Venusaur has a Rafflesia flower on its back, they didn't give it poison for the sake of it.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Gloom is a redditflesia venosaur just has a random flower because its a dinosaur
Beedril and Venomoth have wings and yet are not flying type.
Pokemon can only have two types genius
Bees and moths are most known for being poison so it took priority
1 year ago
Anonymous
>Bees and moths are most known for being poison so it took priority
you people will just make shit up on the fly to support your arguments
nobody has ever thought of bees and moths when it comes to "poison"
they think of honey and bugs that fly into lights and sometimes get in your house lamps and then you're too scared to get them out because they might fly at you
1 year ago
Anonymous
>Wasps aren't known for their venomous sting
Wew lad. Also, wasps don't make honey.
1 year ago
Anonymous
People know wasps for pain of the sting but not the venom that can't kill most humans or animals under normal circumstance.
And also >bees are now wasps
go clean your room.
1 year ago
Anonymous
I guess this is a bee too? It's also got the word bee in its name. Could it possibly bee that the American translator, with his American education, couldn't tell the difference between a bee and a wasp?
1 year ago
Anonymous
It's a bee fly, but nice try
1 year ago
Anonymous
Which is also not a bee despite having the word bee in its name
1 year ago
Anonymous
Correct. It's name is based off of "bombyliidae" and "bee." Both of which pertain to the creature it is based on. Where does the "bee" in Beedrill come from?
1 year ago
Anonymous
The realisation that waspdrill would be a really shitty name
1 year ago
Anonymous
So you have literally zero argument, got it.
1 year ago
Anonymous
My argument is that, in spite of the name the american translator gave it, beedrill is based more on a wasp than a bee
Evidence: it looks more like a wasp than a bee and there is a bee mon that actually makes honey and is eusocial
1 year ago
Anonymous
>in spite of the name the american translator gave it
lol
lmao even
Please do a bit of research before pulling things out of your ass. Its category in both English AND Japanese is "Poison Bee Pokémon." The first 3 characters of its Japanese name in reverse are the name of the genus of honey bees, not wasps. >waspdrill would be a really shitty name
Hilarious, considering its Japanese name literally translates to "Spear" and "Waspear" is such an obvious pun to make of they wanted to use the word wasp. It doesn't even have drills. The part of the name they compromised on was "drill," not "bee." >Evidence: superficial opinions and other Pokémon from a decade later
Wow, that's some strong evidence there, lad. Please learn how to think critically, how to do even a little research, and how to present an argument that won't be torn to shreds before trying again.
1 year ago
Anonymous
>The first 3 characters of its name in reverse
Holy schizoid batman >Waspear
Terrifying. Lol.
Are you ever going to address the fact that it looks like a wasp and not a bee? After all the Pokédex calls a tenrec a mouse, so in the fictional universe of Pokémon they might call it a bee. But we know that the human beings here on Earth were thinking of something else.
1 year ago
Anonymous
>Holy schizoid batman
Yes, Pokémon names never use reversed or rearranged versions of the names of their real world inspirations. I forgot that this concept in completely alien to Pokémon naming conventions. >Are you ever going to address the fact that it looks like a wasp and not a bee?
It looks like both. Acting like they look so different that there's no possible way it's based on a bee is a definition bad faith argument. The difference is there is evidence beyond the physical appearance to suggest it is based on a bee. No such evidence exists beyond the physical appearance to suggest it is based on a wasp.
1 year ago
Anonymous
>Bees and moths are most known for being poison so it took priority
I'll give bees because of their venom, but you are literally just saying anything to try and 'win' the online argument by saying people associate moths with poison.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Well, they gave it a poison type so it's not like they just did it for shits and giggles
1 year ago
Anonymous
They gave Pikachu the electric type. What's your point?
Because it's a perfect representation of what Pokemon is, it's almost all Pokemon types rolled into one. >Monstrous (no mouth) >Mysterious (the spiral thing) >Humanoid >Friendly-looking
Especially when they're paired with Charizard, Pikachu, Nidoking and other popular Gen 1 Pokemon that adhere to only one or two of these.
Genuinely the Poliwag line should have been the border of how a humanoid Pokemon can look.
Bias from Tajiri.
Why didn't he put the line in as the Water Starter? It has a three-stage evolution line from the go, and Poliwag is cute enough to be a Water Starter.
Water stone evo and dual typing
>dual typing
Bulbasaur is dual grass and poison
Not in gen 1
you could've changed it to an evo via levels
also the other two kanto starters are dual typed
They threw poison on everything in genwun and chairizard had to be flying because it had wings ie not an argument. What type is blastoise hmm?
Steel water
The middle. It was retconned after the design doc.
