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This is basically my character Tedd ( egscomics.com ) as some sort of transformation monster. Even moreso than Bowlbit and Croakapult ,this is MY creation. Nonetheless, it was somewhat inspired by Pokemon, which is owned by Game Freak and Nintendo. Note that Iβm referring to the monster version of Tedd and not Tedd himself here
Now, this is the part where I say "if Teddmon was a Pokemon, yadda yadda yadda", but Teddmon's moves would NEVER make it into Pokemon. This monster's initial design was to make breeding easier, and that alone would be enough to keep Nintendo from making something like it, but the transformation concept snowballed from there to the point where this pokemon would just be crazy to include. It's not super powerful, but it would be CRAZY to have it in the game and would be a programming nightmare.
Nonetheless, here we go. (* = made up move/ability)
Type - Psychic
Transformation Pokemon
Description: A creature capable of controlling both the forms and minds of others, there are those who consider it a menace and those who wish to control it for power and eternal youth. It is difficult to fully control, and thoroughly enjoys transforming both Pokemon and people. It is likely to playfully morph its own trainer somewhat often as a sign of affection (regardless of how the trainer reacts).
Teddmon controls form using its tail, and minds using the gem in its forehead. The tail can shoot both transformation beams and clouds of gas with transformation properties. It has been known to generate enough clouds to cause rain with transformation properties to fall. It generally only goes this far on prank holidays or if it feels wronged by a population, but people with various intents bottle the water and have been known to frame towns for bothering Teddmon in the hope of getting more.
Ability: Eager for Mischief*
Has double speed if using any transformation attack other than Trans Roulette. If using Trans Roulette, it always attacks first.
Teddmon would have average stats for everything but special defense and speed. Combat isn't its specialty anyway.
Default attacks:
Attract
Transform
Level up attacks (incomplete and in no particular order):
Stomp
Confusion
Confuse Ray
Hypnosis
Power Gem
Shrink Ray*
Growth Ray*
TG Ray*
TG Cloud*
Transform Ray*
Transform Cloud*
Devolve Ray*
Devolve Cloud*
Evolve Cloud*
Trans Roulette*
Ok, here we go with the *'s. Some of these moves can be used in the field like HMs, so I note "battle" and "field" if both apply. These moves can generally target both allies and foes, so it will be the exception if a move cannot.
Transform Ray
Randomly transforms the target into another Pokemon in the owner's "seen" pokedex and gives a moveset matching what that Pokemon would have in the wild. This only lasts while the Pokemon remains in battle (i.e. until they faint, are switched out, or battle ends), and would be one of those "only has five uses" moves.
Shrink Ray
Sharply reduces attack and defense of target, but also sharply increases evasion.
Growth Ray
Sharply increases attack and defense of target, but also sharply decreases speed and evasion.
TG Ray
Battle: Switches the target's gender so long as they remain in battle.
Field: Permanently switches the gender of one of your Pokemon. This would be very useful for breeding.
Devolve Ray
Battle: The target regresses to its pre-evolutionary stage so long as they remain in battle.
Field: Permanently regresses a Pokemon to its pre-evolutionary stage. It can re-evolve the hard way if it needs to, or via Evolve Cloud. If an item was used to evolve the Pokemon and it is holding nothing, it will be holding the item afterwards.
Evolve Cloud
Battle: All Pokemon in battle evolve to their highest stage of evolution (be it stage 2 or 3) while in battle. If multiple evolutions are possible, one is selected at random. This is considered a weather condition and would last five turns.
Field: If the target would've been able to evolve at their last level (IE they've met the level requirement but haven't evolved for some reason), this will evolve them. This has limited uses, but some would exist (such as a lvl 100 Squirtle).
The TG and Devolve clouds are just like the TG and Devolve rays, but cannot be used outside of battle, and are weather conditions that affect all the Pokemon in battle for five turns. The reason Evolve Cloud can be used outside of battle is simply due to their being no Evolve Ray.
Trans Roulette
Randomly use any of the above transformation attacks on a random target, which includes Teddmon.
Evolutions
I haven't drawn them yet, but Teddmon has a pre-evolution and a second stage. Neither of these, however, exist outside of battle. Teddmon can only evolve for the duration of battle via Evolve Cloud, and can only temporarily become its pre-evolution via a devolve move. As such, it is not immune to either evolution cloud, and may want to retreat after setting off the devolve cloud. Both these forms would be listed in the Pokedex as other forms for Teddmon (which it doesnβt do for Castform and I will never forgive Nintendo for that).
