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After seeing a question about how many pokemon can be seated in a pokeball, I had to ask myself if Exeggcute constitutes as a single pokemon or a "congregation of a single pokemon's parts", and if the parts are inseparable or can be swapped with other pokemon of the same type or similar.

  • Has an Exeggcute ever lost one of its egg parts or swapped some eggs with another Exeggcute?
  • Can one of the Dugtrio fall out of the band and get switched with a single Diglett?
  • Can Shellders from a Slowbro detach and partner up with another Slowpoke?
  • Can you accelerate a Mangemite to push out one of its kin from a Magneton and take its place?
  • Can the gears of a Klinklang… you get the idea

Have there ever been any instances of combined pokemon separating or interchanging?

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Yes and no. At least two of your examples are given as potential actions in the Pokédex. Such a splitting of parts seems to result in devolution.

Slowbro

Lives lazily by the sea. If the Shellder on its tail comes off, it becomes a Slowpoke again.

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Exeggutor

It is called "The Walking Jungle." If a head grows too big, it falls off and becomes an Exeggcute.

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    Does Shellder change its look back to a purple clam? Or am I misremembering how that evolution works – user1306322 Apr 24 '17 at 19:15
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    "a head falls off" implies a single egg will become a bunch of little eggs and that's called Exeggcute? Or does it become small and seek 5 more buddies to become a singular Exeggcute? – user1306322 Apr 24 '17 at 19:16
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    @user1306322 - I can't recall having seen it happen. We only really get a view of the Slowpoke in the comics. – Valorum Apr 24 '17 at 19:25
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    @user1306322 - I think it goes looking for friends but again, I'm not sure. Alt-Text: "When the time comes, one of its three heads falls off. Before long, the fallen head grows into an Exeggcute." – Valorum Apr 24 '17 at 19:25