Character Sheet: The Clefairy Line

CLEFAIRY/CLEFABLE

Next up, we have Clefairy and Clefable, a line of small pink fairy creatures that live on Mt. Moon and supposedly came to Earth on an asteroid from the moon. They had a baby form in Cleffa come around in Gen II, and when Fairy type was created in Gen VI, the Clefairy line was the most obvious to retroactively switch from Normal type.

Here's the movesets I came up with:

Standard B: Metronome

Side B: Sweet Kiss > Meteor Mash

Up B: Sing

Down B: Defense Curl > Gravity

Final Smash: Moonblast

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: The dances they do around the asteroid is certainly one of them.

Kirby Hat: Their head curls and ears.

Kart: Poke Ball car

Special Move: Metronome

Spirit Battle: Mt. Moon (assuming that ends up being a stage. It is very high in my Kanto contenders right now)

Victory Screen: A bunch of them doing their little moon dance.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Vulpix prepares for a new tale.

Character Sheet: The Nidoran Lines

NIDORAN F/NIDORINA/NIDOQUEEN//NIDORAN M/NIDORINO/NIDOKING

I figure we might as well do these two together, seeing as . . . well, you get it. The Nidoran lines are something of a relic of the past, being an attempt at gender dimorphism before the Pokemon company figured out how to just build gender differences into the base Pokemon. They are based on rabbits who evolve into kaijus for some reason, and have poisonous barbs all over their bodies, also for some reason. There's a reference here I swear, but I have no idea what it is.

Here's the movesets I came up with:

Standard B: Poison Sting > Toxic Spikes (II) // Poison Sting > Horn Attack (II) > Megahorn (III)

Side B: Scratch > Superpower (III) // Fury Attack > Stomping Tantrum (III)

Up B: Tackle > Double Kick (II) // Tackle > Double Kick (II)

Down B: Tail Whip > Toxic (II) > Sludge Wave (III) // Focus Energy > Toxic (II)

Final Smash: Earth Power // Earth Power

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Various cute things for the little ones, then maybe some roaring and stomping around for the big ones.

Kirby Hat: The top of their heads, with spikes.

Kart: Poke Ball car

Special Move: Poison Sting // Horn Attack

Spirit Battle: Definitely in a Safari Zone stage, if there is one.

Victory Screen: The big ones definitely roaring, could have some snuggling the opposite gender variants or something.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, reference to each other, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Clefairy dances in the moonlight.

Character Sheet: The Sandshrew Line

SANDSHREW/SANDSLASH

Next up, we have Sandshrew and Sandslash, our first ever ground types, both of whom are based on pangolins and are known for burrowing in the sand. They also have Ice/Steel type variants in Alola, but we'll cover those later.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Scratch > Slash

Side B: Rollout

Up B: Rapid Spin > Sandstorm

Down B: Sand Attack > Dig

Final Smash: Earthquake

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Possibly just a Defense Curl, scratching at the ground, and such.

Kirby Hat: The top of the head (with Sandslash's spikes on Sandslash's version)

Kart: Poke Ball car

Special Move: Sand Attack

Spirit Battle: On a deserty-themed stage. We'll see if one crops up.

Victory Screen: Finishing its burrow and snuggling into it.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, reference to the Alola versions, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, the Nidorans battle for love.

Character Sheet: The Pikachu Line

PIKACHU/RAICHU

Next up, we have what's probably a pretty lesser known Pokemon line. You know, nobody really thinks about them that much. I think they've been largely forgotten to time. Lol. It's Pikachu and Raichu, the electric mice that won over everyone's hearts to the point that Pikachu's adorable little face is basically synonymous with the franchise as a whole. They do get a new baby form in Pichu in Gen II, and an Alolan variant of Raichu in Gen VII, but we'll cover them later.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Thunder Shock > Thunder Bolt

Side B: Iron Tail > Thunder Punch

I know Pikachu has Skull Bash in Smash, but I've always felt like Iron Tail was an iconic move for him, but maybe that's just an anime thing.

Up B: Quick Attack (or the Balloons he seems to use a lot)

Down B: Thunder

Final Smash: Volt Tackle OR Gigantamax Pikachu (for Pikachu only)

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Pikachu's wave, Pikachu charging electricity, and Pikachu rolling over for a belly rub. I imagine Raichu would have similar.

Kirby Hat: The top of the head with ears and tail.

Kart: Poke Ball car

Special Move: Thunder

Spirit Battle: With Ash, on Pokemon Stadium.

Victory Screen: Pikachu cheering and waving at the camera.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, Ash's hat, maybe Libre or Detective (assuming they don't have their own moveset), so on.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Sandshrew digs down deep!

Character Sheet: The Ekans Line

EKANS/ARBOK

Next up, we have our first proper Poison type line, Ekans and Arbok. They are fittingly based on snakes, specifically rattlesnakes for Ekans and cobras for Arbok, and even their names are Snake and Kobra backwards. There's not much else to say on them really, except for their notability as part of Jessie's team within Team Rocket.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Bite

Side B: Poison Tail > Poison Jab

Up B: Wrap > Coil

Down B: Acid > Sludge Bomb

Final Smash: Snake Pit

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Lots of coiling and hissing. Probably a Snake Charmer dance.

Kirby Hat: The top of the head.

Kart: Poke Ball car

Special Move: Wrap.

Spirit Battle: Something Team Rocket-related might be fun.

Victory Screen: They slither away with an opponent-sized bulge in their bellies.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Pikachu, I choose you!

Character Sheet: The Spearow Line

SPEAROW/FEAROW

Next up is Spearow and Fearow, the only instance I can think of of a "mean" counterpart to the regional bird line. At least, that's how I've always seen them anyway. Spearow is based mostly on a shrike, the bird known for impaling its prey and disemboweling them, while Fearow is more of a heron, which also stabs its prey with its beak. So, for these birds, the concept is basically "stab, stab, stab." This is also our first line that has yet to have anything new added to it. No new evolutions, no regional variants, no mega forms, no gigantamaxing. Just them.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Peck > Drill Peck

Side B: Fury Attack

Up B: Aerial Ace > Fly

Down B: Leer > Take Down

Final Smash: Spearow Swarm > Fearow Flock

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Pecking, cleaning its wings, various bird things. No impaling a Rattata.

Kirby Hat: The wings, beak, and Fearow's crest.

Kart: Just flying.

Special Move: Drill Peck.

Spirit Battle: The forest-themed stage.

Victory Screen: They can fly away with some prey. Still no impaling allowed.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Ekans strikes!

Character Sheet: The Rattata Line

RATTATA/RATICATE

Next up, we have the Rattata line, Rattata and Raticate, the first of what I call the Regional Critters, the rodent and/or other generic mammal mostly of the normal type we typically see toward the start of most generations. Rattata and Raticate are mostly just basic rats, with some muskrat in Raticate, who act as pests in the Pokemon world. In Gen 7, they got new regional variants which gained the Dark type, alluding to them becoming more violent and vicious in Alola's cities. Those won't be covered here yet, but for regional forms, my basic concept is that evolutions will be treated as semi-clones, while regional forms will be full echoes.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Bite > Super Fang

Side B: Quick Attack

Up B: Tackle

Down B: Tail Whip > Sucker Punch

Final Smash: Rattata Swarm > Raticate Swarm

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Various rat things, like the whole "wiping down the face" thing they do.

Kirby Hat: The ears and tail.

Kart: A Poke Ball car

Special Move: Tail Whip

Spirit Battle: Maybe Saffron City.

Victory Screen: They'll grab a hunk of cheese and take off with it.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Spearow takes a stab at it.