>>47336570Its the result of the philosophy of writing the monster and then making it a species instead of the other way around. Mimikyu(and arguably most Ghost Objectmons) are modern versions of this.
Takasa theorizes its based on Seabozu(
https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Seabozu) a monster from a (fairly great) Ultraman episode who just wants to return to its home in a monster graveyard(he also claims the design documents for pocket monsters have a similar concept though I couldn't find anything related to that). While many monsters in this franchise are a species(and thus an easy excuse to reuse the suits), many are also unique beings(and, much like pokemon, do end up being practically treated as species).
