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Hey Bill, restaurant owner here. some time ago this trainer and his friend came in and the kid’s pikachu drank the entire bottle of ketchup at their table. I gotta know, is it safe, or even healthy for a pikachu to do that? I try to stay up to date on Pokemon Dietary limits. Also, a trainer came in with a kirlia that wouldn’t touch anything Sugary and thinks she’s diabetic. is it possible? she’s a good trainer, but i wanna know for her sake so i can include diabetic friendly options on my menu.

It’s safe, sure, but it’s not exactly healthy. To pikachu, ketchup is essentially candy. It’s not particularly nutritious, and it’s possible to have too much—which, incidentally, would result in more of a stomachache than anything dangerous. Just be sure pikachu don’t get access to more than one bottle, and your customers (and your budget, for that matter) should be fine.

Additionally, yes, any pokémon can have diabetes, including this kirlia. However, most pokémon should actually avoid sugar either way (as too much sugar can result in a whole host of complications other than diabetes, including kidney issues), so it would indeed be worth it to introduce reduced sugar or sugar-free options on your menu. If it helps, to a pokémon, sweet berries are about as effective of a substitute sweetener as one would think.

Pikachu

bills-pokedex:

Pichu
The Tiny Mouse Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 172
Entry: Trainers take caution—although cute and the first stage in a line of formidable battlers, pichu do not have a full mastery over their electrical powers until evolution. This is not to say that they aren’t that strong. On the contrary: they have the ability to generate voltages on par with their evolved forms. What they cannot do is avoid releasing said voltage when startled, happy, or simply standing in an empty room doing absolutely nothing, and suffice to say, this is why many of the reports of electrocution among Johtonians have to do with this very pokémon.

Pikachu
The Mouse Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 25
Entry: The evolved form of pichu, in response to closeness with its trainer. Due to its adorable appearance, its intelligence, and its penchant for doing tricks for treats, pikachu has become an extremely popular choice for a pet. However, should you wish to keep one, never forget that pikachu are still potentially dangerous electric rodents. This is not just a note concerning its ability to generate thousands of volts of electricity, nor is it simply a warning concerning its tendency to release electricity during thunderstorms or upon waking up each morning. It is also a note that this rodent can and will chew through wires if left unattended, and chargers compatible with Leppa-brand laptops run anywhere from ¥3500 to ¥9400 each.

Raichu
The Mouse Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 26
Entry: The evolved form of pikachu, by exposure to thunder stone. A raichu’s tail acts as its grounding wire. When a raichu stores too much electricity in its electrical sacs, it plants its tail and discharges electricity directly into the ground. This is vital to the well-being of an individual raichu, as not only do they gather electricity from their surroundings, but they also grow increasingly aggressive as their electrical stores grow. In that sense, a raichu is much like a drunken relative on Christmas, the sort who gets increasingly offensive the more alcohol he consumes until he needs to be escorted to a safe room to discharge a long and barely intelligible rant. …Not that this writer has seen his father do any of this at any point in his life.

Raichu (Alola form)
The Mouse Pokémon
Type: Electric/Psychic
Official Registration #: 26
Entry: The evolved form of pikachu, by exposure to thunder stone within the region of Alola. It’s said that the catalyst that enables a pikachu to attain this rounder, more spiritually-inclined form upon evolution is the consumption of Alolan pancakes, which are fluffier and spicier than any other pancake in the world. If this seems at all ridiculous to you, reader, then clearly, you have yet to try Alolan pancakes. They are, in the author’s opinion, an experience.

For the record, Bill is referring to literal pancakes. —LH

Of course. The figurative sort of pancake people from Goldenrod know about is the Unovan pancake, which, I assure you, I have never tried. —Bill

Well, that’s shocking. —LH

…no pun intended, oh my God, Bill. —LH

tirien66 replied to your post “Zeraora”

Hey, mod. im glad you made the goku reference as well omg. im glad im not the only one who thought so.

{With that hair and that overall design, I’m perplexed that the tag isn’t just straight-up filled with Dragonball Z references. The dude is clearly going super saiyan 24/7, lbr}

Zeraora

Zeraora
The Thunderclap Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 807
Entry: Although it isn’t actually the god or guardian of anything, unlike many other legendary beings, it is still renowned for both its power and viciousness. It is known for lunging at opponents from seemingly nowhere at blinding speeds, wreathed in lightning, to utterly eviscerate its targets with a combination of lightning-fast hand-to-hand combat techniques, mystical powers, and sheer brute force. Yet despite the amount of violence it displays, it still has gained a mass of devoted fans throughout the world, seemingly overnight.

