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* Generation III introduced the most Rock-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 12, and Generations II, IV and VI introduced the least Rock-type Pokémon, all with seven.
* Generation III introduced the most Rock-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 12, and Generations II, IV and VI introduced the least Rock-type Pokémon, all with seven.
* Generation IV introduced the most Rock-type moves of any Generation, with six, and Generation VI introduced the least, with none.  
* Generation IV introduced the most Rock-type moves of any Generation, with six, and Generation VI introduced the least, with none.  
* If there were a Pokémon of all 18 types, it would be weak to only Rock-type moves, due to the fact that there are more Pokémon types weak to it than Pokémon types that resist it, and that no types are immune to it.
* If there were a Pokémon of all 18 types, it would be weak to only Rock-type moves and {{m|Freeze-Dry}}, due to the fact that there are more Pokémon types weak to them than Pokémon types that resist them, and that no types are immune to them.
** However, if moves like {{m|Foresight}} or {{m|Gravity}} are used, that hypothetical Pokémon would gain weaknesses to {{t|Fighting}}- and {{type|Ground}} moves respectively.
** However, if moves like {{m|Foresight}} or {{m|Gravity}} are used, that hypothetical Pokémon would gain weaknesses to {{t|Fighting}}- and {{type|Ground}} moves respectively.
* In the first season of the {{pkmn|anime}} and during much of [[Generation I]], the Rock type was often wrongly assumed to be unaffected by {{type|Electric}} attacks. This was likely due to the fact that at the time, most Rock-type Pokémon were part Ground-type, and thus immune to Electric-type moves. However, the only non-Ground Rock-type Pokémon (the then five [[Fossil]] Pokémon) were actually weak to them.
* In the first season of the {{pkmn|anime}} and during much of [[Generation I]], the Rock type was often wrongly assumed to be unaffected by {{type|Electric}} attacks. This was likely due to the fact that at the time, most Rock-type Pokémon were part Ground-type, and thus immune to Electric-type moves. However, the only non-Ground Rock-type Pokémon (the then five [[Fossil]] Pokémon) were actually weak to them.
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