*DSFL Teams' Pokemon Representatives

[ZodiacEXE]

For my rookie article, I'll be picking a Pokemon representative for each DSFL team. I'd love to hear what everyone thinks about these choices and any suggestions I might have missed!

Kansas City Coyotes - Lycanroc-Midnight (Shiny)
Since there's no real coyote Pokemon, it came down to picking between wolf and fox-like Pokemon. Lycanroc is a Pokemon very tied to day and night, having 3 different forms corresponding to time of day. I'm choosing the midnight form because the Coyotes' logo features a moon being howled at. I'm also specifying the shiny variation because blue feels closer to purple than red.


London Royals - Pyroar
Hard to go against the only non-legendary lion as the representative for the lion team. I do wish the colors fit a little better, but to pick a different Pokemon would be moving too far away from the royal/lion theme or picking a legendary Pokemon (which feels unfair)


Minnesota Grey Ducks - Golduck
Is Golduck grey? Well, only if you go back to when Pokemon sprites were gray because the system literally couldn't display color. Then again, the secondary color matching plus the similarity between the names "Grey Duck" and "Golduck" makes this seem like a good pick.


Portland Pythons - Serperior
Did you know there's no Pokemon analogous to a python? Arbok is a cobra, Seviper is a viper, Sandaconda is an anaconda, etc. In the end I picked Serperior as a best approximation. Though it drops the "grass snake" designation of its previous evolutions, its effective lack of arms and green color scheme seem a better fit for Portland's DSFL team.


Bondi Beach Buccaneers - Alolan Exeggutor
I couldn't come up with a good pirate-themed Pokemon. The closest I could get would be a parrot like Chatot or a ship anchor like Dhelmise, but neither of those were satisfying to me. Instead, I went for Alolan Exeggutor as a representative for Bondi Beach rather than a Buccaneer. The coloration of its leaves and heads fit as well, which is a nice bonus.


Dallas Birddogs - Manectric
As you might expect, there are a lot of dogs in Pokemon. Just narrowing the choices down to 3 took a while, nevermind actually picking one. I will admit some bias in picking Manectric because it's one of my favorites, but the blue and yellow fits Dallas quite well. Other candidates included Boltund, who might fit better breed-wise but lacks the blue, and Houndoom, who probably fits the theme best but doesn't have any of the team's colors.


Norfolk Seawolves - Lanturn (Shiny)
The obvious choice for the Seawolves would be a Pokemon like Eelektross-- an eel-like fish similar to the seawolf animal. However, it seems like the team associates more with the submarine than the animal. My next thought was to find a Pokemon similar to Sharpedo-- a hunting, sea-dwelling Pokemon that was just a little less sharky. Not many amazing candidates, so I looked for more information about the type of submarine a seawolf is. Imagine my surprise when I found out that they're nuclear subs! With all that in mind, I decided on Lanturn (specifically its shiny coloration which brings uranium to mind) to try and tie everything together.


Tijuana Luchadores - Hawlucha
Honestly, there's not a whole lot of competition for this one. Hawlucha is a hawk luchadore that fits the team's color scheme. Seems like a slam dunk pick. Other potential choice was Incineroar, but its more of a general wrestler than a luchadore specifically.



Thanks for reading! Again, I'd love to hear any suggestions for Pokemon fits I may have missed (or any Pokemon that would fit ISFL teams!)

[Ultimatedestroye]

Great Article! Welcome to the league!

[Starboy]

I think Dhelmise would be a good BBB pokémon to work with the pirate ship theme. Really fun seeing any comparisons to Pokémon though when it comes to sports teams!

[TwoSocks]

This is amazing

[Twenty6]

I don't know anything about Pokemon, but I can definitely imagine these as the teams' mascots. Welcome!

[shrub02]

Finally someone who can carry on my pokemon articles!

[slate]

Damn I guess Norfolk is my new favorite DSFL team

[Raven]

Surely Norfolk has to be a Wailord being a sub an all

But I also love Lanturn so great pick regardless (:

[Martin.Bachman]

Pokémon articles are the best articles

[ZodiacEXE]

Wow, thanks for the kind words everyone!  

@Starboy I vaguely remember thinking of Dhelmise during the process, and honestly I don't remember why I didn't go with it. Love that pick for BBB!

@Raven Honestly don't know how I forgot the big man itself  
Still really like shiny Lanturn though-- the green-colored light is just too alluring for me!