Do Arcanine and Ninetales represent male and female beauty, respectively?

[Andros 1337]

The Pokédex entries for Arcanine and Ninetales both talk about their sheer beauty. However, considering that Arcanines are mostly male while Ninetales are mostly female, I was thinking, could these Pokémon be representations of male and female beauty, respectively?

Also, remember that Arcanine was exclusive to Red while Ninetales was exclusive to Blue.

 

[HexagonStephen]

Huh. Good point. I never really thought of it that way. I would be a bit more convinced that this is true if either of them were one gender, but that doesn't mean it's not a good theory.

I think they might represent male and female beauty. Ninetales is said to be a very beautiful creature, and that, basically, disrespecting it's beauty can curse you. Kind of like in PMD: Red and Blue, where Gengar was a cursed human who had touched a Nintales' tail.

Arcanine is also very big and strong, very masculine. I'm sure even it has some sort of legends based on it, that are some sort of "Respect Me Or Parish" warning.

 

[XXdirty_dubstepXX]

Huh. Good point. I never really thought of it that way. I would be a bit more convinced that this is true if either of them were one gender, but that doesn't mean it's not a good theory.

I think they might represent male and female beauty. Ninetales is said to be a very beautiful creature, and that, basically, disrespecting it's beauty can curse you. Kind of like in PMD: Red and Blue, where Gengar was a cursed human who had touched a Nintales' tail.

Arcanine is also very big and strong, very masculine. I'm sure even it has some sort of legends based on it, that are some sort of "Respect Me Or Parish" warning.

Thats probably true. after all, arcanine's pokedex entry says that it is the "legendary pokemon".

 

[Nick Ketchum]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Usually, I can care less about the genders of my Pokemon, but when I get a Vulpix I make sure it's female, and I make sure my Growlithe's are male.

I just don't see them any other gender.

 

[Teravolt71]

This must be why Ninetales is so beautiful and cute and Arcanine is so rugged and manly... Yes OP, I think they do.

 

[chimera]

Hm, I have a male Vulpix and never thought about it twice. But you're right, it does seem like that.

 

[Faye Scarlet]

If one goes stereotypically, then yes, I can see how. D: I had a girl Ninetales AND a girl Arcanine, though, so I try not to let stereotypes bother me that much...

 

[Trainer G]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Usually, I can care less about the genders of my Pokemon, but when I get a Vulpix I make sure it's female, and I make sure my Growlithe's are male.

I just don't see them any other gender.

That's stupid. Sorry, just my opinion, but I felt like must to sayin' it.
In my game I was hunting purposely for a male Vulpix and a female Growlithe. I love to break rules and especially when it comes to a stereotypical thinking... Makes me so mad.

Anyway, I could see that theory might be correct. But I don't know is it just me or what, but I've always seen Ninetales as a very masculine Pokémon..

 

[The Outrage]

Well, they do seem to get treated as counterparts when it comes to version exclusives

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Yep I agree.Arcanine also has intimidate and a beard while vulpix is based on a vixen.

 

[Outcast]

Arcanine Ninetales
Just thought I would point that out, although it may be a coincidence.

 

[Kavidun]

OMG!

He's cracked the code!

 

[Ranger Jack Walker]

Arcanine Ninetales
Just thought I would point that out, although it may be a coincidence.

It is a coincidence since those are the english names. :\

But yeah, the theory is plausible.

 

[Torterra Trainer]

This seems very interesting. The only thing holding this theory back IMO is the fact that they can both have different genders.

I guess you could look at real-world animals this way. Like in the majority of bird species the male is the most beautiful of the two. Now we know that't toward attracting the female, but we would hardly say that the male bird is masculinly beautiful but that he is just beautiful. At the same time, in a lot of species the female is the larger of the pair. That can be viewed as being a masculine quality.

I don't think that thinking Ninetales is a female beauty and Arcanine is masculine is stereotypical because we humans generaly view feminine beauty one way and masculine beauty another way, not because we are stereotypical but that's what the general veiwpoint is.

But I think that Ninetales can exhibit the feminine beauty be it male or female, and Arcanine be masculine if it's a girl as well.

but I've always seen Ninetales as a very masculine Pokémon..

I'm not saying your're wrong or anything, but please tell me, how is it that you see Ninetales as masculine, I'm just curious?

 

[Cyber Jet]

I think that they may be based off those as Arcanine looks manly and strong while Ninetales looks mystic and beautiful.

 

[TerribleTwelve]

Arcanine Ninetales

I read "arcane"+"canine" and "nine"+"tails/tales". But a good theory nonetheless.

@topic; I never thought about this before, but now that you mention it, it seems like a very plausible theory. It is almost certain that Ninetales represents feminine beauty, and Arcanine... now that I think about it I see many masculine features, like the beard, or the rough-looking badassery.

 

[Trainer G]

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I'm not saying your're wrong or anything, but please tell me, how is it that you see Ninetales as masculine, I'm just curious?

I don't know actually. Well, of course I can see it in both genders, there's no problem, but for some odd reason I'm always first thinking about a male Ninetales over a female one. But to tell the truth, I don't really care about genders anyway.

 

[sajuukar]

That's stupid. Sorry, just my opinion, but I felt like must to sayin' it.
In my game I was hunting purposely for a male Vulpix and a female Growlithe. I love to break rules and especially when it comes to a stereotypical thinking... Makes me so mad.

What a hipster. You say yourself you "don't even know, actually," yet you freely proclaim someone else's opinion to be stupid.

If you want a *legitimate* opinion as to why ninetales could be more masculine, the males of some animal species are the beautiful, showy ones, as they are the ones that must win over a mate to pass on their genes.

However, in the great majority of animal species, the female is smaller and finer with regards to her physical presence. Compared to arcanine, ninetales fits that description.

If you really want to get into it, arcanine's stats favor the straight-up strength of physical attacks befitting a legendary pokemon wheras ninetals' stats favor indirect special-attacks. Ninetales even has some ghost-type characteristics so that she can more closely fit the bill as a legendary kitsune-type creature.

 

[Florizarre]

This seems very interesting. The only thing holding this theory back IMO is the fact that they can both have different genders.

But so can Gyarados & Milotic, and yet those two are also (generally) considered examples of masculine vs feminine.

 

[Dark Master Draya]

what are you talking about...
ninetails isnt the rep. for feminine beauty...
its the pokemon version of naruto