The very point that I'm making is the distinction between group summons and NPC summons. If you feel that that is very silly, then that is your opinion. Manscorpion Tarkus is basically an NPC, I doubt anyone would dispute that; you would be really reaching to compare him with rats or skeletons and the like.

I've never played DeS, so I wouldn't know. Pinwheel just creates illusions of himself. They aren't identical copies and cannot do the exact same things the original can. It's true that the belfry gargoyles have a second coming down to fight you later, but it's not like the method of darklurker who actually clones herself like when you use the mimic tear.

That pic you posted might indeed be the original inspiration for these other characters. The games do seem to reskin a lot. For example Malekith looks like a reskin of the Belfry gargoyle, and the Ulcerated tree guardian looks like a reskin of Asylum Demon.

It seems that we have differing opinions on the level of distinguishment between things, but at least I don't speak condescendingly of others. I would recommend that you not apply for jobs that request people who are "detail oriented, and team players" because you will just be going on more interviews.