Originally nominated by: PumpkinCoach
First appeared in: Pokemon Red/Blue
Gen 1 Ranking: 16/20
Fun Fact: Primeape is Ash's only pokemon to evolve on screen, before it was captured.
Does anyone else imagine that Primeape acts kind of like Seymour from Futurama? I mean, it was probably level 100 about 200 episodes ago, go pick him up, Ash, damn.
Here we have the original monkey pokemon before all this riffraff started clogging up my Pokedex. To be honest, fighting was probably my least favorite type in Gen1. I mean, Psychic was so dominant, so I guess if you really needed to take out a Snorlax or Chansey, a fighting type was viable, but I never found them useful. Admittedly though, had I bothered with a fighting type way back when, Primeape would have been my go to guy. Since the days of R/B Fighting has gotten a big boost, which Primeape has never really gotten to take full advantage of. He's a legitimate enough pokemon, but I've never really had an emotional attachment to it. I guess I'm a lot like Ash after all.
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