The NPCs With ILLEGAL Pokemon?!

[@m90e]

The Banette with Shadow Force was likely an error - it was likely meant to know *Phantom* Force instead.

[@brad6546]

It's ilca what do u expect

[@XxTheCupidKidxX]

That's the quality of BDSP I guess

[@thegamerNL-mz6gr]

Or shadow sneak

[@Roman_the_black_cat]

​@@brad6546a studio with no resources to put out a game with no resources put into it. Time and creative freedom are resources

[@link4585]

Broke theory. It's a bug. Woke theory that banette is a disciple of Giritina

[@iaintaylor7390]

“Oh boy I’m sure glad we got out of that team rocket incident with the forced evolution wave entirely unscathed. Isn’t that right, Dragonair, Dragonair, and Dragonair?”

[@blessedphoenix6229]

Lol that makes waaaay too much sense

[@gameyfirebro9645]

Well it would if he didnt use one of the dragonites in the raid.​@@blessedphoenix6229

[@angelredvivar]

No wonder he had a lvl 35 Dragonite when you teamed up with him in that double battle in the Mahogany Town base

[@simplyrenirambus2982]

(Entering the fake shop that’s hiding the hideout with Lance with no evolving early inforced on NPCs) Lance: DRAGONAIR, Hyper Beam! Hah! Your DRAGONAIR’s Hyper Beam didn’t hurt THAT much. Now let me show you how it’s done!

[@SalsaPie]

I fucking love this comment

[@velvetvessel]

lance being thr villain all along fits a bit too well

[@ahmedkazi]

He is one in the manga.

[@kellyjohana516]

I mean he is in the manga and got traumatized by Yellow (an original trainer from the manga who ironically hates evolving the Pokémon).

[@jotarokujo3603]

I was coming here to make the same comment. He made a pretty great villain, too. He is, however, the complete opposite in the games and anime.

[@eknowles402]

I mean he did have a dragonite hyper beam a guy so....

[@Nitosa]

​@@eknowles402at a team rocket grunt*... But firing something equivalent to cannon at somebody 5 feet in front of you would probably still be highly immoral.

[@RichtofenDr]

My theory on Lance has always been that his Dragonairs were evolved by the same Radio Signals that Team Rocket was using on the Lake of Rage and that's what got his investigation started in the first place.

[@ShadowSkyX]

That...actually would make sense. Thank God none of them turned shiny too

[@jotarokujo3603]

I love this theory. It makes a lot of sense and adds a neat explanation for something I'd never actually questioned.

[@bugbear2357]

yep, that's been my headcanon too. I'm surprised it's not a more widespread theory tbh

[@DylMil]

This is my theory too. Why else does he just abandon the whole Team Rocket crusade after that one hideout is dealt with. Also he literally hyper beamed a dude and I'm pretty sure you don't see that guy around the town anymore

[@mikebush7667]

Except for the radio signals event happens 3 odd years after r/b/y where he still had under leveled Dragonite, right? Or was it proper there

[@LenaSpark412]

The funniest thing to me is barrier Dragonite is now a legal set that can be run, but only because an event featuring Lance’s Dragonite was released and of course that Dragonite has barrier

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

That's the point of that release. How is it funny?

[@Akinoden]

​@@itsgonnabeanaurfrommeIts the eternal "bug that became a feature"

[@shanerpressley]

I'd like to see more "one of a kind" movesets handed out as events

[@hollowsnow3815]

I'd honestly be up to see one of a kind moveset for important trainers just to get players off guard. Then could make them wifi events later.​@@shanerpressley

[@shanerpressley]

@@hollowsnow3815 One of a kid movesets are so interesting for setplay. You see an exclusive move and immediately know the EVs, nature, and movepool of the opponent

[@robertbach3592]

Don’t forget Falkner having a Pidgeotto at half the level it should be to evolve.

