2nd Gen Are they Legendary Dogs or Cats... or Gerbils?

Started by FreakyLocz14 February 24th, 2010 12:48 PM
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What kind of animal are Entei, Suicune, and Raikou?

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*shrugs* Who knows?

No, really, who does? Well... okay, okay, Game Freak would know, but do you see any o' them in this forum? *looks about* 'zactly.

Anyway, although I call them "Legendary Beasts" for simplicity's sake, I do like to think of them as cats.

Entei = Lion
Raikou = Tiger
Suicune = CHEETAH heck yeah!

But there isn't anything official on what they were based off of, I don't think, so get ready to watch the usual "cats vs dogs" arguements.

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I generally call them Legendary Dogs, but that's just me.
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well Suicune is the only one that looks like a dog to me, entei is a lion (OMG THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!), and raikou is a sabertooth. Legendary beasts?
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Entei = Lion
Raikou = Tiger
Suicune = CHEETAH heck yeah!
That's exactly what I think. I never called them Legendary Dogs because it bugged me that Entei looked like a lion and Raikou is definitely based off a sabertooth tiger. I personally think that Suicune has some wolf like features, but that's just me.

I call them Legendary Beasts. There's a little bit of both cats and dogs in the Beasts. It's like the freaking Eeveelutions.

But they're definitely "beasts," so that's what I'll call them.

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Entei if you squint, can possibly be one of those long haired dogs. Raikou I can't really see as a dog, and Suicune is a mix between a cheetah and a wolf.

So I like to call them beasts, just to settle the matter.
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This is what the third time I've seen this thread? Seriously, what is so controversial about this subject that people need to keep bringing it back up? Well back on topic I think raikou is the only one who really looks like a cat to me, and entei's face is too flat to really be anything real, most people say suicune is a panther but I don't really see it so I'm just gonna go with gerbils.
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In my opinion this is a bit of a silly question. They are simply "Beasts". I understand your natural curiosity, but in my opinion they are niether. They're more like Foxes (Yes I know those are in all technicallity wolfs, but...) where you can't quite tell. It's a bit inbetween.

I don't remember where I heard it from, but I once heard they are the revived spirits of Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon. Anyways, it's just an odd and rather silly topic. And they literally can't be dogs or cats. They're Pokemon.
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They are dogs. Read their PokeDex entry.
Watch the anime.
Read the manga.
Pay attention to the games.

THEY ARE DOGS.
In which of any of those are they referred to as dogs?
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In which of any of those are they referred to as dogs?
Well Entei is said to make "barking" sounds. But Both Entei and Raikou look more feline than canine. I'd say the most canine looking one is Suicune.

I say Legendary Beasts as well.
Each of them share characteristics with dogs, as well as cats.
Raikou resembles a cat almost completely as mentioned above.
Entei's bulky build reminds me of a large dog and yet it's mane is much like a lion's.
Suicune's build is very slender and agile like a cat, while it's muzzle resembles more of a dog's.

So Entei and Suicune to me are like cat-dog hybrids.. and Raikou is a saber.

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*rolls eyes* Oh boy, here we go again...

Entei = Lion St. Bernard (look it up)
Raikou = Tiger
Suicune = Neither
Fixed.

I'm not saying that they should be called Legendary Dogs either, but even if we were to agree on Entei being a lion (>_<), Suicune looks completely different from both of them. Regardless, you can't really put them all in one category, so yeah, 'legendary beasts' is what I use to avoid offending people. :P

Oh by the way, here's the dex entry for Entei from the original Gold version:

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Suicune is obviously a wolf, last I checked, a cheetah didn't have that type of snout, Raikou is obviously a cat (what dog do you know of that has that sort of posture?), while Entei...It has both canine and feline features, so it's difficult to tell...
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