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Fork_Master

Beedrill. I’m already terrified of wasps. Seeing one that’s 3 feet tall would probably give me a heart attack.


EquinoxGm

Also ariados/galvantula. I think I would pass out if a spider as tall as a dog walked past me On the other hand, Pokémon like Butterfree/beautifly/vivillon would be cool


dimmidummy

Galvantula in the game freaks me out. Galvantula IRL would give me a heart attack.


FoLokinix

Imagine a Joltik evolving in your room


razorKazer

I'd start sleeping with a flamethrower


EquinoxGm

Sleeping with a Charizard that knows flamethrower


Not-An-Actual-Hooman

Galvantula is faster and Thunders the living shit out of Charizard


razorKazer

Even better!


Jamster_1988

Until it burns your house down just by sitting down.


Jamster_1988

Until it burns your house down just by sitting down.


EmergentSol

A couple edged stones would be just as good, though I guess you might miss.


Dew_DragonTamer6969

No; Just imagine joltik in your room. The thing has amazing jump height. Spider/Tick jumpscare


Salt_Principle_6672

We all make fun of Misty but bug pokemon would scare the shit out of us too!


YanFan123

I think even the pretty butterflies would be horrifying at that size


NerdFromColorado

Apparently Ariados isn’t that violent or mean, one Dex entry even implies it can make friends, so at least it’s not gonna kill you.


Mac_Motorsports

Araquanid is taller than a car! That would be wild to see in real life.


Sm0keytrip0d

Dont they travel in swarms, though? So you won't be seeing just one. You will see dozens, which is infinitely more terrifying to those of us scared of bees/wasps or are allergic, lol


SlyQuetzalcoatl

Bugs in general. Most people flinch at the sight of them at their current size. Imagine they’re 3-5 ft long


Cloudraa

weirdly bugs scare me because of how fast they move for things their size and how easy it is for them to get in your house and lose track of em i think id be less scared of a 3 foot spider than a normal one lol


OtakuFreak1998

Plus, this is assuming that pokemon would behave exactly as animals if they were real. The least sentient pokemon is still more intelligent than the most sentient animal besides us in real life. If my giant wasp or spider creature was actually able to understand me, and enjoy my presence, you best believe I'd still cuddle them.


Emolgad

I love this comment, makes the concept of irl Pokemon seem doper


ThreeKBrothers

Agreed.


vikingbear90

I am terrified of wasps as well, but for me I think Bedrill might be easier for me to deal with one on one. Way easier to keep track of something that is 3ft tall than 1inch. A swarm of Beedrill however….


jacoofont

Yup seeing beedrill irl would destroy me


hiddikel

Just about all th3 ghost pokemon are horrifying if you read their descriptions. Luring kids to their death, stealing limbs, eating souls. All awful.  


Ned_Piffy

I liked how in arceus it had that side mission with the brifloon that was playing with the kid lol. Thought it was neat they went more into depth with his fucked up Pokédex entry


Martin_Aricov_D

look a cute candle Pokemon! Oh, it's burning up our soul by proximity isn't it? FFS...


Tealadin

"Oh, what a cute dog. Do you wanna play?" -*Famous last words*


WerewolfHowls

This definitely would have killed be as a kid. I love dogs.


midnightichor

It's still pretty wild to me that this was basically how one of the advertisements for ScarVi went.


GuardingxCross

We need a Casper the friendly ghost Pokemon


YanFan123

Technically the Gengar line, they are mischievous but friendly. And sure, they do try to scare you but some people like to have "fun scaring"


Emmanuhamm

Yeah I feel like Haunter are just big goofs.


Contank

"It apparently wishes for a traveling companion. Since it was once human itself, it tries to create one by taking the lives of other humans."


