Self-Evident Bodily Weaponry for Many Pokémon

[Random-Helper323]

Many Pokémon very clearly have Bodily Weaponry but it's not on the pages. Even Scyther doesn't have the ability listed, even though it literally has scythe-like blades for forelimbs and naturally learns Slash.

This thread's aim is to add Bodily Weaponry to every Pokémon that self-evidently has Bodily Weaponry, such as sharp claws, horns, tusks, sharp teeth, etc.

This would only apply to the Pokémon that very blatantly have some kind of natural weaponry like claws, large sharp teeth, horns, beaks, quills, stingers, tusks, etc. Preferably if they actually have access to moves that utilize these weapons like Slash, Bite, Megahorn, Peck, etc.

For a point of reference, real life birds have it for their beak and claws, porcupines have it for their quills, and hornets have it for their sting. Even Gorillas have it for their teeth. For an added note, the prehistoric Ankylosaurs have it for the club on their tail but not for their spiked armour, and the Elephants have it for their tusks and trunk. Even creatures with smaller teeth that are still used for battle have it, such as Muskies and Bearded Dragons.

Agreements: 3 (Elizhaa, Actuallyspaceman42, SamanPatou)

Progress: All done

Apologies for the delay; I'm very busy in real life.

Examples of some Pokémon I was uncertain about:

Spoiler

Deoxys - Technically its sharp tendrils aren't similar to any real-life animal's weapons, but they are also very clearly sharp spear-like limbs, so I listed Bodily Weaponry for it too.

Glalie - It has prominent teeth which only look sharp in its Mega form, but it learns Bite, Crunch and Ice Fang, and is stated to eat frozen enemies. After much consideration, I decided to list the ability. The fact that Gorillas have the ability helps here.

Lugia - Lugia's teeth are clearly designed to catch small fish, but such teeth are treated as weapons, and they are still very obvious needle-like teeth. For these reasons, I listed the ability there as well. The fact that Muskies and Bearded Dragons have it for their little teeth contributes to this.

Blastoise - Blastoise learns Bite and Ice Fang, and turtles have beak-like snouts which technically are weapons. However, given Blastoise's lack of visible sharp edges for its mouth, I ended up not listing the ability for it.

 

[Bobsican]

This doesn't seem controversial on paper, but the issue is laying out the exact changes proposed and for which pages. In particular this is one of the few things that may be lost upon evolving, although it practically doesn't matter as moves enable to just materialize the lacking physiology as needed.

 

[Random-Helper323]

This doesn't seem controversial on paper, but the issue is laying out the exact changes proposed and for which pages. In particular this is onw of the few things that may be lost upon evolving, although it practically doesn't matter as moves enable to just materialize the lacking physiology as needed.

It'd be a simple matter of adding the ability, naming the specific weapons and having the ability page linked to it.

And only to Pokémon who very blatantly have some kind of natural weaponry.

It's not complicated, the only hard part is the sheer number of pages affected, which just means a lot of editing for me, which doesn't bother me. I'll just do it at the same time as doing some of my cleanup edits.

 

[Random-Helper323]

I just updated the OP to have more information.

 

[Imaginym]

Even Scyther doesn't have the ability listed, even though it literally has swords for forelimbs and naturally learns Slash.

Sorry to be petty, but....

Gold	It slashes through grass with its sharp scythes, moving too fast for the human eye to track.

X	It tears and shreds prey with its wickedly sharp scythes. It very rarely spreads its wings to fly.

Violet	The sharp scythes on its forearms become increasingly sharp by cutting through hard objects.

Scyther has scythes. I'd be a little irked if we ended up if, in giving this, especially with a justification, if we used the wrong terminology, especially in a case like this.

That aside, this has my great approval, for all that that's worth.

 

[Elizhaa]

Its looks fine as uncontroversial.

 

[ActuallySpaceMan42]

Like Elizhaa said, I don't see any harm in this.

 

[SamanPatou]

Very simple and obvious.

 

[Random-Helper323]

Thanks everyone. So sorry I went dark for a few days. Should I apply this?

Again, only to Pokémon that have very visible weapons. Blastoise has the move Bite but shows no sign of fangs for example.

 

[Elizhaa]

Yes.