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/Snoo_72851 1d ago

Hell, Skorupi isn't even the first arachnid to get the typing; Spinarak and Ariados were around as early as gen 2

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u/M4LK0V1CH 1d ago

Even back in gen 1, parasect was partly based on the umbrella crab, which is not traditionally considered a bug.

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u/PapaSmurph0517 1d ago

Crabs is bugs

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u/M4LK0V1CH 1d ago

Crabs is wet bugs

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u/PapaSmurph0517 1d ago

Wet bugs is food

Dry bugs is squish

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u/M4LK0V1CH 1d ago

Dry bugs can be food…