Plus, he's named after the Wendigo, which is like a much more savage proto-Slender Man. Seriously, they do share some very similar traits, including being impossibly tall.

I'd never heard of the wendigo before. But that thing is awesome, now that I've looked it up!
You've met him? :D

Thankfully, no. The Slender Man is sometimes described as impossibly tall, though he's about the average height for a human in the games, for gameplay purposes. The Wendigo's also an enemy you fight in the MegaTen games, and I got really excited when I saw one in SMT1. Finding a somewhat obscure monster that I recognize in a video game always leads to a "The people who made this game are definitely on the same wavelength as I" moment.

Heck, finding out that Sableye was based on a cryptid made my day. One thing I love about Pokémon is the amount of research and real-world inspiration that the pokémon tend to come from.

Sorry, I misread your comment and thought the similarities were between the Wendigo and the artist I mentioned. XD
That's pretty cool, though. Seems quite a few Pokémon are based on myths.

Yep, Vulpix, NineTales, Zorua, and Zoroark (my favorite one) are based on Japanese fox myths: The former two look the part, while the latter two act it.

Also, Parasect's Pokédex description is very similar to the nightmarish Cordyceps fungi, though Parasect itself is adorable.

Yep. Based on the Kitsune if I remember .
Also, I learned a lot about the Cordyceps fungi from Game Theory (I love that show).

Ditto (no pun intended). The "You are a Pokémon!" episode was spot-on, since humans are animals in real-life, so it'd make sense that we're Pokémon in that setting.

I know, I was thinking it before he mentioned it in the episode. Makes me feel smart like that. X3

Honestly, with how straightforward FNaF 3's storyline is, I wonder how much he'll be able to tell in the next episode that we don't already know.