[FAILED] Nuzlocking through Kanto

Continuing on where we left off...


Oh yay a healperson!


Free Stuff Get No.1 [TM Brick Break, wonder who I should use this on?]


And Nick is helpful once again. Man, Meowth are handy.


Free Stuff Get No.2!
Are you going to use it?
Naw, unless there's like a rare Pokemon or a shiny or something.


Pika~

...BLUE.


Blue, what is this madness?
Alas, poor Blue! I knew him, Leaf; a fellow of infinite stupidity, of most excellent ignorance; he hath been defeated by me a thousand times...
Kira, stop misquoting Shakespeare.

I was going to train you guys up more before challenging him. Darn.


But we're gonna kick his butt anyway.

One down, boss.


Two down, two to go.


One more...


Victory!
Wow Kira, you really are sis-tier.
Don't forget...
Oh and Pika too, for killing that Pidgeotto. I love you all~

<3


Bleh!


see this is why I like healpeople.


Now Joey's the only one not up to level 25 or higher.


Hmm... It might be useful later, but it's weaker than Tackle.


So, what do you want us to do about it?
Oorgh... Rub m' back, matey?
On it!
Not you Kira!


THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT

Crush-crush...
Crush-crush...

KIRA!!


I have a feeling who I'm going to teach...


Nicky earned the title CUT SLAVE!
Nicky's PRIDE harshly fell...

And Meowth are useful once again.


Heeey mates! We're gettin' off now, so unless y' want to stay on f' a yeah, y' better get OFF!
And that seems to be our exit cue.






Goodbye, boat!

That's it for today folks. Watch out for carnivorous doormats so you can tune in later!

Next time...


Vermilion Gym!

Two catches (names not randomised.)

Joey is level 27, all the others level 26 because do you know how much a pain in the butt it is to train stuff against level fourteens [/raeg]


And the current state of the Box. short updates ftw.

...Stay tuned; I'll probably upload part 9 later today or on sunday.

Stats of the team [excluding Nick.] Ground Kira to 27 at the Gym.


Yes! And only two tries too!


Okay guys. This seems like a good time to discuss the attack plan.
Joey comes out first to finish off his Voltorb and Pikachu, then his Raichu (hopefully.) Kira backs him up at all times.
Be careful Leaf, he's a L-I-O...
Um, Kira?
L-I-U-E... L-E-E-O-O... L-I-E-U-T-A...
L-I-E-U-T-E-N-A-N-T, Kira.
Oh.




Dig x 1


Dig x 1


Oshi--


Oshi--


Oshi--


Finally. A Dig, a crit Quick Attack, and another Quick Attack finished it.


And that's all the time we have today, folks, 'cause I'm getting kicked off the computer. Stay tuned for next time! Leaf, over and out.

Yay! Now who can learn this...

Looks like Nick and Pika can. You probably already know who I'm going to teach this to.


Nick's PRIDE harshly fell! [again]

Hey Leaf, I was organizing your BAG the other day, and I found this. Should I throw it away?
That's my Bike Voucher! There's a bike shop in Cerulean City right?





And now let's explore to the west of here! Route Nine, or thereabouts.


>Aerial Ace get!


is like they're stalking me


Catch for the Rock Tunnel, floor one. Which died.

Next time: I don't want to go through dark weird places.

Also, two potential catches, but DUPES. TEN FREAKING SPEAROWS, THREE FREAKING RATATTAS, AND A PIDGEY. ...I gave up.

Hahah, you think I was tricking you with that part title? Nope. Blood will be spilled in this part, and not in a good way.

Replaying through parts we already did...

crap crap
Oh yes pecha berry in bag thank you nick.

Inside the Rock Tunnel, our catch was very uncooperative.
He got to red HP, yeah? Then he decides to get himself poisoned and leave himself with around one HP. Yes, one. And keep in mind that the berry I used on Pika was the last one in my bag.



His name was Macho Man.



He was a Machop, with one of the better natures a Machop can have.

