Koffing (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

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===Origin===
===Origin===
Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, Koffing may have been based upon a floating {{wp|naval mine}} or living {{wp|meteorite}}. It is also based on {{wp|smog}} and other forms of air pollution. Koffing may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic and/or radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable lifeforms. The skull and crossbones symbol under its face may reference the real world {{wp|Skull and crossbones (symbol)#Symbol for poisonous substances|hazard symbol for poison}}.
Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, Koffing may have been based upon a floating {{wp|naval mine}} or living {{wp|meteorite}}. It is also based on {{wp|smog}} and other forms of air pollution. Koffing may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic and/or radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable lifeforms. The symbol under its face resembles the {{wp|skull and crossbones}}, a hazard symbol for poison.


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