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In ancient legends and the Bible we obviously know something about Dragons breathing fire. There's even a full essay about it on a wiki here. In relation to Pokemon, there are quite a lot of Dragon-types that can learn Flamethrower, examples being Druddigon, the Dragonite family and the Salamence family. So out of the 40 dragons in the Pokemon world, why is Reshiram the only Dragon/Fire type Pokemon?
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There's really no good way to answer this question, it's simply because that's not the type the Pokemon is. As for situations like Salamence using Flamethrower and not being part fire is because dragons generally are thought of as fire breathing creatures, so that might contribute to the cause. Because the word 'dragon' and 'fire' are associated with each other (generally) in most peoples minds, it's far more interesting to have, say, a dragon/electric or dragon/ice.

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Let's not forget that Mega Charizard X is a fire/dragon type.

The dragons have been getting quite a bit of love (hey, megas) lately since the fairy hit to their ego, so we could see more down the line.
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In terms of movepool, Dragon is basically Fire + more elements (although I'm not sure if many dragons learn both Water and Fire-type offensive moves, other than that there is ridiculous coverage). Why put the two types together unless you're doing something special? (Reshiram, Mega Charizard being examples upholding the aforementioned "special" rule)

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I always thought it was because some other type was just better suited for the pokemon than fire. With Salamence, it's a flying dragon, so the type combination makes sense. Then again, there's Druddigon with its single Dragon typing. To me, Druddigon doesn't look like much of a fire type, so the design could have played into it as well. Out of the two Fire/Dragon pokemon that exist right now, you can really see fire being incorporated into the design, where as the other dragons just have fire moves because of the link in mythology.
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Well, sure, dragons are associated in the West with fire. But in the east they have long been connected to water and the oceans. Why aren't there even more Dragon/Water types?
This. Keep in mind that in Asia (especially in the Orient), they have a totally different definition of "Dragon". They are based on the creature "Long", and they are more Serpent-like than the European/Western version. It's also interesting to see that in the Eastern culture, they are more spiritual creatures, while in the Western culture, they are more monstrous. Obviously, as Pokémon is a Japanese franchise, they are more inspired by the Eastern (Spiritual) Dragon, even though they included several Slavic dragon in their game (Charizard, Dragonite). Even in their appearance, all the Dragons are more like the Eastern Dragons.

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I think that eventually we will see more types that there are only a few of. It does seem as if the Pokémon Company want special typing only for certain Pokémon. For example the only dragon rock pokemon we will have for a while maybe the new fossil from X and Y only because it's 'Suppose' to be special.
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