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* In [[Generation III]], if two Wobbuffet with Leftovers are facing each other in a Single Battle, the battle will become endless as all of Wobbuffet's moves do not directly damage the opponent, and the player cannot switch to their other Pokémon due to {{a|Shadow Tag}}. Even if the Wobbuffet use {{m|Struggle}}, the damage will be healed quickly by Leftovers. Shadow Tag and Struggle were both changed in [[Generation IV]], likely as a direct response to this scenario. | * In [[Generation III]], if two Wobbuffet with Leftovers are facing each other in a Single Battle, the battle will become endless as all of Wobbuffet's moves do not directly damage the opponent, and the player cannot switch to their other Pokémon due to {{a|Shadow Tag}}. Even if the Wobbuffet use {{m|Struggle}}, the damage will be healed quickly by Leftovers. Shadow Tag and Struggle were both changed in [[Generation IV]], likely as a direct response to this scenario. | ||
* Wobbuffet was designed by [[Hironobu Yoshida]]. | * Wobbuffet was designed by [[Hironobu Yoshida]]. | ||
* Wobbuffet has several Pokedex entries that say it will try to endure without food in competition with another Wobbuffet, but when two Wobbuffets are in battle with each other, they will eat berries and Leftovers as normal. | |||
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Wobbuffet is a combination of ''wobble'' and ''buffet'' (to strike repeatedly), referring to its punching-bag shape. | Wobbuffet is a combination of ''wobble'' and ''buffet'' (to strike repeatedly), referring to its punching-bag shape. It could also be derived from "buffet" as in the restaurant type, though more counter-intuitively because of how it could easily try to endure without food in competition with another Wobbuffet. | ||
Sonans is homophonous with the interjection そうなんす ''sō na-n-su'', which roughly means, "That's the way it is." It is played off by its pre-evolution, {{p|Wynaut}}, whose Japanese name, Sohnano, is nearly homophonous with the phrase そうなの ''sō na no'', meaning, "Really?" Together, they make for a potential perpetual conversation of, "Really?" followed by, "That's the way it is," and so on, as seen in ''[[PK11|Camp Pikachu]]''. | Sonans is homophonous with the interjection そうなんす ''sō na-n-su'', which roughly means, "That's the way it is." It is played off by its pre-evolution, {{p|Wynaut}}, whose Japanese name, Sohnano, is nearly homophonous with the phrase そうなの ''sō na no'', meaning, "Really?" Together, they make for a potential perpetual conversation of, "Really?" followed by, "That's the way it is," and so on, as seen in ''[[PK11|Camp Pikachu]]''. | ||