But through his braveness, he was also foolish.





RIP MACHO MAN the Machop, lv 16 - 16.
Body Count: 1

First blood. And I was hoping to get to Lavender Town without spilling any.


*sob*

Second floor. Two zubats and...


You are NOT dying on me, you hear?

Three Poke Balls later...


Randomised.


wait what-- Oh yeah, Macho Man is in my party. gotta get him into the box soon...


I'm just curious, you know? Heh heh...
Well, uh, I personally think cosplayers are weird and--
Potentially dangerous and--
PLEASE DESIST FROM OPENING YOUR MOUTH, KIRA.
...Wait, why do you ask?

omaiarceus KIRA SAVE ME


Shoot, Kira's overleveled.


MONEH~


And now Conway's overleveled too.


dude
you really need to change your name

*presses ctrl-O*

FUUUUUUU--
And that's the end of that. See you next time, or maybe later today, for the next exciting episode of--
"Don't Press Control-O, You Dumb Idiotic--"
...Never mind.

Playing through parts we already did...

Yai!


Aww yeah.
Toxistalling dreams?
Yep. I'll delete Tackle for this; Withdraw is an okay move.


Obligatory "Don't try anything funny" shot.
I'm not a boy, and it's not dark at all 'cause of Nicky here.

A little while later...


Finally, the exit! Gee, I hope there aren't any trainers outside here...

four trainers? yosh


Hah-hah-haah-haha! Whaah-ha-choo!


UM no


And we're here!
Psst, Leaf!
What?
I smell Blue, he must be somewhere around here. Also in the route to the left I think we can get a Fire-type to help with his Ivysaur! We won't have to worry about encountering anything else because dupes clause.
Cool, let's go check it out. But first, we should heal at the Pokemon Center and buy some Poke Balls because I ran out. And also...


*sob*
Rest in peace, little guy.


free stuff get! I might actually use this for a STAB on some random normal/flying later idk

and I just realised my team needs a flyer but I don't want to box Nick because of EXTREME MEOWTH USEFULNESS

On Route 8, 20 dupes later...

see see nicky did all the work

...well Pika paralyzed it but


issa fire fox geddit


Ooh, holding an item too.


Hmm, okay nature is okay


Okay stats are okay

...Wait where am I going to train this thing
Rock tunnel is out of the question, too many rock types
This route has level twenties, no way am I going to train this thing here
Route before rock tunnel? I'll have to go through rock tunnel to get there, and... *shudder*

aw crap, this isn't good
Bulbapedia says blue's Ivysaur is going to be level twenty-five. Which means I have to train this fox thing ten levels. Without a place to train.


Fabulous.

LuckyLapras said:

When are you gonna make one about Chrome? (If only you got a Jigglypuff/Clefairy and called it "Opera")

Click to expand...

Maybe later if I catch a magnemite or something

Harvest Ty said:

I find this very Humorous! Amazing job Absoul! I'mma follow dis now~ >:'D

Click to expand...

Thanks! /follower count: 3 ^^"

And here's your weekly dose of grindfest, brought to you by the one and only-- Kira!

...shaddup

So basically, I had this awesome idea: Go through Rock Tunnel again, and then train Mozilla at the route before the Rock Tunnel. 'Kay, guys?

...guys?

Sorry, I was in the bathroom.

Won't ask.

Going through Rock Tunnel...

Ooh, rock slide huh? Looks like kira's the only one who can learn it



...But 90 accuracy is just meh. Not learned.


whoo overleveled conway YEAH!

And before I forget,


useless item get!

I just realized half the team is a stone evo. Kira, Mozilla, and Pika...


Grindfest, commence!

Wait, I forgot my catch on this route, didn't I...


Yay.

First Ember burned it, then two more embers plus burn damage got it down to a sliver of HP.


heh. heh.


BOX'D.
Maybe a Pika backup if she dies.

wait, where's Moz?


oh, there you are. NOW RUN FROM THE DAMN BIRD before it pecks you to death




Useful move get!




