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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 17:52:34 No.57961196 View View Reply Original Report

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ITT: Pokemon that should've kept their original JP names in English

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 17:53:22 No.57961197 Report

Quoted By: >>57961199

>>57961196
you start

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 17:54:44 No.57961199 Report

Quoted By: >>57961214

>>57961197
I already did but here's another one

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 17:54:54 No.57961200 Report

Quoted By: >>57962207

>>57961196
YWNBJ

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 17:56:53 No.57961204 Report

Quoted By: >>57961230 >>57961603

This one's a case where the problem isn't the localized name, it's that Magikarp got one but Gyarados didn't.
Koiking makes perfect sense to an English speaker. Gyarados doesn't mean anything in English

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 17:59:13 No.57961208 Report

Quoted By: >>57961784 >>57962359 >>57963806

Last one from me. "Toxtricity" is such a dogshit name I'm baffled it made it past the beta stage

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 18:00:44 No.57961214 Report

Quoted By: >>57961219 >>57965450

>>57961199
Does anybody unironically like this Wind Waker pig and not just because its name reminds them of memes

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 18:03:13 No.57961219 Report

Quoted By: >>57964366

>>57961214
I would have entirely neutral feelings towards it if it had kept the name "Gourton" in English, it would've been an inoffensive and perfectly acceptable route 1 shitter

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 18:07:49 No.57961230 Report

Quoted By: >>57961545

>>57961204
Gyaruno
Gyarados
Gyaratres

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 19:07:56 No.57961385 Report

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Man moo

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 20:05:02 No.57961545 Report

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>>57961230
Could Mozart still be alive?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 20:23:25 No.57961603 Report

Quoted By: >>57961856

>>57961204
Calling it "Magikarp" also fucked up a bunch of king jokes the original script made that I'm sure most westerners aren't even aware of.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:11:03 No.57961761 Report

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every paradox name sounds better in japanese

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:12:19 No.57961764 Report

Quoted By: >>57961785 >>57962128 >>57964377

tekkaguya

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:15:03 No.57961774 Report

Quoted By:

Sazandora

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:20:01 No.57961784 Report

Quoted By: >>57962117

>>57961208
this name is great, i saw you sperg out about it in another thread and all i could think was "does this guy have a speech impediment?"

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:20:30 No.57961785 Report

Quoted By: >>57961858

>>57961764
I didn't even remember what this thing was called in English. Tekkaguya is such a better name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:33:19 No.57961813 Report

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>>57961196
you're really gonna make me look it up?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:53:45 No.57961856 Report

Quoted By: >>57965575

>>57961603
The Pokefan one is the only one I'm aware of with HGSS keeping Magikarp instead of swapping it with Seaking

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 21:53:53 No.57961858 Report

Quoted By: >>57962100

>>57961785
it's literally on the image. It's a TCG card

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 23:12:00 No.57962100 Report

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>>57961858
I know, I meant I didn't remember it until I looked at the picture.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 23:21:14 No.57962117 Report

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>>57961784
I saw his spergout too and it made me elrealize i've been calling it "Toxitricity" this whole time

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 23:24:10 No.57962128 Report

Quoted By: >>57963735

>>57961764
It's weird they didn't even incorporate bamboo into it's name somehow. At least do that if you don't want to mention Kaguya.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 23:29:18 No.57962143 Report

Quoted By: >>57962426

I'll never understand this one. The prevolved forms even have arrow-based theming as part of their names. Only reason I can think of is that maybe it sounds too similar to Fearow, but that's bullshit because you have stuff like Zubat and Woobat, Cutiefly and Beautifly etc

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 23:32:02 No.57962154 Report

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Decidueye feels like the name of a Final Fantasy XIV character rather than a Pokemon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 23:44:38 No.57962207 Report

Quoted By:

>>57961196
none of them
>>57961200
tpbp

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 00:36:30 No.57962359 Report

