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== O sprite ==

Has anyone else noticed that the Unown O sprite is smaller than it should? -[[User:Groudon465|<span style="color:#40826D;">Groudon465</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Groudon465|<span style="color:#B7410E;">Talk</span>]] | [[User:Groudon465/Decks|<span style="color:#1C39BB;">Decks</span>]]</sup> 15:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

:Yep. I think someone resized it to 64x64 or something, rather than 80x80. [[User:TinaTheKirlia|<span style="color:#E75480;">T</span><span style="color:#FF69B4;">i</span><span style="color:#F6ADC6;">n</span><span style="color:#FFC0CB;">a</span>]]<sup>[[User:TinaTheKirlia/Sandbox|<span style="color:#FFC0CB;">☆</span>]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Favorites|<span style="color:#F6ADC6;">♥</span>]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|<span style="color:#FF69B4;">♫</span>]]</sup> 15:45, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:I recently fixed it, it was a different size than the rest, and it had a white background, so yeah... It's fine now. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">TTE</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#0000FF">chidna</span>]]''' 01:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

== Tablet translation ==

Um... Do you have any idea what the tablet says in that picture? I've translated it from unown;
<pre>FRIEND
SUBETE NO I
BETSU NO IN
NANIKA WO</pre>

Any idea what this means? [[User:Im a bulba|Im a bulba]] 02:48, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
:[[DP040]]'s trivia section has it. <span style="background:#FF9030">'''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#000000">chidna</span>]]</span><span style="background:#664444">[[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|<sup><span style="color:#FFD700">G</span></sup><sub><span style="color:#E0E0E0">S</span></sub><span style="color:#000000">DS!</span>]]'''</span> 02:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

== Legendary? ==

A book I have lists Unown as legendary.  Is this accurate?  (I don't have the book now, though)  <small><span style="color:#FF0000">--</span>
''[[Glitch Pokémon]].  [[Pokémon|Official Pokémon]].  There is no real difference between the two. [[User talk:Missingno. Master|In my opinion]], the two should be considered equal!<span style="color:#FF0000">--</span> quoted by [[User:Missingno. Master|Missingno]][[User:Missingno. Master/The Order of the Glitch|.]] [[User:Missingno. Master|Master]]
</small> 20:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
:No. Unown isn't legendary. It starred in a movie, but its stats cause barfing even moreso than Phione's, and.. erm, yeah. [[User:TinaTheKirlia|Tina]]<sup> [[Special:Contributions/TinaTheKirlia|δ]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|♫]]</sup> 20:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
::Unown ''are'' Legendary Pokémon though, it states so in the movie. [[User:Tesh|<span style="color:#B7AD96;">'''TESHIGIGAS'''</span>]] 21:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

No it means they are ''legends''. If Phione is hardly considered legendary all of Unown's very SUCKISH stats make it absolutley NOT legendary.
<span style="background:#000000;">[[User:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Crystal'''''</span>]] [[User talk:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Lucario'''''</span>]]</span> 22:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
:Phione is legendary. It's confirmed by Pokémon.com. Unown are ancient and the like, but they aren't legendary. [[User:TinaTheKirlia|Tina]]<sup> [[Special:Contributions/TinaTheKirlia|δ]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|♫]]</sup> 22:28, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I know thats why I said '''''HARDLY CONSIDERED'''''
<span style="background:#000000;">[[User:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Crystal'''''</span>]] [[User talk:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Lucario'''''</span>]]</span> 22:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
::Unown is legendary, then so is Arcanine. Dragonite. Tyranitar. Salamence. Metagross. Garchomp. Just because they have legends associated with them (Pokémon ''of'' legend) doesn't mean they're legendary. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 22:39, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
:::I always had the impression the were legendary. [[User:Tesh|<span style="color:#B7AD96;">'''TESHIGIGAS'''</span>]] 18:17, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Yea, same. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 18:20, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Let's review the facts.  It can't breed (even with Ditto!), it's genderless, and it has legends associated with it.  Sure it has piss-poor stats and is common as hell, but so is Phione, and if THAT thing is legendary, I don't see why this isn't!  <small><span style="color:#FF0000">--</span>
''[[Glitch Pokémon]].  [[Pokémon|Official Pokémon]].  There is no real difference between the two. [[User talk:Missingno. Master|In my opinion]], the two should be considered equal!<span style="color:#FF0000">--</span> quoted by [[User:Missingno. Master|Missingno]][[User:Missingno. Master/The Order of the Glitch|.]] [[User:Missingno. Master|Master]]
</small> 11:52, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

