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I can\'t believe no one mentioned pikachu, the cute little protagonist gained more rule 34 than any other character apart from misty
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And, really, saying that Rayquaza has things in common with Dratini is way to kill your argument. I\'ll give it to you in Teddiursa and Hariyama, but those Pokemon are cleary inspired by older ones at least in concept. The design would be the thing that changes, because otherwise it\'d be VERY stale.
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And, really, saying that Rayquaza has things in common with Dratini is way to kill your argument. I\\\'ll give it to you in Teddiursa and Hariyama, but those Pokemon are cleary inspired by older ones at least in concept. The design would be the thing that changes, because otherwise it\\\'d be VERY stale.

Also, Deoxys an expy of Mewtwo? That is also a bit of an stretch, they have in common typing and genetic theme, they do not do the same role in the games, we could say Deoxys was an original concept for legends (like Latias and Latios that gen; or the fact that now the mascot trios were official and not by basing 2 Pokemon on one from a previous gen). Genesect would be a better example of a Deoxys expy, but Mewtwo... It is a bit weird, as the first gen was quite unpredictable, but, nowadays, you\\\'ll be getting in any given gen: Fire/Water/Grass starters (Bulbasaur/Charmander/Squirtle expies pretty much), Pikaclones (badly done Pikachu expies, although Emonga is almost reaching Raichu level), early game rodents and birds (Rattata and Pidgey expies), pseudo-legends (Dratini expies), at least a normal legendary trio (Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres expies, especially the dogs), version mascot trios (Kyogre/Groudon/Rayquaza expies, and those 3 take elements from Mewtwo, Lugia and Ho-Oh) and a event legend with even stats (Mew expy). From the 3rd gen on, it is easy to see that patterns exist, and, if old Pokemon are not present, new Pokemon are expies of those.

Heracross was really being worked as a Pinsir evo, but the design didn\\\'t quite make the cut, and it remained separate. Compare their stats, and Scyther and Scizor (Scyther and Pinsir were counterparts in Red/Blue), and the fact that Heracross is a Pokemon similar to Pinsir, but better despite the same Base Stat Total; same deal as Scizor and Scyther...
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