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BARKRAWL (bar-craul)
The Wood Badger Pokemon
Pokedex: Despite its small stature, Barkrawl never backs down to larger foes. It jabs and punches with the same claws it uses to dig for food and has a rough coat textured like tree bark.
Ability: Overgrow (Powers up Grass-type moves in a pinch.)

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After a failed attempt at another Grass-type starter, I decided that a change of pace was needed, breaking away from standard reptile/dinosaur model. There are plenty of creatures native only to forests that aren't reptiles.
Since I was toying with the duel types matching, the Grass/Fighting starter was actually the last one I designed, after changing it from a Grass/Ghost. The concept of using a mammal as the template remained the same, although I wanted to better exemplify the Fighting type by picking a forest-dwelling creature known for its brutal and angry demeanor, hence the badger. The name comes from the words BARK + CRAWL (or) BRAWL; "bark" to embody the Grass-type and detail the texture of the monster's fur and "crawl/brawl" to stand for the creature's nature of either crawling on all four or brawling with foes.
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Comments: 13

Gomis [2009-04-13 04:25:08 +0000 UTC]

That's just adorable. I like it how you made a badger pokΓ©mon without making it half Ground type. Most badger fakemon tend to be at least half Ground.

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JoshKH92 [2008-11-30 21:46:49 +0000 UTC]

WAMAZING! Please keep up these awesome fakes!

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depthball In reply to JoshKH92 [2008-12-01 04:14:55 +0000 UTC]

I have a lot more that I've never bothered to finalize, let alone update with. Nearly a whole Pokedex full.

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JoshKH92 In reply to depthball [2008-12-01 16:20:56 +0000 UTC]

awesome - i'd love to see

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JoshKH92 In reply to JoshKH92 [2008-11-30 21:58:50 +0000 UTC]

and p.s - mine grass starter isn't reptillian either

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sorakairi1014 [2008-03-24 20:25:57 +0000 UTC]

ide choose barkrawl >w<

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depthball In reply to sorakairi1014 [2008-03-24 21:42:38 +0000 UTC]

In Soviet Russia, Barkrawl choose you!

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Matatonai [2008-03-14 22:53:42 +0000 UTC]

=O wow, a non-reptillian grass starter. XD i think the purists who complained when a friend of mine made a water starter that wasn't blue just had a heart attack.
^^ cool and cute, i love the expression on it's face. well done on an original design. *favs*

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depthball In reply to Matatonai [2008-03-15 15:06:03 +0000 UTC]

Boo to the all-Grass-starters-must-be-reptiles purists! BOOO!

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Matatonai In reply to depthball [2008-03-15 18:54:15 +0000 UTC]

XD
they can be cool, but aren't needed always. i'm choosing between dinosaurs, bears, and dogs out of mine to be my grass starters. none are as cool as this, but still.

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BioDeGRaDeaBLe [2008-03-13 20:32:30 +0000 UTC]

the name could not fit any better. i love the shading of the bark at the back of its body! *watches*

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depthball In reply to BioDeGRaDeaBLe [2008-03-13 23:18:50 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you! I'm actually thinking about recoloring the starters, but who knows. Glad you like it.

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Galbinus [2008-03-11 20:53:50 +0000 UTC]

Very cool concept!

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