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Official art of the HM Defog. Previously I mentioned that Flash is the only HM unneeded to complete any game it is in. That was false, Defog is also unneeded to be taught to complete any game. However, unlike Flash, Defog removes certain battle effects caused by the overworld.

Official art of the HM Dive. Dive is so far the only HM to have not made an appearance in any Pokemon anime. It has however appeared in Pokemon manga such as Pokemon Adventures.

Official art of the HM Rock Smash. The Sinnoh based games removed the ability to find wild Pokemon through Rock Smash. However, HeartGold and SoulSilver and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire brought the feature back as they were in the original Gen 2 and 3 titles.

Official art of the HM Whirlpool. In generation 2, if the HM were to be used outside of battle, the whirlpool would despawn and respawn once the map is reloaded. However in generation 4, the player would simply cross the whirlpool when used.

Official artwork of the HM Flash. While all other HMs are needed to proceed the story in at least one game. Flash is an HM that isn't needed at all to proceed in any game.

Official artwork of the HM Strength. In Alola, Strength became exclusive to Machamp, but soon became available to many other Pokemon in Generation 8 by Level up and Breeding.

Official art of the HM Surf. Surf is the HM with the highest base power in battle, originally having 95 BP until Generation 6, where it was lowed to 90 being tied with Fly and Rock Climb.

Artwork of the HM Fly. The artwork visually describes how a small Pokemon like Pidgey is able to carry the weight of a person. Leaf grabs Pidgey by the leg as opposed to riding on top.

Official artwork of the HM Cut. The seems to imply that that the trees are rather elderly and fully grown than small bushes and shrubs seen in game sprites.

The art also features Red in his classic design

Sawsbuck represents the month of Janurary in the Unova Horoscope. It's lucky item is the White Flute. Sawsbuck corresponds with the real life zodiac symbol of Capricorn.