So I've never seen anyone else say it, but I'm rather certain Porygon-Z's lunacy is a result of the Distortion World:
>evolves with Dubious Disc
>said item's description says, 'producer unknown'. Probably illegal. Why else would it be dubious?
>you find a Dubious Disc INSIDE Galactic HQ in Veilstone
>in Platinum, guy in Veilstone GIVES you a Porygon and straight up tells you, "I suspect it ran away from those Team Galactic goons"
>PZ's dex entry says it was created to explore alternate dimensions, but something went wrong
>Galactic made unauthorized evolution of P2, to explore the Distorion World
>It DIDN'T go wrong, it just went very, very right
or, alternatively
>it did go wrong, but only because PZ is a Normal type, and it and Ghost don't mix too well
>Look at my head canon
>GF are good story tellers because m-muh head canon
It went into Ultra Space and saw things that make Guzzlord look like rainbows.
>>31049207
he's a balloon animal
Just stop.
These headcanons have gone too far.
>>31049241
>can't get shiny Ultra Beasts even though they're basically just normal Pokemon from another dimension
>can get shiny Type: Null despite there being only three in existence
>>31049241
>>31049349
It's really not that absurd as far as headcanon goes. The only real leap in logic is assuming the alternate dimension it was intended to explore is the distortion world.
But since that was the only alternate dimension alluded to in the games at the time of Porygon Z's introduction, it really isn't that crazy.
>>31049364
The third Type: Null is the shiny one.
>>31049458
>in 1/4000 universes Gladion slips up and gives you the shiny
this is a headcanon I can get behind
>>31049241
>turns down perfectly credible theory just for the sake of not being nice
You're not nice.