Pokemon Did You Knows?

[Moriatti]

-Mewtwo's design is a reference to Frieza from DBZ (colour palette and number of toes)

-On the "You killed your rival's Raticate" thing, it should be noted that you can trade a Pokémon with cut into your game, and skip the SS Anne, and your Rival will still be without a Raticate. Since after beating his Pokémon, he mentions he's going to fight Lt. Surge, it can be assumed that if the Raticate was killed, Surge was the murderer.

-On the Arcanine as a "Legendary" thing... He originally was supposed to be one, specifically, he would lead the three birds. This was changed, but it is still referenced in a few places, like the second episode of the cartoon shows him running infront of the birds, as if leading them.

-Tyranitar's design was based off of Godzilla while Hydreigon's design is based off of King Ghidorah. Interestingly, the two share the type of Dark, as opposed to Dragon, as one would assume.

-Expanding on the Kadabra controversy, Uri Geller's lawsuit is actually what prevented a reprint of the Kadabra card, and why Abra has the Pokepower "Warp Evolution" in the card game, in which he can evolve straight into Alakazam.