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** In Japanese, {{p|Flareon}} has the category ほのおポケモン ''Honō Pokémon'' (Flame Pokémon), while the other four Pokémon share the category かえんポケモン ''Kaen Pokémon'' (Flame Pokémon). | ** In Japanese, {{p|Flareon}} has the category ほのおポケモン ''Honō Pokémon'' (Flame Pokémon), while the other four Pokémon share the category かえんポケモン ''Kaen Pokémon'' (Flame Pokémon). | ||
* In Generations I, {{gen|III}}, and {{gen|VII}}, a Trainer at the [[Cinnabar Gym]] mentions that [[Blaine]] became a Fire-type [[Type expert|expert]] after seeing a Moltres. | * In Generations I, {{gen|III}}, and {{gen|VII}}, a Trainer at the [[Cinnabar Gym]] mentions that [[Blaine]] became a Fire-type [[Type expert|expert]] after seeing a Moltres. | ||
* Moltres's English name was suggested by Bill Giese, who assisted in the naming of many [[Generation I]] Pokémon.<ref name=MonsterKids /> | |||
* Moltres 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> | * Moltres 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==== | ||
Moltres | Moltres is a combination of ''molten'' and ''tres'' (Spanish for three, indicating that it is the third in the trio 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> It may also derive from ''{{wp|Molting#Birds|molt}}''. | ||
Fire is literally ''fire''. | Fire is literally ''fire''. | ||