When the Pokémon Company announced the new starter monster for Pokemon Sun & Moon back in May, the internet roasted the hell out of them. Some were excited for Rowlet, the round owl, but everyone hated Popplio, the smug-looking seal.
On Tuesday, we finally got to see what these unfortunate creatures evolve into:
Meet Dartrix, Torracat, and Brionne. They… are garbage.
Say hello to the evolved forms of the Alola starter Pokemon: Dartrix, Torracat, and Brionne #PokemonSunMoon pic.twitter.com/gshPA6rrmA
— Zurba (@zurbrah) October 4, 2016
Dartrix evolved from the cute and chubby Rowlet, who was the only new starter people seemed positive about. Looks like that’s ruined now.
https://twitter.com/pillowfort/status/783296665360994304
folks *tapping mic* you see this shit. instead of pokemon evolution they should call it *louder so people in the back can hear* emo-lution pic.twitter.com/7tpIOGcpB4
— leon (@leyawn) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/pillowfort/status/783298885355761664
DARTRIX IS LITERALLY ROWLET’S EMBARRASSING MIDDLE SCHOOL PHASE……… pic.twitter.com/gSVL9wtZrP
— clay 🗡 (@eyelidden) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/emolizards/status/783346622486880256
When people tell me Dartrix is the worst middle starter evolution of all time, forgetting that Quilladin exists pic.twitter.com/Jo3Cql3U01
— Caleb Ryor (@CableVGC) October 4, 2016
Dartrix point never
— ghost kunt (@zio_masada) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/ArlowRyarda/status/783347128169033728
Mom. STOP!
— Pat Graziosi (@PatGraziosi) October 4, 2016
Honey, you look so handsome!
NO I DON’T!!!
Lemme fixya hair. Don’t move. pic.twitter.com/9PwtRbBnCX
RIP Rowlet. And Torracat, the new evolution of Litten the fire kitten, is getting roasted too—for being too conservative.
https://twitter.com/TXChr15/status/783347751295811584
There’s nothing wrong with Litten’s evo, it’s just “bigger Litten”. The other two evos have a ton of personality, which I love
— Joshua (@TheJWittz) October 4, 2016
Brionne got more poppy, Dartrix got more sophisticated, and Torracat got… umm… bigger… That is how I see it at least.
— MagusAndrus (@MagusAndrus) October 4, 2016
Dartix: Amazing! Rowlett is running away as the best starter! Top 150 for sure.
— Taking a shit still (@LakdifFlanchzed) October 4, 2016
Torracat: Yawn. Nothing new here. Bottom 200.
https://twitter.com/KaiMonkey/status/783343665724923904
And what’s that on its neck?
https://twitter.com/_mandotorres/status/783341240150478848
can we mention torracat’s fire testicle yet
— Lyeekha (@LY33KH4) October 4, 2016
i know it’s supposed to look like a bell but that thing on torracat’s neck is like… a third, exposed, eyeball
— Maya (@yourfursonasgf) October 4, 2016
People do really want to see porn of Torracat, though, so I guess it’s got that going for it.
Can’t wait to see the Torracat nsfw too
— Krilerad Kurze 4.0 (@IlberdEnjoyer) October 4, 2016
SOMEONE MAKE TORRACAT PORN PLEASE
— ✨Dàn ✨ (@PADZYAN) October 4, 2016
theres already torracat porn
— Deuvir (@Bruyvern) October 4, 2016
Hoo boy. OK, moving on to Brionne, who evolves from the much-maligned circus seal, Popplio. The critics are surely going to destroy this one, right?
Well, actually…
Everyone who hated Popplio is loving Brionne so I’m Warey
— LICH @ NONBINARY GLUTTONY (@Skeletondoggy) October 4, 2016
I LOVE BRIONNE SO MCUH GIVE ME 10
— dr. dream( )scape (@mahalulit) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/Thejourneyman66/status/783349777605943297
I need Sun and Moon to get here already. Brionne is a little princess.~❤
— 🌿🌲 TheCynicalhound 🌲🌿 (@CynicRottie) October 4, 2016
There’s certainly plenty of hate for Brionne, but most of it seems to be centered on how “feminine” the evolution looks.
https://twitter.com/FoxNintendo/status/783349250818277376
https://twitter.com/bunsnail/status/783305202594091008
Brionne looks like she got eliminated in episode 2 of Drag Race pic.twitter.com/hMCDfMYmHu
— blink (@blinkCA) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/RyeButter/status/783302063828508672
Same. And Brionne makes it worse…They should never make starters so feminine looking with that gender ratio. <.<
— TiamatRuler (Ibb) (@TiamatRuler) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/WingedNoko/status/783291041382268928
For the most part, though, Brionne’s not getting roasted like Popplio did. On the contrary, Brionne’s got many vocal defenders, some of whom have supportively claimed her as a trans girl Pokémon.
https://twitter.com/8bit_ghost/status/783350297397690368
Brionne is my beautiful daughter I love her and will protect her .
— mary 🍩 (@gelatobeach) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/AbsoluteWoomy/status/783350498636107776
anyway brionne is my precious trans grammy award winning child and i love her
— bug in a cup (@doe_gender) October 4, 2016
Anyway Brionne is great and @jimmmyman10 is correct, she is a trans girl and is v beautiful #pokemonspoilers #PokemonSunMoon
— KMFDNFT (@SamFateKeeper) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/lesbianvulpix/status/783312414926331906
imagine being that guy who won’t use brionne because it’s too “feminine” and you don’t want to be gay
— Name cannot be blank (@tvxqueue) October 4, 2016
Sometimes, the opinions evolve with the Pokémon. Other times, though, it’s just a bigger Litten.
