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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[Image:Alpha kirinriki.png|thumb|200px|Girafarig's early design]] | [[Image:Alpha kirinriki.png|thumb|200px|Girafarig's early design]] | ||
* An [[List of unused Pokémon and character designs#Kirinriki|early design]] of Girafarig had a full-sized second head, reflecting its palindromic name, and rather resembling a {{wp|List of Doctor Dolittle characters#The pushmi-pullyu|Pushmi-pullyu}}. | * An [[List of unused Pokémon and character designs#Kirinriki|early design]] of Girafarig had a full-sized second head, reflecting its palindromic name, and rather resembling a {{wp|List of Doctor Dolittle characters#The pushmi-pullyu|Pushmi-pullyu}}. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Girafarig is based on | Girafarig is based on the ''{{wp|Giraffokeryx}}'', which resembled both the {{wp|okapi}} and the giraffe. Girafarig's small second brain may have been based on the ''{{wp|Stegosaurus}}'', an herbivorous dinosaur which had been speculated to have {{wp|Stegosaurus#"Second brain"|possessed a second brain in its tail}}, improving its reflexes against predators. | ||
Girafarig's small second brain may have been based on the ''{{wp|Stegosaurus}}'', an herbivorous dinosaur which | |||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Girafarig is a palindrome based on ''{{wp|giraffe}}'', | Girafarig is a palindrome based on ''{{wp|giraffe}}'', referring its two-headed and reverse appearance. | ||
Kirinriki is palindrome based on 麒麟 ''kirin'' (giraffe), and | Kirinriki is both a palindrome (when written in katakana) based on 麒麟 ''kirin'' (giraffe), and a combination of ''kirin'' and 念力 ''nenriki'' (telekinesis). | ||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||