#victreebel

Erika's Victreebel (Ascended Heroes)

You know how most Pokémon say their name in order to speak or different syllables of their name?

There are a few that just make like animal type sounds, but there’s one in the original show…



**victreebel**

This

Pokemon

Just…

**Screams**

Why???

I will say in the first episode this Pokémon appears it goes “Vic” but in every other scene and episode it full on **human screams.**

it’s jarring 

Why does it do that?

What is the purpose? 

The dub of the Pokémon anime can be a little absurd sometimes.

But every other Pokémon either says it’s name or makes normal animal sounds **except for this one**

I will say that there are animals that have calls that sound like human screams sometimes.

But this is the only thing Victreebel does in order to speak.

Said animals that I mentioned usually have other noises they make not just the screaming. If they were trying to make a Pokémon that was kind of realistic to an animal that mimics human screams, they could’ve used anything else. but a plant type Pokémon that’s supposed to look like a pitcher plant???

Why not like a ghost or a fairy type Pokémon that mimics human screams in order to lure humans into the woods or something like that?

Which is something they have literally done.

I will say that was way after this show aired, but it’s not a huge stretch.

Pokémon has had creepy underlying lore since the beginning.

For example - fucking the three ghost type Pokémon that were first introduced in THE FIRST GENERATION. All three of them have insanely creepy lore. Especially Gangar!

Why would it be such a stretch instead of having a random grass Pokémon scream to speak they make another Pokémon or use one of the Pokémon they **already have** it would be super funny/make a lot more sense for Hunter to scream. Hunter is the in-between evolution between Ganger and ghastly. If randomly the transition stage of a Pokémon wildly switches up how it communicates that would be an insanely funny detail. ESPECIALLY if it just… goes back to saying its name or syllables of its name like normal when it evolves into its next stage. how funny would that detail be if you think about a Pokémon trainer, catching a ghastly, not realizing that when it evolves it constantly screams in order to communicate, and when it first evolves, it just…lets out a piercing human like scream, **terrifying** the trainer. And the sigh of relief that same trainer would breathe when it finally evolves into a Ganger and just goes back to saying syllables of its name or just its name in order to communicate. It would be a hilarious ark.

Anyway I actually don’t know if victory bells call was changed at some point after this show. But given that it’s a two stage evolution line. I sure hope so, because imagine being a Pokémon trainer and having a victreebel and being forced to deal with its *human like screams* every. Single. Day…

Just a thought. 

Victreebel (Battle Styles)

Victreebel

🃏 Nuova Carta Pokémon: Victreebel! 📦 Set: Aquapolis

Here’s a comparison of a Switch 2 docked screenshot vs a Switch 1 handheld shot.