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Hilarious foreign names

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 12:05:59 No.54102044 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>54102235 >>54102250 >>54102309 >>54102642 >>54102685 >>54102863 >>54103456 >>54104755 >>54105296 >>54107122

Quaxwell's German namen Fuentente is hilarious.

What are some foreign Pokémon names do you like other than the English ones.

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 13:18:33 No.54102235 Report

Quoted By: >>54102249 >>54102642

>>54102044
I like that Jolteon's original Japanese name is just "Thunder"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 13:23:01 No.54102249 Report

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>>54102235
It's not.

It's "Thunders" (サンダース).
Zapdos' Japanese name is "Thunder" (サンダー)
English names are objectively superior to the Japanese names.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 13:24:13 No.54102250 Report

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>>54102044
Umbreon's Japanese name is Blacky.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 13:38:46 No.54102297 Report

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Slugma (Japanese: マグマッグ Magmag)
French, Limagma, From limace and magma

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 13:43:00 No.54102309 Report

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>>54102044
Most of german ones are10/10

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 14:18:34 No.54102431 Report

Quoted By: >>54102518 >>54104710

>>54102309
As a German, most names are alright, some are awful but so are some English ones.
German Gen 1 names are really weird, most aren't really portmanteaus, they are usually just 1 or 2 parts something related to the Pokémon and the rest is just "it sounds kinda cool I guess". Marowak for example is called "Knogga", the "kno" part is from "Knochen" (bone) but the rest is literally nothing, just some made up shit. It's weird. The only gen 1 mon I think has a better name in German compared to English is Persian (which is a dogshit name). It's "Snobilikat" which ironically also works in English (snob + nobility + cat).

One of the laziest and also funniest German names is definitely Chikorita: Endivie. That's literally German for "endive". Not even a different spelling, just literally the act same word as the vegetable. No idea what the localisation team was smoking there.

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 14:20:26 No.54102439 Report

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>Normifin

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 14:27:28 No.54102459 Report

Quoted By: >>54102488 >>54102518

See Noibat and Noivern german names

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 14:35:03 No.54102488 Report

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>>54102459
Oh fuck I forgot about those. Pure insanity. Noivern sounds like a fucking Skyrim shout.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 14:41:00 No.54102518 Report

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>>54102431
>>54102459
Besides retarded upper cases these are great names.
>>54102431
You know, English names also have few that are just words - Jinx, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 14:48:51 No.54102546 Report

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The Chinese name for Altaria is 七夕青鳥, literally Qixijie (Tanabata) blue bird

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:20:38 No.54102642 Report

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>>54102044
From what I can tell, Fuentente combines Spanish and German and means fountain duck. Is that right? I wouldn’t really call that hilarious. Seems fitting for a water-type duck mon.

>>54102235
There are plenty of Pokemon with totally normal English words as their names, which I find amusing. Vaporeon=Showers, Krabby=Crab, Sandshrew=Sand, Haunter=Ghost, Moltres=Fire, the list goes on.
Some are kind of cool though, like Scyther being Strike or Beedrill being Spear.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:26:14 No.54102668 Report

Quoted By: >>54102969 >>54106905

>>54102488
I hate that Noibat name. It's not even a pun, it's like if Elgyem was named eLGyeM. It does literally nothing except hammer in the name to an obnoxious degree.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:29:59 No.54102679 Report

Quoted By: >>54104664

>Pierroteknik

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:32:28 No.54102685 Report

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>>54102044
Deciedueye's french name is Archèduc, which sounds funny.

