Uses its claw as a gun (A literal pistol shrimp):
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Beta Remoraid revealing that it was based on a gun:
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Gigantamax Blastoise sporting a comical amount of guns:
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Mega Blastoise:
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Beta Octillary showing it is based on a tank:
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Gigantamax Intellion uses its tail as a snipers roost and has a sniper rifle:
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Dragapult is a Stealth Bomber:
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I kinda like the retcon though - "Pokemon is a universe where people solve their problems with pokemon battles", like it just doesn't occur to people to use anything else. Red tears through Team Rocket HQ and all the grunts are like "he beat us fair and square I guess we gotta stop being criminals now."
That's probably why they have free healthcare and stuff. Lenin became the Pokemon Champion and pressed the socialism button and the bourgeoisie just had to accept it.
I think it makes the world more interesting too. Like I remember there was an episode where some evil dude was going to use a Tyranitar to fuck shit up, and someone just made their Growlithe use Thief Attack to take their Pokeball before they could even release it. It introduces fun ways to solve problems.