Tag: Hypno

my daughter just became a pokemon trainer. she came home the other day excited to show me her first real capture, but… it’s a drowzee. i don’t want to discriminate, but i’ve heard some scary things about them. am i over reacting or can this pokemon be dangerous for an 8 year old?

I’ve heard about the rumors concerning members of the drowzee line and their penchant for leading children into dense woods for nefarious purposes, but rest assured that these are largely unfounded. (Most stories in which members of the drowzee line attack children are actually about the child wandering into a wild pokémon’s territory, prompting them to attack—if the story is true at all.)

When caught and tamed, most pokémon are relatively docile to their trainers. Even if they dislike being in captivity or if they dislike their specific trainer, pokémon rarely use force strong enough to kill, maim, or otherwise badly harm a human. This goes for psychics capable of hypnosis as well; there are very, very few stories of a tamed psychic pokémon turning their abilities onto their trainers without their consent. This is because most pokémon that allow themselves to be captured actually want to be captured, either because of curiosity, the need to be trained, or the want for companionship. Wild pokémon that don’t want to be captured are often too deep into the wilderness to be found, too strong to allow themselves to be captured, or will otherwise make their desires known before a poké ball touches them.

That having been said, it’s likely that the only thing you’ll want to worry about is your daughter’s drowzee occasionally putting her to sleep for fun, but so long as she isn’t in harm’s way when she does it (and her drowzee will likely also see to that), she should be fine.

A few months back, my city had a Drowzee infestation. The local government couldn’t keep up and encouraged people to catch them and release them away from the city. I… sorta didn’t do the second thing. Long story short, I now have five Hypno and I’m not really sure what to do with them. I think I’m going to teach them instruments and start a band, but I don’t know what to call it. Any ideas?

Why do people keep asking you to name things when it’s been well-established that you’re terrible at that? —LH

Excuse you, but “Sea Cottage” is a perfectly acceptable name for a cottage by the sea! —Bill

That depends, @the-firebrand. Is this a metal band or a boyband?

Not that it would matter much, of course, as I’d like to propose that you call them the Hypno. Maybe misspell it somehow—that worked for pop bands in the 60s, anyway.

Half way through my pregnancy I noticed a hypno in the yard. I put up cleanse tags only to see it stand at the edge of the yard… just waiting. I’ve since let my houndoom stay in the yard at night to keep it away, but every time he chases the hypno off, it returns. Is it after my child? How can I keep my baby safe?

There are two reasons why a hypno is lurking about your property: one good and one bad. The bad possibility involves the fact that hypno feed on sweet dreams, particularly those of small children (as they have particularly potent imaginations). It’s possible that this hypno has sensed the fact that you’re expecting and is thus waiting for a possible meal—or feeding on your hopeful dreams.

The good possibility involves the fact that hypno are psychics. They can sense negative energy, even if humans can’t sense it themselves. These hypno, then, are not there to feed off you or your child but rather to feed off whatever threat it perceives around you in order to protect your dreams. (Why it would do that tends to vary from hypno to hypno. Some do it to preserve a possible food source. Others do it simply because they revere small children due to their powerful imaginations.)

In order to determine the cause of your hypno’s presence, start off by having your houndoom use Odor Sleuth to ensure there are no negative energies in the house. If there aren’t, approach the hypno as cautiously as possible. If the hypno attacks you, drive it back with houndoom. It may then be a good idea to invest in a guard ghost, such as a mismagius or banette, to drive away the hypno with negative energy to counter your positive. Partnering your baby with a munna or musharna (which can “claim” your baby and thus discourage the hypno) might also help drive hypno away.

If, however, the hypno doesn’t attack you but instead continues to watch your house or something around you, ask it to join you or try to catch it. Even if it’s malevolent, catching it (when it isn’t trying to attack you) gives you an advantage: you have the ability to train the hypno to leave your child alone or store it in the PC system to keep it away from your child. If it’s benevolent, then asking it to join you will bring its protection into your home. It’d still be a good idea to train it to leave your child alone, however, as it’s still a pokémon that feeds primarily on dreams and thus needs to be taught to go against its instincts around a potent source of them.

As always, best of luck, anonymous!

Drowzee and Hypno

Drowzee
The Hypnosis Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 96
Entry: This tapir-like pokémon is not only a master at inducing sleep, but it’s also a oneirovore—or creature that consumes dreams. It is said that if your nose feels itchy in the middle of the night, it means that drowzee is attempting to consume your dreams through your nostrils. This is, in fact, the only creature that should really be eating anything out of the nose, should any small children be reading this blog. (So you see, parents, this website is fantastically educational and fit for humans of all ages.)

Bill, a couple posts ago, you were talking about mating rituals, violence among pokémon, and things one should never Google. —LH

All of which are important lessons, my dear Lanette. —Bill

Hypno
The Hypnosis Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 97
Entry: The evolved form of drowzee, by battle experience. Using its pendulum, hypno is capable of inducing sleep in most thinking lifeforms within seconds. Much like its preevolved form, hypno is also an oneirovore, and thus, it uses its hypnotic abilities to prey on the dreams of humans and other pokémon. In the case of one little girl who had what were apparently particularly sweet dreams, a hypno snatched her away in order to continue feeding on her dreams specifically. This is the only recorded instance of a kidnapping by hypno on record, unlike the hundreds of other known instances of other pokémon preying on unaware trainers and children. So naturally, because of this, a number of vocal groups think the species as a whole is dangerous, and hypno has become the favored subject of those who wish to write sensationalist literature concerning the dangers of pokémon.