1,099
edits
Crummymummy (talk | contribs) (→Origin: I distinctly remember hearing that in the anime, it was said by a sportscaster during a battle, but I can’t remember which episode. I know it’s from the TPCI era and it’s most likely from the Diamond and Pearl or Black and White sagas.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
Crummymummy (talk | contribs) (→Origin) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
Line 1,015: | Line 1,015: | ||
Butterfree seems to be based on the {{wp|Aporia crataegi|black-veined white}} {{wp|butterfly}}. | Butterfree seems to be based on the {{wp|Aporia crataegi|black-veined white}} {{wp|butterfly}}. | ||
Butterfree's parallels to Beedrill could possibly be a reference to the phrase "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee", which was coined by American boxer {{wp|Muhammad Ali}}. This is further backed by the phrase being used in the [[Pokémon anime|anime]] as "floating like a Butterfree and stinging like a Beedrill". | Butterfree's parallels to Beedrill could possibly be a reference to the phrase "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee", which was coined by American boxer {{wp|Muhammad Ali}}. This is further backed by the phrase being used in the English dub of the [[Pokémon anime|anime]] as "floating like a Butterfree and stinging like a Beedrill". | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== |
edits