#029 - Nidoran♀

NIDORAN♀

IN SHOW

Nidoran♀is another one of those pokemon in a long line of pokemon that are there as background characters, though they are often seen to be owned by younger children. There was one main Nidoran♀ though, one who was involved in romance with another Nidoran♂. When their trainers found this out the plot essentially began to copy that of the Romeo and Juliet. The two pokemon were constantly trying to find one another, but their families had forbidden them from ever seeing their one true love. At the end, the two pokemon kiss and Nidoran♀ evolves into Nidorina. It’s cute and romantic, and it’s what we expected from the only two pokemon with actual genders.

WHY YOU WANT A NIDORAN

Nidoran♀ evolved at a pretty steady rate and when it did evolve it evolved into some pretty powerful pokemon. There wasn’t a lot of problem catching it pretty early on, so it was good pokemon to have to balance out your team if you wanted the poison attacks without the bug type weighing you down, and you just weren’t that into Ekans.

WHY YOU DO NOT WANT A NIDORAN

Nidoran♀ only ever learned the most basic poison type attack before it evolved. The picture in the pokedex was definitely Nidoran♀ like, but it wasn’t the Nidoran♀ in the show at all. This was a pity because Nidoran♀ actually had a pretty simple design, and I at least thought that the people in charge of the pictures couldn’t have screwed that up. Of course, as usual, they totally let me down, and I think just dropped the ball in general.

IN SUMMARY

Nidoran♀ is definitely an ends to a means, but it can stand up on its own two feet. Sure, it’s only really shown as the pokemon that young children have, but if I were a kid and had a Nidoran♀ I’d be really happy. Because by the time I could be an actual trainer I’d probably have already evolved my little Nidoran♀ into one of the pokemon in its bad ass evolutionary line and could actually kick some serious butt out of the starting gate. Yes, it only learns the most basic poison type move, but it doesn’t have the TIME to learn anything else because it evolves so quickly. This is actually a pokemon that only exists to evolve that was done right. It’s not a drawn out evolution where they pretend the pokemon is meant to be its own creature, but because it’s not Nidoran♀ actually does become its own creature. Maybe this was totally coincidental, but it’s the best coincidence to ever happen to what has become one of the staples of pokemon.