"Pokémon" YOU'VE Seen IRL! Page 3

Started by icycatelf October 12th, 2019 10:40 AM
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I think that'd be very cool! It's your post, so I wouldnt want to detract from it being originally your own "pokedex" but ifyou'd want to turn it into a collaborative effort I'd be down to resize the images i sent. Here, I'll start with this IRL Remoraid which, while being based on remoras and guns, also draws heavily from archerfish, which can shoot jets of water at prey that is above the surface
I knew about their connection to remoras, but I don't think I knew about archerfish. How cool! I personally think Remoraid bears a closer resemblance to archerfish, the remora bit only coming into play with Mantine.

I've remodeled the main post now, so feel free to post those resized photos!

Just came across this thread, these are some cool posts and pictures!

I’ll throw one out there- Smeargle is based on a Beagle (Smear + Beagle) and I’m lucky to have one of my own! (sorry for bad image quality...)
I've now repurposed the main post as a community 'dex. If you'd like your photo to be included, could you resize it to 500px wide?


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Although Onix's body seems to be based on raw black diamonds, I can't help but compare the Rock Snake Pokémon to "scale tree" fossils.

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This is Diaphorodendron, a type of "scale tree" (Lepidodendrales) fossil. When found in large sections, it's not uncommon for amateurs to mistake these ancient plants for giant snake fossils. I wonder if wyrms and similar legendary creatures were inspired by these? (In 1851, a Lepidodendron—a larger relative of Diaphorodendron—fossil was exhibited in a Welsh museum as the remains of a gigantic serpent.)


I guess they could also kind of work for Sudowoodo, though it's not "petrified." (Petrification is a special type of fossilization.)

EDIT: Added a more-likely contender for Onix to the 'dex (but Shiny).


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Happy Pokémon Day!

Here a couple of entries that I'd been holding off on adding to the 'dex, but I guess they're close enough to work. Rattata is pretty much a common field mouse while Shuckle, given its category on as the Mold Pokémon, may draw inspiration from slime molds with tentacles.


Meadow Vole (Juvenile)


Chocolate Tube Slime

And here are some more ideas for future Pokémon/Fakemon based on things I've seen:

Calamites (Tree-Like Reed) Fossils
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I'm envisioning a design reminiscent of totem poles. Rock/Grass.

Here's a basic stage I came up with: [x]

"Poodle Moth"
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Bug Eeveelution?

Monkey Slug
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We've already got one slug caterpillar Pokémon (Snom), but I think the hag moth caterpillar is bizarre enough to deserve its own Pokémon.

And a couple item ideas:

Ironstone Concretion/Nodule
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Iron Stone evolution item

Air/Fairy Potatoes
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An oval berry with cute little wings. Makes Pokémon lighter when consumed?


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Fletchling and Fletchinder are based on robins.



While the North American robin above isn't a "true" robin, it's still associated with fire. According to one Native American legend, this species got its red breast as a result of fanning the embers of a freezing hunter's campfire.


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I kind of doubt that it actually draws inspiration from them, but I've seen some compare Pidgeotto to cardinals. (I can see some resemblance between female cardinals and Pidgeotto but male cardinals look more like Talonflame to me, which is more of a falcon.) It would be pretty cool to see an actual cardinal Pokémon someday.

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Also, I found this brightly colored woodlouse the other day. I'd never seen them in orange before! This morph is apparently somewhat rare in the wild (depending on species and region, anyway). IRL Shiny?

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(Wimpod is based on woodlice, though more specifically near-shore "sea slaters.")


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Swablu looks beautiful! What's with the Ironstone nodule though?
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Swablu looks beautiful! What's with the Ironstone nodule though?
Not sure. Most of the ironstone nodules I find are relatively smooth, but I thought this one looked pretty interesting. (The broken end almost makes it look like a turtle shell.)

An actual Iron Stone item probably wouldn't look much like an ironstone nodule.


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I'd read theories that Lickitung was based on a lizard, perhaps a chameleon or blue-tongued skink, but it hit me while doing some research that it's definitely a salamander! Many lungless salamanders, like chameleons, have projectile tongues. Lickitung also appears in damp places (caves, near water, or on rainy routes), just like salamanders. Furthermore, being licked by Lickitung can result in paralysis or a rash, which may nod to the toxins that some salamaders secrete through their skin.

Here's a two-lined salamander (Eurycea sp.) I found the other day. These salamanders have "free projectile" tongues, meaning that their hyoid bone (or tongue bone) disconnects from their skeleton and launches out with their tongue to maximize reach (which can be nearly the length of the salamander's body).


The yellowish coloring sort of reminds me of Shiny Lickitung

I guess this would make the "Charmander" in my main post more of a Lickitung since that species (a fellow lungless salamander) also has a free projectile tongue and, unlike the salamander above, may be toxic. Charmander would probably be more of a "true salamander" (Salamandridae, which includes fire salamanders) as opposed to a lungless salamander (Plethodontidae). Time for an edit!


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Butterfree, is that you?



Butterfree appears to be based on the Pierinae subfamily of butterflies, also known as "Whites." (More specifically, it's thought to be based on the Black-Veined White, but I like to imagine that all whites would translate into Butterfree.)


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Salandit seems to be based on newts, given its Japanese name. Its coloring is closer to that of a fire belly newt, which its evolution is based on, but lack of a colored belly suggests that it may not be based on them alone.

Here's an Eastern Newt. No red stripe running down its back, but it does have red spots.



Also, funny story. It was too bright out to see my LCD, so it wasn't until I got inside that I could see how the photos turned out. I was surprised to find that one of the newt photos had a glare at the tip of its tail, making it resemble a Charmander!

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Although it may have more organic inspirations, I can't help but compare Ditto to Play-Doh or clay (the fact that all of Ditto's forms in the EX-series of the TCG were modeled with clay may be a nod to this). Ditto is said to turn into a stone when asleep, which could refer to hardened clay. Furthermore, Ditto's normal coloring resembles purple Brazilian clay while its Shiny coloring may reference "blue" clay, and its wild hold items (Quick Powder and Metal Powder) could represent clay powders or the minerals found within clay.



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Probably the closest I'm going to get to an IRL Vileplume without leaving my yard (or maybe even the country)...

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While the Common Pawpaw is most known for its custardy fruit, its flowers exhibit a trait unusual for plants outside the tropics: carrion mimicry. Complimenting their fleshy appearance, mature flowers exude a faint odor similar to that of rotting meat to attract the likes of blowflies and carrion beetles as pollinators.


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Please post your own photos only. This thread is for documenting "Pokémon" that users have personally encountered IRL.

Also, that's a Fennekin. (Eevee wasn't based on any distinct animal, though its creator did liken it to a fluffy dog/cat.)


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No Pokémon based on it yet, but I've got a new favorite bird—the Tufted Titmouse! Isn't it a cutie?

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Rookidee is based on a blue tit, a relative of titmice, and evolves into what is thought to be based on Steller's jay (and lastly a raven, which is related to jays). Since the tufted titmouse looks like it could evolve into a blue jay, I could totally see a regional variant of Rookidee being based on it. (It would also be neat to see some kind of connection with Arcanine or another fluffy dog Pokémon since these guys are prone to stealing dog hair for their nests.)


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Real-life Bellsprout?

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Okay, so this isn't a pitcher plant. However, due to the similar appearance and female flower's ability to trap insects (for pollination purposes), some believe that Jack-in-the-Pulpit plants could evolve to become carnivorous. (It may also be worth noting that Bellsprout is classified as a Flower Pokémon, despite the "pitcher" of a pitcher plant not being a flower.)


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