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Hi, I'm abcboy and I'm one of the members of Bulbapedia's Leadership Board as well as one of the Deputy Discord Administrators over on the Bulbagarden Discord. I first joined Bulbapedia all the way back in July 2008, and joined the staff as a Junior Admin in April 2015. I was later promoted to a full Admin in January 2016 and became a member of the Leadership Board as the Head of Anime in May 2018. I moved into the Head of Games position in May 2020, and was Deputy Editor-in-Chief from April 2023 to November 2024.

In terms of editing, my areas of focus include the games and the anime. I also enjoy adding the names and etymologies of the characters and locations in other languages to pages as well. I also made the current Rapidash Trivia bot we use during the annual Christmas Contests, and am in charge of maintaining BulbaBot/WikiBot, Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis's resident interwiki bot.

How to contact me


Active Bulbapedia staff
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Useful resources

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Editing tips

  • Can't remember a Pokémon's Pokédex number? Just type {{subst:N2Num|<Pokémon's name>}} to substitute {{N2Num}}, a template that turns names to numbers. The opposite template, which turns numbers to names, is {{Num2N}}.
  • Trying to search for something in wikicode? Append insource: to your search to search the wikicode!
  • Secret CSS classes!

Text dumps

Check out Poké Corpus, a tool I developed to query the Pokémon corpus!

Please help find text dumps of all games in all languages! If you find one or dump one yourself, put the link here in this table:

Things to do

415Combee.png Please feel free to edit this section.
Major changes to this section should be discussed on the talk page.

Feel free to help complete these tasks and remove them when completed.

  • Add Fiore area highlighted maps
  • Figure out where to put names for unobtainable items in other languages
  • Episode page overhaul: Change the episode infobox, characters in episode, home video releases
  • Finish giving most items pages
    • Berry page overhaul: Split up humongous infobox
  • Change anime/manga dex entry template on Pokémon pages (pending)
  • Add Puzzle Challenge, PBR(?), Blazing/Stormy/Light, Typing Adventure Pokémon locations
  • Add in other languages sections to PBR Trainer classes
  • Fix all the userboxes to have {{roundy|30px}} instead of {{roundy|60px}}
  • Figure out a name for a category of TCG cards that were specifically banned (Lysandre's Tump Card, Birthday Pikachu, Sneasel, but not rotated-out sets)

Recurring tasks:

Netflix titles

Names revealed through the search suggestions on Netflix. Do not add until officially announced.

Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles


In other languages

Raizoh Cozmo

Language Name Origin
Japanese ソライシ・ライゾウ Raizō Soraishi
English Raizoh Cozmo Same as Japanese name
French Marius Kosmo
German Kornelius Kosmo
Italian Orazio Cosmi
Spanish Dédalo Cozmo From Dédalo (Daedalus, father of Icarus)
Korean 공석 공운 Gongseok Gong-un


Actions for Safari games ("Bait", "Go near" etc.)

Pokémon Duel

English Japanese Origin
Jewel Tower ジュエルタワー Jewel Tower
Luca ルカ Luca
Sharon シャロン Sharon
Yuji ユージ Yūji
Nadya ナジャ Nadya
Joe ジョー Joe
Brenda ブレンダ Brenda
Don Roger ドン・ロジャー Don Roger From don
Master Rosé マスター・ロゼ Master Rosé
Carlo カルロ Carlo From Monte Carlo
Tia ティア Tia
Marabelle (story)
Maribelle (Messages)
マリベル Maribelle
Roger family ロジャーファミリー Roger family
Another アナザー Another From another
Number 7 (story)
NO7 (Messages)
NO7 NO7 From 7, a common lucky number
Gemini ジェミニ Gemini From gemini, Latin for twins
R&T Corporation R&Tコーポレーション R&T Corporation
La Galleria Luna ガレリア・ルーナ Galleria Luna Italian for "moon gallery"
Blue Planet ブループラネット Blue Planet From blue planet, describing Earth
S.S. Carmonte Carnival カーニバル・カルモンテ号 Carnival Carmonte
Karolin キャロル Karol

Langtable

Language Title

Table

Language Name Origin
Japanese Kana Romaji
English
Chinese (Mandarin) Hanzi Pinyin
Chinese (Cantonese) Hanzi Yale

Countdown documentation

Countdowns have five important and necessary parts:

  • <div id="countdown" style="display: none"> [...] </div>: This is the countdown container. Other styles and classes can be applied. When the code activates, the countdown container is unhidden.
  • <div id="countdown-big"></div>: This displays the days and is kept inside the countdown container. Styles and classes can be applied. If the event takes place within 24 hours, this is empty. If the date at the time zone mentioned matches the date coded, this displays "Today". If the event has passed, this displays "Past" instead.
  • <div id="countdown-small"></div>: This displays the hours, minutes, and seconds and is kept inside the countdown container. Styles and classes can be applied.
  • <div id="countdown-target"></div>: This displays the date that is being counted down to and the timezone of the date. It is kept inside the countdown container. Styles and classes can be applied.
  • <countdown />: This sets the date and time zone to which it should count down. Parameters:
    • year: The year of the date to which it should count down to.
    • month: The month of the date to which it should count down to.
    • day: The day of the date to which it should count down to.
    • tz: The timezone it should count down in (e.g. EST, EDT, PST, JST). If a switch in daylight savings time status occurs during the countdown, it should be set to the status at the end of the countdown. Additional text may be added to this parameter.
    • tzoffset: The timezone offset it should count down in (e.g. -5, -4, +8). If a switch in daylight savings time status occurs during the countdown, it should be set to the status at the end of the countdown.

