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alolan raticate (pokemon)

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    Because urban areas are their main habitat, their diet is higher in calories than ordinary Raticate. As a result, they have become hefty.

    Alolan Raticate prefers to eat only fresh fruits and high-class ingredients. There are rumors that a certain top-notch restaurant takes advantage of Alolan Raticate’s taste buds by bringing it along when choosing ingredients to buy, and having it taste test new dishes.

    Alolan Raticate continually stockpile huge amounts of food in their nests. They mostly prefer to send out Alolan Rattata to gather food while they themselves stay home in their nests and just eat.

    Alolan Raticate is the Totem Pokémon of the trial that takes place in Verdant Cavern on Melemele Island in Pokémon Moon.* It summons Rattata to help it confront those who take on the trial.

    *Gumshoos appears as the Totem Pokémon in Verdant Cavern in Pokémon Sun.

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    GaijinGamer
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    Methinks they're going for a "fat mob-boss" Kingpin-esque design with Raticate, to go along with the Villain-stache that Alolan Rattatta is sporting. Plus, when they were showcasing the time difference between Sun and Moon, they showed Gumshoos and Raticate going through the same scene for each respective version, like they're supposed to be distaff counterparts. Like an investigator and a crime boss...

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    Alolan Raticate prefers to eat only fresh fruits and high-class ingredients. There are rumors that a certain top-notch restaurant takes advantage of Alolan Raticate’s taste buds by bringing it along when choosing ingredients to buy, and having it taste test new dishes.

    Does this remind anyone else of Ratatouille?

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