Top 10 Animals That NEED to be Pokemon 

All of these would be sick, although I will clarify one thing you got wrong: Mantis Shrimp punch with the *acceleration* of a bullet, not the force of one. They can hit incredibly hard, enough to shatter chitin and glass, but it’s nowhere near the power that even low-caliber bullets can have. It is a common misconception, but one I’d like to clarify. Of course, a Pokémon based on a mantis shrimp would absolutely hit with the force of a bullet, otherwise it just wouldn’t feel Pokémon enough.

Its insane that we still haven't gotten a cheetah pokemon they are one of the most famous animals ever and it would look so cool

Landorus, despite Bulbapedia's speculation is quite clearly a tiger primarily, being based on the White Tiger of the West. That makes the jaguar the only big cat without a Pokemon, because cheetahs are not classified as big cats since they can't roar. Binturong, however, is a 100% yes from me. Love those guys!

Spekoy and Opaquspel from Locksteen are my favorite versions of Opposum fakemon, but this one is close! Please, I NEED A POSSUM MON!

The manatee should be the water starter in a potential Caribbean region

Ideas for some of them: - The *Tardigrade* could be one of the bulkiest pokemon out there, like Blissey's HP combined with Shuckles' both defenses with "THICK FAT" - The *Tasmanian Devil* can be either a fast Glass Canon (based on Taz from Looney Toones) or a slow but bulky attacker - The *Manatee* can be either a regional form of Dewgong or something similar just being bigger, heavier, bulkier and a Rock type - The *Mantis Shrimp* can be either a Glass Canon or a slow but very bulky attacker - The *Hummingbird* can be an incredible fast sweeper - The *Opussum* can either have the ability "Immunity", "Toxic Boost" or "Poison Heal" or a combo between the last two or their own ability based on how they play dead

Unusually theres also not a llama/alpaca yet, but I always imagined that to be a Grass starter for a new region. I also imagined a narwhal, a turkey, and a pomeranian that evolves into a husky/malamute are all animals I thought would be Pokemon by now! and even though Opossums are not rodents, I always thought it would cool if they end up being part of the 'Pikachu' family and be electric type

Here some of mine, some of them I've already made fakemon of them: -Black Widow -Daddy Long Legs -Portuguese man-o'-war -Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt -Vampire Squid from Hell -> Colossal Squid -Cassowary -Secretary Bird

Cheetah and Black Panther! Black Panthers need to be a pokemon too. I would name it, Pantherine.

The Tasmanian Devil and the Thylacine could be a convergent evolution for the Houndour line, since they look similar.

I once thought up a concept for an opossum as well, though it was a Psychic and Dark type. I called it Phopossom, the Phony Pokemon. It lays on the side of paths, pretending to be injured to attract the attention of people passing by, but when they get close to investigate, Phopossom unleashes a psychic power that puts the person to sleep, giving it an opportunity to scout their bags for food or anything else before running off. Also, the hummingbird Pokemon looks familiar, I think you used it in the Loyal 3 video? Glad to see hummingbirds getting some love here!

Baluga whales, bumble bees, and various breeds of dogs, like german shepards, and various breeds of cats, like tuxedos.

And for secret number 11, either Mandibuzz and/or Fearow might have a Dragon-Type final form that is based of Bearded Vultures. No kidding..... Bearded Vultures are one of the real-life creatures that looks exactly like actual dragons. Ribbon-tailed Astrapias, Secretary Birds, Draco Lizards, Frilled-necked Lizards, Blue Dragon Sea Slugs, Pink Dragon Millipedes, Giant Oarfishes, Gila Monsters, Chinese Alligators, Dragon Sea Moths, Palmas Dragonfishes, Deep-Sea Dragonfishes, Great Potoos, Great Eared Nightjars, you named it

Funny thing. In my Fakemon region I have a 2 staged Tasmanian Devil that goes from Fire to Fire/Dark and a Thylacine as my Grass starter that eventually becomes Grass/Dark.

I think a tylacine Pokemon could be ghost type since there have been numerous unconfirmed sittings of it since it went extint giving it the nickname the ghost of Tasmania or something like that

A Manatee would be awesome. I would totally use one for my team.

Tasmanian Devil would be a great Route 1. I miss Tasmanian Tigers/Wolves

Personally, I want the Blue Glaucus, Tasmanian Tiger, and Elysia Timida

There are A LOT for insects that need to be Pokémon like mosquitoes and roaches. I would also like to see one based off of a Monarch Butterfly or a Luna Moth.