The pre-evolution would remain psychic, but the evolved form would be the only psychic-dark in the game (that I know of). I believe this would make its only weakness bug type while evolved, though bug type would do 4x damage to Teddmon.
One reason why Teddmon would be a programming nightmare is that some pokemon are either male or female and never male, which begs the question "what happens when those are hit with TG rays or clouds?" Realistically, they'd have to be immune, but forget that. This is a fake critter; it can do what the heck it wants, and it wants to wreak gender havoc!
In the case of monsters like Tauros and Milktank (different critters that are the male/female versions of each other), one would become the other. Therefore, Tauros becomes Milktank, Nidoqueen becomes Nidoking, etc. In the case of something that has no gender alternate but only has one gender anyway, the target would simply become an anomaly by being the only male or female of its species
EDIT: many have asked in the comments even after I actually answered the question in the comments, so here it is here: genderless pokemon would be immune to TG ray and cloud. This is similar to how Ellen's beam only made the Goo flinch in El Goonish Shive. Granted, I could make TG ray flinch genderless pokemon, but an attack that does no damage and causes flinch? What a horrible attack!
So, as you can see, I am a power nerd and nothing even close to this critter will be in Pokemon. Though if it WAS to become one, the water from its description could become items. This would make all the effects of the attacks available in item form (though there are no shrink/grow cloud attacks, a Teddmon could make such clouds). This would ALSO be an excuse to have shrink soda and have Amanda make a cameo ^_^
Also, I am AWARE that Teddmon looks similar to Mewtwo and/or some sort of devil thing. I still like how it looks! And pink is awesome!! Get off my back!!!
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Comments: 127
ChaosSonic [2007-06-08 06:06:25 +0000 UTC]
It's Teddtwo! He's very cool. Teddtwo reminds me of Mewtwo, so, I'm calling him Teddtwo. I'm not bugging you about how he looks. Pink works well here, for some odd reason. I wonder what his prevolved form would be called, if Teddmon was Teddtwo. Teddone? Teddew?
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Carnage2088 [2007-06-08 05:43:05 +0000 UTC]
I like this idea very much, if Tedd were a pokemon thats sure as heck how i would see him. You did cover quite the amount of downsides to this particular pokemon, however you would be introducing some things to the pokemon games that i think would make them far more interesting.
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Lizuka [2007-06-08 00:50:26 +0000 UTC]
... I wonder what Shiny Teddmon would look like.
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Lizuka In reply to Lizuka [2007-06-08 00:55:52 +0000 UTC]
And as for the whole thing that a move that causes something to flinch but does no damage, that would actually be incredibly awesome (and incredibly cheap) if you did something to poison or burn them first.
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Foxby [2007-06-07 23:25:48 +0000 UTC]
What about Pokemon without ANY gender? o.o;;
Also, I'd love to be the only male. *grin* I'd be necessary for the repopulation of the species! I'll take a new gal every two nights. XP
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DanShive In reply to Foxby [2007-06-08 00:36:14 +0000 UTC]
I actually answered this in an earlier comment, but that relies on people actually reading all the comments, so I've edited the entry to address that possibility.
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Quetsalcoatl [2007-06-07 22:29:11 +0000 UTC]
"Permanently switches the gender of one of your Pokemon. This would be very useful for breeding."
That is disturbing... Cute, though.
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DanShive In reply to Quetsalcoatl [2007-06-07 23:11:30 +0000 UTC]
Less so (or more so?) if you're familiar with the games. Breeding pokemon is a method of multiplying pokemon for trades, getting a pokemon to have moves it wouldn't normally have, a way to "reuse" TMs if they were taught to a male Pokemon, and a method of getting pre-evolutions.
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Quetsalcoatl In reply to DanShive [2007-06-07 23:32:48 +0000 UTC]
Well, yeah, but I guess I'm thinking about the anime where most of the PokΓ©mon are sentient. The idea of Ash using it on Pikachu, a defined character, for purposes of breeding is disturbing and I can apply it to another trainer and their PokΓ©mon. I haven't played or watched it in quite a while, though.
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Novei [2007-06-07 21:30:30 +0000 UTC]
Ha! I absolutely love this Dan! Hope to see others like this guy. I wonder what Elliot, Ellen & Grace would look like if you did this for them.
