Why isn't the plural of Pokémon Pokémons?

Question

I don't understand in really! And then?

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Does this count as a Game Freak logic question?

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More like an English grammar question, I’d think.

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Same reason why the plural of sheep is sheep: it just sounds more cohesive.

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No, the plural for shoop is sheep. It's like foot -> feet and goose -> geese.

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It’s sheep -> sheep
Shoop is something related to it, but sheep is  more used and the “correct” term

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Shooping as usual, I see?

Answer 1

Pokémon refers to both the franchise itself and the creatures within its fictional universe. As a noun, it is identical in both the singular and plural, as is every individual species name; it is grammatically correct to say "one Pokémon" and "many Pokémon", as well as "one Pikachu" and "many Pikachu".

Wikipedia

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Okay but why are the singular and plural identical?

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@sumwun, “pokemon” is a plural noun since it names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. It’s grammatically correct to keep it the same, since the plural and singular are the same. Like fish, or deer.

“For the names of certain types of animals, the singular is used to denote both one and more than one individual. Some of these nouns have the same form for singular and plural. The regularly formed plural is used to indicate more than one species, strain, or variety” https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/writersguide_section7.pdf

There’s multiple different Pokémon. It has different meanings. So, “Pokémon” is the plural.

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"Beetle" also refers to lots of different kinds of animals, but it's still not a plural noun.

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@sumwun go ask or argue an English professor, not me. I didn’t design the English language, nor did I create the explanations I provided sources for.