Ditto transformed into the enemy Polderjoch!
Part of my series "150 followers, 150 pokémon" from Twitter. Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, the 37th episode of the pokémon anime, was released at a time when the pokémon fandom was reaching a peak. It was one of the few episode which, truly, everyone saw, as it occurred very close to a hiatus in new episodes (don't worry, our TV overlords kept us filled with reruns in the interim). This episode featured a Ditto that, although it could transform into any pokémon, trainer, or indeed object, was unable to change its face. Fans quickly adopted the theory that all Ditto start out like that, something that wouldn't change until another Ditto appeared over a hundred episodes later in Gen 2, which made Ditto's popularity tank. <sup>In Gen 4, this was reversed to say most Ditto can't transform their faces but the damage was done: Ditto was already the butt of all the Daycare jokes.</sup> For my 132nd follower, @@Polderjoch, I decided to draw a Ditto transforming into its new trainer hoping to please him. Look at him, he's so happy! (original sketch) I was prepared to deal with the motion blur of the tail wag this time, I was not prepared for how many spots Polderjoch's fur has. This is the only time I'm going to "close" fur strands: it's a tell-tale for the character presented to be more easily identifiable as a Ditto (even if it can transform its face). Once again, anybody wants any of the pokémon sketches colored, modified to fit a different 'sona, or touched up, let me know and I'll do it for cheap
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