Talk:Shiftry (Pokémon)

Umm... Can someone help me with Learnset list thing? I used Treecko's page as a reference, but something went wrong.--Pokencyclopedia 02:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

For future reference, the best reference articles are Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle - they're kept most up to date as Project Pokédex's example articles. (Speaking of which, have you considered becoming a part of the Project? You contribute a lot to the species articles, after all.) --Pie 02:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Name Origin

"Shiftry's name is probably a combination of the words shifty, deceitful, and tree."

I can't see any parts of 'deceitful' in there. Is this accurate? Inker 23:00, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I can't either. --DarkfireTaimatsu 03:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I just think it's just shifty and tree. --☆ケンジガール 04:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

No wait! I think it was just giving a definition of the word for those who don't know what "shifty" means. If you noticed the word "deceitful" was not in italics like the other two words were. --☆ケンジガール 04:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Thats obviously what he meant. anyway does any on else thinks Shiftry looks like "Jariya the Toad Sage" from Naruto? I mean their both ninjas, have sandal feet, and have long white hair.

Technically, Shiftry is a Tengu, not a Ninja... while they're both known for being tricky and hard to find, they're quite different. Long white hair like that is based on something, I forget what...

...Anyway, I'm inclined to think Jariya is based off a Tengu (lives/lived by himself in the mountains, that's very Tengu-like). Any similarities would probably stem from that. -- Jioruji Derako.> 22:20, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

i see the hair, nothing elseWhatswithalltheextraspace 17:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Tengu sandals

Nothing important, but the "one-toothed sandals" are, in fact, tengu-geta, a type of sandals that are associated with "tengu", the japanese spirits in which shiftry is heavily based. Zak Undersn 17:13, 4 March 2009 (UTC)