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>>57961208
Nah, Toxtricity is great. Even if it wasn't, I'm not a fan of Strinder. The german name Riffex is also good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 00:42:42 No.57962371 Report

Quoted By:

>>57961196
Like half the mons at this point feel like they got name changes just because some autistic localizer wanted it changed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 01:11:28 No.57962426 Report

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>>57962143
Change the English name to Hayaferno

Haya = Hayabusa (reflects the bird it's based on)
Ferno = inferno (reflects the Fire typing it has)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 06:04:26 No.57963135 Report

Quoted By: >>57963716

>>57961196
what was it, Mistu Mimeru?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 12:23:45 No.57963716 Report

Quoted By: >>57963721 >>57963789

>>57963135
Barrierd

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 12:26:03 No.57963721 Report

Quoted By: >>57963750

>>57963716
sounds dumb

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 12:29:46 No.57963728 Report

Quoted By: >>57964484 >>57964776 >>57965260 >>57966469

Wargle was literally perfect

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 12:35:31 No.57963735 Report

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>>57962128
Bambooster? It makes more sense than Celesteela.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 12:41:59 No.57963750 Report

Quoted By: >>57963765

>>57963721
"Female Mister Mime" doesn't sound dumb?

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 12:43:56 No.57963754 Report

Quoted By: >>57963814

>>57961196
Magmar (Boober)
webm unrel

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 12:51:36 No.57963765 Report

Quoted By: >>57963846

>>57963750
well it's not called "Female Mister Mime" it's just called Mr. Mime

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 13:08:14 No.57963789 Report

Quoted By: >>57965601

>>57961196
>>57963716
>named after a move that's not even exclusive to it in Gen 1 nor is it that good to begin with
What a cuck.
Also I wonder if the Japanese localization of Detective Pikachu had to come up with an explanation for the Mr. Mime scene since it makes no sense without the context of the name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 13:19:40 No.57963806 Report

Quoted By:

>>57961208
The toxtricity of our city

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 13:24:27 No.57963814 Report

Quoted By:

>>57963754
I have a mighty need for some context

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 13:42:29 No.57963846 Report

Quoted By: >>57964085

>>57963765
Female Mr. Mimes are called female Mr. Mimes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 15:42:08 No.57964085 Report

Quoted By: >>57965581 >>57965605

>>57963846
No they are just called mr. Mime. Female birds are called birds.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 17:36:43 No.57964366 Report

Quoted By: >>57964370

>>57961219
I'm glad it induces rage in people instead of just being forgettable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 17:37:34 No.57964370 Report

Quoted By: >>57964391

>>57964366
I didn't even remember what its English name even was until I saw that post.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 17:39:04 No.57964377 Report

Quoted By:

>>57961764
Celesteela is a cool name though. Celestial and Steel pun, to pay homage to it's space princess origin in a way that makes sense to the average american.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 17:41:51 No.57964391 Report

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>>57964370
But when you did remember you got upset. I like that. You wouldn't have given a shit if somebody brought up watchog or whatever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 18:11:55 No.57964484 Report

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>>57963728
Wargle sounds like gargling balls. It took me a moment to realize it was supposed to be war and eagle.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 19:45:03 No.57964738 Report

Quoted By: >>57964784

Rafflesia

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 20:01:03 No.57964776 Report

Quoted By:

>>57963728
I don't think they wanted to have an AMERICAN eagle pokemon with "war" in it's name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 20:03:46 No.57964784 Report

Quoted By: >>57964804 >>57964947

>>57964738
how the hell do you get a name more unoriginal than Seel? that's literally the plant it's based on, no spelling changes.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 20:04:46 No.57964788 Report

Quoted By:

>Wargle

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 20:05:15 No.57964790 Report

Quoted By:

>>57961196
Lizardon

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 20:09:19 No.57964804 Report

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>>57964784
I do not care what you have to say. Everyone knows what a seal is. Not everyone knows what a rafflesia is. And that word sounds cool.

