i’ve always been a big pokémon fan...ever since i was a kid. and i’ve found that, even as i’ve grown older, my love for pokémon has stuck with me.
especially the pokémon themselves. i’ve always been a huge scyther fan (#123alldayerryday). espeon and i go waaaaay back. weavile straight-up wrecks shop. but in the past few years, i’ve grown to love totodile.
i mean, look at him.
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look at him.
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what a boss.
so of course, as i grew to love this awesome croc, i started wanting some totodile merchandise. why not a plush?
...
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uh, before i go further, let’s take a look at some good pokémon plushes. as–uh–a reference point.
we’ve got official cuts,
reasonable off-brand,
even some bona-fide etsy/deviant-art masterworks.
(click through for poses >:D)
totodile plushes are not good.
for example. here’s an official pokémon center “poké doll” totodile plush (standard size).
...yeeeeaaaaahhh.
you say to me, “okay, well, that must be just one—”
nope.
nooope.
uh huh.
yeah.
...
scroll up and take another look at those images up top. actually, don’t bother—i’ll pull one down here myself.
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now look at this.
absolutely no resemblance.
there’s something seriously wrong with the manufacture of totodile plushes. and it doesn’t stop there!
we’ve got “duck” totodile,
“existential screaming” totodile,
“skiing holiday” totodile,
“IM MAD ATCHOO” totodile,
“submarine blob” totodile,
“lelelelel” totodile,
“bringer of bad news” totodile,
some “reversible totodile pokéball” atrocity (i kid you not),
“bitey face” totodile,
“stung by a bee” totodile,
“apparently christmas” totodile,
even blue alf!
...
i started showing these to my brother, to prove a point. i’ll have you know, rarely can i ever back myself up, but this time i won the argument. totodile plushes look ridiculous.
we even started correlating some plushes with emoji.
😳
:O
:V
:/
ಠ_ಠ
🐊
the list goes on.
i despaired that i could ever find a plush that actually looked like totodile. i consigned myself to weird knockoff misery. but then...i found some glimmers of hope.
a somewhat nice lounging totodile, but way too expensive.
an actually kinda happy totodile! but sold out. (back from diamond and pearl??)
an official pokémon center one that only became available after press time. (comes well reviewed tho.)
and then, somehow, i found the one totodile plush that is seriously and legitimately the absolute best of them all.
this now sold out pokémon center keychain is perfect. cheerful attitude, lively eyes, reasonable proportions (even if he’s a chibi). and i can take him anywhere!! :3
moral of the story: there’s always a plush out there for you. even if you have to sift through a ton of crap.
addenda!!
pokémon plushes are really hit-and-miss. you can be fairly certain that popular species have good plushes, but oftentimes it’s a struggle. weavile plushes are really meh. cyndaquil plushes disappoint me. and i guess crobat plushes are decent, but they’re all pretty angry. so.
