Stupid stuff you thought was true

[Leaftail]

Admit it. Odds are you used to believe in a stupid internet rumor like finding Arceus in Red/blue or Lavender Town's Red/Green music killing people or whatever when you were younger.

Everything I used to think back in the day (that turned out to be wrong):

• Farfetch'd evolved into Doduo.
• Geodude evolved into Onix.
• Haunter evolved by level-up (I leveled up one to the late 50s-early 60s before I finally gave up).
• Steel was weak to Water.
• Tombstone was an actual move.

[TurtwigX]

Berries grew back each day in Diamond
I could pick and water berries in Crystal
Dialga was evil and I was destined to kill it
Training only 1 Pokemon makes you epic
There are only 4 members of the Pokemon League
Masterball is a symbol of power and is not to be used

[Leaftail]

Originally Posted by TurtwigX

Training only 1 Pokemon makes you epic

That one's true. But only if the Pokemon's NFE.

[LucarioMario]

Originally Posted by Kurusu Lapras

• Haunter evolved by level-up (I leveled up one to the late 50s-early 60s before I finally gave up).

This. And I also thought...

• Water was super effective against Fire and Grass (I don't remember what crazy theory I came up with there. xD)
• Ice was super effective against Fire (I thought the ice would melt into water that damages the foe. 030)
• Grotle evolved via Leaf Stone
• Fossils were actually useful when held
• Shaymin was just one of those common Pokemon rather than a Legendary (I used an Action Replay on my copy of Pearl and there were tons of them on Route 223 at lv. 30.)
• I could beat the Elite Four with just a Torterra (Not even close to lv. 80) and a Palkia

[Magmaster12]

Lucario being a legendary.
I freaked out when I first battled Maylyne and went as far as to creating a conspiracy video.

[Ningamer]

Mew's under that damn truck. He always has and always will be.

[Idno58]

The only thing I can think of at the moment...

When I was 5, I thought there were only 5 boxes in the PC in Pokemon Silver. I threw a tantrum at my friend because he stored my Feraligatr in the 7th box and I couldn't find it.

[Yoshi648]

A+B+Down makes Pokéball work better (and I STILL do this on a regular basis).

[SK]

Originally Posted by TurtwigX

Training only 1 Pokemon makes you epic

I do that all the time and it works perfectly. A level 80 starter at the beginning of the E4 isn't too shabby at all, just get a free legendary via Master Ball and use your other 4 Pokemon (caught in Victory Road of course) as decoys. :3

Originally Posted by Yoshi648

A+B+Down makes Pokéball work better (and I STILL do this on a regular basis).

Heh, I just hold down A. xD



I also used to try to catch other trainers' Pokemon thinking that it would actually work sometime, and I also used to restart the game a lot just because I was bored. Then I got smarter and realized what I was doing with both of those.

[AuraKshatriya]

I'm sure if I found my Sapphire cartridge I'd be at Rocket Launch 100 and headed to the moon to catch Jirachi and Deoxys right now.....right? That's how it works, isn't it? Please don't tell me I've been waiting so long for nothing! xD

[snivy]

I used to think that mew evolved into mewtwo.

[FreezeWarp]

Originally Posted by Kurusu Lapras

• Steel was weak to Water.

It is, isn't it?

*checks http://dex.victoryroad.net/pokemon/Steelix *

...Wah?

Well, so I guess I only just figured that one out. You can also count me into the Geodude->Onix group, as well as Tombstone. That's about it, though...

Originally Posted by AuraKshatriya

I'm sure if I found my Sapphire cartridge I'd be at Rocket Launch 100 and headed to the moon to catch Jirachi and Deoxys right now.....right? That's how it works, isn't it? Please don't tell me I've been waiting so long for nothing! xD

...Oh yeah, I still like to this is true.

[mariothecellist]

Originally Posted by Yoshi648

A+B+Down makes Pokéball work better (and I STILL do this on a regular basis).

This...and variations on the buttons.

I've noticed that Pokeballs shake less without any buttons being pushed. Weird...

[Leaftail]

Originally Posted by FreezeWarp

It is, isn't it?