See
that's why i said the other two :vv
like the two other types
yes he is
>he
85.75% male
Why is there an exclamation point in the top-left corner?
Shiny. It's a mod.
Venusaur has a Rafflesia flower on its back, they didn't give it poison for the sake of it.
Gloom is a redditflesia venosaur just has a random flower because its a dinosaur
Pokemon can only have two types genius
Bees and moths are most known for being poison so it took priority
>Bees and moths are most known for being poison so it took priority
you people will just make shit up on the fly to support your arguments
nobody has ever thought of bees and moths when it comes to "poison"
they think of honey and bugs that fly into lights and sometimes get in your house lamps and then you're too scared to get them out because they might fly at you
>Wasps aren't known for their venomous sting
Wew lad. Also, wasps don't make honey.
People know wasps for pain of the sting but not the venom that can't kill most humans or animals under normal circumstance.
And also
>bees are now wasps
go clean your room.
I guess this is a bee too? It's also got the word bee in its name. Could it possibly bee that the American translator, with his American education, couldn't tell the difference between a bee and a wasp?
It's a bee fly, but nice try
Which is also not a bee despite having the word bee in its name
Correct. It's name is based off of "bombyliidae" and "bee." Both of which pertain to the creature it is based on. Where does the "bee" in Beedrill come from?
The realisation that waspdrill would be a really shitty name
So you have literally zero argument, got it.
My argument is that, in spite of the name the american translator gave it, beedrill is based more on a wasp than a bee
Evidence: it looks more like a wasp than a bee and there is a bee mon that actually makes honey and is eusocial
>in spite of the name the american translator gave it
lol
lmao even
Please do a bit of research before pulling things out of your ass. Its category in both English AND Japanese is "Poison Bee Pokémon." The first 3 characters of its Japanese name in reverse are the name of the genus of honey bees, not wasps.
>waspdrill would be a really shitty name
Hilarious, considering its Japanese name literally translates to "Spear" and "Waspear" is such an obvious pun to make of they wanted to use the word wasp. It doesn't even have drills. The part of the name they compromised on was "drill," not "bee."
>Evidence: superficial opinions and other Pokémon from a decade later
Wow, that's some strong evidence there, lad. Please learn how to think critically, how to do even a little research, and how to present an argument that won't be torn to shreds before trying again.
>The first 3 characters of its name in reverse
Holy schizoid batman
>Waspear
Terrifying. Lol.
Are you ever going to address the fact that it looks like a wasp and not a bee? After all the Pokédex calls a tenrec a mouse, so in the fictional universe of Pokémon they might call it a bee. But we know that the human beings here on Earth were thinking of something else.
>Holy schizoid batman
Yes, Pokémon names never use reversed or rearranged versions of the names of their real world inspirations. I forgot that this concept in completely alien to Pokémon naming conventions.
>Are you ever going to address the fact that it looks like a wasp and not a bee?
It looks like both. Acting like they look so different that there's no possible way it's based on a bee is a definition bad faith argument. The difference is there is evidence beyond the physical appearance to suggest it is based on a bee. No such evidence exists beyond the physical appearance to suggest it is based on a wasp.
>Bees and moths are most known for being poison so it took priority
I'll give bees because of their venom, but you are literally just saying anything to try and 'win' the online argument by saying people associate moths with poison.
Well, they gave it a poison type so it's not like they just did it for shits and giggles
They gave Pikachu the electric type. What's your point?
Beedril and Venomoth have wings and yet are not flying type.
because she's cute and funky looking also appeals to both men and women.
>she
is my wife
it's the creator's favorite pokemon. seriously.
>seRioUSly.
and that's a problem because, moron? It's his IP
Tajiri like frogs
it's a fun mascot-worthy design
Tajiri's fave PKMN
Once you see the mouth you cant unsee it
I wish he still had fingers.
Because there were less Pokemon to use for marketing, duh
Frags
Hypnotism
You say that like it's a bad thing
tajiri
Evo is a Jobber.
Look at him. He's perfect.
where's his mouth
It's the black line on her stomach
Because it's a perfect representation of what Pokemon is, it's almost all Pokemon types rolled into one.
>Monstrous (no mouth)
>Mysterious (the spiral thing)
>Humanoid
>Friendly-looking
Especially when they're paired with Charizard, Pikachu, Nidoking and other popular Gen 1 Pokemon that adhere to only one or two of these.
Genuinely the Poliwag line should have been the border of how a humanoid Pokemon can look.
He cute
the real question is why Poliwhirl and no Poliwag or Poliwrath?
Alarm clock looking motherfricker
>It’sa me! Swirly gloves guy!
Pokemania was actually a mass hypnosis campaign spearheaded by yours truly. Since then theyve become a trillion dollar franchise
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
actual failed shillmon