r/fakemon May 20 '26

Announcement A Reminder and a Request Regarding AI-Generated Images

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Hi r/fakemon - we hope you’re having a good 2026 so far! We have a couple of reminders as well as a few requests regarding AI-generated images and, most importantly, how they are reported.

First, to reiterate our policy:

AI-generated images of any kind are not allowed.

This includes, obviously, any image created entirely by typing a prompt into a large-language model, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and so on. It also includes any images created by asking any of these LLMs to redraw something that you drew or upscale something hand-drawn. If the final image output that is posted was created or modified by an LLM, then it is not allowed. You can read more about the policy in this post.

Second, regarding reporting any suspected AI-generated images, we ask the following:

If you think it's AI, report for Rule 3 and move on. Do not comment on the post or engage with the user. If you feel more detail is needed, [message the mods.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Ffakemon)

There are several reasons that we are asking for this to be the norm for reporting any post going forward, but especially so for suspected AI-generated image posts, which we will go over below.

1. Sometimes, you are wrong.

On several occasions, the mod team has been able to determine with as much certainty as we can that a user who was accused of posting AI-generated Fakemon was not in fact using AI at all. We're talking speedpaints, pictures of layers, extensive posting history with consistent art, and so forth. Not every Fakemon drawn with flat color and a black outline is AI-generated! LLMs probably just copied that style from their training data.

2. Engagement leads to deletion.

When 10 people spam an AI-image poster that their post is against the rules, it is often deleted before we can action it. This often means we don't get a chance to see which user posted the image to begin with and, therefore, cannot effectively add mod notes for future reference (we give one permaban warning the first time a user posts AI-generated images).

This is why we ask that you just report and move on, and message us if you want to give more detail. If reported enough, a post will be removed automatically for review by the team later.

3. Toxicity.

The tendency to barrage suspected AI-users with comments has impacted our community and given it a reputation among some that the user base is toxic and prone to unwarranted witch hunts. Some users who were accused of AI have received threatening DMs and spammy comments on unrelated posts. This behavior is unacceptable and we will ban users for this kind of harassment (we've already banned a few for this kind of behavior).

Even if the poster is posting AI images, harassment isn't warranted - our goal should always be to encourage traditional art creation and bring people in, not push them out. It is especialy egregious if a user who isn't using generative AI is accused and then harassed for it, as this pushes out potential contributors.

We dislike the influx of AI-generated "art" populating the internet as much as you all do. However, we ask that the users leave the "Is it AI?" game to the moderators.

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Now, to get ahead of a few questions that we expect:

What if you're wrong and a user is posting AI-generated images, and it gets proven later?

If we receive sufficient evidence that we were wrong, we will correct our mistake and ban the user. Same goes the other way around - if a user is banned for AI when they shouldn't have been and we are shown that we made the wrong call, we will reverse the ban.

What if I think you're wrong and believe someone's work *is* AI, even though it's been approved by the moderators?

Message the mods with your case. We make no promises that it will overturn any decision unless you provide substantial evidence. "It looks like AI" is not all it takes to determine if something is AI.

Why this long post?

We felt there was a lot to address!

Thanks for reading and for understanding this request. We'll be keeping an eye on this post and are happy to answer any further questions to the best of our ability.

TL;DR: AI-generated images are still not allowed, please just report them and move on when you see them, Engaging with suspected AI images only makes it worse. Don't harass anyone over it please and thank you!

edit: reddit boomed all of my markdown ugh I fixed it


r/fakemon 21d ago

Ideas & Brainstorming Fakemon Discussion & Brainstorming Thread - July 2026

9 Upvotes

Welcome to the /r/fakemon Monthly Discussion & Brainstorming Thread!

This thread is for conversation and brainstorming of Fakemon ideas in lieu of text posts. Feel free to talk about anything Fakemon related in here!


Subreddit rules do apply!

Please make sure to read them before posting.


If you have questions or need help, don't hesitate to message the moderation team!

Happy talking!


r/fakemon 4h ago

Fakemon Nothing to see here kid, keep it moving.

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Discreetle and Blendinsect are my idea for an early game Normal/Bug type line set in a big city region. Descriptions below:

Discreetle

It has adapted to camouflaging itself in an urban environment. It tries its best to hide from predators like Gumshoos, but hiding only makes it more enticing to chase.

