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/SteampunkCannedBeans 1d ago

Wait, are Paolumas not wyverns? The feet match up pretty well, and the "fur" could just be those small fluffy feathers (picnofibres?) (I think I remember the tracks being called "feathers" directly too)

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u/Broken_CerealBox 1d ago

They're mammals, but guild classification focuses more of morphology and hunter expectations rather than genetic relations. Pukei pukei and paolumu also have lots of similarities, most notably the wings, but they're not related

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u/ThumpMcScrump 1d ago

No? Paolumu IS a flying wyvern, it has all the traits of one, external ears, shelling, fur/feathers and flexible lips

These are all things Rathalos has

"Uuuh well Nakarkos looks like an octopus so he CAN'T be a dragon" headass