2nd Gen Kenya the Spearow

[Palamon]

In the Johto games, on Route 35, there is a small sidequest with the guard of that area. He will task you with giving mail to his friend attached to a Spearow named Kenya. You bring the mail to a trainer on Route 31. You can remove the mail from Kenya, and attach it to a different Pokemon, and even evolve Kenya, as well. In Generation II, however, if you attach the mail to a different Pokemon that isn't Kenya, the npc on Route 31 will take the mail and the Pokemon with him. But in generation IV, they changed this so he only takes Kenya back.

Similar to Shuckie the Shuckle, this Pokemon is considered a traded Pokemon by the game, and just like the Shuckle, you can choose not to give Kenya back, like I said above.

Did you do this small sidequest? Did you bother to give Kenya back to the npc on route 31? I didn't give Kenya back, nope. I didn't feel like it, honestly.

 

[Quiji]

I always gave it to the person that I was supposed to deliver it to since I had no use for the bird on my team. I always found that subplot in G/S/C to be rather pointless since the reward for completing the assignment was minor.

 

[Janp]

I always deliver it if I remember to pick it up. I don't remember ever keeping it or even using it though. It's imho pretty nice sidequest.