ITT: Pokemon design inspirations

>Magnemite is actually a butterfly
>Magneton is a swarm of butterflies

I thought it was more like those cotton weeds that spread when you blow them or whatever.

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>Emboar is actually a kettle

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>>25744134
Well, duh.
Whimsicott is based on barometz, the vegetable lamb of legend.

>>25744168
What

>Ekans is actually a snake

HOLY SHIT

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>>25744177
>Ekans is snake backwards

>>25744175
It's a mythic lamb that was believed to grow on a rare plant in the mysterious east. They showed up in Odin Sphere too.

>>25744134
>ITT we state the obvious

>>25744193
>sheep standing on two legs
>not bullshit

>>25744201
This is gonna blow your mind, but squirtle is actually supposed to be a turtle, even if it's bipedal. I know, it's crazy.

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>jynx is based on a nigger

>>25744293
It's not though.

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>Breloom
Now what is the end result supposed to be? Who knows.

Snorlax is based on ur mom lol

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>coloured like verdigris
>clear Greek theme, such as the skirt, the meander pattern the frill on the head
>can fly

Golurk has waaaay much more in common with Talos of Greek mythology than with golem.

>meganium is a lump of shit

>>25744383
This seems about right.

Castorm is actually the Moon.

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>Scraggy and Scrafty are based off ghetto blacks

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>>25744371
Here's a thing
Why not both?

>>25744460
There's a little, little bit of golem in it, yes.

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>Weezing is actually based on Koffing

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>>25744319
you're telling me that this thing isn't a nigger?

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>>25744510
That is indeed exactly what I'm telling you.

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>>25744134
Whimsicott is a Saci, a fairy from the Brazilian Folklore mixed with>>25744168

>>25744156
That can explain why it can learn Scald.

>>25744476
Pro Golem
>Crack in the armor, if this seal is removed its energy dissipates
>Built to protect its ancient owners
>magical runes
>Is ground type (clay) rather than steel (bronze)
>inhumanly bulky and small head

Pro Talos
>body is modeled after an armor inspired by greek
>Even a helmet
>verdigris color
>Flying

I'm not saying it doesn't take anything from Talos, i'm just saying that it's pretty clear there's some Golem there. I dare say there's more Golem than Talos
Also the flying is arguable, seeing as that was one way to explain why he moved so fast, the other being that he was a giant, which is more accepted

though i hadn't thought about the possibility of it taking inspiration from Talos, so cudos to you for that

>>25744530
>Whimsicott is a Saci
How? Because it's brown?

>>25744168
>>25744530

You're both reaching idiots who need to forget about Bulbapedo's trivia sections.

It's right there in Whimsicott's Japanese name. The nigga is based on a traditional elf. The kind that messes with things in your house because it can. Nishida or whoever wasn't thinking about some obscure BR or abomination when designing her gingerbread sheep.

>>25744629
>Brown Skin
>Prankster Ability
>Rides in Hurricanes

>>25744168
This triggers the vegans.

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>>25744371

It's complicated.

ゲルググ
ゴルーグ

>>25744617
>i'm just saying that it's pretty clear there's some Golem there
When did I say there wasn't?

>>25744658
You'd think a saci pokémon would have, I dunno, the one leg that is the main defining trait of a saci.

>>25744725
Right, sorry, guess i'm just too used to people that disregard one origin when they find another
anyways, i still think there's more golem than talos

>>25744634
>guys, just because it's a sheep and a plant at the same time doesn't mean it has ANYTHING to do with a creature that is a sheep and a plant.

Okay. It's weird that it ended up in Odin Sphere, since nobody has apparently ever heard of it.

>>25744699
I said in a thread the other day about the Gelgoog/Goloog thing and nobody seemed to care. Glad someone else notices.

>>25744780
Seeing as Geloog actually takes from the nip word for Cyborg, and there's nothing else that directly references a cyborg, i think it's pretty probable

>>25744510
It's based on a frozen body

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>>25744760

The sheep was chosen because it's a cotton Pokemon.

Whimsicott doesn't even look like a sheep aside from the "horns" on its head.

>>25744913
It looks more like a sheep than pikachu looks like a mouse.

>>25744699
>all mechas are gundams

>>25744913
>it's based on a sheep, but that does't mean it's a sheep

This makes no sense.

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>>25744960

>>25744348
Kek

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>>25744523
since nigger stereotypes are popular in japan it's most likely that jynx is one

>Muk spelled backwards is cobra

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>>25744510
Not the first thing I'd say it is

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>>25744984
Im I the only one who notices that Genesect's face is literally the front of a car?
>yfw it's the best U-Turn spammer in the game because of this

>>25744510
>a ''nigger'' with blonde air.
You fucktard americunts never cease to prove me how much you are stupid.

>>25744460
I wanna see someone make an animated movie based on those guys

>>25745073
yeah they made jynx purple later instead of black to seem less racist.

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>>25744201
yeah it's almost as if they're POKEMON and not just cartoon animals

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>>25747467
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>>25747482
pass

>>25744741
nah you're just stupid. Firstly Whimsicott is not completely based on a Saci, therefore it doesn't need to seem exactly like one. Secondly, according to whom the single leg is the main trait of a Saci? You're claiming this without any basis. A Saci has many traits, and some of them are represented on Whimsicott's design.

>>25744229
What, isn't Squrtle bipedal because it is actually part squirrel?

>>25744634
>The kind that messes with things in your house because it can.
well that's what a saci is
also whimsicott has others similarities with sacis
bulbapedia is a better source than your shitpost m8

>>25744510
It's some Norse ice princess whose skin became black-blue from the cold

>>25744134
no it's supposed to be a cotton picking nigger

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Arbok is based on the 80's anime series Cobra

>>25744617
Why not both?
>Pokemon can be based on more than one thing

Ratata is based on a squid

>>25747270
Black women wear blonde weaves all the time you moron.

>>25744145
oh kek

>>25744760

Because making a sheep with cotton as wool was a hard concept to come up with right?

>>25744153
TIL pokemon can only have one design inspiration.

Now how do you explain the ram horns, limbs, and face?

>>25750591
He's not American. Prob nothing but whiteys in his eurocuck country.

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>>25744780
rofl gundam amirite

>>25750607

How does Whimsicott's face or limbs resemble a sheep at all?

>>25750641
I mean, yeah Giant Robo is older and has more.. vintage? But I was specifically commenting on the fact that "Goloog" sounds and is written similarly to "Gelgoog," and that they both have similarities in appearance. I was only throwing it out as a theory. No need to be a dick.

>>25750641
This, if Golurk is based off any japanese mecha it's definitely that Giant Robo design. Just hope it's Mega makes it go full Giant Robo, that'd be great.