OKAY and so here's a disclaimer about the Purrloin in the comic.
With my sona being a Liepard in Team Rocket, aaaand me liking to draw her as a purrloin from time to time, AAAAAAAND with the purrloin in the comic also wearing a cap and a bandana, a lot of people have thought that they're the same char and that this must be like a backstory to my sona Zoe.

Though I absolutely see why people think that, it's not the case.
Zoe is not canon to the PMD comic and isn't a, once human, now pokémon-pokémon.
You could see them as alt-universe counterparts (WITH ZOE BEING THE COOLER VERSION)



The honest, boring truth is that the main character was originally going to be a Meowth, but meowth are actually pretty annoying to draw IMO, so I wanted to change it to something that's really easy to draw
So after that it was gonna be Pikachu --> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17096471/
Buuut I quickly decided that would be stupid. So I just used purrloin since it fits their character, aaaand it's fun to draw.

AAAND THEN I GAVE THEM THE EXACT SAME HAT AND BANDANNA
Because idk




Long story short
Similar purrloin
But not same purrloin