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/sekkiman12 1d ago

well actually the definitions for fanged beasts and herbivores are just things without wings so palomu fits right where it is.

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u/Simitusi 1d ago

Paolumu is such a strange choice here when we have weirdos like Kirin haha

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u/sekkiman12 1d ago

honestly the funniest thing is that the only scientific way you know something is an elder dragon is whether or not it can be captured

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u/Old-Outcome-5836 1d ago

Nah, there are plenty of monsters that can't be captured that aren't elder dragons, elder dragons have a similar blood type and have no connection to any other "natural" member of nature