What if there were PokéVampires in the Pokémon world?

In that case, can I get bitten by a Metagross? Because being part-Metagross would be rad.

This comic also makes me wonder what would happen if a human got hit with a Pokémon move.

It... would probably just hurt really bad. (That seems to be what the Legends series implies, anyway.)

I could go on a whole weird rant about how I don't understand why vampires are so maligned in fiction. It's actually a pretty awesome deal. All you have to do is make a little blood donation, and you're immortal, and have supernatural powers, and can change into a bat and bats are adorable. Nothing wrong with that. As much as I'm not into the Twilight franchise, I feel like that's one thing it actually did right, portraying a mortal falling into the company of vampires as a positive thing. That's a message I also tried to get across in Thunder Girl (and in the sequel I've been planning, which introduces a vampire protagonist)--don't hate on things just because they're different and/or your society has conditioned you to hate them. You could be missing out on something amazing.

 In all fairness, Thunder Wave is actually a pretty useful TM because paralysis is one of the more effective status conditions (doesn't wear off, 50% chance your opponent can't do anything on their turn, major Speed reduction). I just was amused by the idea of finding a lame item in the grass and the game text being all excited about it. 

On that note, I'm planning a full writeup of my thoughts on Pokémon Legends: Z-A after I finish the game (I'm about halfway through, and so far, I'm mostly really liking it with just a few quibbles), and one of the things I think the game did right was the real-time rehaul of the battle system, and how it actually makes non-attack moves way more useful in the main game as opposed to them mostly seeing use in the multiplayer (and battle facility) metagame. I'll go more into detail about that in the writeup, but suffice for now to say that I really want to see more of this style of battling in future games.

 I feel like a criminal organization that tries to recruit preteens is either extremely shady or extremely desperate. Also, that is the worst marketing copy I've ever seen. "Hey kids! Don't you want to come be evil with us?! Don't tell your parents!"

... Although, considering the overall track record of its Grunts, I'm not surprised Team Rocket has a similarly incompetent PR department.

 I don't get Blue. He talks a tough game and then sends out a Pokémon whose only move is Teleport. It's like he's not even trying to become Champion.

 Seeing as it's Thanksgiving and all, and birds are dinosaurs are birds, I thought I'd give you your daily dose of nightmare fuel. I have such a weird sense of humor.

But really, one of my paleoart soapboxes is that, while I love fluffy dinos as much as the next avant-garde paleo geek, extant birds actually have a wide range of feathering schemes, and some of them just have weird bald heads and that's okay. I enjoy playing around with saurian integument and trying to see how speculative I can get.

Fun fact: Those fleshy ridges on a turkey's neck are called caruncles. Turkeys can flush blood to their caruncles and make them turn redder, and it's thought that they may aid in helping turkeys recognize individuals based on differing caruncle patterns. 

Just remember, guys, nothing makes the ladies flock to you like bright red wrinkly skin, a large wad of flesh dangling from your nose, and emitting low-pitched noises from that air sac in your chest.

... In all honesty that's probably not the weirdest thing a guy has ever done to attract a girl.

 After that previous comic, my readers felt sorry for the Slowbro too, so I drew this. I like to think Lass took a remedial course on Pokémon husbandry and now they're getting along just swell.

 After I originally posted this one ages ago, one reader came up with a fan theory that Professor Oak overused Repels, went insane, died, and then came back as some sort of malevolent revenant who gives Pokedexes to unsuspecting beginner Trainers.

Naturally, I took that idea and ran with it, which explains a lot of Oak's characterization in Book 2.

I guess I came up with this one because this guy's explanation of Repel reminded me of a medication ad.