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:35:39 No.54102696 Report

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>Loudbone

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:47:25 No.54102741 Report

Quoted By: >>54102752

Do NOT look up Incineroar's German name

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:51:59 No.54102752 Report

Quoted By: >>54103291

>>54102685
Its German name is Silvarro, which is unironically a way better name than Decidueye. Works in English, too.
>>54102741
What's wrong with Fuegro?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 15:58:00 No.54102785 Report

Quoted By: >>54102856 >>54102858 >>54103313

I like these

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:01:36 No.54102807 Report

Quoted By: >>54103282 >>54107243

The German localization gave three characters in Pokémon Masters names of Drag Queens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:12:14 No.54102856 Report

Quoted By: >>54102902 >>54103313

>>54102785
For a split second, I misread Vegichita as Vegeta

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:12:52 No.54102858 Report

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>>54102785
>vegichita
so that’s why it’s a massive jobber

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:15:05 No.54102863 Report

Quoted By: >>54102902 >>54103012

>>54102044
The Paradox Pokemon names were actually done pretty decently in other languages.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:15:16 No.54102865 Report

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Ronflex

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:22:42 No.54102902 Report

Quoted By: >>54103313

>>54102856
That might be intentional.
>>54102863
Paradox Gardevoir's French name is 10/10. It's Garde-de-Fer, which means Guardian of Iron or something among those lines, but also sounds kind of similar to Gardevoir.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:37:00 No.54102969 Report

Quoted By: >>54102981 >>54102986

>>54102668
>What is FM radio

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:39:56 No.54102981 Report

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>>54102969
That wasn't anon's point I think, it's just that the capitalization was totally unnecessary and that's correct. There is no reason to not just name them Ef-em or Efem and Uhafnir.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:40:49 No.54102986 Report

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>>54102969
Wow Anon, you're so smart.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:46:44 No.54103012 Report

Quoted By: >>54103072 >>54104599

>>54102863
I try to translate the German Paradox names:

Sclaret:
Great Tusk - Huge Tooth
Scream Tail - Roar Tail
Brute Bonnet - Fury Mushroom
Flutter Mane - Flutter Hair
Slither Wing - Crawl Wing
Sandy Shocks - Sand Fur
Roaring Moon - Thunder Sickle (I hate how it has thunder in its name without being a elec. Pokémon)
Walking Wake - Squirm Wave

Violet:
Iron Treads - Iron Wheell
Iron Bundle - Iron Bundle
Iron Jugulis - Iron Neck (wtf happend here? that's lazy)
Iron Moth - Iron Moth/Butterfly (it's name is Eisenfalter and Falter means most of the time a butterfly but can also mean a moth)
Iron Thorns - Iron Thorn (yes without the "s")
Iron Valiant - Iron Warrior
Iron Leaves - Iron Leaf

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 16:59:28 No.54103072 Report

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>>54103012
>Iron Jugulis - Iron Neck (wtf happend here? that's lazy)
Jugulis is just latin for "necks", not much more creative
>Walking Wake - Squirm Wave
Strange translation, I'd translate it more as Winding Surge.
>Iron Moth - Iron Moth/Butterfly (it's name is Eisenfalter and Falter means most of the time a butterfly but can also mean a moth)
Falter can be translated as lepidopteran, that's the Latin term for it that is also used in English.
Also you forgot Iron Hands, but it's just Iron Hand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:11:48 No.54103127 Report

Quoted By: >>54103137 >>54107457

Geodude's German name is Kleinstein. Which, as far as I'm aware, is a name that doesn't really mean anything and just sounds silly.

Guzzlord's German name is Schlingking, which I always found funny.

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:14:42 No.54103137 Report

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>>54103127
Klein means small, Stein means rock. Also reference to Einstein.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:32:22 No.54103216 Report

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Mandibuzz's name in Japanese is Vulgina

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:44:24 No.54103261 Report

Quoted By: >>54103283 >>54103448

Riesenzahn
When completing my dex I got a German Great Tusk, Is the name funny? No, unless there is something i'm missing. Do I speak kraut? Nope. I just like it better than Great Tusk because it looks like an actual name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:46:41 No.54103276 Report

Quoted By: >>54107394

I do prefer the Spanish name of type:null

Código Cero (Code Zero)

Just sounds too cool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:48:11 No.54103282 Report

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>>54102807
Trixie Mattel wears pink 90% of the time, it's their whole shtick, I doubt they named a blue girl "Trixi" after them. Those are just normal girl names.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:48:26 No.54103283 Report

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>>54103261
All the Paradox Mon names are awful.

Even the Japanese ones are bad. It's just thing and thing.

Are these Pokémon or PONIES??

"Flutter Mane"
C'mon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:49:44 No.54103291 Report

Quoted By: >>54103453

>>54102752
Sounds like NEGRO?

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:55:06 No.54103313 Report

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>>54102856
>>54102785
>>54102902
If it's not intentional I would be shocked. That close of a name on a pokemon that has hair they could be seen as similar to Vegeta

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 17:56:26 No.54103319 Report

Quoted By: >>54104910

a classic

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 18:10:03 No.54103386 Report

Quoted By: >>54105190

So we all agree that the Paradox naming convention is stupid no matter the language right?
I think I'm gonna give them all Nicknames that sound like names they would have. Got any ideas?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 18:21:37 No.54103448 Report

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>>54103261
It's because it's one word. It's the spaces that makes the English names look fucking stupid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 18:22:50 No.54103453 Report

Quoted By: >>54103781

>>54103291
It sounds like fuego (Spanish for fire) and growl.... Don't pronounce it like an English word, retard

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 18:23:28 No.54103456 Report

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>>54102044
Admurai is Samurott's German name. It's so much better than the English one, hell it even works in English too.

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 18:49:33 No.54103585 Report

Quoted By: >>54106415

Some German names I like

Sandamer (Sand am Meer lol it's Sandslash)
Schlurp (slurpppp so much better than Lickitung)
Scampisto and Wummer (really good names for the Clauncher line)
Wuffels (such a cute name for Rockruff sounds like waffles)
Reißlaus and Koalelu (really good puns for Wimpod and Komala)
Schlingking (really good name for Guzzlord. Schlingen means devour so Devour King)
FATALITEE (imagine Sinistea would be called Fatalitea in English, it's one of the best German names)
Chilingel (really cute name for Capsakid. It's a pun of the German word for rascal and chili)
Little fun fact: the magic words Abra Kadabra Alakazam is almost the same like in German there it is Abra Kadabra Simsala Bim
So in German Alakazam is called Simsala but there is no Bim, so there was a rumour that the Pokémon Bim a evolution of Alakazam will come one day.

Other little fun fact: Pawmi's German name is Pamo, so it sounds the same like Pawmi's evolution Pawmo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 19:39:23 No.54103781 Report

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>>54103453
Couldn‘t be from fuego (fire type) and negro (dark type)?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 22:27:27 No.54104475 Report

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I like Flamiau

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 23:00:04 No.54104599 Report

Quoted By: >>54104621

>>54103012
Still can't believe that Iron Jugulis and Iron Thorns French names are just an ability name and a move with a "S" at the end

So yes you can have
>Tetes-de-fer utilise Tête de fer ! (Iron head)
And a hacked
>Epines de fer with Epine de fer ( iron barn)

And it's funny because they changed Night Shade name because it was the same as the Dark type name ( Ténèbre) in gen 6 or 7. So why?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 23:05:12 No.54104621 Report

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>>54104599
Except Épine-de-Fer doesn't have the S, so it's just like the ability, but with dashes instead of spaces.
At least it can't have the ability unless by hacking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 23:20:00 No.54104664 Report

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>>54102679
I'm mad, that is a much better name than Blacephalon and its wasted on the french

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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 23:31:38 No.54104693 Report

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french crocorible

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 23:36:37 No.54104710 Report

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>>54102431
>The only gen 1 mon I think has a better name in German compared to English is Persian
How the fuck do you forget Relaxo and Schlurp?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2023 23:51:49 No.54104755 Report

