Missingno.Fan
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I really hated Sawk and Throh. Maybe it is because I hated them or something.
I really hated Sawk and Throh. Maybe it is because I hated them or something.
Klink, or more specifically the japanese name, Gear, the Gear Pokemon. Seriously? I know there are times that it might be difficult to think up of an original name after hundreds of Pokemon, but Gear, the gear Pokemon? Those guys weren't even trying to be original with that one, in design or in name.
I'm sure this has been said a dozen times already in this thread but here go's
sawk and throw ....really? this is the best they could come up with?
I never really understood why they named it Kangaskhan. It's like they couldn't think of a name and named it after Genghis Khan.
Porygon. Polygon. 'Nuff said.
Durant. There's a county in the state I live in called Durant County. How original.
Don't get me wrong. These Pokemon are cool and I never had a problem with their names, but why'd they choose those names?
As has been explained, Sawk and Throh have significant meaning. Sawk uses karate, and its name comes from "sock" (which is slang for hitting something), whereas Throh uses judo, and its name comes from "throw" (which are common in judo techniques). They are simple names, but a) simple is not always bad, and b) being able to imbue meaning into such small names is not an example of laziness or a lack of creativity/originality. Frankly, I'd like to see you (or anyone else who derides names like those for being "lazy") do better.
like maybe calling them ICHIgu and NIImi
But Sawk and Throh have absolutely nothing to do with "one" and "two". The birds were actually a distinct trio (and the names weren't that subtle - most people can spot and understand "uno, dos, tres") and Hydreigon actually goes from one to two to three heads.
Klink, Klang and Klinklang
I don't really hate these names, I just feel that their Japanese names could have worked just as well if not better like Wargle to Braviary, though now I really do like the name Braviary. That and there's names are just straight up onomonopia
I never understood the problem people had with Braviary's name. Wargle sounds incredibly dumb to me, whereas Braviary sounds really cool. And Braviary is a cool pokemon, it ought to have a name that sounds it. Seriously, say Wargle out loud.
Ash is a stupid name for me. Ash is ash, not a name.