And that's where I'll stop today. Next time: Nine levels of grinding for Moz, one for Kira, one for Joey, and two for Pika. That's thirteen levels, so I hope none of you have trisdekaphobia! Absoul, out!

Nice item.


Nice move, though I doubt I'll keep it.


This is actually the second TM10 I've gotten from Nick so far (the last one was around part 10 and I didn't screencap it.)


The newbie sure levels up fast, doesn't she?


Third rare candy in my Bag.


Don't scare me like that!




Seriously? Number three, now!


lv. 25.


Aside from some niche battles, there probably won't be much use for this.


And this is where I'll stop training on rt. 10.


=B


Good levels. Part One of Operation:Grind has completed.


Pursuit runs off Sp. Atk. in this gen, and since Joey's SpA is extremely crappy, nope.


Part Two of Operation:Grind has completed.


Part Three of Operation:Grind has completed. All that's left is to grind up Moz.


Slightly overleveling Pika a bit, but that's what happens when there's a bridge full of trainers with Pokemon she can one-shot.


nope nope nope

Leaf, I don't think you can dodge these guys.

Nope, nope, nope. Always a way.

Aha! Dodged like a pro, and the bikers too.


Celadon City, the land of RAINBOWS and ROCKETS.

Wait, did I say rockets?


Nicknamed Melissa, forgot to screencap.


Plot important item get!


=B


=B


Leaf, are you sure about this? Once you do it, there's no going back...
I'm sure about evolving her, and I was sure about evolving you, and you're badass now.
... Okay.




And there it is.
Whoa! This feels cool!
Heh. Our second evolved 'mon on the team.
...Third.
Our third evolved 'mon on the team.
Hmph.


Wow, nice stats Pika!
Thanks!


Rare berry get! =0

And that wraps things up for today! Next time, we grind some more, (hopefully) battle Blue, and maybe even battle Erika!

...not necessarily in that order. Byee!

Oh, it is?

Perv.
Definitely.


...damn. Blue got here first.


Lots and lots of pretty level-ups~


Oddishes tank Embers and retaliate with powders. damn powders.


But not for long!


FRIGGIN' YEAH!


LADIES, EAT FLAMETHROWER!

And since Flamethrower is the last useful move Vulpix learns by level-up in Gen III...




Did you guess? Liar.


... ... Hm.
FRIGGIN' YEAH X 2, BITCHES!

Language, Leaf. Language.

Oh. Yeah. That.


THOSE STATS!

I appreciate your gratitude.

okay


WELL I'VE GOT A FRIGGIN' NINETALES!
LANGUAGE.


ERIKA, I'M COMING FOR YOU!
... As am I.


Greetings.

... ...
... ...

Is she sleeping?

I do believe so.
Hm? Oh, a challenger? You shall lose.
I am afraid I shall have to contradict that statement, good madam.


Well, then let us get on with it!






As I was saying...
(Disregard for a while that Mozilla is asleep.)


You should concede defeat while you still can! Even your defeat has made me remarkably stronger!


...You are redundant.
I know.


Next on the list to brutally murder?
Blue.

Yep.


la la la levelups


I sold fifteen super potions, bought fifteen lemonades, and exchanged one for a TM33 Reflect.






Okay. We're ready to brutally murder Blue blue's Pokemon.




We also sell incense to honor dead Pokemon.
Could I have one?
Yes. Incense is free...

...Sigh...

Macho Man...




anyway!


BLUE.


Is your Pokemon dead? Oh, they're alive? I can at least make them faint!
Wha--
Go, Pidgeotto!
Predictable as always, Blue. Pika! Thunderbolt!
Right!
*Foe PIDGEOTTO fainted!*

Rrr... Gyarados, end that Raichu!
Seriously, Blue? Have you even skimmed over the type chart?
Gyarados, attack!
Thunderbolt again, Pika!
Okay!


What?! Gyarados, no! Growlithe, tear the Raichu to bits!
If your little doggie tears anyone to bits, it'll be Conway!
Growlithe, use...
Too late, Blue!


