Top 5 Most American Pokémon (Besides Braviary)

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Hey Americans, happy 4th of July! Hope you get to set off lots of fireworks, enjoy a nice barbecue and spend some quality time with people you love. Or enjoy the day off by playing Pokémon; whatever floats your boat. And if you’re not American, I still hope you have a great day 😉 Without further ado, let’s look at the top 5 Pokémon that represent the US of A!

braviaryUndisputed Champion: Braviary

This king of the sky is so American it fills the air with the smell of freedom whenever it so much as spreads its wings. Therefore, we are including it as a bonus and not part of the 5 on our list as it is really a give-in.

We salute you, Braviary!

Bouffalant

bouffalantThis Pokémon has two great American icons in one: buffalos of the great Midwestern plains and the iconic afro which arose during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Both touch upon important parts of our heritage and make Bouffalant one of the most American Pokémon in the Pokédex today. Also, ever tried a bouffalant burger? They aren’t too bad…

Snorlax

snorlax Fast food is almost an American tradition at this point and what’s the result of that? A growing weight problem in our nation. It may not be the most positive stereotype, but it is certainly somewhat “American”, for better or worse. But hey, who can say no to a delicious Lava Cookie or two right?! I’ve got quite a fondness for them myself…

Xatu

xatu-aniAmerican history encompasses people from many different cultures and many different places, but we gotta give respect those who came first: the native people of the Americas. Although it is mentioned in its Pokédex entries to be connected to South American myths, it is not hard to guess that its inspiration came from the many tribes that inhabited both North and South America.

Basculin

basculinNot much more American than going to the local lake and doing some good old-fashion bass fishing. Basculin is also an aggressive, somewhat ‘masculine’ fish and it is no surprise that American guys are somewhat more rugged than their Eastern or European counterparts. Every culture values different things in their men and Basculin does capture a certain aspect of the male scene in the US.

Scrafty

scraftyScrafty’s design definitely draws from elements of urban culture and the way in which it wears its shed skin is very reminiscent of the style of clothing you might find in any American city. It also has a great mohawk which seems like homage to the active punk and rock culture of the 80’s and 90’s. Urban kids are also pretty damn resourceful, or crafty, so there’s that connection too.

Do you think my list was accurate? Any changes you would have made? I’m eager to see your thoughts down below in the comments!

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257 thoughts on “Top 5 Most American Pokémon (Besides Braviary)”

  3. Completely unrelated: I think it would be interesting to give Togedemaru an evolution. It would just be kind of like a surprise – none of the other pika clones have an evolution, and would kind of be like a more refreshing take on the idea of pikachu clones in general?

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      • 5: Noivern
        4: Hawlucha
        3: Braviary
        2: Gliscor
        1: Aerodactyl

        Aerodactyl is a Pokemon that just always found itself on my team, but hopefully in Sun and Moon the give Aerodactyl a physical contact Flying move and Rock move they gave it insane speed and a badass ability just have it squandered

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        • I usually use Pokemon I’ve never used before when I do playthroughs of Pokemon games and I’ve never ever used an Aerodactyl. I’ve wanted to and think it looks awesome but I just haven’t used one yet. I’m getting ready to play HG again and maybe I’ll use it then.

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    • 1. Braviary
      2. Staraptor
      3. Charizard
      4. Dragonite
      5. Crobat

      Wow this was really harder than I thought, there are a lot of awesome Flying types.
      Honorable mentions: Ho-oh, Salamence, Togekiss, Honchkrow and Rayquaza.

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  18. Oh when I posted Pokemon that if shown in videos of Pokemon Sun & Moon so far then update of Pokemon known to be seen are (the Pokemon evos. Seen pre evos put instead)
    Pikachu, Meowth, Caterpie, Ledyba, Pancham, Eevee, Spearow, Bagon, Gastly, Emolga, Electabuzz, Growlithe, Sandile, Trapinch, Feebas, Zubat, Wingull, Slowpoke, Dratini! this is I’m pretty sure all so far unless I missed one cause then speak up!

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  19. Lol I think the list is pretty accreate. I like how Braviary is smiling while it’s basically kidnapping a drilbur. But I hope everyone is having a good day Independence or Regular day

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    • There’s three people on my street doing illegal fireworks. They’re putting on a great show, almost like they’re competing.

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    • As an BTW that is from the episode with the Double battling brothers in a tag team battle v.s. Ash and Cilan

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  20. Is it possible for pokejungle to have its own version of the “what’s the best pokemon” contest that Japan just had? Smaller sample size but at least it wouldnt be for a giveaway and we could rank every pokemon.

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  21. So this is off topic, but can someone tell me if there is credence to something happening on the 7th. I thought I saw someone mention it somewhere, but I don’t remember.

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    • Junichi Masuda is doing a pokémon masterclass at the Japan expo in Paris, whatever that actually is. Last time he was there he revealed Honedge, though with Kalos being based on France there was more of a tie-in, so it’s possible but by no means officially confirmed… Fingers crossed we do get something, since I’m there it’d be nice to get some live awesomeness!

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    • I hope so too.
      But they’ve been pretty good at having different encounter themes in the past, so I don’t have too much worry about it. Perhaps some of them aren’t done yet or it’s just these two have the same themes.

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    • I am sure it is a permanent member. And yes I am sure it was meant to counter. As to what he would use for the the other choices I dunno. Azurill and Magby make as much sense as anything else.

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  24. So I just realized something that probably won’t be true, but I’d like to throw the idea out there anyway. Kalos is said to be the new Kanto, so you could say the franchise “started over” with Gen 6. This is why there weren’t any Pokémon related to older species (excluding Sylveon who was obviously just a gimmick to sell the Fairy type). And now we have Alola, the new Johto. I think it might be possible that we’ll get new evolutions related to Kalos Pokémon similar to how Johto have us evolutionary relatives to Kanto Pokémon. What are your thoughts?

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    • I’ve always been behind Alola being the new Johto long before SM were announced, so I think that could make sense as well.
      We just don’t have too much proof yet because none were shown.
      I’ll keep it in mind though :3

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    • What I’ve heard is the whole XY are colored blue and red. Plus the Kanto starters got megas.

      If SM are related to alchemy, then the claim that SM are the spiritual successors to GS holds plausible since, in alchemy, gold relates to the sun and silver relates to the moon

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      • There’s always been this Red vs. Blue subtheme. Bit more pronounced in Ruby/Sapphire and Diamond/Pearl, but still present in logos like Black 2/White 2, HeartGold/Soulsilver, X/Y and now back in Sun/Moon.

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    • I always thought this would be the case for alola. Kalos just has so much left undone i just feel like alola may be 6.5

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