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 ===Origin===
-Litwick is a combination of {{wp|hitodama}} (a blue, black, or purple-fire associated with ghosts and ''{{wp|yōkai}}'', equivalent to the western {{wp|will-o'-the-wisp}}) and a {{wp|candle}}. It may also be based on the cliché of ghostly floating candles.
+Litwick may be based on a {{wp|candle}} and the {{wp|hitodama}} or {{wp|will-o'-the-wisp}}s. Due to the appearence of its evolutionary relatives, it may also be based on {{wp|Polyp (zoology)|polyp}}s, part of the {{wp|biological life cycle}} of {{wp|true jellyfish}}es.
 ====Name origin====
-Litwick may to be a combination of ''lit'' (past tense of ''to light'') or ''little'' and ''{{wp|Candle wick|wick}}''. ''Wick'' might also refer to ''wicked''.
+Litwick may to be a combination of ''lit'' (past tense of ''to light'') and ''{{wp|Candle wick|wick}}''. ''Wick'' might also refer to ''wicked''.
 Hitomoshi may be derived from 火点し ''hitomoshi'', which means ''to light a lamp'' but also describes the person who leads a funeral procession in Japan with a torch, matching its Pokédex entry saying it leads people astray and then sucks out their life force. It may also derive from 人燃し ''hitomoshi'' (to burn a man [to death]).