Top 10 Pokémon Evolutions That Make Zero Sense 

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*Pokemon Says their name. Ash: "Who's that Pokemon!?"

A fish evolving into an octopus is like a gun evolving into a tank.

Someone please explain to me why Watchmojo thinks that a tadpole evolving into a frog/toad makes no sense (#7)

Fact: Toucans are related to woodpeckers.

meanwhile Digimon You see this Cat? Ara Ara she's a Angel waifu now

like when ryan reynolds evolved into Pikachu and then back into a ryan reynolds lol

People are still confused on Serperior losing legs and arms? When it makes prefect sense because of the history of snakes

A tadpole becoming a frog/toad makes zero sense despite this being an observable thing in nature...

*To be frank even an ordinary caterpillar turning into a butterfly, also makes zero sense to me...*

Serperior does have arms... They're crossed behind it like a royal stance

Dragonite looks like a character from Dragon Tales

Remoraid is a fish that's also a revolver. Octillery is an octopus that's an artillery piece - a cannon. It's a handgun that evolves into a cannon. If you read between the lines, it makes perfect sense.

10: The pink 'pearl' is actually a fish egg hence it evolving into two fish. Its also not uncommon for fish to lay their eggs inside clams etc to protect them. 9: Cosmog is a Nebula which are 'star nurseries' while Cosmoem looks like a styalised Sun or Moon and egg. Solgaleo is the Sun Pokemon being born from a star nursery. 8: I got nothing other than fish usually depicted as aggressive becomes larger fish usually depicted as aggressive. 7: Toucans are actually cousins to Woodpeckers, not closely but still close enough to make sense. 6: The difference in appearance between Politoad and the rest of its family is that its the only one that's actually a fully formed Frog/Toad, even Poliwrath is still a Tadpole hence its classification as the Tadpole Pokemon. Most Frogs/Toads look nothing like their Tadpole forms. 5: Fairly sure Game Freak have conclusively stated that theory is wrong. 4: Serperior is holding its arms behind its back 3: Trapinch doesn't look that different to an actual Ant-lion larvae while Vibrava and Flygon look like the adult forms. 2: I got nothing other simply changing from one type of dragon to another, in this case either wyrm or sea serpent to western style. 1: Gun becomes artillery cannon. This is much more obvious in their beta forms. Both archer fish and octopus are also known for shooting out water/ink to attack or defend.

If Pokémon evolution Made no Sense just wait till look the Digimon ones

“carvanah evolving into sharpedo makes 0 sense” *proceeds to explain why it makes sense*

The snake one isn't that outlandish. That was how snakes evolved IRL after all. Also they do have limbs just not using them.

From what I heard, Serperior DOES have arms, it just has them behind its back.

octillery and remoraid actually make sense. if you look at their beta designs, you'll see that remoraid is supposed to be a revolver, and octillery a tank

Remoraid and Octillery's original concept forms would've helped fans see the throughline of this evolutionary chain, but not by much.

Serperior has arms just folded on its back. And it doesnt need legs anymore. Contrary serperior with leaf storm aint runnin from anybody.

“And then it turned into a Christmas tree,funniest shit I’ve ever seen.” -me talking about mega Sceptile

Solgaleo represents the sun which is a star, just like it’s pre-evolution, Trumbeak evolving into Toucannon isn’t weird when you know Woodpeckers and Toucans are related, The entire Poli family are amphibians, with Poliwrath being a Tadpole while Politoed is a frog, the Snivy line are snakes with each evolution being more serpentine, the Trapinch line is based off a bug called an antlion where the larvae are agressive digging monsters while the adults are flyers, and the dratini line makes sense when you realize Dragonite’s japanese name is Kairyu which means sea dragon which fits both Dragonite’s habitat and its pre-evolutions.

For Dragonite, the Pokémon Journeys episode where Ash catches one of his own helps explain why Dragonite looks the way it does when it evolves from Dragonair.

This list is bs and loss all credibility throughout! Serperior does have arms!

Yeah you're right about Superior not having legs and but it does have arms.

1. Campearl is a mix between a clam and a row (an egg layed by a fish) 2. The light element is associated with colors such as yellow & white) 3. Toucans and Woodpeckers are closely related to each other 4. It’s amazing how nobody in the media world seems to know how the evolution of any animal works (especially for snakes) except for Homo Saipans 5. The trapinch line are all based on antlions And 6. Last time I checked, the dartini line are all based on the imugi

60% of this list MAKE ZERO SENSE!

