posted by on May 3, 2025
I spent some time this morning thinking about Pokémon. Specifically, I considered how the poliwag, poliwhirl, poliwrath evolution line mimics poliwogs, frogs, and frog-themed wrestlers. While considering this, I noticed that poliwag’s mouth is separate from the hypnotic spiral on its front:

This led me to consider how poliwhirl’s mouth must work. I came up with the following two options, which I illustrated by hand on my phone:

I think the one on the right is technically more frog-like, while the left just looks like a blue Dot Gobbler.