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Rocky
Oct 8, 2006 11:07:50 GMT -6
Post by kevin8115 on Oct 8, 2006 11:07:50 GMT -6
Ew a hyena gross`it's blood thirsty.
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Rocky
Oct 8, 2006 20:55:42 GMT -6
Post by ShadowLera on Oct 8, 2006 20:55:42 GMT -6
No offense, but I stopped reading after the part where Charizard is a lizard because his name ends in "izard." Charizard is no lizard. And that would look like Mightyena, if Mightyena went on a hunger strike. I never said Charizard was a lizard. I said most Pokemon are based on OR NAMED AFTER[/B][/U] animals/objects. Charizard was only an example, my point is that Mightyena is a hyena. By posting that picture, it makes me think that that's the only hyena you've ever seen in your life. There are different "breeds" of hyenas, just as there are different breeds of dogs. Mightyena looks more like this one.
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Rocky
Oct 8, 2006 22:48:07 GMT -6
Post by mjc0961 on Oct 8, 2006 22:48:07 GMT -6
No, Mightyena is taller than that. And you did say that Charizard was a lizard, and you said it again in that post. If it's an example of Pokémon being named after animals, then obviously you're saying that Charizard is a lizard.
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Rocky
Oct 9, 2006 8:07:02 GMT -6
Post by daveshn on Oct 9, 2006 8:07:02 GMT -6
Charizards only have their name to keep up with the motif set by charmander.
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Rocky
Oct 9, 2006 10:02:27 GMT -6
Post by mjc0961 on Oct 9, 2006 10:02:27 GMT -6
I know that, you know that, and she knows that, but that isn't what she said. I said most Pokemon are based on OR NAMED AFTER[/B][/U] animals/objects.[/quote] That's what she said. [no, that's not meant to be a sexual innuendo pun. go away]
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Rocky
Oct 9, 2006 23:44:04 GMT -6
Post by ShadowLera on Oct 9, 2006 23:44:04 GMT -6
No, Mightyena is taller than that. And you did say that Charizard was a lizard, and you said it again in that post. If it's an example of Pokémon being named after animals, then obviously you're saying that Charizard is a lizard. I would argue if that made any sense. I don't think we're on the same page.
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Rocky
Oct 10, 2006 6:51:17 GMT -6
Post by mjc0961 on Oct 10, 2006 6:51:17 GMT -6
Basically, if Charizard is just named after a lizard, there's nothing saying that Mightyena is just named after a hyena. Obviously Poochyena isn't a hyena, he's just a regular dog. Mightyena is a bigger dog.
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Rocky
Oct 18, 2006 20:52:07 GMT -6
Post by Emily Pink on Oct 18, 2006 20:52:07 GMT -6
I really like your picture of Rocky very nice...
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Rocky
Nov 3, 2006 19:37:25 GMT -6
Post by WT Pokemon Trainer on Nov 3, 2006 19:37:25 GMT -6
Many Pokemon are named after something. Just look here: pokedex.pokedream.com/Click on a Pokemon and look at its Name Entomology.
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Rocky
Nov 5, 2006 5:10:23 GMT -6
Post by mjc0961 on Nov 5, 2006 5:10:23 GMT -6
Except that being named after something doesn't mean you are that something. Can't you people get that through your heads? It's not a hard concept.
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Rocky
Jan 21, 2007 15:48:19 GMT -6
Post by rockie on Jan 21, 2007 15:48:19 GMT -6
I always thought Poocheyna\Mightyena were dogs. That's why I like them so much, I have an everlasting soft spot for Dogs..and Cats for that matter too. I can be easily maniupulated through that. that trait of mine is my only mortal enemy... ....besides the Blue Screen of Death. ithink they are wolves but this should probaly help some one you'll find this is in wikipedia under yena The crocotta (or corocotta, crocuta, or yena), is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs. This beast was first written about by Pliny in his work Natural History (book VIII, chapter 30). He simply described the crocotta as a combination between dog and wolf with impossibly strong teeth and instant digestion. Other mythologies have described the crocotta as a gluttonous beast that digs up the buried dead and prowls around farms at night. It was said that the crocotta would lure dogs to their death by imitating the sound of a man in distress. When the dogs heard the cry they would follow the sound, only to be attacked and devoured. The beast was also said to occasionally hide in bushes at the edge of the forest listening to the farmers talking and calling each other by name. The crocotta would then repeat one of the names to lure the person into the woods. When the man approached, it would draw back into the brush and speak his name again. As the man followed, the creature would continue to draw deeper into the woods. When the victim was beyond help, the animal would leap upon him and devour him. Other legends ascribed the crocotta with the ability to change its color or gender at will. Some legends said that animals that attempted to stalk it would freeze in their own tracks. The eyes of a slain crocotta were said to be striped gems that would give the possessor oracular powers when placed under the tongue. Pliny said that the offspring of a crocotta and a lion was the leucrota (or leucrocuta, leucrocotta, or leocrocotta), which could imitate the sound of a human voice. This was no doubt the source of the later, similar claims for the abilities of the crocotta itself. The leucrota was said to be a cloven hooved animal the size of a male donkey, yet swift and fierce. Described as having the haunches of a stag; the tail, chest, and neck of a lion; and the head of a badger, its mouth was said to open back as far as its ears. Instead of teeth it had ridges of bone that could crush anything. It was said to never close its eyes and its backbone was said to be so rigid that it had to turn around to see what was behind it. The dog-wolf crocotta and the antelope-like leucrota were clearly meant to be two different types of animals, but because of their alleged blood relation, the similarity of their names, and their supposed ability to speak with a human voice, the authors of bestiaries often mistook one for another. This is likely the source of many of the later conflations of their reputed characteristics. Many classicists believe that the source of Pliny's description was Ctesias' description of the cynolycus. Others believe that he may have been repeating a mangled description of the hyena.
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Rocky
Jan 22, 2007 0:22:39 GMT -6
Post by ShadowLera on Jan 22, 2007 0:22:39 GMT -6
Heh, I totally forgot about this argument. Anyway, you shouldn't revive old topics unless I post new fan art.
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