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Bakurakrazie [2007-06-07 21:12:55 +0000 UTC]
but Teddmon's moves would NEVER make it into Pokemon
. . . I think we would all be severly disappointed if Teddmon were to have Pokemon-acceptable moves.
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bluchimera [2007-06-07 20:41:10 +0000 UTC]
i think a programming nightmare would be a grace-mon. so many forms, but never really "evolution" per se.
not being picky w/ pinky here, but were yu afraid that if he had his original purple hair people would start accusing yu of giving mewtwo hair?
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Irenthel [2007-06-07 20:33:17 +0000 UTC]
And Grace would love him even is he were a Pokemon...
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Its-all-in-the-mind [2007-06-07 18:48:59 +0000 UTC]
TG ray would have been so useful while I was trying to catch a male Pikachu in Sapphire. I already had a female and I wanted a Pichu, so I kept going back to the Safari zone and finding females or none at all.
What about Pokemon with no gender, like Magnemite or Ditto? Would the TG ray have no effect or would it just change it to a random gender?
I never thought about Miltank and Tauros being different versions of the same Pokemon (but then I never think of cows and bulls as being the same animal). Is that official or did you just make it up using common sense?
With the Evolve cloud you could catch a level whatever (lets say level 40) Magicarp and evolve it. And use Heart Scales and various TMs to give it decent moves.
Anyway, I'm loving the cheeky malicious look on Teddmon's face and I love your comic. Although I hate the fact that it's updating so slowly recently, I know you hate that fact too and I don't blame you.
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skruluce [2007-06-07 18:38:27 +0000 UTC]
Dan, you have single-handedly renewed my interest in Pokemon...maybe someone with a lot of time on their hands could edit your pokemans into ROM-versions of the games.
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Tatsurou-san [2007-06-07 18:09:40 +0000 UTC]
KAWAII!!!!! I love it! I can't wait to see the Dark-type Squirrel Pokemon that Grace would become (you know, because she's a sleepy little 'ninja'.
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Bikon [2007-06-07 15:57:38 +0000 UTC]
CUTE! I love how much detail you put into it! though, what happens with Dittos being hit by a TG ray? They literally have no gender (unless the most recent-gen games changed this), right?
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DanShive In reply to Bikon [2007-06-07 16:00:20 +0000 UTC]
Genderless would wind up being immune, though if I were to make it like when the goo was zapped, they would be stunned.
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RitchyWolf [2007-06-07 15:56:37 +0000 UTC]
So if you made a Susan one, would her powers be to 'kill all males'?
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littlebeast In reply to RitchyWolf [2007-06-20 01:23:54 +0000 UTC]
Move: Hammer
Type: Normal
Power: 100
Accuracy: 90
Only works on males.
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Blackthorn14 [2007-06-07 15:17:31 +0000 UTC]
I think if there ever was a teddmon he would be a legendary pokemon.
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panahinuva In reply to Blackthorn14 [2007-08-18 03:03:40 +0000 UTC]
One of those blasted fleeing legendaries, I imagine.
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Blackthorn14 In reply to panahinuva [2007-08-18 12:23:32 +0000 UTC]
Yeah probably. Or one of those damn legendaries who you get down to one HP, put to sleep and still breaks out a ultra ball!
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panahinuva In reply to Blackthorn14 [2007-08-18 15:03:51 +0000 UTC]
Ye gods, those are obnoxious. The lake faeries in D/P come to mind. >
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Blackthorn14 In reply to panahinuva [2007-08-18 15:58:25 +0000 UTC]
yeah especially (can't think of his name) the blue one. When i caught it i had to get it down to one hp, stun spored it and then throw pokeballs at it for like half an hour! I think i got it with dusk ball in the end (like the 10th dusk ball i threw)
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panahinuva In reply to Blackthorn14 [2007-08-18 21:40:09 +0000 UTC]
That's Azelf. And that one does seem to be the most obnoxious to catch.
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CabbyHat [2007-06-07 15:07:43 +0000 UTC]
Awww... I Teddmon! Such a cute design... and even though I don't play Pokemon, I can see how much fun this would be! Are you planning to do monster designs for your other characters? (Grace would make an extremely cute/interesting one...)
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Tsukiinu00 [2007-06-07 14:06:16 +0000 UTC]
genius. I love it. thats all i can really say
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Azureal [2007-06-07 12:52:13 +0000 UTC]
Ah, another Dan Shive original. wish I knew you had a deviant account sooner though.