Now that the author has gotten that lengthy and unsolicited tangent about half the cast of Rayquazaball Z off his chest, Zeraora is an aggressive, cat-like mythical pokémon supposedly native to the region of Alola.

I was doing my Island Challenge, but when Illima asked if I was ready, I said “Yes Ma’am” and then the assistant (they guys in the light blue that also guard the gates.) whispered to me that Illima was actually a guy. I got nervous and ran away. I haven’t talked to her in a week. That pink hair fooled me! How was I supposed to know he was a guy? How should I apologize?

Apologize, use Illima’s preferred pronouns, and move on.

I admit that I don’t know whether or not Illima is cis (I don’t know any of the trial captains that well, barring Sophocles), but if Illima isn’t, then making a show of it, for lack of a better term, may actually make things worse, even if you have good intentions. It can be embarrassing or even traumatic, and it most certainly calls more attention to someone’s gender than one would feel comfortable with. Meanwhile, if he’s actually cis, making a show of it won’t exactly be uncomfortable for the same reasons, but it will still be extremely awkward to call attention to how a person presents themselves.

So the best course of action in this case is to simply make an effort to refer to Illima with the pronouns he prefers (or they prefer, perhaps) and proceed normally. Perhaps also apologize for running off as well but don’t go too deeply into why. Just say that it was rude of you and that you’d like to have another go at his trial. And, well, refer to him with “sir” this time if that’s what Illima would like you to do.

Best of luck!

Hey bill, its the trainer with the midnight form Lycanrock. I did find an alternative outlet for his energy and you are not going to believe what it was. Cleaning, he enjoys cleaning. He seems to trust me a little more. But he has some other behaviors that confuse me, whenever I’m sitting on the couch he’ll bring pillows and blankets to put around me. I also took him with me to my last doctors app. And he tried to bite the doctor, but I am able to put more energy into battles now.

Well! It’s good to hear your question has largely been resolved, anonymous. And regarding his tendency to brimg you pillows and so forth, it sounds like your lycanroc is simply happiest in domestic situations. (The part about biting his doctor is actually perfectly normal for a midnight lycanroc.) So long as he’s happy and channeling his energy into something constructive, that’s really all that matters.

Why can linoone only run in straight lines? If, hypothetically, you gave a running linoone a gentle push to divert it, would it keep running or would it have to stop and recalibrate?

This can be blamed entirely on its physical structure, anonymous. Linoone’s body is long and thin, and its legs are extremely short. Both of these in combination make maneuvering at high speeds extremely difficult; if it tries to turn, it runs a risk of tripping over itself or otherwise injuring itself in the effort. So instead, it picks the easiest direction to run in, which just happens to be straight.

As for your other question, that depends on the linoone. Some will stop and turn, others will stop and lash out at you for bothering them, and a small percentage (of not terribly bright linoone that are trying their best nonetheless) will keep on running in the direction that you’ve chosen for them.

Which is to say, please don’t nudge your linoone.

I want a Gengar, but I’m nervous about trading him away and back in case he hates me! It would be to my best friend (who has a graveller as it turns out) I don’t know even how to approach it with him… he seems eager to evolve (and keeps drawing himself as a gengar with loads of hearts) but I don’t think he knows how? Is there anything else I can do? Do the trading machines have a way to be changed so the radiation makes him evolve without trading him? I don’t understand the process at all…

Unfortunately, it’s not just the radiation that triggers a trade evolution but also the act of modifying a pokémon’s “data” (in the process of changing its trainer information). The only other option is to wait a bit and perhaps your haunter will evolve naturally if it’s old enough to do so, but given the strength of his interest and your friend’s willingness to help (not to mention their partner’s willingness to evolve), it’s perhaps better to go through with the trade.

One way to make it easier on your haunter is by being upfront with him about it. Show him the trading machine and explain how it will work for him. Show him a few videos. Introduce him to your friend and their graveler and have him spend time with them. Haunter are fairly intelligent, so even if this sounds complicated, yours will understand more than you might think.

Also, tell him your exact plan. Emphasize how long the process will be, and make it clear that you’re not giving him up. When the time comes, try to keep him in his poké ball until he’s back in your possession to minimize his feeling of being abandoned. The evolution will take place once he’s released, even if you change his trainer’s data back to you. Afterwards, be sure to take him out for a treat, just in case you do have to apologize.

Best of luck!