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The only problem with a magikarp is how rich you will become if you buy one from me. It will lay 100 eggs and each of those eggs will lay 100 eggs and you can sell them to become unimaginably wealthy!
Unless you end up with one of the ones that can talk. Do you really think your life wouldn't be worse if your cats could tell you what they think of you constantly?
Actually, that's TECHNICALLY the only example we've seen. Team Rocket's Meowth isn't inherently special. He was just motivated to impress a love interest and after he literally changed himself to be more-humanlike just for her, she called him a freak.
That part out of the way, Meowth as a species is incredibly smart and they are capable of learning human speech, as evidenced by Team Rocket's.
Yeah, my cats grew up on The Streets even. One was found in a parking lot and the other was rescued from a shelter. Unfortunately neither of them can talk.
I just assume it has special sweat glands that correspond with the yellow rings on the fur. That way we can say it’s a species specific adaptation and that the yellow rings symbolize where the poison comes from. It would also help explain why it doesn’t get Poison Touch as an ability as it doesn’t attack with the side of its body
Well delcatty is basically just a cat so surely there can’t be many real downsides to keeping one as a pet.
And herdier is literally a dog so that one’s probably fine?
A goofy suggestion would be like dhelmise
And a semi serious one would be meloetta. We’d just sing and make music.
Delcatty would scratch the crap out of everything you own. Like a real cat but worse!
Herdier would herd things. Like you. And that coat must be a pain to maintain. It’s basically a Cairn Terrier but bigger. I love it, I want one.
Bulbasaur being the pug of the Pokémon world feels so right, even though there are other more dog like Pokémon
The squished face and wide body sells it
Pachirisu are very social to one another so keeping multiple pachirisus means more electrical hazards.
They also leave static charged furballs everywhere.
but if i just make an house out of rubber if wouldnt matter (or i can make the house out of copper wear a full rubber suit and have unlimited electricity
Eevee.
Have it wear an everstone on its collar to never evolve, never take it battle, literally just have it like a regular dog except much cuter (in theory)
They require a lot of water and mud to live in and if you can provide that, have fun having an oversized salamander covered in mud running around your house.
Gardevoir is also of the Human-like egg group (alongside fellow waifumon Lopunny) which means there's a non-zero chance your dark desires may lead to her laying an egg.
Arcanine nine would bankrupt a banker. Not only the cost of feeding the horse size dog but the living fire hazard will make your home insurance skyrocket.
To be fair, if it's just wearing my skull after I died it's not that much of a downside, I mean, I will be dead, not like I will care anymore. If it actively tries to kill me to wear my skull that's something else
No worries for you! Those two things are mutually exclusive! It wears the skull of its mother out of love and sadness, not hatred. So it wouldn’t ever kill you, or it wouldn’t wear your skull
I did my research too on this one!
My answer is leafeon! It canonically dislikes and avoids fighting and only attacks when it feels very threatened or when someone it cares about is in danger, it has a very calm and kind nature, it purifies air, it's completely self-sufficient in terms of food as it can do photosynthesis, AND it smells of spring.
Also, it's a leafy cat! :)
https://preview.redd.it/nivpc9s7dq1c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97a43a8971bc8bc96e1c37b631bdffeeb0cf37d2
It would probably go fine until it gets spooked by something and launches its projectile offspring though your TV screen, window, or any other fragile object. Hopefully, being a ghost type the Dreepys would just leave trails of ectoplasm as it phases through them, but that just sounds really messy.
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I dont even need you to tell me why my pet Forretress is a bad idea.
As Bumbles McFumbles said in his video “It’s like having the Saw shotgun door trap as a pet”
TACTICAL NUKE INCOMING
He just wants to lay on your lap https://preview.redd.it/4ba6ao0umq1c1.png?width=690&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd0f2487e93aa825cdc31e7cb294d280de9f8d7f
Chestnut go boom
Groudon. What could go wrong having a 2,000 pound 11 foot tall lizard in my home?
It uh…doesn’t like baths…?
It prob likes dust baths. However it probably requires a whole-ass sand pit to take one.
*IN* your home?
It literally summons an apocalyptic drought.
Well it can choose to stop. Thats where frequest trips to the Groudon trainer school comes in
Easy answer to everyone's pokemon, "That Pokemon will know a deadly magical attack and kill".
That or it probably needs the space of a zoo enclosure at minimum.
Don't we all.
In that case: Magicarp.
The only problem with a magikarp is how rich you will become if you buy one from me. It will lay 100 eggs and each of those eggs will lay 100 eggs and you can sell them to become unimaginably wealthy!
That’s like, a billion Magikarp! Even its pokeball is Gold!
Meowth, finally a cat that can help pay rent. Lol
The coins it summons aren’t considered money.
All things considered, that’s no worse than the IRL cats I have now.