There are no "rules" when it comes to legendaries. However, I do not count Unown as legendary. I mean look at it's place in the PokéDex. Wobbuffet comes after it. Plus, it has never been called a legendary. Legends and legendary are two different things. [[User:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Glinn</span>]] 12:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

: Here lets vote... say '''YES''' or '''NO'''
I say '''NO'''
<span style="background:#000000;">[[User:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Crystal'''''</span>]] [[User talk:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Lucario'''''</span>]]</span> 12:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
:I say '''YES'''. [[User:Tesh|<span style="color:#B7AD96;">'''TESHIGIGAS'''</span>]] 16:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
::'''Yes'''. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 16:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
:::'''YES GAH'''--[[User:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''C  '''</span>]] [[User talk:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Is'''</span>]] [[User:Darth Cookie Monster/My Story|<span style="color:#000000;">'''for Cookie'''</span>]] 16:25, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
::::*Well I guess it is settled most of us think it is legendary so therefore-- it is... <span style="background:#000000;">[[User:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Crystal'''''</span>]] [[User talk:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Lucario'''''</span>]]</span> 18:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

How is it legendary? [[User:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Glinn</span>]] 03:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

There is no way that explains its legendary status. The only evidence that possibly signifies it being legendary is that there are many forms of it and it resides in an alternate dimension[[User:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF0000>Po</font><font color=#FFFF00>ke</font>]][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#00FF00>Ma</font><font color=#00FFFF>ni</font><font color=#0000FF>ac</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF00FF>102</font>]] 03:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

'''''NO NOT LEGENDARY'''''[[User:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF0000>Po</font><font color=#FFFF00>ke</font>]][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#00FF00>Ma</font><font color=#00FFFF>ni</font><font color=#0000FF>ac</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF00FF>102</font>]] 03:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
:Here, let's '''''not''''' vote. Unown is as legendary as Ditto is. Ditto can't breed with itself. Unown may be associated with legends, but it's not legendary in and of itself. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 03:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
::Well that's like saying that Phione is not legendary, but it has been confirmed that it IS a legendary. I'm gonna try sending a letter to Pokemon.com and see what they say about Unown's legendary status. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 12:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Good idea.<span style="background:#000000;">[[User:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Crystal'''''</span>]] [[User talk:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Lucario'''''</span>]]</span> 12:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

'''its not legendary!!! end of story.<span style="background:#000000;">[[User:Shinylucario|<span style="color:#0000FF;">'''''Shiny'''''</span>]] [[User talk:Shinylucario|<span style="color:#0000FF;">'''''Lucario'''''</span>]]</span> 12:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)'''

WE ALL KNOW THAT!!! WE JUST HAVEN'T DECIDED YET!  <span style="background:#000000;">[[User:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Crystal'''''</span>]] [[User talk:Crystallucario|<span style="color:#FF0000;">'''''Lucario'''''</span>]]</span> 12:42, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
:Well, I'm not too sure still. Stat's don't really prove a thing. [[User:Tesh|<span style="color:#{{normal color}};">'''TESHIGIGAS'''</span>]] <sup></sup> 15:48, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Just seen the new mailbag.  Unown ain't legendary.  <small><span style="color:#FF0000">--</span>
''[[Glitch Pokémon]].  [[Pokémon|Official Pokémon]].  There is no real difference between the two. [[User talk:Missingno. Master|In my opinion]], the two should be considered equal!<span style="color:#FF0000">--</span> quoted by [[User:Missingno. Master|Missingno]][[User:Missingno. Master/The Order of the Glitch|.]] [[User:Missingno. Master|Master]]
</small> 23:58, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
:Since when was it ever? Cause it was never[[User:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF0000>Po</font><font color=#FFFF00>ke</font>]][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#00FF00>Ma</font><font color=#00FFFF>ni</font><font color=#0000FF>ac</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF00FF>102</font>]] 00:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
::Oh well, it was in my mind[[User:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''C  '''</span>]] [[User talk:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Is'''</span>]] [[User:Darth Cookie Monster/My Story|<span style="color:#000000;">'''for Cookie'''</span>]]

