Talk:Misty's Staryu: Difference between revisions

 
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::Plus, the Japanese version of [[EP007]] explicitly says all Staryu are hermaphrodites. --[[User:DarthNightmaricus|DarthNightmaricus]] ([[User talk:DarthNightmaricus|talk]]) 05:49, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, the Japanese version of [[EP007]] explicitly says all Staryu are hermaphrodites. --[[User:DarthNightmaricus|DarthNightmaricus]] ([[User talk:DarthNightmaricus|talk]]) 05:49, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
:::The biological concept of {{wp|Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic species}} cannot be simply mapped onto the Pokémon gender of "genderless". To do so would be a massive assumption; it's incredibly frequent that the Pokémon franchise ignores or outright contradicts things that are scientifically true in the real world (see, for example, Pokémon [[evolution]] vs. scientific {{wp|evolution}}). [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 06:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
:::The biological concept of {{wp|Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic species}} cannot be simply mapped onto the Pokémon gender of "genderless". To do so would be a massive assumption; it's incredibly frequent that the Pokémon franchise ignores or outright contradicts things that are scientifically true in the real world (see, for example, Pokémon [[evolution]] vs. scientific {{wp|evolution}}). [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 06:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
This point regarding Staryu, Starmie, and Clemont's Magneton's genders in the anime is really confusing and inconsistent. The pages state that their genders are either unknown or only confirmed in the games, but this isn't done for other species that have set genders. For instance, all 30 of Ash's Tauros are listed as male since it's a male-only species in the games, and Brock's Chansey is listed as female since it's a female-only species in the games; but apparently genderless species in the games don't get the same treatment and need to be outright stated in the anime, as if there's any other option? I don't understand the inconsistency in handling this. [[User:Hyper Turtwig|Hyper Turtwig]] ([[User talk:Hyper Turtwig|talk]]) 01:16, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
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