>>28013252Yeah, the body seems to be more barn owl-esque, it's mostly the head/face that is strangely anything but that of a barn owl and might be more in reference to a spectacled owl or brown wood owl.
Back when Torchic was my first starter, it certainly surprised me having Blaziken all of a sudden, but given how Combusken already had Fighting type attacks, I guess I sort of saw it coming, even if Blaziken looks quite different.
Apparently, Torchic's japanese name already alluded to him turning like Blaziken (Achamo is a combination of akago which is baby and shamo, a breed of Japanese chicken once raised for fighting).
Which makes me think on how much japanese starter names actually allude to their final evolutions or if they don't actually mean that much. But Popplio's jap. name (Ashimari) seems to allude to sea lion and ball put together, Rowlett's jap. name (Mokuroh) is twig and owl put together and Litten (Nyabby) is apparently a combination of nya (meow), tabby and hi (fire).
