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Pokemon Name Quirks

Discussion in 'Pokémon General' started by PixelPics, Aug 20, 2013.

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  1. PixelPics

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    As you may have noticed over the years, Pokémon names have some quirks in them.

    (I know this isn't a Pokémon.)
    Ash Ketchum
    Gotta Ketchum All

    EKANS - SNAKE
    ARBOK - KOBRA
    ROTOM - MOTOR
    ZUBAT - Tabuz (Taboos?)

    GIRAFARIG - GIRAFARIG
    ALOMOMOLA - ALOMOMOLA
    EEVEE - EEVEE
    HO-OH - HO-OH

    Artic Uno
    Zap Dos
    Mol Tres

    Found this one myself! :)

    LUcaRIO
    RIOLUca

    Gible - Nibble
    Gabite - Bite
    Garchomp - Chomp

    Skitty - Skittish + Kitty

    Koffing - Coughing
    Weezing - Wheezing

    Whismur - Whisper/Murmur
    Loudred - Loud
    Exploud - Explode + Loud

    Charmander - Salamander
    Charmeleon - Chameleon
    Charizard - Lizard

    Hoppip - HOP PIP
    Skiploom - SKIP BLOOM
    Jumpluff - JUMP FLUFF

    Porygon - Polygon

    Sudowoodo - Psuedo (False) Wood

    Turtwig - Turtle + Twig
    Grotle - Ground + Turtle
    Torterra - Tortoise + Terra (Land)

    Lotad - TADpOLe

    Squirtle - Squirt + Turtle
    Wartortle - Warrior + Tortoise + Turtle
    Blastoise - Blast + Turtoise

    Magikarp - Magic + Carp
    Gyarados - Gyakusatsu (Massacre/Slaughter) + Arasoi (Conflict) + Dosu (Sound of piercing flesh)

    Smeargle - Smear + Beagle

    D Ein o
    Zwel ious
    Hy drei gon

    This thread is getting just a little bit long, so leave others in the comments below!
     
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    Exploud also has "loud" in it... Like "explode" and "loud". Yeah...

    I didn't notice a lot of those though. Sudowoodo and Lucario being some of them.
     
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    Well, don't mean to rain on any parades but almost all, if not all, Pokémon has words where their name came from.

    Like Skitty comes from "Skittish" and "Kitty". ^_^

    But yeah things like palindromes in Pokémon names are interesting.
     
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  4. EmeraldGlee

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    Isn't there a thread where we name 5 of these in a post? :3

    Smeargle - Smear Beagle
     
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    Similar to the Gen 1 legendary birds, Deino, Zweilous and Hydreigon's names contain the German words for the numbers one (ein), two (zwei) and three (drei), making even more sense for these since it corresponds to the number of heads each Pokémon has.
     
  6. PixelPics

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    Thanks for all the suggestions and fixes. :)
    Just something I don't feel needed to be put in...
    Phione is an anagram of iPhone.
     
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    I'm just going to say it before someone else does: Muk is a pile of goo. Muk spelled backwards is Kum. Which is a corruption on the spelling of "cum". Which is a slang term for semen. Which is goo.

    Yep.
     
  8. Pixil

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    Doima, always saying things everyone else was afraid to say...

    Anyway, I doubt that was intentional... xD

    Also it's obvious that Squirtle is Squirt + Turtle, but I like to think of it as Squirrel + Turtle because of its random squirrel-like tail lol.
     
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    Doima, I wish I had the guts to say that. Cause me and my neighbor always laugh about that. *High Fives Doima* You made my day!
     
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    Only Doima has the apricorns to say that.
     
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    Another few I've noticed:

    Clef (musical symbol) Fairy
    Clef - Fable (Fairy Tale)

    Dragon - Air (From Debonair, meaning urbane, or suave.)
    Agg (aggressive) - ron (derived from iron)

    Magne (magnet) - mite (referring to it's miniscule size)
     
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    Man, Mr. Doima is the only one here with the guts to say this! ^^; Ahahaha!
     
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