Ah yes, who could forget the rich cultural inspirations of
Purple Rat
Frog With Flower On Its Back
Butterfly
Porcupine That Digs
Singing Balloon
Ammonite
Snake Made Of Rocks
Metal Ball With Magnets
Swole Human
Angry Ball Of Fluff
Rafflesia
Deep cultural inspirations are definitely awesome, but Game Freak has definitely not always been great at it. Of course, that's also not to say that all of Gen 1 was just "do this because it looks cool". I was originally going to include Fish With Horn, but apparently it's based on something from Hinduism.