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→Trivia: Fairy should be factored in, actually; the "in Generation I" clause applies only to the fact that Poison was SE against Bug. Note that the rest of the trivium is about things "ever" having happened.
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(→Trivia: Fairy should be factored in, actually; the "in Generation I" clause applies only to the fact that Poison was SE against Bug. Note that the rest of the trivium is about things "ever" having happened.) |
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* On early English promotional material for [[Pokémon Red and Green beta|Pokémon Red and Blue]], Paras' name is listed as "Parasyte". The name may have been shortened to just "Paras" because Parasyte is the official English name of a {{wp|Parasyte|graphic horror manga series}}. | * On early English promotional material for [[Pokémon Red and Green beta|Pokémon Red and Blue]], Paras' name is listed as "Parasyte". The name may have been shortened to just "Paras" because Parasyte is the official English name of a {{wp|Parasyte|graphic horror manga series}}. | ||
* In [[Generation I]], {{t|Poison}} attacks are super effective against {{t|Bug}}, making Paras and {{p|Parasect}} the only Pokémon to have ever had three 4× weaknesses | * In [[Generation I]], {{t|Poison}} attacks are super effective against {{t|Bug}}, making Paras and {{p|Parasect}} the only Pokémon to have ever had three 4× weaknesses. | ||
* Paras and Parasect are the only Pokémon in the game to take more than 4 times as much damage from any one type of attack under normal battle conditions (if they have the Ability {{a|Dry Skin}}, they both take 5× damage from {{type|Fire}} attacks). | * Paras and Parasect are the only Pokémon in the game to take more than 4 times as much damage from any one type of attack under normal battle conditions (if they have the Ability {{a|Dry Skin}}, they both take 5× damage from {{type|Fire}} attacks). | ||
* No other Pokémon has the same [[Egg Group]] combination as Paras and {{p|Parasect|its evolution}}. | * No other Pokémon has the same [[Egg Group]] combination as Paras and {{p|Parasect|its evolution}}. | ||