Wooper (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

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===Origin===
===Origin===
{{bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Wooper}}
{{bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Wooper}}
Wooper seems to be based on a larval {{wp|salamander}}, which has a flat tail and feathery, external gills. Its {{Shiny}} sprite gives it a similar coloration to that of {{wp|albino}}, {{wp|leucistic}}, and flavistic color mutants.
Wooper seems to be based on a larval {{wp|salamander}}, which has a flat tail and feathery, external gills. Its {{Shiny}} sprite gives it a similar coloration to that of {{wp|albino}}, {{wp|leucistic}}, and flavistic color mutants, or an {{wp|axolotl}}, a species of salamander that keeps its gills and remains in the water for all of its life because it never develops lungs.


====Name origin====
====Name origin====