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**Coincidentally, all three of them are based on a snake of some sort. | **Coincidentally, all three of them are based on a snake of some sort. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
It is likely that its design was based upon a cobra. However, it is also possible that there is a reference to the legendary basilisk because Arbok and its pre-evolution, {{p|Ekans}}, were originally the only Pokémon to learn {{m|Glare}}. The basilisk was poisonous | It is likely that its design was based upon a cobra. However, it is also possible that there is a reference to the legendary basilisk because Arbok and its pre-evolution, {{p|Ekans}}, were originally the only Pokémon to learn {{m|Glare}}. The basilisk was a poisonous serpentine creature (Arbok is also in the Dragon egg group) that would paralyze and kill people with its stare. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Its name is the word ''{{wp|cobra}}'' spelled backwards and with ''k'' instead of ''c''. | Its name is the word ''{{wp|cobra}}'' spelled backwards and with ''k'' instead of ''c''. | ||