>>12051224>magikarp to dragonite and presumably dragonair to gyaradosNo. Magikarp has so many features in common with Gyarados, and Dragonair's sleek body looks nothing like Gyarados'
overdesigned scaly body. Dragonair and Dragonite have so many features in common that if Dragonite were blue it'd be a seemingly natural progression
>>12051364>Kabuto to kabutopsTrilobite to trilobite/eurypterid hybrid
>Phanpy to donphanMakes perfect sense
>Surskit to MasquerainSurskit is a damselfly nymph/water strider hybrid, Masquerain is a damselfly with eyespots
>Trapinch to VibravaAntlion to lacewing
>Snorunt to Glalie/FroslassAll based off mythical ice beings
>Drowzee to hypnoBoth look like Tapirs
>Gloom to BellossomGloom and Vileplume are based off the rafflesia, a parasitic plant with no chlorophyll. Using a sun stone on it gives it a self-sufficient form more reminiscent of a normal plant.
>>12051436>Porygon lineBad graphics -> better graphics -> whoops, got a virus
>Hoothoot to NoctowlOwl -> bigger owl
>Misdreavus to MismagiusBanshee -> Magic witch-banshee
>Murkrow to HonchkrowThug to boss
>Piplup lineIt just gets bigger and grows a crown. Like an Emperor Penguin.
>Natu to XatuIt's a totem pole, in the process of being built