"Tropius are large sauropod Pokémon with brown and green bodies. They possess large, broad green leaves on their backs which they use for flight. These leaves also double for sugar production via photosynthesis, to give Tropius even more energy. Despite being very big and bulky, they are surprisingly maneuverable in the air. They have long necks which they use for reaching treetops to gorge on their most favored food, fruits. They also grow fruits of their own on their necks which resemble a bunch of ripe bananas. These fruits can be picked and consumed by other Pokémon and by humans, and grow twice a year because of the rapid reproduction of sugar in their leaves, making the rapid production of the fruits in its neck. Their feet have toenails the same color as their fruit."
Out of all the 'rare' pokemon available in the Hoenn games, Tropius stands to be my favorite, and one of my favorite pokemon in general; it's not as obvious as Skarmory, while not being as elusive-as-balls as Chimecho and some of its cowardly compatriots. It was always one of those pokemon that I felt I NEEDED to catch on one or more of my playthroughs, its habit, Route 119, was my favorite place in the game, and it was like a thing of mystique encountering one of these hulking, gentle giants, truly a member of the 'dinosaur' pokemon as the above description puts it. A shame I never used one of these puppies, cause my do-gooder jailbait rival always sported one at Lilycove City. At least they were original and didn't resort to some obvious flying type like Swellow, even better than the rivals in other games, such as Gary's complete lack of originality and Barry's sadist trait of treating his Starly like a bonsai tree. I hate playing copycat so instead of just using their pokemon too, I would go out of my way not to, instead choosing to snag Spearows, Drifloons, and even going to the effort of getting a Crobat just so I could use it to butcher his stupid overpowered Stararaptor.
*Whew*, well that was fun, got a lot of steam out of my head. I leave for spring break today, what a shame, Giratina won't get his companion Lugia on the shelf next to him until next week, but oh well, spring happens. Godammit, I'm not witty like everyone else so I can't think of anything funny to say with this.