The reason that not all dragon pokemon are dragon type is because dragon type is one of those forced bullshit scientific categories like "berry". In common use, "berry" refers to small, round fruits that typically grow on bushes. While in botanical use "berry" means something so completely diffrent that it includes bananas but excludes strawberries in some completely arbitray bid at giving the word botanical legitimacy. Similarly, "dragon" is a term used for centuries before any formal science existed to refer to any pokemon what looks and acts like a dragon (like gyrados), but dragon type pokemon are pokemon that have been proven to mean some arbitrary standard of what a dragon is scientifically
Dis nigga thinks a tomato is a vegetable
Lance is still a retard, running around with a lvl 40 Dragonite and spamming full restores like a bitch
>>59288178Why tf you overthinking it so hardIt's a 'dragon' pokemon, same way Ponyta is a 'horse' pokemon. The animal is not the elemental typing. A horse trainer could have any and all horse-like pokemon.
>>59288184It is, culinarily.
>>59288210hitting outrage 10 times in a row is a very advanced tactic please understand
>>59288178Same for "bug". Being an insect, a True Bug, a Bug-type, or being in the Bug Egg Group means four different things.Pic related; Gligar is only in the last one.
>>59288184Dis nigga eats tomato parfaits
>>59288683if Gligar was made now it would be Dark/Bug
>>59288666Finally!!!! Someone who knows what a vegetable is!Also, I like OP's headcanon. It henceforth recieves the Anon Seal of Approval.
>>59288210He just Hyper Beams anyone who criticizes him.
>>59288178Types aren't human defined since Gen 4.
>>59288178I would just turboslut the instant I met him. The vacuum seal around his dick would make it impossible to pry me off.
>>59288178Sexo with Lance! Keeping his baby! Getting kick out of his Dragon tribe because I see Dragons as inferior creatures! Calling Claire WHORE! in my way out! Raising the baby to be a Ghost specialist.
>>59288178you made a very compelling point, but it's insufficient because this only happens to the Dragon type. Flint is the only character who uses pokémon that aren't his type specialty, but have a connection to it (Driflbim), and just like Lance in Gen I, it's due to a limited dex.Your theory works as a retroactive explanation, but clearly they're just covering up the fact Dragon only had one Pokémon line back then and they just *had* to make a specialist in it for the E4 due to Cool Factor
>>59288921It wasn't just cool factor. Dragon specifically resists the starting types, making it an unexpected penultimate challenge for (You) to have to get through. Of course, word of mouth ensured kids knew to bring something with Ice Beam, but it still requires more effort than just chucking your L.78 Charizard at him.
