Why did Turtonator get Dragon as a secondary type?

Mar. 3, 2018

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Turtonator is a reptile. Reptiles can be dragon types. Also, he has scales and a long neck. Those are signs of dragon types. Also, it is a counterpart to drampa.

Turtonator is likely based on both Tarasque, a hybrid dragon from French culture, and Dragon Turtle, from Japanese culture.There is also the concept of it being Drampa’s counterpart in the game versions, and also the general base concept.

I don’t see any reason for Turtonator to be dragon type except it is Drampa’s counterpart:

Turtonator can be seen as a counterpart to Drampa. Both are Dragon-type Pokémon with the same base stat total. They also share the same stat values, but with the exception of Speed, these values are assigned to different stats. While Turtonator is exclusive to Sun, Drampa is exclusive to Pokémon Moon.

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