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===Origin===
===Origin===
Gastrodon is based on a {{wp|sea slug}}, perhaps specifically that in the order, {{wp|Opisthobranchia}}.
Gastrodon is based on a {{wp|sea slug}}, perhaps specifically that in the order, {{wp|Opisthobranchia}}.
The East Sea Gastrodon seems to be based on a {{wp|Sea Hare}}. Though Gastrodon is unable to extract poisonous ink in a move form that it can learn naturally (though it can learn Slime Wave, Sludge Bomb, Sludge and Clear Smog by TMs, and from being fathered by members of other Pokémon species).
The East Sea Gastrodon seems to be based on a {{wp|Sea Hare}}.
====Name origin====
====Name origin====
Gastrodon's name is derived from "{{wp|gastropod}}," the zoological category slugs and snails belong to, and "don," a Spanish honorific meaning leader or king, or in other words, king of snails and slugs.  It may also be derived from a particular species of sea slug by the title of "[http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/gastbico Gastropteron]"
Gastrodon's name is derived from "{{wp|gastropod}}," the zoological category slugs and snails belong to, and "don," a Spanish honorific meaning leader or king, or in other words, king of snails and slugs.  It may also be derived from a particular species of sea slug by the title of "[http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/gastbico Gastropteron]"
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