Random General Poké-World Headcanons
—“A Snorlax slept in traffic” is a legitimate excuse for missing work despite the rarity of owning a car. If used too often, then the employee will have to prove that the convenient Snorlax in question is real. Munchlax rarely evolve unless they know they can eat their fill.
—Genuine skeptics are rare to find in this world due to Ghost Types, mediums, and actual psychics existing as common knowledge. Non-ghost type ghosts are a complicated issue inside scientific communities when discussed.
—Trainer’s Licenses allow people to participate in official competitions, you can technically own a pokémon at any age. Certain species are black listed to take care of casually and can be confiscated if found dangerous enough.
—The winner of the league tournament gets the privilege to challenge the Elite Four then the region’s Champion. Even if the Champion is beaten, it takes several years being mentored under them to take their place. The duty to the whole region needs a worthy successor.
—Occasionally strong enough trainers can issue a challenge to the Elite Four directly. Usually battle facility trainers do this to keep their skills sharp. Exhibition matches rarely count on a trainer’s win-lose-tie record.
—Breeder rejected or breedject pokémon tend to make up the bulk of most non-regional starters given away to new trainers.
—Wild encounter shiny Pokémon tend to have better immune systems than bred ones.
—Several talented Zoroark have tricked humans for years establishing lives for themselves in some regions. They even get hired at jobs taking the shifts no-one want to normally take.
—Intelligent enough Pokémon can be arrested if they shown to be aware enough about laws and the consequences for breaking them.
—Legendaries occasionally bond with humans enough to hang around. Other times they will make nuisances of themselves in public areas.
—An actual job is cleaning up routes of spare potion bottles and broken poké balls. Muks can be trained to target specific waste material.
—Not all ghost-type pokémon interactions are malicious. As the only “immortal” type, they can get lonely without companions.
—Sometimes young pokémon show genetic traits of a different species father. (EX: A Happiny showed incredible feats of strength hours after being born lifting her trainer. Might have had a fighting type father…)
—Pokémon sometimes leave their eggs in the company of humans if they have too many future offspring. Some do this in heavily Weavile populated areas most of the time.
—Old-fashioned potions might heal more energy, but modern ones disinfect the hurt area far better. Revives are stored in Diamond shaped containers for easy storage.
—There are still people who don’t believe in bonding with their pokémon. Despite these bonds being key for some species to evolve, they still disregard recorded footage of trainer pokémon shrugging off status conditions.
—Trainers can be fined for landing their flying pokémon on building rooftops. The weight might break something or upset the supports.
—Pikachu and Eevee regularly tie for the cutest pokémon in the world.
—One of the first families to form what is now modern law enforcement were the Jenny or Junsar clan. Most female officers wear similar wigs to honor the first Officer Jenny.
—A select few pokémon stay in their first forms for their entire lives.
—There being more than one Deoxys makes many scientists wonder if they have a home planet. Or if the species as a whole mutates from DNA in meteors.
