Character Sheet: All Gen VIII Standalones

CRAMORANT/FALINKS/PINCURCHIN/STONJOURNER/EISCUE/INDEEDEE/MORPEKO/DURALUDON

And now, let’s go back and cover all the standalone Pokemon from this generation. We start with Cramorant, which is mostly just a cartoonified version of a cormorant.

Standard B: Spit Up

Side B: Drill Peck

Up B: Dive

Down B: Swallow

Final Smash: Dynamax (would be fun if Pikachu performed Volt Tackle at the same time)

After that, we have Falinks, a fun little concept for a Fighting Pokemon, based mostly on a Roman Legion or a Greek Phalanx, except if it was little Kirby-looking dudes wearing the helmets and all marching single file in a line.

Standard B: Megahorn

Side B: Close Combat

Up B: First Impression

Down B: No Retreat

Final Smash: Mega Falinks

After that, we have Pincurchin, an Electric-type sea urchin that pulls a little from the little red pin cushions that people who sew often have near them.

Standard B: Spark

Side B: Poison Jab

Up B: Zing Zap

Down B: Electric Terrain

Final Smash: Dynamax

We are in Britain, so naturally we must have Britain’s most famous landmark. Stonjourner is a big walking Stonehenge section and that’s pretty much all there is to it.

Standard B: Rock Tomb

Side B: Rock Slide

Up B: Heavy Slam

Down B: Mega Kick

Final Smash: Dynamax

Next, we have Eiscue, a little Ice-type penguin with an ice cube for a face. Or sometimes not. When not, it’s called the Noice form, which just sounds funny.

Standard B: Headbutt

Side B: Surf

Up B: Blizzard

Down B: Snowscape

Final Smash: Dynamax

Then, we have Indeedee, a Pokemon that looks a bit like a standard cat design, but with a male variant that looks like the typical British butler, and a female variant that looks like a maid.

Standard B: Psybeam

Side B: Helping Hand

Up B: After You/Follow Me

Down B: Healing Wish

Final Smash: Dynamax

Next, we come to our Pikachu clone for the generation, Morpeko, this one based on a Guinea pig and taking inspiration from the tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with a Full-Belly Mode where it is happy and Electric-type, and a Hangry mode where it is angry and Dark-type.

Standard B: Spark

Side B: Crunch

Up B: Agility

Down B: Aura Wheel

Final Smash: Dynamax

And finally, we have Duraludon, a Steel/Dragon Pokemon based on the Shard, a famous skyscraper in London. I also personally think it looks like a lighter but that’s mostly for jokes and such.

Standard B: Hyper Beam

Side B: Metal Claw

Up B: Breaking Swipe

Down B: Dragon Tail

Final Smash: Gigantamax Duraludon

All entrances would be from Poke Balls. Taunts would be based on their general features and theming. Kirby Hats would be Cramorant’s beak, Falinks’s helmet, Pincurchin’s spines, a block-like body for Stonjourner, an ice block body for Eiscue, Indeedee’s horn things, Morpeko’s ears, and made of Duraludon’s metal. Karts would mostly be the Poke Ball car (though, it would be funny if Falinks was just one of them riding the other four), with their most iconic move being the special move. Cramorant would be on Mer Stadium, Falinks and Eiscue would be on Jubilife Village, Pincurchin and Indeedee would be on Pokemon Café, Stonjourner would be on Slumbering Weald, Morpeko would be on Lental Island Tour, and Duraludon would be on Dynamax Stadium. Victory screens would be tied to their theming, while their losing screens would be them fainting. And their color swaps would mostly be their main and shiny colors with a few general others.

Thanks for reading! Now, we have some regional variants to cover. First, Meowth joins the Viking horde!

Character Sheet: The Dreepy Line

DREEPY/DRAKLOAK/DRAGAPULT

Now, skipping over Duraludon, we come to our Pseudo-Legendaries of the generation, Dreepy, Drakloak, and Dragapult, a Ghost/Dragon combo, based mostly on standard dragons, but with stealth bombers for heads that can launch their babies as missiles.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Bite > Dragon Pulse (II) > Dragon Darts (III)

 

Side B: Quick Attack > Phantom Force (II)

 

Up B: Astonish > Dragon Dance (II) > Dragon Rush (III)

 

Down B: Infestation > Hex (II)

 

Final Smash: Dynamax

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Flying around silently like a stealth bomber, the babies getting fussy in its missile launchers, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: Their heads stuck to Kirby’s head like they’re taped on.

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Dragon Darts

 

Spirit Battle: On Dynamax Stadium

 

Victory Screen: Racing around before disappearing into the sky.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Now, let’s go back and cover our standalones. First up, Cramorant swallows its fear!

