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Aug 15 2009, 09:03 PM
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Gym Leader Group: Members Posts: 588 Joined: 1-August 09 From: Dragon's Den Member No.: 52 812 PANE Team |
After watching the second movie I noticed that although Lugia is supposed to be a bird, it's only referred to as the 'Beast of the Sea', and the only true bird-like characterstic are the wings. Otherwise, it has a long tail, long neck and fang-like teeth, displayed on dragons. It also bears somewhat of a resemblance to Latias/Latios, which are also dragons.
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Aug 15 2009, 09:08 PM
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Gym Leader Group: Members Posts: 452 Joined: 13-August 09 Member No.: 56 667 GPXPlus Pokemon |
I voted for both. Maybe it's a combination of a bird and a dragon. xDD
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Aug 15 2009, 09:13 PM
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hi Group: Members Posts: 1 122 Joined: 9-June 09 Member No.: 32 630 A team |
I think it is mostly a dragon, but is bird like in its wings
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Aug 15 2009, 09:26 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Newbies Posts: 3 Joined: 14-August 09 Member No.: 56 780 6 of My Favs |
I would say Dragon. The wings, though birds have wings, have what appears to be hands. Making it more dragon like than a bird. I think all the other bird pokemon have wings, like any normal bird.
I say that Lugia looks completely like a dragon. He [or it rather.] has the long neck, teeth, long tail with the spikes and claws [like most dragons have] some dragons arms also serve to be wings as well. Also being called "beast of the sea" that makes me think of a dragon [or some other beastie] not a fluffy bird [[[I have like 28 birds at home XD]]] that is what I think anyway XD -------------------- Check out my DeviantART.com home page --> http://feathereddragon.deviantart.com/ Pokemon fan art might be coming soon
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Aug 15 2009, 09:41 PM
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The only person I know that liked Hoenn Group: Members Posts: 3 293 Joined: 28-May 09 From: CALIFORNIA Member No.: 28 147 Wolfe |
Dragon. Looks more like one than a bird.
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Aug 15 2009, 09:57 PM
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Walking Oxymoron Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 29-June 09 From: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Member No.: 40 421 Favorite Pokemon |
Dragon. Lugia has almost all the characteristics of one, plus even his wings resemble more of 'hands' than feathers (as stated before me).
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Aug 15 2009, 10:12 PM
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Gym Leader Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 3-August 09 Member No.: 53 563 Team UberPwn |
A wyvern.
A dragon with legs and wings in place of arms, like a bird. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern (Voted for both.) -------------------- |
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Aug 15 2009, 10:28 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 28-March 09 Member No.: 6 219 Sapphire Team |
Wyvern.
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Aug 19 2009, 05:58 PM
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Lazy Artist Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 10-August 09 From: The sun-scorched desert. Member No.: 55 711 My Faves |
I almost said bird, ut it lacks the basic characteristics of one - feathers, a beak, the feet, and so on. It might have the basic design of one, but consider this: chimpanzees have the 'basic design' of humans. That doesn't make them humans...in fact, as much as I love animals, it kinda freaks me out.
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Aug 20 2009, 01:10 PM
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Gir Fan Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 30-May 09 From: The US :O Member No.: 28 613 FireRed :D |
It is neither a bird, nor a dragon.