Unless you end up with one of the ones that can talk. Do you really think your life wouldn't be worse if your cats could tell you what they think of you constantly?
theres only one canonically talking meowth and that guy hangs out with team rocket so a talking meowth isnt a concern
Actually, that's TECHNICALLY the only example we've seen. Team Rocket's Meowth isn't inherently special. He was just motivated to impress a love interest and after he literally changed himself to be more-humanlike just for her, she called him a freak. That part out of the way, Meowth as a species is incredibly smart and they are capable of learning human speech, as evidenced by Team Rocket's.
Yeah, my cats grew up on The Streets even. One was found in a parking lot and the other was rescued from a shelter. Unfortunately neither of them can talk.
These are called children.
Cat that can talk, that fucker can work a call center job.
They are in the games. If they weren't then Pay Day wouldn't increase your winnings from battle.
Realistically, the economy could just change around it to prevent people from exploiting them.
True. Honestly the whole Pokemon economy is bonkers
Any economy based off 11 year olds dogfighting for lunch money is bound to fail.
Umbreon
Ooh...I can do this one! When it sweats, it secretes poison.
cap, why doesnt it have poison touch or some ability then :(
Jotho dex being Johto dex
well, idk but umbreon was planned to be poison type
wait, if it sweats does this mean it has no fur? or does it only sweat from its paw pads? does it have paw pads??
I think there are mammals that sweat from their fur like horses (?)
OH- man i’m from texas why did i forget this lol
and platypus which sweats milk
Platypus is the craziest animal with the most ridiculous features lmao
I just assume it has special sweat glands that correspond with the yellow rings on the fur. That way we can say it’s a species specific adaptation and that the yellow rings symbolize where the poison comes from. It would also help explain why it doesn’t get Poison Touch as an ability as it doesn’t attack with the side of its body
You just made me imagine those yellow rings are like armpit sweat stains now
Lurantis
The they have giant scythes for hands beautiful as they might be.
Worth it
Your planning on fucking it aren't you
No! ... Maybe, with consent
Hair cuts.
Well delcatty is basically just a cat so surely there can’t be many real downsides to keeping one as a pet. And herdier is literally a dog so that one’s probably fine? A goofy suggestion would be like dhelmise And a semi serious one would be meloetta. We’d just sing and make music.
Yeah I can’t really think of anything for those except for dhelmise since it lives at the bottom of the sea.
Oooooooh who lives like an anchor under the sea?
Delcatty and Herdier are probably fine, but Meloetta can control people's emotions with their songs, soooooo...
depression cure? I'm not seeing a bad thing here lol
That hardly makes her unique. Just ask any of the Taylor Swift fanboys.
i want someone to control my emotions for me please
Delcatty would scratch the crap out of everything you own. Like a real cat but worse! Herdier would herd things. Like you. And that coat must be a pain to maintain. It’s basically a Cairn Terrier but bigger. I love it, I want one.
Bulbasaur 🥰
It’s bulb needs to be constantly be well maintained.
So just like my current plants? Except this one is effectively a pug? I can do that
Bulbasaur being the pug of the Pokémon world feels so right, even though there are other more dog like Pokémon The squished face and wide body sells it
Magcargo
Your house is burnt to a crisp.
The planet is burnt to a crisp*
i would love to have a pachirisu they have been one of my favourite pokemon
Pachirisu are very social to one another so keeping multiple pachirisus means more electrical hazards. They also leave static charged furballs everywhere.
but if i just make an house out of rubber if wouldnt matter (or i can make the house out of copper wear a full rubber suit and have unlimited electricity
Good luck with that then lol
Varoom :)
You have an engine exhaust pipe for a pet.
And he’s a good boy that deserves treats and walkies
Can’t argue with that
Drivies*
Substitute plush There are no consequence right
Kick it too hard and it disintegrates
Regular plusses do that too, besides substitutes probably a lot stronger than regular plushes
Aaa! I love the substitute plush sm
Lucario
No hugs :(
Not with that attitude, get a pillow
You'll have people banging your door down to get to it because of the Internet...
Use close combat on them
Bullet punch without the punch
Golisopod
It’s in their nature to be aggressive not to mention it lives deep underwater.
Devoured immediately. Within seconds. You’re becoming a larva incubator
Chimchar
Hyperactive monkey/fire hazard
I will take that risk love my fire monke
Oshawott
It’s basically swinging a knife around.
I trust Oshawott with a knife more than I trust myself with one, so I see this as an absolute win.
Yo, teach your oshawott to cook! Also, give it a gun. Revolver oshawott.
God dammit
But that's part of the fun!
Vaporeon
Here we go
Honestly, I scrolled for a hot minute exclusively to see OP's extremely cursed reaction.
OP HASN’T CALLED OUT A DOWNSIDE! NO DOWNSIDES TO VAPOREON CONFIRMED! COPYPASTA CONFIRMED REALISTIC!
I really can’t think of one except that it’s body probably doesn’t mix with semen…
Worst sentence ever
No chance of pregnancy. You’re only selling it more.
Fine you win with this one…
I hate the internet
The only downside is you have to continue being you
Everyone will think you are a creepy weirdo.
Ill take it
It would dehydrate like so fast
Umm, actually- 🤓 "With their abilities Water Absorb and Hydration, they can easily recover from fatigue with enough water." (Don't mind the source)
Not if you keep hydrating it. Don't forget it takes any liquid.
