Pokemon Cupboard

Welcome to Pokemon Cupboard, a world for fans of all things Pokemon!

This is a world where I’ll be posting various things about the Pokemon franchise. Here I plan to talk about some of my favorite Pokemon, favorite locations in the games, perhaps reminisce about playing the games or my favorite episodes of the anime, and maybe much more.

About Me

I got into Pokemon during the mid to late nineties. At first didn’t want anything to do with Pokemon. Back then it was part of my nature to rebel against all things popular. But my opinion about Pokemon changed significantly after seeing the first four or five episodes of the anime. I got into the series and soon wanted to play the games. That Christmas I believe I had received a Gamboy Color and the Blue version of the Pokemon game.

Eventually I also played the Red and Yellow versions, mostly to see how they differed from Blue. I played the games that followed up until Ruby and Sapphire. At that point the anime had started to go downhill. I really didn’t like it when they replaced Misty with that girl May and her annoying little brother Max (god how I loath him). The games started to lose their appeal too. I didn’t like how Ruby and Sapphire didn’t have a lot of the Pokemon from previous games. Of course at the time I didn’t realize that they were going to do remakes of the first generation games.

Still, by that point I was no longer as into Pokemon as I once was. My focus had turned more to Yu-Gi-Oh! and other things. But I still keep tabs on the Pokemon franchise. I think that the anime is a lost cause, but I have read about the newer games, some of which actually look pretty good. I’m also currently working on a Pokemon Fan Fiction project. So in short I’m basically an old-school Pokemon fan.

Guest Posters

My interest in Pokemon ebbs every now and then. So to make things more fun and keep this world alive, I’m going to allow other Pokemon fans here on TheO to post things here. So like me you could post things about your favorite Pokemon or talk about your favorite anime episodes. But you can do so much more too.

If you play the games, you could use this world as sort of a journal and share your adventure with everyone. It doesn’t have to be the mainstream Pokemon games either; it could be Pokemon Conquest or one of the consol games.
Another use for this world could be to post Pokemon fanfics you may have created. Or perhaps share the profiles of your Pokemon OCs (if you have any).
Maybe you have some big Pokemon related art project you want to share. You could use this world to chronicle its creation.

You could do all that and much, much more. As long as it has to do with Pokemon, the sky’s the limit. So if you’re interested in becoming a guest poster, or maybe just have a few questions, please contact me via comment or PM and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Current Guest Posters

umchan649 * dfdfdfdf * xXShayde WolfXx * Ikemarth * Ritsuki * elricbrothersfan

Created By Darkarax

SoulSilver Playthrough Journal - Day 8

Alternatively Titled: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Team:
Nami - Meganium - lv. 32
Zoro - Onix - lv. 31
Vivi - Vulpix - lv. 31
Chopper - Yanma - lv. 32
Robin - Espeon - lv. 32
Sanji - Horsea - lv. 25

Well, as I promised, I beat Morty and his manscarf into the ghostly dust, mostly thanks to Chopper, whose Pursuit carried me more than halfway through the battle. I replaced SonicBoom with Pursuit, which is the only move change that I've made. So, after that rather quick gym battle, I took off on the extremely long, grueling, tiresome, horrible, WHOLE TWO SCREEN trek to Olivine City. My rival decided to show up and call me weak once more, despite the fact that I've beaten him three times now...Silver, learn to count...Learn to THINK...

After being informed that a sick Pokemon was atop the lighthouse, I climbed the whole thing, dropped out of a window halfway down, then climbed up again, only to be told, "Ooooooooh, my Ampy needs some medicine...Go get it!" -_- And so, my quest for the pills began, as I crossed the ocean and decided to pick up my new party member along the way.

