No way in hell was this thing not based on autism spectrum disorders.

>Emotionless.
>Vacant stare.
>But has "hidden" super abilities just like the spergs on TV!
>Evolves in to another sperg animal with a different name.

>Espurr.
>Aspergers.

>Meowstic.
>Autistic.

>Literally a joke pointing out that autism is an advanced form of Aspergers.

>B-b-but Espurr is a pun on the word "esper"!

Yeah, because no Pokémon names are double entendres at all.

>B-b-but Meowstic is a pun on the word "mystic"!

See above. They couldn't make it too obvious or the parents of autistic kiddies would rage at Nintendo. I mean they could have called it "Meowstique".

If you deny this then you're lying to yourself. You're telling me that they're not based on spergs? kekking.jpg.

Also hilariously, Reddit gets mad as fuck whenever you bring this up.