Only one countdown can be used per page as necessary functionality requires that each countdown has these IDs.

If the date to which it should count down requires the use of parser functions or other wikicode, the {{#tag:}} parser function should be used.

Internally, countdowns are operated throughout the parsing of the <countdown /> element by the MediaWiki software and the JavaScript contained in MediaWiki:Common.js

For example, the following countdown will count down to the release of Pokémon Sun and Moon in Japan, and if that has occurred, January 1 of next year in New York time:

Code:

<div id="countdown" class="roundy" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; display: none; background:#{{gold color}};">
<div id="countdown-big" style="line-height: 100%; font-size: 250%; color:#000;"></div>
<div id="countdown-small" style="line-height: 120%; color:#000;"></div>
<div id="countdown-target" style="font-size: smaller; line-height: 120%; color:#000;"></div>
{{#ifexpr: {{#time: U |+9 hours}} < 1479445200|<div style="font-size: smaller; line-height: 120%; color:#000;">release of [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] in Japan!</div>}}
</div>
{{#ifexpr: {{#time: U |+9 hours}} < 1479445200
|{{#tag: countdown||year=2016|month=11|day=18|tz=JST (UTC +9) and the|tzoffset=+9}}
|{{#tag: countdown||year={{#expr: {{#time: Y |-29 hours}} + 1}}|month=1|day=1|tz=EST (UTC -5)|tzoffset=-5}}
}}

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Anime special terminology

特別編 special episode
Refers to certain special episodes, mostly those that aired during the anime's normal timeslot during a series.
DPS01, DPS02, BWS02, the Mega Evolution Specials (XYS01, XYS02, XYS03, XYS04), XYS05, Pocket Monsters: Right Before Summer Vacation 1-Hour Special!, Arceus, the One Called God
スペシャル special
Refers to any hour or longer specials that air during the anime's normal timeslot. It also refers to the three specials that aired at the end/beginning of the year and the two hour-long specials that aired on the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station.
Main series anime specials, clip shows, Slowking's Day, Mewtwo Returns, The Legend of Thunder!
オリジナルアニメ original animation
Refers to episodes that generally take place outside of the main anime continuity.
The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon episodes (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness), Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Animated Shorts, Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening, Pokémon Origins, Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain
特別アニメ special animation
Refers to certain special episodes.
The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon episodes (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness), the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Animated Shorts
番外編 extra episode
Refers to certain special episodes that aired during the anime's normal timeslot.
Holiday Hi-Jynx, Snow Way Out!, EP052, EP053, BWS01
同時上映 simultaneous screening
Refers to the shorts that air with Pokémon movies in Japan.
オリジナルストーリー original story
Refers to the episodes that took place prior to the corresponding movie that aired on television in Japan.
Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening
サイドストーリー side story
Refers to the half-hour episodes that aired on the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting station and the Mega Evolution Specials
HS01 - HS18 and the Mega Evolution Specials (XYS01, XYS02, XYS03, XYS04)
テレビ放送新作アニメ television broadcast new animation, 完全新作アニメ completely new animation
Refers to the episodes that took place prior to the corresponding movie that aired on television in Japan.
Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening, Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain
スピンオフアニメ spin-off animation
Refers to certain shorts.
Hoopa — The Mischief Pokémon
ショートアニメ short animation
Refers to certain shorts.
Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures, A Ripple in Time

Pokédex entry recycling

Game Region of introduction
Kanto Johto Hoenn Sinnoh Unova Kalos Alola
R RG
G
Bᴶ Bᴶ
R Bᴶ
B
Y Y
G G G
S S S
C C C
R RS* R* RS* R* R
S S* S* S
FR RG S FRLG* FR*
LG Bᴶ G LG*
E RS* E* RS* E* E
D DP* D* DP* D* DP* D* DP* D*
P P* P* P* P*
Pt DP* Pt* DP* Pt* DP* Pt* Pt
HG G G HGSS HGSS* HG*
SS S S SS*
B Pt Pt Pt Pt B
W W
B2 Pt* B2W2* Pt* B2W2* Pt* B2W2* Pt* B2W2* B2W2
W2
X * * * * * X
Y * * * * * Y
OR R R R* OR* X X X* OR*
AS S S S* AS* Y Y Y* AS*
S S* S* S* S* S* S* S
M M* M* M* M* M* M* M
US US* US* US* US* US* US* US
UM UM* UM* UM* UM* UM* UM* UM
P Y* PE* PE*
E