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Ditto is not just a Pokémon, it has its own {{bp|Ditto_(Egg Group)|egg group}} as well. In designing the breeding mechanics, {{bp|Game Freak}} created two unique groups that cannot normally breed and produce offspring of their own species: all-male species and genderless species. Thus for Pokémon like {{p|Starmie}} or {{p|Hitmonchan}} who otherwise can’t obtain eggs from their own families, then Ditto serving as the universal breeder allows for those eggs to be obtained by providing a key exception to the standard rules that eggs take on the mother’s species and that you need oppositely gendered Pokémon to create an egg. It is this exception to the standard rules of breeding created by Ditto that gives birth to a myriad of consequences, and raises it from a fairly forgettable pink blob to a near-universal asset on the levels of an {{bp|HM slave}}. | Ditto is not just a Pokémon, it has its own {{bp|Ditto_(Egg Group)|egg group}} as well. In designing the breeding mechanics, {{bp|Game Freak}} created two unique groups that cannot normally breed and produce offspring of their own species: all-male species and genderless species. Thus for Pokémon like {{p|Starmie}} or {{p|Hitmonchan}} who otherwise can’t obtain eggs from their own families, then Ditto serving as the universal breeder allows for those eggs to be obtained by providing a key exception to the standard rules that eggs take on the mother’s species and that you need oppositely gendered Pokémon to create an egg. It is this exception to the standard rules of breeding created by Ditto that gives birth to a myriad of consequences, and raises it from a fairly forgettable pink blob to a near-universal asset on the levels of an {{bp|HM slave}}. | ||
The most obvious and glaring consequence of Ditto’s unique breeding prowess is its use to quickly breed Pokémon. For collectors, it aids in quickly obtaining new Pokémon and completing the Pokédex by allowing for the breeding of missing species instead of catching or trading for all of them. Competitive players may have several Ditto available with a variety of abilities and useful {{bp|Individual values|IV}} spreads. Shiny hunters may even go one further and obtain a foreign Ditto so as to utilize the {{bp|Masuda method}} for breeding shinies. Communities have even popped up surrounding the sharing and obtaining of Ditto with useful traits for breedings | The most obvious and glaring consequence of Ditto’s unique breeding prowess is its use to quickly breed Pokémon. For collectors, it aids in quickly obtaining new Pokémon and completing the Pokédex by allowing for the breeding of missing species instead of catching or trading for all of them. Competitive players may have several Ditto available with a variety of abilities and useful {{bp|Individual values|IV}} spreads. Shiny hunters may even go one further and obtain a foreign Ditto so as to utilize the {{bp|Masuda method}} for breeding shinies. [http://www.reddit.com/r/BreedingDittos/ Communities have even popped up surrounding the sharing and obtaining of Ditto with useful traits for breedings]. Given its utility, one has to wonder that if Game Freak allowed for the tracking of genealogy, what percentage of Pokémon entered in official tournaments would have a Ditto in their ancestry? | ||
Not all memes need to be creative to be memes. There is a meme that Ditto is valuable because of its breeding status and not because of its battle capability, just as there is a meme that shinies are valuable, or that you can flick your headlights as a warning to cars that have forgotten to turn theirs on. However we are talking about the Pokémon fandom and even mundane details like Sycamore’s letter can become memes. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there has been a creative twist added to this meme as well. | Not all memes need to be creative to be memes. There is a meme that Ditto is valuable because of its breeding status and not because of its battle capability, just as there is a meme that shinies are valuable, or that you can flick your headlights as a warning to cars that have forgotten to turn theirs on. However we are talking about the Pokémon fandom and even mundane details like Sycamore’s letter can become memes. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there has been a creative twist added to this meme as well. | ||