Topic: The Names Only a (Pokemon) Trainer Could Love

I had a good team of five Pokemon already, but I really wanted a Kingdra for my team. So I went to the GTS and requested a Lv. 50 and up Kingdra, hoping it'd have a nickname (I usually nickname the Pokemon I catch or obtain in-game). The first one arrived and...it was a Lv. 100 female. Lv. 100 was twice too high for my team of Lv. 50-52 Pokemon, and I had three females already (I wanted three of each gender), plus it didn't have a nickname! Of all the luck! So I requested another Lv. 50+ Kingdra (a male this time). It arrived from Japan with the name "KINGUDORA" in katakana, it was male, it knew Flash Cannon (an unexpected bonus), and...it was Lv. 80. I thought to myself, 'Third time's a charm!', and, lo and behold, I finally got my Lv. 50 male "KINGUDORA" (another one from Japan). I decided that if I was to have one Pokemon with an international name, then I could rename my entire team to have a very diverse and varied name selection. So, I saw the Name Rater in Goldenrod and had my party changed from this...

-Gyoop (Muk)
-Whiptop (Ampharos)
-Rynosaur (Rhyperior)
-Cinnamon (Meganium)
-Jet (Honchkrow)

...to this...

-KINGUDORA (direct Japanese pronunciation of KINGDRA)
-UKMAY ('MUK' in pig latin)
-PHARAMP (the French name for AMPHAROS, it simply screams 'My beacon is so bright!')
-DOSYDON (the Romaji name for RHYPERIOR, Romaji being Japanese as English - RHYPERIOR's Japanese name is actually spelled and pronounced 'DOSAIDON')
-MUINAGEM (a direct Girafarigging of MEGANIUM)
-KRAMSHEF (the German name for HONCHKROW, it gives off a strong 'I'm the Big Daddy, and I'm cool as a cucumber in the arctic tundra' vibe)

...and so my team of multilingual Pokemon was formed! What nicknames do you give your team of Pokemon?

NintendoPurist's Word of the Day: Girafarig Read as an adverb 1. Verb the act of reading a Pokemon's name back-to-front; 2. Adj. describing a Pokemon's name that has been written or printed back-to-front; also see 'Girafarigging' and 'Girafarigged'

I like to name my Pokemon the wrong names. Like CHARMANDER becomes BLASTOISE, and MAGIKARP becomes LUGIA. It helps by throwing off your enemies. Yeah!

I named my Blastoise "Kamex", and my Ditto "Metamon" which are the rōmaji forms of "カメックス" and "メタモン", respectively.

I nickname all of my pokemon unique names, except for Gallade, who I named Erureido (Japenese name). My other ones are the following:

• Leaf thing (sceptile)
• Wind Egg (Togekiss)
• Mudbreath (Torkoal)
• Squishy (Drifblim)
  I'm still thinking of a name for my last guy.

I always name my pokemon.

In every pokemon game I always name my flying type Fawful.
In platinum I had
Tails Jr- *Ninetales
Fawful- Staraptor
Rosebud- Roserade
Chopin- Machamp
Karpy- Gyarados
Riolucario- Riolu

I have a Dragonite called Sushi. It's my favourite Pokémon nickname ever.

And all my ingamers have Fawful-themed nicknames:
Fury - Togekiss
Mustard - Ampharos
Beefless - Mamoswine
Chortles - Pidgeot
WinnerIsU! - Typhlosion
Fink-Rat - Vaporeon

Thank you Raylax, your post somehow made me think of a name for my lapras.
_{And no, the name I thought of is not fawful-ish.}

I would say mine, but this is a PG-13 site

Name My Gyarados, Magikarp.
Its at Lv100 and its still know Splash.

I use it to Tunt my opponent. and also, Gyarados look funny when he Splashies