Even the most dedicated fans would have trouble remembering every Pokemon now, as the current number of Pokemon is up to a staggering 898. Almost all of the 151 original Pokemon from generation one are now seen as icons of the series, and many of them are recognizable even to those that have never played a Pokemon game.
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While the likes of Pikachu and Charmander will usually still get top billing, generation one did introduce a lot of memorable Pokemon designs. One such Pokemon is Cubone, which has now been paid homage to through a creative decoration in a Pokemon fan’s terrarium. Redditor CPT_Nemo1870 shared a series of photos of their Pokemon-themed terrarium display which prominently features the skull helmet that a Cubone is never seen without. Cubone’s skull helmet at first just seems like a striking bit of character design, but it raises some questions about where the skull comes from. These questions lead to one of the many creepy backstories in Pokemon.
The Cubone’s skull is actually from its dead mother, which it will continuously cry for. CPT_Nemo1870 titled the images of the terrarium “Marowak’s final resting place,” which recontextualizes the terrarium from a creative decoration into a respectful shine to the Cubone’s mother. A Marowak is the evolved version of a Cubone, so it stands to reason that it would be the mother that a Cubone gets its skull helmet from.
When a Cubone evolves into a Marowak, the skull helmet it once wore fuses to its head and can no longer be removed. Essentially, its skull helmet becomes part of the new Marowak’s own skull. But if every Cubone wears the skull of its Marowak mother, this would imply that a Cubone’s skull helmet is not only its own mother’s skull, but an entire lineage of mothers’ skulls continually fused and re-fused into one. However, there are many fan theories revolving around the origins of Pokemon’s Cubone.
It would add another poignant element to CPT_Nemo1870’s terrarium, however, if each Marowak is meant to pass down its ancestral skull to its Cubone offspring. Seeing a Cubone’s skull perched on a plant in its final resting place would imply that either a Cubone has lost its helmet somewhere or has died itself. Something about Pokemon’s cheerful presentation does seem to attract creepy fan theories like these.
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Source: Reddit
