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Contents 1 Real Name 2 Species 3 "The Dorapion?" 4 rumor 5 Dorapion and Scorpi in the TCG 6 Pokemon-games.com reveals: Drapion

[edit] Real Name

His real name is Drapion. Dorapion is only the romanized form of ドラピオン. His literal name is Drapion since his name comes from Doragon, which is japanese for Dragon and the english word Scorpion. Since there is no no katakana for Dr it has to be written as Dora.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by KL (talk • contribs) 23:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC).

Last I checked, "ryū" was Japanese for dragon. :P ドラゴン is simply "dragon" spelt in katakana. To the point, "Drapion" is probably correct, but it's speculation, nonetheless. When no official Romanization is availible, we should stick to Hepburn spelling. --GregE 03:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Maril is a perfect example of this. Katakana: マリル ---> Romanization: Mariru / There's no katakana for just l/r so they use ru ---> Literal: Maril—The preceding unsigned comment was added by KL (talk • contribs) 23:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC).

His real name is ドラピオン. When we have an official English name, we'll rename it. DanPMK 21:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Semi-on-topic: It seems somebody's claiming his english name is Snipion in the article, I'm assuming that's just made up; I haven't seen that info anywhere. I'm getting rid of it. 75.72.52.93 16:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

...and somebody did it already while I was typing this. Heh. 75.72.52.93 16:34, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Species

The people at Serebii have named it "changeable scorpion" but this name is purely out of presumption. Since he is a scorpion-like pokemon he could be another stage of Gligar. However this is not proven in any means by Nintendo. His species in Japanese, バケサソリ(Bakesasori). "Bake" added to a name or other word creates a "monster" type of meaning. Just like you can add it to other words like, "bake-chikara" - monster strength. Calling it a changeable scorpion just on the assumption that the kanji for "Bake" means to change, is wrong.Shaojian 06:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure it does. Let's just wait til Nintendo tells us, kay? Highway ^Batman! 09:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm just pointing it out now since many people are assuming things with the word "changeable"Yoshitsune 04:49, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

It could be a pun--something the Pokémon franchise is well known for. How its tail is perfectly identical to its arms hints at "changability" to me. --GregE 03:32, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi, see the big box with the exclamation mark? Please read it. Highway ^Batman! 12:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "The Dorapion?"

See Talk:Pachirisu. --GregE 02:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] rumor

i heard that dorapion is a genderless evolved form of gligar that is ground/poison type. true or false?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.184.246.240 (talk) 20:25, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

no--Rat235478683--—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rat235478683 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Dorapion and Scorpi in the TCG

Look at what I just found today [1]. Doesn't seem a bit wierd how Dorapion and Scorpi are Psychic-type cards?--67.87.66.127 21:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Poison types in the TCG have been shifted from being Grass-types to (as of Pokémon Card Game DP) being Psychic-types. Poison is Dorapion's primary type, too. Double Dash ^{(Talk to me)} 22:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

That's why it's so weird.--67.87.66.127 21:16, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pokemon-games.com reveals: Drapion

The official games website has revealed his name as Drapion (along with Cherrim and Pachirisu). So should he moved now? - NP Chilla 23:44, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

We're currently unable to. The redirect has significant history.—ウルタプ 23:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)