Inspired by this post on Threads, I thought about which Pokémon would be the most useful to me in real life. Here’s what I came up with (in index order)…
- Jigglypuff is a fluffy li’l guy who can help put my kids to sleep when it’s time. 😆
- Diglett would be a great helper for my gardening tasks—tilling soil, digging, etc…
- Meowth can literally produce coins/money, can talk, is playful, and hunts around at night finding treasures to bring back to me. All wins there.
- Poliwrath seems like a good bro to have around. Strong swimmer and can be a useful, amphibious body guard.
- Machoke’s are chill and can help with stuff around the house.
- Chansey’s got eggs that are nutritious and delicious.
- Lapras is a gentle chap that can ferry me around.
- Meganium can legit bring dead plants back to life—need that given my not-so-green thumb.
- Miltank can produce tasty, nutritious and healing milk. I’m sure it’s protein packed too.
- Blissey brings good luck and healing powers. Gotta have one in your corner.
- Gardevoir is a zealous protector and could also lift stuff with its mind which could be useful around the house.
- Latias seems like a good option for flying and is gentle and can understand humans.
- Rayquaza could be useful from time to time on bad weather days—though it seems a bit intense to have around…
NOTE: I’m only really familiar with Pokémon up through Gen III so this list doesn’t consider anything beyond that.