Maybe a regional pancham based on the nickname for racoons "trash panda."

as a thylacine lover, i think a ghost/rock fossil thylacine would be sick as hell. a vengeful spirit going after hunters! i also think the fire/dark you did was great with the stripes being on fire!

ever since I watched Coco, I always had this idea for a central American region called Zawales, and one of the Pokemon there was a mixture of a thylacine and a chupacabra, the mythical goat-sucking cryptid. I felt like these two ideas went too well together. other animals i want Pokemon made from are antelope, spider monkey/baboons, cassowary, beluga whales, jaguars, Flying fish, roadrunners, armadillo, elephant seal, water buffalo and ankylosaurus

Can you think about doing a Polteageist for every type?: Dark type- becomes a coffee decanter Electric type- becomes a soda can or energy drink Grass type- becomes a kale smoothie Fire type- becomes a hot sauce bottle Flying type- becomes a rain cloud (you can drink rain water and it was all I could think of) Dragon type- becomes hot Chinese dragon soup etc.

My picks would be -Sphynx cats -Hyenas (Mightyena doesn’t feel hyena enough) -Sea Bunnies -Jerboas

I think kakapo pokemonwould be great. A grass/psychic type being clueless and carefree like slowpoke and psyduck because they are the heaviest parrots on the planet and have lived fot thousands of years without being hunted by other animals, this is why their wings deevolved and why its sooo heavy. :3

an opossum pokemon could be fun. it’d also be interesting to get a possum pokemon as well as a kiwi pokemon as their prey, serving as a commentary on possums being an invasive species for new zealand.

I've heard before that animals like manatees have been mistaken for mermaids in the past, so maybe the fairy type could fit a more whimsical manatee pokemon

I was playing SV blind and got in a wild battle. I tilted the camera and saw a red ball hovering in the air. "It must be a hummingbird!" I exclaimed, and hurried through the encounter so i could check it out...only for the rest of the trainer to load in. What i saw was a Pokéball the trainer was bouncing in their hand. I want my hummingbird... Also, to make water bears cuter? You shut your mouth they're adorable! We need a budgie pokémon and we need it yesterday

Cheatah, dark psychic type. The Prankster Pokémon. This Pokémon is incredibly slow but it uses its expert mind to figure out the sneakiest way to make it look fast while in reality it is barely walking. Stat comprehension: bulky, slow, and have very high special attack

I've had this idea for a while. Capyblubber, a water type pokemon based on a Capybara and a Whale. Or Capybloon. A water type pokemon based on a Capybara and a water balloon.

"Theres a pokemon based off of about every big cat, except the cheetah" Who's gonna tell her?

These are all good choices. Another animal I'd like to see as a Pokémon includes the Hoatzin, a strange bird from South America that looks like it came from the Mesozoic era. They are also the only bird that only feeds on leaves and produce a foul odor because of their diet. The hatchlings are born with small claws on their wings. A Pokémon based on the Hoatzin could be either grass/flying or poison/flying type.

Cougars and Cheetahs may be large cats in size but they are no "big cats". Only Tigers Lions, Jaguars, Leopards and Snowleopards are.

Rattlesnakes ARE pit vipers. If a Tasmanian tiger was a fossil Pokémon, it should be Rock/Ghost. I could see a Virginia opossum as Posion/Dark or Poison/Ghost. Now what about an armadillo? Sandshrew and Sandslash are pangolins.

Lionfish are cool too But we could also have a salmon based Pokemon Or a potoo or even a Pokemon based on a moose

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If there is one animal I really want a Pokémon based on it, it’s the Spix’s Macaw. It would be a dream come true for me as someone who is a fan of both Pokémon and the movie Rio. (I also want a region based on Rio Brazil) Also funnily enough I have brought up capybaras before when talking about my dream region and my dream Pokémon as Brazil does have a lot of interesting ideas for Pokémon and not just the aforementioned Spix’s Macaw.

Great video, these animals are great for Pokemon. I can't wait to finally get a dalmatian Pokemon which I think would be water type because of their ties to firefighters.

Your water capybara is soooo adorable! And your babiralon (i forgot how to write this lol, its that similar to raccoon) is so cool, i tried to make once in a live, but mine was awful and completely scrapped xD

We already have a humming bird inspired pokemon, Sigilyph... although it would be cool to have an actual humming bird pokemon.

