Are there any pokemon that dont like cosplay? Im asking because i want to make sure me and my friends can be the entire cast of Narutorkoal for a convention

There isn’t any one species, really—just individual preference. Start with smaller, singular, looser-fitting costume pieces, rather than a full cosplay. Watch for any signs of discomfort. If your pokémon is fine with the piece, work your way up, little by little, to a full costume. If your pokémon shows signs of discomfort or even distress, sad to say, you’ll need to exclude your pokémon from your cosplay group. Never force a pokémon into a costume.

Also, keep in mind that some pokémon can’t cosplay. For example, despite what the cartoons would have you believe, gastly can’t really wear anything except hats, and even then, they need to be calm at all times, else they’ll simply phase through.

Best of luck!

My Torkoal is having trouble breathing fire lately; she’s sneezing a lot and producing a lot of nasty-smelling black smoke instead of the normal white steam. Is she sick? Any treatments you could recommend for her?

It does indeed sound like your torkoal has a cold, anonymous. For the most part, all you’ll need to do is ensure she gets plenty of rest. Additionally, although this might seem a little counterintuitive for a fire-type, give her warm fluids (such as soup) and be sure she sleeps in a warm, steam-filled room. (You can use a vaporizer to generate a steady stream of, well, steam.) If this sounds exactly like how you might treat a cold for a non-fire-type or even a human, that’s because … it is. Oftentimes, a cold will go away on its own; the body simply needs rest and enough fluids to keep one’s mucous membranes moist.

If your torkoal’s sneezing and congestion doesn’t clear up within a week, however, take her to a pokémon center. Your local nurse may prescribe antibiotics or other medications that may also help.

Best of luck, and may your torkoal get well soon, anonymous!

Torkoal

Torkoal
The Coal Pokémon
Type: Fire
Official Registration #: 324
Entry: This large, tortoise-like pokémon primarily lives in abandoned coal mines in warmer regions such as Hoenn. It constantly lumbers through shafts on the hunt for its primary food source, coal. When it finds a deposit, it immediately digs up the ore and stuffs it in the orifices in its shell, which then burns the coal for energy. If it builds up excess energy, senses danger, or is otherwise excited, torkoal will exhale clouds of sooty smoke and gas, which is one of two reasons why the mine shafts it lives in are typically much hotter than the surrounding mountain. (The other, of course, is the presence of volcanic vents and other fire-types.) Of course, seeing as coal is not remotely a clean energy source, this self-defense mechanism has rendered this pokémon as “problematic” to most environmentally conscious groups in existence today. It may also at least partly explain why, in torkoal’s native region of Hoenn, at least one extreme environmentalist group thought it would be a wondrous idea if we drowned the planet, while at least one other took into consideration how many pokémon in the region eat rocks and thought it would be an even better idea to turn it into a sunlit wasteland.