I give them random names...
Squirtle the Pikachu...metroid, valuemart, popcorn, flabbergast, doorbell, binladen...just whatever comes to mind and is completely bizzare.
There was one game I named my starter Picard, then caught 5 zigzagoons and named them Riker, Worf, Geordi, Troi, and Data...beat the elite 4 with that group. :)







