my....posts? yeah, i am reaching the 500 but there is nothing special about that
At the time, you had as many posts as there are Pokemon. (2 more needed for the Zs.)
1/1/1/1/1/595 Yez.
On the topic of Dunsparce, I used to think that it evolved into Gligar for a while during gen 2, and the similarities are still present.
1) There base stats are not too far apart, similarly to Scyther/Scisor.
Dunsparce: 100/70/70/65/65/45
Gligar: 65/75/105/35/65/85
-35 HP, +5 Atk, +35 Def, -30 SA, +40 Spd
(Total of 5 difference in BST.)
2) They come in direct order in the pokedex.
3) The dex entries make them seem similar:
Dunsparce
"When spotted, this Pokémon escapes backward by furiously boring into the ground with its tail."
Makes it seem a bit ground type, but it is not.
"If spotted, it escapes by burrowing with its tail. It can float just slightly using its wings."
Now it seems ground-flying, a peculiar typing with only one poekemon having it at the time...
"It hides deep inside caves where no light ever reaches it and remains virtually motionless there."
And it lives in caves.
Gligar
"It flies straight at its target's face then clamps down on the startled victim to inject poison."
Not much useful here besides noting Gligar could have been poinsen type, but it is not.
"It usually clings to cliffs. When it spots its prey, it spreads its wings and glides down to attack."
This makes it seem like it lives in/on cliffs, similarly to Dunsparce in caves.
"It builds its nest on a steep cliff. When it is done gliding, it hops along the ground back to its nest. "
Like later dex entries for Dunsparce, it makes nests.
Additionally, it seems that Gligar is the aggressive version of the meek Dunsparce, making them appear as related.
4) The LOOK the same.
Dunsparce
Gligar
Both have similar looking tails and tips. (Drill/Stinger)
Both have segmentation, but in opposite parts.
Both have fang-like things in a similar position and spacing.
Dunsparce looks a like a larva and Gligar like a finished product.
Both have wings. Heck, both the second pictures are even in the same position.
So lets see, a supposedly wannabe ground-flying normal type larva thing that is meek and nests, and a ground-flying type thing that is for some strange reason not poisen type, but instead a very awkwark and unique type combination. that is agressive and nests, and both look very similar, have stata in counter to each other, and even come in order in the pokedex.
Instead, Gligar gets a vampire bat evolution that should have been a poisen type. If not for some connection to Dunsparce, Gligar/Gliscor would probably have just been a defensive bat line.
Basically, they were probably designed together, and may have even been originally considered for evolution or such. (Like Scyther/Scisor)
Edit: They also seem to fit the whole angle/devil motif too, so yeah.
