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    Default Do you nickname your pokemon?

    Do you nickname your pokemon?

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    Don't do it anymore to many pokemon to nickname if i nickname 1 i nickname em all.
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    Default Do you nickname your pokemon?

    Blaziken: Phoenix
    Gardevoir: Psyphy
    Exploud: Noiztalgic
    Weezing: Noxious
    Kyogre: Waterwhelm
    Zigzagoon: Raccoonu (LOL!!! Too bad I don't have a PS2, so I could play that game!!*)

    I nickname them all! It gives the Pokemon a more personal feel.

    *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus: Funniest title ever!

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    Yep, I nickname all of them...

    Blaziken: Phoenix (hey, same as Deviou$)
    Metagross: Metallix
    Groudon: Magmagron
    Slaking: Slothargic
    Gengar: Umbrus
    Golduck: Poseidon

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    Yeah, sometimes,
    Gardevoir Psychix, yeah it is female.
    Minun, Minus
    Castform any name that is any name with W. or Powarun
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    Pikachu, Kamazi
    Mewtwo, hiter with an l inbetween i and t
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    I just name anything I plan on training for my own use (ie: not just things for my Pokédex):

    Swampert: Laguna
    Gardevoir: Mystress
    Mightyena: Anubis
    Lunatone: Kismet
    Sableye: Nexus
    Exploud: Sotto
    Beautifly: Empress
    Regice: Prisma

    I'll spare you from having to read all my GSC names too ^-~

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    I nickname legendaries like this: Groudon, Latias, etc

    I give my non-team members pointless nicknames like "Uglybuff"

    My team is named as follows:

    Blaziken: Magfist
    Milotic: Serpentia
    Salamence: Behemos
    Glalie: Zeroba
    Dusclops: Abysper
    Metagross: Ironite
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    i personally do just cause im weird...

    starmie: fuzzy
    rhydon: manthem
    weezing: perfume
    regice: paperweight
    skarmory: b10
    sableye: sunshine

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    I nickname all my pokemon. I nickname my team members so the opponent can't tell what they are when I'm switching (assuming that stil works in these games, lol) and 'cause I like to name them. And I nickname my other pokemon by a variation of their own name so I can A: find them and B: tell them apart easier. For example I know for a fact my ziggy knows three HMs and the other zigzagoons don't. I could just check instead I know but I'm lazy

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    I nickname everything except legendaries.... though I still haven't bothered to name my Castform....
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    I name everything I plan to use later..and if I don't plan to and use them later I nickname them then.

    Torchic: Kamui
    Beautifly: Petalwing (named after the weaver in Elfquest)
    Mightyena: Narius
    Tailow: Trueflight
    Zigzagoon- Jin-Roh
    Pulse: Brakepad
    Minun: Clutch
    Wingull: Mari
    Ralts: Winterleaf

    For me, it's a MUST to nickname my pokemon, I tend to sort of "bind" with them better and get into the game more that way....kind of like a "hert of the cards" thing...except no cards.
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    some times like
    Blaziken/Bashaamo
    gyarados/king
    Sableye/Yamerarenai
    Geodude/geoman
    Gardevoir/washu
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    Gligar man, LOL about paper weight. Also naming them after other pokemon, like a Mewtwo named Hitmochan or something, you cna confuse your opponents. He he, there there parasect no one know that you are a Feralagotr
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    I nickname all my lvl 100 pokemon. This personalize them. My Milotic is no simply my Milotic. Is Europa, the Raven`s Mylotic. This is good for they to be remebered by others trainers you battled in link cable. Forgive my english, I`m not to good in this.

    Blaziken: Rikwon (two korean words meaning "Punch of Fire")
    Mylotic: Europa
    Ludicolo: Pancho Kid (I want a funny name for him).
    Metagross: Dhor
    Salamance: Sauron
    Gardevoir: Nemesis

    Others of my favorites in g/s/c are:
    Miltank: Kamilk
    Gengar: Apophis (a egypcian god)
    Mew: Colt
    Tyranitar: Kairus
    I have a lot more...

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    Yeah, I give nicknames for all my team members.

    Blaziken: Vulcan (the Roman god of volcanos)
    Gyarados: Riptide
    Cacturne: Prickle
    Gardevoir: Jade (for her "hair")
    Rhydon: Overdrive*
    Weezing: Smoke

    Ninetales: Nova
    Golduck: Atlantis
    Sceptile: Shuriken (his evolution line reminds me of ninjas)
    Lunatone: Majora (he resembles the moon from Zelda: Majora's Mask)
    Hariyama: Tohru (after the BIG guy from Jackie Chan Adventures)
    Sableye: Yami (japanese for dark)

    *I'm still working on his name. Any ideas?

