When you actually take inventory of all the differences between Charmeleon and Charmander, this seems like an unfair assessment. There’s plenty done to Ivysaur to make it stand out on its own, and the same goes for Wartortle, but Charmeleon just seems like a middleman. In other news, it’s called Glutexo in Germany, which is something.ĭesign: I’ve always felt that Charmeleon’s design suffers from ‘Middleman-ism’ Basically, mid-evos sometimes have the problem of looking like they’re merely filling the role of a middleman instead of establishing their own identity. Not really sure how much I like this one. It sounds like an annoying neighbor in a sitcom from the 80s.įun Fact: In French, its called Reptincel – A combination of ‘reptile’ and ‘etincelle,’ which is French for ‘spark.’ That sounds like a fairy tale character. In Japanese, it has the much more boring name of Lizardo, which is literally just the Japanese way of saying the English word, ‘lizard.’ I don’t much care for Lizardo as a name. Name: The same char logic applies, but the ‘Meleon’ part is derivative from chameleons. Yeah, the flame can survive getting a ‘bit’ wet, like in rain, but how do you go your whole life avoiding getting it submerged or even just moderately wet? It also makes you think the Charmander line has a really difficult life. The fact that the flame dying means Charmander dies is interesting and kinda dark. It’s not very intricate, but it’s fairly unique. While many people associate Charmander, name-wise, with a regular salamander, its origins may be based on mythical salamanders, which is a lizard-like being closely associated with fire. Most notably, Charmander will die if its flame is snuffed out. It is said that, when healthy, the flame can withstand getting a bit wet. When it’s angry, the flame grows and burns intensely. When it is in poor health, the flame weakens. When it’s in good health and happy, the flame burns brightly. (I know there are some exceptions to that rule, but this is a starter we’re talking about.)ĭex Entries and Backstory: Most of Charmander’s Dex entries speak of its tail flame – and the specifics of the tail flame stay true throughout its evolutions. Ash caught Charmander in that episode – of course he was going to stick around. The fact that they were too lazy to look ahead is one thing, but they were also dumb. It’s hard to love a voice rooted in laziness, even if I still find it a little cute. He just jumped into the recording booth, thinking Charmander was a one-off character, and tacked on a high-pitched voice to make him make a sound. (Ash’s) Charmander’s anime voice has grown sour to me ever since I read on Dogasu’s comparison that Pokemon’s voice director, Michael Haigney, didn’t put any thought or effort into the voice. It sounds slightly cute, but also definitely sounds like a growl. On a more objective level, it’s a great cry. I remember hearing that cry all the time when I first started playing the games, and it’s dear to my heart. The gold-ish yellow color could be worse, and it does fit somewhat into a fire theme, but it just doesn’t look good to me.Ĭry/Voice: Charmander’s cry brings up all sorts of nostalgic feelings for me because Charmander was the first Pokemon I ever used in the games. Other than the animations for everything beyond Gen IV looking like Charmander’s trying out for Dancing with the Stars, they’re all good.Ĭharmander’s shiny version never appealed to me. Green looks weird because it makes it look like its nose is bigger than it is.Ĭrystal’s is adorable the way it claps its paws together and calls out to you. ![]() Sprite-wise, Red and Blue are classic and Yellow is adorable. The orange color is great on it, and the fire on its tail is so simple yet such a solid trademark of the Char line. Like Bulbasaur, it has big expressive eyes and a cute smile. Hitokage’s name is cool on paper, but saying it out loud is just the slightest bit awkward to me for some reason.įun fact: It’s French name is Salameche….I don’t have anything to note about that besides the fact that it’s an oddly sexy word.ĭesign: Arguably even more simplistic than Bulbasaur’s, just being a lizard with fire on its tail, Charmander’s design is adorable. ![]() Originally, in Japan, it was known as Hitokage, which is ‘hi’ for fire and ‘tokage’ for lizard. It rolls of the tongue quite well while also being kinda cute. Name: Charmander’s name is a combination of ‘char’ as in something burned and ‘salamander.’ Charmander’s name, in my opinion, is really nice.
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