Author Topic: The funny pics thread? :) (Read 81035 times)

ManicMatt · « **Reply #180 on:** 31 May 2018, 15:35 »

I wasn't entirely sure on that one. Any more sounds better if it was in a film, heh.

Danvzare · « **Reply #181 on:** 01 Jun 2018, 12:40 »

What even is Bulbasaur? He's like a cross between a tortoise, a toad, a plant, and a dinosaur or some kind.
I always figured he was a plant tortoise, because of the bulb on his back, but after all these years, I'm still not sure.

Mandle · « **Reply #182 on:** 02 Jun 2018, 14:02 »

Quote from: Danvzare on 01 Jun 2018, 12:40

What even is Bulbasaur?

You're asking what a Japanese game/anime character is?

I gave up asking that around about the first 2 years after moving here...

But I will give you the answer you would most likely get here:

"He is a Bulbasaur! Duh!"

thedaemon · « **Reply #183 on:** 06 Jun 2018, 00:44 »

To be that guy. Bulbasaur = many plants come in the form of bulbs. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulb A -saur suffix is used here to mean a dinosaur, which is to say an extinct reptile. So there we have it.

Now for something completely different.

Danvzare · « **Reply #184 on:** 06 Jun 2018, 12:08 »

Quote from: thedaemon on 06 Jun 2018, 00:44

To be that guy. Bulbasaur = many plants come in the form of bulbs. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulb A -saur suffix is used here to mean a dinosaur, which is to say an extinct reptile. So there we have it.

But it's not called Bulbasaur in Japanese. After all, Venonat is based on a mite, not a gnat. The English translations of Pokemon names are usually quite meaningless when determining what a Pokemon is based on (sometimes the original names are equally meaningless).

Quote from: Mandle on 02 Jun 2018, 14:02