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I'm pretty sure that Skitty's tail is supposed to resemble a cat toy, since I believe there's a dex entry about it chasing its tail or something of the like.
I’m the anime it chases it’s tail a lot I’m pretty sure it’s base off of a cat toy and a type of plant considering how delcatty tail turn into a flower like structure
I thought skitty's tail represents a flower, one which a lily like one. While Delcatty's tail looks like a tulip .
also the item that is in shape of its tail and is used to distract the enemy pokemon and escape inmediatly
It's a variation on a cat tail plant or fox tail plant. Which often times are used for playing.
@@churchofsatan7873 Delkatty’s tail is both like a flower and a lion’s tail.
The biggest failing of the skitty line imo is the total lack of justification for the moon stone evolution
Only justification I can think of is Skitty having a Crescent moon outline on its head
Also just how rare it was to find, along with how weak delcatty is. 380 for a fully evolved mon is just awful
My bestest guess as to why is because how the moon is often associated with beauty & femininity & given the fact Delcatty is meant to be based off rich cats & fashion as a whole, hence the gender ratio being more on the feminine/female side & it's gimmick being a contest mon.
Furthermore, because the lore says Delcatty is utterly pacifistic and passive, and has its place as a contest mon, Delcatty will not get better stats, nor will they bother to upgrade the Skitty line with another evolution or a regional form or a convergent form.
@@iantaakalla8180while I agree with the fact that They would not get a convergent evolution and the chance of a new evolution is basically zero.
I think that it would be entirely possible(no matter how slim the chance) for them to get a new regional form or a divergent evolution line.
One that is less pacifistic and more of a fighter.
It is highly unlikely though. Which is a shame because this line is a really cute line and it’s sad that they are basically useless.
My favorite part of delcatty is that it has one of those neck pillows built in for when it wants to take naps :)
skitty's tail does kinda look like cattail, the plant
With dandelions on top!
Yes
Heh, cat tail
It's a Cat Tail that's a Cattail. Funny.
If I were to guess, I would say the reason skitty and delcatty weren't switched to fairy type is because of their ability. They got a special ability unique to them several generations before the fairy type was created called normalize which turns all their attacks into the normal type. It is... very bad as abilities go, but it does put skitty and delcatty into a very unique niche that directly links them to the normal type, which is likely why they never got swapped to fairy like other cute pokemon were.
My head canon is that it's a fairy type, but it's so normal, that it normalizes itself to normal type.
Their main niche was the ability to paralyze Electric types and Ground types with Normal-Type Thunder Wave.
Then Gen 6 made Electric types immune to Paralysis entirely. So Normalize is definitely struggling for a use at the moment.
They could've made them like the Wigglytuff line and had them be dual typed Normal and Fairy, if they wanted to keep Normalize.
@@AuraStrikeAce They could have, but then you'd have a fairy type that couldn't actually use fairy type attacks, since they'd all still be swapped to normal type anyways.
@@howlingarmadillo They also aren't restricted to having Normalize. They could also have Cute Charm or Wonder Skin as an ability.
As other people said skitty's tail is suppose to be a cat tail, I remember in the anime, May's would chase its tail around. Also loved skitty on May's team
Don’t you mean cat toy?
Ah yes, the cat's tail is a cat's tail.
Doesn't it shoot pin missile too afaik?
Oh May's Skitty was so precious
@@JCArules13cattail, like the plant.
"It takes the form of two orbs, squished on to one another" made my day
i always liked the skitty line, i wish they were better stat wise, more viable to actually use in a playthrough
I love them too. Thankfully they're pretty good in Mystery Dungeon.
I love how its expression goes from ^_^ to :)
Yeah Delcatty has such an odd "default" expression
Delcatty's fur always reminded me of those neck pillows you'd wear on an airplane.
I read somewhere that that's an inspiration for it. In one of the dex it said Delcatty don't maintain nests of their own and would just sleep wherever. Better have neck pillow during travels I guess.
It reminds me of pin cushions you would use for sewing too.
Delcatty looks like high society lady, wearing pompous hats and a thick, furry collared coat
Skitty's Japanese name is Eneco, which is a play on words! It contains part of the word 'enokorogusa', green foxtails which are known to be great toys for cats in japan. It also sounds like 'neko', cat. That's why it's tail looks like that, it's a cat with a cat toy tail.
Skitty and Delcatty are finally receiving the love they deserve
Not from GF that's for sure
Delcattys ear situation is so weird to me. If I think about it too much and look at it's head too long, it loses all credibility to me. First reaction: "Aww, kitty cat!" 5 secs later:"This is weird. I don't like this"
Uncanny Valley?
@@delmattia96Uncatty valley
Pretty sure those are still actual ears, they just look fancy now lol.
At least its eyes aren't inside its ears like purrloin's.
