Gotta Write ‘Em All! A Written Role Call

[WildBoots]

Many players of the main line games or Pokemon Go aim to collect a “living ‘dex”: one of each pokemon in their storage boxes, in order. This is your place to show up your written (or illustrated) ‘dex, a log of each pokemon appearing in your fanworks. This is more than a fun way to procrastinate–it’s a way for fans of underrepresented pokemon to find fics that showcase their favorites.

You can show off two categories of pokemon representation here:

1. Caught!

Any major appearance. If your story technically contains a pokemon but the level of detail would not be enough for you to recommend the fic/chapter to a fan of that pokemon, you probably have not caught that pokemon.

Indications that you may have caught a pokemon:

• It’s a named character
• It takes part in a battle
• It has dialogue
• Its presence changes the outcome of a scene
• You’ve invented original lore for it

1. Seen!

This is for quick mentions and throwaway references, anything that doesn't fall under the category of caught.

Indications that you may have seen a pokemon:

• It’s not a named character
• It’s part of the scenery
• It’s a photo or a drawing seen by another character
• It’s used as an expletive, pun, or figure of speech
• If you covered up the species name, there would be no other way to guess which pokemon it was

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Folks writing sprawling epics will have massive dexes. Let's see who's the closest to completing the National Dex or a Regional Dex!

This is just for fun, so there’s no penalty for making a mistake about pokemon you’ve caught and seen in your fics. Just do your best! Your mileage may vary.

You can represent your dex in any way you like, whether it's a high-effort post filled with sprites or just a list of names, but you might find it easiest to use a tool like Pokedex Tracker.

 

[WildBoots]

I've CAUGHT 76 pokemon, or 6.6% of the national dex. I've SEEN an additional 122 pokemon, another 11.3%. So my national dex has 198 pokemon in it and is 17.9% complete. :o

Surprising no one, a lot of those are Hoenn pokemon, lol. Surprising me, a lot of my favorites aren't here! We'll see if that changes in 2025. :)

 

[Venia Silente]

Oooooh man!

This sounds interesting but it's gonna take a while to cough up some coding skills and get a good metric on what mons are SEEN or CAUGHT from either my local writing docs or the (semi)official listing, because I have to account also for which mons are named / relevant in published loredocs, and which named characters are currently named for flavour but don't have a role onscreen or offscreen so far.

Sounds like an adventure!

 

[Negrek]

This is such a fun thread! Definitely giving me ideas that I don't have the free time to pursue, at least not right this moment. But for now, easy enough to check what my seen/caught is for Salvage specifically.

All in all there are 256 pokémon that have been at least seen throughout the run of the fic so far (including extras). A lot harder to settle on how many of those have been caught, but if we go by the metric of "do I even remember that this pokémon appears in the fic?", I've got 75. Almost all of those are from Gens I/II, with a smattering of Gen III. Makes some sense for a Kanto-based fic, but I have been trying to diversity my background species a bit more. These are the top 10 by mention:

Pokémon	Mentions
	2296
	1958
	944
	561
	550
	515
	306
	233
	216
	214

There are also a few notable pokémon with a high number of mentions in the fic despite them never actually appearing and thus remaining "seen."

Pokémon	Mentions
	33
	30
	8
	5
	5
	4

On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are 82 species that have had only a single mention in the fic so far. A lot more diversity among these, including what's probably the first Gen IX pokémon appearing in the fic, maschiff.

More later? I've got reviews (and review responses) to write, lol.

 

[StrixUmbra]

Ooh, this seems like fun! Let's see, just from the first chapter of Students of Moonlight, I've caught 4 Pokemon:

• Vulpix
• Torchic
• Poipole
• Naganadel

And I've seen 5:

• Audino
• Capsakid
• Sandile
• Trapinch
• Groudon

Definitely gonna see how big these lists get over the course of the plot! I know for a fact that the caught list is going to multiply in size once I publish the next few chapters :P

 

[Nekodatta]

Sounds like fun!
I have a feeling my list is going to be pretty small lol.
Timeslip has "caught" for now:
- Miraidon
- Koraidon
- Porygon
- Mareep, Flaaffy
- Murkrow
- Magnemite
- Litleo, Pyroar
- Golett
- Swinub

And... that's it pretty much lol.