Unown are NOT Legendary. You can catch more than one in the games, therefore eliminating any possible chance of them being Legendaries (I know, Phione can be gotten from Eggs as many times as you want, but Phione is officially counted as a Legendary). [[User:Diachronos|Diachronos]] 16:23, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
:::"Legendary" isn't actually an official status, so it could be considered legendary or not. I personally don't think it should be called a legendary because there are loads of them and you can catch them releatively early in most of the games they appear in. (P.S. Can someone tell me how to sign my edits?)
::::You type four of these things: ~ (tildes) you can also hit the button that looks like a squigle on top of the box where you edit or the four tildes underneath it.--[[User:MisterE13|<span style="color:#0000FF">Mister</span>]][[User talk:MisterE13|<span style="color:#008000">'''E'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/MisterE13|<span style="color:#80008013">13</span>]] 19:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

How the heck is unown supposed to be a legendary!thats ridiculus because thier are way more than one unown theres like a million--[[User:Blastzard|Blastzard]] 16:42, 19 March 2009 (UTC)blastzard
:If it isn't legendary, then it's the only non-legendary Pokémon to be in the Rare category in [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]].--[[User:Chaos Theory|Chaos Theory]] 02:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
::Which is probably the same as Arcanine is legendary, since Unown have a 100% encounter rate in all the areas you can find them.- [[User:DanPMK|MK]] (<sup>[[User Talk:DanPMK|t]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:contributions/DanPMK|c]]</sub>) 20:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

== Runes ==
Theres no such thing as Celtic runes, runes are Norse (aka, Viking, Varangian, Rus, Germanic). The Celts did have a writing system but it looked nothing like, Latin or runes, Ogham is written with a line going from left to right and then you put a number of downward or upward strokes, straight or slanted to the left or right. The letter E for instance would be 4 straight lines going from top to bottom thru the middle line sorta like -IIII- this. [[User:Lowlandlord|Lowlandlord]] 10:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

:He he he...I think '''{{p|Politoed}}''' is a [[Legendary Pokémon|legendary]]!  Let's have a poll to see who else agrees with me that Politoed's a legendary!  Because I like it!  And because if {{p|Phione}} is a legendary, then I just don't see why Politoed can't be!  --[[User:Politoed666|<span style="color:#30D5C8">ニョロトノ</span>]][[User talk:Politoed666|<span style="color:#FF69B4">''666''</span>]] 00:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
::No way no way!!!! GAHHH!!!<span style="background:#11FF6C;"><span style="border: 3px solid #A8FF8C;"></span></span><span style="background:#00FFFF;">[[User:Pokemaniac102|<span style="color:#A0C0F8;"><sup><big>'''''Poke'''''</big></sup></span>]][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|<span style="color:#A0C0F8;">'''''Maniac'''''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|<span style="color:#A0C0F8;"><sub><big>'''''102'''''</big></sub></span>]]</span><span style="background:#11FF6C;"><span style="border: 3px solid #A8FF8C;"></span></span> 00:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:::YES! WOOHOO[[User:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''C  '''</span>]] [[User talk:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Is'''</span>]] [[User:Darth Cookie Monster/My Story|<span style="color:#000000;">'''for Cookie'''</span>]]
::::Yea yea whatever,  I am "THE OPTIMATUM". omg, that story had so many errors[[User:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF0000>Po</font><font color=#FFFF00>ke</font>]][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|<font color=#00FF00>Ma</font><font color=#00FFFF>ni</font><font color=#0000FF>ac</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|<font color=#FF00FF>102</font>]] 00:14, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, my typing grammar is TERRIBLE[[User:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''C  '''</span>]] [[User talk:Darth Cookie Monster|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Is'''</span>]] [[User:Darth Cookie Monster/My Story|<span style="color:#000000;">'''for Cookie'''</span>]]
:*cough* Um, guys, get back on topic. If you want to talk about random stuff that doesn't have to do with Unown, please do it on one of your talk pages or the forums. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 10:50, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
::He's right...but I really need to think about those 'runes' '''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="<nowiki>Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum</span>]]</sc><sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]</sup>{{{1|11:07 11 Mar 2008}}}'''
:::I suddenly immensly regret joining this website for some reason [[User:Lowlandlord|Lowlandlord]] 14:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

