Tag: Whimsicott

My whimsicott likes sleeping with me, but sometimes gets cotton everywhere. So lately I’ve been kicking her out of my room when I sleep to avoid getting coated in cotton, but she’s still somehow sneaking in when I wake up! How is she doing this?

This is true for whimsicott as well as its preevolution, cottonee, but the majority of a whimsicott’s mass is actually just cotton. Its actual body is incredibly thin, to the point where unless it’s eaten recently, it can fit itself under door cracks. That having been said, it’s very likely yours is doing the same: sliding herself through the crack beneath your door or even around your door’s edges. This is why many experienced whimsicott trainers reinforce their doors by fitting door seals (available at most hardware stores) beneath their doors and rubber sealing around the edges. It’s also quite handy for treating drafts, for that matter!

Or, alternatively, you could try training your whimsicott to sleep elsewhere (by using the typical strategy of feeding her a treat whenever she does something you want her to do—such as, for example, giving her a favored berry for breakfast), but sealing your door is an effective strategy too.

Cottonee and Whimsicott

Cottonee
The Cotton Puff Pokémon
Type: Grass/Fairy
Official Registration #: 546
Entry: Cottonee are small, fairy-like pokémon covered in a thick layer of cotton puffs. These cotton puffs are essential to its defense mechanism, as when threatened, it will launch clouds of cotton at the threat in order to confound them as it gets away. This may seem like a weak defense, but never make the mistake of underestimating it unless you, too, have been buried under a mountain of cotton launched by a full flock of cottonee in the wet heat of an Unovan summer day. For those uninitiated, imagine being set on fire. Now imagine that you’ve been set on fire by a minimum of fifty pounds of solid flames that you must wade through in order to not be on fire. This is what a cottonee spray is like.

Whimsicott
The Windveiled Pokémon
Type: Grass/Fairy
Official Registration #: 547
Entry: The evolved form of cottonee, by exposure to sun stone. This adorable sheep-like pokémon may seem whimsical and innocently playful at first glance, but never take your eyes off one or catch one’s interest in the field. They have the ability to compress their bodies and wriggle into homes through even the slightest cracks, where they will proceed to rearrange the occupant’s possessions and leave cotton wherever it goes. As a related note, after extracting a whimsicott from your home, always do a thorough check of every possible nook and cranny of your living space for any stray cotton. Cotton, after all, has an uncomfortable habit of clogging toilets, choking air vents, and generally being highly flammable.