The Poképals

The Poképals is a family friendly team with 8 members currently.

* ***Isaiah*** ***(started in January 2017) (retired in January 2023) (returned in April 2023) (leader)***
* ***Vulpix (joined in March 2019)***
* ***Taya (joined in March 2020) (left on June 2020) (rejoined on October 2020)***
* ***Vaporeon (joined in December 2020)***
* ***~~Sobble (joined in January 2021) (left in May 2023)~~***
* ***Fennekin (joined in July 2021)***
* ***Flygon*** ***(joined in December 2021) (team co-leader)***
* ***Tito*** ***(joining in November 2022)***
* ~~***Zorua*** ***(joining in December 2022) (moved and left in May 2023)***~~
* ***Katie*** ***(joined in June 2023)***
* ***Anala*** ***(joined in June 2023)***

The Poképals is an alternative of "Team PokéPals" from the original Pokémon series, with complete different cast members, as the original only had Piplup and Chimchar. This team was made since 2017 as The Pals, then got renamed to The Poképals in 2019. The original 2 members include Isaiah and Eevee.

To view the members who were here but now left, go here: The Poképals Lost Page: The Pals

## The Evolution

### The Pals Era: 2017-2019

Isaiah Andrews had an idea to create something from out of his mind. At age 10, he had an idea since he liked Pokémon and he had a stuffy Eevee. He formed Team Pals with Bulbasaur, Charmander, Eevee, Jigglypuff and Squirtle.

In 2018, Popplio joined, making Squirtle leave. Then awhile later in 2018, Vulpix and Iceberg (Alolan Vulpix) joined, but then Charmander and Bulbasaur got left out. Jigglypuff shortly after left as well.

The team was down to 5 members in 2019, Eevee (original), Iceberg, Isaiah, Popplio and Vulpix. The team was then renamed to the Poképals since it had to be Pokémon related.

### Eevee's Siblings and a Kwami: 2020

2020 hit, and Jigglypuff is a reoccurring member again, along with Leafeon and Espeon to join in. The team hit 8 members, in that year. May 2020 had Taya as the first member other than a Pokémon to join along as a kwami instead. December 2020 congratulates the team with 3 more members, including Chikorita, Butterfree and Vaporeon. Jigglypuff then was taken out again after a while.

### Highlights with a Lot of Short Members and Popplio Becoming Brionne: 2021

2021 comes with Froakie to join in, but then was shortly taken out, same with Umbrella (Umbreon) and Katilla (Caterpie), except Katilla stayed longer since she had a great relationship with Vulpix. Umbrella liked Espeon, but she was dating Umbreon that time. She now feels good around Umbrella, and is starting to date more often. Dry Bones is an exception as the second non-Pokémon member. He is saved as a Mario Pals member, and due to this, Taya had to go. November 2020, Sylveon was a half-member here. January 10, 2021 was the day that Popplio evolved to Brionne! She loved it! February 2021 had to let Dry Bones off and Taya returns again. April 2021, Sylveon loses her half point and is staying on The Buddies officially. In July 2021, it was announced that Fennekin joins, leaving Leafeon out since he belonged to Anson more. Chikorita's the last grass type left as the third currently in total. Told in Poképals Journeys S1 E3: Legend Of Mew All Over Again, it is confirmed that Sandshrew joins as a non-owner stuffy member. (Non-owner stuffy member means that this is a member of **The Poképals** that Isaiah doesn't own a stuffy for.)

### Flygon's Addition, Struggling To Remove Someone: 2021-2022

In December 2021, Isaiah is scheduling Flygon to be part of the team! It was also announced that Espeon would leave 3 months later, however, it kept erroring. It was changed to Iceberg, since she didn’t have any deeds that went well on the team. About 10 or so minutes later, it was changed to Eevee because Isaiah realized he hasn’t been doing much with Eevee, in which Iceberg told him all about this. Therefore, Eevee, as the last original Pokémon left, will leave 3 months after Flygon comes in. This part is very heartbreaking, because now all originals are terrorized and would not be in the team anymore. Isaiah is the final original, and if he leaves, the new leader is either Brionne or Vulpix.

Plans had changed once again in 2022, making Isaiah the final decision. The team leader who made the team for 5 years, ends up leaving after the 3 months, meaning Brionne would be the leader, and Vaporeon the co-leader. However, if things keep changing, who knows what the Poképals will stumble into! Changes eventually happened, while the three members of the Poképals were taken off: Eevee, Iceberg, and Isaiah. However, as of August 2022, Isaiah stayed on the team for longer, still taking out Eevee and Iceberg.

