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* In ''[[EP036|The Bridge Bike Gang]]'', [[Chopper]]'s bike is decorated to resemble a Zapdos. | * In ''[[EP036|The Bridge Bike Gang]]'', [[Chopper]]'s bike is decorated to resemble a Zapdos. | ||
* Zapdos's [[cry]] in [[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]] is the same as {{p|Lunala}}'s, as seen in ''[[JN040|A Crackling Raid Battle!]]''. | * Zapdos's [[cry]] in [[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]] is the same as {{p|Lunala}}'s, as seen in ''[[JN040|A Crackling Raid Battle!]]''. | ||
* Zapdos's English name was suggested by Bill Giese, who assisted in the naming of many [[Generation I]] Pokémon.<ref name=MonsterKids /> | |||
* Zapdos and the other two legendary birds had Australian beetle species [[List of references to Pokémon in science|named after them]]: ''Binburrum articuno'', ''Binburrum zapdos'', and ''Binburrum moltres''. The three species were first described in 2020, and were collectively named after the Legendary birds to reflect their rarity.<ref>[https://twitter.com/YHsiaoBeetle/status/1345310387059625985 Tweet by Yun Hsiao (@YHsiaoBeetle)], posted Jan 2, 2021</ref><ref>Hsiao, Y. & Pollock, D. A. (2020). ''[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/abs/contribution-to-the-knowledge-of-the-endemic-australian-genus-binburrum-pollock-1995-coleoptera-pyrochroidae-pilipalpinae-with-description-of-three-new-species/D9782DFAEEF63A38915484E7CD532F46 Contribution to the knowledge of the endemic Australian genus Binburrum Pollock, 1995 (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pilipalpinae), with description of three new species].'' The Canadian Entomologist. 153 (2): 244–256.</ref> | * Zapdos and the other two legendary birds had Australian beetle species [[List of references to Pokémon in science|named after them]]: ''Binburrum articuno'', ''Binburrum zapdos'', and ''Binburrum moltres''. The three species were first described in 2020, and were collectively named after the Legendary birds to reflect their rarity.<ref>[https://twitter.com/YHsiaoBeetle/status/1345310387059625985 Tweet by Yun Hsiao (@YHsiaoBeetle)], posted Jan 2, 2021</ref><ref>Hsiao, Y. & Pollock, D. A. (2020). ''[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/abs/contribution-to-the-knowledge-of-the-endemic-australian-genus-binburrum-pollock-1995-coleoptera-pyrochroidae-pilipalpinae-with-description-of-three-new-species/D9782DFAEEF63A38915484E7CD532F46 Contribution to the knowledge of the endemic Australian genus Binburrum Pollock, 1995 (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pilipalpinae), with description of three new species].'' The Canadian Entomologist. 153 (2): 244–256.</ref> | ||
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====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Zapdos | Zapdos is a combination of ''zap'' and ''dos'' (Spanish for two, indicating that it is the second in the series of [[Kanto]] [[legendary birds]]).<ref name=MonsterKids>Dockery, Daniel (October 4, 2022). ''Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All''. Running Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0762479504.</ref><ref>(2006). ''[[Pokémon Fan (US)|Pokémon Fan]]: 10th Anniversary News Booklet'', p. 9 ([https://archive.org/details/10-anni-book/ Archive])</ref> | ||
Thunder is literally ''thunder''. | Thunder is literally ''thunder''. | ||