You have played Pokémon too much when...

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

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!

 

[Orion☆]

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"!

 

[ReKoil]

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

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

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

 

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

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

 

[Sweet Serenity]

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

 

[Orion☆]

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. ;_;)

 

[ReKoil]

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.

 

[Sweet Serenity]

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

 

[Orion☆]

...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!

 

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

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

 

[ReKoil]

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

 

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

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

 

[ReKoil]

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

 

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

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

 

[Sweet Serenity]

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

 

[ReKoil]

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

 

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

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

 

[Orion☆]

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.

 

[ReKoil]

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