Once it evolves, Cofagrigus has a pretty different attitude, becoming a spiteful tomb guardian who devours grave robbers with a crazed grin on its face. Which is, as the expression goes, a bummer. They retain memories from their human lives and weep for their loss, their masks a constant reminder of their eternal sorrow.

Yamask are supposedly the spirits of dead humans, and each one carries a clay mask which is said to represent its human face. Unovan Yamask are tragic Pokémon, with some of the saddest backstories in the Pokédex. So, I guess, let’s talk about bear traps. New Stunfisk… is also still a fish, but in addition to being a fish, is a bear trap. It’s a rich tapestry of derpy fish that all come together to produce one supremely derpy derpfish, is the point. It’s like a flounder or plaice mixed with an electric eel – or like a stonefish, that kills you with horrifically painful venom if you step on it – or like a stargazer, which is a fat ugly fish with eyes on the top of its head that isn’t flat like Stunfisk but does bury itself in sand and can produce electric shocks – or like a torpedo ray, which is flat and lives on the sea floor and can zap you but doesn’t really look like a fish-fish – or like a mudskipper that can survive on land because it can breathe air through its skin. Original recipe Stunfisk’s angle was that it’s a flatfish that hangs out on beaches and mud flats and zaps you if you step on it.

But now it’s back with a shiny new Galarian regional form, and I suppose I just have to deal with that. Stunfisk was… a Pokémon I had very mixed feelings about in 2011, then promptly forgot about for most of the next 8 years.

…I have to talk about it anyway, don’t I?

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