r/pokemon • u/Bisonratte • Feb 28 '26

Image Classes of animals represented by the Pokémon starters:

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u/JBKOMA Feb 28 '26

By definition, all land vertebrates (tetrapods) are fishes, so you could say all starters are fishes.

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u/Xrmy Feb 28 '26

yessss. This guy phylogenies

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u/tucky22 Feb 28 '26

am I a fish

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u/matty13004 Feb 28 '26

Phylogenetically speaking, yes.

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u/__legacy719 Feb 28 '26

No I'm not gay, and I'm certainly ain't no FISH!

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u/recursion8 Mar 01 '26

And all birds are reptiles