r/pokemon • • 2d ago

Questions thread - Active [Weekly Questions Thread] 19 October 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 • • 3d ago

Hype [Hype Thread] 18 October 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 • • 1h ago

Discussion Favorite Type Triangle? (that isn't fire water grass)

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I really like electric water ground


r/pokemon • • 8h ago

Art Some recent pokemon art Ive done 🌱 [OC]

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r/pokemon • • 12h ago

Art [OC] my work of the last few weeks ☺️

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I’ve been a little quiet here on Reddit over the past few weeks, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy painting! 😄
I’ve been working on quite a few new Pokémon watercolor pieces, and I finally wanted to share some of them with you!
Hope you guys enjoy them! Let me know what you think! ❤️


r/pokemon • • 14h ago

Art [OC] Drawing Random Pokemon: Golurk & Mamoswine!

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I've been drawing random pokemon as practice and this time got two BIG boys in Mamoswine and Golurk. I was going for a colossal clash between these two titans.


r/pokemon • • 2h ago

Video/GIF Pokemon Platinum with Gen V battle style!

290 Upvotes

Someone released a romhack that takes the BW/BW2 battle system and puts it into Pokemon Platinum. I heard and understand that some don't like the fast sprite movement from gen 5, but personally, I find it adds a lot more life to the battles in a beautiful Sinnoh world. I hope that in the future we might see HGSS get this hack as well. The name of this romhack is called Platinum Reforged.


r/pokemon • • 3h ago

Art Totodile by me

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130 Upvotes

r/pokemon • • 8h ago

Art Kyogre x Lumineon

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I’m STUMPED on a name! What would you name it?

Type: Water/Ghost
(just water didn’t feel right haha)

This legendary Pokemon is known to bring calamity where it follows. Sailors say “To those that see a light glowing in the depths below, are souls that can never return home.”


r/pokemon • • 3h ago

Art Celebi fanart in watercolor traditional

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107 Upvotes

I made this on my aunt house when i was waiting for my food


r/pokemon • • 2h ago

Image HE’S SOO PRECIOUS!

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88 Upvotes

Garchomp Pokemon doll just arrived! He’s so adorable I could explode! He’s become my most favourite thing in the world 💕

Pairs so well with my Cynthia plush too!


r/pokemon • • 10h ago

Art [OC] Litwick art I just did

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412 Upvotes

r/pokemon • • 8h ago

Art OC, clients cats and fav Pokemon!

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237 Upvotes

r/pokemon • • 12h ago

News A New Physical Pokémon Retail Destination Is Coming to London: The new permanent store will be the first physical retail space for the Pokémon brand outside of Asia.

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r/pokemon • • 8h ago

Art Day 7 drawing my own pokémon cards, Roselia🌹

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For this one, I took inspiration from where I’m from, southern Spain, with its courtyards, fountains and plants full of flowers 🌸 What do you think? Which Pokémon should I draw next?


r/pokemon • • 10h ago

Art [OC] Charizard Gold Star artwork - oil on canvas

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Wanted to share my newest piece I just finished named “Unbound” , hope y’all appreciate it

💫 𝐔𝐍𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 (1/1)
OIL PAINTING / CANVAS
60x100 CM
2026


r/pokemon • • 1d ago

Art [OC] Raikou regional mexicano

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Well last post, a esas 20 personas que me apoyaron gracias. Silla o see ya ;)


r/pokemon • • 1d ago

Misc Anyone know if this Espeon plush is machine washable?

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Recently got the Espeon 18 inch sleeping plush from Walmart, but want to wash it before I actually put it on my bed lol. It didn't say if it was machine safe on the tag!! Does anybody here know?


r/pokemon • • 13h ago

News A New Physical Pokémon Retail Destination Is Coming to London

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r/pokemon • • 3h ago

Art One of my favourite Pokémon drawings I’ve done!

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(oc)


r/pokemon • • 11h ago

Discussion Raichu master set so far.

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Trying to collect every raichu. Here my collection so far


r/pokemon • • 13h ago

Craft My Post-Apocalyptic Pokemon Professor Cosplay is almost done!

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I’m hosting my first small Comicon this weekend (MHK Tiny Con in Manhattan, KS) and this will be the cosplay I wear for it so that I can hopefully still help run the show effectively. I normally wear Mandalorian Armor, my Lucario cosplay, or Nightcrawler at cons and they are all much less comfortable than this one should be!

I do still want to add the remnants of a Vine Whip on one leg, Make a Rotom case for my phone that fits in the arm mount, and make a handful of prop held items from the games to have on the pockets. Any other fun ideas?


r/pokemon • • 14h ago

Art Silkyu Fanart!💕 OG Creator / Design of: the_real_squeesh on FusionDex

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My take on this Sylveon x Mimikyu fusion for a weekly art-challenge! ฅ⁠\^⁠•⁠ﻌ⁠•⁠\^⁠ฅ The pixel art in the corner was my reference for layout and proportions as mentioned above by the_real_squeesh on FusionDex!💕


r/pokemon • • 13h ago

Art Duskull Lego MOC Minifigure [OC]

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Duskull: The Requiem Pokémon

Duskull wanders lost among the deep darkness of midnight. Duskull can pass through any wall no matter how thick it may be. Once this Pokémon chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn. There is an oft- told admonishment given to misbehaving children that this Pokémon will spirit away bad children who earn scoldings from their mothers. A glare from its single scarlet eye makes even burly grown-ups freeze in utter fear.

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Duskull! The Gen 3 Ghost Type Pokémon that was surprisingly challenging to build! It was the mask teeth that forced me to work the entire body around it! I was hoping it would be closer to pokebrx's model in size, but I'm still happy with how it turned out! Speaking of him, it was his model that I was inspired by and used as a starting point for mine!

And here is Duskull using the move Curse! Poor Brendan....💀


r/pokemon • • 8h ago

Art Perler Giratina Origin Forme

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This took quite a few hours and a lot of patience, but the Renegade Pokémon is finally complete. I'm really happy with how the colors turned out on the wings and golden crown. Let me know what you guys think!