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== Bagworm ==

instead if being "possibly based" on a bagworm, should it just plain be he IS based on a bagworm? he is afterall the "Bagworm Pokemon"
<b>[[User:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">MAGNEDETH</span>]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">TALK]]</span></b> 02:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

== Trivia? ==

The Gen III front sprite isn't colored in all the way (top left). Worth noting as trivia? It's an error.--[[User:Barakku|Barakku]] 00:21, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
:I'm sure it is, that's just bad ripping most likely. [[User:The Dark Fiddler|The Dark Fiddler]] - [[User talk:The Dark Fiddler|You enter a poorly lit room...]] 00:29, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

== Weird coloring in my game... ==

In my Pokémon Platinum game, I could swear that I have a Forretress with a purple shell.
Why is that? {{unsigned|Chuck67322}}
:No clue. --[[User:CuboneKing|<font color="FF1111">Cu</font>]][[User talk:CuboneKing|<font color="deab79">bo</font>]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|<font color="28E228">ne</font>]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|<font color="Black">King</font>]] 00:58, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
::Look at it's regualr colour sprite...it has a purple shell. <font color="black">♪♪</font>[[User:ShinyPachirisu|<font color="red">Shiny</font>]] [[User Talk:ShinyPachirisu|<font color="blue">Pachirisu</font>]] <font color="purple">:)</font> <font color="black">♪♪</font> 01:00, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
:::Well it is purple, but on my game it's a darker purple --[[User:Chuck67322|Chuck67322]] 01:01, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
::::It could be something with your DS screen. --[[User:CuboneKing|<font color="FF1111">Cu</font>]][[User talk:CuboneKing|<font color="deab79">bo</font>]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|<font color="28E228">ne</font>]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|<font color="Black">King</font>]] 01:02, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
:::::I'm gonna take a picture
:::::This is gonna take a while...the pictures keep coming out fuzzy
:::::Scratch the picture. Anyways, whatever. It doesn't matter if my Forretress is purple or not. --[[User:Chuck67322|Chuck67322]] 01:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong with your game. In Platinum, Mareep, Natu, Xatu, Ursaring, and Forretress all got new color palettes. [[User:Chaos Rush|Chaos Rush]] 22:58, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

==Edit Request==
Pokedex entry anime Foretress - Forretress please. [[User:Littlmiget123|Littlmiget123]] 14:10, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

== Edit request ==

→Pokedex entries
:<nowiki>|heartgolddex=Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.</nowiki>
♥ <span style="border: 2px dotted #FFBBDD;">[[User:Umeko|<span style="color:#FF99CC;">梅子</span>]][[User talk:Umeko|<span style="color:#FF99CC;"><sup>❀</sup></span>]][[Special:Contributions/Umeko|<span style="color:#FF99CC;"><sub>✿</sub></span>]]</span> 02:54, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

== Earthquake? ==

Forretress can learn Earthquake via TM26, right? It's not listed in his moveset. [[User:Shipwreck Kelly|Shipwreck Kelly]] 14:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

With Earthquake in its arsenal, Forretress is nearly unstoppable, being that Earthquake 
will take out the sole type to which it is weak: fire;-- add steel, rock, and poison 
types as bonuses. [[User:Thep0keman|Thep0keman]] ([[User talk:Thep0keman|talk]]) 03:04, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

== First original Steel-type? ==

"Forretress is the first original Steel Pokémon in the National Pokédex order. (Magnemite's evolutionary line, which precedes Forretress, wasn't Steel-type in Generation I)."
I don't think this counts, because Forretress didn't exist in Generation I. '''[[User:BisumitoIsSnazzy|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">q~Bisumito~p</span>]]''' 16:46, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
:I would say that this is the same situation as Jigglypuff and the first Fairy type Pokémon from the Kalos region.  Jigglypuff would be first one in the order, but it isn't the first Pokémon that was originally a Fairy type, that belongs to the Kalos Pokémon.  --[[User:Super goku|Super goku]] ([[User talk:Super goku|talk]]) 16:58, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

== Name Origin ==

I always thought that the name had an aspect of ''ferrous''--from the latin for iron or steel? That's where I figured the double r came from. Does anyone else see that, or is it just me?[[User:Harumei|Harumei]] ([[User talk:Harumei|talk]]) 13:13, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

I agree! [[User:Cyalknight|Cyal (LeafGreen&#38;Emerald)]] ([[User talk:Cyalknight|talk]]) 00:20, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

== Iron-Oxide Concretion ==

Rather than a nut, does anyone else think that Forretress could pull inspiration from iron-oxide concretions? This may explain why Brock has one in the anime.

While iron-oxide concretions come in many, often bizarre shapes (some even have "nozzles," though this aspect may pull more from giant clams), they can also be round and are often confused for fossil nuts or shells. They're formed in layers, much like Forretress' shell is composed of compressed layers of bark and, like Forretress' red or yellow (if Shiny) core, can contain soft red or yellow minerals like hematite and limonite.

(Also, didn't the origin section include Forretress' connection to gunpowder caltrops before? Or was that ever only included on Pineco's page?) [[User:Icycatelf|Icycatelf]] ([[User talk:Icycatelf|talk]]) 14:52, 21 February 2023 (UTC)