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:It is NOT a coincidence. The person who named the species has outright said that “similarities between this species and certain other squat, tusked quadrupeds may not be entirely coincidental.” in the contest of being asked about Bulbasaur. | :It is NOT a coincidence. The person who named the species has outright said that “similarities between this species and certain other squat, tusked quadrupeds may not be entirely coincidental.” in the contest of being asked about Bulbasaur. | ||
:It's a "OFFICIALLY it's named for the bulb-shaped nose, but we all know why I really did it" sort of situation, and a very deliberate and confirmed reference. As far as Bulbapedia is concerned, this is ''definitely'' a Pokémon reference.--[[User:Evil Figment|Evil Figment]] ([[User talk:Evil Figment|talk]]) 05:53, 13 February 2017 (UTC) | :It's a "OFFICIALLY it's named for the bulb-shaped nose, but we all know why I really did it" sort of situation, and a very deliberate and confirmed reference. As far as Bulbapedia is concerned, this is ''definitely'' a Pokémon reference.--[[User:Evil Figment|Evil Figment]] ([[User talk:Evil Figment|talk]]) 05:53, 13 February 2017 (UTC) | ||
::In addition, it's just been pointed out to me that Phylloxera (not phylloxyron) literraly means leaf razor. A fact that the author who named Bulbasaurus highlighted on twitter with an actual "Bulbasaur used razor leaf!" screenshot. In case there was any leftover doubt as to how "coincidental" this is (not). --[[User:Evil Figment|Evil Figment]] ([[User talk:Evil Figment|talk]]) 06:01, 13 February 2017 (UTC) | |||