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Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, Weezing may have been based upon a floating {{wp|naval mine}} or living meteorite. It is also based on smog and other forms of air pollution. Weezing may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic and/or radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable life forms. Much like Koffing, the | Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, Weezing may have been based upon a floating {{wp|naval mine}} or living meteorite. It is also based on smog and other forms of air pollution. Weezing may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic and/or radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable life forms. Much like Koffing, the symbol under Weezing's larger face resembles the {{wp|skull and crossbones}}, a hazard symbol for poison. The three orbs connected by stems that constitute its body resemble a {{wp|molecule}}. | ||
Galarian Weezing appears to be based on the appearance of a stereotypical {{wp|Victorian era}} British gentleman wearing a {{wp|Top hat|chimney hat}}, combined with actual {{wp|chimney}}s. Both its smog-based "facial hair" and its {{pkmn|Sword and Shield|Shield}} Pokédex entry, which describes Weezing taking the form as a result of heavy air pollution, likely draw reference from {{wp|Pea soup fog|the heavy smog}} that afflicted London during the Victorian era. Its ability to clean the air of pollutants may also be based on air scrubbers, referring to the fact that they expel clean air as referenced in its {{pkmn|Sword and Shield|Sword}} Pokédex entry. Its design may draw inspiration from nuclear cooling towers, referring to the clouds that they make being steam and not smoke as evidenced by its signature move {{m|Strange Steam}}. Additionally, its {{t|Fairy}} type and appearance may be a reference to {{wp|leprechaun}}s. | Galarian Weezing appears to be based on the appearance of a stereotypical {{wp|Victorian era}} British gentleman wearing a {{wp|Top hat|chimney hat}}, combined with actual {{wp|chimney}}s. Both its smog-based "facial hair" and its {{pkmn|Sword and Shield|Shield}} Pokédex entry, which describes Weezing taking the form as a result of heavy air pollution, likely draw reference from {{wp|Pea soup fog|the heavy smog}} that afflicted London during the Victorian era. Its ability to clean the air of pollutants may also be based on air scrubbers, referring to the fact that they expel clean air as referenced in its {{pkmn|Sword and Shield|Sword}} Pokédex entry. Its design may draw inspiration from nuclear cooling towers, referring to the clouds that they make being steam and not smoke as evidenced by its signature move {{m|Strange Steam}}. Additionally, its {{t|Fairy}} type and appearance may be a reference to {{wp|leprechaun}}s. | ||