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* According to a question of a Pokémon Exam the characters of the anime participated in, Koffing was supposedly first discovered in a public bathhouse. However, the {{TCG|Team Rocket}} expansion's {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Koffing|58}} card states that Koffing was first discovered in a weapons factory. This may be either because [[Jessie]] answered the question incorrectly, or due to an inconsistency between the TCG and anime. | * According to a question of a Pokémon Exam the characters of the anime participated in, Koffing was supposedly first discovered in a public bathhouse. However, the {{TCG|Team Rocket}} expansion's {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Koffing|58}} card states that Koffing was first discovered in a weapons factory. This may be either because [[Jessie]] answered the question incorrectly, or due to an inconsistency between the TCG and anime. | ||
* Despite Koffing's diet of rotten garbage, it is unable to learn {{m|Gunk Shot}}, which involves spewing garbage at the foe. | * Despite Koffing's diet of rotten garbage, it is unable to learn {{m|Gunk Shot}}, which involves spewing garbage at the foe. | ||
*Koffing's {{v2|Crystal}} | * Koffing's {{v2|Crystal}} sprite is the only main series sprite of Koffing where no poisonous gas is surrounding it. | ||
**This makes Koffing one of the few Pokémon that have three different sprites in Generation II. | ** This makes Koffing one of the few Pokémon that have three different sprites in Generation II. | ||
* Koffing's sprite in {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}} is almost a revamped version of its sprite from {{game3|Gold and Silver|Pokémon Silver|s}}. The only difference between the two sprites is the color of the gas, and the direction Koffing is facing. | |||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, it may have been based upon a floating {{wp|naval mine}}. | Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, it may have been based upon a floating {{wp|naval mine}}. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Koffing's name is a corruption of the word ''coughing''. Its Japanese name is a combination of 獰 ''dō'', meaning bad, or 毒 ''doku'', meaning poisonous, and ''{{wp|gas}}''. Its Japanese name also could come from the Brazilian expression ''droga'', wich means something bad, rotten. | Koffing's name is a corruption of the word ''coughing''. Its Japanese name is a combination of 獰 ''dō'', meaning bad, or 毒 ''doku'', meaning poisonous, and ''{{wp|gas}}''. Its Japanese name also could come from the Brazilian expression ''droga'', wich means something bad, rotten. | ||