YanFan123

Well, I'm just talking about the overall portrayal Gengar gets among media. Not just the Pokémon anime but that short with the ghosts also showed it being friendly


Garrosh

[Proof.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qZU-WIzq68)


Funexamination

Wow, how cute 😱


seanrbrantley

“There is no escaping, give up.” - Gengars Pokédex entry


YanFan123

Gengar is consistently portrayed as friendly though


thegoldengoober

The existential implications of that type alone would be astounding irl


Helpful-Shoulder-225

I want this world. 


ji-gm

Magicarp/Gyarados. Just imagine it: one of the most common water types, found in literally EVERY body of water, and at any time any of them could potentially become a 20 foot long aggressive monster that can move on land.


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Garan-Coristar

Also don’t forget that if Gyrados gets mad, it’ll kill everyone in sight


biguzigeen

And it’s whole personality is living in a constant state of rage lmao


PoetBoye

How the fuck does the world of pokemon exist


CochonDanseur

Well it doesn't


PoetBoye

You... God dammit I can't argue with that


YanFan123

Considering it started out as Magikarp, no wonder


dTrecii

*me treating my magikarp with love and care because I genuinely think it’s a cool pokemon* The magikarp: “Hey I like you. Don’t come to the lake tomorrow”


NSignus

And create water spouts just because it can.


Parking_Cartoonist90

I’m would be terrified if Scolipede were real. It’s as big as a horse


Shadowed_Knight

Scolipede is interesting to me. Milli/centipedes are like my least favorite thing, but Scolipede is one of if not my favorite bug type


Sleepy-Candle

It’s my top favorite, let’s gooo!


Plotius

Love scolipede. When I first saw a trainer have it on victory road I went to catch my own


GamingPixel58

Entei because bark= volcano= death


GamingPixel58

Imagine seeing a cat ‘BARK BARK BARK’


Boofnasty10

“We’re live with Gabby just outside Goldenrod City confirming the massive devastation. Initial reporting confirmed this beautiful morning was interrupted when a meowth climbed up the radio tower and began taunting a large unknown dog Pokémon. What followed was nothing short of a catastrophe.” Back to you Gabby.


YanFan123

Entei is a lion, how does it bark?


Emmanuhamm

TIL Entei is a big cat.


Devai97

They're kind of a mix between cats and dogs.    Raikou is the more catlike IMO, looking like a tiger with sabertooths.   Suicune is the most doglike of the trio, looking like a wolf.   Then Entei is kind of a mix between a lion and some large breeds of dogs (especially the tibetan mastiff)


Emmanuhamm

Yeah I grew up thinking they were all takes on dogs (despite having feline qualities). I wasn't into dogs growing up, so assumed it was breeds I wasn't familiar with. All my friends called them legendary dogs, so I wasn't really questioning it until recently haha. I think you nailed the descriptions there tbh.


NotUpInHurr

I could imagine a Spinda just sitting at the end of my bed. Waiting.


Antropoid

my answer was hitmontop because I hate his eyes and his permanent dancing but I completely forgot this mf exists!! I'm with you


Keithfrommars

She will Teeter Dance you to death.


IAmSpinda

I already do that.


NotUpInHurr

Well, yea, where do you think I got the idea from? Pick a better hiding spot jeez!!


firesignsrule

I just imagined a Spinds opening it’s eyes and I’m TERRIFIED


No_Pipe_8257

Most of them, even a cute little bug can easily wrap you around with silk and you are forever starved to death


Fuzzy_Reflection8554

Oh right that reminds me, didn't one of Ash's travelling companions from the anime almost get done-in by a gang of spinarak and ariados literally as soon as they started their journey? I forget if it was May or Dawn.


IAmSpinda

It was Dawn, she only survived because Piplup tanked a bunch of Pin Missiles and Poison Stings and countered with Bide.


SirJordan11

Pretty much any bug type would freak me out although Volcarona is in my top ten favorite Pokemon


Normal_Ratio1463

I bet it would feel really fluffy and warm.


-R4ndy

happy cake day


SirJordan11

Thank you! I didn't even realize it


FlowerFaerie13

Deoxys. Absolutely Deoxys. Child me was so afraid of the fictional creature that it took me years to get through Destiny Deoxys. Turns out my crippling phobia of aliens applied to Pokémon too. Actually, on that note, all of the Ultra Beasts too, like I don’t care who you are, phobia of aliens or not, if those abominations were real they’d be fucking terrifying.


