I found this dude first. I never thought people would release their starter pokemon! They're so special! I adopted him immediately, on 22/Mar/2021 at 09:19:29, before anyone else could grab him! He had no name and had not evolved at all, yet had spent a few months with his Original Trainer. I'd hazard a guess that he was basically neglected. I evolved him as soon as I had enough gems for my Fire badge. He isn't quite ready yet to become Typhlosion, but he is destined to become so. You're welcome to stay in the Monstrous Pocket for the rest of your days. I will call you Trinitrotoluene, for explosive reasons.

When I saw this blue guy in the shelter on 19/May/2021 at 13:39:24 I realised I wanted to give people's abandoned Starters a loving, caring home. This would be my second adopted Starter from the Shelter. His history shows he was hatched in the morning and released the same night. I wonder why... I name you, Hoppyfoot. It's not an insult, but a cute name because you'd lost a foot! The result of being unwanted, no doubt. We will never know, but you're still adorable to me. Welcome to your Forever-Home, The Monstrous Pocket!

This little guy I found on 25/May/2021 at 08:18:52. He didn't have a name and upon checking his recorded history, it seems that he hadn't been wanted by his original trainer, since he was WonderTraded out early on in his life, shortly after reaching his first evolution. He was sent out on other WonderTrades, reaching his third evolution and finally being released to the shelter. Quite a journey! He would have actually been my perfect starter! He prefers my favourite kind of berry (spicy), and Pikachu is one of my favourite pokemon. Welcome to the Monstrous Pocket, your Forever-Home. I dub thee, Crashbang.

So I found this dude, playing around by a crater in one of my Fire fields. I'd adopted him so long ago from the Shelter that I had forgotten all about him! He was completely happy being left alone in that field, because he's kinda shy. I found him nameless, in his first forme, on 23/August/2020 at 07:00:27. He'd been in the shelter almost 24 hours before being discovered there by me. As I said, he's bashful so perhaps he was hiding from everyone there... During his time with me so far, he evolved into Braixen in October 2020 and into Delphox in March 2021. He's kept to himself mostly, quite the hermit, hiding in that field all this time. I'm glad he made himself seen, to document him in my journal here. Thanks for being a pleasant friend to have around that fire field on my visits there to feed everyone. I named you Timphox the Enchanter, and you've lived upto your name so far: Look at that fireball! So impressive!

I was gifted an Abandoned Starter at 20:20:50 on 03/Jun/2021. Thank you, Browno! You're the best! When I met Spark, he was afraid of everything. His whiskers were drooping and he looked unhappy. Browno explained that Spark was being chased by a Granbull in the shelter, and Browno just happened to be around to save him from certain death. He had indeed been released into the wild the day after being hatched, but had been given a name. Perhaps his Original Trainer was displeased with how quiet he is? Perhaps his love of dry berries was a struggle for that new Trainer to deal with? Still, he is very welcome to stay with me here on my farm! I adore him already!

I found this pretty kitty in MelonCrusher's farm when she was quitting and selling all of her treasured pokemon. How could I not buy this bold beauty for my collection? She's my first female Starter. She was named "sweet" but I've extended that to Sweety. It seems her Original Trainer hatched, evolved and released her to the Shelter within 5 days. Barely enough time to connect with her perhaps. She's had a few other Long-Term homes, but this is her Final Destination with me in the Monstrous Pocket. Welcome, Sweety!

This impish girl I found on DooK's farm when they were quitting. She came to live with me on 24/Jun/2021 at 19:33:57. I felt she should come and live with me, instead of being left in the unattended farm of someone who was no longer wishing to be around her. She didn't have a name, and had not evolved at all, although she had been given a Fire Stone to do so. Interestingly, she had been in her egg for an extremely long time! Infact, for over two years, she was left unhatched. Due to this, she tends to prefer enclosed spaces and keeps wedging herself into small, dark containers. She's been hatched for more than two years, and yet she is just a quarter through her Experience. All the signs are pointing to Neglect. You're Mine now, pretty girl, and you need a name. Your impish nature is pushing me towards calling you Medea. Welcome to your new Home!

My fifth Fire Starter! I wonder if there is some correlation between Unwanted/Abandoned Starters and their Type being Fire. This unnamed, gentle male Charmeleon came to live with me on 29/Jun/2021 at 13:58:25. He had no name and I bought him from Calypso when they were having a quitting sale. They had received him as a gift from his Original Trainer, after being evolved the one time. He lived with Calypso for three years, and yet never gained enough experience to shift into his final forme. You will make great progress with me, I give you My Word. Your OT was named BulgarianThanos, and so, I have decided to call you Nestinari, after the Bulgarian Fire Dance.

This boy is not fussy at all when it comes to berries, but he has other quirks! He came to live with me on 29/Jun/2021 at 18:11:35 and will stay here, happily, forever! His history is full of changes. He reached his final forme with his Original Trainer, and was on that farm for 3yrs. However, he was released to the Shelter, no longer welcomed by his OT! He was adopted and gifted around a few times, before I found him in the fields of a Quitter. I bought him, and to my surprise, found he has been forced to forget all of his experiences and locked at level 1. His name reset to GB-Default. He is completely wiped clean. I will keep him this innocent, I think. He has no more physical growing to do, but his story doesn't end here. You don't need to know your past, focus on your future with me now. I am naming you Oblivion, because of your obliviousness to your history.

It's 29/Jun/2021 and you arrived on the Monstrous Pocket at 18:11:17. Your name is 98, and you brought with you a female, of the same name. I presume she is your mate. Your Original Trainer evolved you, and then traded you for a Salandit. You'd probably been happy with your OT, except you didn't reach your final forme with them, and they didn't seem to put up a fight to keep you with such a simple swap. I purchased you from a Quitting Sale and I have no regrets whatsoever. You're both welcome to stay on my farm for the rest of time. I won't change your name, since you're probably used to it, but I'm interested where things will go from here for the both of you. A family is on the way, I suspect.

