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GARBADOR IS BASED ON A GUMBEROO FROM AMERICAN FOLK TALES.
Gumberoos are bear like creatures (bears rumage through garbage and garbador has bear like ears) with BLACK RUBBER LIKE SKIN (like a TRASH BAG).
There are numerous other connections to the gumberoo in garbadors design, and i would like to outline a few.
For one, the gumberoo is prey to a creature called the Timberdoodle who "clamps down its teeth and will not let go until thunder is heard, is the second weakness of the Gumberoo and the only animal the bear fears. Because of this, the Gumberoo is a coward when its rubbery skin is bitten."
This is LITERALLY what alolan Muk does to garbador with it's teeth.
Garbadors hidden ability, aftermath, (and the fact it knows self destruct & explosion) also refrence how the gumberoo is known to explode if hit with fire.
Garbador is a fucking genius design and its stench has gone RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES.