Idk how Jessie, James and meowth are not dead. They get blasted into the sky every episode

Serperior has tiny arms tucked behind its back. In fact a majority of these evolutions make sense Remoraid evolving into Octillery makes sense. Remoraid is a revolver and Octillery is a tank. Trapinch is an antlion and when antlion grow up they grow wings which is why Vibrava looks so different from Trapinch.

Okay butterfree makes sense to me. Caterpie resembles a catapiller and butterfree resembles the butterfly that a catapiee evolves into. Makes perfect sense when applying it to our world.

Kinda surprise that magikarp and gyarados didn't make it in the list

Here's where you are wrong Ashley. Serperior DOES have hands, you can see them by the sprites in the gen 5 game. Also snakes in real life are evolved to loose their limbs. What are you smoking at watchmojo. How dare u messssssss(I had to do it) with my grass snek

Magikarp evolved into a Gyarados is a weird one for me😅

Pokemon who learn moves they shouldn't be able too would be funny with his commentary.

AHAHAHAA @6:24 *Servine comes out,* Ash: "A Servine?..." Pikachu: "Pi...ka?..." *Servine: "Ser...Vine...(Oh Yeah!..)"*

Actually in beta development, Remoraid looked more gun-like and Octillery looked more tank-like and that was the connection. A fish pistol becomes an Octopus tank. They removed the weapon stuff mostly but if u look closely at Remoraid, u can still c some gun components.

I always thought Gyarados didn't make sense until I heard about it based off of a legend

Fun fact: It was revealed in Pokemon Journeys that Dragonite grew arms so it could save those in trouble at sea :)

Ooo, fun fact: Remoraid was supposed to be more like a gun-fish, and Octillery would have been an armoured octopus tank, which would have made a lot more sense because gun evolving into tank. But I assume because of the controversy with that Safari Zone episode where the Warden put a loaded rifle directly against a 10 year old's head, they didn't want to touch any more weapon/military things.

What makes zero sense is Ash never aging up. He should be like in his 30’s by now.

Flygon is based on adult antlions trapinch is based of the larvae....

Regarding Serperior; I agree that losing arms doesn't make a whole lot of sense - though there's mentions in Snivy's Pokedex entries that its vines are more dexterous than its arms, and, as someone else mentions, Serperior actually keeps them, they're just tucked away behind the back - but the loss of legs actually /does/ make sense. Once a Servine evolves into Serperior, it has, simply put, gotten much too big for the legs its previous forms had. It'd never be able to hold up its own weight with them, so they would have been completely superfluous.

Bruh sorry but I gotta know that every single pokemon evolution makes sense it isn't complicated after all

Is no one going to question why lugia isn’t a water type when he basically lives in the water and is titled “the guardian of the sea” 🧐

Considering that Ash is still 10 years, the evolutions make a little more sense

A couple of things: - toucans are actually part of the woodpecker order, while pidgey goes from being a songbird to a raptor, two much more distantly related birds, so pikipek to toucannon makes more sense than pidgey to pidgeot. And don't get me started on spearow and fearow. - regarding serperior, there are quite a few limbless, serpentine animals whose ancestors did have limbs, so even though they often are, limbs aren't always a plus. Presumably for serperior, it's akin to poliwag or mankey losing their tails when they evolve. - antlions go through complete metamorphosis in real life, so it makes sense the different stages don't resemble each other all that much - wurmple doesn't look all that much like its evolved forms for the same reason.

I'm so tired of this tuff. Okay, let's begin: 1. Remoraid is a gun and Octillery is a turret. 2. Serperior DOES have arms, they're just folded behind it's back. 3. Clamperl is a fish egg nested inside an oyster, not an actual oyster. 4. Flygon is an antlion, they look completely different when they mature then their larvae form. Any more questions?

Flygon and it’s evolutionary line make sense for sure. It’s based on the Antlion and it’s adult metamorphosis the Lacewing which looks very similar to a dragonfly.

I thought Gyrados & Milotic would've been Number 1

Cosmog is a nebula. Cosmoem is a protostar. Solgaleo is the freaking star. It's represented by a lion eating the sun in alchemy.

How about top 10 pokemon that looks like their missing a middle evolution. Like the alolan starters. I can see the resemblance between the first 2 forms but the difference between the 2nd and 3rd forms are drastic

Turtle approved

The reasoning behind Octillery and Remoraid is that Remoraid is supposed to represent a pistol, and Octillery is supposed to represent a tank.

Hi Ashley, how are you today? My name's Sabrina Griffin and I'm a Pokémon fan. I got the trading cards, plush and a Pikachu hoodie as well. I watched the first Pokémon movie and it made me cry at the end when Ash Ketchum gets turned to stone.

