Top 10 Shocking Pokemon Evolution Scenes
Top 10 Shocking Pokemon Evolution Scenes Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Pokemon Evolutions scenes we didn’t see coming. #10: Serena's Delphox As Serena’s first partner Pokemon, seeing Fennekin evolve into Braixen was one of the most memorable scenes in Pokemon XY. It would remain a Braxien, even all the way up to Serena’s departure from Ash’s group, as she set off to travel around Hoenn. That’s why we were incredibly surprised to find out it had undergone evolution when Serena returned in “Reuniting for the First Time.” Now a Delphox, the fire and psychic type Pokemon competes in the Lilycove City Pokémon Contest Spectacular, securing her partner a tie for first place. #9: Sabrina's Kadabra After some creepy scenes that see a doll using telekinetic powers against a member of the Saffron City Gym, Ash immediately challenges Sabrina to a Pokemon battle. Even before things heat up, Abra is absolutely clowning on Pikachu by dodging its attacks. Somehow all this trolling leads to what happens next. Sabrina uses her own Psychic powers to suddenly evolve her Abra into Kadabra. We’re not sure how she managed this, as we’ve never heard of a Pokemon evolving due to a human's psychic abilities, but if she’s trying to flex here, consider us impressed! #8: Brock's Steelix Brock’s Onix was one of the first Pokemon Ash ever battled against, using its ground type to its advantage over Ash’s Pikachu. Onix would go on to join Brock in his journey with Ash, that is until the Pokemon Chronicles episode “A Family That Battles Together Stays Together.” Here, Brock leaves Onix with his brother Forrest, who has taken on the role of Gym Leader at Pewter City. When Brock finally returns during the Ruby and Sapphire series, he discovers that Onix has actually evolved into Steelix during his time away. We’re guessing Forrest must have handed Onix a Metal Coat at some point! #7: Misty's Politoed When both Ash and Tracey are paralyzed by a Vileplumes Stun Spore, Misty encounters a friendly Poliwag whilst searching for the Salveyo weed to cure them. Not only did it help her find the herbal medicine, but it would go on to join her. It would later evolve into Poliwhirl, becoming a key part of her team, but after losing to a Poliwrath, Misty seriously considered evolving it in order to match its might. Without anyone knowing, the Polywhirl holds onto the King’s Rock that Ash had won at a tournament, leading to a huge surprise when Misty sends it out of its Pokeball in a battle against Team Rocket. It evolves into Politoed, a green frog like Pokemon, which is a very stark contrast to Polywrath. #6: Ash's Kingler
When Ash opted to draft in his boxed Krabby for the Pokemon League, we were shocked. After all, we were shown how pathetically small it was compared to Gary’s. That’s when the awesome surprises began however. First, Krabby was able to strategically take out Manny’s Eggecutor. That must’ve been a staggering amount of experience points, as just like that, in his very first battle Krabby was able to evolve into the imposing Kingler. After that, Kingler was easily able to team sweep the rest of Manny’s lineup. #5: Cameron's Lucario In the quarter-finals of the Unova League, Ash dukes it out against one of his rivals Cameron. The battle is neck and neck throughout most of it, and it all comes down to Cameron’s final Pokemon Riolu. Just as it looks like Ash’s Snivy is going to claim the win, Riolu evolves out of no-where after some encouragement from Cameron. With its newfound strength, Lucario defeats not only Snivy, but also Pikachu, knocking Ash right out of the tournament. Honestly, this sudden evolution almost feels unfair, especially when you consider how powerful Lucario’s can be! #4: Ash's Naganadel Originally from an alternate dimension within Ultra Space, Ash caught Poipole after Lusamine suggested he take care of it. Later down the line, after defeating Necrozma, Poipole tearfully leaves Ash in an extremely emotional farewell and returns to its home. Fortunately, this isn’t the last time we’d see the poison type Pokemon. During Ash’s confrontation with a Guzzlord, a wormhole breaks through the sky, and a Naganadel emerges from it. It doesn’t take long for Ash and Pikachu to realize that it’s actually Poipole, who has evolved during their time away. #3: Goh's Raichu We’ve had the iron-clad rule that Ash’s Pikachu refuses to evolve hammered into our brains so many times over the years, that this evolution almost feels sacrilegious. In the episode “Gotta Catch a What?!” Ash’s partner and co-protagonist Goh catches his very own female Pikachu. Just as we thought the series would start featuring two Pikachu’s from this point, Goh’s suddenly evolves into a Raichu in the very same episode after grabbing a thunderstone. Seriously, seeing a Pikachu evolve in the anime just feels weird! #2: May's Venusaur Throughout May’s journey to become a Top Coordinator, Bulbasaur was a key partner in the Pokemon contests she competed in. In the latter half of the “Ruby and Sapphire” series, while in Kanto, May decides to leave her Bulbasaur at Professor Oak’s lab in order for it to learn from the OG, Ash’s Bulbasaur. We wouldn’t see Bulbasaur again until well after May herself left Ash’s party. In the episode “Pruning a Passel of Pals” May’s Bulbasaur makes their long awaited return, except while they were off-screen, they’ve surprisingly evolved two stages up into a Venusaur! We’re not sure what exactly Ash’s Bulbasaur had taught them, as they themselves refused to evolve. #1: Ash's Quilava Cyndaquil was a main part of Ash’s team all the way back in the Gold and Silver era of episodes, but like quite a few of the starters Ash had in his team over the years, it never evolved. Fast forward over five hundred episodes later, and Ash decides to use Cyndaquil in the episode “An Old Family Blend” for the Lily of the Valley Conference. After getting separated from Ash, Cyndaquil battles against one of Team Rocket’s mechs and ends up evolving during the battle. The freshly evolved Pokemon manages to put them away with its newly learned move Eruption. To put things into perspective, it took over ten real world years for Cyndaquil to finally evolve! Which Pokemon evolution shocked you the most? Let us know in the comments!
