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Sep 27, 2020 6:56 AM
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LightingSquirrel
I wonder what beedrill is based off
Tassyr
I think the internet has ruined me. I was waiting for "Snorlax is yo momma" or something at the end.
orangatuan
Check top comment, @FaecalJacksonPollock has you covered.
Sauroctonus
Mudkip is a mudskipper, Wooper is an axolotl. Also,Mr. Mime it's right there in the fucking name.
SeismicBeans
IGenerallyPostThumbsUpGifs
Level 100 Magikarp
IvanGordy
Stupid sexy Flanders
andstabitdead
Stupid sexy flounder
IvanGordy
You win this time, andstabitdead
MistoKat
Magikarp used Splash
DiplomChiller
Magicarp is obviously based on koi and goldfish...
PerpetuityPhoto
Koi, who famously have a big spiky yellow fin on the back...
Rongeong
It's based on a legend about a koi fish. A koi swims to the top of a waterfall and becomes a dragon. Which is why it evolves into Gyarados.
NotThatOneTheOtherOne
Herd you liek mudkips
AFistfulOfDollHairs
3 of these would be fucking horrifying to be eaten by: Gorbyss sucks out your guts, Victribell digests you alive and Mr.Mime... no words...
Steel723
SoYouLikeReadingUsernamesSlut
I always assumed Drowzee was based on mythical creature ‘Baku’ with the dream eating and all. But that animal looks really close!
Yuktio
Likely just a mix of the two things.
awesomecat42
Baku are dream eating tapirs, you're both right!
FaecalJacksonPollock
Snorlax is yo mama.
theycallmetatersalat
SpecialProjectY
*Slaking
doodlebopples0
alexc997
Exactly what I came here for
Gianttesticlemonster
Goldchronos
O11i3
Fucken ZING
izle
freehugsforeveryone
puppyfart
Illthinkofausernamelater
My dog's name is Snorlax.
gkraft1
Raileks
was waiting for this. dissappointed in OP
INeedToChangeMyUsername
Me too
hiphopchinashop
He brought shame to his name
Hackettman84
Heyoooooo
honestlynotarealperson
Snorlax is designed after Kōji Nishino, a Pokémon game designer.
Thelrishlnquistion
IceFoe
LOL +1
UnagiFerrin
The axolotl is cuter than the Mudkip
bourdu
God should sue for copyright infringement
yolohater
Pretty sure sandlash is a porcupine.
NonBinaricAllBarbaric
... so Mr.Mime is a mime then...
bingotown
Playing Pokemon Go was so much fun until it wasn't.
btmw44
Pretty sure wooper is a closer match to an axolotl
Sauroctonus
It is "uupa" (not sure of spelling) is a name for axolotl in Japanese.
DiatribeGuy
Yeah. In thought Mudkip was based on, I dunno, a mud kipper?
imophalblue
Polliwog is another name for a tadpole.
immabearrawr
Mr. Mime fucks your mom
SpiceSlag
There's one as well that's just a set of keys
LateNightBunnyParty
I used to play with tadpoles in our pond when I was a kid and thought their swirly guts were neat.
WinoCrimesand69s
Ekans is a snake and arbok is a cobra
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DiatribeGuy
Just wait until you hear about what grimer evolves into! (Muk)
WinoCrimesand69s
Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam is self explanatory
Keyosu
Are you absolutely sure krookodile isn't based on, ya know...a crocodile?
DisgruntledFerret
I mean, yeah, but gharials are a specific kind of croc, with that specific kind of snoot.
EldritchProxy
#15
ChaHaeIn
Stargazer stares right into my soul. Btw, you tell me Mr. Mime is supposed to be a... mime?
FabulouslyTiti
DiplomChiller
Humanoid pokemon are really weird, same for Jinx
tanman729
Drowzee is actually a dream eating snouted spirit thingy. Don't remember the name
wobblecopterrrr
Soo in the Pokémon world, kids kidnap street performers and make them fight wild animals?..
lozeldatkm
And sometimes trash bags
Gianttesticlemonster
FireBreathingStockBroker
Yup. Then they fuck your mom and become your dad. (No really, look it up)
Hiboredimdad
Well, he didn't say anything when we captured him so.
TanithRosenbaum
Yup. After having gotten kicked out by their parents at age 10 and told to tour the world and make it out there.
NOINOON
Jynx vs Hariyama
Dukeboysz
Only if your good. Otherwise you become Joey and call people about your garbage Ratatta 10 ft outside of town
Topstar
They also regularly eat meat and there ain't no animals around...
ImNotReallyADoctor
Just like in real life!
KyuKyuAndrew
The lore behind Mr. Mime is actually really dark.
TanithRosenbaum
I think having a dark lore or backstory is kinda required for any mime, real or fictional.
ImplodingPumpkin
Please look up puddles pity party.