[@Newsteevie]

To be fair, in Yellow, you can catch wild Lv.9 Pidgeotto. The problem there is that Yellow is a separate continuity... kind of.

[@zencyn4682]

​@Newsteevie is it? I mean Red has a Pikachu and all 3 Kanto starters

[@Newsteevie]

@@zencyn4682 I'm a bit mixed on it. It was intended to be a tie-in to the anime I believe (the Pidgeotto being there in the first place references how Ash caught one), and Red isn't one of the name options at the start. I'm probably just overthinking it...

[@9drunkninjafoxes367]

Fun fact, pokemon silver and gold, you can legit get underleveled pidgeotto and fearow in the post game, so Falkner is legit lol

[@yourenotfunnybot]

​@@Newsteevieheadbutt method in the ilex forest can also get pidgeotto at a lower level, then his own pidgeotto

[@cyberspace2587]

“Say THAT to my three *inappropriately leveled Dragonites*!”

[@Robin280497]

You don't get to be Champion of the Pokémon League without knowing how to SPAM FULL RESTORES!

[@nathandawe9482]

Mattyburrito

[@thepuppet4321]

Need I mention Ghetsis’ Hydreigon?

[@Newsteevie]

To be fair Hydreigon absolutely hates him in general

[@Qualicabyss]

Tbh the problem there is that hydreigon has such a high evolution level, 54 would've been high enough Edited for clarity because I clearly messed up

[@Sassaparilla]

@@Qualicabyss oh you sweet summer child. Hydreigon is at 64, it's even worse. Wait, nvm, I missread, thought you said it evolves there.

[@Qualicabyss]

@Sassaparilla yeah ghetesis's hydreigon is at 54, 52 in the sequals which is at or only a few levels below where most of the other pseudo legendaries evolve

[@Sassaparilla]

@@Qualicabyss I'm aware of the levels, I thought you were saying Hydreigon EVOLVES at 54, which the edit addresses.

[@dnooch2147]

Got a few myself. Heartgold if you headbutt trees in Varidian forest stuff can happen. Level 2 Ariados…

[@A_3E40]

And in alola if a bagon calls for help there's a small chance of it spawning a salamence of levels has low has 2

[@owennelson5814]

@@A_3E40 Same with Shelgon, just in the cave north of the Salamence...But come on, who wants Shelgon when Salamence is available

[@Project_09]

I think in swsh you can get a vikavolt in route one, never came across one but I assume it’s very low level like the other Pokémon there

[@dnooch2147]

@@Project_09 that one is only with randomizers. Grubbin is available though

[@Hyuduro]

​@@owennelson5814 I actually have a level 100 Shelgon.

[@qb3540]

Falkner: *moving eyes back and forth quickly*

[@patfitch6660]

You can catch level 9 Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest in Yellow, so his level 9 Pidgeotto is perfectly legal.

[@dnapassionefzeromakira]

We don't mention how Pokemon GO Transfers work anymore? Got it. XD@@patfitch6660

[@DarkWizardWT]

in pokemon kanto,blue's ratata evolve into raticate at level 17 @@patfitch6660

[@matthewroberts198]

Well....really his dad. He did say he was fighting with his dad's Pokémon

[@becausesakamoto5938]

Pokemon can canonically be caught at levels under their evolution level in Pokemon Go, so maybe they all just got their underlevelled mons that way

[@amxterxsu138]

yep, i have a level 37 garchomp in sword because of that

[@Tenebrio-Morio]

And in the mainline games. Many many cases. Gyarados being a big example.

[@PKmeloa]

Same thing in some mainline Poke games

[@younghegelian1]

levels are not canonical but an abstraction of power, age, experience and such things. or at least they should be looked at that way.

[@OtisCluck]

You can get a level 10 _Salamence_ through sos battles in Sun and Moon

[@ShadowSkyX]

A future region comes along: Lance: i swear i got these dragonites in Alola! The fish spot closest to the Battle Tree!

