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What your favourite Pokémon says about you

What can you tell about a person from the monsters in their pocket? Find out here, with our handy guide.

By Mick Fraser

5 min readPublished on 07/12/2018 · 9:41 PM UTC

There are a lot of Pokémon. Over 800, in actual fact, and so choosing one to be your favourite is going to require a serious time investment across several decades’ worth of anime, games, comics and spin-offs. Sifting through them all to select a favourite is such a long process, in fact, that we’re convinced we can tell a lot about you just by which Pokémon you eventually champion.

With too many to list here, we’ve taken just ten of our favourites and revealed what they say about the personality of the trainer who favours them.

Pikachu

Primary trait: Vanilla-ness

If you favour this little yellow superstar above all other Pokémon, we’d suggest you’re the type who likes the classics. Ford Mustangs, the Beatles, vanilla ice cream. Not that you’re boring, per se; more that you’re into the tried and true, that you prefer reliability to excitement. And hey, who doesn’t?

Meowth

Primary trait: Motormouth

You know that character at parties who has a story for every occasion, an anecdote for every subject, a memory to pull out and show off to all and sundry for every single possible topic? We’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that that’s probably you. We’re not insinuating that Meowth is a particularly 'bad' Pokémon, but Team Rocket’s mascot has been known to be somewhat loquacious – a rare, and mildly irritating, trait among Pokémon. And among people, if we’re honest.

Charmander

Primary trait: Fiery temper

The quiet one who’s always smiling, that’s you. Butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth. You’re the mild-mannered team player who everyone relies on. Until you get mad, that is. Then you make the burning wrath of hell look like a warm afternoon in Cleethorpes. Start small, finish big, and leave ‘em all smouldering in your wake.

Bulbasaur

Primary trait: Overprotective

We’re guessing you’re the 'parent' of your particular social circle, right? The designated driver, the agony aunt. You’re naturally caring and protective, and you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty in defence of someone or something you care about. Also, you probably look lovely in blue.

Blastoise

Primary trait: Tough on the outside, soft on the inside

You’re a natural leader, willing to bring the noise when necessary and always eager to bust out the massive water cannons when you’re pushed. Okay, so that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but you get the gist of what we’re saying: you’re tough on the outside, but ultimately you’re a good soul prepared to take responsibility for those in dire straits.

Eevee

Primary trait: Adaptability

There’s a lot to be said for adaptability, and you’ve got it in spades. You’re cute enough as you are, but your willingness to grow and change to suit a given situation is admirable, impressive even. It’s no surprise you favour a critter like Eevee, whose range of possible evolutions mirrors your own talent for fitting in and filling any required role.

Mew

Primary trait: Mimicry

A promo image from Pokémon showing Mew. — Copycat
© pokemon.wikia.com

The Trainer who favours a Pokémon like Mew is one not willing to settle for what they’re told. You’re curious, inquisitive; you’re a Jack of all trades. Thinking outside the box is your specialty – and you’re not afraid to adopt whichever tactic gets the job done. Some call it plagiarism, or copying – you call it 'cherry-picking' or 'paying tribute'. Fact is, you do whatever works and to hell with what’s orthodox. Or original.

Chespin

Primary trait: Happiness

It must be awesome to be you. You never stop smiling, never stop skipping. Does it even rain where you come from? It’s fitting you’d favour wee Chespin over the other Pokémon. Is it particularly powerful? Does it evolve into a powerhouse? No. But it genuinely doesn’t care. Chespin is happy. One glance at its leafy little face is enough to see that nothing on Earth is going to harsh that mellow, and we suspect you share a similarly rosy outlook. Well good for you, friend, good for you.

Lugia

Primary trait: Perfectionist

Popular among veterans, Lugia is a powerful Pokémon capable of, among other things, controlling the weather. That alone is reason enough to champion the big silver beauty, and we’re guessing that’s what attracted you in the first place. You’re a control freak, right? No, that’s unfair; you’re a perfectionist. You don’t need to change because you’re already all that you can be, and you just want others to achieve the same.

Greninja

Primary trait: Actual ninja

The shadows are your allies; silence and subterfuge your weapons. You slink from place to place like a cat made of darkness, and no one sees you coming. Granted, the applications of such a skill set in your office are fairly limited, but that doesn’t hold you back. You are the night, a silk-footed weaver of destruction. You favour Greninja because, of all the Pokémon, he alone resonates with that part of you that can defeat a man just by stimulating a pressure point or two. Sure, you’re trying to avoid such behaviour ever since you hospitalised Rory from accounts for using the last sachet of sweetener, but you can’t fight your nature.