Random General PokƩ-World Headcanons
āāA Snorlax slept in trafficā is a legitimate excuse for missing work despite the rarity of owning a car. If used too often, then the employee will have to prove that the convenient Snorlax in question is real. Munchlax rarely evolve unless they know they can eat their fill.
āGenuine skeptics are rare to find in this world due to Ghost Types, mediums, and actual psychics existing as common knowledge. Non-ghost type ghosts are a complicated issue inside scientific communities when discussed.
āTrainerās Licenses allow people to participate in official competitions, you can technically own a pokĆ©mon at any age. Certain species are black listed to take care of casually and can be confiscated if found dangerous enough.
āThe winner of the league tournament gets the privilege to challenge the Elite Four then the regionās Champion. Even if the Champion is beaten, it takes several years being mentored under them to take their place. The duty to the whole region needs a worthy successor.
āOccasionally strong enough trainers can issue a challenge to the Elite Four directly. Usually battle facility trainers do this to keep their skills sharp. Exhibition matches rarely count on a trainerās win-lose-tie record.
āBreeder rejected or breedject pokĆ©mon tend to make up the bulk of most non-regional starters given away to new trainers.
āWild encounter shiny PokĆ©mon tend to have better immune systems than bred ones.
āSeveral talented Zoroark have tricked humans for years establishing lives for themselves in some regions. They even get hired at jobs taking the shifts no-one want to normally take.
āIntelligent enough PokĆ©mon can be arrested if they shown to be aware enough about laws and the consequences for breaking them.
āLegendaries occasionally bond with humans enough to hang around. Other times they will make nuisances of themselves in public areas.
āAn actual job is cleaning up routes of spare potion bottles and broken pokĆ© balls. Muks can be trained to target specific waste material.
āNot all ghost-type pokĆ©mon interactions are malicious. As the only āimmortalā type, they can get lonely without companions.
āSometimes young pokĆ©mon show genetic traits of a different species father. (EX: A Happiny showed incredible feats of strength hours after being born lifting her trainer. Might have had a fighting type fatherā¦)
āPokĆ©mon sometimes leave their eggs in the company of humans if they have too many future offspring. Some do this in heavily Weavile populated areas most of the time.
āOld-fashioned potions might heal more energy, but modern ones disinfect the hurt area far better. Revives are stored in Diamond shaped containers for easy storage.
āThere are still people who donāt believe in bonding with their pokĆ©mon. Despite these bonds being key for some species to evolve, they still disregard recorded footage of trainer pokĆ©mon shrugging off status conditions.
āTrainers can be fined for landing their flying pokĆ©mon on building rooftops. The weight might break something or upset the supports.
āPikachu and Eevee regularly tie for the cutest pokĆ©mon in the world.
āOne of the first families to form what is now modern law enforcement were the Jenny or Junsar clan. Most female officers wear similar wigs to honor the first Officer Jenny.
āA select few pokĆ©mon stay in their first forms for their entire lives.
āThere being more than one Deoxys makes many scientists wonder if they have a home planet. Or if the species as a whole mutates from DNA in meteors.