HOW DARE Y... Ivysaur! Kill the stupid turtle!
Conway, switch out to...
Kill that stupid rabbit thing, what's it called, Nidowhatever, then!
...Mozilla!
Such an uncouth boy such as yourself should be ashamed!
Huh? When the heck did you get a--
Mozilla, Flamethrower!
I would gladly punish the boy just as well, but slowly roasting his main Pokemon shall suffice.


Noooo!
Yessss!


OKAY, I'VE FREAKING HAD ENOUGH. KADABRA, PSYCHICALLY AND MERCILESSLY BEAT UP THE FREAKING FOX UNTIL IT FREAKING BEGS, YOU FREAKING...
You should know better, boy. I shall just destroy this victim as the other.
Mozilla, Quick Attack it!
My attack stat is too low! Thou would do better to--
Just do it!


(1 Quick Attack got it to invisible health bar, it used Kinesis and missed, another QA finished it.)


You filthy, nasty, repulsive daughter of a--
Kira, would you mind shutting him up for me?
No.
Good.


>:(


Well, that's all we've got time for today, folks. Next time, we tackle the rest of Pokemon Tower and do a truckload of grinding in preparation for Silph Co., our next rival fight, Sabrina, and Koga! (gawd I'll have to grind these guys like fifteen levels)

Stay tuned, and see you later!

Upstairs in Pokemon Tower...


AAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHH GET IT AWAY GET IT AWAY GET IT AWAY

KILL IT WITH FIRE
KILL IT MOZILLA
KILL IT



AAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAA

/ran away safely!

... ...
Dang, that was scary.


WHAT THE HECK

EVERYONE HERE IS CRAZY
EVEN THE WILD POKEMON

AAAAAAAAAA


Not really, y'know...
Hmph. You weren't facing that ghost!
Well--AAAAAAAA

ANOTHER GHOST
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE

AAAAAAAAA

Don't scream like that!

...okay

*hff*
Ah, we're finally out of there
ugh

HEY YOU

SILPH SCOPES UNMASK GHOSTS SO YOU CAN KILL THEM

ROCKET PEOPLE IN CELADON HAVE THE SILPH SCOPE

GO BADGER SOME ROCKET PEOPLE TO GET IT

BYE

Well, that was handy.


Level up!


Say, do you want some?
No, it's oka--
You do? Great!
Bu--
Here, have some tea!
augh no--
Kira, what are you--Yes!
GET OFF ME

*hic*

*cough*

Gee, this *hic* teeea is actu--*cough*--alllly quite *hic* tasty!
See? You like it!
I'll *hic* be srue to *hic* shore it wtih the oothheer guaaards. *cough*
KIRA WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO HIM
I just gave him the Tea! He said he was thirsty!
well...
*ahem*
...So can I go through now?
*hic* Yeeeaaaaaah!

You friggin' spiked the tea?
What? No!
WHAT.
So it's...

I don't want to talk about this.

... ...
C'mon guys, at least he let us through. Let's just go and--
Come now, be good ladies and gentlemen and follow the nice madam through.
...What Moz said.


NEW ROUTE

new route = new catch

NEW CATCH


potential flyslave/teammate?


*shoves in box*

There! that's all done. Wonder if I should use her or not?
(No statscreen 'cuz I'm too lazy to go look in the PC box. If I do go look at the Box, you'll also get Melissa the Eevee's statscreen.)


Such a convenient move!

...that NONE OF MY PARTY POKEMON CAN LEARN.
I guess Meowth usefulness stops at Flash, huh?

Wait guys! Let's go randomly badger one of the Rocket members to tell us where their hideout is so we can get a useful plot item that will conveniently open up new grinding spots so we can defeat the next gym leaders whose Pokemon are ten levels above our current ones!
...spoilers? That's a first, Pika.


