Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25230331-20150926032531/@comment-25230331-20170205112431

Rare Hunter wrote: I just saw your comments and edition in the references page. So, I know you are maybe a little bit tired discussing about this particular case, but are we "completely" sure Gladion's pose isn't a references to Kars? Both look "very" similar to me, the motion he does make doubt that is a simple coincidence rather than an aware reference. http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1167650-pokemon It's not, as I've said. Look up more images of Gladion doing his iconic edgelord pose and compare it to Kars' pose. I'm not trying to be a dick but honestly it's the perspective. Gladion's pose is also very,very common within anime tropes in general. I saw someone somewhere talking about how japanese kids have this common thing where they believe they have this secret locked power inside them or something. So they do this basically iconic pose and the hand-grab that you see Gladion do in his idle animation when you play the game.

On the comment of "both look very similar to me", you notice differences when you watch a wide variety of anime as well as reviewing those anime non-stop.

When I'm not busy and I've got a day off I'll look up the term for what I'm talking about with the Japanese kids.

TL;DR version, yes we are completely sure it is indeed NOT a reference. As admin said, if they are a hundred percent perfect match. Then yes it is a reference, you can't do "similar" poses as this causes issues.

I recommend looking at Meowth's poses in one of the pokemon anime episodes or any of the other poses that are 100% accurate which you can find on the page.