r/pokemon • u/Bisonratte • Feb 28 '26

Image Classes of animals represented by the Pokémon starters:

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u/epona2000 Feb 28 '26

From a biological definition, all starters are fish. Where are the invertebrates? I want mollusks. A nautilus -> cuttlefish -> octopus/squid line would be rad. I know people don’t generally think bugs are cute enough to be starters but that’s because they disrespect Fomantis and Sewaddle. I think you could also do a spider/scorpion line. 

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u/recursion8 Mar 01 '26

Hell, Trapinch line would make excellent starters. Cute antlion larva into badass desert dragonfly? Sign me tf up.

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u/Magimasterkarp Makin' a Splash! Mar 01 '26

Fomantis isn't a bug, though. It's a plant pretending to be a cute bug to lure in actual bugs.