Pokémon aging
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Comparison between Ash's Lapras's younger and older appearances
Pokémon aging is occasionally shown in Pokémon media. This includes appearances of young and old Pokémon.
Aging is usually separate from evolution, as some unevolved Pokémon have been shown to visibly grow older without evolving.
In the core series games
Pokédex entries
Some Pokédex entries mention how a Pokémon changes as it grows up:
- Paras has no mushrooms as an infant. They emerge as Paras matures and grow along with Paras.
- Squirtle's shell forms and hardens after it is born.
- Vulpix is born with one tail, which splits into more tails as it grows.
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Puzzle League
- In Pokémon Puzzle League, Tracey's elderly Scyther is one of the Pokémon in his team.
In the anime
Original series
- Puka is an old Pikachu that appeared in The Pi-Kahuna. He also appeared younger in a flashback from 20 years before.
- Ash's Lapras debuted in The Lost Lapras, where it was caught as a young Lapras. In Viva Las Lapras, the Lapras herd is seen, including the mother of Ash's Lapras. In Lapras of Luxury, it was revealed that Ash's Lapras eventually matured into an adult and became the leader of the Lapras herd.
- Tracey's Scyther, which debuted in Tracey Gets Bugged, is shown to be elderly, losing the leadership of its herd to a younger Scyther.
- Silver is a baby Lugia that debuted in The Mystery is History. Silver's parent is a Lugia that debuted earlier in Around the Whirlpool.
- A Noctowl having an old beard appeared in Throwing in the Noctowl belonging to Wings Alexander. In flashbacks, this Noctowl was seen as a Hoothoot and as a young Noctowl.
Pikachu shorts
- An elderly bearded Bellsprout appeared in PK13.
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
- An elderly Treecko appeared in Tree's a Crowd.
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
- Newly hatched Psyduck appeared in The Psyduck Stops Here!.
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
- An elderly Stoutland debuted in That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!, taking care of a wild Litten. Uniquely for a visibly old Pokémon in the anime, this Stoutland's age eventually caught up with it, causing it to pass away following the events of One Journey Ends, Another Begins....
- An artisitic depiction of a baby form of Celesteela appeared in Rise and Shine, Starship!.
- A baby Miltank appeared alongside multiple Miltank in The Young Flame Strikes Back!.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
- Jaye, an old man with an old Hoothoot, appeared in Finding a Legend!. Jaye has had his Hoothoot since his youth.
Gallery
Puka in his youth
Victor and Puka as of The Pi-Kahuna
Ash's Lapras when young, its mother, and Ash's Pikachu
Tracey and his Scyther
Wings Alexander's Noctowl when it was younger
Wings Alexander's Noctowl in the present day
Old and young Treecko
Elderly Bellsprout
Elderly Stoutland
Baby Celesteela
A baby Miltank in a Miltank herd.
In the manga
A one-tailed Vulpix in Pokémon Battle Frontier
Ash & Pikachu
- The baby Lugia, Silver, and its parent appeared in Let's Save The Lugia!.
Pokémon Battle Frontier
- In Enta Arrives at the Battle Frontier!, Enta was shown to own a young Vulpix that only had one tail. By the end of the chapter, Vulpix's tail split into six following some training.