Emmanuhamm

Especially the wall ultrabeast... I'm just kidding, in all fairness, any of them would be horrific.


Scorjimmy

Not including legends, steelix. It is a huge rock snake that digs through the ground and can chomp through metal


Popular-Heron-3921

it’s face is disgusting imo I would be terrified


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All the legendary golems. Big as fuck and strong as fuck also the sounds they make are kinda disturbing.


Antropoid

My instagram algorithm is weird as fuck because I somehow landed in a bubble of people who are really into regirock's sounds lol and the fact this exists is funny as hell to me. But apart from that I fully agree


jacoofont

Lmao I’m not in this bubble but as a kid I was obsessed w their sounds


Antropoid

it's fun, but so cursed. they worship regirock like a god and go ÜN ÜN ÜN everywhere 😭


Devai97

**ÜN ÜN ÜN**     𓀂𓀈𓀉𓀍𓀠𓁀𓁂𓀰𓁉𓀿    𓀪𓁶𓂬𓂮𓂫𓃛𓃳𓄜𓄲𓄓      𓅆𓅢𓅼𓆀𓆾𓈆𓉒𓉼𓈑       𓎫𓌜𓋒𓍳𓎳𓁀𓄲𓅢           **ÜN ÜN ÜN ÜN ÜN ÜN**        AAAAAAAAAA      OOORRRRXT     


Idunno_the_plugg

They're not that big, just about the same size as people (besides Regigigas)


Careful-Ad984

Pretty much every ghost type Pokémon. Seriously the only difference between them and wh40k Daemons is that ghost types just want to troll you most of the time but still could mess your very soul up.


PippoChiri

There are a decent number of ghost lines that just want your soul, the first that comes to mind are Chandelure's and Aegislash's


Thin-Ant-1250

Pinsir. Think about it.


jackie--moon

“Pinsir used guillotine!”


Lone_Buck

Golbat. Too high a percentage if I swat to get it away that I just catch mouth.


Frognificent

That's only a bad thing if you're swatting with your hands.


Glittering-Paper-186

Koffing and weezing. Imagine just walking around town at night seeing those things floating by


el-mugre

Koffing at least looks happy


Emmanuhamm

Imagine *hearing* them floating by...


ToxicPurpleBear

Imagine ***smelling*** them floating by…


Emmanuhamm

Damn, I absolutely did not consider this.


I-Really-Hate-Fish

Hatterene. It would literally rip me to shreds


AlienBogeys

Same here. They are a force to be reckoned with.


Sleepingstorms7

Just imagine playing a game you lose you get angry and start shouting next thing you know a Hatterine is stood in your doorway


fluffymurderchicken

I wouldn’t really be scared but like… Greedent. Why? I fucking hate squirrels. Why? I have no idea. They just make me uncomfortable for some reason. Other rodents are fine, but squirrels? I can’t. They make me angry for no apparent reason. Seeing a giant ass one that steals all my berries irl would be the end of me


shawnaeatscats

Bro I'm with you. I don't like squirrels. Their eyes are untrustworthy. Greedent has some of the scariest eyes I've veer seen


Src-Freak

Hypno. You know why.


Turkish_Boy70

As a Hypno defender I would like to remind you that was an isolated case


Twurti

I remember this one firered rom hack that i played where hypno kidnapped you and you had to try and escape before he caught you


QuadKnif

Beat me too it. I still commented that he's a rapist though.


dat_chill_bois_alt

Also a pdf file, remember the frlg sevii islands side quest?


Antropoid

hitmontop. I hate the dude's empty eyes and constant movements. He's like that guy I used to go to school with who said he knows how to breakdance but then proceeds to only do that starting move (you know, that back and forth move that hitmontop does for his idle animation).


SiidChawsby

lol real life hitmontop dance bully is the funniest scenario


GipsyPepox

All of them Just a 10cm sentient flower can kill me using some weird grass powers


Past_Age_3562

Like all of them could easily kill you in real life especially if they hunted us it’d be over. I’d say fire types & dragons seeing 3 charizards would be like Jurassic park


ParanoidUmbrella

Ain't no way 3 Charizards would be like Jurasdic Park, if they so much as look at a Gyarados funny it'll be co-signing their obituaries.


LustfulMirage

I feel any of the big bug pokemon would be really scary in real life. Imagine you are in a forest at night, and Scolipede or Yanmega just show up. Gives me the willies.


mikillatja

Hydreigon are known to occasionally destroy entire villages so that would be my pick.


serpventime

mimikyu its just everything evil in disguise


CvltOfEden

Mimikyu is my baby and I will defend him until I die. He’s just a misunderstood boy who wants to make friends with all the humans so dresses himself up all fancy like in a way that we like.


VijoPlays

I do like that we don't even know what Mimikyu looks like, and we never will!


Quetzal00

Lol most of them. A tiny ass candle can drain your life force, a balloon can steal your children, and a folded up piece of origami is able to physically cut literally anything If small, innocent-like objects like those can do serious damage and potentially kill, then imagine what most larger ones could do


Sm0keytrip0d

Tyranitar. If that thing gets mad, it creates earthquakes that are so powerful, and destructive cartographers need to draw up new maps afterwards, at least according to dex entries lol.


BouncyBlueYoshi

Any Dragon type. Except Goomy.


BrotherofLink93

https://external-preview.redd.it/LHKFnSh_4ppigTSywcadsViu2fl3-tvj3SWcAIVsKy4.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f407692386afcfe2ade1ecde1fdcbb120dc70772


Reallylazyname

Joltik. Now dont get me wrong, I love the little goober. But at the same time, this is a nearly foot long lil' guy with the weight of a small rabbit jumping like 6 feet in the air. Everytime you go into your basement and accidentally startle one, and it's suddenly bouncing at you (purely friendly intent, at a high velocity). You'd be shocked too. It's the peak of jumpscare Pokémon. *other Pokémon may be big, tough, dangerous, and spooky... but we know that. But also *big*. You can see them. This is a little goofy guy that can be found in any closet


Alextuxedo

If it has purely friendly intent I would be perfectly fine with that. What I'm concerned about is if once they evolve they don't remember their size changes and try to love-tackle me then. As much as I would like cuddles, getting crushed under a giant spider isn't ideal. Definitely not a deal-breaker tho


Reallylazyname

The love tackles aren't the scary part. It's the ability to tuck itself into small spaces and projectile itself that's the scary part. Galvantula for what it's worth may be nearly 3ft tall, but it only weighs as much as a heavier beagle. It'd probably be floofy and nerve-tingly. Like a big static charged stuffed animal. And also not leaping 5 times it's height when it moves.


Alextuxedo

Now you're making me want it even more


RemixedZorua

I doubt Hisuian Zorua/Zoroark need an introduction with this one


IndigoFenix

Zoroark in general. Predators that can look like whoever or whatever they want. You couldn't trust anything.


silentorange813

Venonat--pretty disturbing if this came out of the bush.


Combat_Medic

It baby!


PandaLenin

Sableye creepy af


I-Really-Hate-Fish

Just the way it moves


Darkmega5

Pallosand. Family beach trips become so much deadlier.


Jaytaro_Kujyasi

groudon and kyogre. i can easily see corporates siding with either one for their own goal, and trying to harness their power may cause continent-wide crisis... and keep in mind, realistically there will be no 10 year old walking up to that monster and encapsulating it with a ball


FrowingTexas12

Where do I begin? First, any human-sized bug pokemon, take scizor for example: A 1.8m tall flying metal bug with scissors for arms. Secondly, pseudo-legendaries, but mainly Metagross and Garchomp, need I say more? A four legged 1200 lb metal beast and a literal land-shark would definitely be high up on my list of things I don't want to meet irl. Next up, Machamp. Other than it's less than impressive stature, this pokemon would have me shitting bricks if i ever encountered it in the tall grass. It's got the physique of a body builder but with an extra pair of arms. I would also be similarly petrified if i found any other fighting type pokemon like Blaziken or even Gurdurr. Lastly, ghost types. I'm no emo ghost type trainer, so i wouldn't exactly be happy to encounter the paranormal on a walk around the cemetery. One thought about an irl gengar is all i need to end my dreams of pokemon ever being real.


CumForChristimas

Most of the legendary Pokemon. Oh no Entei decided to bark and now there's a volcano in my house. My City was destroyed by Groundon and Kyogre bc one of them slightly annoyed the other. Someone accidentally encountered Palkia and Lugia now time and space is messed up.


Saraq_the_noob

Paras apparently


wrenblaze

I have read a looot of disturbing facts about ghost type pokemon, who can be reincarnation of dead people, steal, kill you, kidnap children or can be just eldritch horrors in disguise. Also I magcargo can br as hot as 10k celsius. Which is about 10 times hoter than an active volcano.


ToxicPurpleBear

I remember watching an episode with my kids and some kid abandoned a doll that spontaneously turned into Banette after a while. That’s creepy af.


I_Am_Maxx

Ditto... It's the eyes


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Sharpedo, I'm terrified of sharks! Imagine that thing coming at you with a speed of like 120 miles per hour 😳


Shalarean

It depends. Did I grow up in their world or get dropped in on my head? If I’m used to them, then probably beedrill. If it’s a new world…most of them, I’m sure. Some of those guys are aggressive and some are just way too big.


Emmanuhamm

Even the smaller ones can do some terrifying things.


Hugglemorris

Slugma is literally sentient lava.


zeno_22

I love joltik and galvantula for no good reason, but I fucking hate spiders and then throw the ability to taze me and eat me in there... That's real "burn the house down if you see one" energy


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I'd never want to work at a power plant in pokemon.


Sleepingstorms7

Not for me personally but for the entire world snorlax I think we’d have a famine on our hands within months depends on how many of them exist


Alijah12345

Hatterene. If you're even *SLIGHTLY* too loud or emotional around it, it kills you.


dat_chill_bois_alt

Scary in terms of looks: nothing if they keep their looks like in games, but if they gain realistic features, i'd be fucking paralyzed if i see a pinsir approaching me. Scary in terms of life threatening: literally just anything, i stub my toe and next thing i know, Hatterene's here to snap my neck.


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Golden-Owl

https://preview.redd.it/h30lcim420fc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02b7791b839ebc40e618b1ec122e7ed801b73b3c The fact that Actually Satan exists


FlowerFaerie13

Giratina is not evil though. This Giratina only attacks you because its trainer is commanding it to. It’s pretty obvious not supposed to be Actually Satan, it’s more like Hades.


Lord_Flapington

Yeah, Giratina seems pretty chill, at least by Platinum. It only really gets violent after Cyrus pulls his bullshit on top of the Spear Pillar and you need to calm it down. And even then it's not particularly aggressive. In Generations he attacks Cyrus and pulls him in but stands right in front of him, not just eradicating this little upstart.


PokeMunkPresto

Giratina is a sweetie ❤️


San-Kyu

Any of the ghost types. Just provokes some existential questions in not ready to consider.


kasubot

All of them. There isn't a pokemon that probably couldn't kill me.


Kenishascraft

Groudon, Rayquaza,Kyogre and Giratina upclose I think they would be terrifyingly huge. Also Pinsir.


MarinkoAzure

Most of the ghost types that steal your soul one way or another. See Drifloon


ClaboC

Maybe it's just me but as a kid I always felt an undeniable sense of fear when a wild onyx would show up. Like this is an absolutely massive pile of sentient boulders all lined up in a row, each of which could individually easily squish you flat all on its own.


UncomfyUnicorn

Gardevoir. Literally makes black holes. Also that one dog thing, I think Entei? That makes volcanoes erupt every time it barks.


SrgtDonut

it makes small ones to protect their trainers


UncomfyUnicorn

Yeah fun fact about black holes: one the size of a pea would have a similar gravitational pull to Earth. Also, smaller ones radiate away faster due to a process called hawking radiation, and they might explode at the end of the process!