*checks http://dex.victoryroad.net/pokemon/Steelix *

...Wah?

Well, so I guess I only just figured that one out.

It makes sense, doesn't it? Steel rusts!

Originally Posted by Yoshi648

A+B+Down makes Pokéball work better (and I STILL do this on a regular basis).

My brother still does that. But I'm not stupid so I don't do that.

[V-Generate]

• I actually did not believe in Mew under the truck. A site I found said Mew was only under the truck in Red and Blue, I only had Yellow. I believed in the version for Yellow that site had, though. If you ran around in the grass under Cerulean, you'll find Mew AND Togepi.
• I was dead convinced Santa would bring me a Pikachu. When Christmas came and I received no Pikachu, I assumed he would make a special trip on my birthday to give me a Pikachu. I figured it was because Pikachus were rare ):
• In Crystal, I assumed that if you lost too many battles your level would go down, so I used my way overleveled unbeatable Typhlosion all the time.
• Bug was weak to Water and Poison.
• Pikachu really left you forever at the end of Hey You Pikachu! First time I got to that part I cried and restarted that file.. then when I got to it a second time I pushed through and found out what really happened. I still have that file.

[Shadow]

I used to believe the videos on Youtube which claimed that you could obtain Celebi in Emerald at the beginning of the game. I even tried that twice, but since they both didn't 'work', I gave up and forgot about it.

[Falco]

Growing up i thought the game crashed if you didn't save in a pokecenter

[Premonition]

Saying 'Gotta catch 'em all' while using a Pokeball gives a higher rate of catch.

[The Spirit of Time]

I used to believe about the existence of Mewthree and Mewfour...

[Leaftail]

Originally Posted by Falco

Growing up i thought the game crashed if you didn't save in a pokecenter

Hmm... why does that ring a bell? Maybe I used to think that when I was really young and just got Blue? Hm...

Originally Posted by The Spirit of Time

I used to believe about the existence of Mewthree and Mewfour...

Me too! Well, for Mewthree at least... I used to think it was a gen III legendary.

[RotomGuy]

Here is the most epic fail eva:
Ground and Fighting were part of Rock type until Emerald. They where split into 3 types then. I STILL haven't caught a Ground or Fighting type in Crystal and before.

More fails:
Steel was weak to grass.
Mewtwo was a glitch pokemon. (After watching the Mew3 nonsense on youtube, I got suspicous O.O)
That legendaries couldn't be caught.

Yep. I probably made the biggest fails in the history of pokemon.

[The Spirit of Time]

I also used to think that there is a 0.09% chance of the Masterball exploding while catching the Pokémon, killing it. o_O

[AnathemA]

Misty was killed by a Snorlax. Long story :S Ask me on visitor messages thing if your actually interested in knowing how I thought that ridiculous statement xD


Also, Water was good against fire (I saw Ash make mist out of a flamethrower in the anime :S)

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by The Spirit of Time

I also used to think that there is a 0.09% chance of the Masterball exploding while catching the Pokémon, killing it. o_O

Actually, you told me once that if I caught a Rayquaza in a normal Pokéball, there's a chance that the Pokéball might explode. I still clearly remember where and when you said that, if you want confirmation.

[The Spirit of Time]

Originally Posted by Shadow

Actually, you told me once that if I caught a Rayquaza in a normal Pokéball, there's a chance that the Pokéball might explode. I still clearly remember where and when you said that, if you want confirmation.

I don't remember this particularly, but I had a friend, whom you know, who told me his Pokéball exploded, and that's why I had such a belief.

[Velociraptor78]

I always hit the middle of the Poké Ball on the touchscreen just as it hits the Pokémon.
ALWAYS.

[V-Generate]

Oh yeah, I believed in the Celebi glitch in R/S too. Especially since there was this guy who claimed to know all about the glitch, saying that if you used EVEN ONE Action Replay code, the Celebi you would encounter through the glitch would destroy your entire game forever. You wouldn't even be able to restart, it would linger onto your new games. (I totally thought I could bypass this as I had the action replay backing up software, heh)

[GrassPokemonFTW]

You know how in R/S/E, Double Kick's animation showed two kicks hitting the Pokemon at two random, different areas? I used to think that if the animation hit the butt of the Pokemon, it'd have a higher chance of being a critical hit. XI

[The Tropius of Tropiuses]

Oh, y'know... the good ol' A+B trick. I still do it to this day.

