Tropius is a Friend

Tropius, a sauropod pokemon with banana-like fruits growing from its chin and leaves covering its head and chest. It also has four large leaves forming wings.

Nickit, an orange fox pokemon with black eyeliner, boots, tailtip and outer ears. It has a white belly and droplet markings on the face.

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Propaganda: here's an alloaro flag I colourpicked from this Tropius.

alt forms under the cut

Lucario, a bipedal blue and black fox pokemon in a fighting stance.

Tropius, a sauropod pokemon with banana-like fruits growing from its chin and leaves covering its head and chest. It also has four large leaves forming wings.

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Let's truly solve the age-old question: Who is the most popular starter pokemon?

Below is linked two polls. They have the exact same options, but they both work differently and one is more enlightening than the other. The former uses the classic "winner take all/first past the post" voting while the latter uses approval voting. PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTIONS OF BOTH BEFORE VOTING.

These polls will never close meaning if you find this later, you can still vote. But I will reblog this post with the current results at the end of the year.

Generation 3 - Round 1 - Match 19

★ This poll is part of a project to determine Tumblr's favorite Pokemon! ★

Our Contestants:

I can't speak for competitive because it's not my thing, but concept-wise Topius is neat. Sauropods always make for a good design, and the idea of a one that can fly because it has massive banana leaf wings (which is not an exaggeration btw. banana leaves are fucking huge) is awesome. Plus it's neat that people farm these and children enjoy the fruits they produce, which is another fun example of Pokemon mutualism.

The design itself is solid. Aside from the awesome leaf wings, the fruit on the neck and the leaves around the neck flow nicely. The brown is a good neutral base and compliments the bananas and leaves nicely in addition to looking a bit like a tree.

I do feel like the design could've maybe been pushed a hair more though? I just feel like if the emphasis on fruit, I'd like to see more fruit rather than leaves. It feels like the base of the neck in particular could've had more fruit instead of just more leaves or something. I'm also not huge on those leaves by the head or the random line on the neck.

Mostly what I'd like to see is either a regional or a mega for this guy. A regional could play with different types of fruits that are native to the region it appears in, and maybe take typing from said fruits (like a dragonfruit variant that literally gains dragon typing).

A mega (or some other powerup if they don't come back) would also be great to see. Megas naturally exaggerate and multiple features from the base, which was what I was saying with the fruit earlier. Make the base darker for more contrast, add some yellow color to the base of the leaves, give it a long sauropod tail with another bunch of bananas on the tip, add a ring of leaves around the neck/base of the head, put more bananas around the base of the neck... really, it's not hard, and it would look great. Also a shame we never got a g-max with even bigger leaves and fruit.

TROPIUS

Mt. Tambora - the volcano responsible for the “Year Without a Summer” - had a devastating yet not entirely negative effect on the surrounding area, as well as the global Pokemon ecosystem. Some Pokemon thrived in the aftermath, such as Torkoal. Torkoal populations boomed across Indonesia, particularly in the most affected islands like Lombok or Bali.

As one of the largest cities in the Philippines, Zamboanga City has no shortage of Pokemon, both wild and with trainers. However, by far the most abundant are the water-types - Remoraid, Corsola, and Qwilfish abound in the water off the city's shores, and this city hosts the largest water-type gym in the Philippines. In recent years, the city's beautiful beaches have seen a rise in the mysterious ghost-type Corsola and Cursola, and a decline in the typical rock-and-water-type version - climate change is believed to be affecting Corsola populations across the world.

Horsea, Seadra, and Kingdra reside off the coast here as well - which enabled this city's gym leader to capture their powerful Kingdra which serves as their ace. Overhead, Swablu and Altaria are common visitors to the city, as well as the occasional Tropius. For trainers looking for something more rare, it's worth searching for a Munna or Musharna, which have been sighted on multiple occasions across the city. Catching one, however, is much more difficult.