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Anonymous Fri 15 Dec 2017 21:51:01 No.34465794 View View Report

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>>34464653
It's a coincidence in the sense that the endemic plant he's named after is called Sophora Chrysophylla, (Sopho Chrys sounds like Sophocles or Chris) and it has a lot of qualities that lead to his character design and trainer typing. For example, it kills birds, has bright yellow flower, it grows short and shrubby on the mountain with the observatory, and it can survive at the high altitude just below the summit.
This probably lead up to how they designed the character. Short, works at the observatory, being the tech guy, and an electric type trainer. Giving him a hedgehog pika clone could've been an intentional reference, but it could've just happened regardless. This could just be a case of the stars aligning.

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Anonymous Wed 14 Dec 2016 01:19:11 No.30763489 View View Report

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>>30762341
There is a bit more to it.
Sophocles because Greeks, plus inventions, and the plant name.
The plant is called Sophora chrysophylla, or mamame. His name is Chris in other languages, confirming this. The plant is found in dry forest, where it grows stout and shrubby. The mountain that has the observatory in Hawaii is one of the few places it grows in a somewhat healthy habitat. It's the last tree before the place turns into alpine desert. The plant also has the Hawaiian word for paralysis in it due to the fact that it's sometimes found surrounded by dead birds. The seeds are extremely poisonous and kill most birds within minutes. e.g. type advantages. The only things that can eat the seeds without dying are a yellow honey creeper called the palila, and certain caterpillars. The honey creeper might possibly, slightly, be what Oricorio yellow is based on.

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Anonymous Wed 14 Dec 2016 01:17:10 No.30763447 View View Report

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>>30762064
There is a bit more to it.
Sophocles because Greeks, plus inventions, and the plant name.
The plant is called Sophora chrysophylla, or mamame. His name is Chris in other languages, confirming this. The plant is found in dry forest, where it grows stout and shrubby. The mountain that has the observatory in Hawaii is one of the few places it grows in a somewhat healthy habitat. It's the last tree before the place turns into alpine desert. The plant also has the Hawaiian word for paralysis in it due to the fact that it's sometimes found surrounded by dead birds. The seeds are extremely poisonous and kill most birds within minutes. e.g. type advantages. The only things that can eat the seeds without dying are a yellow honey creeper called the palila, and certain caterpillars. The honey creeper might possibly be what Oricorio yellow is based on because of the electric typing and paralysis.

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Anonymous Sat 17 Sep 2016 11:21:49 No.28585526 View View Report

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Sophocles' name is a double reference. One to the scholar because he's an inventor. The other reference is to the endemic Hawaiian tree Sophora chrysophylla. His name is Chrys/ Chris in Italian, German, French, and Spanish confirming this.
The flowers of the tree are bright yellow, the Hawaiian name contains the word for paralysis, and the poisonous seeds of the plant are known for nearly instantly killing almost any bird that eats them. Literally super effective against flying types.
The exception is a yellow honey creeper called a Palila which has adapted to eating the seeds.
Oricorio yellow is also based on a yellow honey creeper that happens to be related to Sophocles' type specialty.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2016 20:09:14 No.28469851 View View Report

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>>28469414
Gotcha

I was confused about Sophocles and Lana at First, but here are what the names are based on.

Sophocles is probably based on the native Mamame tree, Sophora chrysophylla. The name is a bit different, but the key factor is that it contains the Hawaiian word for paralysis, and it has strikingly bright yellow flowers. It is also usually rather short and portly looking despite being able to grow to 40+ feet in some environments.
Of note albeit not really relevant is the fact that Mamame seeds are extremely poisonous. The plants are sometimes found with birds littered around them in areas with a lot of invasive birds, usually house finches. I guess you could connect this to being good against flying types.

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