The Pokémon With Eight Different Evolutions

Okay, you guys. One Pokémon can evolve into eight different Pokémon. Eight! That's like picking your own ending. So cool. This is Random Pokémon Facts. I'm Josh. It's Thursday, so it's Pokédex Deep Dive! Today we're digging into Eevee, and one really, really slow Pokémon. So here they are. Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon and Sylveon. All eight come from Eevee. How does it pick? A lot of it is stones. A Water Stone makes Vaporeon. A Thunder Stone makes Jolteon. A Fire Stone makes Flareon. Leafeon comes from a Leaf Stone, or from leveling up near a Moss Rock. And Glaceon comes from an Ice Stone, or leveling up near an Ice Rock. But why can Eevee do all that? The Pokédex has the answer. In Pokémon Red and Blue, it says Eevee's genetic code is irregular. It may mutate if it's exposed to radiation from element stones. In Ruby and Sapphire, it says Eevee has an unstable genetic makeup. It suddenly mutates because of the place it lives in. And Black 2 and White 2 say its unstable genetic makeup hides many different possible evolutions. So Eevee is basically a surprise box. Now, two of them don't need a stone at all. Espeon and Umbreon. For both, Eevee needs high friendship. It has to really like you. So what decides which one you get? Guess. The time of day! Level it up in the daytime and you get Espeon. Level it up at night and you get Umbreon. And Sylveon? Eevee has to learn a Fairy-type move first. In Generations Six and Seven, it also needed lots of Affection. From Generation Eight on, it needs high friendship. Okay, which one would you pick? I'd go Umbreon. Story two. Slowpoke. And Slowpoke is slow. Like, really slow. Its base Speed is just fifteen. And Pokémon Red and Blue's Pokédex says it takes five seconds for it to feel pain when it's under attack. Five whole seconds! But Pokémon Gold says something even funnier. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day! A whole day, bro. That tail matters. Diamond, Pearl and Platinum say Slowpoke is skilled at fishing with its tail. At level thirty-seven, Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro. And the Pokédex tells the story. In FireRed, a Slowpoke went hunting in the sea, and a Shellder bit its tail. That made it evolve into Slowbro! So Slowbro is Slowpoke with a Shellder stuck on its tail. And Ruby and Sapphire say that Shellder is attached so firmly, the tail can't be used for fishing anymore. No more fishing. Poor Slowbro. Wild Facts! Wiglett looks almost exactly like Diglett. But it's a totally different species! It's the Garden Eel Pokémon, based on sea creatures that poke their bodies out of the sand to feed. And Wiglett can smell things from more than sixty feet away. And in FireRed, LeafGreen and Emerald, there's a place called the Altering Cave. It only ever has Zubat inside. The game was built so a Mystery Gift could change which Pokémon lived there. But that was never handed out. So it stayed a Zubat-only cave. Riddle time! Who am I? I'm one of the three Galar starters. My creators said I'm the kind of Pokémon that gets into trouble. Here's a clue. My ears are the same shape as my cheek tufts. And the patch on my nose looks like a bandage, like the ones worn by energetic, always-running kids in Japan. Here's the biggest clue. The patches on my feet hint that fire shoots up from the ground when I run! Okay, ready? It's Scorbunny! And Scorbunny was Junichi Masuda's favorite of the three Galar starters. That's the show for today. Tomorrow is Friday, so it's Anime & Movies! I'm so hyped. Get ready! See you tomorrow! Bye! This was Josh.