Jack Lemon

I asked myself "what if Fairy existed as early as gen1-2?". Zapple is my take on that, as a way to ease players into the fairy being associated with cuteness and mischief.

This big ball of gum has vague characteristics reminiscent of very early mons, and has some small discrepancies in its sprite based on the final design, since a lot of gen1 mons were refined by the anime.

The pattern on its paws are kinda reminiscent of plastic gloves, the ones you need to deal with electrical stuff. One of the main inspo was def a jack-in-the-box. I also love stubby chubby characters with arms that can't reach most of their body so I find it funny that it can't properly get its cap back on its head.

Zappop is an Evo that would be designed way later down the line, I was thinking like gen 4-5 but I don't think it comes through properly in the design. Nonetheless, I'm pretty proud of how it came out.

It's inspired by party poppers, balloons and razor clams. Its flying conch/party hat is inspired by Bowser Jr's ship and the Electric ribbons it shoots out are similar to rotoms, but they're much less erratic and more controlled. Its eyelashes are supposed to vaguely resemble clown makeup.

Little anim based on Nelnal's concept art for Elnina and Lanino, made for the countdown to Undertale Spaghetti Project's ch3 Italian translation release!