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Have you ever noticed how inaccurate a Pokemon's weight is? Some that come to mind are Entei which is 6' 11" and weighs 436.5 pounds, a standard horse weighs close to a thousand pounds and they're probably only around 6' feet tall! A few others are Lugia 17' 1" and weighs 476.2 pounds...only 40 pounds more than entei., Dragonair 13 or so feet long and weighs 36.4 pounds... and there are a lot more. I just wonder if the designers of Pokemon were familiar with accurate weight for animals.

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I looked at the weights before, but I didn't think of them as that strange.

But if Porygon is virtual, shouldn't it weigh nothing?

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That is what I would think for a porygon and same for all ghost pokemon. gastly and haunter weigh like .2 pounds which is accurate since they are gas but then gengar weighs 89 pounds. I thought the reason they were able to go through walls was because they weigh practically nothing. It is all just confusing...

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Entei is not a horse - it's a dog.
Lugia has to be lightweight-ish in order to fly.
Gastly and Haunter are 3.2 ounces due to them having little actual physical material, whereas Gengar is a bit more solid.
And Porygon is virtual because its data can be transferred into the cyberworld. In the real world it is a lightweight machine. Porygon2 is smaller than Porygon due to microprocessors becoming smaller and smaller.
Dragonair is lightweight because of its slender figure. It's not 13 feet tall - it's 13 feet long.

So they are not as inaccurate as you may think.
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I realize entei is a dog. Dogs would weigh a great deal more than horses if they were the size of one because dogs are the strongest domestic animal pound for pound. (A male siberian tiger weighs about 600 pounds and they are not even half the size of entei...) therefore it should weigh well over what a horse does. lugia is a dragon not a bird and he is huge, 17 ft tall. 470 pounds is ridiculous for something his size regardless if he has hallow bones or not. 36 pounds for a Dragonair because it is slender is also inaccurate. An anaconda that grows to 20 feet can weigh up to 350 pounds! I know that may not be the best comparison to dragonair, but 350 to 36 pounds? there is a big difference. Dragonair coud'nt even have a spine with that weight.

The weights and sizes they have listed for pokemon are very inaccurate they do not even correspond with each other. I have used real life animal comparisons to verify this fact. they may not be the same species but it gives you a rough idea.

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azura wrote:
I realize entei is a dog. Dogs would weigh a great deal more than horses if they were the size of one because dogs are the strongest domestic animal pound for pound. (A male siberian tiger weighs about 600 pounds and they are not even half the size of entei...) therefore it should weigh well over what a horse does. Tigers are cats, not dogs. Compare it to some kind of wolf instead.

lugia is a dragon not a bird and he is huge, 17 ft tall. 470 pounds is ridiculous for something his size regardless if he has hallow bones or not.
Wrong; it is a bird. It doesn't even remotely resemble a dragon.

36 pounds for a Dragonair because it is slender is also inaccurate. An anaconda that grows to 20 feet can weigh up to 350 pounds! I know that may not be the best comparison to dragonair, but 350 to 36 pounds? there is a big difference. Dragonair coud'nt even have a spine with that weight.
The anaconda isn't meant to be fast; it's meant to crush its prey, hence that large weight. And Dragonair doesn't crush, it constricts. Have you ever seen a Dragonair crush anything? Additionally, Dragonair is said to be able to fly, as its "ears" are like wings.

The weights and sizes they have listed for pokemon are very inaccurate they do not even correspond with each other. I have used real life animal comparisons to verify this fact. they may not be the same species but it gives you a rough idea.

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Okay, you are totally missing the point to this post. I was just trying to point out the weight discrepancy in Pokemon. Not comparing Pokemon to which every day animal they closely resemble(the ones i picked probably have more similarities than you think). the whole point of this was to show how inconsistent and inaccurate the weights that are listed for Pokemon.

FYI the legendary trio of beasts is the technical name for entei, suicune, and raikou not dogs...

