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Rattata's name originally had a "K" at the end, but it was dropped. | * Rattata's name originally had a "K" at the end, but it was dropped. | ||
==Origin== | * In Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed & LeafGreen, it is the second most common land Pokemon available, the most common being {{p|Pidgey}}. | ||
== Origin == | |||
It appears to be based on a rat. | It appears to be based on a rat. | ||
===Name origin=== | |||
=== Name origin === | |||
Rattata's name obviously incorporates ''[[wp:rat|rat]]'' into it, but the etymology of ''tata'' is not as clear. ''Rat-a-tat'' is the sound of knocking on wood or the sound a [[wp:Thompson submachine gun|Tommy gun]] makes. It could also be a combination of ''rat'' and ''attack''. ''Koratta'' is derived from the prefix 小 ''ko'', small, and ''rat''. | Rattata's name obviously incorporates ''[[wp:rat|rat]]'' into it, but the etymology of ''tata'' is not as clear. ''Rat-a-tat'' is the sound of knocking on wood or the sound a [[wp:Thompson submachine gun|Tommy gun]] makes. It could also be a combination of ''rat'' and ''attack''. ''Koratta'' is derived from the prefix 小 ''ko'', small, and ''rat''. | ||
==In other languages== | |||
== In other languages == | |||
*[[List of German Pokémon names|German]]: Rattfratz | *[[List of German Pokémon names|German]]: Rattfratz | ||
*[[List of French Pokémon names|French]]: Rattata | *[[List of French Pokémon names|French]]: Rattata | ||