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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
This Pokémon is based on an {{wp|elephant}} calf. | This Pokémon is based on an {{wp|elephant}} calf. It's white and red coloration when [[Shiny Pokémon|shiny]] references the [[wikipedia:White Elephant|White Elephant]], an idiom for a valuable but burdensome possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness or worth (as literal [[wikipedia:Albinism|white elephants]] were highly revered in Siam for their rarity, yet were not allowed to be put to work as a counter-result). | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||