Dragonite Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.

Honestly, there are almost five hundred Pokémon by this point. I can't believe not one of them is based on a badger. th_esaurus wanted the Hufflepuff house Pokémon to be a Bidoof, but I realised as I was making this that there was a general first-evolution theme running through the houses. Also, Sandslash is quite a lot cooler than Bidoof, and I rather like Hufflepuff.

Anyway, I was looking through one of my notebooks and came across the declaration 'HARRY POTTER IS A PIKACHU'. This is undoubtedly true. He is special and does not always play by the rules, much like Ash's ridiculously powerful somehow-able-to-electrocute-Ground-types Pikachu! He has a lightning-bolt shaped scar on his forehead!

This has led me to ponder what Pokémon other Harry Potter characters would be. Ron could be a Psyduck: mostly a bit useless (sorry, Ron; you know I love you), but with occasional moments of awesome. (EDIT: Or perhaps Ron is a Buizel?) Dumbledore is an Alakazam. What about other characters?

Snape could be an Absol, actually. Absol is a Dark-type Pokémon that appears before people when a natural disaster is approaching, in order to warn them. However, because an Absol sighting is always followed by some sort of disaster, Absol came to be blamed for causing disaster. The parallels with Snape are not exact, but there are a few familiar echoes.

Thoughts on what Pokémon Harry Potter characters would be? (Or any other Harry Potter/Pokémon crossover thoughts/manips/ficsnippets?)