there are rumors that say that genesect could be a kabutops. looking at it’s features and comparing their pokedex entries, it may be one. and about the original dragon….well so far all we have is this…
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No, don’t apologize! Thank you for that! it’s a nice read.

I think you’re pretty spot on!

Awesome post. It was a fun and enlightening read 🙂

From what I see with the starters, is that they each usually have one main feature that continues to develop as a sorta (for lack of a better word) key feature.
-Bulbasaur – It’s bulb
-Charmander – My brother says it’s tail, but I like to say it’s the spikes/horn like thing on the lines head, going from 0 to 2 by Charizard.
-Squirtle – The cannons are obviously the key feature of Blastoise but the feature that develops mostly throughout the line that they all share is the Tail, particularly, the tail resembling the head shape/ears.
-Chikorita – This one could be argued that it’s the leaf/antenna(Meganium), but the leaf isn’t constant, the antennas, while to represent a part of a flower, I think it is the bulbs/pods around the neck that eventually develop into full grown flowers.
-Cyndaquil – The flame on it’s back that seems to develop from a blanket of sorts, into a hat-like appearance, all the way into a collar of sorts. Which given Cyndaquil’s baby-like nature, would represent it’s growth.
-Totadile – The spine-like scales on it’s back and head.
-Treeko – Similar to Squirtle, the tail grows to resemble the head/ears.
-Torchic – Torchic really has two that are hard to argue with, the head-feathers and the legs. As you go through the lines, Torchic has nothing covering it’s talons/feet, which I believe shows that it is an infant(diaper). Then, Combusken appears to have shorts on, which in the pokemon world, have usually been worn by kids. Finally, Combusken has full-blown pant-like feathers covering his talons.
-Mudkip – This one is similar to Treeko and Squirtle in that the tail(fin) resembles and almost mirrors the growth and change in the fins that are on it’s head throughout the line.
-Turtwig – This one is the most obvious(other than maybe Bulbasaur), the growth of a sapling into a bush, then into a tree on it’s head and shell.
-Chimchar – This one is probably the most difficult to actually use as a pattern, but I believe that is the growth of the tail, it continues to get longer and closer to the head before, eventually, transferring the fire from the tail to the head.
-Piplup – It’s torso continues to grow into more of a formal attire/suit-like pattern.
-Snivy – It’s tassel(?)-like yellow features on it’s shoulders eventually develop into a full-blown collar
-Tepig – It’s tail starts out looking like a little bomb, then it festers up a bit as Pignite, before finally blowing up as an Emboar.
-Oshawott – Obviously, it’s shell. No further explanation needed.

(Sorry about the length of some of those, just wanted to make sure my reasoning is clear)

On to the point I’m trying to make, I think each starter-line has a distinct feature that it develops mostly while evolving, whilst dropping other features. The features for these three, I think will be as follows:

-Chespin – It’s hood-like pins/needles.
-Fennekin – The tuffs of fur in it’s ears, their way too flamboyant(or flameboyant [yay for bad puns =) ]) to not be.
-Froakie, it’s cloak-like bubbles on it’s back.

Sorry for the length of that post but, I feel it contributes to the topic and you made me think of it by pointing out the tuffs of fur on Fennekin’s hind legs.

Personally,the detailing on Fennekin suggests it will say a quadruped. See the tuffs of hair on its back legs? They seem to be one of the few extra details added to Fennekin, and when they add any detail to a starter, it’s going to be important.

Now, imagine trying to design a bipedal fox with tuffs of hair off its back legs? I can’t really see it happening. If they truly make it bipedal though, I’d moreso expect a sorta werewolf-gait at the end, with the front arms being on the ground even if they’re highly developed.

Either way I think the key details suggest a quadruped.

A Chespin would Chess so much Pin he wouldn’t know he much Pin he Chessed.