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[homeofthebraviary]

[The video opens on America's legs. He's rolled up his pant legs and is sitting at the edge of the lake on Route 30, dangling his feet in the water. A sleeping hoppip rests on his knees.]

I'm kind of worried about Pinky you guys. [He turns the 'gear around to focus on his face, with Liberty on his shoulder as usual.] She's level 5 already and she still can't do any attacks. D'you think it's cause it's so hot maybe? Like, is she wilting or something? I keep givin' her berries and makin' sure she has enough water an' all. She seems happy and everything, I mean... but she just sorta flops around. Like a magikarp.

...Maybe she'll evolve into something really cool? But man, she's so cute. [He turns the camera to show the hoppip again, reaching down to skritch the base of her leaves.] I kinda don't want her ending up some freaky monster thing.

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[tearsofademon]

Ahh, some kinds take a while with that. Not sure about Hoppips, but Togepis don't learn any sort of attacking move for a while. Hell, the only sort of attacking move Yohki's picked up by himself so far is Metronome, and he's a little over level 30.

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[homeofthebraviary]

Aw man, metronome's such a cool move though! It's worth waiting to level 30 for something like that.

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[tearsofademon]

Well, yeah, it can be pretty amazing... Not so much when he accidentally blows something up with it though.

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[homeofthebraviary]

Heh, yeah, I guess it can be pretty unpredictable, huh.

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[ two Jumpluffs are staring at the video before Joonhee shoos them to the side a bit. ]

That's normal for Hoppips, you don't have to worry. They don't learn Tackle until level 10 but if she seems happy then she's probably okay. The two you saw before, Doraji and Sou, started off as Hoppips.

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[homeofthebraviary]

So that's what she'll evolve into? [... They're not as cute.]

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She'll evolve into a Skiploom first and then Jumpluff after that. [ he pulls the two Jumpluff's gently to hold them in front of the camera, careful to mind all the dandelion fluff. ]

It doesn't take them long to evolve but if she stays a Hoppip longer she'll learn her moves faster. They're not the greatest battlers but they're really helpful. [ he'd like more hoppip evolutionary family appreciation. if only because Doraji is the sweetest thing ever. he pets the little green leaves lightly. ]

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[homeofthebraviary]

Heh, I think I'll let her stay small for a while, then.

Thanks for the info, buddy!

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[colorsofthewind]

Ah, every pokémon is different with when they learn things or if they even learn them at all. My Delibird, Arcturus, only has one attack, and half the time it heals and half the time it does damage.

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[homeofthebraviary]

... Well that's kinda dumb.

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[colorsofthewind]

"Dumb"... isn't the word I'd use.

There are other ways for a pokémon to learn a move, thankfully, or poor Arcturus would have a hard time in a fight. You might want to give yours a little more time, though. Has it been learning any moves at all?

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[homeofthebraviary]

Well she can heal herself a little, but she doesn't battle much, y'know, obviously, so that's really all there is.

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[starspangledavenger]

My Hoppip took a while to learn anything, especially since he hated to fight, but after sometime they do learn some helpful moves.

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[homeofthebraviary]

I believe in her!!

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[starspangledavenger]

Give her time and keep working with her, she'll learn and evolve. Hoppips are pretty resilient Pokemon.

[there's a loud scoff off screen but then there's a yip and the sounds of two Pokemon arguing, Steve looks disapprovingly in the direction, before it abruptly ends and an Espeon slinks into the picture and curls around his neck]

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[homeofthebraviary]

They're like siblings, huh?

[easy_as_cake]

[Trance all but coos when the feed turns on.]

Oh, she's adorable! I don't know much about pokemon yet, but some plants don't mind the heat very much. Sometimes they even like it. The most important part is talking to them and telling them that you're proud of them no matter what they do.

[Yes, she's talking about plants, not children.]

[homeofthebraviary]

Isn't she though? [Don't even get him started, he loves his babies.] She really likes the sun, y'know, especially when there's a little bit of a breeze, she floats. I just didn't want it to turn out that she was like, behind where she was supposed to be, y'know? A little late bloomer. [He laughs. Because she's a plant, get it?]

[easy_as_cake]

[And Trance laughs too, because apparently her species never bothered with the concept of bad puns.]

I bet she's just fine. What does she know how to do now?

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[likewatson]

[It just so happens that Harry's hanging out with his own Rufflet today, but Washington isn't perched on his shoulder — he's flitting and darting around in the background, dutifully practicing flying.]

Every pokémon's different. She won't evolve into a monster, though. She'll be what's called a Skiploom.

[Harry holds up the book that's been resting on his lap, the page turned to an entry on Skiploom with a very, very cute picture. See? No need to worry, America.]

And then they evolve into this. [He turns the page, over to the entry on Jumpluff.]

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[homeofthebraviary]

[Oh lawd a rufflet named Washington hello new best friend.]

Oh, huh. They're alright, I guess. I still think she's cuter like she is though.

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[likewatson]

[And the rest of his roster named after famous Americans, and his name being... also that of a famous American...

Best friends indeed.]

You can always give her what's called an Everstone. My Cleffa has one — it prevents them from evolving. She'll still be able to level up and learn new moves, to a point.

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[licentious]

[ The feed focuses on Jumpluff, for a second, it just seems to twinkle around, floating and shaking off its spores.

Then, it fires a bullet seed. The rapid taps hit against the walls before finally breaching through and flying off into the distance. Yep. Lust just demonstrated its evolution going full machine gun. ]

Jumpluff, here, is the evolution of Hoppip. Hoppip's grow slowly at first but they quickly become masters at poisoning, paralyzing and infecting your pokémon with sleep spores.

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[homeofthebraviary]

[Hel-lo...]

Oh, well that's good to know I guess.

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[licentious]

Yes. Hoppip does gain strength eventually, but, for now, just enjoy its presence at the load.