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azura wrote:
Okay, you are totally missing the point to this post. I was just trying to point out the weight discrepancy in Pokemon. Not comparing Pokemon to which every day animal they closely resemble(the ones i picked probably have more similarities than you think). the whole point of this was to show how inconsistent and inaccurate the weights that are listed for Pokemon.

FYI the legendary trio of beasts is the technical name for entei, suicune, and raikou not dogs...

Beasts is the term because no one can agree what animal they are. I find them to be dogs (and I don't believe they are cats).
And who is really missing the point? Am I missing the point of your posts...or are you missing the point of mine?
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Pokemon weight? Well... {snorlax} is too heavy for me, how could a bear can weigh >400 kgs?

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Snorlax is a bear? I have noticed the weight things, but I try to think of why they are like that.

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I don't even think weight matters that much. All of you are forgetting that Pokemon is fiction, the things aren't supposed to be that realistic. I mean, come on:

-Empoleon can learn Metal Claw when its got no flippers.
-Magnezone doesn't have levitate.
-A psychic green and white thhing that looks like a mushroom (Ralts) transforms into a floating dress with two eyes and one leg (Kirlia) at twenty years old.

If you think some weights don't make sense, Ekans is 77 inches tall, Charizard is 67. You'd have thought a fully grown creature that looked like a mix between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Pterodactyl would be taller than a snake that hasn't matured yet :P

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I would say the weights are a little off.

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DNA wrote:
Entei is not a horse - it's a dog.
Lugia has to be lightweight-ish in order to fly.
Gastly and Haunter are 3.2 ounces due to them having little actual physical material, whereas Gengar is a bit more solid.
And Porygon is virtual because its data can be transferred into the cyberworld. In the real world it is a lightweight machine. Porygon2 is smaller than Porygon due to microprocessors becoming smaller and smaller.
Dragonair is lightweight because of its slender figure. It's not 13 feet tall - it's 13 feet long.

So they are not as inaccurate as you may think.
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AKART wrote:
I don't even think weight matters that much. All of you are forgetting that Pokemon is fiction, the things aren't supposed to be that realistic. I mean, come on:

-Empoleon can learn Metal Claw when its got no flippers.
-Magnezone doesn't have levitate. Both are quite true. I guess the Claw was implemented because it's Steel type but idk.-A psychic green and white thhing that looks like a mushroom (Ralts) transforms into a floating dress with two eyes and one leg (Kirlia) at twenty years old. Kirlia has two legs.

If you think some weights don't make sense, Ekans is 77 inches tall, Charizard is 67. You'd have thought a fully grown creature that looked like a mix between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Pterodactyl would be taller than a snake that hasn't matured yet :P
77 inches long, not tall. All serpentine Pokemon mean that with height, hence why Rayquaza's size comparison looks the same size as the trainer almost.

And yes, Finally, someone who supports my theory, if only partially.

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Anyone ever notice that Snorlax is supposed to weigh about 1000 pounds, yet the pokedex says it eats about 900 pounds of food a day? I wouldn't want to be his plumber....

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Trefly wrote:
Anyone ever notice that Snorlax is supposed to weigh about 1000 pounds, yet the pokedex says it eats about 900 pounds of food a day? I wouldn't want to be his plumber....

The 900 pounds bit is due to Snorlax's metabolism...yet I wonder how he can get 900 pounds of food from anywhere.
Scary plumber thoughts are scaaaaaaary.

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I guess Pokemon are just magical creatures. Which should make sense, bacause magic can't be explained.


Here's my proof:
Nobody ever asks how Harry Potter can cast spells, they just believe it.

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Its not really about weight. If the pokemon can generate enough power/ force to put it into motion then weight isn't a real problem. Though they are inaccurate you have to look at the age rating on the game....

If weight, descriptions, and force generation was accurate it would become a highly complex game way too complicated for 3+.....

Like missing_no_is_my_friend said...magic....and so on.

Its a game made for youth!

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