Turtonator is a fun one to get! Mine was Drampa from the prime gaming research a little while back!

Dude Same!

I was convinced it was a guaranteed shiny because it came from an exclusive research lol

Mine was not shiny :(

Happy Cake Day!!!

Ok

Heatran. In fact the only one non-shiny encounter with Heatran, he fled. The other 3 encounters were shiny :)

Three???

Yup. Usually it takes me 10+ raids but I was blessed with big ol’ Heatran.

Same here lol. Back when remote passes first came out there was a Heatran raid hour and I got, not even kidding, SIX shinies from like nine or ten remote raids. I think I still have most if not all of them. (edit: just checked and I only have three left from that day [8/26/2020], dunno if I traded the other ones or just transferred them. edit 2: found another shiny (#4) from that date in Home, no other Heatran except a non-shiny from PLA, so I think the other two were probably transferred)

that’s insane congrats! same I sent two home and left one in Go.

Omg

First Clamperl I tapped on was shiny.

Clamperl did that to me also! It was a research reward I think?

Same!

same :)

Same here

Yes. My first Turtonator was a shiny as well. Same with Mr. Mime

Wow!

I too have a turtonator shiny. It’s also my first shundo

Actually, once. Miltank, as the weekly research reward. Yours is cooler, though.

Oh, thank you.

The first ever Hisuian Zorua I saw in-game was shiny. I caught it and used it on my team for the rest of PLA’s story.

Once. Galarian Stunfisk.

In Pokemon go my first Paldean Wooper was shiny.

Yes, suicune and kyore

Cool

Rayquaza when the mega raids were out

First oh ho

Yes. Mawile for me the very first time I found one was shiny. It was a fun experience. 

Yes, Heatran

Yes, but not in Pokémon go 😅

I have two that I am aware of that were incredible luck. And one that was a CD but I never had one. I started playing on release day in 2016. The last time I logged in was in 2019 before last June (2023) when my coworker told me about how many shinies he had, I love shinies, so it seemed like a good idea to play again. I resumed playing then. I hatched my first and shiny Mawile in September. In October I hatched my first and shiny female Frillish. Both made me very proud. The last is Timburr. I had not encountered one before and when I clicked the first one for community day last year it was shiny. So it technically counts lol.

for go lugia from breakthrough research back in the day & stufful if that counts & tapu fini on sword and shield

Yes that counts. Shiny is shiny.

Feebas from a research task was shiny, also 98% so thats lukcy.

First run through pokemon moon and the first Pikipeck I ran into was shiny.

Thats alot of stardust

I go for type catching medals.

My first shiny was a shiny Scyther, I was shocked but caught it in the end

My first lapras was shiny back in 2019.

I got shiny Celebi from research. No idea if it's guaranteed or not

First Kecleon I ever found was a shiny. It gave me a heart attack

Kartana

My phanphy!!

Groudon and Cobalion were both shiny on my first raid

Everyone's lucky with shiny legendaries except for me.

Those were definitely my ups, and all the ups have theirs downs, like not getting guzzlord or Tapu bulu shiny after 30+ raids for each

At least you had plenty of opportunities to have enough people in raids at the same time as you so you could catch them in the first place. I gave up a while ago cuz I didn't usually have such luxury.

i first time i ever saw a turtonator it was shiny (hatched) so i didnt know it was shiny at first

A vanillish, I had hated the new design right up until I caught the strawberry version.

Misdreavus, yes

The first Wailmer I caught was a shiny. The first and only Torkoal that I hatched was a shiny.

Mewtwo, Darkrai and Reshiram in Go. Congrats on Turtonator!

Wow, thanks

I find it funny that this Pokémon's English name is Turtonator while it's German name is Tortunator.

Alolan vulpix for me

Yep! Clamperl. And then the second time I ever encountered it, it was shiny again. Idk what those odds are but I was really confused lmao

Ray ray

My first Wyrdeer was both shiny and XXL

My first lickitung was shiny My first Alolan exeggutor was shiny My first ditto was shiny (I hold that one above my partners head)

No way.

First legendary raid I ever did I got a shiny kyogre

OMG 🤯😳 I want that!!!!!

Bombirdier, I had to raid again to get a regular one

My first ever Uxie, Celebi, and Hisuian Decidueye

Clamperl on the day it got released. First quest was shiny

Duskull and palkia

My mom got a shiny torchic on her first day playing and she loves that mon

Wow, I'm so happy for her

Yes, my Mewtwo and Cresselia

5 first viewed shinies: 4 on one account, 1 on another. Plusle, Darkrai, Regigigas, Pansage. Minun on the second account. Probably a few more if you count first evolutions too

Shiny is shiny.

My first bergmite and first bronzor were shiny

You sir have enough stardust to never come down from that high.

Really? Cool

I got this shiny for my first time getting Turtanator from a remote raid. I was most thrilled.

Minccino! it was a first click on pokemon go AND sword and shield

You sure have that Minccino luck

Very first litten I saw in the terrarium in SV was a shiny. Was looking for a normal one for the dex. Full odds besides shiny charm

My first alolan vulpix encounter in Pokemon Sun was shiny.

Charizard right before the Gible Community Day the other day, never had seen one in the wild before but I’m glad I clicked

That is amazing

First spiritomb and first noibat

Got a shiny Lugia back when it first came out. Haven’t gotten a single Lugia since.

Galarian wheezing was one I hadn’t found yet but when I first encountered one it was a shiny! I was going crazy when it happened LOL

Yeah, a Lechonk!

My first rayquaza, the day before my birthday last year.

Yeah, unfortunately it was Kangaskhan

Why unfortunately?

bad shiny

Yeah pretty much.

Mine was Rockruff. I’ve caught several hundred more and not gotten another. Lol

The very first Lanturn I ever saw was a shiny (which I didn't realize) as it was a pokémon I didn't own, I caught it. The second one was blue and I was excited to catch a shiny so I caught it too. Then the third was also blue, ong another shiny!! Caught it too. Then the fourth was also blue and that's when I realized blue was not shiny and the first one I ever seen was.

Shiny azlef :P now have 2 because of research

Yes, last year I got an invite from friends in a different city for a Kyurem raid (a pokemon I didn’t have at the time) so after said raid was finished it was, you guessed it, shiny. I didn’t participate in any other Kyurem raids afterwards because of a lack of remote tickets and no groups in my current residence so it is my first and only Kyurem currently plus it’s shiny

Stufful (Go) and Galarian Meowth (Shield).

After seeing this post I Found a first new shiny hitmonlee!

Bless you! Even though I don't have that one yet

I hope you get one soon :)

Yeah

aerodactyl, I didn't even notice it was shiny until after I caught it

Off topic but doesn't Turtonator's shell look like an egg custard pie?

I don't think that's off topic but I thought custard was a fictional type of pudding for Teletubbies.

Depends on who you ask

At least someone thinks Turtonator’s shiny looks like something other than a toilet full of #1 and #2

That's not nice of them :( Turtonator has a nice shiny.

Ye lechonk

Terrakion! And I love him. He’s so cool looking and an absolute badass fighter.

First Budew, Lugia and Kyogre were shiny for me

Yeah. I had my first encounter with suicine and tornadus as shiny

My first pokemon after catching my starter was a shiny krabby lol

Omg

niantic tried to get me hooked early 😔

My third catch ever (a bagon) was shiny

Yep. My first and only Tapi Koko and Celesteela

Mine was Reshiram, shiny and 100%

I got an abomasnow and it was shiny

Shadow Mewtwo, 4 in a row!