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== origin == | == origin == | ||
Tapu Koko most likely based on a rooster. It shares various design elements with roosters, and prevents pokemon from going to sleep. It also helps that roosters are one of the most common sacred animals in religions. --[[User:Basinox|Basinox]] ([[User talk:Basinox|talk]]) 16:56, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | Tapu Koko most likely based on a rooster. It shares various design elements with roosters, and prevents pokemon from going to sleep. It also helps that roosters are one of the most common sacred animals in religions. --[[User:Basinox|Basinox]] ([[User talk:Basinox|talk]]) 16:56, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | ||
Tapu Koko also appears to have a lot in common with a Tiki, or Tiki mask. Might be an interesting thing to add to the Origin Section. [[User:LavaringX|LavaringX]] ([[User talk:LavaringX|talk]]) 16:55, 21 September (PST)--[[User:LavaringX|LavaringX]] ([[User talk:LavaringX|talk]]) 23:58, 21 September 2016 (UTC) | |||
== Gender == | == Gender == | ||
Tapu Koko is genderless, as it can be seen in the trailer right before activating Electric Surge. If someone could please add it would be great. Thanks! --[[User: | Tapu Koko is genderless, as it can be seen in the trailer right before activating Electric Surge. If someone could please add it would be great. Thanks! --[[User:Flygon 7|Flygon 7]] ([[User talk:Flygon 7|talk]]) 11:38, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | ||
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't this also the first Pokémon to have a space in its English name ''without'' having a prefix or suffix title (like the Mimes)? Or is it not notable enough because "a space is a space" regardless? [[User:Schiffy|<span style="color:#006400;">I don't even give a Schif</span>]] ([[User talk:Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF6600;">Talk</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF0000;">Contribs</span>]]) 14:59, 1 August 2016 (UTC) | Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't this also the first Pokémon to have a space in its English name ''without'' having a prefix or suffix title (like the Mimes)? Or is it not notable enough because "a space is a space" regardless? [[User:Schiffy|<span style="color:#006400;">I don't even give a Schif</span>]] ([[User talk:Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF6600;">Talk</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF0000;">Contribs</span>]]) 14:59, 1 August 2016 (UTC) | ||
:Basically the last. (I.e., "too specific", as it goes =P . Especially when it's not like 'namese with spaces in them' is a big group in the first place.) [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 16:03, 1 August 2016 (UTC) | :Basically the last. (I.e., "too specific", as it goes =P . Especially when it's not like 'namese with spaces in them' is a big group in the first place.) [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 16:03, 1 August 2016 (UTC) | ||
== Interpunct == | |||
Tapu Koko is no longer the only Pokémon with an interpunct in its Japanese name after today's video.--[[User:Celadonkey|--Celadonkey]] ([[User talk:Celadonkey|talk]]) 18:12, 27 October 2016 (UTC) | |||
==Name Origin revisited== | |||
Is "Kapu" meant to be also be a reference to "capsule"? This holds for all 4 of the tapus, which all "compress" into an animal-shaped "capsule". This was one of the original proposed names for the Pokemon games; perhaps it's a callback to that? [[User:Breh|Breh]] ([[User talk:Breh|talk]]) 02:18, 7 April 2017 (UTC) | |||
:I'm sure if that were the case, it wouldn't have been changed to Tapu - it would get rid of the etymological meaning. Kapu/tapu is Hawaiian for divine, and I think that makes sense. --[[User:Celadonkey|<span style="color:#287a43">Celad</span>]][[User_talk:Celadonkey|<span style="color:#e85545">onkey</span>]] 12:02, 7 April 2017 (UTC) | |||
== Possible Origin - Kokopelli == | |||
I just realized Tapu Koko bears several similarities to '''Koko'''pelli, a hopi fertility deity with a large feathery headcrest. Should this be added to the Origin section as a possibility behind its design? [[User:Pseudonym|Pseudonym]] ([[User talk:Pseudonym|talk]]) 16:50, 13 January 2021 (UTC) | |||