If you’ve never played or watched Pokémon in your life before Pokémon Go came out, you’ve probably been too busy capturing gyms and spinning PokéStops to be worried about how to say each Pokémon’s name correctly. Whether or not it has a high CP is all that matters, right?
That is, until you yell “Cay-ter-pie!” (not that you would be this excited about seeing one, but work with us here) and another trainer looks at you narrowly and says, “You mean ‘Cat-ter-pee?‘”
It’s a case of tomato, tomah-toe. Or in this case, Pokémon, Pokéman. (To be clear, Pokéman is wrong—we just say it like that for fun sometimes.) The truth is Pokémon name pronunciation can be inconsistent from the Pokémon games to books to TV shows. Fans and media have argued about the pronunciation of some Pokémon for years. For our purposes, we’ll be following The Official Pokémon Handbook.
Check out this list if you want to look Poké-savvy the next time you go hunting in a densely populated place. And yes, all 151 critters in the Pokémon Go game are here.
1. Bulbasaur – BUL-buh-sore
2. Ivysaur – EYE–vee-sore
3. Venusaur – VEE-nuh-sore
4. Charmander – CHAR-man-der
5. Charmeleon – char-MEAL-ee-ehn
6. Charizard – CHAR-i-zard
7. Squirtle – SKWUR-tull
8. Wartortle – WAR-tor-tull
9. Blastoise – BLAST-oys
10. Caterpie – CAT-er-pee
11. Metapod – MET-uh-pod
12. Butterfree – BUT-er-free
13. Weedle – WEE-dull
14. Kakuna – ka-KOO-nuh
15. Beedrill – BEE-drill
16. Pidgey – PID-jee
17. Pidgeotto – pid-JYO-toe
18. Pidgeot – PID-jit (though lots of people prefer pidg-e-ott)
19. Rattata – ruh-TA-tah
20. Raticate – RAT-i-kate
21. Spearow – SPEER-oh
22. Fearow – FEER-oh
23. Ekans – ECK-ehns
24. Arbok – AR-bock
25. Pikachu – PEEK-uh-chew
26. Raichu – RYE-chew
27. Sandshrew – SAND-shroo
28. Sandslash – SAND-slash
29. Nidoran? – nee-door-ANN
30. Nidorina – nee-door-EE-nuh
31. Nidoqueen – nee-doe-QUEEN
32. Nidoran? – nee-door-ANN
33. Nidorino – nee-door-EE-no
34. Nidoking – nee-doe-KING
35. Clefairy – cluh-FAIR-ee
36. Clefable – cluh-FAY-bull
37. Vulpix – VULL-picks
38. Ninetales – NINE-tales
39. Jigglypuff – jigg-lee-PUFF
40. Wigglytuff – wigg-lee-TUFF
41. Zubat – ZOO-bat
42. Golbat – GOAL-bat
43. Oddish – ODD-ish
44. Gloom – gloom
45. Vileplum – VILE-ploom
46. Paras – PASS-is
47. Parasect – PAR-i-sect
48. Venonat – VENN-oh-nat
49. Venomoth – VENN-oh-moth
50. Diglett – DIG-lit
51. Dugtrio – dug-TREE-oh
52. Meowth – me-OUTH
53. Persian – PURR-shin
54. Psyduck – SYE-duck
55. Golduck – GOAL-duck
56. Mankey – MANK-ee
57. Primeape – PRIME-ape
58. Growlithe – GROWL-ith
59. Arcanine – ar-kuh-NINE
60. Poliwag – POL-ee-wag
61. Poliwhirl – POL-ee-wurl
62. Poliwrath – POL-ee-rath
63. Abra – AB-ruh
64. Kadabra -ka-DA-bruh
65. Alakazam – al-uh-kuh-ZAM
66. Machop – MAH-chop
67. Machoke -MAH-choke
68. Machamp – MAH-champ
69. Bellsprout – BELL-sprout
70. Weepinbell – WEEP-in-bell
71. Victreebel – VICK-tree-bell
72. Tentacool – TENT-uh-cool
73. Tentacruel – TENT-uh-crool
74. Geodude – GEE-oh-dood
75. Graveler – GRAV-el-er
76. Golem – GOAL-um
77. Ponyta – Po-NEE-tuh
78. Rapidash – RAP-i-dash
79. Slowpoke – SLOW-poke
80. Slowbro – SLOW-bro
81. Magnemite – MAG-nuh-mite
82. Magneton – MAG-nuh-tun
83. Farfetch’d – FAR-fetcht
84. Duduo – DOE-doo-oh
85. Dodrio – doh-DREE-oh
86. Seel – SEEL
87. Dewgong – DOO-gong
88. Grimer – GRIME-er
89. Muk – MUCK
90. Shellder – SHELL-der
91. Cloyster – CLOY-stir
92. Gastly – GAST-lee
93. Haunter- HAWN-ter
94. Gengar – GANG-are
95. Onix – ON-icks
96. Drowsee – DROW-zee
97. Hypno – HIP-no
98. Krabby – CRA-bee
99. Kingler – KING-ler
100. Voltorb – VOL-torb
101.Electrode – ee-LECK-trode
102. Exeggcute – EGGS-egg-cute
103. Exeguttor – ggs-EGG-you-tor
104. Cubone – CUE-bone
105. Marowak – MAR-row-ack
106. Hitmonlee – HIT-moan-lee
107. Hitmonchan – HIT-moan-chan
108. Lickitung – LICK-i-tung
109. Koffing – CAWF-ing
110. Weezing – WEEZE-ing
111. Rhyhorn – RYE-horn
112. Rhydon – RYE-donn
113. Chansey – CHAN-see
114. Tangela – TANG-guh-luh
115. Kangaskhan- KANG-gus-con
116. Horsea – HORSE-ee
117. Seadra – See-druh
118. Goldeen – GOAL-deen
119. Seaking – SEE-king
120. Staryu – STAR-you
121. Starmie – STAR-me
122. Mr. Mime – MIS-ter mime
123. Scyther – SYE-ther
124. Jynx – jincks
125. Electabuzz – Uh-LECK-tuh-buzz
126. Magmar – MAG-mar
127. Pinsir – PIN-sir
128. Tauros – TOR-ose
129. Magikarp – MAG-i-karp
130. Gyarados – GAR-i-dose
131. Lapras – LAP-russ
132. Ditto – DID-oh
133. Eevee – EE-vee
134. Vaporeon – Vay-POR-ey-on
135. Jolteon – JOLT-e-on
136. Flareon – FLARE-ae-on
137. Porygon – POR-eh-gon
138. Omanyte – AHM-uh-nite
139. Omastar – AHM-uh-star
140. Kabuto – Kuh-BOO-toe
141. Kabutops – Kuh-BOO-tops
142. Aerodactyl – Air-oh-DACK-tull
143. Snorlax – SNORE-lacks
144. Articuno – Are-ti-KOO-no
145. Zapdos – ZAP-dose
146. Moltres – MOLE-trace
147. Dratini – Druh-TEE-nee
148. Dragonair – Drag-uh-NAIR
149. Dragonite – Drag-uh-NITE
150. Mewtwo – MYU-too
151. Mew – myu
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