That's an interesting question, actually. The octopus thing... I don't know what an octopus is, because creatures where I'm from are very different from what most people here seem to be used to. And there's no Pokemon that look like them! But I have seen another creature, once, that looks like some of the Pokemon here.

So I'm not sure how much Pokemon are like creatures from our homes, but it's weird that at least some seem to be.