Talk:Snorlax

The Modern World

 * === In The Modern World ===
 * In today's world this very rare species is more commonly found in Beecroft, Sydney, Australia.

This seems meaningless on its face, but it's been up long enough (well, four days, but that's a while in Wiki-time) that I don't want to delete it outright. Does anyone know if this section is referring to a real thing with which I'm just not familiar, or should it be given the ol' heave-ho? --Mad Jaqk 04:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Four days is not particularly long for a page like this. That information sounds like nonsense to me. Does it claim that Snorlaxes really exist or something? -- Face 14:16, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

HA HA HA! As if snorlax exist...! Nonsense! 211.72.108.19 06:33, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Ridiculous...

Inspiration for Snorlax
Snorlax very much resembles the creature Totoro in "My Friend Totoro", a 1988 movie. I was wondering if that creature was the basis for Snorlax, and if so it should be put into the article.
 * Interesting. Could you tell us more, perhaps with a screenshot? -- Face 14:16, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totoro We do need a source though. -- Solberg 08:49, 18 July 2006 (UTC)Solberg

Finnish mythology Kalevala have same idea; Antero Vipunen, Sleeping giant have woldknowledge, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antero_Vipunen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.93.100.6 (talk) 21:52, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Apparently, it was based on a person instead of the Totoro character. Jarble (talk) 02:25, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

i will try to find it again but there was an interview where a statement similar to "totoro and kabigon are definitely family members" implying they are the same species? Ciper (talk) 21:41, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Origin of Japanese name Kabigon (カビゴン)
There is no mention of the origins of Kabigon in the article so I thought I might offer up a possible explanation here:

Kabi - In Japanese it means pomp, guadiness, or splendor. Now while both pomp and guadiness usually have a negative connotation (essentially meaning excessively showy;put there for ornamentation), I think in this case it is more so referring to Snorlax's size, in that, while it's not trying to be so obese for merely appearance, it's size is so big that you can't help but notice. Also note that kabi means pomp/guadiness AND splendor. Splendor means quality of being magnificent, or luster, or brilliance (something that catches your attention + the positive connotation of magnificence). So, while its 'gaudiness' is a bit much, I think the negative connotation is somewhat dropped with the positive connotation of splendor. Kind of like a kimokawaii (something that's grotesquely cute)

The -gon suffix, while it is usually attached to names to associate attributes of a dragon, it is also common 'monster' type suffix, so kabi + gon and you got a Snorlax.

Agree/Disagree? I'd like to get the origins of the Japanese name in the article, even if I am incorrect in my assumption.

-- Kuwabatake 10:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, the Japanese article says it's from the nickname of a Gamefreak employee, though the original derivation is probably along those lines, or because he's so lazy mold grows on him... - Narfness 07:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

An amusing detail
The name "snorlax" can be taken as "snot salmon" in swedish. Snor meaning snot, and lax being salmon. 88.112.3.21 11:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Bear?
Does Snorlax really have any sort of resemblance to a bear? Maybe a big teddy bear, but not a bear in the sense of grizzly bears, polar bears, and panda bears. Ksy92003 04:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, other than the resemblance to a teddy bear (and even then, I still think it's based more off of a sloth). -Jeske (v^_^v) 04:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

really? i always thought it looked like a green panda.--65.54.154.117 20:03, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

The markings on the head look like Pac-Man facing up.Anubiz 01:51, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Delete
Delete it all he evolves. Anubiz 17:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Mind elaborating? Snorlax doesn't evolve unless you're playing a well-made hack. -Jeske (v^_^v) 18:18, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Munchlax makes him conted to evlison so Pokénatzi says he nolnge deservs an aritkal. Anubiz 18:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * ... No, the point is that the two articles are being merged. The content is kept, it's just merged. – mcy1008  ( talk ) 18:28, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I can barely make heads or tails of what you're saying, Anubiz. -Jeske (v^_^v) 18:32, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Temp. Insanady scorry Anubiz 21:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

PAC man face
I put in that has markings on his face resemble PAC man but is it really relevant?

And I apologize again for going a little nutty. Anubiz 13:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll answer your question with a question. Is the guillotine really relevant to modern France? -Jeske (v^_^v) 13:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes I think so don't really see what that has to do with anything, but either way somebody has to make that section of Snorlax flow a little better. --Anubiz 13:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Swedish meaning
In standard Swedish, snor means "snot" and lax means "salmon". The name of the Pokémon is thus quite funny to Swedes. I put this information into the article yesterday, but my addition was reverted because it was "unsourced". Anyone can use Google Translate to check, but the dictionary meanings of individual words are not something you can put in a reference. Nor should you have to. Unless someone comes up with a way to do this, I will put the sentence back again in a day or two and expect it to stick. Martin Rundkvist (talk) 21:35, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * You said it was confusing to Swedes - but did not reference that to anything that showed that confusion. The fact that the translation is funny to Swedes is not in itself notable so why should it be mentioned? noq (talk) 11:22, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * To Swedes above the age of about 20, the unfortunate meaning of the name is the only notable characteristic of this fictional character. But you don't see us asking to have the article deleted. Martin Rundkvist (talk) 12:47, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Please answer the question that was asked. Can you provide a WP:reliable source that says that. Without that it does not belong in the article. noq (talk) 16:45, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Quit camping on the article, Noq. It's not yours. Go do something constructive instead. Martin Rundkvist (talk) 18:30, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Neither, Martin, do you, and you have been correctly challenged to provide support for information that you introduced to the article. See WP:BURDEN.  Unless you can do so, the information will be/remain removed. In the mean time, please be civil to other editors, including those who may disagree with you.   Dwpaul   Talk   18:50, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, it's not relevant... unless some third-party source covers it. I think it puts an end on this matter. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 19:13, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Question: This article mentions things like the National Pokedex, and I may just be being stupid, but should'nt the editors be more careful in using in-game terms? (For readers that are not as literite in the topic). Would like if someone could clarify. Skipper1931 (talk) 00:35, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

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Category:Fictional bears
I am not sure that the article should be in Category:Fictional bears as the Snorlax is not actually a bear and the article does not refer to it as such, merely noting that it is ursid-like. Dunarc (talk) 20:18, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Shiny pokémon in pokémon go
Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon go don't have full odds unlike gen 1-8 and furthermore. shiny Eevee is 4% for example so it is not full odds — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireboy360 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 28 May 2021  (UTC)


 * , I'm not sure what you mean. What does this have to do with updating any information about Snorlax in Wikipedia? AngusW🐶🐶F  ( bark  •  sniff ) 18:07, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Pokémon Unite
Since the release of Pokemon Unite on Switch on July 21st, Snorlax has been on the main roster correct? Should Snorlax have more of a description on that? I only ask because there is information retaining it in Pokemon Ranger with Unite already surpassing the number of copies. It does not have to be anything fancy, something along the lines of it being on the lead roster of Pokemon's first MOBA as a defensive role.--Indislo (talk) 02:36, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

vandalism
"The Pokémon is not good for children under 16 do not let your child play Pokémon there is fighting and swearing and sex scenes and blood and gore it is inappropriate my whole 69 years of my life I have not seen a game this bad they say is for children."

Who put this up?

I think there need to be more vandalism checks if this was able to be unnoticed. The Dino-Pi (talk) 15:59, 28 July 2022 (UTC)