IF EACH STATE HAD A POKEMON AS, LIKE, A STATE POKEMON WHICH POKEMON WOULD BEST REPRESENT EACH STATE: A THREAD

[This is gonna take me forever so please appreciate it]

1. ALABAMA

DONPHAN or WEEDLE

ok so this is hard. Donphan looks like the Crimson Tide's mascot but Weedle sounds like weevil aka boll weevil. Alabamians (?) weigh in on this

2. ALASKA

LAPRAS

So I was gonna be lazy and just put Abomasnow but then I thought about it and Lapras is both ice and water and like, Alaska is all about ice and water. Anyways here u are Alaska:

3. ARIZONA

EMBOAR

Here are the things I know about Arizona:
-it's hot
-it has cute pig things called peccaries

so here u go AZ

4. ARKANSAS

CINCCINO

[me, googling] show me Pokemon that kind of look like Hillary Clinton if you squint at them in the right light

5. CALIFORNIA

ALOLAN RAICHU

-Blonde
-Surfs
-Seems chill
-Psychic & Grass type which sound like things you'd find in California

6. COLORADO

ABOMASNOW

This Pokemon best represents Colorado because it embodies the two most important things about Colorado: snow for winter sports (white) & weed (green)

7. CONNECTICUT

BIDOOF

Look I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Connecticut but...you're kind of the Bidoof of states. Not like, actively the worst but just...really boring and kind of pointless

8. DELAWARE

MUK

Don't blame me, blame the DuPonts

9. FLORIDA

CROCONAW

Contains elements of cute adorable Totodile and terrifying rapacious Feraligatr, Croconaw represents Florida's essential split nature: youth-appealing tourism and deadly man-eating beasts

10.

GEORGIA

NINCADA

Because the biggest goddamn bug I have ever seen in my life was this giant weird flying thing and I saw it while driving through Georgia. Also cicadas southern evenings blah blah blah

[there are too many states this was a bad idea this was a horrible idea]

11. HAWAI'I

ALOMOMOLA

A beautiful queen of the sea. Just like Hawai'i

12. IDAHO

FERROSEED

A big ol' spiky potato which, I imagine, is the final form of all Idahoans

13. ILLINOIS

BEWEAR

daaaaaaaaaa BEARS

14. INDIANA

CASTFORM

Indiana???????? Is a real????? State?????

sounds fake cool story bro

15. IOWA

MAREEP

I once had a professor tell me people in his home state made fun of Iowa, saying I O W A stood for Id*ots Out Walking About and I don't know if that's true or her just made it up

Anyway have a sheep

16. KANSAS

SUNFLORA

Bright, pretty, and symbolic of happiness & joy which I feel like might make living in Kansas just a bit easier

17. KENTUCKY

RAPIDASH

Please please for the next Kentucky Derby can we find some magnificent horses made of flame and rage to race?

18. LOUISIANA

CRAWDAUNT

A state Pokemon you can both admire and also eat

19. MAINE

SHIFTRY

Woods, winter, and horror writers. This Pokemon encapsulates the three things I know about Maine

20. MARYLAND

KRABBY

pinch pinch pinch pinch pinch pinch Old Bay pinch pinch pinch pinch pinch pinch

21. MASSACHUSETTS

MACHAMP

lots of arms to play all the sports Massachusetts is obsessed with, probably to drive away the ravening ennui that plagues the human soul in these dark times

22. Michigan

HUNTAIL

Well the lampreys have already invaded the Great Lakes you may as well accept that they are your new gods

23. MINNESOTA

EISCUE

This Galarian Pokemon looks exactly the way I imagine most people from Minnesota look in the winter

24. MISSISSIPPI

WHISCASH

Representing the river and all the delicious creatures that live in the river and, when removed from the river, are fried

25. MISSOURI

NIDOKING/NIDOQUEEN

Both earthy & poisonous & they also like to fight so I guess this fits

OK IT'S LATE HERE SO I'M GONNA STOP UNTIL TOMORROW WHEN I WILL FINISH

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26. MONTANA

PIDGEOT

Hey Montana! I was gonna give u a bear Pokemon but then I remembered ur called Big Sky Country so I gave u a flying type--the most underrated flying Pokemon in the game. Ur welcome.

