>>53936471Depends.
If it's a reference but still works well as a fusion in its own right then I think its fine, like pic related or Deoxys/Onix for example.
It's when it's -just- "this thing from an anime/cartoon/other game with the mon's color slapped on it" that it feels tacky.
Or the myriad of Porygon Minecraft fusions.
Or anything with Among Us, I'm so tired of that shit and I thought it woulda died off years ago.