The Pokemon franchise is rooted in its legacy in many ways, but its willingness to add things that retroactively change things has helped in its sustainability. A handful of new types have been added to the series since its inception, with the Fairy-type coming as part of the release of the 6th generation of games.
Since then The Pokemon Company has included Fairy-type Pokemon through the release of Pokemon Sword & Shield, while at the same time going back and giving deserving Pokemon the type.
10 Mr. Mime (Changed)
Mr. Mime is one of the strangest and most off-putting Pokemon in the entire roster of powered creatures. It’s very human-like in build and movement which makes it much creepier than Pokemon that are animals. It displaying lots of pink in its design and always appearing quite jovial allows the Fairy-typing to make sense in this instance. The real question isn’t if Mr. Mime should be a Fairy-type, it’s why this creature spends so much time with Ash Ketchum’s mom in the anime.
9 Mawile (Changed)
The Steel-type is often seen as a very masculine and aggressive type as it is often associated with hulking creatures. Mawile is a special case where it was an equally terrifying, but much daintier design for a Pokemon with the typing. This made the inclusion of the Fairy-type make so much sense and give Mawile a complete identity. The world isn’t binary and both humans and creatures alike can be complex beings. Mawile can display the strength of a Steel-type, while at the same time coming across as a compassionate and adoring Fairy-type.
8 Granbull (Changed)
Many of the Pokemon who were given the Fairy-type after it was introduced in the 6th generation of games had it added on as a secondary typing. For both Snubbull and Granbull that wasn’t the case as they were both made pure Fairy-types.
These pink and lavender bulldogs may look fierce and menacing but tend to be much friendlier and loyal than they appear. Granbull’s entire line is labeled as the Fairy Pokemon so it’s hard to deny how much it being a pure Fairy-type means.
7 Whimsicott (Changed)
The Grass and Fairy-types work quite well together for several reasons. The first is that fairies are often seen as forest creatures, so it would make sense that Pokemon connected to nature and wooded areas would likely be Fairy-types. Whimsicott looks the part as a small sprite-like forest creature that’s equal parts adorable and enchanting. It was once a simple Grass-type, but like many of the 1st generation pink-colored Pokemon, it was one that fans pointed to as an obvious candidate to receive the secondary typing of the Fairy-type.
6 Gardevoir (Changed)
In the world of Pokemon, it’s hard to find a creature more ethereal and elegant than Gardevoir from the 3rd generation of games. This now Psychic and Fairy-type was once just a pure Psychic-type but was gifted with the Fairy-type to portray its exuding feminine energy. Fairy-types are often thought of as squishy cute pink Pokemon, but Gardevoir is an example of that not being the case for every creature who has or was gifted the new type. Its entire line from base form to final evolution added the Fairy-type next to their pure Psychic-type origin.
5 Indeedee (Should Change)
Pokemon as a franchise tends to do many things when it comes to making certain Pokemon unique depending on which sex they are. The Emotion Pokemon named Indeedee is a Psychic and Normal-type from the Galar region who looks different if it is male or female. It would be neat if Pokemon made it so one of them was a Psychic and Fairy dual-type while the other was its already established typing. The obvious choice is the female, but designers could shake up sex and gender assumptions by changing the male Indeedee into partial Fairy-types.
4 Marill (Changed)
As the generations unfolded following the addition of the Fairy-type, pairing it with the Water-type became more common than one would assume. Retroactively, though, this combination had a perfect candidate in mind with Marill’s evolutionary line. The once referred to “Pikablu” was gifted the Fairy-type alongside its pure Water-type following the release of the 6th generation of games.
Both its final evolution and base forms were given it as well, though its baby form named Azumarill was made to have the Normal-type as its secondary typing instead of Water for some reason.
3 Clefable (Changed)
Clefable was one of three pink-colored evolutionary lines in the Kanto region that was very clearly Fairy-type. The beauty of Pokemon is that they can canonically justify the new typing being retroactively added as the region simply didn’t know about it. Clefable and other Pokemon connected to the moon and Moon stones have always felt magically alien, which feels like fairy energy to some extent. Clefable may not be a super popular Pokemon, but it encompasses what the Fairy-type was made for and that’s good enough.
2 Wigglytuff (Changed)
Wigglytuff, the Balloon Pokemon, was originally just a Normal-type, like many of the other now Fairy-types hailing from the Kanto region. As the final form of Jigglypuff, it displays a bright personality that matches its bubblegum pink body and large endearing eyes. Now that it’s a Normal and Fairy dual-type it happens to be much more reflective of what the design’s original intent was. The moment the Fairy-type was announced it was clear Wigglytuff was a symbol of it.
1 Togepi (Changed)
In many ways, Togepi became a face of the franchise when it made its way into the anime as Misty’s closest Pokemon. It quickly won the hearts of fans who fell in love with the baby Pokemon that was still stuck in its egg. Instead of partially retaining the Normal-type it was decided that the Spike Ball Pokemon would become a pure Fairy-type. Both of its evolutions add the Flying-type as a secondary typing, but that’s simply due to them having wings and/or the capability to soar through the skies. Togepi is simply a baby stuck in its egg.
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