I used to belive in Emerald if you got all the event Pokemon you'd get a new area where the Legendary Beasts would show up, and when you got there, the Birds showed up, too. And then they'd fight, and after that the Gym Leaders would come to save your behind. And finally, Riakou would try to hit you, but your starter would take the hit, and die.

[TurtwigX]

What I meant was training 1 Pokemon only. No decoys at all. I challenged the E4 with only 1 Pokemon in my party because I thought it would work.

[Shiny]

• You were awesome if you had a party full of legendaries
• That you were able to jump off of Mt. Silver once you beat
  Red
• You'd get a Mew once you complete the Pokedex
• You'd get a camera, fly to the moon, capture pictures of Jirachi and Deoxys, and then be able to capture them.
• You'd get a GS Ball from Kurt if you got 99 apricorns and then you'd catch Celebi in Azalea Forest

[Kirby-Chan]

Pushing the A and B buttons will make it more likely to catch a Pokemon, finding Mew under the truck, and you can catch Deoxys and Jirachi if you can manage to launch the rocket.

[JC]

Oh I have one

Pretty stupid one at that too.
I actually believed when you got 3 years worth of hours on Pokémon R(G)BY Johto would have been opened up to battle those Gym Leaders.
I actually believed that Mew was somewhere else other than the truck, but still in the map where the SS Anne was at.

[Leaftail]

Here's another one:

When Gen IV was starting up, I used to think the starters and maybe a few legendaries would be the only new Pokemon introduced. I'm also pretty sure I thought Ranger was the first Gen IV game.

[SergeiDragunov]

I somehow thought that when Pokemon reached lv100 they died... I was intentionally not using my lv99 Feraligatr so I could keep it alive longer.

[Dilster3000]

I thought Prof. Oak would give you a Mew if you beat Gary 5 times. And I also thought you can somehow sneak in the rocket from Ruby/Sapphire and fly to the moon to catch Deoxys. I always got this fake information from my friends.

[Cyber_nuva]

I thoguht that if the Mossdeep Space Center reached its 100th launch, then Jirachi was available for capture.

[Leaftail]

Originally Posted by AuraKshatriya

I'm sure if I found my Sapphire cartridge I'd be at Rocket Launch 100 and headed to the moon to catch Jirachi and Deoxys right now.....right? That's how it works, isn't it? Please don't tell me I've been waiting so long for nothing! xD

Originally Posted by Shiny

• You'd get a camera, fly to the moon, capture pictures of Jirachi and Deoxys, and then be able to capture them.

Originally Posted by Kirby-Chan

you can catch Deoxys and Jirachi if you can manage to launch the rocket.

Originally Posted by Cyber_nuva

I thoguht that if the Mossdeep Space Center reached its 100th launch, then Jirachi was available for capture.

I can see a lot of people used to believe that...

[Cyrus]

I used to believe that in order to prevent evolution, you didn't give them the everstone to hold, you used it on them, as you would an ordinary evolution stone.

[lucarioLOVER]

1.i used to believe that in diamond you will get a missingNo in 2012 at the old chateau.
stupid huh?
2.if you get 100% in the building with rocket(in emerald)you will get all legendaries
3.if you complete the pokedex in yellow you get arceus
this is the most stupid rumor ever,isn't it?

[Dinospy]

I still press A and B to "increase the chances of catching a Pokémon" even though it isn't true. But since I've been doing it for so long, it's almost like an OCD thing - "The reason I didn't catch it is because I forgot to press the buttons!!!" So I can't really stop.

Reading through these rumors posted here, I don't think I've heard any of them beside the pressing A and B one.

[Leaftail]

In an episode where Team Rocket attempts to steal Corsola jewelry, James says this is their 600th heist, which I assumed meant it was the 600th episode. It was actually somewhere in the early 200s. I believe it is this episode.

