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==Based on a lizard & Name origins==

On the page it says that "Erikiteru is based on a lizard," but I think it's actually based on a mongoose. For one, it only passing looks like a lizard, and looks much more mammalian. Secondly, it's name is "Erikiteru," which I believe to be a portmanteau of "Electric" and "Riki-Tiki-Tavi," Kipling's famous mongoose. Just my two cents.

--[[User:Zoraluigi|<span style="color:green">Zoraluigi</span>]] <small>''([[User talk:Zoraluigi|<span style="color:blue"><small>Talk</small></span>]])''</small> 17:37, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
:Really? Imo it's very lizard-like due to its body shape, tail, mouth, eyes, and nostrils, while the only things that makes it look only remotely like a mammal are its "ears". Then again, mongooses don't have ears like that.--'''[[User:Dennou Zenshi|<font color="#AB0909">電</font><font color="#063A73">禅</font>]]<small>[[User talk:Dennou Zenshi|<font color="#fff" face="Tahoma"><span style="text-shadow:#000 0.2em 0.1em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Den Zen</span></font>]]</small>''' 18:01, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
::IMO it's a loose adaptation of a frilled lizard, with those thin appendages in place of the portentous frills (speculating it has more of those folded in). Eri might come from エリマキトカゲ ''erimaki tokage'', frilled lizard, and going by the new move it comes with (Parabola Charge) its head appendages might somehow work like a parabolic antenna, which a frilled lizard would be easy to cross with.--[[User:Kaoz|Kaoz]] ([[User talk:Kaoz|talk]]) 18:32, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
:::If you ask me, I believe it to be partially based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_salamander Spotted Salamander]. It was recently discovered in 2010 that it is capable of absorbing sunlight and converting it as its own energy, similar to how solar panels work. (Yes I took this somewhat from Charmander, but that's not the point) I believe it to be based as a combination of both things. [[User:Rai Marshall|Rai Marshall]] ([[User talk:Rai Marshall|talk]]) 23:38, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
:::The name probably comes from "erimake tokage" and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elekiter "elekiter"].—[[User:Urutapu|urutapu]] ([[User talk:Urutapu|talk]]) 05:01, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

== Mawile? ==

There is probably no connection, because Mawile is steel and this Pokemon is electric/normal, but this Pokemon has a resemblance to Mawile, in my opinion. It's probably just the color scheme, but maybe they'll both get evolutions, as well as Sableye, and Erikiteru could be seen as a third counters part to the three.