Hey Leaf! I've selected a badgerment target!
I do believe that "badgerment" is not a word.
WHATEVER! HEY ROCKET PERSON
what
WHERE'S YOUR BASE
HOLY SHINX A NIDOQUEEN?!
YEP
Hey, I remember you from Mt. Moon!
OF COURSE YOU DO!
You were the one that creamed my tea...

Uh oh. (if you get that joke, a cookie for you!)
So, where's your base? *grin*
I-i-it's obvious... Just look around...
NO WORD GAMES
Uh, Kira?
I think I found it.


...oh.




Oh! [/impendingbossfight]

Then, he runs into a wall and disappears! Hmm... I wonder where the base is!

Maybe you should run into the wall?
Do not be a dolt, that idea is preposterous!

OOWwwwww...
...Oh, dear.


OH HEY LOOK GUYS

I FOUND A SWITCH!
Should I push it? Should I? Should I?
It is always best to err on the site of cautio--
Sure, Pika.
Damn thee, Kira.

....pffffffffahahahahahahahaha
ANYWAYS


OH RANDOM STAIRS

LET'S GO IN AND IGNORE THE FACT THAT NO-ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE!


I have a strange sense of foreboding.
Pish-posh, we'll be fine.
We're overleveled, anyway...
Bulbapedia says that we're all at least four levels above Giovanni's strongest Poke--
No more spoilers, Pika, please.

okay


I ran into the wall, of course! Haven't you heard of "Operation: Plainclothes"?
No, I haven't.
Well, it's just grunts dressed in ordinary clothes! I'm one of them!
What's your grunt number then?
uuhhhh... A-359? (if you get this, another cookie for you!)
But... I'm grunt A-359!
*battle ensues*



WARP.

FRIGGIN'.

PANELS.

LANGUAGE.

A short amount of spinning later, I got lots of goodies!




I'm mainly grinding Conway here, as he has an evolution in a few levels, but I'll stop at level 34.


CRAP

I went outside and healed, because Nick gave me four frigging aspear berries but no pecha. >:


Oh no! You dropped the lift key!

dude PICK IT UP


... ...

Well, I'm TAKING THE LIFT KEY THEN!

Whatever! It's not like you'll beat our elite guards at the--
Sorry, already did.
OH SHI--


And that's all for today folks. Next time, we face Giovanni and maybe more freaky channelers...


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Leaf
NPCs
Conway
Joey
Pika
Kira
Mozilla

Basically, everything happened the same, except:
- No Trauma. Maybe later.
- Didn't grind ANYONE but Conway in the Rocket Hideout.
- Got all the items this time.
- Didn't go up to floor 2 of Pokemon Tower.

And the result of turtlegrinding:


AWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

TURTLE POWER


bum bum bum badum bum bum bum bum...


:D

Woah, I'm taller than you, Leaf. And taller than Kira.

Well, I'm taller than Kira.
Wartortle are 1 m tall, Nidoqueen are 1.3 m, and Blastoise are 1.6 m. Leaf is ~1.5 m tall, being a teenage girl and all that.

How do you feel?

Fine.


Those stats...

They surpass every single one of the other members' stats.

That is just

pure

crazy.

Well, to be fair you're four levels above everyone.

I still can't get over the fact that Conway YOU'RE A FREAKING TURTLE WITH CANNONS and your speed is higher than your attack.
I believe that is referred to as a "paradox."
Well, I am a Blastoise.
And Blastoises aren't really turtles. They're

Blastoises.

Whatever. I heard the ROCKET BOSS was hiding somewhere around here...

Actually, he's on floor 4, but you have to get the Lift Key to use the lift to get down there and--
No more spoilers, remember Pika?

oh yeah that


THERE HE IS

May I have the pleasure?

Finally, another civilised team-mate.

...Yes.

Go ahead, Conway.



okay

JUST GET OVER WITH THE PLOT, GIO


I assume the world of pain is the same one you're stealing the Pokemon from?


pffffffft
What, you insolent, meddling foo--

Oh.

I don't get it!
Levels, Pika.


That was... easy.

