Thread: The most unorigional pokemon name..

From obvious names like Muk, to pokemon names that have just been turned round from their inspired animal, such as Ekans, many pookemon names are not that origional. So which one is the most unorigional pokemon name in your opinion.

I think the abra's evolutions are personally the most unorigional, just using 3 words of a famous magical phrase to give to phycic pokemon isnt that thoughtgful... Abra is probably the worst.

Muk takes the cake on this one.

Serperior. Well because his name just sounds like you're saying the word superior.

Muk and Seel are the main offenders here, but nearly every Gen I Pokémon would qualify.

I would say seel here. It's quite literally named after it's animal. Spheal isn't much better.

Most pokemon from Gen I. Some examples; Muk, Caterpie and its evolutions, Kadabra, Alakazam, Tauros, and Seel.

the english pokemon names have nothing on the japanese ones when it comes to un-originality
"crab," "ghost," "sand," "pigeon," "sleep"... at least they got better in later gens ヾ｜￣ー￣｜ﾉ

And have you guys seen the prototype English names for Gen I Pokemon? A good example? Basically ALL of them.

English: Seel
Japanese: Fire

Charmeleon is Japanese for Lizard whilst Rattata (Tiny Rat) evolves into Raticate (Rat). Seel is nothing compared to that.

I thought Electrode's a bit uninspired only because its name doesn't mention its spherical body. However, in term of names, I think the Japanese names in Generation 1 are very good examples. We have stuff like "Sand", "Lizard" and "Showers". Generation 5 had one, which is "Gear". For English, I agree that Seel is quite uninspired.

Thanks for reading.

I think Seel takes this one. ^^

Muk,Seel,Dewgong

Originally Posted by Mythicalzoe

Muk,Seel,Dewgong

Why is dewgong unorigional?

Originally Posted by mwetwe

Originally Posted by Mythicalzoe

Muk,Seel,Dewgong

Why is dewgong unorigional?

Because it's just 'dugong' with an 'e' and 'w'.

I think Pignite and Emboar are the most unoriginal names. The fandom had called those names months before Nintendo announced the English names. It was disappointing that they didn't try to come up with something a little more unpredictable.