Before some unused type combos were introduced in later generations, I had thought some ideas: peacock spider (bug/psychic), arctic mosquito (bug/ice), mountain bighorn sheep (ice/fighting), opossum (fire/ghost) based on the legend of the "tlacuache" that used its tail to bring fire to mankind.

I want another sea angel pokemon or a sea sheep pokemon and I also want the beta fire seal pokemon that balanced a flaming magma ball on its nose

I could also see the Opossum getting the grass, fairy, or ice type. Opossums arent nasty creatures, theyre really the opposite, rarely biting. Basically, looks like could kill you, is a cinnamon roll lol

These would all be good choices for Pokemon

5:08 That aspect WAS actually already used in Pokemon with Crabrawler and Crabominable. Although, they don't look much like the mantis shrimp.😉🦀🥊

Might be unexpected to say this, but I don't think we got a swordfish Pokemon yet. Now that would be quite interesting, maybe it could be water/steel to match the sword theme?

I want all these to be Pokémon one day. I also want a platypus Pokémon as well. No! Psyduck and Golduck don’t count.

YAY IM VERY EARLY ❤❤❤ and i agree with most of these! Mabye a griffin pokemon would be cool too?

Since we got multiple proper wolves a dolphin, flamingo chickadee & proper Ravens I’d say my most wanted representation for Pokemon would be a hummingbird, parasaurolophus, thylacine, cheetah, Vaquita, puffin, narwhal/ beluga. Opossum& a proper raccoon

Minnesotan here, feel the need to mention the Loon

Fun Fact: Mantis shrimp can make enough friction from punching to release a punch hotter than the surface of the sun.

omg i just cant stop waching this ngl

My top 8 animals id want as pokemon: Ankylosaurus - This is the type of dinosaur with a big club as part of its tail and am armored back. For this id say rock/normal or rock/fighting and yes it would be a fossil pokemon. Honey Badger - Now some may think these animals are cute and maybe they are i dunno but from what i hear they CAN get vicious and up in your face if yer not careful. For this pokemon id give it the Normal/Fighting type. Electric Eel - Obviously a water electric type but one i would not mind seeing as a pokemon someday. StoneFish - A water/Poison type Poison Dart frog - for this one id say Poison or Poison/Normal Cane Toad - Pure Poison Hyena - Dark or Dark/Normal Gorilla - yeah i know we have a few different monkey pokemon already but for me yeah I want a Gorilla pokemon. I dunno how many evos it would have but for the Males they would have a silverback look on their character sprites. Pure Fighting type

5:29 Clauncher and Clawitzer already have the long range ability, since they're inspired by the "pistol shrimp" which has a power to launch pressurized bubbles from its claws so that it sounds like a pistol shot, hence their name.🤨🦐🔫

1:48: Yes, because tardigrades toootally aren't adorable already. Also, I like the idea of a ghost-type manatee. It also kind of fits their order being "Sirenia", named after a mythological creature.

To well known animals that I would like to see as Pokemon: Hammerhead Shark-Water/Steel Cassowary Bird-Dark/Flying Termite-Bug Gibbon-Normal/Pyschic Iguana-Water Gila Monster-Poison/Ground Komodo Dragon-Dragon/Poison

Capybara pokemon NEED to have a abylity called: "Ok i pull up"

My list 10 Pacman frog 9 Glyptodon 8 Blobfish 7 Bigfin squiid 6 Sponge 5 Stick insect 4 Caecilian 3 Frogfish 2 Hammerhead flatworm 1 Bobbit worm (please, gamefreak you gotta give me my adorable terrifying bobbit worm!)

*YES!* my favorite animal!

Leaf sheep. It’s just a real world Pokémon. It makes me so upset it’s not already.

