>>35216476There's this thing called not having just one inspiration, dipshit.
Almost all Pokémon have at least two and often more.
For example, Typhlosion is obviously a honey badger with echidna porcupine tendencies in it's lower forms but being a honey badger is also a reference to the rat place it takes on the Zodiac because honey badgers are also known as ratels.
You not being able to play 4D chess with the likes of Game Freak doesn't mean they aren't playing it.
Though you shouldbn't feel too bad about yourself for being so retarded - they are pretty damn autistic as it relates to unimportant things they add to the lore to the detriment of almost everything else so of course they're better at it than you.