i'm positive some kids on ffn or gaiaonline in the mid-2000s had this concept on lock as an rp lmao

fluffal (granbull) also has a name that makes sense in-universe--his father was an arcanine, so he's fluffier and has a longer tail than a purebred granbull would

t.g. (donphan) is named that because lyra thought it sounded cool and tough. lyra caught t.g. in 2010 and by 2026 has still put exactly zero thought into what "t.g." stands for

rikka is a name that actually makes sense for a glaceon, though lyra picked it before she decided what to evolve her eevee into. she's obsessed with an in-universe equivalent to the warriors series (replace the cats with eeveelutions, keep the same insane plots), so the name probs came from there

borrel (feraligatr) is named after a thinly-veiled vrains-if-it-was-a-mecha-series show in-universe that lyra and ethan watched a lot as kids. specifically, it's the ryouken equivalent's feraligatr-shaped mech

[pkmn ocs] naoki, march 2011 (earlier in the timeline than the previous one)

lyra immediately accepting and loving her other dad vs. naoki's self-flagellating guilt about not being there for her vs. naoki's sense of wonder that this whole human child is his daughter is a favorite subject of mine