27. NEBRASKA

SNORLAX

Ok I'm gonna be honest with you I have no idea what happens in Nebraska or like, what the state's symbols are. I wanted to use Snorlax in this list and b/c I'm drawing a blank on anything else CONGRATULATIONS NEBRASKA

28. NEVADA

ELGYEM

Admit it, u thought I was gonna give u something to do w/Las Vegas well look I'm more CREATIVE than that and gave u this alien Pokemon to commemorate the aliens Nevada imprisons at Area 51

29. NEW HAMPSHIRE

GEODUDE

Once my grandfather climbed that big mountain u have. He was like 75 & he made it all the way to the top. That's impressive. Like, it's impressive at any age but 75??? Extra impressive

Oh right ur Pokemon is the angry rock with arms

30. NEW JERSEY

VENUSAUR

Listen I didn't give NJ a badass Pokemon just b/c I am from NJ. See, New Jersey is the Garden State & it is also filled w/toxic waste and since Venusaur is Grass/Poison it MAKES SENSE

Also I love Venusaur & I am from New Jersey

31. NEW MEXICO

MARACTUS

Damn I already gave Nevada the alien

Ok ur this adorable cactus

32.

NEW YORK CITY/NEW YORK STATE

RATICATE/TREVENANT

Ok New York u get two b/c NYC is very different from the rest of NY & I don't feel like listening to pissed off ppl from NYC/NY coming into my mentions

NYC: giant rat
NY: ghost tree

33. NORTH CAROLINA

CHANSEY

There are a lot of like, famous medical schools in NC right? I think I read that somewhere? Anyway here u get pink egg nurse

34. NORTH DAKOTA

ABSOL

Absol looks like snow and I assume North Dakota is often covered in snow. Also Absol is supposedly the harbinger of bad luck and lots of bad things happen on the TV show Fargo right?

35. OHIO

SEEDOT

I drove through southern Ohio once and I remember very little of it. Anyway this lil friend looks kind of like a buckeye and I thought you'd appreciate that.

[I unfortunately couldn't find a Pokemon that looks like a river on fire]

36. OKLAHOMA

TAUROS

Let's be real this is mostly just to make Texas mad

37. OREGON

ROSERADE

I hear u like roses so I made u a rose Pokemon that's also green because I hear u like weed too.

38. PENNSYLVANIA

CONKELDURR/STEELIX

Like New York, u get 2 because Philadelphia is so different from the rest of the state so

Philly: fight beast
Rest of Pennsylvania: industry snake

39. PUERTO RICO

TREECKO

(I was asked to include PR & DC so I am!)

Puerto Rico is a lovely island with many lizards and lizards are really really cool. I thought this lizard Pokemon would be a good one to represent Puerto Rico & I hope u do too

40. RHODE ISLAND

TENTACRUEL

There is one famous Rhode Islander and even though he was an awful human being I don't want to deprive Rhode Island of their one interesting feature so here is a tentacle beast in tribute

41. SOUTH CAROLINA

PINSIR

Look South Carolina you have a long history and beautiful landscapes and you've been cursed with Lindsey Graham but you also have the scariest bugs EVER so take ur giant bug & be proud

42. SOUTH DAKOTA

SKARMORY

Steel represents Sturgis which is one thing I know about South Dakota
Flying represents the big wide open skies that, I assume, South Dakota is beneath

43. TENNESSEE

JIGGLYPUFF

There is lots of music in Tennessee! Nashville and Memphis both have long, storied, musical pasts! So here, have the Pokemon that sings all the time!!!!

44. TEXAS

LUDICOLO

-excitable
-demonstrative
-probably racially insensitive
-dances
-wears a hat
-could probably conceal some guns in its....fur...or whatever that is

45. UTAH

AERODACTYL

Hey there are lots of dinosaur bones in Utah! And lots of fossils and footprints and other remnants of prehistoric beasts. So here's a cool fossil Pokemon for you

46. VERMONT

VANILLUXE

-ice cream
-very very white

47. VIRGINIA

BRAVIARY

Virginia is very American right like 500 presidents were born there so I think this aggressive-looking eagle is very appropriate

48. WASHINGTON STATE

SUDOWOODO

Got a lot of trees up there in the good ol' Pacific Northwest right? Big trees! I think Washington is the Evergreen State but I'm too tired to look it up right now

49. WASHINGTON DC

(I think I messed up the alphabetical order thing but it's fine)

CHERRIM

tbh I was thinking of making a swamp joke but I decided instead to celebrate the one pretty thing that happens in the capital city.

50. WEST VIRGINIA

VENOMOTH

Look I'm not gonna risk making Mothman angry. I don't want Mothman to be angry. So here, Mothman, here is my gift to you

51. WISCONSIN

MILTANK

Ok I've received so many replies saying WISCONSIN IS GONNA BE MILTANK WISCONSIN IS DEF GONNA BE MILTANK that you've sealed your own fate. So here. Here, take your weird bipedal cow and I hope it makes you very uncomfortable

52. WYOMING

CAMERUPT

Because one day the Yellowstone mega-volcano will erupt and destroy us all

Ok I'm done. I'm done.

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