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It is based on a crab. Krabby is a corruption of crabby (grouchy or ill-tempered) and a pun on crab. […]

Hypno is based on a tapir, hypnotist, and baku, or dream eater spirit, of Japanese mythology. It also looks similar […]

Onix is most likely based on a combination of a snake and earthworm. It may also been based on the […]

Drowzee is based on the Japanese myth of the baku, creatures who eat bad dreams of sleeping people. Originally, they […]

It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, cats, or the Cheshire Cat and possibly on a distorted […]

Haunter is possibly based on the dila, a spirit that passes through walls then licks certain humans to death according […]

Gastly seems to be based on general cartoonish ghosts and spirits, or maybe a will-o’-the-wisp. It may also have been […]

It appears to be based on a bivalve of the genus Spondylus with a black pearl as its head. Cloyster […]

Shellder is similar to the clam, with its tongue representing a clam’s “foot.” The fact that it latches onto Slowpoke […]

It appears to be a pile of living sludge. Muk may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy […]

It appears to be a pile of living sludge. Grimer may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy […]

Dewgong is based on the aquatic dwelling tropical mammal, the dugong. Its is of the same order as the manatee, […]

Seel is based on seal pups, bearing resemblance to a newborn harp seal. The horn on the top of Seel’s […]

Despite its name, Dodrio seems like it has more in common with ostriches than dodos. It also seems to show […]

Despite its name, it seems like it has more in common with ostriches than dodos. It also seems to show […]