>>41312337The applebros are smart designs, though. Whereas Vanilluxe is an icicle who happens to have a funny face and happens to be covered in icecream-like snow, the apples have form fit function: Applin is a worm living in an apple shell; Flapple is a wyrm dragon that looks like a worm, who has incorporated the apple into wings; and Appletun is a dragon who has consumed the apple, becoming fat and mimicking apple pie to lure in bugs to eat and children to care for it. Both have different ways of using their apple to survive.
Turner literally turns his Pokemon into jokes most of the time, except for the rare oddity like Mandibuzz or Golurk. The applebros have thought put into them so he didn't make them.