Fairy-type Pokemon are known for being cute, spritelike, and often pink. But, their shiny forms aren’t always as appealing, as many of them are kind of hard to look at or at least a little disappointing. Some Fairy-types are great when, like Xerneas or Gardevoir, but others just don’t measure up.
The Fairy-type isn’t home to as many ugly shinies as other types, but that may just be because the Fairy-type doesn’t have that many Pokemon to begin with. Regardless, there are some that are just plain awful. Here are those, as well as some that are underwhelming.
10 Mr. Mime
Few Pokemon have elicited more discomfort and general unease than Mr. Mime. This Generation I Pokemon, which you probably forgot is a Fairy-type now, has a weird, creepy vibe that the people behind Pokemon even capitalize on from time to time, like the Mr. Mime in the Detective Pikachu movies.
Normally, Mr. Mime is at least the bearer of a nice color palette — a simple pink, white, and blue. But, when shiny, that pink is traded for neon green. It’s just ugly, and not even because of Mr. Mime being weird to begin with.
9 Milcery
Milcery, like Mr. Mime, is already a strange Pokemon before being shiny, albeit for a different reason. Its evolution, Alcremie, easily could have served as a single-stage standalone. But, it evolves from Milcery, which is basically just a little drop of milk or cream that has soulless white eyes.
It’s at least clever and looks like a splash of dairy. But, when shiny, it’s just strange-looking. While Alcremie takes on a cool ash-grey coloring when shiny, Milcery only becomes slightly off-white and has some weird grey eyes that make it look like a ghost.
8 Hatterene
Normally, Hatterene has the same color palette as cotton candy ice cream: baby blue and light pink. There’s a split between these colors that’s a bit harsher than it should be, but the gradient from head to toe is nice.
When shiny, however, the blue part gets washed out while the pink part gets deeper. It would have been better if both colors got lighter or darker, instead of one of each.
7 Mega Audino
While Audino is not a Fairy-type, it’s Mega Evolution is. Another difference between them is that Audino’s shiny is great, while its Mega Evolution is not.
Before Mega Evolving, shiny Audino has swapped the light pink for a nice soft purple, showing off a color we don’t see often in the Pokemon world. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for its Mega Evolved form, which hardly looks distinguishable from its normal coloring.
6 Galarian Weezing
The shiny forms for Kantonian Weezing and its pre-evolution, Koffing, are some of the best of all time. They swap in their poisonous greyish-purple for a cool bright teal with purple smoke. It’s a favorite among fans.
However, Weezing’s Galarian form doesn’t join the party. Instead, Galarian Weezing’s grey coloring is traded for a weird reddish-brown. It’s not a nice color, unfortunately, and the smoke doesn’t change at all, unlike its original form.
5 Togekiss
Like Mega Audino, some shinies are disappointing not because they’re ugly, but because it’s almost impossible to tell them apart from their regular coloring. Togekiss is a notorious example of this and has been for years.
This poor Fairy/Flying-type simply fades its stark white body into a slightly yellowish off-white. Additionally, the blue and red spots on its ears and torso trade places. This is true for the whole evolutionary family, but Togekiss is the worst of the three.
4 Klefki
Klefki is another strange Pokemon, which seems to be a theme in the Fairy-type category. It’s basically a simple keyring, and it collects keys that it adds to its ring. Normally, it’s the same shade of basic grey that many other Steel-types or metallic Pokemon are.
When shiny, it almost seems to trade the grey/silver in for gold, but, upon closer inspection, it’s just manila yellow. If it were gold, or even bronze, it would be much cooler.
3 Granbull
Sometimes a Pokemon is really cool or interesting when shiny, but its evolution isn’t as good, making it a tough choice on whether or not to evolve it. Such is the case for the Snubbull family. Snubbull itself is really fun when shiny, taking on a lavender coloring with different shades of pink for its detailing.
It’s not the most attractive color palette, but it’s fun to look at and an interesting palette for an early-generation Pokemon. After evolving, though, it loses all the fun. Poor Granbull, who is typically a nice soft purple-pink, becomes a boring beige.
2 Primarina
Poor Primarina. This Water/Fairy-type starter Pokemon is known for being graceful and beautiful, but its shiny looks anything but. Normally, Primarina is white with a teal tail and light blue hair. It works together well with the white torse and face, and pink detailing.
Unfortunately, the shiny form of Primarina is a terrible combination of colors. It maintains the nice white and pink sections, but trades the varying shades of teal and blue for a dark primary blue and soft canary yellow. The colors are both bad, and together they’re somehow worse.
1 Mimikyu
Mimikyu’s shiny form seems like a mistake. This Ghost/Fairy-type isn’t actually visible in its sprite — it’s a strange demon that wears a costume to resemble Pikachu. When it’s shiny, the costume shouldn’t change, because it’s not actually part of the Pokemon. But, it becomes a light grey.
If anything, the costume should take on Pikachu’s shiny coloring, since Mimikyu is attempting to look like a Pikachu. Alas, we’re stuck with this seeming mistake.
NEXT: 10 Pokémon That Had Their Shiny Form Changed
