Gen 2 Pokémon Quiz: All 100 Johto Species
100 Johto Pokémon — including the ones you've forgotten
This gen 2 Pokémon quiz covers every species introduced in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, from Chikorita (#152) to Celebi (#251). Qwilfish, Stantler, Dunsparce — they're all here, and they're all coming up.
What the Gen 2 Pokémon Quiz Covers
Generation 2 expanded the National Pokédex from #152 Chikorita to #251 Celebi, adding exactly 100 new species across the Johto region. That total includes the three starters, the legendary beasts, the tower duo, baby Pokémon like Pichu and Igglybuff, and a cluster of new evolutions for Kanto species — Steelix, Espeon, Scizor, and more.
The quiz runs in Picture mode by default, showing official artwork and asking for the name. One-edit typo tolerance includes adjacent transpositions, and you can switch to silhouette, cry, type, or Pokédex-entry mode.
The Hardest Gen 2 Pokémon to Remember
Johto includes species gated behind evolutionary items, post-game Kanto routes, or uncommon encounters, which makes them reasonable editorial study candidates. Pokédrill's observed Gen 2 sample is still too small to turn that editorial list into a reliable community ranking.
Qwilfish, Stantler, Dunsparce, Smoochum, Skiploom, and Sunkern cover several useful study patterns: standalone species in the original games, baby or middle stages, and encounters players may not repeatedly see. Their inclusion here is editorial rather than proof that one ranks above another.
- Qwilfish: A standalone species in the original games with limited encounter exposure, making it a useful study candidate.
- Stantler: Lacked an evolution until Legends: Arceus introduced Wyrdeer, giving the original species a relatively weak family anchor.
- Dunsparce: An uncommon encounter in the original games and a standalone species until Dudunsparce arrived in Generation 9.
- Skiploom: Severe middle-child syndrome in the Hoppip line — neither the cute base form nor the memorable final evolution Jumpluff.
- Sunkern: Its very low base stats and brief early-stage role can make it easy to overlook next to Sunflora.
- Slugma: Introduced in Gen 2 but found in Kanto locations in the original games, making its generational context worth memorizing.
The Iconic Johto Pokémon You Already Know
Not every Gen 2 species needs the same study approach. Umbreon won the Johto category in the 2020 Pokémon of the Year poll. Tyranitar has had long-running competitive relevance, Lugia headlined the second animated movie, and Scizor has appeared in many competitive formats since its debut.
These anchor Pokémon tend to come quickly during a quiz run, which can create false confidence. Answering Umbreon and Lugia in the first thirty seconds doesn't mean you'll remember Remoraid — a fish that somehow evolves into an octopus — when it appears later in the rotation.
Johto Naming Patterns That Help Your Memory
Gen 2's localization maintained the descriptive portmanteau style of Kanto but began integrating more sophisticated references. Houndoom blends 'Hound' and 'Doom' to announce the new Dark-type immediately. Skarmory compounds 'Sky' and 'Armory,' communicating its Steel/Flying typing in a single word. These names tend to stick because the construction logic is transparent once you notice it.
The trickier names are the ones that don't follow an obvious pattern. Politoed requires knowing it exists as an alternate evolution of Poliwhirl via a King's Rock trade — players who never performed that trade may not recall the name at all. Slugma is another case where the name is simple but the context is wrong: it's a Kanto-encounter Pokémon introduced in Gen 2, which causes generation confusion in timed recall situations.
How Pokédrill Handles Missed Gen 2 Pokémon
Every missed species is stored locally and becomes eligible for extra random selection on this device, without a guaranteed return order or scheduled interval. Every finite completion offers Retry same pack and New pack; when there are misses, it also lists them and offers Review misses. Continuous mode has no completion screen.
Current observed samples are too small for a reliable Gen 2 ranking. Remoraid and Yanma are base-stage species, while Igglybuff is a baby Pokémon—not mid-evolutions.
Tips for Completing the Johto Dex Quiz
One reliable approach is to run through the quiz by evolutionary family first. Generation 2 has an unusual number of baby Pokémon — Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, Magby — that exist as pre-evolutions of Kanto species. Grouping these mentally ensures they don't slip through as 'orphan' names you can't place in a sequence.
The post-game Kanto species are another memory trap. Slugma, Sneasel, and Teddiursa appear in places casual players can miss. The current quiz can isolate Generation 2, but it does not expose type or custom subset filters.
Gen 2 in the Context of All 1025 Pokémon
Across all 9 generations, the National Pokédex now holds 1025 Pokémon. Generation 2's 100 species represent roughly ten percent of that total. Its structural links to Kanto — baby forms, cross-generation evolutions, and post-game routes — make evolutionary-family study especially useful, but current Pokédrill data is not sufficient to compare Gen 2 difficulty with other eras.
If you can name all 100 confidently, the Gen 1 and Gen 3 packs are the natural next steps. Hoenn's 135 species include their own set of obscure water-route encounters, and building up generation by generation is a more systematic path to full National Dex recall than attempting all 1025 at once.