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Some Mad Genius On Twitter Went Through All 719 Pokemon And Gave Them Honest Names

They got really lazy drawing these eventually.

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This article was first published in 2014

God damn it Twitter, I wish I could quit you. I honestly do. Back in September user @FrightShark started tweeting out pictures of Pokemon, three or four at a time, with new names that describe what they honestly look like.

pokemon1

He/she’s gone through the entire Pokemon canon, and they’re incredible.

pokemon2“Literally just a duck”. Flawless.

Embedding the tweets themselves is a bit tricky because the photos come out dicky (rhyme time), but I have painstakingly assembled a short collection of the best ones here for you because I love you in spite of all the terrible things you’ve done.

charmander

pokemon3

pokemon4

pokemon5

moar

mooooar

The full thread in all its frightening majesty can be viewed here. Enter the cave of madness.

<3 u, @FrightShark.