Machop is a human-like fighting-type Pokémon. Its muscles will never tire or cramp no matter how long it trains and he’s super strong.
He evolves into Machoke, who evolves into Machamp when traded.
He’s weak to Flying, Psychic and Fair-type Pokémon but resistant to Rock, Bug and Dark-type Pokémon.
They can be found in mountains.

His origial English name was going to be “Kara-tee” obviously based off the martial arts fighting style karate but presumably naming him directly off a activity related to violence was a no go for a video game directed at kids.
So instead they named him “Machop”, a combination of ‘macho’ (to be tough or masculine) and ‘chop’.
While chopping is realated to karate and is a move that can be used to inflict pain upon a another person the stigma mostly associated with chopping is boards and blocks. Ironically you see Machop and the rest of its evolutionary line participating in construction quite frequently.

(Machop flattening the ground in Vermillion in the reamke of the original game.)

Even though it’s name means “to be manly” not all Machop are male although the gender rate of Machop is 3:1 in males favor.

In the Japanese version it’s name is Wanriky which is a combination of “wan” (arm) and “riki” (strength).

Hitmonchan, the boxer Pokemon, specializes in punching. He has a humanized form and wears a tunic. His name, when broken down, is ‘Hit’ (as in to hit someone) ‘mon’ (monster) ‘chan’ (taken from the famous martial artist Jackie Chan).

While it’s well know where the ‘chan’ was influenced from there has never been a good reasoning behind it. While Jackie Chan does use his fist and techniques such as ‘drunken boxing’, Hitmonchan’s design is based off of a western fighting style. Presumably naming him after a boxer was a big no-no from Nintendo (due to copyright, see Street Fighter and Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! or the fact boxing is very violent) and so they named him after a more “family friendly” persona.

This theory is further supported by the fact in the Japanese version of the game his name is Ebiwalar, based on the Japanese boxing champion Hiroyuki Ebihara.

Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee were the first two Pokemon to be related but not share a evolution, this was later changed with the introduction of the pre-evolution Tyrogue.

While Hitmonlee kind of looks like a foot, Hitmonchans face looks somewhat like a hand. Both of them are supposed to be embodiment’s of their respect fighting styles. Hitmonchans gloves are normally red but a shiny version dons blue gloves, this is reflective of the red corner/blue corner concept of boxing.

This terrifying prehistoric predator becomes even more powerful when it Mega Evolves.

Mega Aerodactyl has much higher attack and speed, which would be frightening enough. It also has a much more frightening appearance, covered in spikes.

This still plays on the Ice Cube mention drawing a slight reference from Ice Cube’s famous line,

She keeps nuts in her mouth like the bitch was a squirrel.

A reference to an inscription on a grave in the town of Elfheim, referring to the legendary hero from the Dragon Quest series. The name on the grave was originally that of Link from The Legend Of Zelda in the Japanese version, but was changed to Erdrick in the American release. Further rereleases of the game reverted this back to “Link”

Duane Zuwala portrays the Fighter in this song. In the original Final Fantasy, player names were restricted to only four characters, so he refers to himself as “Dune” instead.

See the annotations, which are totally not afraid.

The song “Marshall Mathers” which came from his second major album The Marshall Mathers LP.

Not to mention also the Ken Kaniff skit from the same album.

An innuendo referencing the catchphrase of Lucky Charms cereal, “they’re magically delicious”, playing on the fact that the Black Mage’s primary form of attack is using offensive magic.

Metal Man shares his name with metal music, a genre that originated from rock music.