*Clamperl is actually a fish egg in a clam *The Flygon line is based on baby to adult ant lions. * Snivy's evolution is like real science that snakes used to have small arms *Poliwrath is basically an angrier and buffer Poliwhirl so Politoed spices things up a bit. * AND Remoraid is a hand gun and Octillery is a tank. Their beta forms are more obvious. Just glad you didn't include Magikarp in the list

Butterfree!!!!!!!!!

Dragonair is the best, most beautiful and elegant Pokemon of them all.

And geodude, a rock with arms, became a box tortoise. that makes no sense either.

I mean, the ancestors of snakes used to have limbs until they evolve and lose them, so serperior's evolution line is not only makes sense, but it's kinda clever

Number 1 the human adult all the hopefulness and imagination you had is gone you now suffer with depression and live or instant noodles

I like how literally everyone forgets that Serperior does have arms

Serperior does have arms, it just keeps them tucked behind its back as it has a Superiority complex and chooses not to use them. It loses its legs as Snakes don’t have legs.

Snivy and servine evolving into serperior is a reference to how snakes lost their legs during evolution Snakes evolved from a Lizard-like ancestor

9:46 Sooo wrong it's painful. Literally the most basic of pokemon trivia is that Remoraid is based on a gun that evolves into Octillery which is based on a tank. You can hear it in the fkn name goddammit, shows once again watchmojo does zero research

Pokemon have many different Pokémon’s who evolutions that make zero sense

3:24 A bunch of Sharkpedons, seemly hungry. Jessie: Mewoth do something! iFood ad starts playing.

Honorable Mention: *Conkeldurr -It starts off as a Timburr (who wields a log), then evolves into a Gurdurr (who wields a steel beam), and finally into Conkeldurr (who wields 2 concrete pillars). Wait, What?! Going from steel to stone makes no sense! Steel is much stronger than stone, did something go wrong and its weapons accidentally get swapped during development? *Runerigus -Not really for the evolution itself, but rather HOW you get it to evolve. You need to have a Galarian Yamask that has taken 49 or more damage in your party and walk under a stone archway in the wild area.

I disagree about Serperior. Pythons actually come from limbed reptiles.

If you think these Pokemon evolutions make zero sense, try making sense out of Pokemon that have no evolutionary forms at all.

One evolution that is a Pokémon I love but doesn’t make sense is Dewott evolving into Samurott. The connection of oshawott into dewott makes sense, but how does it turn into Samurott? Samurott is on fours, has a mustache, a shell-horned helmet, an odd tail, and all the amazing and cool traits of a samurai making me love it. The problem Is that Dewott doesn’t have a single one of those traits, or any traits that is connected to one of those traits. The only thing that is similar is the names as they both end in “ott” but other than that this evolution makes no sense. But even if it is weird, I still love the Samurott line.

If you know the history, remoraid isn’t all that far fetched (not a pun) Remoraid was based on a gun originally, and its evolution, octillery (misspelled that-), was originally based on a tank. Obviously they can’t have those in a Pokémon game, so they made ‘em look like a fish with a little resemblance to a gun, and an octopus with a little resemblance to a tank Also doesn’t Serperior have harms that are stuck to its back?

Serperior does make sense. Back then they used to have limbs, but at later date they abandoned them because they were not really useful

Pokémon OP

Trapinch is literally a larval antlion, and Serperior does have little arms behind its back, not to mention that the Remoraid/Octillery thing is because they are based off of a water gun and tank respectively (though they could still be more similar colours)

Well just like they say, in every family one will always look DIFFERENT

Octillery he is the strange water Pokémon in all the time because his evolution is very make no sense which this doesn’t make sense since Octillery he is an in usually octupus

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Have 2 disagree on Butterfree - the whole point of its evolution is the 3 stages of caterpillar, chrysalis & butterfly 🦋

Poeple: "How does a fish turn into a octopus" me an intellectual: "It's a revolver evolving into a tank"

Serperior actually does have arms, but it typically keeps them behind its back, making difficult to spot unless we are looking for them.

but serperior has hands, tucked in behind its back

Solgaleo and Lunala are better explained in the games then in the anime it's the one thing the games got right

Tadpoles have the spiral look due to their intestines being able to be seen through their skin, and tadpoles turn into frogs/toads. Polywag is literally a tadpole. Polywhirl is the tadpole after it loses it tail and has grown legs. Politoed is... The Frog/Toad I honestly thought we all learned this in the first 3 years of school. Poliwrath, I can't explain that, probably just appeasing to people that don't get the whole tadpole to frog thing.

