Pokemon Name Mistakes [ English Names ]

[Iveechan]

Pichu/Pikachu/Raichu dilemma...

Pichu is basically Pikachu but w/o the "ka". I think this may also be a fairy reference... didn't clefairy say "pi pi pi" in the game?

Pikachu... despite what some people say, pika is NOT from the animal pika. The animal is pronounced "pike-ah", not "peek-ah". Pika is Japanese for an electrical sparking noise. Like "zap". Chu refers to the Japanese equivalent of a mouse's squeak (if you've ever seen "Spirited Away", when the giant baby is turned into a rat, he says "Chu"). So Pikachu is basically zap-squeak!

Raichu. Rai is Japanese for thunder (like Raiden from Mortal Kombat). Rai is a popular word for electric Pokemon, like Raikou, Rakurai, and Raiboruto.

 

[Frostweaver]

i will make a list of some...

treeko- tree + gekko
grovyle- grove (vyle is just a suffix i think)
torchic- torch + chicken
combusken- combust + chicken
blaziken- blaze + chicken
zigzagoon- zig zag + raccoon
linoone- line + raccoon
(skipping the obvious...lotad-ludicolo is espanol)
abra..kadabra...alakazam!!!
magikarp- magic + carp
aron/lairon- iron
aggron- anrgy iron????
(trying to find a hard one...)
feebas- feeble + bass
absol- absent soul????
pi/pika/raichu- i know chu equals mouse...(chu chu rocket)
the regi trio- meant to be golems
latios/as- latitude (os and as are just female and male)
rayquaza- japanese for sumpin (ray of quazi moto)
L337 h4x0r

aggron seems to suit "aggressive" more than angry... (plus it fits with the double Gs better than angry)

Grovyle's vyle part is simply an alternate spelling for reptile.

I forgot about Absol, but it's related to its japanese origin. It has nothing to do with english... Ask Iveechan for that one.

regi trios are not golems but "king of ____"... they are golems but their names don't really reflect that idea

eon siblings- simply romanization not latitude (Rayquaza fits latitude more than these 2 looking at pokedex... background info doesn't support the idea of latitude at all)

Rayquaza- forgot everything about him now but a list similar to this (much longer though) has mentioned something about Rayquaza similar to a God in some country

 

[Sleek]

i found naming berries a lot easier than naming pokemon...

Some more....
Nincada: ????
Ninjask: Ninja Mask
Shedinja Shed Ninja
Geodude: Dude of Ground
Graveler: Gravel
Golem: Golem (yes, the same :P)

 

[Iveechan]

Geodude is named after the geode rock. It's rather dull on the outside, but if you crack it open, there are beaufitul purple crystal types things inside. I wonder if a Geodude's insides are purple and shiny...

Hmm... I remember somebody telling what Abusoru meant, but now I forgot.

 

[Frostweaver]

Nincada- cicada (a type of bug) + ninja

 

[ashley03]

Nincada- cicada (a type of bug) + ninja

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so what other ones do u know?




ciao,ashley03

 

[Iveechan]

Ashley, seriously, stop spamming. If you have nothing to add to the conversation, then don't post at all.

 

[Arore]

Hey here's one that didn't take me too long to figure out, considering what a Zangoose-freak I am! Zangoose= mongoose. Boo-YA! :laugh: So that explains why it fights snake Pokemon so much! :cheeky: