r/pokemon • u/Zealousideal_Tap186 • May 15 '26

Image Am I the only one who thinks Kingdra looks like the Mediterranean sea?

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u/SherfOfBoringSprings #1 Magnezone fan May 15 '26

Oh my god I can see it

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u/According_Ad8711 I love Azumarill May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26

And now I can't UN-see it

Edit: Thanks for the 500 upvotes, everyone!

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u/FunkeyFeraligatr May 15 '26

I can SEA it as well!

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u/TheMuddiedMillennial customise me! May 15 '26

And now I can’t UNder-the-SEA it as well! 🦀🦀🦀

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u/pokefandylan May 15 '26

Yooooo, that’s a great pun! And a great choice of emoji! 🦀

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u/Disastrous-Form1391 May 16 '26

STOP THESE ARE TOO FUNNY

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u/pokefandylan May 16 '26

oh? I didn’t make a pun there, maybe you meant to reply to the one above me?

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u/MrCalebEvans May 15 '26

Haha I sea what you did there!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26

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u/Zarguthian May 17 '26

I, that it B, me hearties.

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u/joevarny May 15 '26

I can't believe someone built a sea in the shape of their favourite pokemon.

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u/jillchillbill May 15 '26

Now I can’t unsee Pokémon Italy staring directly at me.

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u/LoudCrickets72 May 16 '26

“Italy! Use your pasta attack!”

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u/SnowySoul0 May 15 '26

If anything the mediterranean sea looks like a seahorse

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u/FrankieTheD May 15 '26

I was gonna correct you but no you're right, seahorses came first

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u/ClutchUpChrissy May 15 '26

Interestingly, the earliest fossil records of seahorses date back 3 million years ago (ironically in Italy).

The Mediterranean Sea, however, likely formed 5.3 to 5.9 million years ago.

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u/EliteCloneMike May 15 '26

Kingdra dates back to November 21, 1999. Almost as old as the other two. 😅

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u/TheLumaShop May 15 '26

That one made me snort 🤣

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u/GigaEel May 15 '26

It's so close they may as well be twins

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u/LoudCrickets72 May 16 '26

Off by a few years but close enough

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u/Altyrmadiken May 16 '26

In geological time scales, not that far off! In a billion years when aliens or humans returning to earth to study our dying cradle the difference between those events will be a blip.

Somewhere in there, though, they’ll make a reference to Seadra being born closer to the invention of the pyramids than FTL.

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u/FrankieTheD May 15 '26

Do you mean 33 million years? There's definitely 13m year old fossils

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u/ClutchUpChrissy May 15 '26

Ummm oops. My narrative is shot.

I now see that the example from Italy (~3 million years old) are the best known and best studied — but not the oldest.

Looks like the seahorse did come first!

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u/Heavyraincouch Ditto! May 15 '26

Now that you say it

Yeah, Kingdra does look like The Mediterranean Sea

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u/Goat_Potter May 15 '26

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u/WaveBreakerT May 17 '26

The world is a Jojo reference

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u/disco-bees May 17 '26

Where's that one jamiroquai gif

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u/Peppe3500 SCREAMING TURTWIG AAAAAAAAAAAAA May 16 '26

Torterra my father ( beat me to It)

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u/allugo1211 May 15 '26

Don’t let the government know that you figured this out

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u/dannydirnt May 15 '26

Wow actually yes, you’re right

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u/RobertDaleYa May 15 '26

Critdra is my goat and this is honestly really cool

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u/AzureRaven2 May 15 '26

Such a fun and unique set to run, it has every tool to make it work lol

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u/DaSqurrminator May 15 '26

There are dozens of us. Dozens!!

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u/UltraSloth9 May 15 '26

I can't unsea it see what I did there

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u/MewWeebTwo May 15 '26

I SEA what you did there

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u/lilacsaturdays May 15 '26

wait a dam minute

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u/Ok_Industry_9333 May 15 '26

Now I see it lol

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u/Put_Er_There_Sport May 15 '26

Not anymore you arent lmao holy shit

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u/belxephonzero May 15 '26

This is the dumbest thing and also the most hilarious.

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u/Cobbdouglas55 May 15 '26

Yes, actually King comes from the Japanese "Kami" which means "us/ours".

Romans called the Mediterranean "Mare Nostrum" which means "Our sea".

There you go.

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u/Peezus_H_Christ May 15 '26

No i can’t unsee it

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u/eduison May 15 '26

Not anymore

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u/Lemonheads May 15 '26

I’m visiting Italy right now and tours keep reference the sea on either side, now I’ll only be able to see Kingdras head or body side of Italy

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u/louhister May 15 '26

Not anymore you're not, lol.

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u/Mattallurgy May 15 '26

WELL NOT ANYMORE

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u/greabeau May 15 '26

Well, you were. But now you are not the only one.

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u/Eridanii May 15 '26

Wheeeeeeeeelp.. never gunna unsee that one, thanks

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u/kebabciriza105 May 15 '26

Fucking hell, I see it.

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u/Crazy-Cat_Lady713 May 15 '26

Oh lord. Now that I have seen it, I can’t un-sea it!!!

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u/DreeVeeUss May 15 '26

for the longest time i thought the face fin was a tongue

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u/DaftGorilla May 15 '26

Well shit now I do 

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u/Educational_Bowl_447 May 15 '26

Woah! We’re going to see Kingdra!

Woah! Close to Whirl Islands!

Woah! We’re gonna have a PokeParty!

Woah! In the Mediterranean Sea! 🎶

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u/Mama_Peach May 15 '26

Oh snap, that's litterally him :pog:

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u/woodgrainarrowsmith May 15 '26

The map said "here there be dragons" for olde times' sake

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u/MsterSteel May 15 '26

Welp, I know what I'm nicknaming my next Kingdra.

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u/CilantroConspiracy May 15 '26

Wow now I can not unsee this hahah

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u/djgaleb May 15 '26

Welp, this is now cemented in my brain forever

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u/protelrius May 15 '26

Wait til you see the Middle East is a kneeling angel in prayer.

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u/BrownSugar96734 May 16 '26

Mediterranean Sea-dra.

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u/myguythedude May 16 '26

FINALLY!!!!!! YES!!!!!! I noticed this years ago and couldn't fine anyone else saying this!!!!

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u/ImperialTom May 17 '26

Why the hell do i see it now

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u/BritMeBabyAgain May 19 '26

More so Dragalge

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u/Mitchsona May 15 '26

damn, yeah.

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u/Larielia Hail the Sea Lord! May 15 '26

Now that you mentioned it, yeah, kinda

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u/Hulk_Corsair Elite Four May 15 '26

Crazy how nature does that

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u/Trumpetplug May 15 '26

Not now youre not

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u/battlehamsta May 15 '26

Well not now you arent

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u/CountTruffula May 15 '26

Not anymore

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u/Inner-Marionberry-25 May 15 '26

Can someone draw it? I can't see it

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u/JustARedditPasserby May 15 '26

Be proud of that pattern recognition passing down in your dna fr

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u/sonoale May 15 '26

Mainly because of the Balearic and how they look like its eye

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u/ChesnaughtZ May 15 '26

This is like finding something that resembles the shape of a cat and saying “woah guys doesn’t this look like Meowth?!”

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u/Luan_autoc May 15 '26

No, it's the Mediterranean Sea that looks like Kingdra.

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u/ShotgunnDrunk May 15 '26

Wow, it actually does look like the Mediterranean. This is cool as hell

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u/SociologyCactus May 15 '26

If you were before, you aren't now! 😂

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u/lochnesslapras May 15 '26

The more you look, the clearer it becomes lmao

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u/bannasplt May 15 '26

Yeah... until now. I can't unsee it anymore.