[Buizel456]

•You could interact with the ghosts in the Old Chateau. (I thought my game was broken when I couldn't move)
•Mossdeep Space Center. You could get on the rocket and catch Jirachi/Deoxys
•Your Pokemon would be even stronger if you Rare Candy'd them to level 100 instead of battling
•If you pressed A each time the Pokeball would... uh, shake? It would increase the chances of capturing it.
•If you brought Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf to the Celestic Ruins, you'd get the other versions mascot without trading.
•Running through Grass would make less Wild Pokemon appear
•If you beat the Elite 4 in Diamond/Pearl 7 times in a row, it would unlock a new secret city.

[Tyron]

Once my friend said that you can't put Kyogre and Groudon into your party at the same time bcause they would start fighting and they will suddenly disappear. That is really, really, really, really, really, really stupid and I am too to believe it at that time.

[Shiny]

Originally Posted by Buizel456

•Running through Grass would make less Wild Pokemon appear

I still believe this til' this day. XP

[SolarYoshi]

I used to believe that if you beat the elite four in ruby and sapphire 99 times, you would be transferred to the dark world, and could catch shadow pokemon.

[zappyspiker]

When I was 6 I read something about something about when you got to Mt. Silver a particular no. of times, Tony Hawks would ride up to the place were Red would stand and ask to trade your bike for his skateboard and if you said no he'd take all your pokemon.... Pretty gullible much but hey I was 6

[Leaftail]

Due to a mistranslation (glares angrily at Serebii Joe), when B/W were out in Japan, I used to think Team Rocket made an appearance. And not just a single former member cameo. I thought they were the main bad guys alongside Team Plasma. I also thought they stage an attack on the Game Freak headquarters.

Also post 800 babeh.

[Justjack91]

Here's one for you Yoshi.

Back when Cheat Code Central was my only gaming website I could go to as a kid on my old computer, I believed in the Yoshi glitch of Pokemon Yellow. Here's how it went:

Beat the game.
Don't run into any Pokemon on your way to Mewtwo in Unknown Dungeon.
Meet Mewtwo with Pikachu at the front of your party.

Then you fought Yoshi.

I seriously tried this and it never worked for obvious reasons.

[LucarioMario]

Before the release of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (Back when I was a total noob at Pokemon.) I thought there were some "forgotten Pokemon" that were so old they weren't even programmed into the games. One of which I thought were forgotten was Togepi. xD

[PokeRemixStudio]

As a kid, I used to believe that somewhere, somehow, Pokemon were real.

[Falco]

Ahaa if only that was true, i dreamt about it loads as a kid.

[Glitchy Furrystuff]

Use the mist stone on Dragonite to evolve him into Yoshi.

Might've been some others, such as certain Pokegods. It was shaky since I saw lots of different stories at a young age, some even contradicting eachother.

[GusFroggyBond]

that celibi would apper in the forest house thing after after getting EVERY SINGLE UNOWN IN GOLD OR SILVER VERSION!!! NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!

[KrayzeeGuy]

1) I always thought as a kid with Red/Blue that if you lost a battle to a Trainer after earning Gym Badges, the Trainer would take some away.

2) I sincerely believed that the Munchlax in XD: Gale of Darkness was obtainable.

[7dewott8]

1. I thought thatwhen you lost to team rocket, they would take you're pokemon and money
2. I thought that you could only find shiys in the safari zone until I got emerald. First pokemon I caught was a shiny wurmple.

[Kaorto]

Pokemon and Digimon were distant relatives.

[snivy]

Pikachu couldn't lose ever!

[Leo Breacker]

Originally Posted by SolarYoshi

I used to believe that if you beat the elite four in ruby and sapphire 99 times, you would be transferred to the dark world, and could catch shadow pokemon.

That was a very old prank on all the people who bought ruby and sapphire. I fell for that trick too!

[PHANTOMxTRAINER]

In one of the Gen 3 Games, there is this guy that is watching TV, and he tells you to move if you are in his way. My cousin told me that if you walk in front of him 100 times, on the 100th time, he will give you a Deoxys, and say that if you stop, he will give you the deoxys. I fell for that. I fell for sooo many things, but i am just easily persuaded...

