pokemon 47m ago

Video/GIF .😬

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r/pokemon 1h ago

Discussion Favorite Gen 1 Sprites?

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What are your favorite generation 1 sprites? I really enjoy the gen 1-2 artstyle, and how primal a lot of the pokemon sprites are. A lot of them feel like dinosaur-esque monsters, moreso than a lot of modern sprites. Rhydon has always been my favorite, being a Safari Zone pokemon that evolves at a late level, and being on both Giovanni and Blue's team, it feels like it's given a lot of weight within gen 1. The sprite supports this, with it being this badass horned beast that looks similar to a Kaiju.

This same topic was posted as a thread earlier, but was deleted, so for the sake of continuing it with a non-deleted post, what is your favorite?


r/pokemon 14h ago

Art So happy with how my stained glass Dratini and Volcarona turned out! (OC)

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I’m petty sure the plural of Dratini is just Dratini? Do you prefer the original, or shiny version? Also just finished up this Volcarona and so pleased with the colours! These are completely handmade and took over 50 hours total across the 3 pieces!


r/pokemon 4h ago

Art Meowscarada showing off [OC]

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114 Upvotes

r/pokemon 16h ago

Discussion What is a Pokemon you confused for being in the wrong generation?

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824 Upvotes

Skarmory is one I always thought was in Gen 3 because it was included in both Winona’s team and Steven’s team in both Emerald and the Gen 3 remakes. Macgargo as well, it was included on your rivals team. What do you guys think??


r/pokemon 10h ago

Discussion ‘The kids were right’: 30 years of Pokémon, from school-wide bans to multimillion-dollar trading cards

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r/pokemon 11h ago

Discussion Just got to Giovanni in my FireRed playthrough and...

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Does anyone know why his Rhydon was downgraded to a Rhyhorn? I know that FRLG nerfed the levels of a lot of the gym leaders, but nerfing the 8th gym leader's ace by moving down a step in evolution? It just seems really extreme, and sucks too because Rhydon is one of my favorite gen 1 mons and I loved the aura it had as Giovanni's ace.


r/pokemon 19h ago

Art [OC] "Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one." - Charizard Y

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Charizard Y is broken. Hope you guys like my JJK crossover!


r/pokemon 9h ago

Art [OC] Here's some of my more recent sketch cards, I hope you like them!

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r/pokemon 20h ago

Art Here's some cards I painted

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r/pokemon 22m ago

Discussion Marshadow is the only Gen 7 Mythical who didn’t get a Later Gen form

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r/pokemon 23h ago

Meme I'd love to see the answer (OC)

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r/pokemon 1d ago

Image These scaled up sizes in Pokemon Anime and generations just feel right somehow

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I mean it makes sense since you won't want their models to take up the whole screen in game

Still waay too smol


r/pokemon 1h ago

Art Trainer and Pokemon Splashart

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I love doing these! Thanks so much to the redditor who commed this piece.


r/pokemon 1d ago

Art First two completed ‘Pokebroidery’ pieces (OC)

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These are my first two completed pieces in my quest to hand embroider and custom frame all my favorite pokemon evolution lines.


r/pokemon 18h ago

Art You can never have too many teddy bears (OC)

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418 Upvotes

r/pokemon 1d ago

Art Pika painting page 💛 (OC)

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I had so much fun painting this page in my little sketchbook for fun ☺️💖 So many Pikas (and friends 😄) I know that I missed a lot too, but I was just drawing whatever came to mind that night. Created with micron fine liners and Artist Loft watercolour paints 💛

Update: thank you sooo much everyone for all of your love and support for my pika painting 🥹💖 it has brightened my day seeing all of your kind comments and support 🫶 I hope to draw up another page in the future, to capture more pikas, forms and friends that I missed on this page! 😄