This is a very special Electrode, and not just because it's shiny.
I was playing through Ruby many years ago, and while grabbing the Master Ball from the Magma Hideout I decided to fight the Electrodes next to it. First one I encounter is shiny, the full old-school 1/8192 odds. But it also knows Self-Destruct. Meaning, to guarantee the capture, I had to use the Master Ball I just picked up. So I did.
And today, I went through the rigamarole to move it across generations. First I moved it from Emerald (where I'd traded it to a while back) to HeartGold through the Pal Park. Then from HeartGold to Black2 through the Pokemon Transfer Lab. Then from Black2 to Omega Ruby through the PokeTransporter/Bank (so I could get the Time Travel Award from the Director). From Omega Ruby back to Bank, from Bank to Home, and finally from Home to Violet.
Figured I'd bring this big blue round friend up before 3ds internet access is cut off. 💙
I JUST FINISHED THE DLC THAT THE EPILOGUE IS ALREADY OUT ?!?!? AAAAAAAAH I DONT CARE I HAVE FINALS NEXT WEEK I'M SO EMOTIONFULL !!!!
Kieran's character developement was delicious, kicking his ass with ogerpon was nice, but seeing warm up again, throw a masterball AND THE SUNRISE SCENE OMG. Also Carmine doesn't get enough recognition, her character devellopement was more subtle but oh so good too !
Sooo.... i went ahead and updated my in game look for the newest pokemon DLC using the new uniform + accessory options.
And you know in game it makes sense. My character is from Paldea and so when spending time at an Unovan school they want to dress to fit in!
Which wouldn't be a problem until you realize UNOVA IS EQUIVALENT TO POKEMON AMERICA AND I SHOWED UP DRESSED LIKE THIS:
IMAGINE BEING AMERICAN AND HEARING THERE'S GONNA BE A NEW EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM SPAIN AND YOU MEET THEM AND THEY'RE LIKE "OH YEAH I CHANGED MY CLOTHING STYLE TO FIT IN BETTER IN AMERICA"
Still on my Pokemon thoughts - I definitely think that, besides the fact that it's a video game and they needed to choose an appropriate number of moves for Pokemon to have, the "4-move" rule could be explained away in universe by the "Pokemon Trainer fights are a sport, with actual rules in place to make things as fair as possible considering we're dealing with magically overpowered creatures".
So, like, in the wild, Pokemon *might* know more than four moves. Hell, I think the gods legendaries probably have a lot more abilities than just The Four Moves they have in-game - the fact that they only use 4 before you catch them is only incidental to the fact that you're playing a video game, in real life they'd probably throw a bigger more destructive fuss - and I do wholeheartedly imagine a 10 to 14 year old protagonist just, sitting down with a legendary after catching them, explaining the rules of Pokemon Trainer Fights and if they want to join in on the fun, and also that they can only use Four Moves in actual Pokemon Trainer Fights.
Imagine being the 13 year old with the balls to tell, idk, Kyogre, a god who could flood the entire planet, that since Kyogre is caught now they're going to be besties and also can it please choose four moves to battle with ? Just the four. And as it gets stronger they can forget one to use a better move. And like. This is just hilarious to me okay, a very serious young teen explaining their hobby to a very powerful ancient being, and said being going 'this sounds like fun, sure'.