Indeed, I used to think characters in the anime or even the games were just stupid. “Ash you only have like what… an average of 4 or 5 Pokemon, period at any given time?”

But when you think about all that must go into taking care of an animal, unless they don’t need to eat while in their balls (Which may or may not be the case), it becomes more realistic, you wouldn’t want to be responsible for feeding twenty Clefairies because you just HAD to find one with the right Mark

Kinda surprised I haven’t seen the vaporeon copy pasta here yet

I feel like if we’re talking realistically here, people are forgetting you have to also source the Pokemon in question. Most people aren’t globe trotting ace trainers, they’re limited to what’s around them and what they can realistically raise. As much as I’d love a goodra or a sigilyph or a volcorona, I don’t live anywhere where they’d realistically show up and they take a lot of attention to level up. Also like, most people tend to have only two or three Pokemon, because looking an entire team of 6 is a full time job.

I think I’d have a galvantula (or maybe more realistically a joltik) and a garganacl line Pokemon. Ones a common household pest that hangs around electronics and the other’s a giant guy made of salt who helps people and heals them. An electric type would probably actually help with my job and I’ve lived near salt mines before and an obedient Pokemon that can heal you and is big enough to assist with tasks sounds like a good choice for an assistance Pokemon. If I got to choose a third, it would probably be some sort of region bird because I like birds man. Maybe like a regional form of pidove. Spiders can catch their own food (and if not, bugs aren’t that hard to get ahold of), I already have plenty of bird feed, and like, does garganacl even eat? I guess it’d probably need salt? I mean I’ve got lots of that.

I’d love some sort of sea dwelling Pokemon, but unfortunately I don’t think they’re very easy to look after if you spend a lot of time on land. Omanyte would be great, but I don’t think fossil Pokemon are very easily accessible to the public

Haunter has always been my fav and I just realised that some of the Ghosts make for very cheap companions.

Talonflame

If food’s a problem, I would have either one of Skuntank or Grumpig, or a party of grass type Pokémon with photosynthesis so I don’t have to get as much food.

I’d want a Hisuian Typhlosion but those are kinda extinct so…

I so badly want to say Vulpix because obvious biases, but I’d have to train it a lot to make sure it doesn’t burn down the house if I were to leave them home alone.

With that in mind, along with the fact that I’ve always wanted a cat, I’d probably raise a Sprigatito. It seems like it’s easy enough to raise, and the Grass type wouldn’t cause a lot of problems in comparison.