Dark/Odd Things in Pokemon Games

[CHUCKLIT]

I had a conversation with my brother the other day about really disturbing and just bizarre instances in the Pokemon Gameboy games, particularly the RBY generation. There were quite a few we discussed:

1) Missingno.: The virus Pokemon, or the Pokemon that was never created, which still remained as a bug after the game's release. The fact that this was an accidental glitch makes this much worse; yet you have to manually activate the Pokemon by letting the old lazy man in Viridian City show you how to catch Pokemon before flying to Cinnabar island and swimming at a certain point in the water to find it. You will also find other random Pokemon with impossible levels of 120+. The Pokemon you can encounter varies depending on your character's name. You can even find Mewtwo with the right characters. However if you capture these Pokemon and win a battle with them, they immediately go back to LVL 100 and stay there.
Like I said, Missingno. is a virus that can mess up your game if you catch it. Even if it was unintentional, it can be quite unnerving when you first encounter it.

2) Lavender Town: Right from the very first game, it is pointed out that Pokemon, like all living creatures, will eventually die. Lavender Town is the resting place for all beloved Pokemon that trainers have lost. Even without the history of this town, it is quite disturbing. But on top of all this, it is revealed to the character throughout their visit that Team Rocket had tried to sell Cubone SKULLS, and in the process MURDERED a Marowak protecting her child Cubone, who afterwards wore its mother's skull whilst forever grieving for her. If that isn't disturbing enough for a children's game, I don't know what is.

3) Azalea Town: Another Team Rocket act of monstrosity. Evidently not satisfied with the money people pay for Cubone skulls, they next try cutting off Slowpoke's tails and sell them for an absolute fortune. How horrific is that?

4) Burned Tower: This generation also has a tower with a horrific back story. Obviously, the tower had burned to the ground. Three Pokemon had actually burned to death in the blaze, and were reincarnated by Ho-Oh into the three dogs, Entei, Raikou & Suicune. As if we hadn't seen enough Pokemon suffering previously in our adventure.

Anyone know any more dark or just mildly odd instances in the games? (Sorry, CreepyPasta obviously doesn't count!)

 

[Melon Hunter]

The Old Chateau from Gen IV (DPP) was genuinely creepy. Gardenia, the local Gym Leader, is too afraid to go inside. The windows glow purple at night. There's two ghosts you can see inside, which will properly freak you out if you're not expecting it (the game disables all controls momentarily as soon as the screen displays the ghost. You see this little girl appear, walk out of a room down the corridor from where you are, then vanish, all while the player character is immobilised). There's a painting of a Gengar with glowing red eyes that move to follow you around the room if you have your back to it. The statues of Pokemon 'appear to be glaring' if you inspect them. Oh, and let's not forget Rotom haunting the TV.

There's also a bit of creepy subtext regarding an 'Old Gateau' and an Antidote in a nearby bin. There's a fan theory that the ghosts are members of a dinner party murdered with poison in the Chateau. All in all, a pretty darn nasty place!

I would also count in the Turnback Cave from Diamond and Pearl where you can find Giratina if you take the right steps through the caves. After a number of identical rooms, you suddenly happen across this gigantic figure shrouded in mist with glowing red eyes, in utter silence. When my cousin found it, he screamed and nearly dropped his DS. Can't say I blame him, really =P

Also, some of the Pokedex entries have really dark undertones. Cacturne: 'If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, Cacturne will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokémon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.' I'm pretty sure they're not biding their time to come to the rescue... Phantumps are dead children who got lost in the forest. Banettes are abandoned, vengeful dolls. Honedge will steal your soul if you try to grab its hilt. Yikes.

 

[Terminate421]

I would also count in the Turnback Cave from Diamond and Pearl where you can find Giratina if you take the right steps through the caves. After a number of identical rooms, you suddenly happen across this gigantic figure shrouded in mist with glowing red eyes, in utter silence. When my cousin found it, he screamed and nearly dropped his DS. Can't say I blame him, really =P

I want more dungeons like this, but ruled ones.

AKA No running from fights, limited items, level scaling, the legendary at the end having 2 damage moves, and offensive stat boosting move and a form of recovery.

The darkest thing I've read is the story behind Yamask. Its said it looks at it's mask and cries every now and again...

 

[Hero of Lime]

Yamask, Phantump, Bannette and so many more have terrifying dex entries. Most ghost Pokemon are messed up at this point.

Terminate421 already touched on Yamask, the once human turned into a ghost Pokemon. Phantump is a ghost of child lost in the forest, just like the skull kids from the Zelda series. Bannette a is a possessed doll looking for the child who abandoned it, for revenge or just to reconnect, no one knows.

Giratina is pretty frightening in its own right, being an imposing ghost dragon and all. Its entrance in Platinum is pretty creepy.

Reshiram and Zekrom had likely killed many people in the ancient wars surrounding them. When you talk to N right before battling your dragon to capture it, he tells you to "hurry and catch it, Reshiram incinerates those who do not follow their truths." It's weird to think of a Pokemon killing many people.

Yveltal also had once killed hundreds of people and Pokemon in an ancient war too, it's basically the Pokemon of death at this point.

Honestly, at this point a Pokemon graveyard city is tame and boring compared to the terrors that came later.

 

[Avalanche91]

The pokedex is full of delightfully dark and/or odd things.

Drowsee sucks out the dreams of sleeping children trough their nose.
Phantumps are children who got lost in the forest and died.
Macargo is hotter than the sun, which would probably kill us all.....
Slugma can't sleep. The magma will cool and he will die. His life is suffering.
Muk is so poisonous that the ground he treads upon will be barren for years. His touch instantly kills plants and trees. Professor Oak constantly gets hugged by this thing!
Grimer was born when a pile of sludge got exposed to X-RAYS FROM THE MOON
Lampent is fueled by the souls of the dead and literally hang around hospitals waiting for people to die!
Cacturne prey on travelers lost in the desert and will stalk them untill they either go mad or get exhausted to the point they dont fight back. THEY EAT PEOPLE!
Shedinja is the dead husk of Nincada. Looking at the hole in his back will suck your soul out. You constantly look at his back if you send him out to battle!
Heracross can move objects 100 times his weight. That's like 11 Snorlax.
Machamp can move mountains with one arm. He has four arms. Do the math.
Raticate can allegedly destroy a two-story house in 5 minutes..... with its teeth.
Parasect is not a bug, its a parasitic fungus that has literally taken over its host. Note the lifeless white eyes of the bug under the shroom. This is literally mimicking a species of rl fungi.
Frosslass freezes their prey and display them as trophies!
Metang can collide with a Jet Plane and win! WHY ARE THEY MAKING MEGA-METAGROSS!?
Drifloon abducts children.
Bannette is an abandoned toy, looking for revenge on the child that dumped it.


Yveltal kills everything in a certain radius to absorb their life-force and prolong its own life. Fuck your Philosophers Stone anti-phoenix bs.

I could probably go on, but I wont.

I would also count in the Turnback Cave from Diamond and Pearl where you can find Giratina if you take the right steps through the caves. After a number of identical rooms, you suddenly happen across this gigantic figure shrouded in mist with glowing red eyes, in utter silence. When my cousin found it, he screamed and nearly dropped his DS. Can't say I blame him, really =P

I want more dungeons like this, but ruled ones.

AKA No running from fights, limited items, level scaling, the legendary at the end having 2 damage moves, and offensive stat boosting move and a form of recovery.

The darkest thing I've read is the story behind Yamask. Its said it looks at it's mask and cries every now and again...

It's more depressing. It's mask resembles his face from when he was still human. Looking at the mask makes him remember and cry for the life he has lost.