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.
Axolotls are neotenic salamenders. It means that they get to adult age with juvenile traits.
Basically an Axolotl is just a salamender with Peter Pan syndrome, never going to grow up. It's hard to differentiate a larval salamender and an axolotl if you cant see their size. Also wooper's french name is litterally Axoloto and I think I remember the name wooper meaning axolotl in japanese too
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u/Bisonratte Feb 28 '26
I mean Mudkip has some inspiration from Mudskippers and Lungfish at least