[pokemoneinstein]

When I was maybe 7 or 8, my cousin told me that Snorlax evolved into a Pokémon called Fatso. I forget how he said it evolved, but I tried it, and when it didn't work, I was convinced he didn't have the level right, or something. He also told me that if you bred Snorlax, you'd get a Pokémon called Munchlax. I find that coincidence indescribably cool.

[N8theGr8]

I always thought a certain button combination would increase the probability of a Pokémon capture. I forget what the actual combination was, though...

[7dewott8]

Originally Posted by N8theGr8

I always thought a certain button combination would increase the probability of a Pokémon capture. I forget what the actual combination was, though...

I think the combonation might have been start, select and the A buttons?
Anyways, a very very stupid thing I though was true is that dragon pokemon were invincible
...I was quickly proven wrong

[SyracuvatTenlii]

I think the combonation might have been start, select and the A buttons?

Actually, you might be thinking of the widely accepted A+B+Down theory. After statistical analysis, I confirmed that it does not work.
I once believed that I was good at Pokemon, then I tried the VR Dragon Gym Challenge...
I once believed that Full Revives were sold at the Pokemon Mart in Ever Grande City right before the Elite Four. For some reason, I keep remembering having lots of Full Revives. Well, that was when I relied completely on my Blaziken to get through the Elite Four.
I once believed that the Gen III anime was cool...I was a retard back then...
I once believed that Bug type sucked...okay, that might still be true...

[PHANTOMxTRAINER]

Originally Posted by SyracuvatTenlii

I once believed that I was good at Pokemon, then I tried the VR Dragon Gym Challenge...

Agreed xD

[LucarioMario]

I used to think Skarmory was a legendary Pokemon because in PMD Blue Rescue Team (The only Pokemon game I had at the time) there's only one Skarmory in the story (To my knowledge), which is in a boss battle.

[7dewott8]

Originally Posted by SyracuvatTenlii

Actually, you might be thinking of the widely accepted A+B+Down theory. After statistical analysis, I confirmed that it does not work.

somone told me the code once, but I have to ask them again.

I once belived their was alway a fluffing adorable Very uber rific phsychic pokemon in every regeoin. ex.

I also once belived that all of the pokemon wold continue evolving ex. Charizaird to squirtle

[PHANTOMxTRAINER]

[QUOTE=7dewott8;171743]I once belived their was alway a fluffing adorable Very uber rific phsychic pokemon in every regeoin. ex.

Yeah, but Gen IV messed up

[PB Black]

I still beleive it that spaceship at pokemon ruby is waiting for me at Mossdeep! (i dont really remember the name of the island)

[7dewott8]

When I first played pokemon, I thought every pokemon evolved into the next one ex. Typholsin evolving into totodile

[Idno58]

Originally Posted by PHANTOMxTRAINER

Yeah, but Gen IV messed up

yeah, they took the uber-rific cute psychic type and split it into three not-so-uberific cute psychic types. Unless shaymin was a part of the plan. It is cute and uberific, although it has a certain lack of psychicness.

[Leaftail]

At the risk of straying too far off-topic...

Originally Posted by Idno58

yeah, they took the uber-rific cute psychic type and split it into three not-so-uberific cute psychic types. Unless shaymin was a part of the plan. It is cute and uberific, although it has a certain lack of psychicness.

Every generation there is an event Legendary with 100 base stat points in every stat. In Gen IV, both Shaymin and Manaphy would be that generation's uberkawaii Legendary. They just aren't psychic type like the rest. Come to think of it, they're not cute either...

[GrassPokemonFTW]

I used to think that Sky Uppercut was a Grass-type move. XI

[Idno58]

Back when I was a little kid playing silver version, I thought Strength was throwing a giant rock at the opponent and seismic toss was throwing a giant marble at the opponent.

[CharmanderMaster108]

I used to think that if you breed 10 Charmanders that you'd get a Shiny Raikou from Morty.

[GrassPokemonFTW]

I used to think that overwriting the save data was a bad thing.

