>>36243963>Why not?What similarities does Chameleon share with a Chameleon besides being a lizard
>Plenty of Pokemon have parts of their names that refer to things that are exclusively male or female despite not being exclusively male or femaleThere's a difference between a feminine or masculine name and straight up using a gender pronoun
>It's not based on Jackie Chan. It's named after him.Then Venusaur isn't based on dinosaurs
>They have more insight to the "canon" of the design than you do.Seeing as how they were wrong on the Bulba line, Chameleon, Mr. Mime, and Hitmonchan, no they just go for marketing
