My last few days at home before moving away for college were fine. I went to the movies a few times, talked my friend out of attempting to kidnap his ex-girlfriend’s cat after she cheated on him for the fourth time, and I got to play at a show with my band in front of seven people: our personal best.

In the middle of loading up my stuff into my car, my mom told me she found an old toy of mine. I’m too old for toys now, but I was curious to relive a childhood memory. We went back to my room and sitting there was my old Pikachu plushie I got for Christmas when I was 7.

This was great until my mom called it a Jigglypuff. I knew I couldn’t leave for college while my mom was still clueless about the difference between the two fictional characters. The franchise has been around since 1996, so there’s no excuse for her to be ignorant after 22 years.

She tried laughing it off and said that Pokémon were all the same to her. No, mom. Each of the individual 807 pocket monsters is distinct and unique. And that’s not including the regional variants and other forms a Pokémon can have.

First off, Pikachu is yellow. He has red dots on his cheeks and is an electric mouse. Whereas Jigglypuff is pink and is a “balloon” Pokémon. Yes, both are part of the 151 original Pokémon from the first generation. They also have an evolved form and later had a pre-evolution introduced in the second generation, but that’s where the similarities end.

Pikachu and Jiggypuff don’t even have the same base stats in the video games. Jigglypuff has a base stat of 270 with 115 going to health. Don’t forget that it’s slow as hell with a speed stat of 20. Pikachu, on the other hand, is fast while working with much lower health. Its base stat of 320 is much higher than Jigglypuff’s.

Don’t even get me started on their use in the meta competitive play. I might not even go to college now. My mom needs my help.