Board 8 > Do you think every Pokemon is someone's favorite?

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HashtagSEP
03/09/21 4:18:01 PM
#102:


I like Huntail

Huntail's also the only eel-like Pokemon that actually looks like an eel, so I'm sure that ticks a box somewhere.

Like, Eelektross is great, but he also kinda turns into an abomination, so I could see an eel lover liking Huntail more of the two.

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NFUN
03/09/21 4:18:11 PM
#103:


GuessMyUserName posted...
find me someone who calls huntail their fav and I will find you an absolute liar

what's with your obsessive hatred of those pokemon? they're deep sea fish. they may not be particularly great representations of them, but that's not a category that won't attract fans
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GuessMyUserName
03/09/21 4:19:47 PM
#104:


never forgive the ruination of clamperl

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CasanovaZelos
03/09/21 4:20:55 PM
#105:


I feel like any animal-based Pokemon is going to be somebody's favorite simply due to being based on an actual animal that someone out there likes. All it takes for someone to really like Huntail is for them to find oarfish neat and think it's cool that a Pokemon is based on the species. I know I like pig Pokemon more than the average person simply because I like pigs (though my favorite Pokemon overall is probably Sawsbuck).

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HashtagSEP
03/09/21 4:21:10 PM
#106:


Huntail and even Gorebyss are both miles better than Clamperl.

Shellder for life

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GuessMyUserName
03/09/21 4:22:02 PM
#107:


HashtagSEP posted...
Huntain and even Gorebyss are both miles better than Clamperl.
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Safer_777
03/09/21 4:44:29 PM
#108:


There was a Reddit Poll a w hile back and I think like 3-4 Pokes weren't mentioned but I do believe that a lot of these answeres were trollish. I mean people like some really obscure and stupid ones like Cascoon? For real? Yeah sure.

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Alanna82
03/09/21 4:58:29 PM
#109:


kateee posted...
bottom 20 from the rating project i did last year (not everybody rated every Pokemon tho)

Illumise
Pansage
Blipbug
Scatterbug
Feebas
Happiny
Wormadam
Pansear
Binacle
Vullaby
Igglybuff
Cascoon
Panpour
Luvdisc
Silcoon
Lickilicky
Simipour
Simisear
Gothita
Smoochum


Of these I like Illumise, Happiny, Wormadam, Vullaby, Igglybuff, Gothita and Smoochum.

Most of them are cute (Vullaby is just funny since its wearing a diaper) and Illumise has the cool thing with Volbeat going on. And I already explained why I liked Wormadam, the steel version was useful in Pokemon mystery dungeon sky.

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Team Rocket Elite
03/09/21 5:24:11 PM
#110:


Lopen posted...
Now to further complicate this people who are picking weird Pokemon are generally picking them in multiples. As a point of reference Caterpie has 28 people picking him as their favorite. While you might have some people who aren't as sure as I am he's their favorite picking him for list's sake, are you saying all 28 aren't sure? And this is only a 5000 response list!


Caterpie is the first Pokemon Ash catches in the anime and has a cool moment where against the odds he saves the day. That's definitely worth a bunch of fans.
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kateee
03/09/21 5:36:11 PM
#111:


Safer_777 posted...
There was a Reddit Poll a w hile back and I think like 3-4 Pokes weren't mentioned but I do believe that a lot of these answeres were trollish. I mean people like some really obscure and stupid ones like Cascoon? For real? Yeah sure.
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HashtagSEP
03/09/21 5:36:50 PM
#112:


He's probably talking about the one that was already posted, it doesn't seem like he read the topic much.

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Drakeryn
03/09/21 6:53:05 PM
#113:


count me in on the "Huntail is an abomination" train

I can definitely see it being someone's favorite, in the same vein as Stunfisk, for being dumb/goofy/derpy. bad taste zone though
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andylt
03/09/21 6:55:37 PM
#114:


Don't lump Stunfisk in with bland-ass Huntail, please.

Illumise
Pansage
Blipbug
Scatterbug
Feebas
Happiny
Wormadam
Pansear
Binacle
Vullaby
Igglybuff
Cascoon
Panpour
Luvdisc
Silcoon
Lickilicky
Simipour
Simisear
Gothita
Smoochum

That's a pretty solid list of horrors. Gotta say I don't see why Simisage is supposed to be so much better than the other trash monkeys though.

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HashtagSEP
03/09/21 6:58:34 PM
#115:


Because the other trash monkeys look dumb and unappealing but Simisage has a pompadour

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/2/24/512Simisage.png/250px-512Simisage.png

Look at this thing. It's amazing(ly better than the other two)

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MoogleKupo141
03/09/21 8:11:15 PM
#116:


I might not totally hate Simisage if it existed in a vacuum, but the association with those other monkeys drags him down. Until this topic I hadnt even really considered that one of them might be less bad than the others, I just think of all of them as those stupid monkeys.

Theyre like starter Pokmon but what if starter Pokmon all looked the same and also like shit and they didnt have any interesting traits combatwise. so bad
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03/09/21 8:15:10 PM
#117:


Simipour is probably in my top, like... 25 overall.

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Raka_Putra
03/09/21 8:22:05 PM
#118:


Simisage is cool. Its expression and body language are cool and confident.
Simipour is like a new age hippie trying to get you into its homemade drugs and Simisear is its just as shady lover.

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MZero
03/09/21 10:40:52 PM
#119:


I would assume so

I assume if humans are capable of enjoying being defecated on, liking any particular Pokemon the most isn't that surprising!

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Eddv
03/10/21 12:30:53 AM
#120:


kateee posted...
bottom 20 from the rating project i did last year (not everybody rated every Pokemon tho)

Illumise
Pansage
Blipbug
Scatterbug
Feebas
Happiny
Wormadam
Pansear
Binacle
Vullaby
Igglybuff
Cascoon
Panpour
Luvdisc
Silcoon
Lickilicky
Simipour
Simisear
Gothita
Smoochum


Wormadam deserves better!

