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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Crocalor resembles a {{wp|crocodile}} | Crocalor resembles a {{wp|crocodile}} with a {{wp|calavera}} pattern. Its Fire typing may be inspired by the fact that crocodiles release excess heat through their mouths. Its affinity towards vocal performance and its overall appearance may draw inspiration from Mexican or Andalusian folk art. The fireballs on its head resemble a {{wp|sombrero|sombrero de charro}} worn by {{wp|mariachi}} players, or a {{wp|sombrero de catite}}. The scale pattern on its abdomen may be based on a ''traje cordobés'', a traditional vest from {{wp|Córdoba, Spain}} that is incorporated into mariachi outfits. | ||
Crocalor's design may also be inspired by other festivities in Spain and Latin America. It also loosely resembles {{wp|La Calavera Catrina}}, a figure associated with the {{wp|Day of the Dead}}, given the calavera pattern on its face and the sombrero despite its rotund stature. The "nest" on top of its head could also vaguely resemble a bouquet of {{wp|Tagetes erecta|Mexican marigold}}. It also resembles a {{wp|Easter mona|Mona de Pascua}}, a traditional Spanish cake from Catalonia sometimes served with a hard-boiled egg or egg-shaped confectionery on top. | |||
Crocalor caring for an "egg" atop its head may also be inspired by the observed maternal behavior in crocodiles. Given this together with the typing of its evolution, its design may also draw inspiration from the Ancient Egyptian crocodile god {{wp|Sobek}}, particularly the merged deity between Sobek and {{wp|Horus}} or {{wp|Ra}}, which is often crowned with an oval or disc-shaped ornament for its acquired godhood of the Sun in {{wp|Ptolemaic Kingdom|Hellenistic}} and {{wp|Roman Egypt|Roman}} Egyptian artefacts. | |||
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