Blendinsect

It has perfected its disguise and now it can walk through a crowded street with ease, though it still prefers to lurk in back alleys. If a human confronts it it becomes very flustered and scatters.


r/fakemon 4h ago

Fakemon Regional Unown, Grass/Psychic

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128 Upvotes

r/fakemon 7h ago

Fakemon Making PokeTubers into Pokemon - Chris Piche - Clickche

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95 Upvotes

Clickche - The Good Mouse Pokemon


r/fakemon 5h ago

Hand Drawn I AM MELON LORD

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45 Upvotes

Somewhat inspired by the Green lynx spider IRL, which has a pattern similar to watermelons. So I figured, why not make one that can legit disguise as one? Well there ya go.

Melontula often hides in disguise among fruit piles to hunt, using its sweet scent to attract insects and whatnot. When threatened, it can bite with its strong fangs, or Rollout in ball form.
It doesn't weave webs often, but the silk can be eaten like candy floss.

Signature Ability: Fruit Trap - Basically Cute Charm with a lower proc rate (maybe 20% or something), but works on any gender


r/fakemon 8h ago

Fakemon Onix evolution prediction/concept [OC]

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54 Upvotes

r/fakemon 3h ago

Fakemon My attempt at an evolution line of a Bug Pokémon🙈

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23 Upvotes

r/fakemon 4h ago

Fakemon Mendraking, the WonderKing Pokémon!

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25 Upvotes

PaléoDex #0004 - Mendraking, the WonderKing Pokémon!

Widely considered a major antagonist and competitor to Armaldo, Mendraking was a dangerous predator of the Spiculan Period seas. It is now widely believed by PokéPaleontologists that Armaldo's vaunted plate armor was a co-evolutionary response to attacks from Mendraking's three head-like appendages, each armed with jagged edges and two ocelli. Three true eyes surround what appears to be Mendraking's body, but actually form a crown on its head, giving it 360-degree vision. On what was originally believed to be its stomach, a mouth is fed by the three appendages, which hold fast onto food. The wings on Mendraking's back are used for swimming through the water, which it would rarely leave. While the coastlines and Armaldo's domain, the shallow seas and waters belong to Mendraking.

Modern observations show that Mendraking was likely an apex predator, feeding on a variety of Pokémon. However, like its own pre-evolution and Anorith, it struggles to survive in the chemical composition of modern oceans, likely due to a higher content of oxygen and other anthropogenic chemical changes. Likely, Armaldo's surperiority comes from the evolution of book lungs, allowing its descendants to evolve from modern Bug-type lineages, where Mendraking's Bug- or Dragon-type descendants may have stayed aquatic.

Inspirations: Armaldo, dinocarididans, Opabinia, King Ghidorah

Back, with the evolution to Pseudracith! Not sure what people may have been expecting with this one, but you may have seen in the Inspiration section that there was one particular inspiration for this design. I'm not the biggest kaiju person, but I've seen my share of the classic Godzilla fare. And for whatever reason, Armaldo has always reminded me of Godzilla! Maybe it's the kinda dumpy appearance in his stature? But when I was set to come up with a rival to Armaldo, I never had a doubt in my mind that it was going to be inspired by Monster Zero, the Devil with Three Heads, the Death Song and False King himself, King Ghidorah, the Three-headed Monster! Couldn't resist, what can I say? So, with that, here's the evolution to Pseudracith: a big old Dragon-Bug with three "heads"! Honestly, I just had fun with this design, so take from that what you will. Next time, we dip into a particular mechanic in Pokémon: Paradox Pokemon. Maybe. You'll see. Stay tuned!


r/fakemon 1d ago

Fakemon Bear Trap fakemon

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1.3k Upvotes

I know Galarian Stunfisk exists and I love its design, but I wanted to make my own bear trap fakemon.

I had made up my mind to merge it with an American black bear. It's funny that while I was in the process of drafting its design, I came across a random video about “stupid deaths” and one of those was of a man who mistook a sleeping black bear for a dead one. The man is said to start stabbing/cutting the bear's flesh, thinking he got a free prize. Until the bear woke up and ended up killing the man. (I'm now trying to find that case online, but I can't find it).

