October 2020 Community Day

The October 2020 Community Day was the thirty-third Community Day event, featuring Charmander. This was the second Community Day featuring Charmander, the other being May 2018 Community Day.

Featured Pokémon
Charmander had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

These Pokémon could photobomb five times during the event:

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Dragon Breath, Trainers had to evolve Chameleon into Charizard after the start of event and up to 2 hours after the end of event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attack.

Field Research event tasks
These Field Research tasks were available during the event:

Special Research
A Tale of Tails Special Research was available during the event costing $1. The Charizard in this research would know Dragon Breath if it was caught during event hours.

Timed Research
Community Day: Charmander Timed Research was available during the event. Unlike A Tale of Tails, it is free and its sole purpose is to give Charizard Mega Energy. A total of 300 Charizard Mega Energy can be obtained.

Shop special offer
These offers were available from the shop during the event:

Voting process
The September and October 2020 Community Day featured Pokémon voted by players. The winner and the first runner-up would be featured in September and October respectively. The vote was available in the official Twitter page on Saturday, August 22, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7) until Sunday, August 23, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7).

Trivia

 * The "Catch 15 Charmander" task in part 4 of Special Research was originally "Take a snapshot of a Fire-type Pokémon". Many players had reported the task was not working.