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This is a log of past entries in Did you know? section of the Portal:Pokémon portal. Content is dated from when it was added, until the date of when it was removed. This section will now be updated once a week, from the 20th March, every Monday. Help the Pokémon Collaborative Project by helping archive old entries and adding new info!

Contents 1 15th October 2007 --> 22nd October 2007 2 3rd April 2006 --> 10th April 2006 3 27th March 2006 --> 3rd April 2006 4 13th March 2006 --> 27th March 2006 5 13th March 2006 --> 20th March 2006 6 23rd February 2006 --> 13th March 2006 7 30th October 2005 --> 23rd February 2006 8 14th August 2005 --> 30th October 2005 9 12th August 2005 (creation) --> 14th August 2005

[edit] 15th October 2007 --> 22nd October 2007

• Girafarig and Eevee are the only Pokemon whose name spelled backwards is the same.
• Munchlax is the only Pokemon who has evolved in a movie.

[edit] 3rd April 2006 --> 10th April 2006

This week all our fun facts have an Elite Four theme, so enjoy our tantalizing tidbits of Pokémon Master trivia!

• That Lorelei was known as Prima in the Pokémon anime, and appeared in the Orange Islands series?
• That Dragon Pokémon are the only type to feature in every Pokémon League?
• That it has been theorized that Bruno appeared in the very first episode of the Pokémon anime, in a battle against Agatha, a Ghost-type expert?
• That Karen was a head executive in Neo Team Rocket in the Pokémon Adventures manga?
• That Lance is the brother of Clair, a fellow Dragon expert in the Johto Region, and Drake?

[edit] 27th March 2006 --> 3rd April 2006

• That Gengar was the first Pokémon to ever appear in the games?
• That Wally is the only the main character of Pokémon Adventures manga, not to be named after a version of the Pokémon games?
• That in the Japanse version of the Pokémon anime, Kasumi, the Japanese version of Misty, had romantic feelings for Satoshi, the Japanese version of Ash Ketchum?
• That the Typhlosion family (the other members including Cyndaquil and Quilava) are the only Fire-type Pokémon that are obtainable at the start of the games that aren't also a dual-type Pokémon?
• That Brock caught a Tauros in a banned episode that was never mentioned ever again?

[edit] 13th March 2006 --> 27th March 2006

• That May from the Pokémon anime has owned both Bulbasaur and Squirtle at one point or another, being the first trainer to own more than one starter Pokémon of other regions?
• That 1 in 3 Azurill change gender upon evolution into Marill?
• That James of Team Rocket was originally a spoiled rich boy, before tumbling into a life of poverty?
• That Ash's Charizard is the only Pokémon to fight against a Legendary Pokémon and win?
• That when Jessie, James and Meowth first battled Ash, Ekans, Koffing and Meowth were all defeated by a Caterpie?

• An episode has been banned worldwide because there were some reports of seizures in Japan, caused by some flashing lights that were added to make a realistic effect of 'cyberspace.' Porygon was the feature Pokémon of the episode.

[edit] 13th March 2006 --> 20th March 2006

• That Tamanta, the new baby Pokémon, is the pre-evolution of Mantine?
• That all of the Team Rocket villains in the Pokémon anime have names based on real-life bad guys: Jessie & James is a play on Jesse James, while Butch & Cassidy refers to Butch Cassidy?
• That Buizeru weighs in at sixty-five pounds and has fins?
• That in the Japanese original version of the game, the protagonist was named Satoshi, in tribute to Pokémon creator, Satoshi Tajiri?
• That Perappu looks like a cross between a Parrot and quaver, the musical note?
• That all the Pokémon used by Jessie, James & Meowth in Pokémon Anime, cannot be caught in Pokémon Yellow?

[edit] 23rd February 2006 --> 13th March 2006

• Pikachu and Jigglypuff are the only Pokémon families to appear in every installment of the game without having to trade them into different games

• Every professor in the game is named after a type of tree E.G. - Professor Oak, Professor Elm, Professor Ivy

[edit] 30th October 2005 --> 23rd February 2006

• That Daisy, Lily, and Violet have a fan club, of which the Cerulean chapter has a member that looks a lot like Harry Potter?
• That three Pokémon appeared in the opening to Advance Battle before they had been introduced to the English-speaking World?
• That Casey at the Bat is a poem about a baseball player?
• That there has been a Pikachu nicknamed Pekachu in some games?

[edit] 14th August 2005 --> 30th October 2005

• That it's extremely unsafe to ride in the cargo area of a moving movers' truck?
• That James owned two different Victreebel at different times?
• That an unsupported staircase that spirals into the sky makes a prominent appearance in all of the Pokémon movies released theatrically in the United States?

[edit] 12th August 2005 (creation) --> 14th August 2005

• That Ekans is Snake backwards and that Arbok backwards is a mis-spelling of Cobra?
• That James owned two different Victreebel at different times?
• That Munchlax was the first of the 4th generation Pokémon to be revealed?