Type change: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Porygon Conversion.png|thumb|right|225px|[[Dr. Akihabara]]'s {{p|Porygon}} using {{m|Conversion}}]]
[[File:Porygon Conversion.png|thumb|right|225px|[[Dr. Akihabara]]'s {{p|Porygon}} using {{m|Conversion}}]]
[[File:Leon Cinderace Libero Ground.png|thumb|right|225px|{{an|Leon}}'s {{p|Cinderace}} with its type changed into {{t|Ground}} via {{a|Libero}}]]
[[File:Leon Cinderace Libero Ground.png|thumb|right|225px|{{an|Leon}}'s {{p|Cinderace}} with its type changed into {{t|Ground}} via {{a|Libero}}]]
Prior to ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', even the possibility of changing types was never directly mentioned in the {{pkmn|anime}}, despite the usage of some type-changing moves and Abilities, such as {{m|Camouflage}}, {{m|Forest's Curse}}, and {{a|Color Change}}.  
Prior to ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', even the possibility of changing types was never directly mentioned in the {{pkmn|anime}}.


Camouflage and Color Change work similarly, turning the user invisible, and Forest's Curse binds the targets with vines from below. {{m|Transform}} has also been used on multiple occasions by {{p|Ditto}} to change its own appearance and allow it to [[move]]s from the Pokémon it copied, which implies that the user's types have changed as well. However, they are not known to change Pokémon's types.
{{m|Camouflage}}, {{m|Forest's Curse}}, {{a|Color Change}}, and {{m|Transform}} are not known to change Pokémon's types in the anime. Camouflage and Color Change work similarly, turning the user invisible, and Forest's Curse binds the targets with vines from below. {{m|Transform}} has also been used on multiple occasions by {{p|Ditto}} and {{p|Mew}}, to change their own appearance and allow them to use [[move]]s from the Pokémon they copied.


The Abilities {{a|Imposter}}, {{a|Protean}}, and {{a|Mimicry}}, as well as the type-changing moves {{m|Conversion 2}}, {{m|Roost}}, {{m|Reflect Type}}, {{m|Soak}}, {{m|Magic Powder}}, and {{m|Double Shock}}, were never shown to be used in the anime.
The Abilities {{a|Imposter}}, {{a|Protean}}, and {{a|Mimicry}}, as well as the type-changing moves {{m|Conversion 2}}, {{m|Roost}}, {{m|Reflect Type}}, {{m|Soak}}, {{m|Magic Powder}}, and {{m|Double Shock}}, were never shown to be used in the anime.