Rattata’s eyecatching coloration shows they have abandoned all pretense of camouflage. They respond to intruders by flashing their fearsome incisors, then with hard bites. A family Rattata is an effective watchrat.

Pet Raticate are cranky, but loyal. Giving them work to tire them out is important for any household, and they’re especially good at demolition, construction, sculpting, woodcutting, and other such jobs.

While normal Rattata gnaw their way into food containers, their Alolan cousins have been known to stage elaborate heists of entire foodstuffs. The current record is a horde hijacking a ramen delivery scooter.

No less than 20 different pizzerias in Castelia City claim to be “The Original Faticate’s”. The actual original has long since closed, as city officials once worried about the introduction of even more voracious rats.