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Today’s Question:
*QotD: Which pokemon design is the best commentary on the real world? *
Helpful Considerations: Gumshoos being a detective? Scraggy being a hooligan? Hawlucha wrestler?
bk2021
December 2, 2025, 7:06am
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Galarian Cursola → dead coral reefs due to climate change
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Psyduck get headache… explodes
100% accurate take on headaches lol
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kamex
December 2, 2025, 10:01am
6
Add in Muk, Weezing, and Trubbish along those same lines
Although I guess Galarian Weezing is basically a steampunk air purifier so some optimism there
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The OG psyduck and its migraine/mental illness/chronic pain and alienation trope
I remember thinking it was a bit f* up to give a pokemon such a miserable life
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Unbelievably basic, but Ogerpon being shunned for being different and misunderstood gotta be up there
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You’re always expected to be side reshram or side zekrom it’s never that you’re side kyrem
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Lemon
December 2, 2025, 3:49pm
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This was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread. I’m glad it’s the first comment.
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Almost as though people expect things to be black and white
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Please explain the commentaries
Josh
December 2, 2025, 7:20pm
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I think it’s best left to interpretation
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jaws
December 3, 2025, 6:38pm
16
It’s a weasel. Nothing more…
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Without any bias, alolan muk being an oil spill in tropical island is very fitting
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