PA! has a ton of useful Emoticons for communicating ideas. Stuff like smiles and sunshines! :D

But since this is a Pokémon site, we also have other useful Pokémon symbols which can be easily placed. Stuff like Pokémon TCG energy symbols ( :TG :TP :TN etc) and Pokémon video game type symbols from Sword/Shield ( :SDG :STP :SWN etc)! Plus if you see something and you want to know how to use it, simply mouse-over it and it’ll tell you its own code. Nifty, huh?

Sooner or later we’ll be replacing these emoticons with an actual font you can use and download—just as we did with the Galarian text—or higher quality versions (albeit either highly detailed purely pixelated)… but until then, you can use these handy emoticons. And so, here is what they are!

 

Classic Nickmoticons

Oooh! Here’s a blast from the past… I recently rediscovered my old “Nickmoticons” which I made back during the good ol’ “Pokémon Aaah! Forum” days, but until now they were left without a home. Well, now that PA! is back, I figured I might as well add them back to the site as well. And so here they are in their classic glory!

Again, you should be able to just mouse-over each one to see how to use it.

:not: :shoot: %o% :ninja: :ohwell: :skull: :Z 7_7 :hand: :hmm: 9o9 7o7
:wub: :headless: :hey: :td: :tu: :ape: :radio: :idea: :no: :yes: :-? :?
:*( :.( :( >:-( >:( 8-( X-( ;) :(!) :(?) :-) :.)
:) >:) 8.) 8-) O:) :-/ :/ =-/ 8-/ X-/ :-| :|
8-| 9-| $) :-3 :3 <3 9_9 ^o^ :.D :-D :D 8-D
X-D XD :-E :G :-O 8-O :P X-P XP :-X :X :-Z

Unfortunately the Discord Server has a limit of 50 custom emoticons, so some of these might not appear there.

 

POKÉMON VG TYPE SYMBOLS (SwSh)

In Pokémon Sword/Shield, the game introduced new symbols for each of the 18 Pokémon types. Furthermore they were given a color unique to that type. I’ve painstakingly ripped the symbols and added them to the site as emoticons. You people better be grateful for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into this site (er, not literally… I mean, I have yet to figure out a way to digitize blood, sweat and/or tears and transfer them over standard TCP/IP…)

For the emoticons used here, there are three symbol types and two sizes involved. This requires a three-letter symbol code, which should be pretty easy to use and remember.

The code format is:

  1. size; “L” for large, “S” for small.
  2. form; which is how the symbol will look
    1. “W” for white symbol on colored BG
    2. “T” for colored symbol with transparent BG, and
    3. “D” for colored symbol on dark-colored BG
  3. type; which is the actual Pokémon type symbol. The actual letter is listed below.

…and that’s it! So if you want a large, transparent Flying symbol, just use LTV … which will look like: :LTV

Oh, and here’s what they actually look like:

LARGE
DARK		 LARGE
transp.		 LARGE
white		 small
DARK		 small
transp.		 small
white
:LDB LDB :LTB LTB :LWB LWB :SDB SDB :STB STB :SWB SWB
:LDD LDD :LTD LTD :LWD LWD :SDD SDD :STD STD :SWD SWD
:LDN LDN :LTN LTN :LWN LWN :SDN SDN :STN STN :SWN SWN
:LDL LDL :LTL LTL :LWL LWL :SDL SDL :STL STL :SWL SWL
:LDY LDY :LTY LTY :LWY LWY :SDY SDY :STY STY :SWY SWY
:LDF LDF :LTF LTF :LWF LWF :SDF SDF :STF STF :SWF SWF
:LDR LDR :LTR LTR :LWR LWR :SDR SDR :STR STR :SWR SWR
:LDV LDV :LTV LTV :LWV LWV :SDV SDV :STV STV :SWV SWV
:LDH LDH :LTH LTH :LWH LWH :SDH SDH :STH STH :SWH SWH
:LDG LDG :LTG LTG :LWG LWG :SDG SDG :STG STG :SWG SWG
:LDA LDA :LTA LTA :LWA LWA :SDA SDA :STA STA :SWA SWA
:LDI LDI :LTI LTI :LWI LWI :SDI SDI :STI STI :SWI SWI
:LDC LDC :LTC LTC :LWC LWC :SDC SDC :STC STC :SWC SWC
:LDO LDO :LTO LTO :LWO LWO :SDO SDO :STO STO :SWO SWO
:LDP LDP :LTP LTP :LWP LWP :SDP SDP :STP STP :SWP SWP
:LDK LDK :LTK LTK :LWK LWK :SDK SDK :STK STK :SWK SWK
:LDM LDM :LTM LTM :LWM LWM :SDM SDM :STM STM :SWM SWM
:LDW LDW :LTW LTW :LWW LWW :SDW SDW :STW STW :SWW SWW

The single-letter code for each type might not make sense for some of them (like “L” for “Electric”? “V” for “Flying”?), but this was done to ensure that each type can be represented by a single letter, and that that letter can be applicable to BOTH the video game and TCG types. That said, since I coined the TCG letters first, they had priority.