You should also do top ten Digivolutions that make Zero sense. There's also plenty of those! Lol

I don't see anything strange about Carvanha evolving into Sharpedo. It's a freshwater predator evolving into a saltwater predator, as you pretty much said.

Title : Top 10 Pokémon Evolutions that make zero sense Watchmojo : They don't look alike, makes zero sense to me

They should’ve added that scene where a Pokémon trainer released Octillery because of the “WTF?”evolution response in the anime.

Toucannon's evolutionary line actually isn't random if you recognize the reference to avian phylogeny. Woodpeckers and toucans irl are both members of the avian order Picoformes and this evolution is a sly reference to that. Game Freak has made these kinds of real world animal references before, like how Vulpix's name is based on the Latin word for the genus of the red fox Vulpes and how Barboach and Whiscash can learn electric moves despite being ground types as a reference to electric catfish.

Numbers 10-6 actually do make sense... Clampearl: In some cases, clam and oyster pearls are eggs. Even though clams and eels are 2 different species in real life, the designs of Clampearl, Huntail, and Gorbyss actually do their pre-evoled form. Gorbyss evolves from Clampearl's pearls while Huntail evolves from the shell. Solgaleo makes from its line because Cosmog is galaxy themed and commonly at the center of most galaxies is a sun, which looks white from earth. Solgaleo looks like a lion because lions are one of the fiercest and regal of daytime creatures much like it's nighttime moon counterpart, Lunala. Sharpedo makes sense because not only are there some species of fresh water sharks but Carvanha are commonly found in both rivers and oceans. Also, rivers and oceans are connected. The only thing that separates the two Pokemon from real life counterparts is the birthing process but we all know that all Pokemon lay eggs, However, what if, in theory wild female Sharpedo's swim up a river from the ocean to lay their eggs and the Carvanha's migrate to the ocean when they mature and eventually evolve into Sharpedo's. Toucannon makes sense because not only were the second stage evolution bridge them but even though Pikipek is modeled after a woodpecker, it doesn't act like a woodpecker. Politoad makes sense for it's because of the growth process of frogs and toads. Tadpoles or poliwogs go from blackish brown to green while maturing. That's why the Poliwag line diverges from Poliwhirl. So, Watch Mojo, you are once again seeking filler for an incomplete list.

Trumbeak is based on a Hamerkop bird

7:40 Thank you! I, as well as every one else, have wondered why in the seven hells is this whole line not part bug type?!?

Both Trapinch and Vibrava are based on different stages of an antlion's life. Flygon is the outlier here, but it is based on the similarity between antlions and dragonflies (emphasis on the "dragon" part in dragonflies).

I hope one day the creators of Pokémon that given us explanations and conclusions of those evolutions of the Pokémon’s

In Defense Of Some Of These Pokémon: With Politoed, I Think They Wanted To Go An Actual Evolution Mirror With It. Poliwag Represents A Newborn Tadpole While Poliwhirl Represents One That's Not A Tadpole Anymore, But At The Same Time, Not A Full Fledged Frog. Butterfree Makes Sense, Caterpie Represents The Caterpillar Stage, Metapod The Cocoon Stage, And Butterfree The Butterfly Stage, So Actually, #5 Should Be Venomoth And Beedrill! Flygon's Chain Represents The Life Cycle Of The Antlion, The Larva Of Which Buries Itself In The Sand, Trapping Prey, Hence Trapinch's Pure Ground-Typing, As Well As Vibrava And Flygon's Dragonfly Like Appearances As Mature Antlions Also Resemble Dragonflies. Truly, Octillery Is The Only One That Belongs On This List, Also, Top 10 Gen 8 Pokémon And Moments From The Sword And Shield Games Please

*Snivy to Serperiors evolution makes sense!!!!* Snivy seems to be inspired by snakes, which millions of years ago, actually had legs. In fact, Pythons and Boas have tiny hind legs buried in muscles and have no longer use them. It is enough evidence that a long time ago, snakes did in fact have legs (don't know about arms though).

But don't frogs and toads come from tadpoles...? Why should the color scheme be different? Also, one could theorize that Snivy's evolution could be based on the story of Creation, where the Serpent was forced to lose his legs due to tricking Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit I'd say that Flygon still makes sense because it's evolutionary line still works off the Antlion Life Cycle Now, personally, I believe that Cyndaquil's Line doesn't make any sense; Think avbout it, it evolves from an Echidna, to a(n African) Porcupine, to a Badger...HOW???

In pokemon journeys ash and goh discussed about how dragonite’s evolution line makes 0 sense but then they told it grows limbs so they can help people

4:00 Now that I think about it, that's so true..!! 🤣

In another one of WatchMojo's most epic fails, Gyarados should be #1