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Description Rattata are shy pokemon.

They have had years of persecution for being dirty animals, however this is not true. Rattata in fact are very clean and wash themselves regularly, however the flea's etc that they occasionally have, carry diseases that can make people sick.

Hundreds of years ago a huge outbreak started when rattata (brought over on ships from a foreign land) ran loose in city streets, they carried infected fleas that caused an epidemic, killing millions. People did not know that it was the fault of the fleas and Rattata were killed in the thousands. eventually the plague stopped, but the rattata population had dropped nearly to extinction. lucky they are very fast and efficient breeders, adapting their nests to where ever they can find them, This brought them back from extinction and now they are a common sight, though some still hang onto the idea that they are dirty as they have had to adapt to living in urban surroundings as their woodland homes were built over for new towns and cities, this has forced them to forage in bins etc to survive.

It is unknown why their fur has a purple pigmentation, but it is thought to be both a way of hiding in dark places, and also different shades help them to distinguish between each other in large groups.

Hope you like it
(kinda looks like something from a storybook)
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Comments: 87

pasztorgergo [2012-09-16 13:59:53 +0000 UTC]

Rattata~
Lovely!

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to pasztorgergo [2012-09-17 11:58:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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magicwolfimp [2010-11-15 02:42:18 +0000 UTC]

cute i want one as a pet

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SilentAngelsWings [2009-12-16 18:06:10 +0000 UTC]

I actually have a shiny Rattata. Which makes me wonder, are you planning to explain shinies?

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to SilentAngelsWings [2009-12-16 21:50:39 +0000 UTC]

yer, well pokemon naturally have variations but sometimes they will have pigment displacement, similar to how albinos have a lack of pigment

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SilentAngelsWings In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2009-12-24 02:06:54 +0000 UTC]

Ahkay. His name's Chewy.

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Ani-Monster [2009-12-06 18:39:24 +0000 UTC]

You even make Rattata look cute... o_O

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Ani-Monster [2009-12-06 18:54:51 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks

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Octoboy-the-8th [2009-05-21 19:57:45 +0000 UTC]

Aww, how cute!

Heh heh, of course, they'd be able to survive a near extinction by breeding like heck. Wouldn't be surprised if these things could bear children before they were furry.

What's the pokie thing sticking out of its cheek?

Great, now another pokemon whose origin is a mystery. Just like corphish.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Octoboy-the-8th [2009-05-21 20:55:35 +0000 UTC]

its a whisker, they have solitary whiskers rather than lots. Just something they have evolved like as they use them to determin width of pipes etc that they crawl through by rubbing them along the sides, but thinner whiskers break easily and so these have become thicker and tougher to work against the extreames of city life

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Octoboy-the-8th In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2009-05-22 01:13:24 +0000 UTC]

Just two?

Yeah, I know about whiskers, my grandma had a cat once. I guess that does sum up the idea of pokemon whiskers (which I find extremely bizarre, by the way!)

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Octoboy-the-8th [2009-05-22 08:53:24 +0000 UTC]

lol yer it is pretty strange

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Ud-the-Imp [2009-04-11 22:34:58 +0000 UTC]

AAAaaaaawww.....I always found rats to be SO CYU-OOOOOOOOTE!

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Ud-the-Imp [2009-04-12 09:12:37 +0000 UTC]

glad u like it )

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Sem1Colon [2009-02-08 19:48:50 +0000 UTC]

It reminds me of England in the Elizabethan Period, when vermin were
parading in the streets with disease and people threw their trash (and feces)
in the streets as well... EW.

Great picture, I love the accuracy towards ratattas, it actually reminds me
of my old pet rat, it was white with tan spots, and it was the only white rat
that I've ever seen with black eyes, it died. The claws are really cool too.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Sem1Colon [2009-02-08 21:44:07 +0000 UTC]

yer i was going for a bit of the black death feel, glad you like it

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jayceitsyou [2008-09-25 01:36:10 +0000 UTC]

A purple rat? There has to something definitely wrong here..... o_O

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to jayceitsyou [2008-09-25 09:24:01 +0000 UTC]

lol blackish purple, its all good

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4pikachu4 [2008-07-27 06:36:54 +0000 UTC]

Love the pose.
I noticed something...nearly all pokemon have been close to extinction...lol.
Great work again, I just love your pieces so much! Sorry for having tons of comments on your message board, lol.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to 4pikachu4 [2008-07-27 08:17:04 +0000 UTC]

as are many of our animals are in the real world, deforestation, hunting and urban enhancement has made some of the larger species on the planet near extinct, the endangered species list has trippled in the last 50 years. rare pokemon need a reason to be rare in the first place huh

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4pikachu4 In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2008-07-28 00:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Yup, I guess you're right on that one, haha. It's so sad...that all the animals are like, depleting and stuff. But anyways, can't wait for more.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to 4pikachu4 [2008-07-28 07:14:54 +0000 UTC]

thanks, glad you like it

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Danny-Dib [2008-07-22 13:23:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad that didn't happen to Rachel . In fact, the fleas porbably wanted to spare a cute little Rattata like her!