Although I'm a bit rusty, it's water/flying type, right? It's a common misinterpretation that flying = bird Flying just means that, well, they're capable of flight. You may say that it has a long tail and neck like dragons, but dragons also tend to be scaly, have forked-toungues and breathe fire, as well as having bat-like wings. (Also, I don't see how having what appear to be fingers at the end of its wings make it more like a dragon. If anything, it gives it arms rather than wings, which kinda screws everything up.) -------------------- |
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Sep 5 2009, 12:08 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Newbies Posts: 8 Joined: 26-August 09 Member No.: 59 642 Active Squad |
You may say that it has a long tail and neck like dragons, but dragons also tend to be scaly, have forked-toungues and breathe fire, as well as having bat-like wings. (Also, I don't see how having what appear to be fingers at the end of its wings make it more like a dragon. If anything, it gives it arms rather than wings, which kinda screws everything up.) Wow what a narrow definition of what constitutes a dragon. I don't know what Lugia is, it could pretty easily fall into "prehistoric bird" or dragon, or bird, or both, or none I guess. I guess prehistoric bird just adds another count to dragon though, since most "dragons" in the real world were fossils thought to be the bones of dragons back in the times of old. -------------------- |
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Sep 12 2009, 01:48 AM
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Devourer of Oranges Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 13-June 09 From: lurkity-lurkity-lurk Member No.: 33 753 SKYARAJASK ARMY |
Bulbapedia has this to say:
"Lugia is based on Ryūjin, a dragon who was the Shinto god of the sea, and lived on the ocean's floor. " I used to identified Lugia as a bird, because Ho-oh is a bird, and Legends from the same gen (well, way back then) were all similar - the previous Bird trio, Mewtwo and Mew, the Dog? trio. It made sense for Lugia to be a bird, just as Ho-oh. I never thought of the wings as hands, though - the feathers just seemed to be thicker, more stylized as a whole. The whole underwater-dwelling thing screwed up the bird ideal, though. I refuse to call it a dragon, though. Dragons, to me, have four legs/arms + 2 wings, 6 limbs total. If its front limbs are also its wings (i.e. 4 in total), it's a wyvern to me. Lugia isn't enough of a dragon, but it might, at a stretch, be a wyvern. -------------------- |
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Sep 12 2009, 02:16 AM
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Tikk Tokk Group: +Donors Posts: 709 Joined: 27-June 09 From: In The Closet Member No.: 39 543 A Taste of The Fury |
I say bird since it's counter part (Ho-oh) is a bird
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Sep 12 2009, 03:03 AM
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A very Slow king Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 26-April 09 From: South Korea Member No.: 16 178 Dunce |
I think it looks more like a dragon. I just don't think it looks enough like a bird.
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Sep 16 2009, 05:54 PM
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-- mortal god . ☆ Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 8-September 09 From: Ewa Beach, Hawai'i Member No.: 62 148 i n d i g o |
After watching the second movie I noticed that although Lugia is supposed to be a bird, it's only referred to as the 'Beast of the Sea', and the only true bird-like characterstic are the wings. Otherwise, it has a long tail, long neck and fang-like teeth, displayed on dragons. It also bears somewhat of a resemblance to Latias/Latios, which are also dragons. So what do you think? Do you think Lugia closer to a bird, or a dragon? The fact remains that Lugia is based off of a dragon that was the god of the seas. Other than the fact Lugia lacks scales [not counting the ones on it's back], I'd say it's more of a dragon/dinosaur type of Pokemon then anything. -------------------- |
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Sep 16 2009, 06:02 PM
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Dreameater X_x Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 27-August 09 From: London Member No.: 59 828 Do it later... |
seems to be a bird to me xP
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Sep 19 2009, 10:40 AM
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Ghost trainer Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 20-February 09 From: Torn World Member No.: 4 634 Ghost |
It was probably just made to be psychic/flying to counter Ho-oh's fire/flying type(even though there's no type advantage over either)
It being of the psychic type supports it's ability to talk through telepathy, the flying part, probably because of the wings(or hands XD) Maybe they didn't want a dragon-type legendary just yet. If they had planned ahead the third or fourth generations, it might have made sense... I support lugia as a dragon, though. Always will. -------------------- |
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Sep 19 2009, 11:02 AM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 1-May 09 From: At the computer Member No.: 17 864 My fav.s |
I say lugia is more of a dragon. The wings don't even really look like a bird's, but more like hands with thumb and fingers, although it doesn't use its wings for grabbong things like hands.
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Sep 26 2009, 10:18 PM
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Gym Leader Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: 24-June 09 From: Missouri, USA Member No.: 38 049 My Favorites |
Huh. I've never thought of Lugia as a bird. Come to think of it, I'm not sure what animal I thought of it as. lol But looking at it now, I say it's a furry wyvern. Eastern dragons have fur, so it doesn't seem too strange. It has a barbed tail like a wyvern, as well as 'fingers' on it's wings. lol So I voted for dragon.
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Sep 26 2009, 10:28 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 18-April 09 Member No.: 12 940 My Crystal Team |
It looks more like a dragon to me however there are bird like features present on it. I'd say that it is both.
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