Sandshrew

Sandshrew was sort of a "counterpart" to Pikachu in the original games. Both are small, yellow rodents, but one is electric type, and the other is ground type - the natural enemy to electric pokemon! Between the two, however, Sandshrew is QUITE a bit cuter, with its big, inky blue eyes and inquisitive, neutral facial expression. The very first animal it brings to mind is an armadillo, and it even rolls into a ball like one, but it has more of a pangolin-like coating of scales than an armadillo's crusty, segmented shell.