Kangaskhan
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Kangashkan is a Normal-type Pokémon, first appearing in the original Pokémon Red & Blue.
Bio[edit | edit source]
Kangashkan is a relatively large Pokémon that can be best described as a mix between a kangaroo and a bipedal dinosaur. It is usually seen with a baby Kangashkan sitting in its marsupial pouch. How exactly an exclusively female species produces offspring is not entirely understood, but parthogenesis or maternal-dominant crossbreeding with Pokémon from the same egg group are the most plausible answers.
Like many female animals with strong nurturing instincts (up to and including the soccer moms whose kids will kick you in the shins while you wait at the grocery store counter), Kangashkans will immediately go berserk if you so much as suspects you want to harm its little ones. In their defense, their hyperactive maternal drive also mean Kangashkans without pups will readily adopt orphans of other species as their own.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
A Kangashkan fought in the Mother's Day-themed 8chanmania XCI. Its first opponent, Lusamine, instantly recognized that it was 'afflicted' by the rare Pokérus disease. Since said disease actually doubles the normal increase of stats with every level-up and can be transmitted to other Pokémon in the player's party, she became quite obsessed with capturing this price specimen.
Alas, Lusamine hadn't taken into account that she actually had to fight the Kangashkan in a wrestling ring, let alone that the Pokérus disease meant it was going to hit like a truck. By the second route, Kazumi Mishima had to realize her natural ability to calm animals didn't work on Kangashkan, because Kangashkan actually was Lu Bu in a Pokémon costume. Which didn't prevent her from defeating him anyway.