Paradox Pokémon
Paradox Pokémon (Japanese: パラドックスポケモン Paradox Pokémon) are a group of Pokémon found in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. They have two subgroups: one resembling ancient relatives of contemporary PokémonS, and one resembling futuristic relatives of contemporary PokémonV. They are all gender unknown and unable to evolve or breed, and — with the exceptions of Koraidon and Miraidon — their names do not follow regular naming conventions. All of them share the category of "Paradox Pokémon".
They are also known as unidentified creatures, Monsters of Area Zero, and Enigmas of Paldea by researchers and Occulture magazine articles, respectively. Professor SadaS/Professor TuroV are the head researchers on the Paradox Pokémon. The professors also refer to the Paradox Pokémon as ancient PokémonS/future PokémonV.
List of Paradox Pokémon
Ancient Pokémon
These Pokémon look like ancient relatives of contemporary Pokémon. They all share the Protosynthesis Ability, with the exception of Koraidon, which has Orichalcum Pulse. Their Abilities involve the effect of harsh sunlight in battle.
Ndex | Paradox Pokémon | Contemporary Relative | ||||||
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Image | Type | Description | Image | Type | ||||
#0984 | Great Tusk |
Ground Fighting | Great Tusk: A Living Relic of the Dinosaur Era?!
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Donphan |
Ground | |||
#0985 | Scream Tail |
Fairy Psychic | Scream Tail: A Billion-Year-Old Jigglypuff?!
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Jigglypuff |
Normal Fairy | |||
#0986 | Brute Bonnet |
Grass Dark | Brute Bonnet: Amoonguss Meets Dinosaur?
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Amoonguss |
Grass Poison | |||
#0987 | Flutter Mane |
Ghost Fairy | Flutter Mane: A Ghostly Pterosaur?!
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Misdreavus |
Ghost | |||
#0988 | Slither Wing |
Bug Fighting | Slither Wing: A Prehistoric Volcarona, Revived?!
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Volcarona |
Bug Fire | |||
#0989 | Sandy Shocks |
Electric Ground | Sandy Shocks: A Magneton with a 10-Thousand-Year Lifespan?!
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Magneton |
Electric Steel | |||
#1005 | Roaring Moon |
Dragon Dark | Roaring Moon: A Primeval Salamence?!
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Mega Salamence |
Dragon Flying | |||
#1007 | Koraidon "Winged King" |
Fighting Dragon | Pokédex entries
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Cyclizar |
Dragon Normal | |||
#1009 | Walking Wake |
Water Dragon | An Imagined Pokémon
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Suicune |
Water | |||
#???? | Raging Bolt |
Electric Dragon | Raikou |
Electric | ||||
Future Pokémon
These Pokémon look like futuristic relatives of contemporary Pokémon. They all share the Quark Drive Ability, with the exception of Miraidon, which has Hadron Engine. Their Abilities involve the effect of Electric Terrain in battle.
Ndex | Paradox Pokémon | Contemporary Relative | ||||||
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Image | Type | Description | Image | Type | ||||
#0990 | Iron Treads |
Ground Steel | Iron Treads: An Alien Weapon?!
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Donphan |
Ground | |||
#0991 | Iron Bundle |
Ice Water | Iron Bundle: An Ancient Civilization's Robot?!
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Delibird |
Ice Flying | |||
#0992 | Iron Hands |
Fighting Electric | Iron Hands: Secretly a Cyborg?!
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Hariyama |
Fighting | |||
#0993 | Iron Jugulis |
Dark Flying | Iron Jugulis: Pokémon or Machine?!
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Hydreigon |
Dark Dragon | |||
#0994 | Iron Moth |
Fire Poison | Iron Moth: A UFO Sent to Spy on Humankind?!
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Volcarona |
Bug Fire | |||
#0995 | Iron Thorns |
Rock Electric | Iron Thorns: A Tyranitar of the Distant Future?!
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Tyranitar |
Rock Dark | |||
#1006 | Iron Valiant |
Fairy Fighting | Iron Valiant: An Experiment Gone Wrong?!
