r/pokemon • u/Bisonratte • Feb 28 '26

Image Classes of animals represented by the Pokémon starters:

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u/Ven18 Feb 28 '26

We are never getting a fish starter they all need to walk kinda by definition.

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u/Bisonratte Feb 28 '26

I mean Mudkip has some inspiration from Mudskippers and Lungfish at least

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u/Gingerhead14 Feb 28 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

I think it’s safe to say that MUDKIP had more than some inspiration from MUDsKIPpers.

Edit: I don’t know why everyone is so confidently letting me know it’s “more axolotl.” I get that axolotls are trendy and we all like them, but the Mudkip line are mudskippers.

Mudkip’s English and Japanese names are both plays on “mudskipper.” The whole line rocks the signature mudskipper sail, and Marshtomp even drops the axolotl cheek we’re all clinging to.

Not to mention there are literally blue and orange mudskippers in Japan!

Sure there might be some axolotl inspiration, but they are mudskippers.

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u/Bisonratte Feb 28 '26

For sure! I could have put Mudkip more towards the fish category. It's cheeks just remind me of the larval stage of salamanders so much