HELLO, EVERYONE. THIS IS GORDON COLE SPEAKING. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT POKEMON EVOLUTION, AND I’M HOPING SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN ANSWER IT. NOW, I’VE READ THE HANDBOOK AND UNDERSTAND THAT POKEMON CAN CHANGE FORMS FOR SEVERAL REASONS, BUT I’M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT SOMETHING. YESTERDAY, MY KRICKETOT EVOLVED INTO A KRICKETUNE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NORMAL.
[Or as normal as the Pokémon world gets anyway.]
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOUGH, IS HOW COMMON IS IT FOR A POKEMON TO MAKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOISE AFTER EVOLVING. I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THIS SOMETIMES, AND I’M PRETTY SURE IT DIDN’T MAKE THAT NOISE BEFORE. IT SOUNDS LIKE…ACTUALLY, LET ME SHOW YOU.
GO AHEAD. IT’S RECORDING.
[There’s some silence, and then… this.]
IT’S REALLY STRANGE. ALSO DOES ANYONE KNOW IF IT’S NORMAL FOR POKEMON TO GROW A MUSTACHE AFTER EVOLVING? BECAUSE THIS ONE DID. AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE A MUSTACHE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT IS.
[Or as normal as the Pokémon world gets anyway.]
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOUGH, IS HOW COMMON IS IT FOR A POKEMON TO MAKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOISE AFTER EVOLVING. I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THIS SOMETIMES, AND I’M PRETTY SURE IT DIDN’T MAKE THAT NOISE BEFORE. IT SOUNDS LIKE…ACTUALLY, LET ME SHOW YOU.
GO AHEAD. IT’S RECORDING.
[There’s some silence, and then… this.]
IT’S REALLY STRANGE. ALSO DOES ANYONE KNOW IF IT’S NORMAL FOR POKEMON TO GROW A MUSTACHE AFTER EVOLVING? BECAUSE THIS ONE DID. AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE A MUSTACHE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT IS.
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Date: 2012-10-26 10:22 pm (UTC)From:[Gordon gestures to the Kricketune, and sure enough there's another loud noise from it.
In fact, there's two or three cries from it before it stops.]
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Date: 2012-10-26 11:20 pm (UTC)From:THERE, THAT'S IT. IT'S LIKE A GUITAR — THE BELLY IS HOLLOW TO LET THE SOUND RESONATE. IT GETS TALLER, THE SHAPE OF THE HOLLOW CHANGES, THE SOUND CHANGES.
[Well, in theory, anyway. Because what is Pokemon logic.]
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Date: 2012-10-27 06:30 am (UTC)From:[Yes, that was the only part he heard.]
I GUESS THAT EXPLAINS THE NOISE. GOOD JOB, ALBERT. ANY IDEAS ABOUT THE REST OF IT?
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Date: 2012-10-27 07:00 pm (UTC)From:action;
Date: 2012-10-27 08:39 pm (UTC)From:ALBERT, I DON'T SEE HOW IT LOOKS LIKE A MUMMY. IT'S NOT COVERED IN BANDAGES.
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Date: 2012-10-27 09:56 pm (UTC)From:action;
Date: 2012-10-28 12:10 am (UTC)From:action;
Date: 2012-10-28 02:19 am (UTC)From:action;
Date: 2012-10-28 03:19 am (UTC)From:[He got some of it. Probably the important parts. Except for the mustache. That will forever remain a mystery to him.]
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Date: 2012-10-28 04:00 am (UTC)From:action;
Date: 2012-10-28 05:53 am (UTC)From: