>>28276981>venasaur's evo>based on a mysterious plantSure, you're right about charmander, although its connections to a legendary salamander are literally just "it's a fire salamander." Salandit does this better by having both the fire and poison attributes.
Tanks typically only have one cannon, not two. Thankfully, Gen VI corrected this oversight.
>beedrill is based on a musketeer (as in, a guy who uses muskets)>doesn't have a gunVisually, the nido line has nothing to do with royalty. No crown like spikes, no jewels; the royalty theme can only be justified by the name of Nidoking and queen. The argument "they look powerful" doesn't hold water, as Pokemon generally do upon evolution.
Yes, Vulpix is based on a kitsune. That's all it's based on. A kitsune with the fire-typing. It's not fox+kitsune+fire, seeing as fox and kitsune are redundant.
Same thing for Diglett. It looks nothing like a genuine mole. It is just a wac-a-mole with ground-typing applied.
Yes about Farfetch'd.
Yes, Parasect is based on a parasite. It's a pretty good design.
That's all Meowth is based on. Once again, cat and the lucky coin cat overlap.
Slowbro is based on a hermit crab. You could argue it's based on a hippo, but it's really just an abstract design trying to convey dopiness. It's not meant to look like any animal in particular. Meaning it's design elements are dopiness+symbiosis. No animals involved, in actuality.
Yes for Drowzee. It's based on the dream-eating tapir of Japanese lore.
And what's Articuno? Really, the three of them are just birds with elements applied to them. Similar to the Charmander case, the only connections they have with this lore is their typings. Nothing else says "thunderbird" or "pheonix." Zapdos doesn't have a Native American totem pole inspired design. Moltres doesn't have powers of reincarnation. Both of those things would come in the next generation.
