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Generally, lots of things that the Pokédex in Pokémon says directly contradict gameplay:

• Drowzee/Hypno are said to live off of dreams; it's their defining trait. Yet they can only learn the attack Dream Eater by TM (Teaching Machine) (or, in later games, via breeding). You'd think they'd be able to learn it by leveling up, but...
• Abra is said to sleep through most of the day, teleporting away from danger in its sleep, yet the Sleep status affects it just like everything else.
• Cubone is said to lose its mother as it is born and wears its skull as a memento. Breeding for a Cubone, however, doesn't cause any ill effects for the mother, whether or not it is a Marowak.
• Evolving Nincada into Ninjask also earns you a Shedinja, but only if you have a slot free in your party. For some reason you can't just ship the thing off to your PC like everything else you catch.
  • Not to mention that staring into Shedinja's backhole is supposed to mesmerize and then steal the soul of the victim. This will apply to every trainer and player alike who uses a Shedinja yet there doesn't seem to be any noticeable ill effects to you or other trainers due to this.
• Ironically, some examples were done correctly. One example is the aforementioned Shedinja actually "shedding" from a Nincada, others could include a Mantyke requiring a Remoraid to evolve. If they were all Hand Waved, one could just assume they kept the games simple...but when half of it is correct, it turns weird.
• Pichu is said to hurt itself whenever it uses a lightning based attack, however this doesn't happen in the games unless you use Volt Tackle.
  • Unfortunately, it does happen in Super Smash Brothers Melee, and is a significant drawback to using Pichu.
• The games insist on judging your power by number of badges, regardless of the level of your Pokémon. Mt. Silver should be no problem for a trainer with six Pokémon of levels 80-100, but you can't get to it unless you have 16 badges.
  • Of course, the same argument could be made at that point that getting those badges should be rather easy.
• Supposedly, Charizard's fire breath is hot enough to melt boulders. Still doesn't have much effect on Rock types. It's also stated that the surface of Magcargo's skin is hotter than the surface of the sun. Somehow, the Earth and everything else around it aren't becoming instant slag. Spiritomb is 108 souls sealed in a stone, but it can breed and create more Spiritomb. Arcanine is renowned for its impossible speed, but there are a lot of mons that have higher Speed stats, including its counterpart, Ninetales. Yeah, this game has Fridge Logic bouncing off the walls.
• Metapod are supposed to be immobile and only know Harden. Where this trope comes into play is that a Caterpie you evolve yourself will still know the moves it did before. Pupitar, on the other hand, are flat out stated to be fully mobile Pokémon and Kakuna are mentioned to be near-immobile; their Yellow Pokédex entry hints that they knows Poison Sting.
• Regice is stated to be so cold that dipping it in magma would not harm it at all and instead freeze the magma solid. Just being near it exposes you to the intense aura of near-absolute zero air surrounding it. Yet its opponents suffer no ill effects from biting it, punching it, kicking it, wrapping their bodies around it, etc. And fire is still super-effective against it.