The Legend of Pikablu

Yo all you need to get a Pikablu is a Raichu, a Gameshark, Missingno, beat the elite four 100 times, evolve with the mist stone, and change your Raichu's name to PIKABLU with the name rater.

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[DistrarSubvoyikar]

When I heard of Pikablu, I heard it as a joke rather than a serious thing. Someone told me "If you painted Raichu blue you could get a Pikablu, but watch out: if it sneezes, it will turn back into Pik- achoo!"
I found that hilarious at the time.

[NamelessWarning]

I always loved that classic rumor in Emerald where, if you talked to the guy at the space station at EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME, you would take the rocket into space and catch Jirachi and Deoxys.

[ucproductions]

"You really think someone would do that? Just go on the Internet and tell lies?"

-Buster Baxter

[Scoonga_Doonga]

In my school especially, there was a rumor going around that if you beat the Elite Four 100 times in Emerald, you get to go on a rocket to the moon where you can catch Deoxys.

So basically, kids in my school managed to predict something similar to the Delta episode about 10 years ago...Creepy...

[xxProjectJxx]

On my schoolyard, my classmates told me the irrefutable way to nab Pikablu. Y'see, what you needed to do was catch a Pikachu in Viridian Forest. Then you needed to level it up to level 25 (since Pikachu is number 25 in the Pokedex). You have to get it EXACTLY to level 25, though. If there's any rollover experience points, you did it wrong, and this won't work (you can't use rare candies or the daycare for this). If you got it exactly to 25, then you need to use a Thunderstone to evolve it into a Raichu. Then, you need to take that Raichu to the Pokemon Daycare and leave it there until it reaches level 99. When you get it back, the Daycare man will say something like 'there's something strange about this Raichu. I think there's great power within it!' or something. Anyway, just level it up to level 100, and then use a Waterstone on it, and presto, you have a Pikablu! It's totally the strongest pokemon ever except for Venustoise!

[the_gtc]

I loved the lore in the 90's. So false, yet we clung to so tightly. I remember someone told me that if I caught 6 unknowns, and spelled "C E L E B I" in my party, I could go to the shrine in Ilex Forest and Celebi would attack you. Then, you could catch it with a Masterball easily. I did this, and I was so disappointed.

[GlitchxCity]

My favorite rumor from when I was a kid was that everyone thought that Spinda evolved into Skarmory in RSE xD

[TheMusicalBoy]

"The internet was a very different space in the late 90's and people believed things too easily"

Some things never change, then

[theGreenGoblin]

To this day, I will always nickname an Azumarill that I train "Pikablu" to keep the legend alive.

[SuperTrainStationH]

I'm here from the space year 2019, and I'm here to break everyone's hearts to inform you that the webpage at 4:33 is from my own site, I made it as an exaggeration of the sort of pages he's reminiscing about.



I'm so delighted to think that at least one person actually found that page and thought it was from the 90's.

[Sapphirechao]

Who remembers the rumour of giving a Magikarp to the Daycare and keeping it there until it reached level 100? It would then evolve and become Mew when you retrieved it.

Yeah, the 90s was a pretty crazy time, and we were all the more gullible for it.

[kylemarshiku]

In Gold I heard that whenever you headbutt a tree, you'd have a very small chance to find Celebi. Especially in Ilex forest. I didn't much believe it. But often times when I went somewhere, I found myself head butting a few trees… just… in case.

[himynameisbrent]

Plausible theory: Pikachu turned into Pikablu after stealing and consuming some experimental chewing gum while on a tour of a candy factory.

[MariotheAnimator]

NIDOGOD AND NIDOLORD the final evolution of the Nidoran family. Must talk to ever character in the game corner in a specific order, 12 times and jingle the lost keys.

[Technocolor]

A thing you didnt mention is what was used as "proof" to link the pikachu line and Marill together. It wasnt just that Marill kinda looked like Pikachu but actually due to a translation error in the original Red and Blue were on Cinnabar Island a man will trade you his electrode for for your raichu and then if you talk to him he will state that Raichu evolved. This was simply due to the the trade being changed in the localisation of JP Blue, witch became our Red and Blue, but not the associated dialog. In the original the man actually trades his Graveler for your Kadabra

[ALittleDragonGamer]

how 2 get pikablu easy: (1 catch marill (2 name pikablu (3 enjoy

[UncleDane]

I turn my hat backwards and shoot my opponent a calculating look, grab my Pokeball firmly, and wind back, throwing the ball with every fiber of passion in my body... Confidently, I shout with a booming, commanding voice as my Pokemon emerges!

"I CHOOSE YOU!

.... Rainer."

[DareDB]

Oh man, the nostalgia. I was in 6th grade at the time in 1999 and I really believed in Pikablu and the Yoshi evolution.

[KayleLang]

Man, I remember Bill's Backyard being the biggest rumour passed around at my elementary school.

[ActuallyTragic]

"Jigglypuff viewed from above!"
Okay that's hilarious. +1 for the anime.