[@Cinnamon_bytch]

he got them in let's go. ☠️☠️☠️

[@gameyfirebro9645]

​@@Cinnamon_bytchit isn't said where he got them.

[@ujingamer]

​@gameyfirebro9645 um let's go is just Kanto again you know where Lance is a elite four member and later a champion its just a different game

[@gameyfirebro9645]

@@ujingamer is it said tho?

[@shanerpressley]

​@@Cinnamon_bytchI would play co-op if you would show me how to get under leveled Dragonite

[@Nako3]

I knew you couldnt trust NPCs!

[@Mystmon]

Lance's Dragonite were probably exposed to the Team Rocket radio waves that cause Pokémon to evolve prematurely.

[@A_3E40]

Wouldn't the dragonites be blue thought?

[@Mystmon]

@pinho7047 That depends on the efficiency of the radio waves. If they were inefficient, then the Dragonite probably would have noticeable imperfections (like retaining their blue colour).

[@LRM12o8]

@pinho7047 if Dragonite's shiny was blue, sure.

[@nullpoint3346]

@@A_3E40 Who said that Red Gyrados wasn't shiny before the evolution wave?

[@blacksheep7741]

Red garos doesn't count for the simple fact when you get it from the radio tower it's that level 30 that's not a force evolution

[@KnifeToMeetYou_]

Also cant forget Ghetsis and his Lv54 Hydreigon. Even though he most likely forced a Zweilous to evolve early, he still cheated his way to a Hydreigon.

[@Prince_Eva_Huepow]

And Iris took his Hydreigon

[@mudkipman1]

Fun fact about Lance's dragonite. There was an event that gave out it's original moveset in a later game, with barrier and all

[@NevanSlone]

“Poor predictable, Lance. Always picks Dragonite” “Good ol’ Dragonite. Nothing beats that”

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Ghetsis: I am NOT a joke to you! This is all YOUR fault, boy! _proceeds to whip N repeatedly with The Belt™_

[@CandleKing-r1e]

What does this have to do with the video

[@hollowknightdale4120]

Ghetsis has an under leveled Hydrudigon he probably abused to evolve.

[@jotarokujo3603]

Sure, but why does the comment specify abusing N? This is pretty disturbing and unnecessary. It's probably not the best topic for a public joke tbh. I'm all for dark humour, but there's a time and place for that.

[@andrewli9509]

@@jotarokujo3603 Yap yap yap

[@CrimsonTy]

The way I see it, Kyogre is surrounded. What's under the ocean? That's right, more earth.

[@Zelda345able]

Jupiter's Skuntank also fits infamously with Mars' Purugly. Stunky doesn't evolve til lvl 34

[@hyrule4326]

The mars purugly comment brought back memories I HATED THAT CAT as a kid i spent so long just trying to kill it

[@nightazday7988]

Fights an organization that forcibly evolves Pokemon "here are my naturally evolved dragonites"

[@TheSpektrum1989]

Lance was investigating Team Rocket's use of forced evolution... FOR HIMSELF!

[@RAPTOR948]

Lance was probably a former member of Team Rocket and felt guilty about the Dragonites he has under their evolution level.

[@nuggetgamer1113]

They transferred a level 10Cp over to home to get a low level 😂

[@shinyblue4774]

Banette is just Giratina's childhood plushie leave em alone

[@robertwolfgan]

I love this. To be honest I don't complain when this happens, gives me a sense of fun and funny to play with.

[@zawezplays]

The level 10 Salamance from the Sun and moon games: 😈

[@lampshade6579]

Psychic Corbin was fuming so badly after you beat him the first time, he made his Banette ascend to god hood just to try and beat you. Hard af ngl.

[@theicingcreeper]

I never knew about that Banette with Shadow Force... That's just wild.