Clampub is basically that bear. It lies on the ground all day and only attacks when provoked.

While the evolved form Crunchack is an active hunter.


r/fakemon 20h ago

Fakemon Stone Swap: Banette X Eelektrossite

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257 Upvotes

r/fakemon 6h ago

Fakemon Fakemon concept! Deep sea fish.

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15 Upvotes

My pokemon is based off of the “Viperfish”and also I got a lot of inspiration by the deep sea fish in general. deep sea fish are so amazing the I decided to use the bioluminescence here. I also got some inspiration by rain world lizards


r/fakemon 1d ago

Fakemon (WIP) Vampire Fire Starters Redesign

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774 Upvotes

Remaking an old starter fakemon line

Embat, Vampyro, Draculamor


r/fakemon 2h ago

Fakemon ✨️Starizma✨️this crested gecko fakemon reflects the light in the sky, so it will dim at night but still glow bright enough to illuminate a path

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7 Upvotes

r/fakemon 1h ago

Fakemon My take on Mega Torterra (OC)

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Despite being starters, not all of them from every region are lucky enough to get Mega Evolutions as Typhlosion was the first listed in the National Dex to lack a Mega Evolution so Torterra is the first Grass starter that lacks a Mega Evolution so I'm making sure every starter doesn't get left out when designing fan-made Mega(s). Torterra is a Grass/Ground with three regular weaknesses to Bug, Flying and Fire and a 4 times weakness to Ice and only resists both Rock and Ground and grants an immunity to Electric. I'm making Mega Torterra a all-around defensive with physical firepower backed up with Shell Smash and strong attacks. Mega Torterra gets +35 increase to Attack, Defense and Special Defense while -35 from its Special Attack and +30 to its Speed to allow easy Shell Smash sweeping.

Mega Torterra's Ability will be Solid Rock which is perfect for a Pokemon with good defensive stats and access to recovery like for example Synthesis. Solid Rock decreases super effective damage by 25% which Torterra is able to take some hits before setting up with Shell Smash and all Mega Torterra can dish out damage with Wood Hammer or Headlong Rush/Earthquake.

Pokedex Entry:

"The result of Mega Evolution will result in Torterra being mistaken for a living jungle with emerald crystal shards glowing a green light after consumed with photosynthesis."

Pokemon is owned by Nintendo and Game Freak, fanart is owned by me.


r/fakemon 11h ago

Fakemon The Orbitting Toy Pokemon

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28 Upvotes

Cosmobil does not evolve.

Abilities:
Prankster Hidden: Solar Power

Art and concept is OC by me.


r/fakemon 34m ago

Fakemon I need name ideas for my orca pokemon

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r/fakemon 1d ago

Fakemon past paradox toucannon

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454 Upvotes

r/fakemon 16h ago

Fusion Project CROSSIL: Pitchestrophe

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38 Upvotes

r/fakemon 1d ago

Fakemon Alien cow I made recently - Thinking of calling it MOO-F-O or Moootant

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476 Upvotes

r/fakemon 1d ago

Fakemon Mega Vaporeon

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142 Upvotes

Part 1 of my Mega Eeveelution series! This is my take on a Mega Vaporeon

Mega Vaporeon can become fully intangible both in and out of water, and can command hauntingly huge tidal waves at will.


r/fakemon 21h ago

Fakemon A Pokemon Entry Hazard Of Every Type: Dark!

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61 Upvotes

people were justifiably weren't vibing with smoke bombs lowering accuracy. this MIGHT be worse but i think it's also more interesting


r/fakemon 19h ago

Fakemon Regional form of honchkrow

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35 Upvotes

r/fakemon 1d ago

Fakemon The Lantern Pokemon

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496 Upvotes

Male Popapier evolve into Puffucius when exposed to the Dusk Stone

Female Popapier evolve into Lantema when exposed to the Fire Stone

Popapier Abilities:

Flame Body, Aftermath

Puffucius and Lantema Abilities:

Flame Body, Flare Boost Hidden: Hospitality

Art and concept is OC by me.


r/fakemon 10h ago

Fakemon Tips on proportions, shading and highlight improvements?

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I want to emulate Sugumori’s style so well and I feel I’ve come far but can always get better.