>>51581904>Can you explain why you find it more fitting as they are?Venomoth's JP name is Morpho, i.e. morpho butterfly. Many morpho butterflies exhibit Batesian mimicky – which Venomoth doesn't do, to be clear, but even though clueless retards replied to say he is wrong, the 1997? Pokédex book
>>51565709 is talking about seems to be suggesting that Venomoth is mimicking Butterfree in some way. GF maybe didn't understand what Batesian mimicry was in full, but they had the idea in mind when they designed it – or maybe noticed it after the fact and it was a happy coincidence they decided to stick with/play up in that book.
Mainly, though, I agree with
>>51581942. It seems like it's zoomers looking for problems with gen 1 and making a mountain out of a molehill with this one. I never as a kid got annoyed that Venonat evolved into Venomoth – not annoyed by it in the games, the anime, the TCG, or any other pillar of the franchise. It's only online, and mostly only on /vp/, that proposes it's a problem – and I genuinely don't give a shit what most people on this board have to say anymore.