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Phoenix-rising-high [2008-07-20 04:28:35 +0000 UTC]

I'm happily jumping on the bandwagon, saying its cuter than anything else....makes me wanna train my level 3 rattata that I've had since god knows when... and the bubonic plague backstory is a nice, is upsetting touch... Rats in general have gotten a bad, if somewhat deserved reputation. great work, once again!

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Phoenix-rising-high [2008-07-20 08:30:27 +0000 UTC]

yer, Glad you like it

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MoonstoneDX [2008-07-17 04:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it does remind me of a story book (the one about the dude who played the pipe to drown the rats) Still cute though, like the shadowing and the eyes.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to MoonstoneDX [2008-07-17 06:58:50 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou

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Latias1995 [2008-07-16 13:09:28 +0000 UTC]

cute!!! ^o^

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Latias1995 [2008-07-16 21:07:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Rat2rrj [2008-07-15 15:34:30 +0000 UTC]

MY GLAUX ITS REGEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
8D

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Rat2rrj [2008-07-15 20:21:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Rat2rrj In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2008-10-17 18:00:06 +0000 UTC]

^^

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Evilgidgit [2008-07-15 09:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Rattata should not be seen as dirty creatures or vermin, because they are not. Mankind will see...they'll all see...when the Rattata evolve into Raticate, they shall use their teeth to bring down buildings and...AND BEGINT THE RAT EMPIRE!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Sorry, getting carried away. Love the face, it's cute.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Evilgidgit [2008-07-15 20:23:00 +0000 UTC]

LOL random, but thanks ;D

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arpellias [2008-07-15 07:28:17 +0000 UTC]

i like the explanation of them and the little background thingie as well (bubonic plague right? O.o)

yeah it does kinda look like its from a story book

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to arpellias [2008-07-15 20:23:30 +0000 UTC]

Yer it is, thanks

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arpellias In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2008-07-16 10:23:47 +0000 UTC]

..yw

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theamishpiscodemon [2008-07-15 07:23:24 +0000 UTC]

That's cute dude. I remember the anime one looked really sleek and athletic. This one looks far more like a city dwelling mousey. Nice job.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to theamishpiscodemon [2008-07-15 20:24:13 +0000 UTC]

Cheers

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Mitochondria-Raine [2008-07-15 00:21:51 +0000 UTC]

It's so cute. ^-6
Keep 'em coming!

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Mitochondria-Raine [2008-07-15 20:24:31 +0000 UTC]

will do

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guilmon182 [2008-07-14 19:26:43 +0000 UTC]

Neat! So, essentially, Rattata are just purple rats?...that evolve really quick?

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to guilmon182 [2008-07-14 21:27:43 +0000 UTC]

Yer pretty much lol, normal pokemon are basically fast healing animals

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guilmon182 In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2008-07-14 22:08:45 +0000 UTC]

S'what I figured. Are there AN normal animals in the Pokemon universe? Like birds or fish?

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to guilmon182 [2008-07-15 20:29:09 +0000 UTC]

Yer there are loads, an ecosystem couldn't function without a huge diversity of lower organisms, Pokemon are essentially animals with very fast heal rates and special abilities (that seem supernatural but i try and make them as real as possible) because they heal so fast it is legal to battle them, and only animals with these heal rates are recognized as Pokemon...does that make sense? I compare them to animals in our dimention (because they are based on them) but there are still normal animals (even though they may not be what we know)

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guilmon182 In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2008-07-15 21:46:14 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see. Really, I just wonder there are normal animals in the Pokemon show universe. 'Cause one time, when they were fishing, As said something about catfish...

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to guilmon182 [2008-07-16 08:02:18 +0000 UTC]

Well they dont need to show you other animals in the show but im sure there are, otherwise, why do they say pikachu is a 'mouse' pokemon, if their were no mice then how would they know what they were talking about?

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guilmon182 In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2008-07-16 18:34:00 +0000 UTC]

Ah'spose...

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Mikstik [2008-07-14 18:05:56 +0000 UTC]

this came out so adorable!! well for a rat its really cute!

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Mikstik [2008-07-14 21:28:23 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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