### A Past Original's Trade Off - 2022

One of the original members of the Poképals, Charmander, was taken over to the Buddies affiliate, Buds, due to his type. Isaiah was upset to hear that Charmander was getting traded, but Charmander decided to be 50/50 for both alternates, Pals and Buds.

### New Pokémon and Another Evolution with Chikorita Becoming Bayleef: 2022

After an unexpected pickup from Nintendo/Nartendo and the Pokémon team, a new region has been released with two games: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, returning the coloured games. Due to this, a new member named Tito (Sprigatito), the grass type starter, will be a new member on the team! This meant Skippee wasn't confirmed, and was cancelled off the team. However, he still remains to be able to hang out at their house.

On March 19, 2022, Chikorita had evolved into Bayleef since she was growing up.

### The New Era: 2022-present

On August 13, 2022, a new era of the team was made, and nearly half of the team was removed (Bayleef, Brionne, Butterfree, Eevee, Espeon, Iceberg, and Sandshrew) leaving Isaiah the only original, Vaporeon the only Eeveelution, Tito the only grass-type, and Flygon the only flying Pokémon excluding Taya (kwami). The reason was due to a huge amount of people, which was originally planned to have a small team. The removed seven, however, are still welcome to enter their house at anytime.

In early August 2022, Fennekin, along with a Pals member Katilla, battled Litten for a fierce matchup, causing all three of them to evolve into their final stages. Fennekin was Delphox, Katilla was Butterfree, and Litten was Incineroar. After the match, Litten returned to his first stage. However, Fennekin devolved into Braixen, but only for 3 days before devolving back to Fennekin again. Also however, Katilla kept her Butterfree form since then. Also, a day later, Butterfree travelled away to the UAS (United American States) (which is Arth's version of USA) with Miku and Shew.

### 6th Anniversary, Isaiah's 16th Birthday, Retirement Period - January - April 2023

Isaiah announced on January 22, 2023 that he's be retiring from the Poképals after leading it for 6 years. It's been a bit of a ride for him, and for a teenager about to lose the advantage of keeping plushes of Pokemon, he would have bigger issues in the future. He decided to let go and step down from being the team leader from 2017 to 2023. Vulpix was disappointed but understood what he has gone through. He still visits the Poképals HQ but hasn't retired from the Magical Warriors yet, which is also nearing Sherbert's retirement.

From 10 years old to 16 years old, thanks for being around, Isaiah!

### No, wait...not yet! - April 2023 - present

Isaiah actually isn't leaving completely yet. Vulpix, Fennekin, and Tito especially want him to stay around, and same with Flygon. As the new leader seeing that Isaiah shouldn't retire just yet, he's allowing him to be leader for one more year, and can retire whenever he wants after April 2024. Isaiah agreed and stayed as the team leader, with Flygon becoming the co-leader.

## First Real Arth Book Adds New Members

### Katie the Limbed Dratini replaces Sobble

Flygon was there when Sobble left, so he called in Katie the Dratini as a full-time member of the Poképals as previously being a part-time.

### Anala the Flareon instantly fills in for Zorua

Anala knew she was in when she heard about Zorua relocating to a different town called Heindreyer. Anala followed up on the Poképals for a long while, and was dreaming the day she would be a hero and join the most popular team in Sortles. Luckily, once Zorua moved away, Anala was noticed by Vulpix and Fennekin. She thought Anala was a new member, which she was, and went to Isaiah and Flygon. Isaiah allowed Anala to be a new member, and Anala was deeply grateful.

## Actual Retirements

In November 2023, shortly after evolving, Charmander (now known as Liz) and Squirtle (now known as Blue) decided to move on and live new lives in separate towns. They still decided on meeting up sometimes for special occasions, as Blue moves on to live with Katilla, and Liz becomes a full-time member of the Buddies.

A month later, Butterfree's long vacation return suddenly thought to him that he really liked the sight of *Carter Cross Bay* and decided to stay and retire from the Poképals after exactly 3 years of being on the team, from December 2020-2023. Because of this, during his vacation, he formed himself a new team called ButterFriends, with a Vibrava, a Galarian Zorua, a Vivillon, and a Quaxly.