A Wild Caladopius Appeared!
Wanted to draw my Tropius evolution Caladopius (Cal-ah-dope-ee-us) again, since it been a while and I am still fond of the design ^_^
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A Wild Caladopius Appeared!
Wanted to draw my Tropius evolution Caladopius (Cal-ah-dope-ee-us) again, since it been a while and I am still fond of the design ^_^

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Caladopius
Name: Caladopius (Cal-ah-dope-ee-us)
Type: Grass/Dragon
Ability: Chlorophyll / Solar Power
Hidden Ability: Harvest
Info:
Evolves from Tropius when you feed it the 'Giant Nanab Berry'
It's 6 large palm leaf like wings can easily blow away threats with the force of a Cyclone.
This Fakemon resides in the Region of Oz
The Giant Nanab Berry, is a reference to the 'Big Banana' here in Australia, we have a bunch of iconic 'Big Things' one of which is the 'Big Banana'
For you see in my Oz Region I would be bringing back Totem Pokemon and some of them would be based/inspired by the 'Big Things' Tourist traps around Australia and one of these totem Pokemon would be Caladopius who represents the 'Big Bannana' so that player gets to fight a very large Caladopius on their adventures!
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Made Caladopius part Dragon instead of flying because this Fakemon deserves the dragon typing more than Alolan Exeggutor.
I don't mind Alolan Exeggutor, but justice for Tropius it deserves an evo.
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Many years ago I had a dream that Tropius got an evolution and it sort of looked like this. I've adjusted the design a bit from the dream version, because in the dream it looked more like a Diplodocus, like body shape was 100% Diplodocus while Tropius is more of a Sauropod so made Caladopius the same dinosaur type which meant changing the design a bit.
Which also meant shrinking down my fakemon because In the dream it was so tall and big you could stand under it without any issue and still have room for friends to join you. So yeah not that big, but it's bigger than a Tropius.
But yeah the dream which this showed up in was very short, just me traveling with friends in a jungle and encountering one of these guys in a clearing and us trying to catch it with Pokeballs but failing.
Thing I strongly remember so distinctly the 6 palm wings on its back and the really long neck and tail, that I knew I wanted to draw it, but kept forgetting to do so for the longest time until now!!! because....I made a region variant of Tropius and I really wanted it to have another stage so here we are! so now I can create a region variant of Caladopius!
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Also just on a random side note back to it's size, I am very disappointed by Tropius 'actual' size in the Pokemon Violet/Scarlet games, as I thought this Pokemon was palm tree sized not a tiny dinosaur.
Like look at the comparison between how the anime portrays Tropius vs the game.
Like maybe I'm wrong, but Tropius just looks bigger in the anime
Who is this guy and why you so tiny?
The anime version is what I'm always going to believe is the 'true' size for Tropius and the one's living in Paldea Region are either stunted/young ones who aren't getting enough nutrition's to reach their true height, or the berry trees in Paldea don't grow so high, so the native Tropius that live in the area don't need to be so big to reach them.
Vinter Tropius and Caladopius
When their rainforest home became a cold wilderness so too did the Vinter Tropius and Caladopius become cold like ice.
Name: Vinter Tropius
Type: Ice/Grass
Ability: Slush Rush/Thermal Exchange
Hidden Ability: Snow Warning
Info:
These Fakemon roam the frozen woods of the Vinter region, they no longer grow fruit from their body's, but choose to hunt for prey instead. They move almost silently through their winter forests only making a slight 'tingle' like bells sound, your only warning before they attack.
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Name: Vinter Caladopius
Type: Ice/Grass
Ability: Slush Rush/Thermal Exchange
Hidden Ability: Snow Warning
Info:
They are know to stand still for hours, letting snow cover them as they wait for prey to unsuspecting come within striking distance. When disturbed from their 'hiding' spot they are a rather aggressive and will pursue a person for an hours.
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Designed inspired/based on this crystal banana and also the fact that Antarctica had rainforest during the age of the dinosaurs and as its been confirmed that Tropius is basically a 'living' dinosaur I thought this fakemon idea was very fitting.
photo from randomitemdrop tumblr post https://randomitemdrop.tumblr.com/post/770718358960242688/item-crystal-banana