Weird evolutions.

[7Mufasa7]

OT: I always thought the Beldum Evolution cycle was really freaking weird. Metang = 2 Beldums. Metagross = 2 Metangs. So in a sense in order to build one Metagross you need four Beldums along with two Metangs to build up the body. A Metagross is like built out of 6 pokemon?! What could that possibly be based on in real life? The closest I think is Magnetic rocks, but don't we already have our fair share of Magnetic Pokemon?

i thought that beldum went through asexual reproduction. meaning it basically cloned itself and once they both merged they created a bigger organism. the beldum family to me... was a representative of cells, even though they didnt look close to one. sorta like solosis. but thats more like a nucleus.

 

[Masterge77]

The Trapinch line always bothered me, first, it's an insect with a giant head and large mouth, and then it's suddenly a dragonfly that appears to be smaller than Trapinch is, and then Vibrava evolves into a full blown dragon, when I fist saw Vibrava and Flygon, I did not even know they were evolutions of Trapinch, and it still unnerves me to this day.

 

[tente2]

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Sorry, but half of the above comments go like "Magikarp shouldn't evolve into Gyarados it should evolve into a bigger fish" (Okay, I added the bigger fish part, but it's sort of what you're implying. What else would it evolve into?).

I agree with things like how Wartortle loses the feather ears it has or how Graveler loses the arms, but it's annoying how some people want Pokemon to evolve into bigger versions of themselves (and then everybody's complaining about how "Gamefreak is losing their creativity"). I think it's good that Gamefreak can see past the animals their basing on and care more about the THEME (unlike most fakemon, which are basically "fire turtle, grass monkey, water bear").

I personally think that if there's something that the evo line is based on, saying it's "wierd" is sort of invalid.

Sorry for the rant, sometimes I think some people want Pokemon to be down to earth animals or something. (Also, I find it funny everybody comlpains because a sea otter evolves into a seal but nobody notices a tick evolves into a tarantula :P)

...One of the few exceptions is Clampearl, because I don't know of anything it might be based on (somebody please correct me).

 

[assassinjay1229]

I think the charmander line is sorta strange.
Salamander/Lizard> Dinosaur > Dragon o.o

Also the Exeggcute line goes like this. Exeggcute are seeds, seeds plant TREES