Weird Facts About Pokemon

Yep yep. I am so archiving these.

1. ArticUNO, ZapDOS, MolTRES.

2. HitmonLEE, HitmonCHAN.

3. Some Pokemon's 'Cries' repeat. Example:
Charizard has the same cry as Rhyhorn.
Goldeen has the came cry as Caterpie.
Ditto has the same cry as Poliwag.
Aerodactyl has the same cry as Vileplume.
Machop has the same cry as Omanyte.

4. The same actress that voices Ash Ketchum also voices his mother.

5. Arcanine is classified as a Legendary Pokemon, despite the later games changing his stats to a more normal level.

6. Squirrel + Turtle = Squirtle.

7. Mr. Mime can be caught as a female Pokemon.

8. Gyarados has never been depicted with its mouth closed.

9. The original Pokemon mascot was Clefairy, NOT Pikachu.

10. The glitch Pokemon 'Missingno' was also the only Bird-type Pokemon, as opposed to Flying-type.

11. Jesse and James were named after the outlaw Jesse James.

12. Jynx's face was originally black, as seen in early Pokemon games and movies, but they changed it to purple because it too closely resembled blackface.

13. The first 251 Pokemon were planned when Pokemon debuted; Ash can see a Ho-Oh in the first episode.

14. All the professors were named after trees.

15. In the 'PokeRap': Geodudes picture is used twice: once on Geodude, and once on Graveler.

16. Girafarig is spelled the same backwords and forwards.

Bow to my nerdiness.