== !? ==

I dont actually own any of the johto games, so can someone tell me: were the unown ! and ? available in gen 2, or were they introduced later on? <span style="background:#000000; border: 2px solid #FF8000; font-family:Verdana;">'''[[:User:Origamiguy|<FONT COLOR="#FF8000">折り紙</FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080">ガイ</FONT>]] <FONT COLOR="#FF8000">-</FONT> [[:User_talk:Origamiguy|<FONT COLOR="#FF8000">離す</FONT>]][[:Special:Contributions/Origamiguy|<FONT COLOR="#808080">貢献</FONT>]]'''</span> 09:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

:They were all available in Gen 2. [[User:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Glinn</span>]] [[User_talk:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Mgraw</span>]] 09:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

::No. ! and ? were introduced in Firered/Leafgreen, i believe. They weren't in Gold/Silver/Crystal. [[User:Takoto|<span style="color:#2E0854"><b>Takoto</b>!</span>]] 10:03, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Technically, they were first programmed into RS.  You just couldn't catch them until FRLG. --[[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] <sup>|[[User talk:Fabu-Vinny|Talk Page]]|</sup> 16:56, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

== Who comes first: "!" or "?"? ==

Which one of the two non-letter Unowns is listed first in the Pokédex from Generation IV games?  Is it "!" just as this article lists them? --[[User:Johans|Johans]] 21:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

:The Gen IV Pokédex lists them in order in which they were caught.  Not in any alphabetical type of order.  I think that "!" is listed first because "exclamation" begins with an "E" which comes before "Q".  ~[[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="midnightblue" face="comic sans ms">'''$aturn'''</font>]][[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="green" face="comic sans ms">'''¥oshi'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:SaturnYoshi|<font color="maroon">THE VOICES</font>]]</sup> 19:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

::I don't think it's becaus it starts with an "e." I don't really know, but I'm pretty sure you are right.[[User:Taviource|Taviource]] 19:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

:::Of course the gif image reverses that. ~[[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="midnightblue" face="comic sans ms">'''$aturn'''</font>]][[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="green" face="comic sans ms">'''¥oshi'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:SaturnYoshi|<font color="maroon">THE VOICES</font>]]</sup> 19:45, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

::::I think "!" comes before "?" because in the Japanese set counterpart of {{TCG|EX Unseen Forces}}, It has "!" as 66 and "?" as 67. ''[[User:Moldy orange|<sup style="color:#4B5320;">'''Moldy'''</sup>]][[User talk:Moldy orange|<sub style="color:#ED9121;">'''Orange'''</sub>]]'' 19:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

:::::Here's a more game related explanation: The index numbers of Gen III list "!" as number 438 and "?" as number 439.  ~[[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="midnightblue" face="comic sans ms">'''$aturn'''</font>]][[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="green" face="comic sans ms">'''¥oshi'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:SaturnYoshi|<font color="maroon">THE VOICES</font>]]</sup> 20:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

:::::Here's another game-related explanation: The Seal Case lists the Unown seals in alphabetical order. It also lists the Shock Seals (Unown !) <I>before</I> the Mystery Seals (Unown ?).[[User:KinCryos|KinCryos]] 07:12, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

== is this an error ==

As of Generation IV, Unown has 28 derivative shapes. There are 26 English alphabet characters, plus two punctuation marks: ? (question mark) and ! (exclamation mark). That shape is determined by its personality value. 

