Call a Pegasus a Hippogriff: Difference between revisions

 

When a completely fantastical character is named after a commonly-known creature, see [[Call a Smeerp A Rabbit]], which is a sister trope. The title is a takeoff on [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]], and is a reference to one of the best-known examples.

 

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** Vibrava, which evolves into Flygon, is even more insectoid. Bagon and Shelgon aren't dragonlike either, though their final form Salamence is. Kingdra is based on a creature called a weedy sea dragon. Dialga isn't much like a dragon, though Palkia has more similarity to the European dragon, and Giratina's Origin Forme bears its resemblance to the Chinese dragon. Really, considering that most of the types don't refer to specific lifeforms (dragon being joined by bug and ghost in doing so), it's not surprising.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' seems to do this in-universe, with several very disparate creatures sharing the same name (in the original Japanese, at least). Apparently any small masked critter is a 'hiploop' and any large masked one is a 'zeeclock' whether insectoid, reptilian, or avian.

** According to one interpretation (which happens to be shared by series creator Shigeru Miyamoto) each ''Zelda'' title is a differently corrupted version of the same core story rather than an entirely new chapter in Hyrule's history, a notion which the unusual in-universe use of this trope would appear to support.

* In Cornish folklore, a spriggan is a kind of goblin that can grow to giant size. In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'', it's basically a dryad.

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