Q 01/05

Which legendary bird flew over Ash in the anime's first episode, years before debuting in Pokémon Gold?

A) Moltres

B) Articuno

C) Ho-Oh

D) Lugia

Answer · why

C) Ho-Oh

Ho-Oh stayed unidentified until Gold and Silver came out years later. In the games' lore it resurrected three Pokémon that died in a tower fire, creat...

Q 02/05

Which blue mouse Pokémon was rumoured to be a secret creature called "Pikablu" before Gold and Silver came out?

A) Wooper

B) Marill

C) Phanpy

D) Chinchou

Answer · why

B) Marill

Marill showed up in the anime before the games, and the Pikablu rumours grew so widespread that the name was printed on an official Topps trading card...

Q 03/05

Which Pokémon poses as a tree to block the road in Gold and Silver, yet is really a Rock type?

A) Forretress

B) Sunflora

C) Jumpluff

D) Sudowoodo

Answer · why

D) Sudowoodo

Sudowoodo only budges when sprayed with a Squirtbottle. Its name blends 'pseudo' and 'wood', while its Japanese name plays on words meaning 'fake tree...

Q 04/05

Which Pokémon from Gold and Silver has a small fanged head on its tail that bites anything too close?

A) Girafarig

B) Stantler

C) Aipom

D) Dunsparce

Answer · why

A) Girafarig

Girafarig has a name that reads the same backwards, in English and in Japanese, where it is Kirinriki. An early design even mirrored its whole body to...

Q 05/05

Which egg-shelled Pokémon was raised by Misty in the anime before it could be hatched in Gold and Silver?

A) Cleffa

B) Igglybuff

C) Togepi

D) Smoochum

Answer · why

C) Togepi

Togepi was the first Pokémon that players could hatch from an Egg in the series. Its English name joins the Japanese words for spike and peep.