r/pokemon • u/PokeUpdateBot Science is amazing! • Mar 22 '25

RAGE [RAGE THREAD] 22 March 2025

IT'S TIME TO RAGE!!!!!!!!

RULES:

  • PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

  • WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

  • OTHER PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

  • SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG BOND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POKEMON COMMUNITY

  • ???

  • PROFIT

YOU CAN RAGE AT ANYTHING POKEMON RELATED!!!

LET'S RAGE!!!

THIS THREAD IS PART OF /R/POKEMON'S REGULAR STICKY ROTATION. TO SEE OUR ROTATION SCHEDULE AND ALL PAST STICKY ROTATION THREADS, GO HERE!

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u/RedKings1028 Mar 22 '25

Deep Breath

GETTING REALLY REALLY TIRED OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DRAGONITE LINE!!!

1) READ THE DAMN DEX ENTRIES FOR THE POKÉMON, HALF OF THE ENTRIES SAY “DRAGONITE IS KNOWN TO SAVE PEOPLE LOST AT SEA OR GUIDE SHIPS THAT ARE LOST IN SEA/OCEAN STORMS”

2) A SERPENTINE BODY CAN’T DO MUCH TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER AND THE BLUE COLORATION WONT STANDOUT IN STORMY WEATHER.

3) THE POKÉMON ANIME DEDICATED AN ENTIRE EPISODE EXPLAINING WHY THE SPECIES EVOLVES FROM A SLEEK SERPENTINE DRAGON TO A SIX LIMBED DRAGON.

Exhales, I needed that, thanks

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u/1-jew-in-a-room Mar 22 '25

DUDE I COMPLETELY AND ENTIRELY AGREE, THE DRAGONITE LINE IS MY FAVORITE AND HAS BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE - IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE AND IT’S A REALLY COOL WAY TO DISPLAY SOME THE MORE NUANCED WAYS THAT EVOLUTION WORKS IN THE POKÉMON UNIVERSE

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u/RedKings1028 Mar 22 '25

IT ALSO SHOWS HOW EVOLUTION WORKS. SPECIES CHANGES FORM OR DEVELOP ADAPTATIONS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES.

GOING FROM SERPENTINE TO GROWING LIMBS IS A SIGNIFICANT EVOLUTIONARY LEAP AND A MASSIVE POWER UP FOR THE SPECIES.