Talk:Quaxly (Pokémon)

Booby Bird?

Quaxly's blue feet makes it resemble a booby bird of some kind since they also have blue feet. - unsigned comment from Galefuun (talk • contribs)

Name

Quaxly's name may be derived from a Basque spelling for "Quack", hence the use of 'x'. This would tie in with the whole Spain theme the region is apparently based on (as controversial as this may be, considering the whole nationalism conflict they have going on). - unsigned comment from CroissantBoe (talk • contribs)

It also is likely its name is based on Don Quixote, it has the hat too.

- unsigned comment from Komi028 (talk • contribs)

The more I think about it, Quaxly is clearly Basque (the X, the hat). I don't think Don Quixote has a lot in common aside from the X (which may actually be just Old Spanish languages using the letter more), as the character is cannonically from La Mancha which is in Castilla. - unsigned comment from CroissantBoe (talk • contribs)

Is it really Basque though? I looked it up and the Basque onomatopoeia for duck sounds/duck calling are "karra karra" or "par par". the word for quack (as in the noun) in Basque according to Google Translate is even "karraro". I think Don Quixote is a slightly more likely inspiration (although we don't know anything about its evolved forms yet, so i'm happy with the page just saying that it's a generic sailor-ish duck mon until we get more info). Anzasquiddles (talk) 21:37, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

I think Quixote could be part of it, but we'll need to see if the rest of the evolutionary line shares the reference.--Kodakami (talk) 02:08, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Quaxly's name could be a combination of "Quack" and "Exactly", given the description of its personality ("earnest and tidy"). "Exactly" lends the "-ly" and the "x", while the short "a" ties them together.--Kodakami (talk) 01:57, 28 February 2022 (UTC)