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* There are no Dark-type moves with a base power more than 80, and is the only elemental type without a single move with a base power of 100 or more. | * There are no Dark-type moves with a base power more than 80, and is the only elemental type without a single move with a base power of 100 or more. | ||
* None of the main characters of the {{pkmn|anime}} <!-- Meaning Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Dawn, Jessie, and James --> own a Dark-type Pokémon. However, {{Ash}}, [[James]] and {{an|May}} own or have owned Pokémon that can evolve into a Dark-type; {{TP|Ash|Larvitar}}, {{TP|Ash|Corphish}}, {{TP|James|Cacnea}} and {{TP|May|Eevee}} respectively. | * None of the main characters of the {{pkmn|anime}} <!-- Meaning Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Dawn, Jessie, and James --> own a Dark-type Pokémon. However, {{Ash}}, [[James]] and {{an|May}} own or have owned Pokémon that can evolve into a Dark-type; {{TP|Ash|Larvitar}}, {{TP|Ash|Corphish}}, {{TP|James|Cacnea}} and {{TP|May|Eevee}} respectively. | ||
* Before [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond and Pearl]], damaging Dark-type moves were all considered [[Special move| Special]], but all damaging Dark-type moves that existed back then became [[Physical move|Physical]] in Generation IV. There is currently only one Special Dark-type move, and it was created in Generation IV: {{m|Dark Pulse}}. (barring {{m|Hidden Power}}) | * Before [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond and Pearl]], damaging Dark-type moves were all considered [[Special move| Special]], but all damaging Dark-type moves that existed back then became [[Physical move|Physical]] in Generation IV. There is currently only one Special Dark-type move, and it was created in Generation IV: {{m|Dark Pulse}}. (barring {{m|Hidden Power}}) As Dark types on average had a higher Attack stat than Special Attack Stat, the Dark type may be seen as the type the benefits most from the Physical/Special split. | ||
* The Dark-type is the last of the 17 types to appear in [[National Pokédex]] order, at number 197. This is due to the fact that this type was introduced in [[Generation II]], and the other new type introduced in that generation, {{t|Steel}}, was added as a secondary typing to {{p|Magnemite}} and {{p|Magneton}}. If Magnemite and Magneton were ''not'' counted, Steel would be last as {{p|Umbreon}}, the first Dark-type, comes before {{p|Forretress}}, the first Steel-type. | * The Dark-type is the last of the 17 types to appear in [[National Pokédex]] order, at number 197. This is due to the fact that this type was introduced in [[Generation II]], and the other new type introduced in that generation, {{t|Steel}}, was added as a secondary typing to {{p|Magnemite}} and {{p|Magneton}}. If Magnemite and Magneton were ''not'' counted, Steel would be last as {{p|Umbreon}}, the first Dark-type, comes before {{p|Forretress}}, the first Steel-type. | ||
* Dark-type is the only type not to have a [[Gym]] that specializes in it. It does however, have [[Elite Four]] members that specialize in it. | * Dark-type is the only type not to have a [[Gym]] that specializes in it. It does however, have [[Elite Four]] members that specialize in it. | ||