So I went to get my first Pokémon… and was told the order of balls was Cyndiquil, totodile, chikorita. Well I chose left, which was supposed to be cyndiquil but when I got home it was a totodile that came from the ball. Is it common for these mistakes to happen?

If you start anywhere other than New Bark Town? Not at all, as most professors label their poké balls clearly, or the poké balls are up-to-date and thus come with the usual identifying panel that pops up whenever you press the front button.

In New Bark Town, however, which is where you might have been if that was your array of starters, yes, but that’s largely because a certain professor is a bit, shall we say, absentminded.

Terribly sorry for the mix-up, anonymous. There is a chance that if you take the ball back as soon as you can (before the totodile properly bonds with you), you might be able to trade it for a cyndaquil. The professor in question has had this happen frequently enough that, yes, he does keep a few extra on hand; it’s just that your totodile needs to have not bonded with you for the exchange to be made.

Hey bill, if you’re gonna turn yourself into a Pokémon again , try being a pikachu. They’re super popular in Alola , get yourself a ticket to alola , poof into a pikachu. Then people will fawn over you

People already fawn over me. It’s actually a little unsettling.

You know, you could add actual security to your property, Bill… —LH

Yes, but Brent seems perfectly harmless. Even if he was going through my trash that one time. —Bill

Hey bill, y’know molayne does know professor kukui. Like, they grew up together . If you’re ever in alola, go say hello

Bill would, but every time he goes to Alola, he tends to get … distracted. —LH

Lanette. They have. Wild eevee. Wild. Eevee. —Bill

That didn’t stop you from meeting Professor Sycamore in Kalos. —LH

He said he knew where to get high-quality poké puffs so eevee would evolve into sylveon faster. —Bill

From what ive heard, fusing with the alien jellyfish gives you crazy superpowers.

Well, I’m intrigued.

Bill, first off, no. Second, you didn’t even use any of the special abilities you’d gained while fused with other pokémon. Why would you start with “the alien jellyfish”? —LH

How would you know if I’d never used any of Clefairy or Rattata’s powers? For your information, of course I had. It just … didn’t entirely end in a way that was scientifically interesting enough to write down. —Bill

Oh really? And what, for the sake of satisfying curiosity, did you do? —LH

It’s not important. Let’s just say I might have used Metronome, and what might have come out of that led to a very mild fire that may or may not have destroyed that scarf you got me for Christmas that one year. —Bill

…I genuinely can’t figure out if you’re telling the truth or making an excuse for why you never wear that thing. —LH