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* Each generation has introduced at least one Ground-type Pokémon whose English name begins with the letter G. | * Each generation has introduced at least one Ground-type Pokémon whose English name begins with the letter G. | ||
* Although Ground-type Pokémon are immune to Electric-type attacks, the Ability {{a|Static}} still affects them. | * Although Ground-type Pokémon are immune to Electric-type attacks, the Ability {{a|Static}} still affects them. | ||
* In the anime, Ground-type Pokémon's immunity to Electric-type attacks is treated inconsistently, sometimes upheld and sometimes ignored. The anime (in particular ''[[EP005|Showdown at Pewter City]]'') also implies that Ground type's immunity to Electric types has a limit depending on the voltage, as Brock's Onix, when first fighting Pikachu, was completely unaffected by Pikachu's electricity, but in the rematch, Pikachu's electric attacks, having been boosted at an abandoned hydroelectric plant, were giving Onix a | * In the anime, Ground-type Pokémon's immunity to Electric-type attacks is treated inconsistently, sometimes upheld and sometimes ignored. The anime (in particular ''[[EP005|Showdown at Pewter City]]'') also implies that Ground type's immunity to Electric types has a limit depending on the voltage, as Brock's Onix, when first fighting Pikachu, was completely unaffected by Pikachu's electricity, but in the rematch, Pikachu's electric attacks, having been boosted at an abandoned hydroelectric plant, were giving Onix a noticeable degree of pain, although it still wasn't enough to completely incapacitate it, as well as environmental factors (such as water being sprayed on it). | ||
* All types that resist the {{t|Flying}} type are weak to Ground, and vice versa; however, the type combinations Electric/Flying, Rock/Flying, and Steel/Flying still resist both due to the Flying type's immunity to Ground moves. | * All types that resist the {{t|Flying}} type are weak to Ground, and vice versa; however, the type combinations Electric/Flying, Rock/Flying, and Steel/Flying still resist both due to the Flying type's immunity to Ground moves. | ||
* More Pokémon are immune to Ground-type moves than any other type, as both {{t|Flying}} Pokémon and {{a|Levitate|Levitating}} Pokémon are immune to Ground. | * More Pokémon are immune to Ground-type moves than any other type, as both {{t|Flying}} Pokémon and {{a|Levitate|Levitating}} Pokémon are immune to Ground. | ||
* Generation I introduced the most Ground-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 14 and Generation II introduced the least Ground-type Pokémon, with 10. | * Generation I introduced the most Ground-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 14 and Generation II introduced the least Ground-type Pokémon, with 10. | ||
* Generation I introduced the most Ground-type moves of any Generation, with six and Generation IV and V introduced the least Ground-type moves, with two. | * Generation I introduced the most Ground-type moves of any Generation, with six and Generation IV and V introduced the least Ground-type moves, with two. | ||
* The Ground-type is the only type in the Generation II games and their remakes that a notable | * The Ground-type is the only type in the Generation II games and their remakes that a notable Trainer doesn't specialize in. | ||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||