Talk:Darth Vader VS Doctor Doom/@comment-5808856-20150612211451/@comment-2255534-20150612230529

Huh. I didn't know Kingpin was even that strong (Checks wiki. Even matched for Captain America). Hmm. The more you know.

Anyway, for the Pokémon thing, when you refer to a pokemon, it's not as an individual character, but as the whole race. I saw a fanfic DB involving Golurk, but the whole thing didn't refer to any specific Golurk. just "a" Golurk. It would also require a shitton of assumptions regarding what moves and what abilities it would have.

The reason Pikachu vs Blanka works is because it didn't used "a" Pikachu. It used a very specific Pikachu, one with consistently used moves, a confirmed ability, and even a traceable history.

Now to be fair, some legendary Pokémon could be used in DB since they're so few in numbers and therefore have comparable abilities, but a specific one to make reference and consistent abilities between the different ones is still a must. That's why a pokemon like Mewtwo is actually more likely to appear on the show than one like Lucario.

I should copy and past this for future references.