Pokémon aging

Pokémon aging is occasionally shown in Pokémon media. This includes appearances of young and old Pokémon.
Aging is usually separate from evolution, as some unevolved Pokémon have been shown to visibly grow older without evolving.
==In the core series games==
===Pokédex entries===
Some Pokédex entries mention how a Pokémon changes as it grows up:
* has no mushrooms as an infant. They emerge as Paras matures and grow along with Paras.
* 's shell forms and hardens after it is born.
* is born with one tail, which splits into more tails as it grows.
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle League===
* In Pokémon Puzzle League, 's elderly Scyther is one of the Pokémon in his team.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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* Puka is an old that appeared in The Pi-Kahuna. He also appeared younger in a flashback from 20 years before.
* Ash's Lapras debuted in The Lost Lapras, where it was caught as a young Lapras. In Viva Las Lapras, the Lapras herd is seen, including the mother of Ash's Lapras. In Lapras of Luxury, it was revealed that Ash's Lapras eventually matured into an adult and became the leader of the Lapras herd.
* 's , which debuted in Tracey Gets Bugged, is shown to be elderly, losing the leadership of its herd to a younger Scyther.
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* is a baby that debuted in The Mystery is History. Silver's parent is a Lugia that debuted earlier in Around the Whirlpool.
*A having an old beard appeared in Throwing in the Noctowl belonging to Wings Alexander. In flashbacks, this Noctowl was seen as a and as a young Noctowl.
====Pikachu shorts====
*An elderly bearded appeared in PK13.
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*An elderly appeared in Tree's a Crowd.
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*Newly hatched appeared in The Psyduck Stops Here!.
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*An elderly debuted in That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!‬, taking care of a . Uniquely for a visibly old Pokémon in , this Stoutland's age eventually caught up with it, causing it to pass away following the events of One Journey Ends, Another Begins....
*An artisitic depiction of a baby form of appeared in Rise and Shine, Starship!.
*A baby appeared alongside multiple Miltank in The Young Flame Strikes Back!.
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*Jaye, an old man with an old , appeared in Finding a Legend!. Jaye has had his Hoothoot since his youth.
====Gallery====
Young Puka.png|Puka in his youth
EP067.png| and Puka as of The Pi-Kahuna
EP113.png|Ash's Lapras when young, its mother, and Ash's Pikachu
Tracey and Scyther.png| and his Scyther
EP220.png|, a baby , with , , Ritchie, and Sparky
Wings Alexander Noctowl young.png|Wings Alexander's when it was younger
Wings Alexander Noctowl.png|Wings Alexander's Noctowl in the present day
AG007.png|Old and young 
Bellsprout PK13.png|Elderly 
Stoutland and Litten.png|Elderly 
Baby Celesteela.png|Baby 
Sima Miltank.png|A baby in a Miltank herd.
Jaye.png|Jaye and 
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
*The baby , , and its parent appeared in Let's Save The Lugia!.
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
*In Enta Arrives at the Battle Frontier!, was shown to own a young that only had one tail. By the end of the chapter, Vulpix's tail split into six following some .
==Related articles==
*Evolution
*Baby Pokémon
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