Tag: Purrloin

I absolutely hate bug types. So of course my purrloin has adopted the habit of bringing them inside the house to play with! First he brings them to me, and when I’m startled he lets them go and they either squirm or fly all over the place! How can I get my purrloin to stop doing this and play with his poke-prey outside and away from me?

As a warning, Bill, Misty knows where you live, so I wouldn’t dare make a comment about her or her fear of bug-types here. —LH

I wasn’t even thinking of it. Misty seems more like a dog person to me than a cat person. Although now that you mention it, she did have that togepi once, so… —Bill

Again, Bill. She knows where you live. —LH

To put it in short, anonymous, purrloin are very much like cats, and they have all the same instincts as our feline friends. This includes seeing us, their humans, as essentially giant hairless kittens. The act of bringing a human any sort of small, weak pokémon, including bug-types, is really an attempt to teach that human how to hunt.

That having been said, there are a couple of ways you can discourage this behavior. The first is by keeping your purrloin indoors at all times. This may be the trickier route, as many purrloin are clever enough to figure out ways to escape anyway, but if you supply yours with an incentive not to (in the form of new toys, particularly puzzle-like ones—some of which can be filled with treats or pokénip), he may simply decide to agree with you.

The other option is by giving him a toy filled with pokénip every time he brings home a new pokémon as a “reward,” then releasing his catch whenever he’s not looking. This may sound a bit backwards, as rewards are typically reinforcements for good behavior, but eventually, purrloin will want the reward over the pleasure of teaching you something, which means he may eventually switch to presenting you with any object (or even the empty toy) whenever he wants pokénip.

Best of luck, anonymous.

Purrloin and Liepard

Purrloin
The Devious Pokémon
Type: Dark
Official Registration #: 509
Entry: Due to this kitten-like pokémon’s deceptive cuteness, the humans of purrloin’s native Unova are frequently incapable of holding a grudge against it, even when it blatantly steals food and valuables from them. As this use of an adorable, wholesome-looking facade in order to evade punishment is a well-known habit of theirs, purrloin has come to be thought of as, even among native Unovans, an accurate representation of the Unovan justice system on the whole.

Liepard
The Cruel Pokémon
Type: Dark
Official Registration #: 510
Entry: The evolved form of purrloin, by battle experience. This sleek but beautiful leopard-like pokémon is known among Unovans for two things. First, it is widely considered a symbol of elegance, with its shimmering pelt and graceful movements. Second, it is known for stalking its prey with the utmost stealth and attacking them from behind. That having been said, it is a point of interest in this author’s opinion that many pokémon in Unova seem to enjoy sneaking up on its prey and attacking it from behind or using appearances to coax its target into letting its guard down … not that this author is saying this implies anything about Unova or its people, of course.