I always try and get at least one Skitty whenever I play a Pokémon game with them. I just can't help but love the design and I remember watching the episode when it dropped where Skitty was introduced. I would evolve a Skitty but I would always keep one at it's base evolution as, well, I guess a pet
Emotional support Skitty
Skitty is one of my favorite pokemon. It's just a little cutie patootie
THANK YOU for mentioning how Skitty should have been Fairy-typed! Still drives me crazy to this day
suggesting that every cutesy, vaguely pink pokemon retroactively become a fairy type rubs me the wrong way since fairy types are more than just that, they cover pokemon that are more in line with the weird, nasty, and mysterious side of the fae folk (my favourite example of this is galarian weezing bc it's not expected for it to be part fairy type)
i actually really appreciate that the fairy type in Pokemon isnt just the "cute and pink" type
Shoutouts to the guy that made a whole webcomic out of the meme about skitty and wailord sharing an egg group
I love how quickly ya gave up on diving deep into the lore of Skitty's tail. *"Pin holder, ..ehhhrr. Pfft! 🤷♂️"*
Skitty and Delcatty are literally just funky cats that will throw paws with anything. And I love them for it
I kinda like that it stays a normal type. It doesn't actually have any fae influence in its design, and I can't explain it well, but I just think being an ordinary cat without anything mystical going on under the surface works to its benefit
Oh skitty became popular, just moreso with the meme of the fact that is can breed with a wailord…
I unfortunately cannot forget this fact... Skitty is the poster Pokemon to demonstrate how absurd Egg groups are in Pokemon. I think I even heard of someone making a webcomic with Skitty and Wailord as a couple as its entire primary concept.
I love em, especially in the tcg, delcatty just wandering around finding energy
I can't unsee Delicatty having a neck pillow lol
I think it is meant to be a neck pillow
I think it’s supposed to be a fur shrug, which- combined with it’s ear-hat makes Delcatty look like a fancy upper class lady
I think skittys tail is supposed to be a cat toy
For some reason, I always thought it was a flower
@vexations_on_discount cuz it's actually based on a plant. Either the Cat tail or foxtail plant
I just love how happy the Delcatty model looks😊 just smiling and vibin😊
We need a regional skitty that is either water or grass type, that actually has a cattail for its cat tail.
I love this line since childhood, glad to see someone talking about them, always thought they fell into forgot (':
The Delcatty line is honestly my favorite normal type alongside with PorygonZ & Lopunny, it's such a bummer how often it's ignored & even in battle makes it so worse. I wish it had a new form inorder to confiscate that :(
Also the tail is meant to be a generic cat toy & shows how Skitty is little skittish fella :3
Lopunny?🤨
@@pig3gu😐
@@mysteriousdora6914 What i mean is out of all of the normal types why lopunny, we all know Bidoof is the best normal type of gen4
@@pig3gu guys lopunmy hot get the joke??
@@pig3gu I am that tired of sexual jokes of its origins & the weak Pokémon is a strong being than god jokes too
The Skitty line has a special place in my heart right next to the whale lord line you know why😂❤
skitty is and always will be one of my favorite pokemon because its just so damn adorable
Skitty is so cute! Especially the ways it moves.
Skitty is one of my favorite gen 3 Pokémon. It’s got a lot of hallmarks of my favorite things about Pokémon. Pink, simple, looks like a friend. I remember having a skitty as a kid, named Taco, and I don’t remember much from my first Ruby play through but I do remember that, and maybe that just shows that skitty is a memorable Pokémon in some sense.
Skitty is my favourite pokemon, and because of it and Delcatty's stats nobody talks about it much. Its really nice to see someone talk about it at all especially in a positive light!
GAAHHHHH i love the skityy line so much ITS SO CUTEEE!!!!!
Skitty really is one of my favorite Pokemon. Ever since it came out. It's a shame it's not more popular, really.
You know those water reeds called “cattails?” I always assumed that’s what Skitty’s tail was meant to look like, despite not being water type
The Skitty line is criminally underrated
Did anyone noticed the moon shape on it's face? That was enough reason to apply the Fairy type, also I think that trait Is lost in the evolution
I've got a little black cat that, while an avid hunter, is also very easily spooked. My own little Skitty.
Honestly, these two are some of my all time favorite Pokémon. It’s a simple execution of an adorable kitten with a cat toy for a tail and an adult cat with a neck pillow for snoozing all day, the shiny is awesome, and May’s skitty will always hold a special place in my heart.
ohhhhhh it's so cute what a little kitty. i completely forget this pokemon exists but dang it's so cute, especially skitty
skitty is so underrated ty for recognizing my queen
Big love for the Skitty line, some of my favourites in the series
meowmeow! :3
My sister and I used to fight over who got the Skitty happy meal toy from McDonalds a long time ago because we both loved it so much. I get a bit nostalgic every time I see Skitty in something as a result.
I absolutely adore skitty, I normally don’t like cute pink things but skitty has my heart
Cat anatomy is so fun because you can just draw a random shape and the only separation from it looking like a cat is the lack of Eyes, and sometimes not even then.
The tail is actually a cat toy which Skitty chases around and plays with
They reached for something, and they got it.
You went HARD on this one, damn
That pin holder fox grass comment was SO funny
I've always loved the skitty lines design
The pointy sides felt to me like the partial "mane" some cats have.
