>>13458726I think that, in general, they look like LGMs and Grays. It isn't exactly some hard to see theme.
Now, there are those that are much more culturally relevant in Japan, than here. Snorlax for instance, is a Tororo, which in the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro, was featured prominently, and was referred to only in a common 'baby speak' form by the two children.
>>13458765I've heard that it is based on musclemen from carnival sideshows, but it is also based on a French cane fighting style. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canne_de_combat )
>>13458782Nidoking is based on a cross between a Rhino, which is prone to rage and has a thick hide, and a Porcupine, which has spines that are filled with a kind of poison.