[7dewott8]

I once thought the Venosaur was the most strongest pokemon ever. Now venosaur is just a regular pokemon. I still have that venosaur, and he is still quite strong.

[mutsurf]

I used to think Onix was a rare Pokemon. I wasted a Master Ball on one in Yellow Version's Victory Road, then immediately saved afterwards. Then I found out they were common in Victory Road, and that Moltres was in the same area.

I was so pissed.

[Yoshizard]

I saw a hack video of Ruby when I was younger, where the player gave Venusaur a fire stone, and it evolved into a fire Venusaur. I thought this was true for the longest time, but I thought it wasn't working because I had Sapphire instead.

[Plusleplusminun]

I thought that Aipom was a Sinnoh pokémon when I first played Diamond

[Tepig122]

I used to think Glameow evolved from stone in Pokemon D/P.

[7dewott8]

Originally Posted by Tepig122

I used to think Glameow evolved from stone in Pokemon D/P.

I can understand why you would think somthing like that.

Another reason I look up how a pokemon evolves i have started doing that)

I once thought that lugia was a water type, and It could fly.

[Idno58]

Originally Posted by 7dewott8

I can understand why you would think somthing like that.

Another reason I look up how a pokemon evolves i have started doing that)

I once thought that lugia was a water type, and It could fly.

But it can fly.

[Shiny]

Originally Posted by 7dewott8

I once thought that lugia was a water type

Wait. Fffu.
I always forget Lugia is Psychic/Flying.
It just seems more natural for him to be a Water type.

[Orpheus]

I thought Masquerain could learn fly. The fact that it couldn't broke my heart in Sapphire.

... and when I was young I thought shiny Pokemon were glitches so I would just run away when I encountered one. orz

[Cyrus]

I used to think the only way to access Cerulean Cave was to get all 150 pokemon in R/B/Y.

[Twiggy]

Hmm... For me? I don't think I had any really stupid stuff that I thought was true, but I do think mashing A while in the middle of capture counts.

[7dewott8]

Tis one always makes me laugh, but I'm afraid it's true: When I encountered a Legendary, I used to run because I always thought that they were bad pokemon.

[Pingouin7]

When I was young, I did believe in the A+B+Down trick.
I remember I was playing Yellow once and I encountered a Scyther in the Safari Zone.
I freaked out and mashed many buttons when I threw the Pokéball, but all that happenned is... the game froze.
Yeah...

Originally Posted by Buizel456

•Running through Grass would make less Wild Pokemon appear

Did you know that in HG/SS, if you walk in the grass, Pokémon are less likely to appear?
(It's not a rumor this time, though. A Trainer's Tip sign says that in-game.)

[Leaftail]

You know that guy near Saffron City who says something along the lines of 'It looks like lady luck wasn't with me today'? I used to think sometimes an actual person named Lady Luck would be with him, and that I was just unlucky and never saw her.

[Quadcentruo]

I, like many other Pokemon fans of my age in my area, thought catching Missingno. would corrupt your data.

I now have 3 on my Blue version.

[Your Mom]

I use to think that...

Tapping the middle of the Pokeballs made them work better
That Phione evolved into Manaphy (Still not sure I completely understand that)

[Dead4life]

jumping into water thats only one block could help me it didnt..

[Spangbot]

I thought unplugging the cartridge while playing the game would take you to Glitch City, but all it did was stop time.

[Lloyd]

I thought Tauros evolved into Boufalant.

[TurtwigX]

You could rebattle trainers and gym leaders and Black and White, Wifi was just like HG/SS, there was a Wifi Battle Frontier. :I

[Quadcentruo]

I used to think Dugtrio was the greatest Pokemon ever (when I was 5).
I even took my brother's copy of the game and caught one using his Master ball (not knowing there was only one master ball in the game).

[Manny1250]

I thought tha charizard evolved into the black [shiny] charizard
that if you beat the hoenn league 100 times the rocket will blast off
:/ I fell dumb now

[Lloyd]

Another thing is I thought if you bred 2 shinys together, the pokemon that hatches from the egg would be shiny. .-.

[mutsurf]

Mew evolved into Mewtwo.