No. Grandpa met the Shiftry who he's friends with when he was a Seedot, so he could tell me what to expect. The main differences are that I met this Shiftry after he hatched from an egg and that he could evolve into a Shiftry a lot sooner because I had a Leaf Stone already. He was eager to get out into the world soon after he hatched, so it didn't take as long as it could have, either.