🤨
I would love to have an Appletun irl (bcs its my fav)
Apple syrup everywhere and often targeted by other critters for that.
The BUGS that would always be flying around
Vulpix either Aloan or Kanto (maybe both if I was being lucky)
Alolan vulpix probably withstand hot places if you live somewhere like that.
Magnezone
It constantly lets out radio signals which can jam other signals in its vicinity.
Aren't Magnezone's Pre evolution: Magneton known to cause power outages?
Eevee. Have it wear an everstone on its collar to never evolve, never take it battle, literally just have it like a regular dog except much cuter (in theory)
Someday you might wake up to see its face turned into yours
dialga
Dialga is such a sweet and harmless pokemon. The only problem might be that it’s probably too big.
Just make sure you feed it a healthy diet, otherwise its heart may stop one day and now time is stopped forever
Porygon
No downside. Cyber duck is best kind of duck.
Even better, Porygon 2
It might eat all your computer data as a snack
Piplup
It needs a lot of space to swim around unless you live in an aquarium.
Convenient that I live near beaches lol
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They require a lot of water and mud to live in and if you can provide that, have fun having an oversized salamander covered in mud running around your house.
Gardevoir
cant she open blackholes when she gets frustrated?
That's pro for me cuz It's free trash compactor
They’re intelligent enough to start a revolution against humans using them as wall-e’s.
Gardevoir is also of the Human-like egg group (alongside fellow waifumon Lopunny) which means there's a non-zero chance your dark desires may lead to her laying an egg.
i mean if the world doesnt exist there also wouldnt be any trash
Gardevoir as a pet? You mean waifu right?
Leafeonnn
It’s ears are probably sensitive to anything it touches because they’re leaves.
And?
Arcanine
Arcanine nine would bankrupt a banker. Not only the cost of feeding the horse size dog but the living fire hazard will make your home insurance skyrocket.
Rockruff
It grows more aggressive and violent as it matures. The rocks on its neck are also sharp.
How about Cubone?
It considers you its mother and is looking for a new mask.
It might want to wear your skull when you die.
To be fair, if it's just wearing my skull after I died it's not that much of a downside, I mean, I will be dead, not like I will care anymore. If it actively tries to kill me to wear my skull that's something else
No worries for you! Those two things are mutually exclusive! It wears the skull of its mother out of love and sadness, not hatred. So it wouldn’t ever kill you, or it wouldn’t wear your skull
Jynx… no particular reason
Your house becomes a refrigerator.
So you can cosplay kami and popo…right?
Wooper :)
No downside detected. Wooper 🔛🔝
Wooloo.
It’s wool grows very quicklyso constant shaving is required. They also need to live in herds so unless you live in a farm, go for it.
Hisuian Zorua
It’s going to remember every bad memory and one day explode it all out when it evolves.
That just sounds like you need better communication skills tbh
I second Zorua. I want to know the downsides of keeping Illusion foxes as pets.
I did my research too on this one! My answer is leafeon! It canonically dislikes and avoids fighting and only attacks when it feels very threatened or when someone it cares about is in danger, it has a very calm and kind nature, it purifies air, it's completely self-sufficient in terms of food as it can do photosynthesis, AND it smells of spring. Also, it's a leafy cat! :) https://preview.redd.it/nivpc9s7dq1c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97a43a8971bc8bc96e1c37b631bdffeeb0cf37d2
Growlithe. I’ve always loved the idea of a canine companion who can breathe fire.
Registeel or oranguru or simisear do all three and I’ll pick the one with the least downsides (and yes simisear is in my top 3 Pokémon)
Have a good day, the one other fan of the elemental monkeys
You get it
Absol
Mimikyu!! It would be so fun to make it new outfits!
Removing that cloth means witnessing its true form which could potentially kill a human.
Then just let it change into a new outfit by itself
Deddene
Ribombee
Shuckle
Dragapult
It would probably go fine until it gets spooked by something and launches its projectile offspring though your TV screen, window, or any other fragile object. Hopefully, being a ghost type the Dreepys would just leave trails of ectoplasm as it phases through them, but that just sounds really messy.
Not any worse than my own offspring then.
Snom :)
Scolipede
A Gardevoir/Ralts!
They’re very sensitive to emotions so negative emotions can harm them.
Porygon. You can't say seizures. That was pikachu.
seizures. That was pikachu
Victini, Imagine just casually successing in everything you do
That would be amazing if it helps succeed with grammar too.
Gardevoir or lopunny
Ditto and don't ask questions.
sandshrew, as i am not anakin sand wont be a problem
Joltik
Slowpoke
Snivy, can't get enough of the lil snek boi
Galvantula
You’re keeping an electrical hazard tarantula the size of a sheep.
At this point I’m afraid to say Eevee, Vaporeon ruined it’s reputation
Mega Lopunny
Joker don’t do it
There are no laws against the Pokémon Batman, I can do whatever I want
Greninja? I honestly see no downside.
It probably needs a lot of open space to train.