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 20:22:14 No.57964849 Report

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>>57961196
I love mr mime and I think his name is good the japanese one is kind of boring

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 20:43:02 No.57964886 Report

Quoted By: >>57965257 >>57966867

>>57961196
Lucky / Luckey
They tried making the same exact pun out of this one but slightly worse. Kind of an odd decision

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 21:05:12 No.57964947 Report

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>>57964784
How the hell is "Ruffresia" closer to rafflesia than "Seel" is to seal? Do you have brain damage?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 22:51:12 No.57965257 Report

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>>57964886
Its weird because "Chance!" or "Chansu!" is something the Japanese actually say to invoke good luck or just a positive exclamation as a borrowed word from English. Seems that the localizers were doing a bit of the Yugioh Raigeki or Gishki thing of translating something back into its Japanese version when the origional was in Engllish to either preserve the exoticism or just as a translation gag.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 22:53:28 No.57965260 Report

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>>57963728
This one's bait, Braviary is a fucking awesome name

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 23:49:56 No.57965400 Report

Quoted By:

>>57961196
>Catch a Mr. Mime
>Female
One of the mons that should've got a gender difference

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 00:01:37 No.57965431 Report

Quoted By: >>57965608

>>57961196
Mime is fine, they just should have eliminated the honorific Mr or adding Miss to the females

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Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 00:05:52 No.57965450 Report

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>>57961214
I love Lechonk for its design, what I hate is their bland evolutions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 00:50:21 No.57965575 Report

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>>57961856
What's interesting about this to me is how the need to have Magikarp's level be much high for balancing purposes increases the prize money for this battle because of how prize money directly relates to the highest level of the opponent. The joke actually affects gameplay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 00:52:50 No.57965581 Report

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>>57964085
Not if you want to specify that the bird is female. Anything including Mr. in the name shouldn't be female, because that's dumb.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 00:57:38 No.57965601 Report

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>>57963789
The scene makes sense for both names. Mimes are known for making invisible barriers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 00:58:43 No.57965605 Report

Quoted By: >>57966876

>>57964085
Female birds are called hens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 01:00:28 No.57965608 Report

Quoted By: >>57966363

>>57965431
Should've just been called Mimey like how Ash's mom nicknamed it.

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Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 03:57:29 No.57966079 Report

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>>57961196
boober

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Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 05:28:00 No.57966241 Report

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Jukain

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 06:24:09 No.57966363 Report

Quoted By: >>57966852

>>57965608
Isn't mime jr just miemin or similar in Japanese? Why did they feel the need to make it jr?
Mimey and Mimemin would have been great

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 08:13:13 No.57966469 Report

Quoted By: >>57966852

>>57963728
Wait, that's actually it's Japanese name? I thought that was a /vp/ or general fan name like smugleaf and wotter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 12:55:02 No.57966852 Report

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>>57966363
No, it's Manene. "Mane" is nip for "to mimic".

>>57966469
It's Warrgle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 13:01:55 No.57966867 Report

Quoted By: >>57966879

>>57964886
It's doubly retarded because they then named the evolution "Blissey". Luckey -> Blissey works a lot better than Chansey -> Blissey.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 13:04:08 No.57966876 Report

Quoted By:

>>57965605
Petition to rename Mr.Mime to Mimecock.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 13:05:28 No.57966879 Report

Quoted By:

>>57966867
How so?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 14:00:55 No.57966981 Report

Quoted By: >>57966992

Kamitsurugi

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 14:07:02 No.57966992 Report

Quoted By: >>57966998

>>57966981
I legit have no fucking thing what this guy is even called in English. Was it some pun on origami?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 14:08:46 No.57966998 Report

Quoted By: >>57967006

>>57966992
Kartana

Something about katana since it's a samurai.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Jul 2025 14:11:56 No.57967006 Report

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>>57966998
Oh.

Fuck, I'm sure I've known that at some point, but if I had just read the name "Kartana" with no context I wouldn't even have connected it to Pokemon, let alone Kamitsurugi.

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