what real-world inspirations do you think deserve official pokemon?

[Viridian Beedrill]

(I know that was sarcasm, but finishing out the starter type cat triangle with a Water-Type line based on the underwater panther could be pretty cool...)

 

[skynerel]

It may not be as interesting, but I would like to see a pokemon based on the extinct Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine), if they ever decide to base a region on Oceania I would love to see that pokemon.

 

[airmail]

honey possum! <=] very tiny flower-eating marsupial.
i also think it'd be neat to see some more weird and wonky mythical creatures from folklore and old stories. medieval bestiaries definitely have a ton of neat concepts that could make really fun pokemon!

 

[Juliyet]

Another one that comes to mind is just a regular raccoon. It's a pretty well known animal worldwide too, so I'm not sure what's stopping them.

And despite its name and dex category, no Zigzagoon isn't a raccoon. Moreso tanuki and Japanese badger

 

[StormyStinger]

I really want a secretary bird Pokemon. for some reason.

 

[Yung Dramps]

Jerboa Pokemon. NOW.

 

[BorealRookidee]

I can't believe we don't have a hummingbird Pokemon. It would work especially well for the next time we get a region based somewhere in the Americas (I'm hoping we get a Mesoamerican region at some point). I think it would be cool if it generated electricity from its buzzing wings. Electric-Flying or maybe Electric-Fairy.

 

[LightningTopaz]

Second a hummingbird Pokemon (with Vivillion-like color schemes) and request a true budgie Pokemon (one of these) and a cockatiel Pokemon (one of these)

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

I want a peacock Pokemon. The closest to that is Quaquaval, but it's too stylized to really qualify for me.

Another cool basis Pokemon would be the lamptoptera meges, also known as the dragontail butterfly. Maybe this could be the Bug/Dragon-type everyone's been waiting for!

Spoiler

 

[Coolsteph]

I agree with the opossum and racoon suggestions earlier.
I also think there should be a more straightforward earthworm: Orthworm isn't earthworm-like enough.

Speaking of other suggestions, I'd like to see a tapeworm, a flea, a mannequin, a crash dummy, alcohol (beer kegs, wine bottles, etc.), ice cream (if there's Swirlix for cotton candy and Alcremie for whipped cream, why not), and an aquatic narwhal (Cetitan doesn't quite scratch that itch).

To be clear, I haven't actually finished Scarlet (having empty landscapes and bad music does that), so I don't know what hasn't been done yet. I'll just make a guess about which ones have been done.

 

[BorealRookidee]

I agree with the opossum and racoon suggestions earlier.
I also think there should be a more straightforward earthworm: Orthworm isn't earthworm-like enough.

Speaking of other suggestions, I'd like to see a tapeworm, a flea, a mannequin, a crash dummy, alcohol (beer kegs, wine bottles, etc.), ice cream (if there's Swirlix for cotton candy and Alcremie for whipped cream, why not), and an aquatic narwhal (Cetitan doesn't quite scratch that itch).

To be clear, I haven't actually finished Scarlet (having empty landscapes and bad music does that), so I don't know what hasn't been done yet. I'll just make a guess about which ones have been done.

Joltik is at least partially inspiried by a flea judging by the way it moves (I know it's mostly a tick but still, Pokemon can have more than one inspiration). Does Dewgong count as a narwhal?

The Vanillite line already fills the ice cream Pokemon niche.

 

[Princess Viola]

Surprised we don't have a capybara Pokémon yet tbh, especially because (and correct me if I'm wrong) aren't capybara pretty popular animals in Japan too?

 

[Coolsteph]

Joltik is at least partially inspiried by a flea judging by the way it moves (I know it's mostly a tick but still, Pokemon can have more than one inspiration). Does Dewgong count as a narwhal?

The Vanillite line already fills the ice cream Pokemon niche.

I can't believe I forgot the Vanillite line! They were made before the sweet food-Fairy type association.

On a more relevant note: a scaly-foot snail is a good idea, as is a snailfish or a lollipop catshark. (I'd say "Dumbo octopus", too, but Clobbopus already has the niche of a cute, round, big-headed octopus.) A moss or lichen species seems a particularly obvious missing concept, though: it's not like every game has an option to explore the bottom of the sea, and making it catchable on land or through fishing might change the concept.

 

[MelodicCharm]

Speaking of other suggestions, I'd like to see a tapeworm, a flea, a mannequin, a crash dummy, alcohol (beer kegs, wine bottles, etc.), ice cream (if there's Swirlix for cotton candy and Alcremie for whipped cream, why not), and an aquatic narwhal (Cetitan doesn't quite scratch that itch).

yeah oh my god i would loveeeee to have a pokemon based on any sort of parasitic invertebrate sooooo much. i know we have buzzwole but it’s really abstracted from its inspiration, it would be cool to see a more grounded one

 

[Dr. Gro 3001]

An actual opossum Pokémon or platypus Pokémon would be neat.

 

[toastghost]

actually yeah a narwhal pokemon doesn't exist yet, that's pretty surprising. maybe an ice/fairy type

 

[There Is No Arceus]

i think a narwhal should at least be part water

 

[BorealRookidee]

actually yeah a narwhal pokemon doesn't exist yet, that's pretty surprising. maybe an ice/fairy type

Cetitan and Dewgong are both partially inspired by Narwhals.

 

[skynerel]

I was rewatching some scenes from the guardians of gahoole and I would like to
see some Snowy Owls as pokemon.

 

[Handium]

Giant Phantom Jellyfish, specifically one that pretends to be a mushroom, maybe Poison Ghost?