Quoted By: >>54104888 >>54107475

>>54102044
I unironically have never seen this pokemon before in my life. Just goes to show hold little I follow pokemon nowadays.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 00:29:44 No.54104888 Report

Quoted By: >>54104904

>>54104755

would like like an award

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 00:32:26 No.54104904 Report

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>>54104888
would you like like to try that again?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 00:33:22 No.54104910 Report

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>>54103319
so fitting

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 01:08:52 No.54105041 Report

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In Brazil, reading psyduck is almost like reading "psychopath duck"!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 01:49:03 No.54105190 Report

Quoted By: >>54105198

>>54103386
My personal favs:

Sclaret:
Great Tusk - Dinphan
Scream Tail - Jigglytuff
Brute Bonnet - Abungoos
Flutter Mane - Manefortune
Slither Wing - Walkarona
Sandy Shocks - Magnemight
Roaring Moon - Salamenace or Moonmance
Walking Wake - Suicruel

Violet:
Iron Treads - Donphan
Iron Bundle - Delibundle
Iron Jugulis - Hydrairon
Iron Moth - Voltariona
Iron Thorns -Tyrectro
Iron Valiant - Galdevoir
Iron Leaves - Magenion

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 01:50:26 No.54105198 Report

Quoted By: >>54107140

>>54105190
Oopsie -
Iron threads - Donfen (Fe from Iron)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 02:16:01 No.54105296 Report

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>>54102044
My god. How can cute pokemon like Quaxly grow up into absolute abominations?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 07:43:43 No.54106415 Report

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>>54103585
Pamo is also the Japanese name of the first stage.
The evolutions also have funny names in both Japanese and German.
Japanese:
Pamo > Pamot > Parmot
German:
Pamo > Pamamo > Pamomamo
The names are almost as low effort as the Pokémon itself, kek

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 09:59:43 No.54106672 Report

Quoted By: >>54107118

in grrmany they named koffing after that one competitive pokemon organization

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 11:08:41 No.54106840 Report

Quoted By: >>54106902

>Bulbizarre
Why do they call it strange? You'd think that the French would be used to frogs by now.

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 11:24:12 No.54106884 Report

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>Scarabrute
Better than the english name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 11:30:00 No.54106902 Report

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>>54106840
Because of the japanese name. The german use also the Bi from Bizzare.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 11:30:53 No.54106905 Report

Quoted By: >>54107249

>>54102668
>>54102981
Fleder-Maus.

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 12:32:24 No.54107118 Report

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>>54106672
Kek, good one anon

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 12:33:22 No.54107122 Report

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>>54102044
Why is there a PKMN modeled after a tranny-groomed teenage boy now?

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 12:37:06 No.54107130 Report

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TRANSLATORS HAVE FAILED, MILLIONS MUST DIE!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 12:41:10 No.54107140 Report

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>>54105198
It’s Treads not Threads anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 13:12:25 No.54107234 Report

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>bubi and boober

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 13:15:54 No.54107243 Report

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>>54102807
to think that there was a time drag queens aimed for a regal beautiful aesthetic, and not some demonic mentally ill serial killer danger look

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 13:18:27 No.54107249 Report

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>>54106905
A bit too on the nose but still better than what we got

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 13:19:37 No.54107252 Report

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I like the French name of Tsareena's signature move: botte sucrette.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 14:08:30 No.54107394 Report

Quoted By: >>54107439

>>54103276
Isn’t it one of the only Pokémon with a different name in Spanish?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 14:20:04 No.54107439 Report

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>>54107394
Paradox

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 14:23:12 No.54107457 Report

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>>54103127
>Geodude's German name is Kleinstein. Which, as far as I'm aware, is a name that doesn't really mean anything and just sounds silly.
anon...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 14:27:10 No.54107475 Report

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>>54104755
No body tell that this is a modern starter
It would brake this anons heart

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2023 16:17:02 No.54108051 Report

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Snom is cute name but its German name Snomnom is much cuter.

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