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Today’s Question: QotD: What real world animal or plant still needs a pokemon based on it?
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It’s ridiculous that we don’t have one already. Ferns have been ubiquitous for over 300 million years and they would give us Pokemon with Spore that are not mushrooms or Smeargle.
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A Tardigrade “Water Bear”. Would be even better if they remained microscopic
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If someone feels like adding their gen 10 desires, my door is open:
Name things and animals you want to see turned into a Pokemon! Felt like the right time to ask this with gen 9 approaching. Feel free to add typing, ability, stats, descriptions etc.
Here are some of my wishmons:
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Glaucus Atlanticus aka the Blue Sea Slug, a nudibranch. Water/Poison, has to be.
Placerias Hesternus, a Kannemeyeriiform Dicynodont from late Triassic. Huge fan of Dicynodonts, makes sense as a fossil mon. Rock/Gr…
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Would you prefer a narwhal pokemon to be a new line or do you see it potentially being a third evolution of Seel as this person suggested with their design:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1do9mrf/pokemon_giving_seel_and_dewgong_family_a_new/
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whip scorpion
Sundew plant
any species of Aquilegia
The uncategorizable Siphonophores
Not sure how to put this one, just the concept of a rock inside another rock
In mineralogy, a pseudomorph is a mineral or mineral compound that appears in an atypical form (crystal system), resulting from a substitution process in which the appearance and dimensions remain constant, but the original mineral is replaced by another due to alteration, or chemical substitution, dissolution and refilling, structural changes or incrustation. The name literally means "false form". Terminology for pseudomorphs is "replacer after original", as in brookite after rutile. The te A ...
Malachite
Malachite (/ˈmæl.əˌkaɪt/) is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses, in fractures and deep, underground spaces, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids provide the means for chemical precipitation. Individual crystals are rare, but occur as slender to acicular prisms. Pseudomorphs after more tabular or blocky azurite cr...
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Maned Wolf
Luna Moth
Pipevine Swallowtail
Bomberdier beetles
Bombardier beetles are adephagan ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot, noxious chemical spray from their pygidial glands with a popping sound.
The spray is produced from a catalyzed reaction between hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide, an aqueous solution of which is stored in the pygidial glands in the bee...
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Hooded Pithoui(Its a bird with deadly neurotoxins)
Allotropa Virgata (sugarstick plant)
I guess that should do.
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Littu
January 30, 2026, 7:28am
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came here to tell about humming bird and platypus along with peacock. happy that already the other two are posted here…
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Following the plant theme I’m gonna say nettles, none of the existing grass Pokemons don’t really have matching appearance with it.
Also a small tortoiseshell looking Bug/Flying Pokemon is needed to keep nettle creature at bay.
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Littu
January 30, 2026, 10:16am
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SolemnStar:
Correct me if I am wrong…
I find few similarities here especially the legs and ears, but the tail goes different.
i don’t know the exact origin but if looked similar to maned wolf..
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Tanooki
January 30, 2026, 10:30am
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Tree kangaroo!!! It would Definitely be grass type it would be so cute
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banks
January 30, 2026, 10:46am
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Kinkajou for the Gen 10 Pikachu regional variant
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Quuador
January 30, 2026, 10:57am
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Some have already been named that came to mind (Narwhal; Peacock; Sundew plants), but here some other that might make great Pokémon inspirations:
Tufted Deer :
Blue Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus and Glaucus marginatus ):
EDT: Actually, East Sea Gastrodon might be based on this.
Cuscuta :
This one might be better suited for a Ghost/Grass Type attack rather than Pokémon, though.
Torquoise Jade Vine :
Veiled Lady Mushroom :
Bacteriophage Virus :
Greetz,
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I had the same thought with Thievul
what we really need is some better birb representation
1. Hipster Bird ( Wilson’s Bird of Paradise)
2. Space Bird (Superb Bird of Paradise) There are 2 types
3 and 4 should be version exclusive legendaries!
3. Even the girls are pretty, but still not as much! (Many Colored Fruit Dove) female is the green with pink
4. CLOAK X DAGGER (Black Sicklebill)
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We need an actual bee Pokémon. Our current lineup is all wasps
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Quuador
January 30, 2026, 11:41am
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Combee is a bee Pokémon. Or a Magneton/Dugtrio-style three-bee-Pokémon-stuck-in-their-honey-comb to be more exact.
Greetz,
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I think psyduck is a platypus
But I agree we need more whale pokemon
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Their colours are very unique too they could do a lot with the design