[@voltstorm2519]

"You'll never defeat me and my 3 inappropriately leveled Dragonite" - a wise man

[@MaximNightFury]

Thank you for bringing up that damn Purugly, because I've lost at least 4 nuzlockes to that thing

[@foreverandonward]

Anyone else remember when Lance was a villain who couls not only use Pokemon abilities but decided on the deaths of all humans and started by blowing up part of Veridian City.

[@180Violaceous]

Pokemon Adventures manga, I assume?

[@RainMarrlen]

@@180Violaceous Yep.

[@foreverandonward]

@@180Violaceous yeah

[@zuupower3503]

And then proceeded to be obliterated with a Butterfree + Pikachu combo from Miss Yellow

[@unknown634VODS]

Blue's level 16 raticate can't evolve until level 20, but he could have caught it from the johto region since you can find one there

[@PatrickArcato]

Who wouldn't travel to another region to avoid training a rattata for 4 more levels?!

[@LRM12o8]

@PatrickArcato I mean it is Rattata, after all! 💁

[@PatrickArcato]

@@LRM12o8 But rattata is actually strong at low levels, Hyper Fang at level 14 is extremely powerful

[@Toast_94]

It does explain why he has over 40 kinds of pokemon at that point.

[@younghegelian1]

maybe his just evolved earlier? since they can exist evidently can exist in nature, it obviously means that they can. just your don't. levels are an abstraction anyway, don't take everything so literal, it's an rpg, have some imagination

[@pikminfan6778]

Tell that to my three inappropriately levelled Dragonite!

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

ILCA got Phantom Force confused with Shadow Force. No biggie.

[@ModernAegis]

Ghetsis in the back of the room trying to hide his underleveled Hydreigon

[@hoodedman6579]

Lance’s Dragonite with Barrier definitely should have had Reflect; all Pokemon in Red/Blue have their moveset almost entirely determined by their natural level up learnset, but each member of the Elite 4 changes one move on their Pokemon to a TM move, though not usually a very good one. Lorelei’s Lapras gets Blizzard (which is great), while Bruno’s Machamp gets Fissure (which only works if you’re faster, so almost never for Machamp), and Agatha’s second Gengar gets Toxic (which isn’t great in Gen 1 to begin with but especially when it’s on the Pokemon you always send out last). Lance’s Dragonite is also his last Pokemon and also gets one move overwritten, but it gets Barrier instead of a TM move. Reflect in Gen 1 does almost the same thing as Barrier and it makes way more sense to assume it was supposed to be that. Also, fun fact, your final rival fight is special because he changes two moves; his opening Pidgeot gains the terrible Sky Attack, while his starter gains Fire Blast/Blizzard/Mega Drain depending on which one he chose.

[@UmbreonMessiah]

Hilariously, in the Pokemon Special Manga, Lance actually IS working for Team Rocket.

[@chase8044]

My theory on why some pokemon can be evolved at earlier levels is that pokemon evolve based on the strength of the trainer. Lance has a true dragons heart so his dragons will evolve sooner that yours, while you (the player) have the pokemon masters soul meaning you can catch and train anything, reaching thier max potential later than many power single type trainers.

[@BerkayGaming2011]

Lance having 3 under-leveled Dragonites does mean that he’s secretly in Team Rocket

[@HelloLordy]

Lance is holding back on you for level wise xD

[@ezrawyvern6795]

Funny enough, in Crystal and the Generation 2 remakes you can obtain a Dratini with Extreme Speed from Lance's clan. Which would explain why he has a Dragonite knowing Barrier.

[@deathblade32]

To be fair on the underlevel part In S&M you can get a level 10 salamance by reinforcement from early game bagons. Pokemon evolving at certain levels are thrown out the window with this, as a salamance is a level 50 evo That or he got a random encounter one and its a NPC version of the game that has it

[@kasuto4811]

game mechanics dont apply to npcs its just game balancing trade evos can also evolve naturally etc

[@prestongiles9917]

"These aren't even Dragon-types!" "Tell that to my THREE INAPPROPRIATELY LEVELED DRAGONITES!"

