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* Dialga has the highest base stats of all Steel-type Pokemon. | * Dialga has the highest base stats of all Steel-type Pokemon. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Dialga, along with {{p|Palkia}}, may be based on the {{wp|Shinto}} legend of {{wp|Izanami}} and {{wp|Izanagi}}, who are said to have created one island with a spear, erected a pillar on it, and from there created the islands of Japan. Appearance-wise, Dialga seems to be based on sauropod dinosaurs while its head is reminiscent of H. R. Giger's {{wp|Alien (creature in Alien franchise)|Xenomorph}}, an extraterrestrial species that is the primary antagonist in the ''Alien'' franchise. Its type is Steel possibly due to the hardness of diamonds, or the fact that most parts of a clock are made of metal, such as the gears. | Dialga, along with {{p|Palkia}}, may be based on the {{wp|Shinto}} legend of {{wp|Izanami}} and {{wp|Izanagi}}, who are said to have created one island with a spear, erected a pillar on it, and from there created the islands of Japan. Appearance-wise, Dialga seems to be based on short-necked sauropod dinosaurs such as ''{{wp|Cameosaurus}}'' or ''{{wp|Brachytrachelopan}}'' while its head is reminiscent of H. R. Giger's {{wp|Alien (creature in Alien franchise)|Xenomorph}}, an extraterrestrial species that is the primary antagonist in the ''Alien'' franchise. Its type is Steel possibly due to the hardness of diamonds, or the fact that most parts of a clock are made of metal, such as the gears. Its turquoise pattern on its body is vaguely reminiscent to clock hands, interestingly, the ends of the "clock hands" are diamond-shaped. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Dialga is derived from ''diamond''. ''Ga'' may be a corruption of ''gon'' from ''dragon''. It may also involve ''dia'' (Spanish for ''day'', referring to a unit of time), ''dial'' (as in ''{{wp|sundial}}'', an instrument used to tell time using shadows on a clock face), or ''dia'' (Greek for ''through'', as in to go "through" time). | Dialga is derived from ''diamond''. ''Ga'' may be a corruption of ''gon'' from ''dragon''. It may also involve ''dia'' (Spanish for ''day'', referring to a unit of time), ''dial'' (as in ''{{wp|sundial}}'', an instrument used to tell time using shadows on a clock face), or ''dia'' (Greek for ''through'', as in to go "through" time). | ||