#125 Electabuzz
Electabuzz is a pretty cool design, but what Game Freak did with Elekid and Electivire is even better. So we took the aesthetic of the newer Pokémon and applied it to Electabuzz: The big forearms and AC power plug design elements come from that.
We designed Electabuzz and Magmar together as a set. Since we decided to make Magmar an echidna, and echidnas can use electroreceptors to find food, it made sense to also add echidna elements to Electabuzz. That’s why it has a longer snout and spikes around its elbows and shoulders.
The blue stripes add some color to an otherwise very monotone design, and reference Pokédex entries about Electabuzz glowing blue when they hold a lot of power.
Electabuzz also has several other design elements that parallel our take on Magmar: a cloudy/smoky design on the tail, a black elemental marking on the chest, prominent eyebrows, and similar eyes and head shapes.