[@black-redpill3]

Blue Flame Litwick on the battle train will never stop being funny to me, because it's almost like Gamefreak is admitting it really shoud be a move known by mons other than just Reshiram in its own debute generation.

[@douglasandrews8977]

In Generation VI, there was an event Dragonite with Barrier specifically based on Lance's illegal Dragonite from Red, Green, and Blue. That is the only context in which it has ever been able to learn the move legitimately.

[@markusionescu3957]

Be grateful some of the gym leaders have fully evolved Pokémon early than their original lever. If they were at the “legal” level we wouldn’t be able to get past them

[@-acne]

Ghetsis also has an underleveled Hydreigon at level 52 in BOTH versions of Black + White. Bro is terrifying, gotta love the continuity tho

[@unamusedrowlett6303]

Ghetsis is out here with a Hydreigon that's 10-20 levels lower than it should be

[@BJGvideos]

And with Frustration!

[@zinzolin14]

I think its an interesting touch to give a handful of NPCs exceptionally strong or unique Pokémon. Champions are especially deserving of this.

[@pokebreederrichard1200]

The Lance thing is theorized that they evolved when he was at the lake of rage by the same thing that forced the magikarp to evolve.

[@kaizoku8087]

It’s debunked because he already had the Dragonite before he got there. He learned to love his dragons after being bested by both Red & Green.

[@technoredriot1587]

Bro, that graph looks like every dad's signature 🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickernane2]

On my head canon, npc trainers have access to alternative training methods wich make them evolve faster.

[@davidhower7095]

Like, you as the player are a generalist. You don’t specialize in that one type. So it’s not unreasonable to think that a type master knows how to make their Pokemon stronger faster.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

@@davidhower7095 what if I play as a specialist

[@matthewroberts198]

Honestly I like that NPCs can use illegal moves and/or have Pokemon at lower levels than they should as long as its not broken. Gives them an edge over you like how you using infinite Healing items and knowing their next Pokemon in a battle gives you the edge over them

[@tatsumakivee4201]

Sinnoh is notorious for this as well There's a farmer father and daughter trainer duo of NPCS in the very tall grass in Route 210. The thing is they have lv 21 Skunky and Glameow. Sounds normal. However in Platinum, it's a lv 24 Ponyta and RAPIDASH. Y'know, the evolution of Ponyta you can't get until level *FORTY.* Your rival Barry ain't off the hook, either, because if you didn't pick Turtwig, he'll always have a Ponyta, but in Platinum, he evolved it when you fight him in Canalave City. Except it's lv *35,* which, again, is NOT RAPIDASH'S REQUIRED LEVEL. They fixed this in BDSP, but for some unGODLY reason, Barry doesn't evolve his Ponyta until before the POKÉMON LEAGUE. Like you telling me the world is in danger from Team Galactic at Spear Pillar, but you don't fully evolve your Pokémon to give yourself a better chance to stop them?? Especially after your *"character development"* loss against Juniper back up North after we beat the 7th Gym?! 🤦

[@Prince_Eva_Huepow]

What moves does he want to learn faster to not evolve it?

[@tatsumakivee4201]

@@Prince_Eva_Huepow Only one at the level of his Ponyta at the Spear Pillar in BDSP: Lv 42. At that level, it should learn Bounce. But it doesn't. It doesn't help either it only has Stomp, Flame Wheel, Agility, and then Growl or Tail Whip depending on if you picked Chimchar or Piplup 🤷🏻

[@Prince_Eva_Huepow]

@@tatsumakivee4201 ....Ok. That's not a very helpful moveset without serious backup.

[@ThorsShadow]

That Lanturn with Earthquake absolutely surprised me when I battled that trainer.

[@sim0nho]

Explanation of the lower level evolved Pokemon: Pokémon go

[@megadragonking546]

Also don't forget ghetsis forcing his hydreigon to evolve early. Probably one of the many reasons that it absolutely detests him.