Character Sheet: The Galar Fossils

DRACOZOLT/ARCTOZOLT/DRACOVISH/ARCTOVISH

Next up, we have our Fossil mons for the generation, and the primary reason I started out doing all the Fossils together, as I was looking ahead to them and figured it was the best way to approach it when I came to them. Looking back, I was probably overthinking it. These four specifically, Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish, are all based on a few real world instances from the early days of paleontology, where paleontologists, seeking the notoriety that came with discovering a new dinosaur species, would put together the bones of different dinosaurs and present them as a new species. In this game, the resurrecting scientist Cara Liss (careless, ha!) puts together two fossils you give her and resurrects them together, creating the unholy abominations that you see before you. The “draco” part seems to be based on a stegosaurus, the “zolt” part is a velociraptor, the “vish” part is a Dunkleosteus, and the “arcto” part is probably something like a plesiosaur.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Thunder Shock (DZ/AZ) | Water Gun (DV/AV)

 

Side B: Dragon Rush (DZ/DV) | Avalanche (AZ/AV)

 

Up B: Bolt Beak (DZ/AZ) | Fishious Rend (DV/AV)

 

Down B: Dragon Tail (DZ/DV) | Icicle Crash (AZ/AV)

 

Final Smash: Dynamax (All 4)

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Various things to highlight the negative effects of their misplacement, like Arctozolt sniffling, Dracovish feeling at the base of its tail, Arctovish’s mouth snapping on the back of its head. Things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: A little piece of both parts, like a Draco spike, a Zolt bolt, an Arcto fin, and a Vish fin.

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Bolt Beak or Fishious Rend

 

Spirit Battle: On Mer Stadium

 

Victory Screen: Pulling at its mismatched body parts before noticing the camera and trying to pose.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Next, Dreepy flies under the radar!

Character Sheet: The Cufant Line

CUFANT/COPPERAJAH

Now, we skip over a bunch of standalones to come to Cufant and Copperajah, a pair of Indian Elephants made entirely of copper, based heavily on all of Britain’s history with India and their colonial rule over the country for decades.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Bulldoze > Iron Head

 

Side B: Rollout

 

Up B: Dig > Heavy Slam

 

Down B: Iron Defense

 

Final Smash: Dynamax > Gigantamax Copperajah

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Trumpeting loudly, stomping around, digging up some copper, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: Their trunk

 

Kart: Just marching

Special Move: Dig

 

Spirit Battle: On Motostoke City

 

Victory Screen: Standing tall and trumpeting loudly.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Next up, Dracozolt joi—OH DEAR GOD! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THE POOR THING?!

Character Sheet: The Snom Line

SNOM/FROSMOTH

Skipping over Falinks and Pincurchin for now, we come to Snom and Frosmoth, our first and currently only Bug/Ice types, based on white moths such as the White Satin moth and such. Snom is another that has only historically learned two moves naturally, those being Powder Snow and Struggle Bug. As a Poke Ball Pokemon, it might use Powder Snow. It might also just kinda hang out on stage as a friend.

Here’s the moveset I came up with for Frosmoth:

 

Standard B: Powder Snow

 

Side B: Bug Buzz

 

Up B: Icy Wind

 

Down B: Aurora Veil

 

Final Smash: Dynamax

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Fluttering around, making snow fall from its wings, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: Its wings

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Powder Snow

 

Spirit Battle: On Jubilife Village

 

Victory Screen: Fluttering merrily as snow falls from its wings.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Next up, Cufant aims for the copper!

Character Sheet: The Milcery Line

MILCERY/ALCREMIE

Skipping over our list of new Regional evos, we now come to Milcery and Alcremie, a pair of Pokemon based on cream and the sweet whipped cream desserts that can be made from it. They are also based on alchemy, which I suppose makes sense, as baking is probably the closest we come to the concept of alchemy in our daily lives. Also, sugary treats are just all Fairy types, I guess.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Sweet Kiss

 

Side B: Charm > Decorate

 

Up B: Aromatic Mist > Dazzling Gleam

 

Down B: Acid Armor > Recover

 

Final Smash: Dynamax > Gigantamax Alcremie

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Tasting a little bit of itself, swirling around for a second, decorating itself, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: A dollop of their cream on his head

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Sweet Kiss

 

Spirit Battle: On Pokemon Café, also for obvious reasons

 

Victory Screen: Plopping down onto a platter and covering itself with a glass dome.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: All the different colors of Alcremie, applied to Milcery as well.

 

Thanks for reading! Next up, Snom noms the competition!

Character Sheet: The Impidimp Line

IMPIDIMP/MORGREM/GRIMMSNARL

Now, we have the other half of the Grimm Fairy Tale duo. Impidimp, Morgrem, and Grimmsnarl are based on imps, goblins, and trolls, and all the other fairy tale monsters that regularly show up in stories like that. They also do the whole hair-clothes thing.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Sucker Punch > Hammer Arm (III)

 

Side B: Bite > Dark Pulse (II)

 

Up B: Assurance > Spirit Break (III)

 

Down B: Fake Out > False Surrender (II)

 

Final Smash: Dynamax > Gigantamax Grimmsnarl (III)

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Snickering and rubbing its hands together, putting on fake tears, roaring like a monster, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: Their hair and noses

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: False Surrender

 

Spirit Battle: On Slumbering Weald

 

Victory Screen: Looking back one last time before disappearing into a patch of trees

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Next up, Milcery doles out just desserts!