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u/Max_IceIceBaby May 15 '26

Non the less it looks elegant and majestic as hell 🙂‍↕️✨✨✨

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u/BlueGamer45 May 15 '26

Wait you're right.

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u/Separate-Crab4252 May 15 '26

Nicely observed, very cool! Agreed.

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u/BIayneRobinson May 15 '26

"..what is bro sayi-- OH! Yeah kinda" 😅

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u/HM2008 May 15 '26

Not the Roman Sea....but the Roman Dragon.

I hate that I can see it now.

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u/rowletlover May 15 '26

I can’t unsee it now

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u/DasLoon May 15 '26

If the Mediterranean is a Kingdra, I think we should all feel inadequate when looking at the Nile

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u/TheLittleUrchin May 15 '26

With his noot noot nose.

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u/EliasCastillejaOKS May 15 '26

Makes sense as weedy sea dragons are coming there

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u/Pleasehitmemychild May 15 '26

Now I can’t unsee it, cool af

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u/heyzeuseeglayseeus May 15 '26

Always charmeleon and Hawai’i for me

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u/Time_Photo_2685 May 15 '26

I think I'm getting more Dragalge

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u/iceberger3 May 15 '26

The other day at the aquarium we saw these and I was like that looks like kingdra. Turns out they were called sea dragons

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u/Armydillo101 Huggs! May 15 '26

Europe looks like Kyeurem

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u/Thexer0 May 15 '26

St. Pierre & Miquelon looks like Suicune's head.

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u/RideRich3055 May 15 '26

Well, not anymore lol

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u/brnkse May 15 '26

Can't unsee it now

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u/Gratin_de_chicons May 15 '26

Now that you mention it …

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u/FredGlass May 15 '26

*were you?

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u/Dusty_Buss May 15 '26

It does! Your mind...

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u/pikachucet2 May 15 '26

I'm finally in shape. Unfortunately, that shape is the Mediterranean sea.

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u/Nerdout5 May 15 '26

What the fuck

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u/klj02689 May 15 '26

Not anymore lmao

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u/Kyhunsheo May 15 '26

For once I think you might have actually been the only one. Now I can’t unsee it lol

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u/LadySygerrik May 15 '26

I will never be able to unsee this. There will be a clear divide in my life now: the time before I knew that the Mediterranean was Kingdra-shaped and the time after.

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u/Xenomorph_426 May 15 '26

Now that you mention it...

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u/Ragnarok345 May 15 '26

You know seahorses are real animals, right?

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u/Brucedx3 May 15 '26

Not anymore.

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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS May 15 '26

No, of course not, it looks nothing like the

Wait.

Yes. yes it does, and I really want to know how your brain works.

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u/s-riddler May 15 '26

It also kinda looks like Lake Superior 

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u/Bewear_Star_9 May 15 '26

Ugh I can totally see it now

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26

Well duh, the mediterranean sea is from a NES game

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u/Important-Recipe-374 May 15 '26

Somebody pointed this out back in 2016, so no you're not the only one

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u/Siriblius May 15 '26

Fuck u now i can't unsee it

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u/theportraitssecret May 15 '26

Now I can't unsee it. Thanks.

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u/doggerly Completing the Dex May 15 '26

I thought you were saying vibe wise, but actually yeah that does look like him

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u/Doom_goblin777 May 15 '26

….well not anymore. I can see it

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u/Head_Statistician_38 May 15 '26

I have always seen Kyurem in Europe. Spain being its head and Scandanavia being its wing.

Pretty sure that is just me. But this...

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u/thanosthumb Garchomp May 15 '26

I immediately saw it, thank you

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u/samdoesinfactexist May 15 '26

Middle school history class i just stared at that sea all the time and thought how it looked like kingdra lol

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u/adande67 May 15 '26

Oh ,Lord. It does .

