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[W_Tile]

Professor something's up with my pokedex
My Pokedex:

[elrafa]

I had forgotten how you stared this generation by chosing violence against Treecko.

[TheGreyMagician]

Alien DNA Monsters, the embodiment of shooting stars, jet fighter dragons, ground-shaking Kaijus and meteor-eating, tier-list destroying Gods of the Sky. All of them; Bush-league. Amateur creations next to the true magnum opus of Legendary Pokémon design:
*B I G F I S H*

[logan_rice]

on the topic of salamence, I believe it was Ken Sugimori himself who said that when he's designing a Pokemon, if it starts looking a bit too cool, he goes out of his way to add something silly to balance it out, aka we were never going to get a salamence with a sleek body and proportional wings, and I think that's to its benefit. Because of its somewhat silly geometry, when I look at it, it doesn't look like some cool looking dragon, it looks like salamence

[mantisr]

Weird how he somehow considered Breloom a bird when it's so obviously a kangaroo, both with general body plan and the boxing lore

[tomhank]

Lileep and Cradily are actually based off crinoids, which aren't actually plants at all but marine animals akin to corals! I imagine game freak went with the grass type though since they do LOOK incredibly plant like.

[dragonboyjgh]

29:10, wailmer is the BOUNCE whale pokemon, the connection to beach balls, and wailord to blimps, is 100% intentional, the line is about the idea of whales leaping from the water.

[aLime]

Hariyama’s “costume” is meant to represent the ceremonial and sponsorship aprons worn during the beginning sumo tournaments, or the little bundles of hard fabric sticks that are also a part of sumo belts or “mawashi”.

To me, he doesn’t read wrestler at all - it was extremely focused execution of sumo in his design.

[dragonboyjgh]

47:28 Shuppet is a sheet ghost, but is ALSO based on a teru teru bozu like Castform (which is why the dex entry says they gather under the eaves of houses). If the dolls ""succeed" they are given sake as a reward, but if they don't bring good weather after being hung out, they are punished with "death" by beheading, iirc reenacting the tragic end of a specific buddhist priest. Which leads into Banette's idea of a forsaken stuffed animal (as well as voodoo dolls to a lesser extent), they're both dolls seeking vengeance for how their masters wronged them.

[GandalfTheTsaagan]

My pet theory about Grovyle is that it's based off a modern interpretation of a raptor (dromeosaurs), with the leaves representing feathers. That would tie with Sceptile's inspiration being another dinosaur (Dilophosaurus).

If that were true in any capacity it would be pretty impressive considering that the idea of raptors having feathered wings, tail fans or crests was nearly nonexistent outside of professional paleontology back in 2003.

[mikelonduckguey]

1:06:33 while I feel like the criticism of Jirachi is fair, I do wish you had commented on the eye on it's stomach; it's a strikingly creepy feature for such a cute, inoffensive pokemon to have, especially when the eye has this emotionless yet intense glare that is both uncomfortably human and yet full of an inhuman strength or knowledge. Combined with the fact that one of the last moves Jirachi learns is it literally granting it's trainer's wish for the opposing pokemon to faint, Jirachi always struck me as a sort of trickster god, something that's compelled to grant wishes, and while wishes are usually made with whimsy and good-faith in mind, it doesn't shy away from the very real fact that sometimes you wish someone was dead.

[dreaderlord]

Brelum is more kangaroo inspired I think and kangaroos are known stereotypically for boxing, hence the boxing mushroom.

[Zeitherius]

"The worst gen 3 starter" YOU TAKE THAT BACK

[Poillip]

All your criticisms against Mega Swampert are exactly the reasons I love it xD The design definitely leans into its weird stat distribution for a water type, and just says "Let's just go punch everyone, that's sounds like a good day."

[xavierhorn]

Something I like about Kyogre's design that I don't see mentioned frequently is that it's tail resembles a phylogenetic tree, or more simply a tree of life, representing the connection between land and sea as most/all land-dwelling organisms from bacteria to humans all have ties to ancestral aquatic organisms. Not sure how intentional it is but I noticed it a while ago and it really bumped Kyogre up a few places on the list of my favorites!

[thekoifishcoyote]

The clampearl evos also have some "don't judge a book by its cover" info in the pokedex, with gorebyss being the violent one and huntail being the friendly one

[alexanderreiheld]

Sorry man, i gotta disagree with the disrespect youve placed on my boi walrain's name. He is still a joyful animal, he has grown from an eager and naive child to a curious teenager to the delightful uncle who would bear hug you and tickle you wuth his magnificent mustache, he us still smiling even in the model you displayed. He appears at first glance to be large and intimidating but he is a Wonderfuo beast that just wants to rub his mustache and sideburns all over your face when your sad. I feel like he is the best capstone to the spheal evolution line. He is a wise jokester that can teach you to fix a flat on your truck and be there when you need someone outside of your immediate family. He is one of my favorite Pokemon.

[bigeoof]

Watching through these pokemon shorts reminded me just how much I wish TB Skyen could be a narrator in a RPG styled as if it was made from a couple decades ago

[Hey-Its-Dingo]

I know your Jirachi short is already filled with comments about it, but Jirachi DOES have a unique element: When it uses its move Doom Desire, the line on its belly opens up to reveal a third eye. I wish the 3rd eye was more prominent in Jirachi's design, but it IS there.

[poppyfrancis]

Fun fact about Cradily! That's not a mouth, that's where it keeps its eyes. And those things around its neck aren't petals, they are grasping tentacles