The Sad Life of Cubone :(

I'm sure everyone loves Pokemon. They're all so cute and cuddly, so how can you not love them? Recently, I've been playing Pokemon Diamond (:\), and a certain skull-wearing Pokemon caught my eye; the almighty Cubone.

This is a DINOSAUR Pokemon, who wears a m-f'ing skull on it's head, and uses someone's RIBS as a CLUB! Dang, that's awesome; on top of that, it's got it's own trade-mark move, which is the legendary Bonemerang. Kick ass. With my curiosity adequately aroused, I went to check out his Pokedex entry, and it made me :(. Seriously...:(((((((((((((((!!!!!

He's called the Lonely Pokemon. He has an attack called "Look for Friends". And his hp is only 50! He can't even withstand a single Bubblebeam...



Here are the entries from each version. They're dang depressing.

Red/Blue: Because it never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this Pokémon's real face.
Yellow: Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody.
Gold: If it is sad or lonely, the skull it wears shakes, and emits a plaintive and mournful sound.
Silver: It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like.
Crystal: It lost its mother after its birth. It wears its mother's skull, never revealing its true face.

So basically, its mother dies in child-birth...and then it takes its mother's skulls and wears it for himself for the rest of his life. It tries to move on from the death, but because of the skull he wears, he is constantly reminded of his painful past, and the death which followed his birth :(. The lines on the skull are lines made by constant tears running down his face...

Don't mess with Pokemans man, there's more to them than meets the eye. Raymond Angelo, reporting Pokeman oddities, one pokemon at a time. 1 down, 493 (!) to go.