So Rattata adopted its Alolan form to protect itself from Yungoos.
Rattata's whiskers look like a big, mexican-like moustache.
Then there's the overused Yungoos joke.
One eventually reaches a point of starting to doubt whether it's a coincidence or intentional.
In Japan Rattata is a Burglar and Shungoos is a detective.
Let's be honest it's genius as a kid pun on the invasive species on Alola.
The west has Speedy Gonzales, one of the most hilarious and beloved cartoons by the people it is mocking(Not kidding we where upset when he was banned and fought hard so he would come back, Mexicans love Speedy!) and the western side is accustomed to that portrayal, then we have a figure that represents a foreign species gone wrong in the mongoose with a hairdo that resembles a fashion atrocity one Human actually dares to wear in public whose political views on Mexican people fit the joke better for the west than the Burglar/Detective duo of Japan.
It's a case of "All games are made in America" where we see what we want to see and there is no evil type only dark type so my headcannon is true! Situation.
We lost the pun in translation and replaced it with something we have!
It's awesome, and honestly I'm having a hard time nicknaming my would be ratatta, I could nickname him Jaime in honor of my first Pokémon capture in blue or Rodriguez in honor of a side character in Speedy cartoons, if everything fails I could always nickname him Japosai honoring the localized name of an iconic character in Ranma 1/2.
I love this Alolan Rattata giving me an excuse to fall in love with the species once again.
For the record, rats and snakes threatened indigenous bird population, mongoose was introduced to fight them, well the mongoose took a shine for the birds just like the snake did and even the rat did...those birds where royaly fucked.
Talking about snakes...when are we getting a tree brown snake, this thing is infamous in Hawaii for climbing electric wires and causing power outrages, make it grass electric for the double pun! Or have a Tora based legend with an indigenous giant snail predating it! Hawaii is perfect for this stuff!
This quote has never been more relevant, let's give GF a nice scented candle.