If you’ve played any Pokémon game, you know the torment of languishing over your choice of fighter. Who will be your first companion on your long journey to becoming a Pokémon master? The choice is generally limited to one of three options, but a fanmade website site has Pokéfans envisioning a different world.
Pokémon Fusion lets you imagine what might happen if two different species were smushed together into one monstrous hybrid. The generator site has existed for about seven years, according to Forbes, but went viral with #PokeFusion memes on Twitter over the weekend.
The boys are all here! #PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/Nqmu91CO2G
— (｡•́︿•̀｡) (@FluffyEgg_) June 23, 2019
I’m down for some Dragon Tales. #PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/LLY3341fNU
— Ryan (@Ryans_Buffet) June 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/oblivion_hound/status/1142692155279990784
Because the internet always takes things the extra mile, people are using the site to determine what their “government assigned” starter fusion Pokémon would be.
So what if hypothetically, Pokémon were real, and we were all swinging by Professor Oak’s lab before starting our journeys to become the very best, like no one ever was, but a horrible scientific mishap occurred the night before, fusing various Pokémon together? The starter assigned to you as everyone quickly evacuated Pallet Town would be the first one that pops up when you visit the site.
https://twitter.com/kirstonnn/status/1142936732247007232
My government assigned starter on #Pokemonfusion is my new obsession. look at him! I believe in him😍https://t.co/O43DpI3SSM pic.twitter.com/Gp34Nvw2Qj
— Helen Towrie (@HTowrie) June 23, 2019
My government assigned starter
— 🍄 DL 🍄 (@lts_DL) June 24, 2019
I love my smug noodle#pokemon #PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/U053SlVwLP
As is always the case when it comes to Pokémon, some of the results—from Squirtqueen to Jigglychoke—are… interesting.
Oh nooooooooooo #Pokemon #PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/0RVxT6AenR
— 🎃Jacqueline Skellington🎃 (@heartlesspumkin) June 23, 2019
He protec, He attacc, but most importantly he is …#PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/lD5YsTUdbm
— samberry⁷ (@samberries7) June 23, 2019
#PokeFusion IM IN TEARS pic.twitter.com/uPBX2wEjJe
— Y A Y A ♡ (@yayaings) June 23, 2019
#pokefusion what the pic.twitter.com/YSDCecF2jy
— party poisyeen Θ∆ (@KhayosIncarnate) June 23, 2019
I have made a terrible mistake. #pokefusion pic.twitter.com/YNlu0GYO5s
— Brock Baker (@BrockBaker) June 24, 2019
Despite the strange results, fans are feeling an immediate kinship with their new starters.
https://twitter.com/nerdcredred/status/1142838868670128138
https://twitter.com/AronDraws/status/1142974598050242560
How I feel every morning. #PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/o12wNs7Qth
— Shane Gill (@_ShaneGill_) June 24, 2019
When you lose all your pictures #PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/XuA2GSSW4T
— VKG_TV 🐀 (@VKG_TV) June 24, 2019
The exercise in mad science has also inspired a lot of fan art, as Pokémon trainers commit to the idea of their bizarro buddies.
What ungodly creation have I made?
— Roxy Frizz (@GrizzlyMittz) June 23, 2019
#PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/l2wLy16pRn
https://twitter.com/corvidkatana/status/1143014681784848384
did some #pokefusion fun pic.twitter.com/CDjVU6s2CM
— VivinkArt (@VivinkArt) June 24, 2019
I drew my terrifying son #PokeFusion pic.twitter.com/KWBPycjAgg
— Melon✨ (@MelonBerri) June 23, 2019
It’s a little jarring how close some of these guys come to looking like real Pokémon. They’re obviously not originals, though we could totally envision these getting introduced in a later version of the game.
Of course, it’s unlikely anyone from the pixelated crossbreeding experimenting will actually make it to the game. But you can still find out your own PokéFusion starter here and imagine the journey you could have together.
Just be careful. You never know what you might get. Some of these hybrids are definitely going to give us cartoon-themed nightmares. Forever.
The younger, creepier brother of zapdos: my #PokeFusion government assigned. pic.twitter.com/LS5MiBgogj
— Infernal Summoner (@Sectux) June 23, 2019
Maybe we don’t really need to catch ’em all.
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