>>45830789>Is it all just gen 1?Thus far, yes. The extinct Pterosaur genera Aerodactylus and Therapsid Bulbasaurus, which was only later acknowledged for reference and not initially proposed with the Pokemon in mind, as well two species of extant wasp: Chilicola charizard, hailing from Chile, and Stentorceps weedlei, of Madagascar.
In addition: the human synaptic protein Pikachurin and oncogene Zbtb7, responsible for being a cancer-initiating "killswitch" gene; a member of the POK glossarial family of genes, was briefly named "Pokemon" from POK Erythroid Myeloid Ontogenetic, which basically means it gestates cancer cells within bone marrow tissue. GameFreak, obviously against the association, ordered immediate deferral, which spurned its current more general gene name.
>>45830862>>45831115To be precise, it was six species. Although he never stated why, Dr. Eli Sarnat, who discovered the ants, was to use the names, one for Durant, for obvious purposes and due to morphological features regarding their mandibles, four for the Tapus, inspired by the similarities in Fijian topography, language and culture compared with Alola, and for Tajiri as he conceived this series out of his fascination with bug-catching. After the contest concluded, he and his team wrote a formal letter hoping for the good wishes of Mr. Tajiri, but the legal body of Pokemon Co. intercepted and expressed legal rejection (C&D) of the entire plan, likely due to association with one of the company's key personnel, seeing as he's the Executive Producer of the mainline titles.
Unfortunately not simply an Icarian scenario, as fictional references alone would've likely sufficed. It's also not a situation of the Japanese defying non-Asian opinions and preferences, since both of the aforementioned reptilian and vespid groups were named by Western researchers. A real shame, but it's a good day for minor Pokemon trivia, at any rate.
