Every night in my dreams
I'm trying again, with improved knowledge and smartness, to explain the English names of the 151 original Pokémon (including Mew), using only what I know without looking anything up. So here we go. Bulbasaur - "Bulb" (as in a plant bulb, not a lightbulb) + "dinosaur". Ivysaur - Ivy + dinosaur. Venusaur - Venus (as in a Venus flytrap) + dinosaur. Charmander - Char (meaning to scorch or burn something) + salamander (a mythical creature associated with fire). Charmeleon - Char + chameleon. Charizard - Char + lizard. Squirtle - Squirt + turtle. Wartortle - "Wartor" sounds like "water", and "tle" is from "turtle". The "tor" might also come from "tortoise". Blastoise - "Blast" (a jet of powerful water) + "tortoise". Caterpie - It's basically "caterpillar" without the "llar", and an "e" on the end for some reason. Metapod - Meta from metamorphos...