[@thisdude7736]

The image of Mars holding a action replay and a r4 card is the funniest thing I've seen all day

[@reverserio]

That graph is pretty accurate for Gold and silver.

[@johncarlosanchez7841]

Honestly it’ll be cool if they continued doing this but only for villains a la Mars and her Purugly

[@FauxSteel]

Yeah, they should do this

[@mattfriesen9535]

Lance having underleveled Dragonites make kid me believe that there was a tiny chance you could hatch a Pokémon into an evolved form instead of the base form

[@plasmadragoon]

My thoughts on this are different trainers are able to raise pokemon differently. Like how before home changed how pokemon kept movesets. In some games your could only learn some moves. Via egg moves or tm’s being added. And thus someone like lance could get dragon pokemon to evolve sooner and/or teach them moves that aren’t normally learnable

[@younghegelian1]

indeed, since there exists move tutors that can teach pokemon moves that they otherwise could not learn, why should not lance or someone else be able to do the same?

[@justaperson4656]

To be fair to the underlevelled mon, you can find wild evos under their evo requirements

[@nabeel4883]

I have played pokemon for over 10 years now. I have played through the hoenn games around five or six times. And today was the day i found out sharpedo has a pre evolution. AND THAT ITS FUCKING CARVANHA

[@Daniel-td5gi]

You gotta be kidding me i have played Pokémon for three years and i knew that

[@nabeel4883]

@@Daniel-td5gi bro no one uses a sharpedo or a carvannha on there team and they look nothing alike I thought they were a pair

[@puffinpeddler2827]

Til carvanha and sharpedo are not in fact single stage mons

[@LRM12o8]

Some people are really that obtuse?! 😳😬 They're (not there) next to each other in the Pokédex, have a similar cry, similar body, are found in the same locations and share some design elements. How can one not realize they're related?!

[@LRM12o8]

@nabeel4883 "they look nothing alike" Except for the similar blue color, the same yellow color, both being fish and most importantly *both having the same yellow star shape on their body* And while both Pokémon may be rare to find in the wild, you're gonna see plenty of them on NPC teas during any playthrough, even if you only played Ruby.

[@thequeenvsslime1]

that banette just wanted to be mega but they said no so he said fine ill give myself a powerboost myself

[@philipgelderblom6878]

Lance also only has a half dragon team. He should honestly be ashamed.

[@themainevent381]

He only has 3 dragon types but all of his pokemon are draconic looking

[@yurei4414]

Though, all his pokemon are flying type

[@NachtBogen]

I mean gen 1 wasnt exactly swimming in dragons and any following game i guess they wanted to stick to his theme of dragons and dragon looking pokemon

[@jotarokujo3603]

They put themselves in a tough situation in Gen 1. There were only 3 dragons, all of the same evolutionary line, and they hyped dragons up to be the most powerful. So it made sense that they wanted him to be the champion. They were then stuck with making a formidable yet interesting team with realistically 2 pokemon to choose from. Realistically, it would have been much more appropriate to have Sabrina take his place and demote someone else like Agatha or Lorelei. Personally, I think Lorelei works better since Agatha overlaps a bit with Koga in regards to typing and strategy. P.s. Bruno is clearly the worst, but he's also way too similar to Brock and the fighting dojo, so that would also be awkward. I feel like Lorelei is the only option unless you demote Lance.

[@younghegelian1]

why?

[@dnd1016]

At least Lance’s Lower leveled Dragonites were explained. however, not the movesets

[@pablesm]

"Fury has a scary appearance" Literally every Darkus Bakugan: Am I a joke to you

[@husky911]

That banette is just Giratina in disguise. 😂

[@usagifang]

Tbf, Nintendo has been letting signature moves for any Pokémon now. Even mimikyu knows shadow force.

[@julienbronsch5039]

It doesnt lol. Only Giratina and an event Arceus know it Maybe you mixed it up with shadow sneak

[@usagifang]

@@julienbronsch5039 nope. Mimikyu has shadow force. Look it up.