...Only to run into a few problems. Actually, just one. I WAS MISINFORMED. AS USUAL. I checked Serebii.net, and it said that special HM moves needed was Surf, and nothing else. Well, apparently they were talking about the inside of the cave, since Whirlpool IS required to get into the Whirl Island. Derp. But, fed up with my setbacks already and not feeling like waiting for my last party member until after the seventh (or was it eighth?) gym (I recently did that with my Black version, and MEW ABOVE did it annoy me.), I decided to have my brother catch a Horsea for me in Whirl Islands in his HeartGold version, which he has basically completed. And thus, Sanji was traded over to my game, and I now have a seahorse! :D

Somewhat cheap, I know, but I wanted a Horsea, and I wanted one now, and I didn't feel like getting a new Pokemon in its twenties when all my other Pokemon were in the forties and fifties. It's going to be a bit easier to catch Sanji up now than it would have been then. And that's that. Oh, and just before I ended up, I landed on Cianwood Island and have seen Suicune but have not approached yet because I ran out of time. So tomorrow I will see Suicune, beat up Eusine, and then train a bit before taking on the Cianwood gym! See ya then! Ciao~!

New Pokemon:

Sanji
Horsea - Male
Nature: Sassy
Water Gun, Surf, BubbleBeam, Agility

-umchan649

Pokemon Jukebox! Team Galactic Battle

So I've decided to create a weekly entry of my own involving something I enjoy very much about the Pokemon series that I often think can be overlooked: the music! Pokemon games have some of the catchiest, craziest, and sometimes downright beautifu...

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A Sad but Funny Pokemon Comic

I found this little comic a year or so ago when I was looking through images of Photobucket to find screenshots. I thought I'd repost it here. It's funny, b...

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Interesting Specimen: Unown

Well, it’s time once again for another one of my Interesting Specimen posts. For this week I thought I’d talk about a Pokemon that is not just out of this world, but out of this universe as well, the Unown. ...

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SoulSilver Playthrough Journal - Day 7

Alternatively Titled: You Waited Your Whole Life, I Waited Ten Seconds!

Team:
Nami - Bayleef - lv. 28
Zoro - Onix - lv. 28
Vivi - Vulpix - lv. 28
Chopper - Yanma - lv. 28
Robin - Espeon - lv. 29
Badges: 3

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So, I trained. A whole lot. And it still feels like it's amounted to nothing. But after training all my Pokemon to level 25, I went to the Burnt Tower, where my rival was waiting. His Pokemon were no trouble at all, so that was quick and easy. I talked to Eusine, who has spent his whole life searching for Suicune, who just happened to reside in the basement of this tower with Entei and Raikou. But, being an absolute dumbass, Eusine just sat around while I waltzed down to the basement. The Legendary ~~Beasts~~ Hamsters scattered, but not before Suicune stopped by to give me a hello, which made Eusine a bit jealous.

I attempted to take the Ecruteak gym challenge, but, while I breezed through the gym trainers, rather regrettably, Morty took out my Pokemon rather easily. However, this is easily explained by the fact that everyone on my team sans Vivi had basically USELESS moves against his Pokemon. Robin and Chopper have all Normal-Type movesets, Zoro's only non-Normal move is Rock Throw, and, because all Morty's Pokemon have Poison as their second type, Nami's PoisonPowder is useless and Magical Leaf might as well be. So I've decided to train everyone up to level 30 before taking Morty on again.

While training, Robin evolved into an Espeon! ^^ Yeah, had you all fooled, didn't I? ;p Kidding, kidding, but yes, I've decided to use an Espeon, though I'm a bit upset that Robin won't learn a Psychic type move until level 36. Also, instead of trying to remember what moveset changes I have or haven't mentioned, I'm just going to list my entire team's movesets here:

Nami:
Tackle, Synthesis, Magical Leaf, PoisonPowder

Zoro:
Slam, Rock Throw, Rage, Screech

Vivi:
Ember, Confuse Ray, Flamethrower, Quick Attack

Chopper:
Uproar, SonicBoom, Quick Attack, Supersonic

Robin:
Tail Whip, Swift, Quick Attack, Sand-Attack

Now that Vivi has learned Flamethrower, I'm going to evolve her as soon as I get my hands on a Fire Stone. I believe that I already have registered the kid who gives you the Fire Stone in my Pokegear, so it's just a matter of waiting until he finds it.

And that's everything for now! Next time, I'll hopefully have beat Morty and his manscarf into the ground. ^^ Ciao~!

-umchan649