Pokemon Fan Art Combines Charmander and Harry Potter

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Ever since the Pokemon franchise was launched 25 years ago, its fans have done their best to recreate the official Pokemon designs in new ways. These have taken the shape of design combinations called fusions, full redesigns of the originals, and even fan art that crosses into other franchises. In the latest show of player creativity, onePokemon fan brought Charmander into the world of Harry Potter.

The Harry Potter universe began with the publishing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the United Kingdom in 1997. This and six other fantasy novels in the series established a world full of wizardry. The Pokemon featured in this artwork, Charmander, is the Fire-type starter for the first generation of Pokemon.

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This wonderful mix of worlds casts Charmander as Harry Potter, the titular character of the fantasy series, and is the creation of u/LanaDiPati. This Pokemon now sports a striped scarf, a wand, glasses, and a scar. The scarf looks just like those worn by students in the Gryffindor house at Hogwarts, while the other items narrow the design directly to Harry Potter’s physical appearance. The basic shape of the Pokemon is the same, but it has just enough items to perfectly convey its newly found wizarding prowess. U/LanaDiPati has even given this little Pokemon a new name and the title of their own novel: Charry Mander and the Pokeball of Fire.

This artwork perfectly combines two beloved worlds through one of the original Pokemon. First and foremost, u/LanaDiPati’s title is a great reference to the fourth novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. On top of this, Charry Mander has Harry Potter’s exact scar on its forehead, making the