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Chessrook44 [2007-06-07 12:26:43 +0000 UTC]
Heh, I like the growth/shrink ray ideas. Of course, I have my reasons for that.
In that vein, however, I seem to remember that there used to be a move called Minimize, that shrank the user and increased evasion. I don't remember if there were any other effects (aside from making the pokemon look like an asterisk) but it is still similar to the Shrink Ray idea.
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DanShive In reply to Chessrook44 [2007-06-07 14:08:50 +0000 UTC]
It was originally going to have minimize and growth, but those only affect the critter who uses it and both have no negative side effects, so I made my own versions. I like the idea of drastically increasing evasiveness but also making one's self weaker, though it does leave special stats alone...
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Chessrook44 In reply to DanShive [2007-06-08 01:14:29 +0000 UTC]
Ah, I see, I see... if you don't mind me saying, you seem to have a fair amount of interest in shrinking or growing... why else add the shrink and growth rays?
Am I right?
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MarioDS01 [2007-06-07 12:04:23 +0000 UTC]
Man, that would be such an awesome pokemon to have in the game. I bet if you can get one in a game, it would be challedgeing to get, unless you can get one in a special subquest in the game or one of those pokemon event things like in NY. Although it would be pretty unfair if only a few good this pokemon and had an unfair advantage in battling or collecting pokemon, but still it would be soooooo sweet to have such a pokemon exist in the game. Maybe you should show this to Game Freak or The Pokemon Company or something, maybe they will love the idea and make it an exclusive pokemon who Diamond and Pearl, and maybe change the name as well.
It would be even sweeter if it exist in the real world. Man, I would love to be hit by one of those TG rays to transform to a girl, that would be so awesome!
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FullmetalXTahoma [2007-06-07 11:19:30 +0000 UTC]
so what will the preform be called? teddchan?
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iwantanimac [2007-06-07 09:33:11 +0000 UTC]
bwah? *mind explodes*
It's pink... and very female-like. Oh i get it!
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Q99 [2007-06-07 08:02:23 +0000 UTC]
That's pretty cool
Tedd looks interesting as a pink-haired monster thing.
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dmfalk [2007-06-07 07:51:07 +0000 UTC]
You just KNOW he's going to come up with a Grace version soon.....
d.m.f.
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Bocaj-Claw [2007-06-07 07:00:13 +0000 UTC]
Pink isn't usually awesome. But Teddmon makes it so. "You make fun of my color? Have fun being DEVOLVED!" And there was much cackling and gnashing of teeth.
If Teddmon was a actual pokemon it'd have to be a very strategic one.
Question: Other than the pokemon where the opposite gender is a completely different pokemon (Tauros-Miltank) does gender have any effect on battle?
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DragonicSoul In reply to Bocaj-Claw [2007-06-07 11:11:14 +0000 UTC]
Yes, with the move Attract. Also, it effects one of the new abilities, Rivalry, wherein the PokΓ©mon with said ability raises it's attack if faced with an opponent of the same gender.
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Bocaj-Claw In reply to DragonicSoul [2007-06-07 13:09:45 +0000 UTC]
Pokemon has become bizzare since I stopped playing. More bizzare really.
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Readasaur [2007-06-07 06:57:05 +0000 UTC]
You listed the physical transformations, but what are the mental effects?
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DanShive In reply to Readasaur [2007-06-07 13:58:01 +0000 UTC]
Confuse Ray and Hypnosis are basically representative of that.
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Deaku [2007-06-07 06:55:24 +0000 UTC]
I'd like to have a Teddmon, sounds like lots of fun to have one ^_^
Of course I'd most likely be chased out of every town I went into eventually; especially after ordering up too many TG & Transform Clouds heh
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FenrirWolfe [2007-06-07 06:36:29 +0000 UTC]
Aww, he's cute! *snuggles monster Tedd* Can I keep him?
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Ciennas [2007-06-07 06:27:41 +0000 UTC]
Wow... That has got to be Omega Tedd (Regular Universe Edition!) material right there...
Ten bucks says OOC Tedd will be spending many a feverish month trying to program this form into the TFgun...
('Course, if five gets you chibi zapped with your love interest, then maybe ten would get me a filler of Teddmon here roaming Moperville reaking havoc.)
Is this Tedd an Alternate reality version? Not asking for Canon admission, but could he be?
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JoEnAnna [2007-06-07 06:00:06 +0000 UTC]
WAY too much free time.
but a good use of it! very cute
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