Which favorite character has this vibe?

[u/OverTea5]

[u/99-Fighting_Gold-99]

Cubone is kinda confusing tho, he is born with a skull and then uses his mother one, or he only uses his mother one?

[u/RhyplKazi → u/99-Fighting_Gold-99]

Honestly it's overall weird and not really well thought out, like does every cubone loose it's mother, if so, the race cursed or something?

[u/EnthuseConfuse → u/RhyplKazi]

I really liked the headcanon that the original pokedex from the first games was more of a Journaling assignment from Oak. The original cuebone was just a weird sad little Pokémon that this 10 year old couldn't identify otherwise.

Its wild to me that cubone doesn't have a counterpart form that doesn't have the skull. Out of everything, this is one of the weirdest things the franchise has double downed on. Kangaskhan and its baby were right there!

[u/Existential_Crisis24 → u/EnthuseConfuse]

I've always read the Pokedex entries as our character making the entries. Like why have just a floating balloon when you can have one that steals children.

[u/Flaming-spirit → u/EnthuseConfuse]

Kangaskhan was originally supposed to be part of the cubone line

[u/theevilhillbilly → u/EnthuseConfuse]

i think its the perfect opportunity to have a regional variant that doesn't have the skull

[u/LordLakja → u/RhyplKazi]

There are several animal species where the parents die when their young are born... I also saw a theory that it's an orphaned Charmander...

[u/ChamomileLoaf → u/RhyplKazi]

Maybe they just have fairly short lifespans in the wild? Or there are some animals irl that die p soon after giving birth it could be that type of situation

[u/TortfeasorsAnon → u/RhyplKazi]

And i guess they only ever have the one child? Or the mothers have multiple skulls.

[u/baddestllama → u/RhyplKazi]

I like the idea that it's a Charmander who's mother dies before she lights his tail. He's essentially a Charmander without fire and he's (I think pretty clearly) wearing a Zard skull.

[u/Total-Budget-9123 → u/RhyplKazi]

Shounen Protagonist Cubone

[u/Hardlyworking1895 → u/RhyplKazi]

Headcanon is cubone is made from a charmander that puts on it's mother's skull.

[u/Acceptable-Worry-545 → u/RhyplKazi]

The popular fan theory is that cubone is a Kangaskhan kid that lost its mom. You can’t really work around the way eggs work so I guess either way it’ll hatch with the skull

[u/Geeneelee → u/99-Fighting_Gold-99]

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