On the Origin of Species: Woobat: Investigating the inspirations behind Pokémon

[33Whimsicott33]

Whoa, those little white puffballs are so cute! I wish I could keep one as a pet...

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to stick with the Swoobat in my Black version.

 

[proserpina]

Brilliant article, adorable bat and impressive thought gone into an equally cute Pokemon. <3 I almost want to stop my Woobat from evolving now.

 

[Owain]

i knew most of it, but its still an awesome read regardless!


i want one about me!

did you know that my design is partly based on a Real World flower?


its commonly called ''Bird Of Paradise''

 

[Icalasari]

I love Origin of Species! Glad to see a new one is up!

Never thought that there was a real life bat that is essentially a flying ball of fluff, however

 

[The_Qu]

i knew most of it, but its still an awesome read regardless!


i want one about me!

did you know that my design is partly based on a Real World flower?


its commonly called ''Bird Of Paradise''

I didn't know that! That's kinda interesting.

One on the Snivy family would indeed be interesting. Lots of snake references, plus the French nobility stuff.

 

[Sweet Veil]

At first I was disgusted seeing them all clustered together reminded me of how Bugs Stick and Cluster together. I hate bugs.

But seeing there faces and bodies not freakishly together they look cute.

 

[Chesco]

Hi!! i love this Pokemon because its based in a native animal of my beloved country of Honduras!!! a really beautiful and many times overlooked species!!!

 

[Gronarak]

Oh, awesome. I was hoping that you were still doing these. I knew most of the stuff, but it was a great read.

Bats are awesome. Woobat and Swoobat were by far the best thing to come out of generation five.