>>50672720Just every gen:
>Purrloin lineIt’s just a mix of early route Dark-types and new cat lines. Best you can stretch is that both share some themes related to wealth, but that just makes sense for cats.
>Deino lineIt’s just the usual pseudo-legendary line, which included Dragons in three of the four previous gens.
Stretching it hard:
>Sandshrew lineNo, both lines having pronounced claws hardly counts.
>Dwebble lineHermit crabs aren’t even that closely related to true crabs.
>Litwick lineHardly similar outside of being three stage Ghosts first found in creepy towers.
>Axew lineJust a secondary Dragon line. Neither it or Deino go through the same drastic metamorphosis as Dragonite, which would imply an actual connection.
>Vullaby lineHuh?
Iffy:
>Sewaddle and Venipede linesThe two do carry a similar duality to the Kanto bugs, but these two feel way too different.
>Trubbish lineSimilar pollution theme and some similarities in direction between Garbodor and Muk, but could also easily be taken as its own concept to fit with the new city theme.
>Ducklett lineNot much similar beyond being ducks.
Debatable:
>Drilbur line>Frillish lineBoth are similar ideas, but hard to say they were trying to be direct copies like others.
>BouffalantDefinite similarities in nature, but bison are one of the most obvious ideas for a North American region. Could be coincidence.
>Munna lineThe tapir designs and typing are obvious similarities, but from how Musharna’s creation was described it might just be a coincidence. Don’t see many similarities beyond the basic concept.
>Throh and SawkKen Sugimori confirmed Throh was an older idea first conceived in Gen IV’s development. Sawk being made later could have been intended to mimic the Hitmons, but it’s hard to say with certainty.
Yeah, agreed:
>Blitzle>Roggenrola>Woobat>Audino (outright confirmed)>Timburr>Tympole>Foongus (although clever)By the way, where the hell are the Gothita and Klink lines?
