Hitmonlee may be a personification of taekwondo, a sport that focuses on kick attacks. Due to its lack of a […]
Category: Pokemon Gen 1
Cubone (Karakara)
Cubone may be based on a dinosaur. It also could be based on primitive cultures that wore bones for decoration […]
Exeggcute (Tamatama)
Exeggcute appears to be a mixture of a batch of eggs and seeds, though it may have been inspired by […]
Exeggutor (Nasshi)
It appears to be based on a coconut tree and possibly the Japanese monster Jinmenju, a tree that grows human […]
Voltorb (Biriridama)
It seems to be based upon the concept of a living Poké Ball (with its Shiny coloration possibly being based […]
Electrode (Marumain)
It seems to be based upon the concept of a living Poké Ball, and is often mistaken for one. The […]
Kingler (Kingura)
Kingler is very similar to a fiddler crab or a terrestrial crab of the genus Cardisoma, which usually have one […]
Krabby (Kurabu)
It is based on a crab. Krabby is a corruption of crabby (grouchy or ill-tempered) and a pun on crab. […]
Hypno (Suripa)
Hypno is based on a tapir, hypnotist, and baku, or dream eater spirit, of Japanese mythology. It also looks similar […]
Drowzee (Suripu)
Drowzee is based on the Japanese myth of the baku, creatures who eat bad dreams of sleeping people. Originally, they […]
Onix (Iwaku)
Onix is most likely based on a combination of a snake and earthworm. It may also been based on the […]
Gengar (Genga)
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, cats, or the Cheshire Cat and possibly on a distorted […]
Haunter (Gosuto)
Haunter is possibly based on the dila, a spirit that passes through walls then licks certain humans to death according […]
Gastly (Gosu)
Gastly seems to be based on general cartoonish ghosts and spirits, or maybe a will-o’-the-wisp. It may also have been […]
Cloyster (Parushen)
It appears to be based on a bivalve of the genus Spondylus with a black pearl as its head. Cloyster […]