Ophie said:
When I first saw the name, I saw Gropius as a portmanteau of "grope" and "Tropius." I'm sure I was not the only one.
The news article implies that WPM caught it too. And, of course, so did I.
In regards to this, I have a feeling that we were already asking for this to happen. For a lot of the fans, they wanted a plot expansion for Pokemon Gray version (by that I mean the tentative name for the 3rd Unova title), elaborating more on N, Ghetsis, and the Seven Sages. And boy, did we get it.
N has a crazy ludicrous name, the possibility that he is a Pokemon himself (which is actually really really creepy and strange in and of itself, but at the same time, it would explain a lot regarding N's actions in B/W), and that he's apparently a genius.
This explains a lot of things but also creates a lot of questions. Bravo, Game Freak. You've piqued the curiosity of the fanbase in ways we never thought possible.
Every time I see something like this, I always think "Just when I think I've seen it all, BAM! I get trolled."