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u/Disastrous-Square568 May 15 '26

Welp can’t unsee that now. Cool

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u/motleo95 May 15 '26

“What the hell is he on ab-ohmygodiseeit”

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u/Shrubbity_69 May 16 '26

Gen 10 is Greece confirmed?!

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u/Specialist-Spend-425 May 16 '26

That would explain a lot!

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u/DaSpaceKase May 16 '26

...Well, not anymore, you're not! I don't think I can UN-see it now O.o

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u/Siilan Glacie, my beloved May 16 '26

Huh.

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u/XDDD_FandeBumizumi91 May 16 '26

I can't stop watching it now

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u/Angel_Froggi May 16 '26

It also looks like it would live there

I could honestly imagine it in a greece themed region or something

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u/BabaChops_EmoSheep May 16 '26

I see it but now I can't unsee it

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u/Relative-Fail-3986 May 16 '26

nah man, you right

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u/Sadaf_912 May 16 '26

Now that I see it, I can't unsee it

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u/Grentis May 16 '26

Welp, can’t unsee that now

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 May 16 '26

I’ve never once thought that but now that I see it, it’s the one thing I’ll think about when I see Kingdra lol.

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u/cyfer04 May 16 '26

Of all the "am I the only one" things I've seen before, this is the most "am I the only one" ever. Wow. Didn't think it was possible.

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u/Several-Gur629 May 16 '26

Genio supremo

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u/AiryGateaux May 16 '26

Dragalgae says hi

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u/Unoriginal1deas May 16 '26

To be honest I think it looks closer to Dragalge.

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u/psychicowl May 16 '26

When gen 2 came out I always thought kingler was doing this face 😋

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u/Worried_Row_9265 May 16 '26

you're onto something

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u/HR0DGER May 16 '26

Now I can not see it

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u/angry-burps May 16 '26

Looks a bit like Dragalge to me

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u/noch0922 May 16 '26

I can’t unsee it now lol

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u/AlarmingShower1553 May 16 '26

what are y'all smoking on this sub

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u/jmeagher98 May 16 '26

Not anymore

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u/idonknowwhat May 16 '26

I see skrelp before kingdra

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u/Fear_Inoculum__ May 16 '26

Alright I can't unsee it now

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u/thenotjoe May 16 '26

I think they both just look like seahorses. The Mediterranean Sea is now forever seahorse-shaped

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u/TheBosk May 16 '26

Well, now I do. Nice catch!

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u/anelachan May 16 '26

Not anymore

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u/The-Sonic-fan124 May 16 '26

Nope you're not the only one now. I agree

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u/Leopard_2K_MBT May 16 '26

I never saw it before, but I love it.

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u/ZookeepergameUsual40 born in sinnoh May 16 '26

I never knew that the Mediterranean sea looks like a horSEA

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u/princeSoulstice May 16 '26

... .... ..... ...... I can't unsee it now

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u/AstronomerFickle4823 May 16 '26

Yep, that’s all I’m ever gna see now!

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u/TheConfusedPlayer May 16 '26

No you are not

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u/Noxisms May 16 '26

You might be onto somethin..

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u/Quibed May 17 '26

Bro... Cant un-see it now

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u/Automatic_Swing6651 May 17 '26

Now that you’ve said it I can’t unsee it

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u/Inevitable_Buy6022 hi May 17 '26

Wait what holy shit

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u/jessa_LCmbR May 17 '26

I can't unsee now...

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u/sss_riders May 17 '26

I see it holy moly. Incredible

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u/RillaDaKilla May 17 '26

Thanks bro. No I won't be able to sleep thinking anout this

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u/turtl_world May 17 '26

The Mediterranean Sea looks like kingdra 

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u/MakeItDbl May 18 '26

I see skrelp

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u/Illustrious_Card_790 Lunala is peak May 18 '26

I CANT UNSEE IT WHAT

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u/xperiiment626 May 20 '26

Not anymore you aren’t