how i got into it
pokémon wasn't part of my childhood like it was for most fans of the franchise. as a kid, i knew it existed, but i had no real idea what it was. i saw my older brother playing and collecting the cards, but it never made me curious enough to actually look into it. so no, me liking pokémon as an adult has nothing to do with nostalgia.
when i was 13, i got into anime and found out pokémon wasn't just about the cards my brother had, there was also an anime. but it didn't catch my interest at the time, so my 13-year-old self skipped pokémon entirely.
fast forward to 2024, i found out the pokémon franchise is actually mostly about games (until then, i thought pokémon go was the only one). i also vaguely remembered seeing gameplay from red & blue somewhere.
a few months later, pokémon tcg pocket dropped, and my boyfriend asked me to download it so we could trade cards when that feature came out. long story short: i fell in love with the game and what was supposed to be a casual thing turned into a full-blown obsession.
over time, i got more and more curious about the pokémon themselves: their personalities, how they act, how they battle, that kind of stuff. i really wanted to see them in action, so i finally decided to watch the anime. spoiler: best decision ever. i haven't finished it yet, and the last episode i watched loading...
i can't really explain why pokémon hits so hard for me, but if i had
to guess, i'd say it's cuz of the endless possibilities in the
universe. there's just so many ways to enjoy pokémon: lore, the
pokémon themselves, trainers, battle styles, games, anime,
collecting, tcg, you name it. it legit feels like being a kid
walking into disney for the first time. i've never had a hobby with
this much stuff to dive into. like, you can just type "pokémon" on
aliexpress and boom, endless merch (when it's not the weird kind,
ofc). i feel like i'll never get tired of it cuz there's always
something new to check out.
some people might think charmander is my favorite just because its final evolution is charizard, but nope. i'll get into this more on a page dedicated to charmander, but just to be clear: i like charmander, not charizard, not charmeleon — charmander!
i also started collecting pokémon cards in real life too because why not? for now, i'm only buying cards from the original 151 and the ones i think look cool, which is already enough to keep me broke.
recently, thanks to my boyfriend's persuasion, i downloaded
pokémon go and have been playing casually (i swear). i'm
still in the early game, but running around catching pokémon is
actually pretty fun.
as for the other games like red & blue, i already downloaded the game files and i'm planning to play them. my experience with each one will be in the 'games' tab here, so stay tuned!
miscellaneous
favorite
charmander
My TCG partner // 151/Charmander
cool links
- [pt-br] bolsodex
favorite episodes
EP014 - electric shock showdown
ash and pikachu head to the vermillion city gym, where lt. surge is proud of his raichu. the two electric-type pokémon battle, and raichu, being the evolved form of pikachu, delivers stronger attacks that send pikachu to the hospital. even team rocket, spying the scene from outside, is disappointed. nurse joy offers ash a thunderstone, which is required for a pikachu to evolve. as a raichu, pikachu would have a better chance of defeating lt. surge's raichu, but if it evolves, it can never go back to being a pikachu.
EP017 - island of the giant pokémon
ash, friends and team rocket are swept up in a tornado landing them in various locations on an island. ash loses pikachu and the poké balls containing charmander, squirtle and bulbasaur. jessie and james, who land in another remote part of the island, also lose their pokémon. thus both pokémon and their masters are left searching for each other on this strange island, inhabited by gigantic pokémon. where could this island be?
EP050 - who gets to keep togepi?
when ash and friends arrive at a pokémon center, joy informs ash that a message has arrived for him, from professor oak. he promptly calls the professor and learns that in the time since they last spoke, his pokédex has been upgraded to a new version, providing ash with information on newly discovered pokémon. with this new found knowledge, our heroes anxiously prepare for a fresh journey.
EP069 - lights, camera, quack-tion
a famous movie director comes to town and everybody wants to be the star. since he only wants pokémon in his movie, ash, brock, misty and team rocket fight hard to make sure it's their pokémon that will star opposite wigglytuff.
EP070 - go west young meowth
the gang heads to hollywood for the premiere of pokémon in love and meowth is forced to look back on his painful past. meowth shares bittersweet memories of his life before team rocket, and reveals how and why he learned to walk and talk like a human.
EP096 - meowth rules!
team rocket has engine trouble and lands on an island where the locals are waiting for the great meowth of bounty to arrive and fulfill an ancient prophecy. when meowth gets mistaken for this great creature with special powers, he enjoys the special treatment and decides to play along.
pokémon go (2016)
i made my pokémon go account when it launched, just like most people, i think. back then, i didn't even like pokémon, i knew literally nothing about it, and i only downloaded the game cuz of the hype and cuz i wanted to fit in. but at the time, if i'm remembering right, there wasn't much to do in the game, and for some reason, rattata was everywhere. no idea why. after two weeks, obviously, i got bored and uninstalled it.
almost 10 years later, pokémon became one of my biggest hobbies, so i ended up downloading pokémon go again. my main goal is to fill up my pokédex as much as possible, including shinies. feel free to add me using my trainer code 290120094583.
below is a list of all the shinies i've registered in the game, from most recent to oldest.
S-0006 ⓘcaught on 29 march 2025
S-0005 ⓘcaught on 26 march 2025
S-0004 ⓘcaught on 22 march 2025
S-0003 ⓘcaught on 21 march 2025
S-0002 (Alolan) ⓘcaught on 21 march 2025
S-0001 ⓘcaught on 19 march 2025
S-0000
S-0000
pokémon i like
i can't really explain what makes a pokémon my favorite. sometimes it's just the design, sometimes it's the personality, or even a specific scene from a specific episode of the anime. that's also why i still don't know what my favorite pokémon type is. i can't choose between dark, ghost, psychic, poison, and others... the only thing i know for sure is that i absolutely love cat pokémon.
it's pretty obvious at this point that my all-time favorite pokémon is charmander, and i'll go into detail about that on a whole page just for him. but besides him, i do have a few others i consider favorites. like team rocket's meowth. yes, specifically their meowth. it's not even just because he's a cat (ok, maybe a little), but i love his personality and sense of humor. he's the most recurring pokémon after pikachu, and yet i feel like not that many people talk about him.
my favorite eeveelution is leafeon. i've seen a lot of different takes on which eeveelution has the least fans, but i know leafeon is at least in the bottom three. which sucks bc i think he's insanely pretty. i get the hype around umbreon and espeon (you'll see below that i like them too), but leafeon will always be my number one.
below, you'll see a blank pokédex screen, and right under that, all the pokémon i like (important note: these are all the ones i like, not just my absolute favorites!). just click on any of them to see their info on the pokédex screen.
