>>41795576Since grotel is just a bigger snapping turtle i'll add in how the line slowly becomes more and more like the world turtle, leading to the theme of the starters! Myths! with the turtwig line being the world turtle or Akupara in hindu, the chimchar line being based on the monkey king, or son wu kong similar to goku from dragon ball, and the piplup line is based on poseidon and napoleon, both figures with myths around them.
