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→Trivia: Ariga's twitter. had a bit of a difficult time figuring out what exactly "ズン胴首長" means (and Google Translate failed to help), but my friend said that it basically means "long-necked" or "long-bodied" (the "zun" part is an onomatopoeia for extending or rapid movement). do correct me if i get a translation wrong, though
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(→Trivia: Ariga's twitter. had a bit of a difficult time figuring out what exactly "ズン胴首長" means (and Google Translate failed to help), but my friend said that it basically means "long-necked" or "long-bodied" (the "zun" part is an onomatopoeia for extending or rapid movement). do correct me if i get a translation wrong, though) |
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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Aurorus is based on a {{wp|sauropod}} dinosaur | Aurorus is based on a {{wp|sauropod}} dinosaur, specifically the ''{{wp|Amargasaurus}}'', which were speculated to have possible skin sail extensions on their vertebral spines. According to designer Hitoshi Ariga, the decision was made to design a sauropod Pokémon to pair with Tyrantrum, and ''Amargasaurus'' was chosen as a base design to differentiate it from other long-necked dinosaur-like Pokémon such as {{p|Lapras}}, {{p|Meganium}}, or {{p|Deino}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ariga_megamix/status/458627994395762689 Tweet by Hitoshi Ariga (@ariga_megamix)], posted Apr 22, 2014</ref> Aurorus also shares traits with various other species of {{wp|Diplodocoidea}} (a classification of sauropods which includes ''Amargasaurus''). | ||
Aurorus's color-changing sails are also based on {{wp|aurora}}s, most likely aurora borealis due to its partial {{t|Ice}} typing, and the fact it only evolves at night, when the aurora borealis is most often seen. Similar to Tyrantrum, considering its white, V-shaped mark with an ice crystal covering the top of its head and two flowing extended sails running down its neck, it may have also been based upon a {{wp|queen}}, with the mark and the two flowing sails acting as a tiara or a headdress worn by queens from medieval times while its body with small ice crystals resembles a dress. | |||
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