Skitty & Delcatty are not Pokémon I regularly _remember_ when listing off my favorite Pokémon (Or honestly often remember at all), but when I _do_ remember them, they’re some of my favorites, & I’m always really happy to see them
Him; talking about how skitty plays with shapes and perception
Me; hehe cute cat
The first time I saw the fur ruff around Delcatty's neck, I noticed that it looked like a fancy neck pillow. And like, they don't seem to have made any Delcatty neck pillow merch?? What a missed opportunity
I was obsessed with skitty as a kid. I loved that thing so much 😅
I really wish this Pokémon had good stats because every time I see it, I want to put it on my team.
Agreed. On the bright side, at least Skitty and Delcatty are op in Mystery Dungeon.
I like delcatty's neck pillow. Looks like they just got off a plane
“even if skitty itself was never that popular” man this freak is my favorite pokemon be nice 😭
Legends know how much of an absolute fucking menace this potato cat is in PMD.
Skitty one of my favorite lil dudes ever FRFR it’s so cute :3
skitty's tail looks like cattails, a plant that grows in wetlands if i remember rightly. it's also edible and flammable.
Writer: here’s a fun story
English teachers:
I know skitty’s tail is a cat toy, but it also reminds me of the cat tail plant. You know, water sausage, wild corndogs, that kind of thing.
Delcatty hat ears looks like a haunter. Similar to shellder changing shape on slowpoke.
skitty is forever and always my favorite pokemon
delcatty is basically the only cat pokemon that starts cute and stays cute, most of them become sneaky or a dark type or both
Or Purugly
Espurr?
It's wild to me that i've known the pokemon franchise for decades, i've played the games, watched the anime, watched a ton of youtube videos about them, and i'm still discovering old pokemon i had no idea existed. TIL skitty has an evolution xd
"Abstraction" is the definition of Gen 3 designs. Always felt that Skitty's line pulled off the Cat Pokémon look the best.
Skitty's tail looks just like a cattail, the weed that grows by bodies of freshwater
As someone who grew up in the midwest near a lot of bodies of water, I had no idea that people didn’t know that Skitty's tail is based on a Cattail plant untilt today.
Delcatty’s neck is also one of those neck pillows lol
Skitty's tail is based off of a plant called Cattails!
Every time I catch a skitty I name it Skittles.
I'm convinced Delcatty is a scrapped Eeveelution.
HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE???? AWWWW ARENT YOU JUST THE CUTEST LITTLE SCRUNGLE AWWWWWWWWWW😍😍😍😊😊
When I was a kid I thought nosepass evolved into skitty. I remember how I got confused (I didn't understand pokedex entries #'s yet) and still remember that angry feeling of being wrong that my lvl 89 nosepsss wasn't evolving into a pink kitten. Emerald was a blast in the days
I named my childhood cat Skitty and immediately went to catch one in my game and name it Kitty. Such a cute mon.
To me Skitty's tail and Delcatty's collar look like a pincushion, with pins sticking out
Skitty was my favorite Pokemon ever as a kid
Skitty's tail is a cat toy.
I always thought Skitty's tail was a grabby claw, like the kind that would be in a claw machine in an arcade
This just reminds me of old crazy cat ladies, with their unreasonably fashionable hats and pincushions.
Skittys tail has always looked like a Cat tail plant from a bog.
As a kid i used to think the purple mane on delcatty were arms, and when i say "as a kid" i mean up until 20 seconds ago
Skitty has always been one of my faves since Gen 3. It was the second Pokémon I added to my first play through team after Treecko and I remember spending what seemed like forever trying to catch one outside Rustburo. I also used my that Skitty to my first portrait in the art gallery.
i was going to say maybe its a fashion/hat-maker theme, with the "pins" sticking out of the tail/neck fluff like a pin cushion, but the cattail plant idea also works. maybe both?
Delcatty and Skitty are both in my top 3 favorite pokemon of all time I love them so much
It is extremely popular in the pokemon mystery dungeon games (at least the Explorers line). Starting as Skitty or partner skitty is extremely helpful
Skitty is one of my favorite unevolved mons. It's too baby! It competes with eevee in my mind for the cutest pokemon of all time!
Skitty is proof positive that you can turn any shape or amorphous blob into a kitty by adding two triangles
Popular enough to be a PMD character option, if memory serves.
you know im rocking with skitty
Skitty was and is one of my favorite pokemon.
Delcatty always gave me the impression that its shoulder pillows were supposed to be a fur boa or something similar, which to me suggests fashion model or Hollywood royalty
skitty was my first favorite pokemon. i remember collecting pokemon figurines as a kid and i didnt know all the pokemon names at the time, so i named skitty "marie." idc if they never became popular, they're an old faithful to my heart 💞
I have a special spot for Delcatty in my big ol’ heart. I used it in XD gale of darkness, and the normal type quality of just learning a bunch of miscellaneous moves from many types really rounded out my team
MY FAVOURITE POKEMON I LOVE SKITTY SM