High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Pok mon has 649 (as of Pok mon Black and White) distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pok mon. These creatures and entities reside throughout various locations of the fictional Pok mon universe and can be caught by humans designated as Pok mon Trainers often using devices called Pok Balls. These trainers use Pok mon for a variety of purposes, such as being pets and loyal companions and/or being pitted against other trained Pok mon in competitive Pok mon battles. Pok mon are potentially super-powered creatures that can employ a variety of talents such as generating fire or heat, martial arts, telekinesis, and so on. Through experience, items, or trading, many of these species undergo a metamorphosis and transform into a similar but stronger species in a process referred to as Pok mon evolution.