Is this a fish?
>>59116922it's pretty clearly a fucking fish
>>59116926Yeah, but like. It's a dragon.
>>59116931So is kingdra
>>59116922Its a parasitic dragon.
>>59117014It's not parasitic. It is symbiotic. Dondozo don't have the brains to plan hunts, so they rely on Tatsugiri to draw prey, and share the spoils with the smaller fish.
>>59116922I like the funny fish
>>59116922>Curly Form resembles a shrimp nigiri>Droopy Form resembles a tuna nigiri, and >Stretchy Form resembles an egg or a herring roe nigiri
>>59116922Is this a good "concept" pokemon in your opinion?
>>59117436What the fuck are you talking about
post more fish
>>59117491It's a piece of sushi, that's the concept. Like Garbodor is trash and Vanilluxe is ice cream.
>>59116939>implying seahorses are fish
>>59118589You can simplify a pokemon design to one word if you want but using “concept” as a buzzword makes no sense. Literally every pokemon has a concept, the definition is too broad
>>59118607The point is it's representing a human made idea more than it is an animal.
>>59117436Fuck no. Theyre 'good' when the concept is incorporated subtly enough to not make their inspiration obvious. Peliper is an example of an good concept mon, being based on a toilet but that fact not being immediately obvious in its appearance
>>59117436twitter ass comment
>>59118615>pelipper>being based on a toiletWho are you, Fred Flinstone?
>>59116922Silly anon, it's sushi
>>59118590
>>59118626Flintstones had no toilets.
>>59118615They only look like sushi when their neck sac is inflated and they do the pose
>>59118635meme
>>59118664canon
>>59118608To make this kind of shit make sense in-universe, my autistic headcanon is that humans take Pokemon-related things and turn them into what we know to be manmade things in our world. So a chef saw Tatsugiri and thought “if I slice a fish and lay it on some rice, it’ll look like Tatsugiri!”
>>59118590>motherfucker thought they were water horses
>>59118629Marine biologist propaganda.
>>59118691Uh yeah, the mermaids ride around on them so they're water horses.
>>59116922Tatsugiri is one of my favorite newmons
>>59119045they are judging me again.... such meanies
Fish :)
>>59116922I still don't get it. This whole thing has to be one elaborate joke that I'm not getting, right? I get that it's supposed to be sushi, but is that it? Why's it a dragon? Why does it command a big-ass catfish?
>>59119882>why is it a dragonProbably because the designer thought it would be funny>why does it command a bigass catfishDondozo is supposed to resemble a sushi chef, although I can’t really see it. There’s some fish behavior that parents will carry their young in their mouth, or else there are also parasitic creatures that live in the host’s mouth
>>59116922Idk looks kinda fishy to me
>>59119882>Why does it command a big-ass catfish?I think it’s based on those parasitic fish that eat larger fish’s tongues and then sit in their mouths and eat all the food the big fish eats.
It's a dragon that imitates a fish to attract the birds it preys on