[@julienbronsch5039]

@@usagifang maybe you should look it up. Edit: Wait are you confusing Shadow Force with Phantom Force? They are similar moves

[@RogerMollet]

For the wormadam I guess the leaf cloak broke and it needed to make a new cloak and it ended up being a sand cloak.

[@buttersddragon]

they should give these like an actual canon explanation someday. like, underground methods of doing stuff like this that you never gain access to, but you hear about it through very out of the way little secret areas and stuff, like overhearing dialogue from people in an area you can't get to.

[@PurgingLight69]

There's the theory that the same radio pulses that forced the Magikarp to evolve also forced Lance's Dragonair to evolve.

[@MarioMarioPlushGUY]

“That explains how difficult she is, she CHEATED!” 😂

[@COFFEEWSUGA]

The Lance joke about him being in Team Rocket is funnier when you recall he disguised himself as a grunt in the anime.

[@RyanNerdyGamer]

Ah, yes… Bird Keeper Lance… 🤔

[@KUR0.KALAM1TY]

“Tell that to my three inappropriately levelled Dragonite!”

[@kr1s_p_b4c0n3]

I like to think that underlevel Pokemon are just the trainers holding back.

[@MilkLadsForever]

Lance got his Dragonites from Alola.

[@darunya68]

Maybe they just fed their pokemon ragecandybars when they evolved😅😅

[@oshawottblue5648]

I always headcanon that a pokemon could force it's evolution if it was in life threatening danger or was it really fucking determined.

[@NinjaKIngAce]

"...and add a Banette with Shadow Force." "Wait, Shadow Force or Phantom Force?" "There's a difference?"

[@pokemonwiz1]

The major one from earlier in r/s/e is the tubber on the beach before Slateport, his rematch has his zigzagging and linoone know muddy water, which was supposed to be an swampert exclusive move

[@The777brown]

Pokemon go has given us the explanation for lower level pokemon than their evolutions haha, got a level 14 kyogre.

[@RaltsakiVT]

The level 52 Hydreigon laughing its ass out being a whole dozen levels below it should be

[@h1_hru]

School kid anna was smart with the unexpected coverage

[@dtenca5341]

Johto's level curve graph is so accurate

[@joshuab4586]

At least with Lance the pre-level Dragonites made a little sense since he was spending so much time fighting Team Rocket and investigating the Lake of Rage radio tower which was used to evolve Pokémon early

[@shijingzhao9222]

You: How did you get these Pokémons? NPC: …. A friend gave it to me, yeah a friend.

[@Noggin-msm-u6p]

Lance captured those dragonites when they already was dragonites, u can do that

[@Dilbert1999]

Counterpoint: You can find underleveled evolved mons in the wild sometimes, so there probably are ways they can evolve legitimately underleveled, they're just not available to the player.

[@elsanzo]

Oh yes, Lance, the best flying trainer ever.

[@MischiefMakerMarcy]

There’s also the worst crime known to man: the haunter with an everstone in Gen 2

[@lilliverse23]

Mindy with her Haunter having an everstone was ridiculous, even though that was Gen 4

[@tmitchell3131]

I could live with this if they made sleep clause a thing in the story, the amount of times I've had half my team put to sleep by hypnosis. 55% accuracy my backside

[@danmeldrum312]

Don't forget Ghetsis and Iris have illegally leveled Hydreigon in their first battles. Also, Gardenia has a level 20 Cherrim even though Cherubi doesn't evolve until 25.

[@blaacksugar7714]

The best thing about Lance is that Lorelei's pokemon are a hard counter ro his.

[@idzbbyboy]

Well Lance is Lance, no argument there 😂

[@THAPOKEPINBALLER]

My take, they are such good trainers they evolved early then the normal level. They grinded the grass the hardest

[@PeircingBattleDamage]

Pokemon hates hackers, unless they're the champion of the Johto League