# The ultimate prankster **URL:** \ **Category:** Archived General\ **Created:** [April 1, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784 "2020-04-01T18:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MizukiNiles](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/mizukiniles/32/19869_2.png) [@MizukiNiles](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/MizukiNiles)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/1 "2020-04-01T18:37:00Z")
![Screenshot_20200401-091759](https://pokemongohub-forum-bucket-v2.s3.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/0/604e42dfeee8114f30ac3daf6419af584ce25af6.png) Thought I was catching Pokemon I needed candy for then they turned into this. Edit: the current ditto count for me now is seven. ---
**Author:** ![Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/jormdeworm/32/34621_2.png) [@Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Jormdeworm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/2 "2020-04-01T18:55:30Z")
I too have gotten a few Ditto today, but I don’t need them, except for the Croagunk Research tasks. ---
**Author:** ![bobbyjack8](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/bobbyjack8/32/21337_2.png) [@bobbyjack8](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/bobbyjack8)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/3 "2020-04-02T19:50:48Z")
Yup. Caught a bunch of Ditto today. ---
**Author:** ![NotanotherKangaskhan](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/8edcca/32.png) [@NotanotherKangaskhan](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/NotanotherKangaskhan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/4 "2020-04-05T00:06:24Z")
High flee rate on the purple blob ![image](https://pokemongohub-forum-bucket-v2.s3.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/8/383fc0208e5d121d99c78025119d66346fc62f45.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/5 "2020-04-05T02:16:57Z")
If you encounter it in the wild and it despawns while you’re busy catching other Pokémon or raiding, does that count as a Seen but not Caught? Or does it only do that for the first encounter? (I have had several Pokémon show “Seen 1 Caught 0” when I didn’t recall encountering one yet, and several show that when I clearly recall seeing them, but only once, defending a gym.) ---
**Author:** ![NotanotherKangaskhan](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/8edcca/32.png) [@NotanotherKangaskhan](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/NotanotherKangaskhan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/6 "2020-04-05T02:33:15Z")
I wouldn’t think it counts but can’t be sure to conclusively rule it out. ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/7 "2020-04-05T02:43:40Z")
Last night was the worst – I tried catching everything I saw and succeeded in catching several dozen (with only a few fleeing), and it seemed like nearly half of them wound up being Ditto. From Sudowoodo to Voltorb to Foongus … seemed like even the Weedles, Ledybas and Hoppips were Dittos. And I just KNOW that if I got a “Catch 3 Dittos” research task, I wouldn’t see another Ditto for over a week. 😏😆 [edited to fix “Ledybugs” to “Ledybas”] ---
**Author:** ![Mew1](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/mew1/32/16683_2.png) [@Mew1](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Mew1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/8 "2020-04-05T02:48:01Z")
If you mean you “encounter” it at your catch screen but you fail to catch it, that counts as 1 more seen but 0 more caught. If you see some Pokémon in the gym but you don’t have them in your dex, those count as seen too. ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/9 "2020-04-05T02:50:12Z")
Thanks. That has a scent of truth to it. My description was middle-aged-fuzzy-memory of anecdotal experiences, at best. Joke was on me – 8 more Dittos in an hour of play tonight. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/jormdeworm/32/34621_2.png) [@Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Jormdeworm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/10 "2020-04-05T08:32:03Z")
Are you sure? Because Sudowoodo can’t be a Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/11 "2020-04-05T15:17:49Z")
That’s what I thought, too. I only recall it happening once, though; so it’s possible I am mistaken. But I recall being very unpleasantly surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/jormdeworm/32/34621_2.png) [@Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Jormdeworm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/12 "2020-04-06T09:54:17Z")
That’s odd. I also have had a Ditto run away but it counted as a Voltorb that ran away, not as a Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Branebs](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/branebs/32/49933_2.png) [@Branebs](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Branebs)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/13 "2020-04-06T18:47:11Z")
I’ve just caught my 100th Ditto! 💯 And I have 100% catch rate! 💯 ![_20200406_204249](https://pokemongohub-forum-bucket-v2.s3.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/e/ce30d948cf54b63cdaa787a6eaed315356951b29.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![bobbyjack8](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/bobbyjack8/32/21337_2.png) [@bobbyjack8](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/bobbyjack8)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/14 "2020-04-07T01:00:47Z")
![image](https://pokemongohub-forum-bucket-v2.s3.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/d/9ddd3fc9324523d855776697c35a6aba6a9d1a53.png) It doesn’t turn into a Ditto until after you catch it. ---
**Author:** ![NotanotherKangaskhan](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/8edcca/32.png) [@NotanotherKangaskhan](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/NotanotherKangaskhan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/15 "2020-04-07T01:06:54Z")
That’s interesting @bobbyjack8. So how do I get such a busted number in my screen shot above? I just figured it was due to my Go Plus catch fails as Ditto often takes serval balls. ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/16 "2020-04-07T01:49:35Z")
It has to mean when we encounter a Ditto, the “seen” counter is incremented for Ditto, not what it is pretending to be. ---
**Author:** ![bobbyjack8](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/bobbyjack8/32/21337_2.png) [@bobbyjack8](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/bobbyjack8)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/17 "2020-04-07T01:52:08Z")
I don’t use a GoPlus ---
**Author:** ![Mew1](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/mew1/32/16683_2.png) [@Mew1](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Mew1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/18 "2020-04-07T03:32:04Z")
![IMG_20200406_203054](https://pokemongohub-forum-bucket-v2.s3.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/9/f930f8c6d7db143fa33c6bc550ebc1a49dd788a2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/jormdeworm/32/34621_2.png) [@Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Jormdeworm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/the-ultimate-prankster/23784/19 "2020-11-04T21:21:39Z")
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