Character Sheet: The Espurr Line

ESPURR/MEOWSTIC

Skipping over Furfrou, our first standalone, we now come to Espurr and Meowstic, a pair of Psychic Pokemon based on cats, and possibly Nekomata again, with Meowstic also pulling from the fancy beret-wearing French stereotype you see in a lot of movies and such. The male and female also have their own distinct variants that are combined for the Mega.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Psybeam

Side B: Scratch > Sucker Punch

Up B: Disarming Voice

Down B: Confusion > Light Screen

Final Smash: Psyshock > Mega Meowstic

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Preening their fur, dancing around merrily, turning up their nose in a haughty fashion, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their ears

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Confusion

Spirit Battle: On Lumiose City

Victory Screen: Floating into the air and brushing itself off.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors, with both male and female variants.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Honedge slashes into battle!

Character Sheet: The Pancham Line

PANCHAM/PANGORO

Next up, we have Pancham and Pangoro, a pair of Fighting type Pokemon based on giant pandas, as well as the whole pompadour-wearing street tough archetype you see in a lot of Japanese high school media. I believe they're called bosozoku. I think.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Brick Break > Brutal Swing

Side B: Slash > Night Slash

Up B: Work Up > Body Slam

Down B: Parting Shot

Final Smash: Street Gang Rumble

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Leaning up against a wall while chewing its bamboo, brushing back its fur, flexing its muscles, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their heads as hats

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Parting Shot

Spirit Battle: On Lumiose City

Victory Screen: Posing and mugging for its gang before racing off.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Espurr just rolled out of bed!

Character Sheet: The Skiddo Line

SKIDDO/GOGOAT

Next up, we have Skiddo and Gogoat, a line based on goats, with bushes around their necks. They feel like Normal/Grass like the Deerling line, but they are not. They're just Grass. They are also pretty much the poster-children for the new "You can ride Pokemon now!" mechanic.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Razor Leaf > Leaf Blade

Side B: Take Down

Up B: Synthesis > Aerial Ace

Down B: Seed Bomb > Earthquake

Final Smash: Mountain Goat Charge

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: As much as I've come to hate the Goat Scream, I suppose it might be fitting, also maybe the "suddenly stiff" thing too. Things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their horns and bush

Kart: Just running

Special Move: Take Down

Spirit Battle: On Lively Town

Victory Screen: Standing up on a cliff and bleating

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Pancham causes panda-monium!

Character Sheet: The Flabebe Line

FLABEBE/FLOETTE/FLORGES

Next up, we come to the first ever (non-retconned) Fairy types in the PokeDex: Flabebe, Floette, and Florges. Fittingly, they are based on the most iconic depiction of fairies or fae, being the small little flying creatures who like to live among flowers and use their magic to help them grow. Weirdly, they are not Grass types, but since this was the first Fairy line, I figure they wanted to focus on that. The line is also notable for one specifically major and plot-relevant Floette to the game's story.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Razor Leaf > Magical Leaf (II) > Moonblast (III)

Side B: Vine Whip > Petal Blizzard (II)

Up B: Fairy Wind > Disarming Voice (III)

Down B: Safeguard > Synthesis (II)

Final Smash: Wish > Mega Floette (II) > Solar Beam (III)

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Swishing around their flower, taking a sniff from their flower, dancing around merrily, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their flowers

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Fairy Wind

Spirit Battle: On Geosenge Town, possibly teamed up with AZ from the Trainer System

Victory Screen: Descending from above and landing in AZ's hands

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main and shiny for all forms, plus the Eternal Floette version.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Skiddo aims to be the GOAT!

Character Sheet: The Litleo Line

LITLEO/PYROAR

Next up, we have our first ever Normal/Fire combo in Litleo and Pyroar, based on lions, with the Pyroars having distinct gender differences similar to real world lions. They also gained some infamy recently with their notoriously disappointing new Mega.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Ember > Incinerate

Side B: Fire Fang > Crunch

Up B: Take Down

Down B: Noble Roar > Hyper Voice

Final Smash: Overheat > Mega Pyroar

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Licking itself, doing the "Lion King" roar, lounging around, things like that.

Kirby Hat: The manes

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Noble Roar

Spirit Battle: On Kalos Pokemon League, the fire setting.

Victory Screen: Standing up on a rock and doing the "Lion King" roar.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors for both male and female.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Flabebe prepares its ultimate weapon!

Character Sheet: The Scatterbug Line

SCATTERBUG/SPEWPA/VIVILLON

Next up, we have the regional bugs of the generation, this time based on butterflies once again, but this type specifically focusing on all the different beautiful wing patterns butterflies tend to have, with twenty distinct variations mostly based on the region of the world the player happens to live in.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Bug Bite > Poison Powder (II)

Side B: String Shot > Psybeam (III)

Up B: Tackle > Gust (III)

Down B: Stun Spore > Harden (II) > Light Screen (III)

Final Smash: Vivillon Swarm

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Fluttering around happily, munching on leaves, preening its wings, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their antennae, cocoon, and later wings

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Poison Powder

Spirit Battle: On Kalos Pokemon League, base form

Victory Screen: Crawling around and eating leaves, and later fluttering around happily with a swarm of its fellows.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: All twenty different varieties, with matching forms for the earlier stages.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Litleo rules as king of the jungle!

Character Sheet: The Fletchling Line

FLETCHLING/FLETCHINDER/TALONFLAME

Next up, we have the regional birds of the generation, and the first to have a different typing than just Normal/Flying (unless you count Wingull and Pelipper). Fletchling is based on a red-breasted robin, but the line grows into a peregrine falcon, which Talonflame is based on.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Ember > Flare Blitz (III)

Side B: Quick Attack > Flame Charge (II)

Up B: Acrobatics > Fly (III)

Down B: Peck > Feint (II)

Final Smash: Aerial Ace > Brave Bird (III)

Entrance: Poke Ball

Taunts: Pecking around on the ground, spreading its wings and screeching, diving really fast, things like that.

Kirby Hat: Their beak and head feathers

Kart: Just flying

Special Move: Flame Charge

Spirit Battle: On Go Stadium, Team Valor colors

Victory Screen: Racing fast around the screen, and then roosting in their nest.

Losing Screen: Fainted

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

Thanks for reading! Next up, Scatterbug shows its true colors!