How pokemon got their names

This section has information on how the pokemon got their names. I got alot of mail saying some are wrong. Well now you can send me how they got their names. Thanks. How Pokémon (& Other Stuff) Got it's Name: Written © 1999 by Kid Kool (not me). Pokémon: Pocket Monsters, directly translated. It was left as Pokémon, however, due to legal issues (Remember the Monster in my Pocket fad around 7 or 8 years back?) Pallet Town: Pallet is another word for your tastebuds. What you like, what you don't like. It also refers top an artist's pallet, as "Shade's of your Journey await you" Viridian Forest/City: As far as I can tell, it's from Viridescent, meaning slightly green, or greenish. Makes sense with the forest. Plus the Earthbadge is here, Earth is Green. Pewter City: Brock's the rock master, and Pewter is a semi-precious stone. Mt. Moon: Pieces of the moon fell on it, so what do you expect? Cerulean City: Meaning azure, as in water. Obviously because of Misty's gym. Nugget Bridge: What do you win at the end? Vermilion City: It means a variety of bright shades of red going up to Scarlet. I believe it is also a spice. Don't know how this relates to the game... SS Anne: Anne could be anyone, maybe one of the creators? In the show it was changed to St. Anne. Diglett's Cave: Digletts dug it. Rock Tunnel: The Tunnel is made of dark rock. Lavender Town: It's another spice, European. Notice how these relate to Pallet? It also means Purple, another relationship to Pallet. No leader here, though. Celadon City: The big town is named after Celandine, another herb. Don't know about a colour reference for this. But it makes sense, considering the gym leader uses plants. Rocket Game Corner: Team Rocket runs it. Saffron City: An orange powder used to... it's another spice, okay? It could also relate to Sapphire. Silph Co.: I believe Silph relates to mages and wizards, but I may be wrong. It would make sense though, they did make the Silph scope for ghosts and the Master Ball. Fuchsia City: If you've ever used Crayons when you were little, you've seen it before. A vivid reddish-purple, or, as it says on the town's sign, "It's Passion Pink!" And, guess what, it's a plant with flowers on it. Plus, poison is that colour sometimes. Safari Zone: Safari, as in jungle hunting type stuff. Seafoam Islands: The Sea Foams, people. No big deal. Cinnabar Island: Cinnamon kinda jumped out at me. Cinnamon does come in bars/sticks. It's also an ore from Mercury. Spicey and ore, both relates to the volcanic tendencey's of the island and it's leader. Indigo Plateau: Plateau's are flat lands. Indigo is the forgotten colour of the rainbow. It's also a dye from plants. Victory Road: You're beating the game, you think they're gonna name it Loser Street? Characters - (* means it is only from the show) Professor Oak: He was Dr. Ochido (I believe) in Japanese, which means (Another I think) Orchid. A flower. Oak is just a tree, though. Ash Ketchum: Ketchum, Catch 'em, if you didn't get that... Ash I originally thought meant he was a fire trainer, but then I saw why. It's from Satoshi (SatOSH, ASH) in Japan, and the creator of the game was named Satoshi. Kinda surprised me as the credits rolled by. Gary Oak: Oak, as in he's Prof. Oak's Grandson. His name in Japan was Shigeru. I think this relates to Shigeru Miyamato (Apologies if I mispelled that), creator of Mario and Donkey Kon and Zelda and producer of Pokémon. Brock: Take off the 'b' and what do you get? Misty: Water creates Mist. Lt. Surge: Surge is from electricity. Erika: I honestly don't know. Maybe some florist? Sabrina: This jumped out at me. They even mention she's teenage in the game. Sabrina the Teenage Witch! Koga: It sounds Japanese, and he is a Ninja. Blaine: Maybe related to Blaze? Not sure about this one. Nurse Joy*: She's so happy, and her Chansey's are too. Officer Jenny*: Just a name, I believe. Dome Fossil: A dome is a sphere like shape. The Kabuto within is dome shaped. Helix Fossil: Helix is a spiral, like the Omanyte. Pokémon: Bulbasaur: Bulb as in flower bulb, saur as in dinosaur. Ivysaur: Ivy is just another plant. Venusaur: refers to the flower on the back, a Venus fly-trap. There may be other origins. Charmander: Char refers to charred, char-boiled, etc. Mander is charmander, the red lizard. Charmeleon: Meleon refers to Chameleon Charizard: Izard -> Lizard Squirtle: Squirt as in, well, squirt, urtle as in Turtle. Wartortle: War as in war, Tortle as in kinda turtle, kinda tortoise. Blastoise: Blast from the cannons, Oise from Tortoise. Caterpie: Caterpillar Metapod: Meta as in metamorph, changing. Butterfree: BEFREEE! Butterfly, Freedom, Butterfree. Weedle: The worm in the weeds. Kakuna: Cocoon. Beedrill: Bee with drills. Pidgey: Pidgeon. Pidgeotto: Same as above. Pidgeot: Same as above. Rattata: Rat attack Raticate: Eradicate, Eraticate, Raticate! Spearow: Spear-like beak, sparrow. 'Nuff said. Fearow: You're supposed to fear it. Ekans: This is an interesting one that you'd miss if you didn't think about it. Reverse it: Ekans - snakE. Cool, eh? Arbok: Same as above. Arbok - kobrA! Cobra! Pikachu: Everyone's favourite. You can say it means yellow all you want, Pika is a rabbit that lives in the Arctic and eats Bird Brains, according to PFX, I believe. Raichu: It's the same as Japan, so I guess it's got some origin there. Any ideas? Sandshrew: A shrew (mouse-like) in the sand. Sandslash: It knows the Slash move. Nidoran: Jumbled up it spells Ironand, a metal candle-holder. Nidorina: Just an advanced Nidoran. Nidoqueen: Same as above. Nidoran: Jumbled up it spells Ironand, a metal candle-holder. Nidorino: Just an advanced Nidoran. Nidoking: Same as above. Clefairy: Don't know about the Cle, but a fairy is obvious. Notice in the game it says "Pi pi pii"? It's named Pippi in Japan. Clefable: Same thing, Fable is a mythical tale. Usually with a moral. Vulpix: From vulpine, meaning relating to a fox. Ninetales: It's got nine tails, and a tale is a story.