Some I've been thinking on: -I know Kyogre exists but I'd love a true orca pokemon. I made one that was mono-Water but akin to Combee had a final form that was female only that was Water/Fairy to tie in with how orcas are highly matriarchal animals and Fairy being kind of our "moon" type and the moon's connection with the sea, femininity, and other things (plus it's the type that completely counters Dragons, so perfect for an apex predator), but other obvious combos like Dark, Fighting, Steel, and Ice could also work. -Similarly I'd love a true tiger pokemon (we do have Raikou, T!Landorus, and Incineroar but I want something you like at and go *oh that's a TIGER*). One I drew up in the past was a white tiger that was Ice/Fairy and only had the Fairy typing since it was part of a duo with a Dragon/Fairy type (they were contrasting psuedo-legends akin to Metagross and Salamence but based on the Chinese constellations), so hypothetically the Fairy could also be interchangeable. Fighting is obvious, we already have too many Dark type cats, Psychic or just keep Fairy maybe since tigers have antiseptic saliva and in Chinese mythos some tigers could also exorcise/ward against evil spirits from what I've read, and I'd love to see someone play into that (in general we need more Psychic and Fairy cats when you look into how perfect they are for that type between healing/therapeutic qualities and keen senses). -I was doing a bit of research into obscure dogs and found out about this endangered landrace livestock guardian called the bankhar (you may look it up and read more about it if you want but be forewarned that the reasons behind it being endangered are extremely depressing, as in EXTREMELY depressing), and from its description in legends you'd swear it actually were a pokemon. To sum up descended from a colossal dog, seen as having a human's soul, able to see into other realms, used as a companion in war, etc., so went with Psychic/Fighting. -A sailfish or other kinds of billfish would be lovely. Maybe a Water/Fire or Water/Steel type to combine the fastest fish with the concept of a racing car. -Once had a fun idea for a literal rosefinch, Grass/Flying, females were wild roses and had higher stats but males while having lower stats were more colorful and had more forms based on flashier variants of domesticated roses. -Also a fun idea I had once, a Bug/Electric wasp that is, like Porygon, a digital pokemon, or rather, was created to be a symbiotic partner to Porygon by defending it from malware. Since wasps are territorial, have paralyzing venom, and after the initial sting can mark an enemy of the hive with a pheromone to alert the rest of danger, it acts as an ideal antivirus and basically neutralizes viruses that could negatively affect Porygon or Porygon-2 or even the Rotom in your phone or laptop. -Honestly all my life I wanted to see a Poison/Steel rat pokemon that starts off using junk as tools (like a classic thimble for a helmet, a napkin for a cape, and a straightened-out paperclip for a sword) but then evolves into an actual knight. -Also something I wanted all my life, Normal/Ghost bigfoot pokemon

Yes! Im tired of seeing so many dog or cat pokemon when there are still so many interesting animals to base their pokemon on

I know we kinda got a Peacock with Quaquaval, but I truly want an actual Peacock pokemon. The design options are endless with the numerous typings it could be like flying, grass, fairy, psychic, etc. Personally I'd really like a Grass Type Peacock where it's tail feathers were reminiscent of leaves/petals.

Here are some of my suggestions for new Pokemon inspirations: - Archerfish, which has an ability to squirt water from its mouth to catch insects above for food - Dolphin/orca, because they're cute and because the only whale-like pokemon thus far are Wailmer and Wailord - Platypus, because there aren't enough Australia-inspired pokemon

Cool video! I wish there was a kangaroo or rhinoceros Pokémon That didn't look like a dinosaur like Kanghaskhan and Rhydon. There could also be a maned wolf Pokémon, Even though there are people saying that the manectric is already one

Make the skeleton panda sea squirt, it's a new Japan species and they did nothing with it yet

We have not got a cheetah pokemon Zeraora: am i a joke to you

I wish the golden eagle will be a dragon and fire type Pokemon when during it's final evolution. Just like fletchling, fletchinder and talonflame does, but a regional counterpart version...

Cheetahs, possums, capybaras, humming birds, Tasmanian devils and thylacines are all among my list of must haves for Pokémon. I also want to see a raccoon Pokémon in a future North American region, hopefully that won't be shot down or come out differently from how I want to expect it as. I have created some ideas of my own Pokémon on my channel if you're interested to know what I have in mind for future regions.

One animal i do wanna see becone a Pokèmon is the Yellow Jacket. A Bug/Flying type is perfect for a yellow jacket Pokèmon.

Aye-aye was one, but we’ve got it now with generation nine. I guess another on my list is narval.

Peacock is also good choice as legendary fairy/psychic type

There are Australian variants of possums as well. All the more reason to want an Australia/Tasmania region. You could get a physically defensive wombat Pikaclone. I agree with this whole list, and would add a couple more extinct animals: the Dodo and the Bird of Terror which was actually an herbivore. I might have included extinct sloths if it weren’t for Slaking. Capybaras would probably just be the early game normal type. That or tapirs. I guess we need a South American region as well. The regional Doduo would look sick!