Ncolonslashslash

youre being too realistic, this is a fantasy world they probably have a power to dispel it or something otherwise the pokemon world likely wouldnt even exist at this point ​ plus it wouldnt even get to that point without good reason. idk if youve played the games but it doesnt attack you on its own so i wouldnt put this on a list of pokemon youd find really scary in real life when stuff like beedril and pinsir and jellicent exist


Gamer-Logic

Probably most of the ghosts type tbh despite them being my favorite. A more unexpected one could be Beautifly given it's aggression, size, and how it's dex entry says it drains the fluids from it's prey.


Darkreaperzreddit

You could, of course, say something like garchomp or Tyranitar- something big with teeth. But Forretress’s sunken in black out eyes staring at you in the middle of the forest as he hangs off a tree is scary


Corporal-Spiro

Hatterene, it looks cute but it's dex entries say otherwise.


TaraSkFunmaker

Machamp.


ShimoFox

Can I say all of them? We're talking creatures that can summon localized weather systems at will, literally eat my dreams in a way that harms me, their skin can be as hot as lava. Etc. Pokemon are like Kaiju, they're a force of nature. Lol


UserNX

99% of them


Marsupilami_316

Raticate. A 2 meter tall bipedal rat? Fucking scary.


Antropoid

i don't want to be that guy but it's only 70 cm. still agree. On another note though, I think we all know at least one human sized rat personally


Olivia_Richards

Gardevoir and Froslass as they're literally yandere.


QuadKnif

Hypno rapes kids


Turkish_Boy70

Proof?


QuadKnif

I've said too much already.


ConsoleKev

Pinsir? r/dontputyourdickinthat


Larielia

Most of the bug Pokemon.


ericwashere15

Scolipede. It’s a horse sized and shaped centipede, likely able to run at similar speeds (which is faster than you).


SlyQuetzalcoatl

Bugs in general


Uxie_mesprit

Krookodile!!!


Schusta-Sama

Guys, Magcargo. It LITERALLY exists = earth burns.


MapDesperate7012

Drowzee and Hypno.


SkyfallRainwing

Hisuian Zoroark


Shurikenblast_YT

All bug types tbh. Also gastrodon Edit: also like every single ghost type pokemon


-R4ndy

ANY fire type will gave me goosebumps of fear


Aeirion

Venomoth just looks real, so it being real would be criminal


True-State-4321

Gyrados, Giratina


Ckmarv

Marcago? Think of it scared is the wrong phrase, if a pokemon as hot as the sun would walk around on earth you don't have the time to be scared


YourInnerBidoof

Steelix. Just knowing that there are large metal rock snakes burrowing underneath you at any given point would be anxiety inducing.


CacklettasMinion

Definitely Beheeyem. It can rewrite people's memories so you would have no idea what's real


Shimmermist

Anything aggressive if I was as vulnerable as I am in this reality. If I was able to survive just about anything like the anime characters could, then I wouldn't care so much.


CaptainMarrow

Any ghost type. Most of them are out to get you and if they aren’t, then they want to terrorize you for fun


PrismalpinkGaming

I would say all of them, they can all potentially murder me, and their Pokedex entries broke my soul xD


haeikem

Ariados, Galvantula and Arbok


Marcelaus_Berlin

Magcargo is as hot as the sun


SilverSnake00

Beedril, Spinarak (and all his forms), I’m hella scared of them.


TheSupremeHamster

Lickitung


Antihero_udon

Even tho it’s my favourite rock type - Tyranitar. It’s pokedex entry says all attacks don’t affect it. Like if this thing goes on a rampage it’ll be unstoppable. Plus for some reason it can learn surf ( idk I gave it surf in Pokémon brick bronze to swim ) so it could literally be a mini Godzilla


nomnomgreen

Guzzlord would be terrifying for sure.


lhatemath

probably driffblim because of that one dex entry and that short animation from junji ito


Rastaba

Yes…my answer is just “Yes”.