As of Generation IV? --lord mada 10:37, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yeah. We are currently in Generation IV and nothing has changed. I know you would think Generation III but that's how it works. --[[Special:Contributions/Kenji-girl|<span style="color:#0005CD;">☆</span>]][[Tracey Sketchit|<span style="color:#15E200;">'''ケンジ'''</span>]][[User:Kenji-girl|<span style="color:#DC0062;">'''ガール'''</span>]] 11:13, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

== Locations Wrong? ==

Are the locations wrong? Because it seems that one can search any area of any level and still find most of the Unown in that area. Should this be fixed... because it would seem to mislead anyone trying to catch their "missing" Unown. <small>- ''unsigned comment from [[User:Ben111112|Ben111112]] ([[User talk:Ben111112|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ben111112|contribs]]){{ #if:  | &#32;{{{2}}} |}}''</small>
:I completely agree. I've been able to catch all except for ! and ? in one of the tiny rooms in the second floor. --[[User:Hoaxygen|Hoaxygen]] 00:01, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
:Actually, I just realized those locations aren't for Diamond and Pearl. --[[User:Hoaxygen|Hoaxygen]] 05:40, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
They are completely wrong.  As you go down the floors, 2,3,4,5,6,7 have F,R,I,E,N,D, respectively.  This really needs to be changed by someone who knows how.  You randomly encounter every other letter when you are in the side rooms. - {{u|Janis}}
:Umm... The locations mentioned on this species page, per letter, are for {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team}}'s dungeon [[Unown Relic]]. You're talking about the [[Solaceon Ruins]] in {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}. You're thinking of the wrong games. - [[User:Kogoro|<span style="color:#DA70D6;">'''<sc>Kogoro</sc>'''</span>]] '''|''' [[User talk:Kogoro|<span style="color:#FFB6C1;">'''<sc>Talk to me</sc>'''</span>]] - 05:54, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

== Which sprites? ==

Why do we have the U Crystal sprites instead of A like everywhere else.  I think it might be interesting, if time consuming, to collect all it's sprites from the different generations.  We could even create a collapsable ('cause it'd be huge) sprite box for ALL the forms.  we could also do it for Arceus.  I think some of the ones with less forms already have a similar, if not collapsable sprite box.  Also, why do we have the F artwork?  Is it the only one Ken Sugimori did?--[[User:MisterE13|MisterE13]] 01:47, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

== Name origin ==

Isn't it just '''Unown''', which is simply "belonging to nobody"? Why this stuff with corruption of "unknown"?  --[[User:HTMLCODER.exe|HTMLCODER.exe]] 18:00, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
:I can't find any dictionaries that accept ''unown'' as a word.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Laoris|Laoris]]&nbsp;<sub>([[User_Talk:Laoris|Blah]])</sub> 18:51, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
::I get it, he means Un (negation)-own (belong to) it may be just a coincidence though, I've always accepted the corruption of unknown.--[[User:MisterE13|MisterE13]] 00:47, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
:::I'm no English expert, but I'm almost completely sure that the only definition of "Unown" refers to this Pokémon. Plus, the very trademarked Japanese name is '''Unknown''', based on which I find no place to questioning the name origin in this case.--[[User:Kaoz|Kaoz]] 20:37, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
::If it were simply "belonging to nobody," it'd have to be ''Unowned''. This is because "own" is not an adjective or adverb, but a verb (or noun in some cases), which doesn't make sense if you add the ''un'' prefix. Adding -ed converts it to an adjective and then you can find it in the dictionary. I think it makes more sense if it's just a corruption of "unkown" as it "nobody knows what it is, what it does and where it comes from." This way, it's more consistent with the movie/episodes. --[[User:Hoaxygen|Hoaxygen]] 23:55, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

its ''unown'' as in unknown as in it is not known to exist, even thuogh it is known--[[User:Blastzard|Blastzard]] 16:44, 19 March 2009 (UTC)blastzard

== Purge? ==

What does the purge link in the beginning of the article do? [[User:IIMarckus|IIMarckus]] 22:56, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
:Changes the form in the evolution box. [[User:The Dark Fiddler|The Dark Fiddler]] - [[User talk:The Dark Fiddler|Nos hablamos?]] 23:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
::It'll eventually do other things too.  Such as the spriteboxes.--[[User:MisterE13|<span style="color:#0000FF">Mister</span>]][[User talk:MisterE13|<span style="color:#008000">'''E'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/MisterE13|<span style="color:##800080">13</span>]] 23:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
:::Is there GF artwork of the other shapes or only F?--[[User:Kaoz|Kaoz]] 17:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
::::I've been wondering that myself.  I think we had one of all of them but they were all to small or something.  If you can find any more good looking ones than F, feel free to put them.--[[User:MisterE13|<span style="color:#0000FF">Mister</span>]][[User talk:MisterE13|<span style="color:#008000">'''E'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/MisterE13|<span style="color:##800080">13</span>]] 17:37, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

