>doesn't learn Soft-Boiled in Gen 1 without a TMwhy was gamefreak so retarded back then?
>>59137149>Doesn't eat its own eggs naturally, must be taught this unnatural behavior by humansMakes sense to me
Back then TMs were treated as human-invented techniques to teach Pokemon like you were actually training them. That's more or less why every major Gym Leader uses a TM that usually can't be learned naturally by Pokemon. Yellow fucks this up by giving Pikachu Thunderbolt naturally, so now TMs are just "additional moves" and not human techniques that exist to bring out the true potential of Pokemon. Lance never gave you the Barrier TM
>>59137169good point!
>>59137149Softboiled being ONLY a TM and ONLY learned by Chansey (+ Mew) is genuinely baffling. There's nothing else in Gen 1 that even comes close to this type of design.
>>59137169You're forgetting watergun both a TM & level up move.
>>59137232What other Pokemon could feasibly learn it?Exeggutor? All birds?
>>59137344Nidoran female
>>59137334There's a few similar exceptionsPretty much all TMs besides the gym leader ones do exist in pokemon naturally. But a large portion of them (not all of them) represent some kind of either intense focus or unorthodox behavior that imply actual training to perform.Hitmonchan can learn Mega Punch, because it is a pokemon that naturally trains its punches. The Mega Punch tm is equivalent to giving your pokemon boxing lessons, something your Charizard or Slowbro would not ordinarily do, but are capable of. Meowth can learn Pay Day by default, because Meowth is described as automatically collecting coins and shiny things by its own motivation. The Pay Day TM is encouraging your pokemon to be a little klepto and gather this shit to throw it later, being trained to act like Meowth does naturally. Nidoqueen isn't looking for change under vending machines by default, but can be taught to do it. Later gens really fuck this up, probably for the best, since this logic doesn't really hold up when you start getting into pokemon developing entirely new elemental associations, pokemon movepools generally expand to include fucking everything, and TMs themselves were more depicted as essentially fucking magic. But, at inception, TMs are teaching and conditioning your pokemon do do things they COULD do, but don't naturally have the instincts, knowledge, or predisposition to actually do by themselves. And gym leader techniques in general are the sorts of heightened abilities ONLY attainable with intense training, conditioning, or understanding of how their abilities work. You as a human COULD breathe fire, using alcohol and a lighter, but this behavior does not come naturally so you would have to be shown how. This would be the Fire Blast TM.
>>59137334That was less for "Water Pokemon can't Water" and more "teach Non-Water Pokemon to Water".
>>59137169>>59137334AlsoMegaPunch TM 1Sword Dance TM 3Whirlwind TM 4Mega Kick TM 5Horn Drill TM 7Body Slam TM 8Take Down Tm 9Double-Edge tm 10Ice Beam tm13Blizzard tm 14Hyper Beam tm 15Pay day tm 16Submission Tm 17Counter Tm 18Seismic Toss tm 19Rage Tm 20Solar beam tm 22Dragon rage tm 23Thunder Tm 25Earthquake tm 26Dig tm 28Psychic tm 29Tm 30 Teleport isn't technically known by level up but Abra knows it naturallyDouble team tm 32Reflect tm 33Metronome tm 35Self-destruct tm 36Swift tm 39Skull bash tm 40Despite Drowzee and Hypno not knowing tm 42 Dream eater the Ghastly line naturally learns it by level up.Sky Attack tm 43Rest tm 44Thunderwave tm 45Explosion tm 47Tri attack Tm49Substitute Tm 50It'd be easier to list TM exclusive moves.
>>59137500>15I know the gym leader ones, Softboiled, and MimicWhat are the other ones?
>>59137509Razor Wind Tm 2Egg Bomb Tm 37Rock Slide Tm 48
>>59137579HuhI never noticed Rock Slide was TM only before.Neat
>>59137149Why would she eat her eggs?
