Welcome, to the world of Baja Blast!

My name is Professor Berry 🫶

(she/they)

After many years of studying Pokemon, I was lead down the rabbit hole of a special phenomenon known as Shiny Pokemon. While seemingly no more or less capable than any regular Pokemon, these Shiny Pokemon come in colours and patterns distinct from others of its species!

This, of course, is a well-documented phenomenon. However, my purpose as a Pokemon researcher is to document a very unique and lovely subset of Shiny Pokemon that I have dubbed “Baja Blast Shinies.”

And wouldn’t you know it? As it turns out, I already have a few endearing specimens in my collection!

Therefore, I have decided to create my own Pokedex, known as the Baja BlastDex, in order to categorize them, as well as document my journey in catching ‘em all!

Each Pokemon I catch will receive special attention in their own unique Dex Entry Post, as well as get added to the below list of the full Baja BlastDex. If you would also like to join me in this journey, feel free to share pictures of your own Baja Blast Pokemon Pals and tag me!!

Baja BlastDex No. 001: Totodile

I found this sleepy little guy, as well as the rest of his family in Pokemon GO on March 22, 2025 as part of Community Day Classic!

Since we’re kicking off this Dex with the Totodile line, I’ve decided to name him and his family after the origins of Baja Blast!

This cute, chompy croc’s name is Taco 🌮

Baja BlastDex No. 51: Croagunk

She, well… she has a bit of an embarrassing name, but I’ll explain!

Her name is Bobgunk. I know it’s a bit strange but hear me out. Back around the end of 2021, a few of my friends and I decided to revisit the Sinnoh region for nostalgia. During this trip, we got heavily into spelunking all around the region, and one of my friends regaled me about his travels to a place underground that he insisted was called Bobgunk Cave. We would eventually come to find out that what he actually meant was Bogsunk Cavern!

Every now and then, I still tease him about it. During my time travelling adventures in Hisui, I had become quite homesick, missing my present-era friends. So I was thinking rather nostalgically about that moment, when I stumbled upon this unique specimen! Thus, the name Bobgunk was chosen. It felt like the perfect fit to me.

I’d like to dedicate this next segment to Croagunk’s cheeks! I’ve always been a fan of the way Croagunk’s cheeks puffed up, but did you ever wonder why? Well, after combing through many different Dex entries, I’ve found some rather interesting data! Apparently the parts of Croagunk’s cheeks that puff up are called its poison sacs! It’s a bit of a strange name, as Croagunk doesn’t seem to actually be capable of using the poison stored in its cheeks, opting instead to use the venom in its fingertips to jab unsuspecting opponents.

Side note: did you know the venom stored in its fingertips can actually be squeezed out, and diluted to become a medicinal ingredient? This quality actually lead to a pharmaceutical company choosing to use it as its mascot!

Anyways, so what exactly are its poison sacs used for then? Well, the answer may surprise you, given the name. But it uses them to make what has been described as an “eerie blubbering sound” that intimidates opponents! I guess that would explain why Bobgunk immediately tried to attack me afterwards!

Finally, I must note that this shiny’s place of origin, or rather… time of origin does leave me once again hypothesizing about just how deep this rabbit hole goes surrounding the Baja Blast Gene…

Baja BlastDex No. 003: Feraligatr

This big mama Gator’s name is Cali, and I caught her during the Totodile Community Day Classic on March 22, 2025!

Her and the rest of her family were caught while I was also soft resetting for a Johto starter in Heart Gold! I ended up getting a Chikorita from that on the very same day who I named Sundance. I like to envision Cali and Sundance as penpals, and I’d love to do a photoshoot with the both of them once I can finally move Sundance all the way up to the most recent games!

The Totodile line is my personal favourite starter line, and I’m so happy I got to kick this Pokedex off with this line in particular, especially since their shiny variants are all fantastic 🫶

Baja BlastDex No. 72: Noivern

Seeking answers to this riddle of the Baja Blast Gene, I’ve decided to study dragons. Fantastical creatures whose bloodlines go back to ancient times, times long before the invention of Baja Blast. In a mass outbreak of Noivern, I was able to find a perfect specimen to conduct my research with. It appears that within dragons, the Baja Blast Gene presents itself in quite a strong way. Their colours become predominantly that of a vibrant Baja Blast as though to say that their majesty and this gene are directly linked.

I feel very close to unraveling this mystery…

Baja BlastDex No. 54: Shuppet

Meet Leonie! I caught her in Paldea during a Mass Oubtreak!

Did you know that if you look closely at Shuppet, you can actually see the fibers of the cloth?

It really makes you wonder if the Baja Blast Gene is really present in Shuppet, or if it just chose to wear a different cloth for its body? Perhaps the gene gave it an underlying instinct to choose this cloth? How does a ghost even have a Baja Blast Gene? These are many questions I still seek the answers to…

Baja BlastDex No. 48: A Pile of Limes??

Just kidding!!

It’s Trapinch!!

Though you wouldn’t be wrong if you were mistaken, as this little fella’s name is Limes! I found him during a mass outbreak at Blueberry Academy’s own Terarium on 12/21 2023!

Baja BlastDex No. 40: Teddiursa

Everyone say hello to Minty! I caught him a long time ago, in a land not too far away… that’s right, Hisui! Adjusted for time travel date… I’d say he was caught on February 13, 2022. Don’t ask me how time calculation works, I just plug in the numbers and out pops the answer! Though if you wanted a more detailed explanation… well, I’m sure Dialga could help you out.

Ahem, anyways, that’s neither here nor there. What is interesting however, is that the Baja Gene i’ve been researching somehow even manages to exist in the not-so-distant past. Could this be some grand conspiracy? Could the Galaxy Team be behind all of this? Or perhaps the Baja Gene exists in all of us in the form of imaginal cells, waiting to bind together? Could Baja Blast simply be born from our innate desires that lay so deep underneath our subconscious that we created it without even knowing what it truly means from an evolutionary standpoint??

Much to think about, yes…