The Pok\u00e9mon Company celebrated the franchise\u2019s 30th anniversary in a huge way Friday, not only announcing Pok\u00e9mon Winds<\/em> and Waves<\/em> but also by giving us our first look at the Gen 10 starters right away. There\u2019s the water gecko Gecqua and the fire puppy Pombon, but the internet\u2019s early favorite is definitely Browt, who looks like an Angry Bird with some leaves growing on his forehead. You might say he has sprouts on his brow, which give him a menacing expression from most angles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pombon may be the undisputed goodest boy in the starter trio with a happy smile and fluffy mane, but don\u2019t we have enough fire dog Pok\u00e9mon already? Gecqua feels uninspired when we\u2019ve already had water lizard starters like Sobble and Froakie (technically an amphibian, but all frogs are lizards) \u2014 and at least those two look comedically anxious by comparison. Thus, Browt emerges as the most interesting of the three here, already inspiring tons of fan art.<\/p>\n In official materials, the Bean Chick Pok\u00e9mon is described as \u201clively but clumsy.\u201d From behind, it looks fluffy, so he\u2019s something of a chubby bean himself. Regardless of how much we all love Browt right now, what\u2019s ultimately going to make or break everyone\u2019s starter selection depends entirely on the evolutions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Because he\u2019s obviously a bird, you might think that Browt will eventually evolve into a grass\/flying-type Pok\u00e9mon, but unless developer Game Freak decides to break a major trend, that isn\u2019t likely to happen. Charizard is the only fully-evolved starter with flying \u2014 and it\u2019s not even a bird. To date, there have been three avian starters \u2014 Torchic, Piplup, and Rowlet \u2014 and even though Rowlet starts out as grass-flying, all three of these wind up with a non-flying subtype when fully evolved. That\u2019s possibly because flying isn\u2019t all that strong offensively in terms of type coverage. It boasts solid defenses but is weak to rock and electric, two very common types. It also just feels uninspired for a starter. Just look at Gen 9: grass\/dark, fire\/ghost, water\/fighting all make for interesting combos.<\/p>\n When you look at the history of Pok\u00e9mon starter types, there are some important trends to recognize if we\u2019re going to try and predict where Browt goes from here. Other than four pure grass, there\u2019s never been a repeat type combo. We\u2019ve seen poison, ground, fighting, ghost, and dark appear just once each as a subtype on grass starters. That\u2019s also the case for water with a different assortment. Fire is the anomaly here since Gen 3, 4, and 5 all had fire\/fighting. These days, variety seems to be the focus for Game Freak.<\/p>\n There are a number of subtypes that have never appeared on any starters, namely electric, ice, rock, bug, dragon, and normal. Unless Game Freak really tries to break the mold with Pok\u00e9mon Winds<\/em> and Waves<\/em>, none of these seem likely. If any, bug or dragon feel at least possible<\/em>. Ruling those out, that leaves psychic, steel, and fairy \u2014 each of which has appeared on a starter, but not on a grass starter before.<\/p>\n At least one fan out there theorized Browt is destined to beef up his legs and evolve into thick-legged Dong Tao chicken and pick up the dragon subtype. That design would also work with fighting, but the color scheme of the Dong Tao is also more red-brown than green-white. Another interesting fan theory positions Browt as a fully-evolved peacock with the fairy subtype. This one feels more likely, but the fact remains that when we examine the history of grass starters, the features that get exaggerated over time are the ones that show vegetation of some kind. Look at Bulbasaur and Turtwig. They start with some kind of growth on their head and\/or back that, as they evolve, gets bigger and bigger until we\u2019re looking at a turtle with a huge blossom or tree on its back.<\/p>\n Browt\u2019s growth is on its beak and forehead, so those leaves are likely to grow up, out, and back across its body in some way, unless it winds up a reverse peacock situation until we\u2019re looking at a giant fan on its head. Browt\u2019s current design seems to draw inspiration from New Zealand\u2019s flightless parrot, the k\u0101k\u0101p\u014d. They\u2019re mostly green with a bit of yellow and dark black feet, so the color scheme certainly matches there.<\/p>\n My gut tells me there are two strong possibilities here: magic beans have roots in folklore, and since we\u2019ve never seen a grass\/fairy starter, the Bean Chick Pok\u00e9mon could become the very first. Or, if Game Freak leans into Browt\u2019s angry, menacing glances, then fighting could also be on the table. Ultimately, however, this may be a fruitless exercise. After all, Browt\u2019s fellow Chick Pok\u00e9mon, Torchic, also started out as a cute little bird \u2014 only to evolve into a terrifying humanoid chicken that\u2019s on fire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"pokemon](\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poke-mon-presents-_-2-27-2026-23-35-screenshot.png?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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