== Images ==

The sprites for the games...we should make it consistent so it's the same letter/sign. i.e. Let's say it loads up Unown A, the sprites for all games are all A... [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 03:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
:I agree with HT14. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User Talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">512</span>]]''' 03:06, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
::Agreed. I love consistency. XD ''[[User:ShinjiLover|<font color="9933ff">シンジ</font>]]''<sub>'''[[Paul|<font color="6600CC">Shinji</font>]]'''</sub>[[User talk:ShinjiLover|<font color="5218FA">Lover</font>]],'''[[Special:Contributions/ShinjiLover|<font color="9900cc">Edits</font>]]''' 03:07, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
:::We do not currently have any official art for forms other than the F currently shown. &mdash; <small>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<font color="#0000C8">THE TROM</font></small>]] &mdash; 08:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
::::Even so, we should get the game sprites: G/S/C/R/S/FR/LG/E/D/P/Pt... [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 13:14, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
:::::TTE's gonna fix it so they're all displayed semi-randomly (like Arceus) after that, people should start to see which ones are needed.--[[User:MisterE13|<span style="color:#0000FF">Mister</span>]][[User talk:MisterE13|<span style="color:#008000">'''E'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/MisterE13|<span style="color:##800080">13</span>]] 21:40, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Ok, that's cool. [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 21:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

== Revolving images ==

I'm more than happy to see if I can make a revolving image where the different Unowns are listed, one after another. Also, what happens if an Unown ! or ? gets traded to a [[Generation II]] game where those Unowns didn't exist?--[[User:Tmwps|Thomas Michael William Patrick Sales]] 19:27, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
:Err...ok, keep that to somewhere else. Also, Gen II Pokémon cannot be transferred to Gen III. [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 21:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

== English? ==

It says in the article that there are 26 ''English'' charcters. However, there are other languages that have those characters, such as Espanol (Spanish), Francais (French), Italiano (Italian), and many others. Unown are based off of the characters in those languages, which in turn are based off of the Roman characters. The very words that you are reading are Roman characters formed into words that we have learned to understand. [[User:Pawsrent|Pawsrent]] 15:07, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
:Correct. Although from what I can tell, it is more commonly known as the Latin alphabet than the Roman alphabet, so I have changed it to say so. <sc>[[User:Werdnae|<span style="color:#2D4B98;">Werdnae</span>]]</sc> <small>[[User talk:Werdnae|<span style="color:#009000;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 21:10, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

== Unown and Suicune? ==

Crystal made it VERY clear that the Aurora Pokemon and the man, man, MANY Symbol Pokemon have something to do with one-another.

What is that?[[User:BigOlBulbasaur|BigOlBulbasaur]] 19:52, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
:Other than appearing in the Johto games, apparently nothing. It seems that they just wanted to accentuate both the variation in the Unown, and the increased role of Suicune in the plot of the game, so they put them both in the intro. <sc>[[User:Werdnae|<span style="color:#2D4B98;">Werdnae</span>]]</sc> <small>[[User talk:Werdnae|<span style="color:#009000;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 20:32, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

==Does anything happen if...==
You send out an A, B, and C Unown in a Triple Battle and have them all use Hidden Power? [[User:TorchicBlaziken|TorchicBlaziken]] <sup>([[User_talk:TorchicBlaziken|talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/TorchicBlaziken|edits]])</sup> 01:35, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
:Probably not? &mdash;'''<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="color:#000">darklord</span>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<span style="color:#0047AB">trom</span>]]</span>''' 10:26, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

