Timeline for Why do most Pokemon have to go through evolution?
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| Mar 29, 2018 at 3:33 | comment | added | Francisco Presencia | Just as an add-on to the excelent answer from Pharap, in Spanish "evolucionar" is a normal verb and the one used in pokemon in Spanish that means to change. "La evolución", with the determinative adjective, refers to the biological term. The verb can also be referred to the biology term, but that will depend on the context and it is not implied it refers to it in Pokemon from what I remember as a child. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 22:25 | comment | added | Deepak | @Pharap That's very interesting. Thanks. :) | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 21:00 | comment | added | Pharap | @Deepak I have an explanation for that (though it's speculation, I have no evidence). It's because 'evolution' is a translation of the word used in the original Japanese games which was shinka - meaning evolution. The reason the Japanese game used the word 'shinka' is because the word for metamorphosis is hentai, which has a double meaning of 'pervert' and loans its name to a variety of sexual manga often classified as pornography, so it's clear why they'd want to avoid that word. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 20:55 | history | edited | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 28, 2018 at 20:52 | comment | added | Charles | @Harabeck It appears the count is as follows: no evolution (149); two stage evolution (377); three stage evolution (287); mega evolution (46). | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 20:48 | comment | added | Harabeck | It's difficult to find a succinct source, but bulbapedia has categories for number of evolutions, and we can view how members they have: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/… | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 20:44 | comment | added | Charles | @Harabeck I made a minor change to this portion of the response.. hopefully it clears up your concern. :) | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 20:43 | history | edited | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 28, 2018 at 20:36 | comment | added | Harabeck | This is a bit pedantic, but the number of pokemon with 1 or 2 stages outnumber those with 3 or more stages. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 17:29 | comment | added | KRyan | Might be worth mentioning that there are also Pokemon with more than three forms, and also branching evolutions. Eevee, and the mega-evolutions (including mega-evolution on top of a Pokemon already at its 3rd evolution), for examples. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 15:47 | comment | added | Cubic | @Deepak The creator of the show didn't come up with the name "evolution". That's the translators of the games (which precede the show). I'm not sure what the original japanese term was, but it probably wasn't the english word "evolution" or the japanese equivalent, but probably something along the lines of metamorphosis. Translations into other languages have no link to biological evolution. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 6:21 | comment | added | Charles | I've edited the response to mention metamorphosis.. thought it would take more effort but perhaps not. Thanks. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 6:17 | history | edited | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 28, 2018 at 6:12 | history | edited | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 28, 2018 at 4:15 | comment | added | Deepak | Perhaps. But when the creator of the show links the term to his entomological interests (entomology definitely falls under biology), then the terms have to be used in a manner pertinent to that scientific discipline. It's like "velocity" - laymen use it synonymously with speed, but when you use it in physics, it has a specific vector definition. In any case, regardless of how "evolution" was meant apropos of Pokemon, your answer talks about "evolutionary periods" of insects, which is a biologically incorrect usage. That's all I wanted to point out. Memor-X's answer covers this. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 3:33 | comment | added | Charles | @Deepak I think this can be argued based on how Pokemon uses the word. The word evolve doesn't even have biological origins, so there's nothing wrong with using it in a more flexible way than perhaps what you're suggesting (evolution by means of selection). | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 3:07 | comment | added | Deepak | In entomology, the transition from one developmental stage to the next is called metamorphosis. Evolution is something quite different. So the use of the term evolution to describe Pokemon development is a gross misnomer. | |
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| Mar 28, 2018 at 2:18 | history | answered | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |