#ekans is just snake backwards

[slutpoppers]

(023) Ekans

(024) Arbok

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[realpokemon]

i'm going to make more snake pokemon(threat)

is that just some kind of backwards ekans

[abyssanon]

Yknow I forget something that I'm in a Pokémon world.. I was talking to Pinky about snakes and he just looks at me and said "...like a backwards Ekans???"

[annimator]

I just fucking realized Ekans is backwards for snake am I a dumbass

[pokemonleagueofficial]

ok Rika and I are getting into an argument abt this

[wheeljackgaming]

Ekans is snake backwards

Just letting you guys know

[dandyshucks]

um. i just. realized. Ekans is.... snake spelled backwards. oh my god help 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[winged-golden-wanderer]

--- [ATTACHED: A video, taken from Goldie's wristwatch. It seems like they're walking through the tall grass of Viridian Forest, with Cheese leading the way. Occasionally, the Pikachu will glance back at Goldie and squeak, urging them to follow. As soon as she turns to keep walking, though, something sleek and purple leaps out of the grass and tackles her to the ground, causing her to shriek out in surprise. Goldie gasps and stumbles back, right before the camera focuses on an Ekans coiling itself tightly around Cheese's torso, likely preparing to eat her. Cheese lets out desperate cries for help to her trainer, but Goldie trembles in place, falling backwards and scrambling away from the purple snake. Realizing the child likely isn't going to get in its way, the Ekans opens its maw, ready to finish the job.

All of a sudden- a light swallows the screen. You hear the leather strap of the wristwatch snap, and it tumbles onto its side in the grass. You watch the Ekans freeze in place, now cast in the shadow of something much bigger than it looming just offscreen. It hisses fearfully and immediately releases Cheese before slithering away, but not before whatever just chased it off fires a condensed ball of mist at it. The orb explodes into a heavy shroud of fog that engulfs the footage, and for a while, that's all you see. Then, another flash of light, before you hear footsteps. The watch is picked up, and you hear what must be Goldie clicking it back onto their wrist. They take a few steps forward, where they find a trembling Cheese balled up in the grass- shaken, but alive. They gingerly scoop her up into their arms, and the video ends.] ---

[leggerefiore]

Love how old pokemon fans complain about how later gens have no creativity when there's pokemon from early gens like Pidgey, Ekans WHICH IS LITERALLY SNAKE BACKWARDS, Voltorb, Starly, and most of the starters are basic animals too. Even the legendaries. But sure, trubbish is where the line is drawn for those people. Why can't people leave the trash baby alone :(

Eh, I watched a guy say all pokemon were originally animals in Gen I, so I've decided that people usually let nostalgia blind them. I mean, Grimer is like a toxic slime design and certainly no animal I've ever seen. My sister was that way for a while, actually, but I got her into the newer generations and she actually enjoyed them. (Though, she tried to use an Eeveelution team against Volo and got decimated.)

I posted that one because the accusation made literally no sense? Trubbish is literally just garbage that's alive, not a Haunter possessed item? It's a goofy little pokemon, no more absurd than Voltorb. I personally have been a fan of Garbodor because the concept was funny, and it's a decently bulky pokemon.

Just remember, Ingo and Emmet likely raised one and have some cute memories with their little trashbag.

[yharnamcrow]

snake is just ekans backwards though. why can't people just call them ekans like everyone else :/

I am not from a world that has Pokémon. Therefore, I knew the animals as snakes. Ekans did not exist in Yharnam. On that note, I would argue that the Yharnamite snakes would be far more poisonous than any given Ekans or Arbok.

[muppetable]

i like to think that the basis of the fandom thinking janus's name was gonna be ethan didn't just come from "ethos" but also the fact that he's a snake and it sounded a lot like ekans- which is a snake pokemon and also just "snake" spelled backwards

[ineffable-hyperfixation]

In the Pokémon world what would've been the garden tempter?

I'd almost lean towards a Serperior (with wrong colors, since I'm pretty sure our current black and red boi (gn) isn't any concrete breed anyways) so it's still garden themed

Idk what do y'all think?

If you're unfamiliar with the 'mons there's pictures and details under here vvvv

Ekans and Arbok: poison snakes from the first generation of Pokemon. Yes spelled backwards their names are Snake and Kobra lmao. Arbok evolves from Ekans

Serperior: a grass type Pokémon, it's the final evolution phase of the gen 5 grass starter Snivy. Could blend in quite well in a tree, to hide from a certain gate guardian

Seviper: another poison type, this one is a more traditional snake and pretty much the correct colors

Silicobra and Sandaconda: Ground types, I put these in kinda as a joke, but they are snakes....and a giant red and black Sandaconda talking to Eve would've been hilarious lol

[wildmon-rehabilitation]

hey who the fuck was working on the Animals games and decided to just name snake after ekans backwards!!!! And Cobra too!!! You literally just took Arbok, made the letters backwards and changed the K to a C!

[the-blissful-one]

I was today years old when I noticed that ekans is snake backwards and arbok is kobra.

Maybe I'm just slow, but I never thought about it that way. It can also be because I watched Pokemon in my native language where the words for snake and cobra variates slightly. But my mind was blown.

[monarchetype]

Okay here it is

Otacon:

Porygon-Z: In an MGS setting with Pokemon I like to think that AI expert Strangelove would’ve invented Porygon. Hal, either through his mother’s inheritance or just by being his own hacker self, got his own Porygon... but accidentally made it a Porygon-Z. He feels terrible about screwing it up but actually his Porygon-Z is very happy with itself!

