A Critical Over-Analysis on the New Pokemon Starters
Scorbunny aka. Every Furry’s Dirty Little Secret
Let’s address something off the top: the name Scorbunny sucks. It’s Talonflame-levels of uninspired when the much more accessible “Burny” was sitting right in front of their noses. Should one of its evolutions take on that moniker, we will gladly accept royalty checks from Game Freak.
Scorbunny’s MO is that it runs really fast and leaves a trail of flames behind it, making it the Pokemon equivalent to Sonic the Hedgehog. No prizes for guessing that this will be the speedster of the trio, and in keeping with Fire traditions, it will probably be a glass cannon.
In the anime, its voice will be three octaves higher than what is culturally acceptable.
We will arbitrarily assign Flame Charge to its moveset, lifting its expedience to unfathomable levels. Don’t expect for its hidden ability to be Speed Boost, however, as Torchic has already claimed that gimmick.
Due to its fiery feet, Flame Body is a potential filler, or more likely, an entirely new hidden ability that we had absolutely no hope of predicting accurately. Let’s be vague to cover all of our bases, and say that it involves… fire?
As far as evolutionary paths go, it’s a little murky. Conventional wisdom would suggest that it will morph into a rabbit that is faster, scorchier and bunnier, however, anyone who has ever banked on cute Fire starters staying cute has been burned before, if you’ll pardon the pun.
See: Fennekin. See: Litten. See: My Vest (which is what I nicknamed my Tepig, obviously).
For this reason, it’s equally as likely that Scorbunny’s final form will be a massive, hulking brute in the same vein as Diggersby, whose appearance is not dissimilar to a construction worker from Detroit.
