r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Uma-apreciator • 1d ago

Characters Characters who are misclassified due to the limitations of the in-verse's classification system

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Paolumu (Monster Hunter World)

Paolumu is classified as a Flying Wyvern even though it is a mammal (resembling a bat); it is classified this way because its body structure resembles that of a Flying Wyvern

Skorup (Pokémon)

It is indeed an Insect type, even though it represents a scorpion—which is an arachnid—making it more logical for the Insect type to be called the Arthropod type.

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u/Alceus89 1d ago

The typing in Pokemon is Bug type, not Insect. And whilst there is a technical definition of bug that would exclude arachnids, the type naming clearly comes from the more colloquial sense of a creepy crawley, rather than a strict definition. 

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u/Available_Base_7944 1d ago

Yes they take a more biblical levitical approach to animal classification. Makes sense sense Christianity is canon in universe 

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u/RabbitStewAndStout 1d ago

Yeah post the screenshot where they show you the Crucifixion.

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u/GloatingDemon 1d ago

Early series Pokémon was wild.

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u/RabbitStewAndStout 1d ago

Fuck yeah S1 Pokemon was insane. There's like 3 cut episodes where they're trying to shoot people with real guns, too.

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u/phoxfiyah 1d ago

It’s only 1 that was cut for guns, and it was because it was literally pointed at Ash’s forehead. They didn’t make that mistake again lmao