For example, “L” for “Electric” is because it’s called “Lightning” in the TCG, and thus both “:STL” ( :STL ) and “:TL” ( :TL ) can reference the same type.

 

POKÉMON TCG ENERGY SYMBOLS

Wanna insert some Pokémon TCG energy symbols into your replies without having to use plain ol’ text like F for Fighting or G for Grass? Then use these!

:TG :TR :TW :TL :TF :TP :TC :TD :TM :TN :TY :TT :TS :TU :TE
TG TR TW TL TF TP TC TD TM TN TY TT TS TU TE

 

To use these, it’s pretty simple; it’s just a simple two-letter code, where the first letter it T for “TCG”.

As for the second letter, for the sake of consistency, I’m using the same single-letter code for types used in the VG emoticons above. The single-letter code for the other symbols are:

  • T = Trainer (Item)
  • S = Trainer (Stadium)
  • U = Trainer (Supporter)
  • E = Energy

So, TG = “TCG Grass”, and TY = “TCG Fairy”. Simple, huh?

As a reminder, both the TCG and video game types use the same single-letter code across both. Thus both “:STL” ( :STL ) and “:TL” ( :TL ) can reference the same type.

Meanwhile, for some reason I decided to make some TCG icons with the logo of one type and the color of another. This was mostly because I wanted the Psychic icon with the Fairy color… but I figured that if I was gonna make one, why not make the rest? Getting them is simple; just use the above chart to determine the letters of the types you want, then type a three letter code like TXY, where “X” is the color of the type you want to use and “Y” is the logo of the type you want. So, for example, “TWR” uses the color of Water (“W”) and the logo of Fire (“R”): :TWR

 

:TG :TGR :TGW :TGL :TGF :TGP :TGC :TGD :TGM :TGN :TGY
:TRG :TR :TRW :TRL :TRF :TRP :TRC :TRD :TRM :TRN :TRY
:TWG :TWR :TW :TWL :TWF :TWP :TWC :TWD :TWM :TWN :TWY
:TLG :TLR :TLW :TL :TLF :TLP :TLC :TLD :TLM :TLN :TLY
:TFG :TFR :TFW :TFL :TF :TFP :TFC :TFD :TFM :TFN :TFY
:TPG :TPR :TPW :TPL :TPF :TP :TPC :TPD :TPM :TPN :TPY
:TCG :TCR :TCW :TCL :TCF :TCP :TC :TCD :TCM :TCN :TCY
:TDG :TDR :TDW :TDL :TDF :TDP :TDC :TD :TDM :TDN :TDY
:TMG :TMR :TMW :TML :TMF :TMP :TMC :TMD :TM :TMN :TMY
:TNG :TNR :TNW :TNL :TNF :TNP :TNC :TND :TNM :TN :TNY
:TYG :TYR :TYW :TYL :TYF :TYP :TYC :TYD :TYM :TYN :TY

 

Use this for whatever reason you want.

 

GALARIAN ALPHABET

Until I can make a Galarian alphabet font and an easy way for you to use it in comments, you can use these handy emoticons to spell out Galarian words.

Here’s a protip: simply copy ” :G” (as in, [SPACE][COLON][G]), that way you can just type in a letter then “CTRL/CMD-V” to paste the prefix, letter, paste, letter, paste, letter, paste, letter, paste, etc etc. There are also ways to use regex commands to insert ” :G” between every letter, if you want to be lazy about it.

:G! :G+ :G^ :G0 :G1 :G2 :G3 :G4 :G5 :G6 :G7 :G8 :G9
! + ^ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
:GA :GB :GC :GD :GE :GF :GG :GH :GI :GJ :GK :GL :GM
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
:GN :GO :GP :GQ :GR :GS :GT :GU :GV :GW :GX :GY :GZ
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

…ok FINE if you wanna use regex, do this:

  • type out your phrase using UPPERCASE letters, like maybe GA9A4 BEWCVE
  • in your favorite text editor that can do regex searches, take the text and do a find-and-replace using the following inputs (minus the quotes):
    • FIND: “(\w)”
    • REPLACE: ” :G\1″ (there is a space in front of the colon)
  • what you’re doing is telling the find-and-replace function to take every single character in the text and add ” :G” in front of it. Therefore turing “GA9A4 BEWCVE” into ” GG GA G9 GA G4 GB GE GW GC GV GE” (colons removed just so you can see what the replaced text would kinda look like)
  • tadah! instant Galarian text! …
    • side note, the regex search might not recognize the characters “!”, “+” and “^” so you might have to add the “:G” prefix manually.
    • Similarly, normal spaces might not separate Galarian text as clearly, so you can use “:G_” ([SPACE][COLON][G][UNDERSCORE]) to add in a wider, Galarian text-friendly space.

Enjoy!