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    I nickname all of my pokemon, except the ones i trade to my brother cause he hates nicknames.

    Team:
    Treacle the Sceptile
    Pelly the Pelliper
    Tails the Ninetales
    Pika the Pikachu
    Sporko the Grumpig
    Metallix the Registeel

    I'll say some of my other pokes nicknames too!
    Mediocre the Rayquaza
    FLUDP (Flash liquidizing ultra dousing pokemon!) the Kyogre
    Genesis the Latias
    Gwauba the Wobbufet
    Jellybelly the Luvdisc
    Noki Noki the Swalot
    etc etc etc theres too many weird ones!

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    Sceptile(M): Blade

    Manectric(M): Dynamo

    Miltotic(F): Serpentra*

    Aggron(F): Ironmaiden

    Flygon(F): Dragonfly

    Gardevoir(F): Psi-chic

    *Actually a dragon-like character of mine, kinda like Milotic

    ...and there's my former Sharpedo, Jaws. I only nickname pokes that I'm actually gonna use.

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    Originally posted by Imhere4u2die
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    No!
    The only reason why I'm here now is to get my full name off this website. I might not be listed in the Icelandic phone book now, but since I'm a grown-man it will happen. And people could use that information to find out where I live. And I'm not willing to risk that.

    As soon as my full name is no longer public, I will leave again, and no, I don't plan on coming back after that. YouTube is the best community anyway.

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    Originally posted by [McGraw]
    I nickname some of my pokemon... usually with song titles.
    Such as?
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    Originally posted by Marl
    I nickname all my pokemon. I nickname my team members so the opponent can't tell what they are when I'm switching (assuming that stil works in these games, lol)
    XD,reminds me of a sucky,yet funny idea.Nickname any 00ber "Magikarp",and see how your opponent reactions

    I like to nickname some Pokés,but I'm very bad at it,so it's just a few that get a good name(Still looking for a good name for Bellossom).The one I love is naming my Kingdra "Tiamat",sounds so awesome!

    I don't nickname often because I get used to the names,and because I have very low imagination for names.However,I'm creating a lot of names for a custom story,I may use some

    As for now,maybe some of you could suggest a nice name for Bellossom.

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    Originally posted by UmbreonCurse
    Mightyena: Narius
    OMG, that's my alias! (Nace is actually short for Narius Centai)
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    Default I like to nickname my pokes.

    Metagross-Sonic
    Ninetales-Tails
    Heracross-Dr. Eggman
    Swampert-Giant fish
    Salamance-Catapulter
    Shedinja-Bugzzee


    It looks like most of the people like to nickname their pokes more than they don't.

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    I do in Sapphire, by making sure the last letter is always a "y". Not the most exciting method but it works ;o
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    Originally posted by Orion,the Blue Star
    XD,reminds me of a sucky,yet funny idea.Nickname any 00ber "Magikarp",and see how your opponent reactions

    I like to nickname some Pokés,but I'm very bad at it,so it's just a few that get a good name(Still looking for a good name for Bellossom).The one I love is naming my Kingdra "Tiamat",sounds so awesome!

    I don't nickname often because I get used to the names,and because I have very low imagination for names.However,I'm creating a lot of names for a custom story,I may use some

    As for now,maybe some of you could suggest a nice name for Bellossom.
    I've done that! I nicknamed them all the names of other pokemon once too, and left a few with normal names. That really messes with your opponent's head And some really awesome names are kewl too. Like Deltaforce for my old Alakazam, Tombstoner for my old Gengar, Landscaper for my Golem and (I forget this one...) for Machamp. Heh, I had a trade evolution team on Blue version

    A bellossom? How about Nina, Petal, Rose, Kira, Lily, hmm... I'll try and think of more later.

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    Once I traded my brother a bulbasaur and nicknamed it bulbasaur and my brither leveled it into an ivysaur and was really mad, because it was still called bulbasaur. It was really funny.

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    I needn't nickname my pokemon.

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    I have a lot of nicknamed pokes.. Here are the ones that are my favs:

    Shadows < --- - Umbreon
    FlareAlpha/Tails < --- - Ninetales


    --- Others ---
    Ice Cube < --- - Kyogre



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    I only nick name a Pokémon unless I really like it, or one just sort of jumps out at me. Like I named my Ho-Oh Fawkes and my Lugia Elrond.

    Also I will be naming my Sableye Gollum when I catch it.

    As for Blaziken, I think I will be calling it either Loki (the Norse god of fire,) or Feanor, an ancient character from the First Age of Middle Earth. He made the Silmarils, see The Silmarilion. This will be rather weird 'cause my Torchic is a girl. Of course, I may just make one up, I'm rather good at that.