 

[System Error]

Too much to keep track of for me, lol. But here's 101 of official ones "caught" not counting stuff in the lore docs, plus betas who were caught too:

Spoiler

and had some importance
A-Graveler
Absol
Ambipom
Ampharos
Beedrill
Bellsprout
Blastoise
Breloom
Bronzong
Camerupt
Carkol
Carnivine
Chatot
Crobat
Darmanitan
Dartrix
Delphox
Donphan
Dusclops
Dusknoir
Electabuzz
Electrode
Elekid
Emolga
Empoleon
Flareon
Floatzel
Flygon
Frosmoth
G-Darmanitan
Galvantula
Gengar
Geodude
Girafarig
Gliscor
Golduck
Grimmsnarl
Gurdurr
Hariyama
Heliolisk
Hippowdon
Hondoom
Houndour
Infernape
Jolteon
Lampent
Lanturn
Lickitung
Lopunny
Ludicolo
Luxray
Machamp
Magmar
Magneton
Magnezone
Medicham
Minun
Mothim
Nidoking
Nidorina
Ninetales
Octillery
Oricorio
Overqwil
Pachirisu
Pawniard
Persian
Pincurchin
Plusle
Quagsire
Raichu
Rhydon
Rhyhorn
Roselia
Roserade
Rotom
S-Arcanine
S-Qwilfish
S-Zoroark
Sableye
Salamence
Sharpedo
Skarmory
Sneasel
Spritzee
Staraptor
Staravia
Steelix
Stunfisk
Stuntank
Tangrowth
Tauros
Tentacruel
Torterra
Vaporeon
Venomoth
Vivilion
Volcarona
Vulpix
Weepinbel
Xurkitree

Betas:
Anchorage (Ikari)
Ankylophone (sprite scrapsheet thing)
Bloomitts (alt. Weepinbell evo)
Dromazolt (bird if Cara Liss didn't get her hands on it)
Dynabear
Raitora
Warwulf

 

[K_S]

Hmm well all of my mon are Johto and Kanto natives mainly. From the top of my head my cast/tales have caught

Rhyhorn
Rhydon
 Rhyperior

Weedle
Kakuna
Beedril

Nidoran male
Nidorino
Nidoking

Nidoran female
Nidorina
Nidoqueen

Onyx

Kanto Geodude
Kanto Graveler
Kanto Golem

Kanto pikachu

Electabuzz

Electrode

Charmeleon

Blastoise

Ditto

Jigglypuff

Kanto Meowth
Alolan meowth
Kanto Persian

Zubat
Golbat
Crowbat

Murkrow
Honchcrow

Kaungaskaun

Talonflame

Kanto Sandshrew
Kanto Sandslash

Mankey

Sneasel
Weavil

Gyrados (megaevolved)

Litleo
Pyroar

Espurr

Skitty

Glameow

Purloin

lapras

Arcanine

Kanto Slowpoke

Alola rattata
Alola raticate
Kanto Ratatta
Kanto Raticate

Alolan marowak
Kanto marowak
Pikipek
Yangoose

Celibi
Jirach
Reshiram
Zekrom
Mewtwo
Entie

 

[Ambyssin]

I'm just going to stick to prominent characters I've used in Guiding Light and Path of Valor.

I probably missed a few here and there, but I didn't want this taking me forever.

 

[CuteBunnyGirl]

Spoiler: Spoilers for a fanfic I haven't published yet

Caught:

Gible
Geodude
Budew
Roselia
Aron
Metang
Duskull
Mismagius
Spiritomb

Seen:

Geodude
Dialga
Palkia