Shedinja (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

It is based on the {{wp|Exuvia|shed husk}} that {{wp|cicada}}s leave behind when they finish their {{wp|metamorphosis}} into adults. Concerning its species' ninja theme, it also appears to be a reference to the fabled ninjutsu technique 空蝉 ''utsusemi'', where a ninja uses a dummy or replica of itself to evade and escape from threats, and where its namesake also alludes to the cast off shed husk of a cicada. It may also be based on a guardian angel, due to the halo-like object floating above its head. Its Ability {{a|Wonder Guard}} probably alludes to this. Shedinja is probally the {{wp|shed husk}} of nincada obtaining all the love and training it did to evolve in to ninjask.