    Others include (but are not limited to) :
    Magneto (Magneton)
    Shelob (Ariados)
    Mithsprout (Shiney Bellsprout)
    Trinity (Gardevoir)
    Moria (Absol)
    and Thorondor (Skarmory)
    Elrond rambled.

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    I don't nickname any of my Pokemon. I think it's weird.

    The only time I have ever named my Pokemon was back in the GSC days, when I finally caught Entei. He took FOREVER for me to catch. Like, over a week of hunting. When I finally caught him , I named him...

    PkMn Bxtch. (that PkMn thing--the little symbol)

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    i only nickname my main pokemon, and some pkmn needed for/resulted from breeding

    but it is fun

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    Alakazam: Cerealord(2 spoons!)
    Ninjask: Splat
    Medicham: Anorexia
    Weezing: Golgotha
    Magneton: Bye Skarm
    Milotic: Narcissus (it's a male)

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    I really only have three pokes with names right now.

    Absol: Genesis
    Rayquaza: SweetPea (Yeah I know)
    Raichu: Modjin Buu (From DBZ for all you dragonballers)

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    ~Names~
    Kyogre-Orcease
    Raichu-Railu
    Latias-Mariana
    Sharpedo-Jawka
    Gyarados-Kowata
    Swellow-Swifta
    Altaria-Diganu
    Another Altaria-Altaza
    Sceptile-Densu
    Aron-Siku

    ~Weird names~
    Flygon-Yugi
    Salamence-Yami
    Rekkuuza(I hate the name "Rayquaza")-Kaiba
    Wailord-bigboat
    Beautifly-Mothra
    Dustox-Batra
    Lombre-Leafman
    Shiftry-leafingers
    Luvdisk-Fishy

    Yup...

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    I name my Blazikens "Ringo", like after the famous Beatles drummer. The reason: Blaziken, IMHO, looks like a cross between Osiris and the 70's.

    I name Cradily "Strong-Mad", because its cry sounds a little like Strong Mad from Homestarrunner.com saying "Yellow Dellow", like in that "Deleted scenes" clip.

    I named Rayquaza "Omega" for obvious reasons.

    I name my female Aggron "Ferra", becase the greek word for Iron is "Ferrum" and a magnetic material is called "Ferrite". Ferra just gives it a feminine twist.

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    Hell yes! I love nicknaming them!

    Torchic Evo - KFC (Well Duh!)
    Ralts Evo - Belle (Cause its girlish and the helmet looks like a bell..)
    Sableye - Soulsteal (I couldn't fit er on the end )
    Vigroth - Bed Sores (From its first stage Nick ^^; )
    Aron - BHP (A Mining company)
    Breloom - Stir-Fry (You put mushrooms in stir-frys...)

    And that's about it ;D

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    Nah, I don't rate my pokemon. I'm so boring ^_~ lol

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    Only the ones I intend on using later or now. The pokemon I use to fill my pokedex I dont nick name

    Heres some

    Miltoic: Serpentia(from DWM2)
    Breloom: Dino(it looks like a Mushroom Dinosaur...)
    Sandslash: Blade
    MAnectric: Thor
    Ninetales: Blaze
    Flygon: Draggy
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    i named my dustox "Didly"
    it suits him
    slaking is called "bench" for semi-obvious reasons

    i used to name politoed "ganymede"
    and my quagsire "puddles"

    puddles is now whiscashes name

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    see sig for my team nicknames, but I have a few more.

    Exploud- Loudener
    Flygon- Dragafly
    Altaria- Sky dancer
    Absol- Dark Blade
    Lairon- Horn-Head
    Claydol- Eye2eye

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    To name a few of mine

    Blaziken - Bashamo
    Sharpedo - Samehadder
    Abra - Stupidgirl(Its a Girl!)
    Absol - La La(Seen TRL or Direct Effect? She hosts These!)
    Kyogre - Kaiorgia
    Speal - Pipra
    Armaldo - Anorisk
    Ludicilo - Lombard
    Seviper - Spirviper
    Gaurdivor - Ireland
    Relicanth - Argolis
    Sandshrew - Sand Rain
    Lunatone - Moonshine
    Ryhorn - Qoneohtwo
    Cancea - Haze
    Magicarp - Bon Jovi
    Gulpin - Gloopie
    Xatu - Itsmylife
    Sableye - Hell Yeah
    Shuppet - Jinx Devil
    Vulpix - Independent
    Mednite - Eminem
    Staryu - Starjewel
    Machop - Fighter
    Beautifly - Agenta
    Dustox - Maggh
    Spinda - Spindy
    Chimecho - Tubularbells
    Mightyena - Jonathan
    Shroomish - Evanesence
    Ninjask - Hinio
    Chinchou - Chinsu


    I named all of Mine(So Far!)

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