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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Though Mareep's primary color is stated to be white, it is mostly yellow and black, and doesn't contain any large amount of white color. | * Though Mareep's primary color is stated to be white, it is mostly yellow and black, and doesn't contain any large amount of white color. | ||
** In addition, Mareep's colors changed twice in Generation IV. In Diamond/Pearl, it's a bright yellow-ish color. In Platinum, Mareep's hue is strangely a mix of orange and yellow. In HeartGold/SoulSilver, the colors are more closer to white, much brighter than Diamond/Pearl and Platinum. | |||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
It appears to be simply based on a sheep, although it might borrow its electric aspect from the way wool builds up static charges. Its pre-evolutions can only be caught in grassy areas near water and may possibly be a personification of a lighthouse with an ovine base when considering it final evolution, Ampharos, has been involved with a lighthouse in both the games and the anime. | It appears to be simply based on a sheep, although it might borrow its electric aspect from the way wool builds up static charges. Its pre-evolutions can only be caught in grassy areas near water and may possibly be a personification of a lighthouse with an ovine base when considering it final evolution, Ampharos, has been involved with a lighthouse in both the games and the anime. | ||