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Gardevoir and Mega Gardevoir |
Psychic Fairy | |||
Gallade and Mega Gallade |
Psychic Fighting | |||||||
#1008 | Miraidon "Iron Serpent" |
Electric Dragon | Pokédex entries
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Cyclizar |
Dragon Normal | |||
#1010 | Iron Leaves |
Grass Psychic | An Imagined Pokémon
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Virizion |
Grass Fighting | |||
#???? | Iron Crown |
Steel Psychic | Cobalion |
Steel Fighting | ||||
In the core series games
History
- Area Zero expedition
The first recorded sightings of Paradox Pokémon were documented 200 years ago in Area Zero within the Great Crater of Paldea located in the center of the Paldea region. A member of the Area Zero expedition team, an author and natural historian named Heath, wrote about these sightings in the Scarlet BookS/Violet BookV. Area Zero would be occupied by scientists researching the Paradox Pokémon and the Terastal phenomenon. During the expedition, a member of the team was fatally injured by a Great TuskS/Iron TreadsV that attacked them, and another survey team member managed to take a photograph of the encountered Paradox Pokémon. At some point, the team's sketch artist made a drawing inspired by the Paradox Pokémon they had seen, imagining what other species in the crater might look like, which resembled a combined version of the Legendary beastsS/Swords of JusticeV. Walking WakeS/Iron LeavesV and Raging BoltS/Iron CrownV would later appear, resembling the sketch, but their connection is unknown. It is unclear how these first Paradox Pokémon arrived in Paldea.
- Occulture
Eventually, a paranormal magazine called Occulture published articles on these sightings and theorized about what the Paradox Pokémon could be. At the time, the Paradox Pokémon were believed to have been fabricated by Heath, thus not being considered real. As a result, Heath and his team were widely discredited. The Paradox Pokémon faded into obscurity and research on them ended for a time.
- Project Tera
Ten years before the events of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the Paradox Pokémon from the ancient pastS/distant futureV were brought into the present using a time machine built by Professor SadaS/Professor TuroV. The professor used the time machine to send Poké Balls to different points in the timeline. The Poké Balls then caught the Paradox Pokémon, before bringing them into modern time. The reason the professor created the time machine was because they were fascinated with the Paradox Pokémon after reading about them from the Scarlet Book/Violet Book.
The professor conducted research on these Pokémon, with the ultimate goal of establishing a sanctuary in which they would be able to coexist with modern-day Pokémon. This goal would be called Project Tera. At some point, the professor created an AI version of themselves, to assist in research on Paradox Pokémon, using the very same Terastal energy that helped create the time machine. However, due to how dangerous they were to the ecosystem of Paldea, the Paradox Pokémon were kept locked away in Area Zero. At some point, security blocks and a Poké Ball Lock System were created to help both protect the time machine and Paradox Pokémon.
The player's KoraidonS/MiraidonV was the first of the Paradox Pokémon to be brought into the present; a second specimen was later brought into the present as well, but it proved to be far more aggressive than the original and drove it away in a territorial dispute. It is later revealed that the professor was killed by the second specimen while defending the first. Because of this, the Paradox Pokémon would continue to arrive in the present and eventually form their own population in Area Zero. Meanwhile, the professor's AI counterpart realized that the project was a mistake and that their creator's dreams were doomed to failure; however, their programming prevented them from doing anything that might stop the project directly.
- The Quaking Earth Titan
Later, shortly before the events of Scarlet and Violet, a lone Great TuskS/Iron TreadsV managed to escape Area Zero and become a Titan Pokémon after eating the Herba Mystica while roaming the Asado Desert. During the events of the games, the player and Arven defeat it, putting an end to its rampage.
- The Way Home
During the events of The Way Home in Scarlet and Violet, the player, Arven, Nemona, and Penny encountered several Paradox Pokémon while heading deeper into Area Zero. At Research Station 2, they encountered a wild Scream TailS/Iron BundleV, which Penny mistook for an ordinary JigglypuffS/DelibirdV until it became hostile. At Research Station 3, they encountered a wild Great TuskS/Iron TreadsV, like the one fought in the Asado Desert. Then, outside the Zero Lab, the other KoraidonS/MiraidonV was encountered before the group was ambushed by a group of Paradox Pokémon: Great Tusk, Brute Bonnet, and Flutter ManeS; or Iron Treads, Iron Hands, and Iron JugulisV. The AI professor's Paradox Protection Protocol fights the player using seven Paradox Pokémon in an attempt to defend the time machine. After a long battle, the player and their KoraidonS/MiraidonV successfully defeat the Paradox Protection Protocol and the other KoraidonS/MiraidonV. The time machine that summoned the Paradox Pokémon was then shut down when the AI professor used it one final time to travel to the ancient pastS/distant futureV.
- Post-game Paradoxes
Afterward, the rest of the Paradox Pokémon can be found in Area Zero during the post-game, including Roaring MoonS/Iron ValiantV and the second KoraidonS/MiraidonV. Walking WakeS/Iron LeavesV have only appeared in special Poké Portal News event Tera Raid Battles. Great TuskS/Iron TreadsV and Slither WingS/Iron MothV have also appeared in special Tera Raids.
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