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Reflections of the Pokémon Anime, Part 3 (view source)
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Now that we have established the cultural significances of various Pokémon, it is time to wrap our minds around the science of Pokémon-- namely, the creatures themselves. This essay will come in two parts, namely due to the fact that researching the more exotic creatures is taking a little more time. For now, we will be discussing the "usual" Pokémon found in the Pokémon world. However, you may notice that {{t|Bug}} types, {{t|Normal}} types and {{t|Flying}} types are omitted; this is due to the fact that readers should understand what a bug is and what makes a bird fly. The only thing to say regarding each, since they seem to be somewhat larger than ''our'' world’s counterparts, is that early in the history of the animal world, there can be found in the fossil record large versions of any possible creature. Dragonflies the size of small radio-controlled toy planes, flightless hawks the size of (or maybe greater than) ostriches-- ecological diversity could once again create giant-sized insects, arthropods, etc. The Pokémon that concern us for the moment are the ones not so easily explained, the ones that are the favorites of those who despise the franchise, saying Pokémon are evil spirits simply because they do not understand what their own world can accomplish. | Now that we have established the cultural significances of various Pokémon, it is time to wrap our minds around the science of Pokémon-- namely, the creatures themselves. This essay will come in two parts, namely due to the fact that researching the more exotic creatures is taking a little more time. For now, we will be discussing the "usual" Pokémon found in the Pokémon world. However, you may notice that {{t|Bug}} types, {{t|Normal}} types and {{t|Flying}} types are omitted; this is due to the fact that readers should understand what a bug is and what makes a bird fly. The only thing to say regarding each, since they seem to be somewhat larger than ''our'' world’s counterparts, is that early in the history of the animal world, there can be found in the fossil record large versions of any possible creature. Dragonflies the size of small radio-controlled toy planes, flightless hawks the size of (or maybe greater than) ostriches-- ecological diversity could once again create giant-sized insects, arthropods, etc. The Pokémon that concern us for the moment are the ones not so easily explained, the ones that are the favorites of those who despise the franchise, saying Pokémon are evil spirits simply because they do not understand what their own world can accomplish. | ||
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There appear to be two types of grass Pokémon: the animal types, and the plant types. Pokémon such as {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Chikorita}}, {{p|Treecko}}, {{p|Celebi}}, {{p|Lotad}} and {{p| | There appear to be two types of grass Pokémon: the animal types, and the plant types. Pokémon such as {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Chikorita}}, {{p|Treecko}}, {{p|Celebi}}, {{p|Lotad}} and {{p|Tropius}} appear to be animals with symbiotic relationships with plant cells, supplementing their herbivorous diet with energy from photosynthesis. Others, such as {{p|Oddish}}, {{p|Sunkern}}, {{p|Bellsprout}}, {{p|Hoppip}}, {{p|Cacnea}} and {{p|Roselia}}, on the other hand, appear to be plants with faces. Perhaps the animal-like grass Pokémon lived in regions poorly suited to serving as nutrition, so they incorporated algae and perhaps other, more parasitic plant tissue to gain energy from photosynthesis. Or, it could just be possible that parasitic plants seeded certain herbivorous animals and mixed their genomes with the genomes of the host creature. In any case, animal-plant symbiosis (for whatever reason) seems to be the most likely method of creating one's own Bulbasaur. | ||
The plant-like Pokémon, on the other hand, takes a little more stretching. [http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/plants/plantmodel.html Michael Davidson] provides a look at plant cells and notes that they lack the formations necessary for locomotion. However, it does not take a great leap of imagination to see a plant in a hostile environment, especially those descended from {{p|Mew}} (who will be discussed in part two of this essay), retaining the common ancestor's animalistic organelles, while keeping a more flexible version of the cell wall to accommodate greater movement. It may be necessary at times to use Mew's almost stem-cell capacity as the origin of Pokémon as a catch-all for improbable Pokémon abilities or physiologies. Certainly the plant-like grass Pokémon would fall into this category. | The plant-like Pokémon, on the other hand, takes a little more stretching. [http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/plants/plantmodel.html Michael Davidson] provides a look at plant cells and notes that they lack the formations necessary for locomotion. However, it does not take a great leap of imagination to see a plant in a hostile environment, especially those descended from {{p|Mew}} (who will be discussed in part two of this essay), retaining the common ancestor's animalistic organelles, while keeping a more flexible version of the cell wall to accommodate greater movement. It may be necessary at times to use Mew's almost stem-cell capacity as the origin of Pokémon as a catch-all for improbable Pokémon abilities or physiologies. Certainly the plant-like grass Pokémon would fall into this category. | ||