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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*With the exception of {{p|Arceus}} holding a {{DL|Plate|Toxic Plate}}, there has yet to be a Poison-type [[legendary Pokémon]].   
*With the exception of {{p|Arceus}} holding a {{DL|Plate|Toxic Plate}}, there has yet to be a Poison-type [[legendary Pokémon]].   
**As of Generation V, the Poison type is the only type that remains not to have another Legendary Pokémon of its type in existence.
*Since Generation II, Poison-type is one of three types (along with {{t|Dragon}} and {{t|Normal}}) that can never be doubly [[Damage modification#Super effective|super effective]] against any Pokémon because it is only super effective against one type, the {{type2|Grass}}. However, in Generation I, Poison is also super effective against {{t|Bug}}, Poison is doubly super effective against the {{2t|Bug|Grass}} combination of {{p|Paras}} and {{p|Parasect}}.
*Since Generation II, Poison is one of three types (along with {{t|Dragon}} and {{t|Normal}}) that can never be doubly [[Damage modification#Super effective|super effective]] against any Pokémon because it is only super effective against one type, the {{type2|Grass}}. However, back in the first generation, where Poison was also super effective against {{t|Bug}}, Poison was doubly super effective against the {{2t|Bug|Grass}} combination of {{p|Paras}} and {{p|Parasect}}.
*Poison is the most common type in [[Generation I]]; even as of [[Generation V]], over half of the Poison-type Pokémon currently known were introduced in the first generation.
*Poison was the most common type in [[Generation I]]; even as of [[Generation V]], over half of the Poison-type Pokémon currently known were introduced in the first generation.
** More than one in five [[Generation I]] Pokémon are a Poison-type.
** More than one in five [[Generation I]] Pokémon are a Poison-type.
*In [[Generation I]] Poison was [[Damage modification#Super effective|super effective]] against the {{type2|Bug}}, while the Bug-type was super effective against Poison. This trait has never been shared with any other type match-up, and is likewise no longer true.
*In [[Generation I]], the Poison-type is [[Damage modification#Super effective|super effective]] against {{type2|Bug}}, while the Bug-type is super effective against Poison. This trait has never been shared with any other type match-up, and is likewise no longer true.
*The Poison type is the only one of the original 15 types not mentioned in the song [[2.B.A. Master]].  Instead, the "Flame-type" (which doesn't exist) is mentioned.
*The Poison type is the only one of the original 15 types not mentioned in the song [[2.B.A. Master]].  Instead, the "Flame-type" (which doesn't exist) is mentioned.
*A Pokémon of every type ''except'' Poison was added to the [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number|Sinnoh Pokédex]] in {{game|Platinum}}.
*A Pokémon of every type ''except'' Poison was added to the [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number|Sinnoh Pokédex]] in {{game|Platinum}}.
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