User blog comment:PB&Jotterisnumber1/If the Team Terrific 10 Alliance were all Pokémon/@comment-5932670-20141012180338/@comment-5932670-20150718102553

The reason why I chose Maria as a Vulpix because it's a feminine Pokémon that holds grudges, but, Maria is a tomboy, and she's a little different, and many grudges can last years, that describes her perfectly, and the Tachimi-Kimmings Family being Japanese Ninetales and American Arcanine because it suits Maria as a person that feels like she's being split in half by her Japanese-American heritage.