You were sold to me by a Quitter on the 04/Aug/2021. You already had a name and arrived unevolved at level 22 despite being 2yrs old by then. No training or anything, I suspect you sat in your OT's fields while they were barely around. I will be around for you, Senketsu, and this will be your new home now. Where will destiny take you? Time will tell.

Browno's Starter came to live with me and be a part of my collection on 04/Sep/2021. This one is super-uber-very special to me! <3 I am awaiting word on his life goals and dreams.

On the 14/Sep/2021 you came to live with me after I bought you from a Quitting Sale trade thread. You were named, already fully evolved and level 100. You seemed well loved! You have a very unfortunate set of stats, so I'm not surprised you were never trained for battle. Welcome to the Monstrous Pocket, where we will carve a wonderful story for you as time goes on!

TheBrownGoat's Starter came to live with me as part of my collection on 16/Oct/2021. He will be treasured along with all the rest! Welcome to your new home!

Ground Zero was giving away all of their pokemon and items on the Trade Threads, for free! This is a very rare event, and I browsed the thread a few days after it was created. I was sure someone would have requested you already. I saw swarms of people requesting thousands of ZC-worth of items and pokemon, but none had requested you? How could you be so overlooked?! Then I had the notion that perhaps they no longer held their Starter, so I headed to the fields to check. There you were! In perfect health and happiness, level 100 and buffed by so much time in the Dojo that you're probably the most impressive Starter I will ever see! You are also very very Smart in Contests. I requested to rehome you on the 30/Dec/2021, just you, because you are the most Special pokemon that exists on her farm, and I am honoured to have you here with me. Perhaps you will return to your OT if they come back, but until then, your home is here on the Monstrous Pocket.

On the 14/Jan/2022, I received word of your existence. You had been Wondertraded just a few days after being hatched. You were returned to your OT, and then Wondertraded again! Having been then released to the shelter, adopted and offered to me, I couldn't say "no" to rehoming you, you were such a brave little soul. With the goal set for becoming level 100 by the time you are 100 days old, I sent you for training on Browno's farm, where you were surrounded by some tough pokemon that taught you many battle lessons.

You returned to me, a fully trained battlemon with your very own épée! I am so proud of you! As you strolled back to the Monstrous Pocket, following close behind was this gorgeous girl! A beautiful gift to me from Browno, and a Lifepartner for you perhaps? Do you like her? How far will you get with your levels without sitting in my Party? We will see when you are 100 days old. Then you will gain a name.

You were offered and traded to me on the 15/Jan/2022, 5yrs after you hatched! You are one of my longest living Starters! Kippie is the oldest so far. I have no idea why you were suddenly released by your Original Trainer, but I am so glad to have you here. You arrived to me with no name, so I dub thee Akela, after the Lone Wolf in 'The Jungle Book', and you're welcome to live here forever.

I bought this fully evolved dude from the Trade Threads on 18/Jan/2022, with another Starter (Vulpix). Unnamed, and level 43, with just the one trainer, you were not as neglected as some of the others I have taken in. Of course, you will have a home with me forever now. Welcome to the Monstrous Pocket!

I bought this rare lady on 18/Jan/2022 from the Trade Threads, with another Starter (Blaziken). Your Original Trainer released you to the Shelter, where you were adopted and kept for 4 months. You were traded to another, and then sold to me almost a year later. Level 18 when you arrived, and unevolved. What do we have in store for you at the Monstrous Pocket? Time will tell.

BeLegendary hatched this Starter and sold him to me many many years later. This would be one of several Starters I bought from the legendary ShelterHunter! Feurisson arrived to me with this name, and I have no intention of changing it. However he was locked at level 28. I left him this way for a while, as I do like to preserve some of their original condition upon arrival. He has been on my farm now for 5 months and we have just had a new Region added to the Pokedex, so I'm going to evolve him into the new Hisuian forme. I initially wrote in his description, "Is he doomed never to become more??" because of his level locking. Now I know that he has a new Destiny! Potentially the first Starter to become this forme, certainly the first on my farm!

I was gifted this good boy by Morbania, after she found him in the Shelter. He had no name, and was otherwise untrained. His Original Trainer evolved him, then Wondertraded him away. He was Wondertraded again and then released to the Shelter. This was when Morbania rescued him and sent them to me for safe-keeping. He has been through a few farms now, but he's here to stay on The Monstrous Pocket! <3 I name thee Riddick, after the character from Pitch Black (Et Al), because of your Midnight Forme you can see perfectly at night and prefer to be active at that time, and your rash personality boosts your special attack, which Riddick definitely would have! I think perhaps we should give you a makeover, to better resemble the character. I will need to find a new Sprite Artist since Aura hasn't been around.

LeagueofPotatoes decided to entrust this quirky pichu to me. She has a forever home here, as all Starters do! She had no name or training, was never evolved, and was released to the Shelter by her Original Trainer. She was gifted around a little, but nothing too drastic. I have noticed you like to laze around upside-down on your head. This is definitely a quirk! I name you Turvy, because you certainly seem confused which way to stand up.

I bought these two waterboys from a Mass Field Sale. I'm so glad I found them so they could join my collection. They had been together since August 2018, when they had been gifted to the person I bought them from, so I'm presenting them as a duo because it only seems right! Mudnipp was already named, and now his best friend finally gets a name too. I name him Cayman, which means crocodile, because he's very serious about being one. They have matching tattoos (A surfboard surrounded by a rolling wave). I see some big adventures in this pair's future...