Really easy.

I have reason to disagree.
Why?
Ma'am, the Kangaskhan took four bites to defeat. And I am holding the "black-glasses," which increase the power of such moves.
Well, Giovanni went away, and gave us a good-bye present.

This?
Yeah, that.



WE ARE TEMPORARILY DONE WITH PLOT! HOORAY!

...okay. Next time,


OH ARCEUS GHOSTS


... I request that you would not remind me.

Pokemon Tower Catches:


Ivan the Gastly!



Pompeo the Cubone!

[nicknames both randomized.]


Level-Ups!




A GHOST!

Leaf realises her underleveledness!


Kira being awesome!



and emotional moments.



PART 15.5!

Somewhere in Pokemon Tower...



BOOOM!

KIIRAAA!

*hff hff*

I *cough* don't see her... Ugh, so much smoke...
*hack*
I can smell her. S-she's close.
*cough* Keep looking, guys!
Kira is not... *c-cough*
No. She can't be.
Guys! I--*cough*-- see her!


Heh... Were you *cough* guys worried?
I'm fine.

TANKED LIKE A BOSS


Moar level-ups!


Ate all my balls, too.

That sounds really, really wrong.


Whatever.


Yes. Well, no. But yes.


Well, she was still mad when I was there...
But Kira calmed her.

Good... *cough* Please, come with me.
It's the least I can do for you...

Where?

Oh... okay.

At POKEMON HOUSE...
I do not know whether this will help you or not...
*hack cough hack*
... ...
Go on.
B-but... I shall entrust you with this.
It is one of exactly six flutes made by my great-grandfather...
It is designed to wake up any sleeping Pokemon, no matter how deep a sleep they are in...
My great-grandfather gave three flutes to each of his sons, and they gave them to their sons, and my father gave one to me...
I have no children. There is no-one else I can give this to.
This is the least I can do for you.
T-thank you...

... ...


Leaf?
*sob*


Later


I BOUGHT SO MUCH LEMONADE



Imma get a dratini.
Or an abra. Whatever they're giving out.


Oh. Hrr... Which one do you guys think we should put on the team?
Not Clefairy and not Porygon definitely.
Yeah, Joey's right...
We already have a normal-type.
*snicker*
Well, I don't think we need a Pinsir.
Abra has a trade evo, and, you know...
So that leaves...
Dratini, huh?




Some time later...

I pick up ALL the free coins at the Game Corner, and I'm still almost broke?!


I had like 100,000 Pokedollars when I started buying. Dratinis are expensive...
But worth it. Have you ever seen a dragonite?!
Well yeah, but... It'll be at level 24. So we need to raise it three levels at the Daycare and then feed it all our rare candies for it to be just level 32 and a dragonite.
Wait... did you say DAY-CARE?!

The Day-Care's stupid! Why would you put it there?
So we can train in peace while it gains levels quietly without any work. Actually, I'm probably just going to get it to level 28 at the max. It learns slam at level 29, and I don't think we should learn that. Then I'll feed it two candies, let it evolve, and start training it with the rest of you.

Fair enough.
Well, let's see what gender and nature we get.

(forgot the nicknaming shot)


You quirky little dragonthing.

And while I'm at the PC...


Mel!


Ivan!


Pom!

Yep, long-overdue nature shots. With Melissa's nature, I'd evolve her into Espeon, but that's not possible in FRLG.

/fourthwallbreak

Oh yeah sorry.


:D

Then I ran around, a lot, without doing much, and Clarisse still hadn't gained a level.
So I decided to just go and train for a while.


da di do dee di da di do daaaa...
da di do daa de dooo...
du de di dooo daa duuuuu...
de di do duu da di diiiii...
duuu...
The melody reverberated around the area as the song finished.

uuu...

uuu...

uu...

u...

u...






Leaf...
It... It awakens...
*WILD SNORLAX APPEARED!*

Wait...


Shoot.


Burn+Confuse+Flamethrower=dead 'lax.


Sigh...