Nidoking
Nidorino becomes Nidoking with a Moon Stone. The horn and heavy tail remain, but it now stands on two legs; its types are Poison and Ground.
Gengar
Gengar has a rounded body edged with spikes. Unlike Ditto’s smooth outline, the back has a jagged silhouette.
In the usual main-series evolution, Haunter becomes Gengar through trading. Gastly is the stage that evolves at level 25; Legends: Arceus also offers a Linking Cord for Haunter.
Cloyster
Shellder’s Water Stone evolution is Cloyster, a Water/Ice Pokémon almost hidden inside its spiked purple shell.
Gastly
There are no arms or legs to find on Gastly—just a dark face suspended in purple gas.
Zubat
Zubat has a blue body with purple wing membranes. Its huge open mouth occupies most of the face; it has no visible eyes and uses sound to find its way through darkness.
Starmie
Two five-pointed star shapes overlap around Starmie’s red central gem. Gold trim gives that small center a much warmer color than the purple body.
Forretress
Only the eyes and a red inner band show between the plates of Forretress. This Bug/Steel evolution of Pineco has exchanged a pine-cone-like covering for lavender armor.
Gligar
Gligar spreads its membranes between clawed arms and a curled, stinging tail. The body leans pink-purple rather than the deeper violet of Gengar. Despite that scorpion-like shape, its types are Ground and Flying.
In games such as Scarlet and Violet, Gligar becomes Gliscor when it levels up at night holding a Razor Fang.
Ditto
Transform gives Ditto another Pokémon’s shape. Between transformations, its soft purple-pink body has almost no detail beyond the tiny eyes and smile.
Venonat
Those enormous red compound eyes belong to Venonat. The purple fur nearly hides its small hands and feet.
Koffing
A pale skull-and-crossbones mark sits below Koffing’s grin. Greenish gas escapes from openings in the purple sphere.
Venomoth
At level 31, Venonat becomes Venomoth. Broad lavender wings take the place of the round, shaggy outline.
Haunter
Haunter’s hands float apart from its head. That gap makes it easy to distinguish from both Gastly and Gengar, even though all three share Ghost/Poison typing.
Grimer
Grimer has arms, but its purple sludge spreads into folds where legs would be. The green-and-yellow Alolan form looks quite different.
Rattata
The familiar Rattata has purple fur, a pale muzzle and long front teeth. A thin tail curls up behind it. Alolan Rattata’s darker coat belongs to a separate regional form.
Tyrogue
Tyrogue’s pale purple upper body ends in brown, shorts-like markings and banded feet. This small Fighting-type has three evolution branches. From level 20 in the main-series games, its Attack and Defense determine the result:
- Attack higher: Hitmonlee.
- Defense higher: Hitmonchan.
- Equal stats: Hitmontop.
Mewtwo
The tail carries most of Mewtwo’s strong purple. Its belly is purple too; the rest is much paler.
Cascoon
Cascoon leads to Dustox, not Beautifly. The latter belongs to Silcoon’s separate branch; here, a red eye peers out from the purple casing.
Crobat
Count the wings on Crobat: four, rather than Zubat’s two. High friendship takes Golbat to this stage.
Delcatty
The purple on Delcatty is concentrated around the ears, neck and tail tip. Most of the coat is cream. Skitty reaches this form with a Moon Stone.
Weezing
Weezing joins two unequal purple heads with a short tube. Each has its own face, while greenish gas gathers above the larger one. The familiar form is Poison-type; Galarian Weezing adds Fairy typing and tall chimney-like structures.
Aipom
Aipom’s most conspicuous hand is on its tail, raised above its head.
Granbull
Snubbull evolves into Granbull, a Fairy-type with lower fangs that jut up past its upper lip. Dark bands circle its wrists and neck.
Nidorino
Nidorino is still on four legs, unlike Nidoking at the start. Its forehead horn is already prominent.
Espeon
A red forehead gem and forked tail are Espeon’s clearest details. Fine limbs and large ears keep its pale lilac silhouette narrow.
Eevee usually becomes Espeon by leveling up with high friendship during the day. In games with Sylveon, knowing a Fairy-type move can change which evolution takes priority.
Ekans
The narrow neck and yellow band identify Ekans. Arbok, farther down, develops a broad patterned hood.
Illumise
Illumise uses scent to guide Volbeat’s lights into patterns at night. Purple frames its head and shoulders, above a yellow bow-like chest mark.
Skorupi
Skorupi has a segmented blue-purple body, pincers and a tail that curls forward over its back. Drapion, its evolution, trades Bug typing for Dark while retaining Poison.
Swalot
Gulpin evolves into Swalot, whose small mouth can swallow food whole. Yellow whiskers curl above the dark diamonds on its purple body.
Grumpig
The black pearls above Grumpig’s head reappear on its belly. A coiled pink tail adds a lighter accent.
Shellder
Shellder’s tongue sticks out below its eyes. The two purple shell halves leave very little else exposed.
Stunky
A pale stripe runs from Stunky’s head into its large raised tail. The rest of the coat is dark purple, with cream coloring around the face.
Arbok
The face on Arbok’s hood is a pattern; its actual head sits above it. Ekans’s simple yellow neck band has given way to yellow-and-red markings.
Lileep
Lileep resembles a plant on a purple stalk, but it is a Rock/Grass fossil Pokémon. Pink tentacles surround the dark face.
Nearby colors: Latias, Mantine and Shellos
Latias
Latias has a red-and-white body with a blue chest marking. Its swept-back wings and pointed head give this Dragon/Psychic Pokémon a streamlined outline.
Mantine
Mantine is included as a blue-violet comparison. Its dark back and pale underside belong to a ray-shaped body, rather than the lavender coloring seen on many entries above.
Shellos
Shellos has two familiar forms, neither a plain purple body:
- West Sea: pink above a pale underside.
- East Sea: blue and green.
Both are Water-type and evolve into Gastrodon. The West Sea form is pictured here.
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