It’s quite possible that Alolan Diglett is permaboosted, given that all of its Alolan good friends (like Alolan Vulpix and Alolan Sandshrew) can also be permaboosted, but this has not been verified, so we can easily’t say for particular. Ash's starter Pokemon was going to be Clefairy but was swapped for Pikachu to make it pleasing for boys a