>>56495587Well, in exchange for you respect, have some of my random sleep deprived thoughts
Interestingly enough, Annihilape is apparently based on the Gibraltar barbary macaque.
Kalosdea could have been a thing
assuming the war of Paldean (Spanish) sucession was fought over the same thing as it was in our reality, the Kalosian (French) king being the heir to the Paldean (Spanish) throne.Though curry is a very popular dish in Japan, it only made appearances in the anime prior to the introduction of it as game mechanic in SwordShield. Interestingly enough, despite what geographical proximity may make you think, curry was introduced to Japan via British naval officers when they modernised the IJN, as that included revamping the mess halls on their ships. The obvious answer to the lack of curry in previous generation games is just "well they were just eating it off screen duh" but it kinda does make you think.
Speaking of food, the origin of the word picnic (and most likely the practice as well), came from France, despite the mechanic for it skipping XY and going to Paldea.
Lastly, for something related to Penny and her area of expertise
I bet Pokemon Ada Lovelace invented the Porygon -1 lol. 