You have played Pokémon too much when...

The title is self-explanatory!

I will start with :

You have played too much Pokémon when you see a cockatiel and wonder if it is yet another Pikachu ersatz!

Hoooo, nice game!

You have played too much Pokémon when you study for your Linguistics final using example sentences based on Pokémon, like "The Poké Ball opened itself"!

You have played too much Pokémon when you know what egg groups they are in.

You've played too much Pokemon when you know their level-up movepools without having to look them up.

You have played too much Pokémon when you wonder why a restaurant decided to sell pokéballs and mispelled these as "poke bowls"!

You know you played Pokémon way too much when you start making the sandwiches of Paldea in real life

You have played too much Pokémon when you see news on the dugong being declared an endangered species and think "oh no, the Dewgong are disappearing."

(For what it's worth I like the real dugongs more than Dewgong. I hope something can be done about this. ;_;)

You have played too much Pokémon when you pick a fight with everyone who looks at you.
After all, you locked eyes with another trainer human.

...people regularly send you DMs asking for advice on building teams.

...one or both of your parents know more Mons than just the original 151 (or hell, the original 251.) I'm not the only Mimikyu enjoyer in my household, thanks goodness!

You have played too much Pokémon when you decide to give your pet a Pokémon name!

You have played too much Pokémon when you expect a fight with someone to be turn-based.

You have played Pokémon too much when you go to Kanto region (Japan) and ask passersby in which direction is Pallet Town!

You have played too much Pokemon when you start using your deodorant as a repel to keep people away 😁

You have played too much Pokémon when you enter a shop during a thunder storm and ask if they have Paralyze Heal!

Check for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet news when you're on your lunch break lol

You have played too much Pokémon when you hear Oak's voice echoing in your head when you see someone riding a bike indoors.

You have played Pokémon too much when you dream YOU are a pokémon!

You have played too much Pokémon when you talk to your Pokémon plushies as if they were real Pokémon. Especially if they are life-sized plushies.

You have played too much Pokémon when you start making the food from the games.