== What is this. ==

"In Pokémon Emerald, they move in a way that seems to be a figure 8. If 8 is dropped on its side, it becomes the symbol for infinity, meaning "never-ending"."  Seriously, what the heck is this?  Why is it there?--[[User:Celebi96|Celebi96]] 02:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
:I think it was referring to the motion of the sprite animation. Given that it is both contrived and speculatory I've removed the trivia point from the page. <span class="sc">[[User:Werdnae|<span style="color:#2D4B98;">Werdnae</span>]]</span> <small>[[User talk:Werdnae|<span style="color:#009000;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 02:54, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

== trivia ==

I think there are some trivia that should be removed from this page, here's my opinion:
*''It has the smallest movepool of all Pokémon, learning only one move, Hidden Power, and being unable to learn any other moves through TMs, HMs, and Pokémon breeding (as it cannot breed). It shares this distinction with Ditto; however, it can potentially expand its movepool through the use of Transform. ''
It's obvious that this Pokémon has the smallest movepool of all, it only learns a move, which is the minimum for every pokémon, so it's seems really useless state this.
*''Despite having their own movie about their power, they are relatively weak in the games due to a very shallow move pool and a low base stat total.''
**''Their power of warping reality is barely acknowledged in the games. Only the Pokédex data in Pokémon Platinum even hints to their power, saying that "an odd power is said to emerge" when two or more are together. Nothing special occurs when two Unown are sent out side by side in a double battle, however. ''
Really, does this ever make sense? A lot of things are different between anime and games.
*''Unown is the only Generation II Pokémon that has not been featured in a Ranger series game. ''
There are a lot of other Pokémon never featured in a Ranger game...
My opinion is to remove all these trivia--[[User:SamuStar|SamuStar]] 19:46, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
:I completly agree with everything you stated above. Games=/= Anime so the second one shouldn't be there. The first one should stay, it's completly true and it's an interesting notable tid-bit. I'll wait and see if there's any other input before removing them. [[User:Pokemaster97|<span style="color:Blue;">--Pokemaster</span>]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|<span style="color:Blue;">97</span>]] 20:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
::Yes, keep 1, and the "odd power" needs to be noted, and that is a pretty satisfactory way to do it, IMO. ♣♣ ''[[User:Focus58|<font color="Red">Ƒǿҫὑṩ</font>]] [[User talk:Focus58|<font color="olive">❺❽</font>]]'' ♣♣ 20:16, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
::: So, are we going to remove only the Ranger trivia? --[[User:SamuStar|SamuStar]] 15:19, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

== Artwork ==

[https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B1hIpdNQYWrAX3BUQzFWSGZGVjQ/edit?pli=1 Here] is some artwork I have of the Unown. They are straight from the Pokémon Platinum Prima Official Guide whatever. All of them are over the 1280*1280 limit, which I will fix soon. --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 04:48, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
:Those are official, but not Sugimori's. It looks like a western designer was asked to draw them, but they look much better than Dream World arts. [[User:Duke R|'''<font color="#444" face="Lucida Sans Unicode">|) u |( e</font>''']] [[User talk:Duke R|'''<font color="#b00" face="Verdana">®</font>''']] 12:04, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
::So...do they need to be uploaded? We have lots of unused artwork on the Archives. --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 01:55, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
:::I'm not against uploading them, and I realize we have a bunch of unused stuff already, but what would we be using them for? I'm only asking because we already have about 10 or 11 different versions of the Unown alphabet we can use, including sprites, Dream World, PMD character boxes, Box art... it wouldn't hurt to have them just in case though. '''[[Team Rocket|<small><span style="color: #550000;">R.A.</span></small>]] [[User:Rocket Admin Hunter Blade|<small><font color="#FF2400">Hunter</font></small>]] [[User Talk:Rocket Admin Hunter Blade|<small><font color="#FF2400">Blade</font></small>]]''' 02:12, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
::::I honestly have no idea what they could be used for. They are much bigger than all our other artworks. --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 02:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

== Sprites ==

They should all be F Unown because the F Unown is usually used to represent the Unown species as a whole.

[[User:Pokemon nomekop|Pokemon nomekop]] ([[User talk:Pokemon nomekop|talk]]) 19:26, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

== Sprites ==

I personally think we should change the sprites to either I or V so the shiny sprites can be consistent, cause right now it's shiny sprites are for A even though this is technically impossible.