IDontKnowTHIRDBASE
I love his version of Royals that he does with Scott Bradley’s Post Modern Jukebox
ImplodingPumpkin
His take on chandelier is heart wrenching.
freehugsforeveryone
Well atleast Ash's mime gets some action
AlienWhoFoundElonsCar
Okay, I can only interpret the fact that everyone asking for clarification here receives no answer as Nintendo silencing anyone who knows
bananafoen
You don't want to know. It's like looking at that thing in the Sandra bullocks movie (didn't watch it so I dunno)
SirReginaldDukeOfChutney
According to canon.
Raminator
Hold up, what?
bananafoen
I find that still disturbing that that's canon
noodlemcb
Wait.... what?
WSilvermane
Yep
postingpandas
Sauce please?? :)
MissyWentMissing
.
Brocid3n
Me too, trubbish
ziggysawdust
I refuse to recognise any Pokémon other than the original 150
Alfadorfox
*151
YokkoKurama
Used to feel the same, but Pokémon Go got me into the newer gens.
DisgruntledFerret
You can just sit there with your Muk and Jynx and be silly with them, then!
AMRIV
Not Mew(151) then?
EneZio
2nd gen for me
YouThinkThatsBad
Pokemon being wild animals was believable in its own world -when they're based on human items it's a whole new world of realism I don't like
Nextiia
Genwunner
ToastedVanilla
Dude, there's one that is just a bunch of keys.
Sauroctonus
Haunted keys.
c00lbeans69
I think the canonical lore is it just started collecting keys for the hell of it and people designed key chains after them
SilasWing
Listen I’m having fun with Sword but now we’ve got sentient household objects and I’m not here for it.
DisgruntledFerret
Counterpoint:
AMRIV
Also:
Gianttesticlemonster
Isn't there one that's an icecream cone?
Arathius8
I actually kind of like pokemon like Trubish, Klefki and Lampent. They have some style. On the other hand Vanillite feels like...
Arathius8
the designers got ice cream that day, got high and put some googly eyes on their ice cream cone while yelling "ITS A VANILLA-ITE".
ElynaerDeiros
Eh, I like it tbh. No worse than some designs in other gens. And in a gen where they added so many new ones, it makes sense that the bad
ElynaerDeiros
Designs stuck around. It doesn't help that they set out to recreate the gen 1 effect of no other region pokemon. Until you've beat the champ
SpecialProjectY
Yeah, they're named by dad, obviously. Vanillite > Vanillish > Vanilluxe
KierCalhen
A set of keys too.
UsernameNeededPleaseProvide
Theres 1 thats a set of keys. /a/xrJP0oB
TwoAccountsDown
Kelfki gets a pass for pissing off some Smogon top dog so much that he led a crusade to ban Swagger from their ruleset.
YouThinkThatsBad
The Pokemon based on physical human objects annoy me. The one that is keys, theres one that's a swords and a shield... takes me out of it.
Dickslover
What about just a ball and bigger ball?
NotJasonBourne
Or a magnet, or three magnets
Dickslover
Pile of sludge and bigger pile of sludge
Drefanator
or muscular boy, muscular man and Muscular Spiderman who recently won at wrestlekingdom.
vsxlarkdyn
Vanillish? Vanille? Something like that. And then there's the street lamp.. lampeon? Something
DeimosBarret
Vanillice I believe? It's getting really lazy. Just pick a random object and give it eyes. YOU'VE DESIGNED A POKEMON!
HappierThanASlinkyOnAnEscalator
So as a non-player, why do they keep making more vs. making it harder to catch the ones that already exist?
Iwannaseeit
So recently they've instead been bringing back a lot of older ones that have "regional variants" that change their type/look a little bit
Iwannaseeit
But also to answer your question, each game generally had a set of new Pokemon (because it's a new continent/whatever) and you unlock the
meloncauly
Litwick, I think
SpecialProjectY
This is Litwick, Lampert and Chandelure. You know, wick, lamp and chandelier.
AGirlWhoLeaptThroughPosts
Their design is neat tho, I love them
BritishWeasel
Lampent for the lamp, litwick is a candle I believe
PotatOSLament
And chandelure, for the final.
yixxii
Yeah its hard to believe but it's based off of an ice cream cone
awesomecat42
According to in-game lore, it's an icicle with snow on top. Ice cream in the Pokémon world is inspired by it.
docchloroplast
No harder to believe they based some off of a group of eggs.
PotatOSLament
That turn into a coconut tree.
Dagordae
Or a palm tree. That’s also a dragon.
Dickslover
Dragon trees are a thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_draco
Ghostlogicz
Don’t forget the key ring who is obsessed with keys and steals them
yixxii
That's new to me but I'd believe it
pawningpanda
National-dex #707 Klefki
yixxii
I like the name
Ghostlogicz
Kelki the klepto keyring https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Klefki_(Pokémon)
yixxii
Interesting, but cute