def catch_em_all(data_file=None, return_names=False):
    '''catch_em_all returns the entire database of pokemon, a base function for starting
    :param data_file: location of pokemons.json data file (not required)
    '''
    if data_file == None:
        data_file = "%s/database/pokemons.json" %(base)

    pokemons = load_json(data_file)

    if return_names is True:
        names = []
        for key,meta in pokemons.items():
            names.append(meta['name'])
        return names
    return pokemons