>>54266993*sigh*
drowzee's "muddy pants" are a reference to the double color of tapirs, elephants literally shoot mud with their trunks. boxing gloves do not conduct electricity and they are not offensive, a gloveless fist does more damage than a gloved one, boxing gloves are to protect the wearer so they don't break their fingers/hands. so yes the gloves also have a shielding function.
gamefreak are not out here playing big brain 4D chess with typings. you know what else ground type does besides make you immune to electricity? It makes you weak to grass, it makes you weak to water, it makes you strong against fire. Rubber floats, it doesn't disintegrate with water like soil, plants do not drain rubber of nutrients the way they do with soil, rubber burns unlike soil. This also means that if you look at it from my more naturalistic perspective of elephants the type implications are also silly. Elephants are good swimmers, their tusks take down wood and they are one hell of a plant eater. all this to say they weren't thinking about all these connections too deeply. Take a step back for a second, this debate started because someone claimed Donphan is ground type because rubber does not conduct electricity and even though ground and rubber are not related gamefreak still went for it to make it immune to electricity. This is beyond ridiculous and would never happen.
