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nuzblog · 6 years

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Now, full disclosure, the naming theme for my sweet boys was guessed some time ago. As such, I have no problem now saying that the theme was... the thing the Pokemon is based on. Since some of them are a little obtuse, I thought I'd go through and just name every single one throughout the entire playthrough. Fun!

Minos - Wartortle is base on the Minogame, a mythical turtle said to grow a tail after living for a very long time. Horus - The Pidgey line, besides various birds, resembles Horus, the Egyptian bird god, and the Eye of Horus in particular. Pincho - Raticate, among other large rodents, resembles a capybara. Are there other rodents it resembles more? Yes. But capybaras are cool. And they're also known as carpincho. Xuth - Caterpie is plainly based on the Asian swallowtail caterpillar, from its coloration to its markings to its prominent osmeterium. The species name for the Asian swallowtail is Papilio xuthus. Vlad - A few levels removed, but Zubat is based on vampire bats, which are called that due to their similar pattern of hematophagy as the mythical vampire. Dracula, the most famous vampire in popular culture, is based on Vlad the Impaler. Lanius - Spearow, besides a sparrow, has the hooked beak of a Lanius shrike. Penthes - Bellsprout's family is based on pitcher plants. One of the two most species-rich families of pitcher plants, including the ones that Victreebel most directly resembles, are of the family Nepenthes. Maneki - Meowth, with its head-mounted coin and signature move Pay Day, is pretty clearly based on the beckoning cat, a commonly seen statue representing good fortune, and in the original Japanese, called Maneki Neko. Whaca - Diglett isn't just a mole... it's a Whac-A-Mole. Cingu - The order to which armored mammals such as armadillos (one of Sandshrew's origins) belong is Cingulata. Bara - As before, this is for the capybara. Mick - Voltorb's role in the Power Plant is to decieve the player into believing that a powerful monster is in fact a treasure. In other words, it fills the same niche as a Mimic. Moschops - Machop's name and face resemble that of the extinct synapsid genus Moschops. Kitan - Vulpix is of course based on the kitsune. -tan is a childish Japanese honorific denoting something as cute and mascot like, and also that gives it the same name as the Zelda kitsune, the Keaton. Vulpix is an immature kitsune, so I'm using essentially the same logic. Imugi - Dragonair's entire design is based on the Imugi, a serpent that would gain pearls and become a dragon in Korean folklore. Sogenbi - Gastly resembles a Japanese yokai said to be the decapitated head of a monk wreathed in flame, called the sōgen bi. Bernie - Snorlax is based on the habits of bears, which hibernate, eating a lot of food and then sleeping for a long time. HiBERNate. Tad - Poliwag is a tadpole. :) - According to Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori, Ditto was originally based on the smiley face. :) Arctid - Arctiidae is a family of moths with similarly poisonous properties to Venomoth due to their diets. Moa - It's literally just the name of an extinct, large flightless bird which Doduo resembles. Matsya - The fish avatar of Vishnu, which Goldeen particularly resembles given its horn. Sciari - Sciaridae are flies which Venonat resembles the larva of. Aster - I didn't actually mention this name when I mentioned catching the Staryu, huh? Anyway, Staryu is based on sea stars of the class Asteroidea. Harp - Seel is based on the harp seal! Okeefe - Cloyster is very clearly based on a Georgia O'keefe painting. Ooze - It's. Uh. It's ooze. Wakinyan - According to a website, Wakinyan is the traditional Sioux name for the thunderbird of Native American mythology. Baku - Drowzee and Hypno are based on the Japanese myth of the baku, a tapir-like creature that devours dreams. Desmod - The common vampire bat is the desmodus rotundus. Campus - The seahorse is also called the hippocampus, from the Latin words meaning "horse" and "sea monster".

There ya go. With the exception of whatever crazy thing the Cerulean Cave has in store for me, that's all the names explained.

#addons #pokemon #name scheme

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thefuturistiswriting · 6 years

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THE FUTURIST!’s Movie Viewing Log circa MAY 2018

ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER (1939, W.S. Van Dyke)

SON OF THE PINK PANTHER (1993, Blake Edwards)

CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE (1939, Noel Smith)

DARLING LILI (1970, Blake Edwards)

THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017, Sean Baker)

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974, Brian De Palma)

LOST HORIZON (1973, Charles Jarrott)

COPS (1922, Buster Keaton / Edward F. Cline)

THE APPLE (1980, Menahem Golan)

DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE (1995, John McTiernan)

MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972, Arthur Hiller)

BOOK CLUB (2018, Bill Holderman)

MY FRIEND DAHMER (2017, Mark Myers)

THE MUMMY (2017, Alex Kurtzman)

TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970, Richard Fleischer / Kinji Fukasaku / Toshio Masuda)

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018, Ron Howard)

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988, Stephen Chiodo)

JUDGE HARDY AND SON (1939, George B. Seitz)

#movie viewing log #thimble theater #the hive

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