Magikarp is cool! But I'd catch one, i wouldn't wanna start off with it, lol. (Easier to catch then say...Squirtle)
Hm, I wonder if there are some unofficial trainers out there that start with a Caterpie they found in their moms garden, or a Ratatta they found and nursed back to health! That's a happy though :)
If pokemon was real, I would have a small pokemon zoo before the age of ten. Ratatta, weepinbell, Bellsprout, oddish, even pet magikarp! All in my back yard, and all kinds of other stuff. Okay, I'm rambling.