67. Unfezant
Originally Nominated by: SuorGenoveffa
First Appeared in: Pokemon Black/White
Gen 5 Ranking: 14/20
Fun Fact: Unfezant and the Frillish Family are the only Gen 5 Pokemon with gender differences.
I'm typically not a big fan of the generic birds of every gen. With how many awesome pokemon are typically in every generation, why would they put one of the best on the first route? The answer is that they typically don't. Unfezant is my third favorite of the five generic birds, but my bottom two didn't make the list. The male Unfezant is so much more marvelous than the female version. In fact, if the male version didn't exist and both looked like the female, No doubt they'd be my least favorite. At the very least though, this is one of the few pokemon that does gender differences right. I hate that there are a ton of pokemon with gender differences, but they're almost all incredibly subtle like the female Venusaur having a visible seed in it's plant where the male doesn't. Not many people would notice that unless they see them right next to each other, so what's that point. I also have to say I'm incredibly disappointed that Ash's Pidove ended up being a female. Maybe the anime writers will make a dumb mistake and give it male features anyway. Or maybe it's a gay male Pidove and that's why the female Snivy's attract didn't work on it. But whatever, I'm getting away from the real topic at hand. In battle, I've only used one long enough to get my Tranquil to evolve, so I'm not sure how good it is, but I'd imagine it's in the same league as Pidgeot or Staraptor anyway with no big surprises differently, so it's the kind of pokemon that doesn't show off, but isn't losing to a Farfetch'd anytime soon.
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