The wide world of Pokémon is filled to the brim with unique creatures, from fire-breathing dogs to walking trash piles and even knife boys. Since the real-world influences the designs of the Pokémon, it makes sense that a fair share of them are based on the things seen and used in everyday life.
From magnets to milk, these object-based creatures represent what makes the Pokémon world so enjoyable. As there are hundreds of Pokémon based on animals, legends, and bugs, these will only be items that can be found in someone’s pocket, house, or even a bowl.
10 Klefki Is Just A Keychain
A dual-type steel and fairy Pokémon, Klefki is a keychain with a personality. More than a novelty, Klefki is a useful Pokémon to hold on your team, especially when facing off against a dragon-type like Goodra without the worry of a status condition like poisoning.
Like most Fairy-type Pokémon, Klefki is cute, even when they’re trying to be aggressive. As it’s Pokedex entry in Pokémon X notes, Klefki will jingle the keys it collects to scare any enemies away. A sentient keychain might seem weird, but it guarantees no more lost keys in the morning.
9 Magnemite Is Just Magnets and Scrap
A ball bearing, some screws, and two magnets are all that make up the magnetic Pokémon Magnemite. Considering how much magnets are used in day-to-day life, from hanging art on a fridge to attaching things to your cellphone, it isn’t shocking for a literal magnet to be useful in the Pokémon world.
The most unsettling part about Magnemite is the fact that they can be easily taken apart by a screwdriver and opposing magnetic force. They are also born with the ability to ignore gravity. Magnemite is still useful for hanging art on the fridge if needed.
8 Unown Are Literally Letters
A bolded character doesn’t need to be singled out, yet each of the Unown is exactly that, a bolded letter with an eye in the middle. While not technically an object in physical terms, letters make up every part of life, from speech to writing.
Unown is a rare case of a Pokémon that has no reason to exist except the idea sounded interesting on paper. Useless in battle since they only know Hidden Power, the 28 forms of Unown are around to make the Pokémon catchphrase, “Gotta Catch’em All” an actual task.
7 Pineco Is A Simple Pinecone
Introduced in Generation II, Pineco is, inexplicably, a bug-type Pokémon that looks like a pinecone. Even though the Pokémon is technically a bagworm, it draws from its namesake in many ways, even sticking itself to trees.
Also like pinecones, which have received the loving nickname of widow-maker, Pineco waits for prey to get under it before releasing itself onto the prey, often exploding on impact to take out the target. As they get older, they can become “ridiculously huge” according to the Pokédex.
6 Elekid Is A Plug
One of the many baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II, Elekid is just a plug with arms and legs. It also uses its arms like a wind-up generator, though it can’t house the energy it collects inside itself.
Because Elekid is just a plug, that means that it is a conduit for electricity to pass through. The energy is easily released when Elekid touches metal. Additionally, Elekid’s weak spot is the area between the plug, which is also where its energy is stored.
5 Vanillite Is An Ice Cream Cone
The poster child for people that complain that Pokémon designs have gotten lazy as if they weren’t always, is the ice cream cone line of Vanillite. It should be noted that the Vanillite line isn’t actually ice cream, but a round-headed icicle that covers itself in white snow, giving the appearance of soft serve.
Being an icicle that is hit by morning light but doesn’t want to melt, Vanillite is a tragic species that mirror the Pinocchio wish process to become real. It doesn’t help that the world around them made an edible version called the Casteliacone.
4 Klink Are Sentient Gears
In many ways, it makes sense for a robot to achieve sentience, as they are a fully formed figure with internal anatomy that typically reflects a human’s. What doesn’t make sense is for a small part of that robot to have its own sentience, such as a gear or coil. Unfortunately, Klink and its evolution line didn’t get that memo.
Being gears that fit with mechanical inventions around them, Klink is little more than a tool for the humans of the Pokémon world. The two halves of Klink also can’t be away from each other as their spinning generates the energy needed to keep them alive.
3 Honedge Is A Sword
There are several Pokémon that are just a ghost inside an item, like Rotom and Sandygast, but Honedge is special in its possession as the ghost is likely the spirit of the person killed by the blade itself.
Forgetting that this is a creature in a game for kids, the detail is added that its sash sucks the life of anyone who wields it. Swords might not be as in use today, but there are still plenty of people in the world that wield a blade, so the horror is still relevant.
2 Charjabug Is A 9 Volt Battery
While the 9-volt battery is less commonly used in products today, they used to be the most common battery for technology, including walkmans, cellphones, and smoke detectors. Enter Charjabug, a callback to the widely used battery in shape and function.
With two tiny prongs on the end of its rectangular body that generate electricity, Charjabug is a natural source of energy and can be used to power just about anything, even a home. Their diet consists of leaves and dirt, like most bugs.
1 Milcery Is A Splash Of Milk
What happens when food becomes sentient and able to fight back? That is a question that should never be answered, but Pokémon dares to ask and answer with Milcery. A literal splash of cream that has thoughts and feelings, this Pokémon is favored by chefs in the Pokémon world.
Potentially more horrifying than a sword that is possessed, the people of the Pokémon world must drink their MooMooMilk with caution on a daily basis. When it evolves into Alcremie, it just becomes a whipped cream monster, rather than a splash of milk.