I think Likepard looks a lot more like a Cheeta than a Leopard because of the body shape being more agile and slim with a really long tail. Also the pink marks on Liepard's face conect the nose with the eyes, which reminds me pf Cheetah's face black marks. The only thing that makes Liepard more similar to a Leopard is their spots with dots in the middle.

One animal I can think of to be a Pokemon would be the Ratel, also known as Honey Badger.

I thought we already had a manitis shrimp pokemon, Clauncher.

If we get a region based on somewhere in South America I think they should make the capybara the early rodent

I also think we need more fish. I know we aren't really desperate for water pokemon, but I think it's weird we don't have more fish pokemon than we do. Personally I'd like to see: Tigerfish Sturgeon Swordfish Stingray (Mantyke & Mantine are Mantas) Another Shark (weird Sharpedo is the only one so far lol)

wow i love 1:09 i love your art and how are you

that\s why we need a region which is inspired by Australia. There are a lot of prehistoric animals/ marsupials that they can still use.

There should be a capybara Pokémon that’s literally just a capybara, no defining attributes, just *C A P Y B A R A* ( and it has a signature move just called “ok I pull up” )

I think i Nice idea for a cheetah pokemon would be a Ground/Ghost pokemon

I agree with a pokemon based on a tardigrade and that concept for a tardigrade pokémon is adorable 😊

Believe it or not, Pragmagik already made a Pokémon based on a Binturong!

Next generation should have a first partner Pokémon that is a Tardigrade also having traits of an astronaut (make sure it’s always quadruped like the real Tardigrade) Type: water/bug (keeps typing throughout evolution) Height: 8 inches tall weighs 1 pound unevolved, 1 foot 4 inches tall weighs 6 pounds for middle stage, 2 feet tall weighs 27 pounds as fully evolved (making it the smallest and lightest first partner Pokémon in all 3 stages) Other starters in the same region are grass type Japanese chin dog later becoming a part steel cyborg and a fire type red panda later becoming psychic with lasers

Before the ghost/normal type was introduced in Hisui, I thought that the opossum would have been the perfect first crack at that. As well as a Hunger Switch style ability where it plays dead every other turn. Or maybe like Zen Mode or Defeatist.

I really hope we get a raccoon Pokemon and before people reply Zigzagoon and Linoon aren’t raccoons they are raccoon dogs

Platypus Pokemon! We need a platypus!

There is a common theory that the Ultra Beasts (The ones introduced in Sun and Moon) are based off of the 7 Deadly Sins. What if there were 7 more Ultra Beasts based on the 7 Heavenly Virtues?

0:23 I think the one on the right is more likely based on the prehistoric sabertooth cat, or "smilodon".🤔

I have always envisoned a Cheetah Pokemon with a low attack and special attack stat, which is kinda bulky and very fast, but it has the ability Drawback, which lowers it speed with 1 stage after each attack/turn, but raising its attack stats by 2, since Cheetah's aren't know for their endurance. So basically 65 attack and 60 special attack 100 defense and 110 special defense 145 speed. The Tasmanian Devil into Tasmanian Tiger concept is interesting, but i personally would make the Devil Dark/Fire, while the Tiger would be Ghost/Fire evolving knowing Destiny Bond. It would also be funny to see how they would pull off a Pokemon that is designed around White and Red Blood cells.

I like your ideas, I'd say the first is a bit too similar to Raikou though. The most common insect ever hasn't even been made a pokémon, House Fly. What about Magpies, Shoe (Chinpokomon), Mosquito, wasp or even the Goose?

bro the Tasmanian tiger pokemon looks like a redesign of houndoom

Wish you included an honorable mention for scarlet macaw, fiddler crab, pink fairy armadillo, and snow owl

If we actually get proper fossil Pokémon in Gen 10, I would love one based on the Spinosaurus... actually, there are a lot of dinos I'd love to see made into Pokémon. Allosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor, Carnotarurus... the list goes on! xD

Nah, the Tasmanian devil should be like the one from Looney Tunes

How about foods that should be turned into Pokemon next?

3:48 i think a tasmean devil becoming a tasmianian tiger was done on a channel named Truegreen7 and both his and your taker on it need to be pokemon

Sense they go for weirder animals i feel like a feather duster worm or bobbit worm would be cool

Good list, but Outrageous that platypus isn't on it