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Eelektrik was designed by Mr. Ohmura. What inspired him was he caught an eel and he said it was disgusting. I def think that translated to this design.
It makes sense to me that Eelektrik is the middle stage because it's meant to be an evolution of the strong eel's lifecycle. Tynamo is supposed to be the what the eels are like in baby form, Eelektrik is that eel, and Eelektross is the final form of that strong eel.
I pretty much forgot this line even existed till I looked up what the next mon after Klinklang was.
Was like 'oh right, Tynamo, yay!'.
And then I remembered the evolutions 🤢