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Pokémon receive the OT of the Trainer who originally caught, hatched, received, or | Pokémon receive the OT of the Trainer who originally [[Caught Pokémon|caught]], hatched, received, [[Snagging|snagged]], or otherwise obtained the Pokémon. [[Non-player character|NPC]]s who give away [[gift Pokémon]] will not be registered as the Pokémon's OT, except for in two instances: a {{p|Spearow}} given by {{jo|Webster}} and a {{p|Shuckle}} given by [[Kirk]], both in the [[Generation II]] games and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|their remakes}}. These special instances are different in that the Pokémon received is intended to be later returned, in Webster's case to his friend on {{rt|31|Johto}} and in Kirk's case to him after {{ga|Silver}} has been defeated at [[Mt. Moon]], although in the latter case, Kirk will allow the player to keep Shuckle if it has maximum [[friendship]].<!--Contributor is not sure if it will still be an outsider, so someone else who knows will say so--> Unlike with most gift Pokémon, NPCs who give away Pokémon in [[in-game trade]]s are considered to be the OTs of those Pokémon. | ||
A Pokémon bred by a player which is | A Pokémon [[Pokémon breeding|bred]] by a player which is [[trade]]d as an [[Pokémon Egg|Egg]] to another will have the hatching Trainer as its OT, regardless of the breeder. A [[Shadow Pokémon]] that has been snagged will initially display its OT as question marks, but after becoming [[Purification|purified]], it will have the Trainer who purified it as its OT. {{p|Shedinja}} produced by the [[evolution]] of a {{p|Nincada}} retain the Nincada's OT. | ||
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==Effects== | ==Effects== |
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