Rotom: once again, a technological Pokemon.

Oricorio (Sensu Style): I have a long-running headcanon that Otacon inherited a bit of Strangelove’s digital necromancy and has a bit of psychic/medium sensitivity that never came up in the games. Oricorio is only ghost-type some of the time, when engaging in a specific dance- namely, the Japanese one. (Just like one of my Japanese animes!) Also, Hal needs a bird to match his sister. :)

Klink: It's a gear and it's metal.

Absol: Mistaken for bringers of destruction, Absol are actually excellent predictors of disasters. Perfect for a character who seems to bring death to everyone he loves...

Suicune: Okay, okay, so in an actual MGS/Pokemon setting crossover I don’t think Otacon would have a legendary, but here’s my reasoning anyway: Hal, and the whole Emmerich family, has a lot of water symbolism going on. Huey is cast to sea by Venom Snake, and later drowns in a pool. E.E.’s body is left behind to sink into the Hudson. (Hell, Strangelove even suffocates.) But! It’s not all bad. Hal himself saves the man he loves from a river. (Compare/contrast that to the river sequence from MGS3.) Hal takes his family’s legacy and purifies it into a force for good, just as Suicune purifies water with its steps. It fits perfectly!

Snake:

Houndoom: Snavid has dogs, Houndoom's a dog, it's perfect. OK, OK, there's a little more. Houndoom's Pokedex entries state, quite infamously, that the flames it breaths are mixed with poison, and that wounds caused by said flames never stop hurting. Basically, this represents Snake's scary ass super soldier side! (Also, keep an eye on that Fire typing, it will be relevant later)

Mightyena: Another doggo Pokemon. This one's a bit more straightforward in that it mostly represents Snake's 50 dogs. Mightyena are probably the most vanilla wolf/dog Pokemon, so it works.

Ekans: yeah okay it's Snake backwards that's it

Alolan Ninetails: "The reason it guides people all the way down to the mountain's base is that it wants them to hurry up and leave." This represents Snake's loner nature and retirement in Alaska.

Silvally: Okay, this one's the biggie. Silvally is the evolution of Type: Null, an artificial Pokemon. Type: Null was thrown away because it didn't live up to expectations, but if treated with love and care, it can evolve into Silvally, breaking through its restrictive headgear and flourishing as well as activating its RKS ability (inspired by Arceus aka PokeGod). So, yeah, it's like Solid Snake, the "inferior" product of Les Enfants Terribles, who nevertheless came out on top of his "superior" brother(s) due to his human connections... and also maybe being a Christ figure...

Entei: The legendary fire-type counterpart of Suicune that causes volcanic eruptions with every roar. If the Emmerichs have water symbolism, then of course the Snakes have fire symbolism. Big Boss associates himself with bombs and is haunted by a Man On Fire, and is eventually burned alive by Solid Snake. Solid Snake in turn has his face burned when trying to retrive Big Boss's body. His blood is literally unfreezable! So yeah, Entei compliments Otacon’s Suicune.

Raiden:

Bisharp: It’s a metal samurai what more do you need. (Also I came up with this before Kingambit existed; I still think Bisharp fits better since Raiden isn’t really a leader.)

Corviknight: Another Steel-type inspired by a historical warrior clad in metal; Raiden may have the power of God and anime on his side but he is a pasty ass white boy too, so he can have a medieval knight bird as well.

Luxray: This is the Pokemon embodiment of Snake’s line to Raiden, “you were the lightning in the rain.” I envision this as starting as a Shinx that might have been a parting gift to Raiden after the events of MGS2

Greninja: Raiden may have a samurai sword but he is, technically speaking, a cyborg ninja. Hence, ninja Pokemon.

Weavile: This was pure vibes. (And totally not Raiden’s fursona.)

Raikou: The logical choice to compliment Otacon’s Suicune and Snake’s Entei. Raikou doesn’t have the interesting flavor that the other two Legendary Beasts have- the most interesting thing it gets to do is knock out a communications tower in Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs. Which vaguely connects to MGS2′s themes of digital information and communication, but it’s kind of a stretch.

Emma:

Drifloon: Traditionally known for kidnapping children, there’s nonetheless a sidequest in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon where a Drifloon protects a child from an ill-intentioned Drowzee. It’s a bit childish- it’s a balloon after all- but it’s a protector, and one that Emma sorely needs.

Decidueye: Not my idea; I can’t find it right now but there’s a brilliant piece of fanart floating around of a younger Emma with a Decidueye, clearly meant to represent her pet parrot.

Banette: The evolved form of Shuppett, a Pokemon formed from toys that are cast aside by children who grew up. I like to think that Hal had some anime plushie he left behind when he left home, that became a Shuppett that Emma took in. 

Porygon-2: A little sibling to Hal’s Porygon-Z. Emma was able to upgrade it once, but didn’t “screw it up” like Hal did his. Unless maybe it wants to adopt the form its older sibling did...?

Emma doesn’t have a complete team because she’s still relatively young, and far too focused on catching up to her brother to train up a full team.

I came up with these teams over a year ago. Feel free to ask about these picks or suggest your own!!!

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[0jamajos]

so my gf and I are going thru a pokemon moment and we're playing Pokemon go a lot and rewatching the first season of the show and it is very weird cuz like in latin america we got the english names and as a child I obviously didnt realize the names were puns and then when I grew more I got some of the puns but now that we intensely got into it im like... Some of the puns are very facepalm very silly like am I stupid for never realizing ekans is just snake backwards that's not even a pun