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Tag365
03/10/21 12:40:08 AM
#121:


Raka_Putra posted...
Saw a post on a Pokemon group on Facebook. It asked for our favorite Pokemon and someone answered Cramorant, which is kinda crazy to me.

I bet you're going to be amazed, my favorite Pokmon is in fact Skuntank.

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NBIceman
03/10/21 12:41:45 AM
#122:


Eddv posted...
Wormadam deserves better!
This is an Ed take alright.

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Zyxyz0
03/10/21 12:59:30 AM
#123:


kateee posted...
bottom 20 from the rating project i did last year (not everybody rated every Pokemon tho)

Illumise
Pansage
Blipbug
Scatterbug
Feebas
Happiny
Wormadam
Pansear
Binacle
Vullaby
Igglybuff
Cascoon
Panpour
Luvdisc
Silcoon
Lickilicky
Simipour
Simisear
Gothita
Smoochum

Surprised that Feebas made it in when it has the meme/novelty factor and a not-entirely-generic design, but otherwise this is a pretty good list

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Tag365
03/10/21 1:14:14 AM
#124:


kateee posted...
bottom 20 from the rating project i did last year (not everybody rated every Pokemon tho)

Illumise
Pansage
Blipbug
Scatterbug
Feebas
Happiny
Wormadam
Pansear
Binacle
Vullaby
Igglybuff
Cascoon
Panpour
Luvdisc
Silcoon
Lickilicky
Simipour
Simisear
Gothita
Smoochum

I like Vullaby, Lickilicky, Smoochum, Happiny, Panpour, and Simipour out of this list. Vullaby is actually one of my absolute favorite Pokmon and I like both its evolution and its diaper theme (it is actually categorized as the "Diapered Pokmon"). Lickilicky is a chubby and round Pokmon. Smoochum I like because it is one of the cuter baby Pokmon and it evolves into Jynx. Happiny evolves into Chansey and Blissey. Panpour and Simipour I remember using in my first Pokmon Black version play through.

Oh, I like Dottler more than Blipbug, I like the plump Volbeat more than Illumise, and I like Mothim more than Wormadam because Mothim kinda sounds like my name and also looks like the Winged Warrior class from Disgaea.

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Sheep007
03/10/21 4:49:52 AM
#125:


I remember at the time we did the ranking I understood why all of those are so low, except Binacle. Like, it's actually pretty cool looking and interesting compared to almost all of the others.

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MoogleKupo141
03/10/21 6:09:50 AM
#126:


I think Binacles problem may just be that its super ugly. Its not a cool dude I want to hang out with.
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Raka_Putra
03/10/21 9:58:04 AM
#127:


Yeah it's butt-ugly.

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SpikeDragon
03/10/21 11:43:31 AM
#128:


I would say yes even though I find it hard for some to be considered #1 favorites to anyone..

I asked 13 of my friends and all of them had different answers so that's kinda neat. Most of them weren't anything crazy, I think the 2 weirdest ones were Lickitung and Sudowoodo

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Drakeryn
03/10/21 11:54:53 AM
#129:


I like Sudowoodo, I appreciate its dedication to pretending to be a tree all day
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Dels
03/10/21 1:20:48 PM
#130:


kateee posted...
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c0w4s0/favourite_pok%C3%A9mon_survey_results/

survey on reddit, 52,000+ responses

no mentions:
Silcoon
Gothita
Eelektrik
Yungoos

i'm sure they would have gotten mentions if the sample size was larger

so i know i'm late on this but why is Volcarona the top pokemon for gen 5???

Is there something I'm missing??????????
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andylt
03/10/21 1:23:56 PM
#131:


Dels posted...
Is there something I'm missing??????????
Yes, Volcarona kicks ass.

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StifledSilence
03/10/21 1:31:36 PM
#132:


Earthshaker posted...
Also, I refuse to believe anyone likes those stupid Pan/Simi monkeys.


I actually really like them. Theyre so cute!
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StifledSilence
03/10/21 1:34:12 PM
#133:


Also Volcarona is legit the best Gen 5 Pokmon. Not a high bar to clear, but hed make my top 20 Pokmon all time. So cool.
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hombad46
03/10/21 1:36:30 PM
#134:


Volcarona's nice, but it's got nothing on my boi Chandelure. That's my third favorite pokemon overall.

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Sheep007
03/10/21 1:43:24 PM
#135:


I think Gen 5 is underrated. There's a lot of stinkers but a lot of the best designs. Same with Gen 4 and Gen 8, compared to the first two gens where almost everything is average to strong with their simplicity.

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andylt
03/10/21 1:43:55 PM
#136:


Chandelure was the second place Gen 5 pokemon. A pretty great top 2! Somehow Galvantula was only sixth, though.

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Dels
03/10/21 1:44:31 PM
#137:


i don't get it though. its just a big ugly moth?
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Sheep007
03/10/21 1:46:12 PM
#138:


It looks cuddly as heck and has cool wings

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StifledSilence
03/10/21 1:48:36 PM
#139:


Dels posted...
i don't get it though. its just a big ugly moth?


I think it looks really cool, particularly the color scheme. And the way the game presented it as a legendary encounter (even though it actually wasnt) made it feel even more badass.
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HashtagSEP
03/10/21 1:55:47 PM
#140:


Yeah, Volcarona is pretty badass

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MoogleKupo141
03/10/21 9:46:51 PM
#142:


Volcaronas kinda cool, but it definitely wouldnt be my number 1 for Gen 5

Chandelure is up there though. I love that line, its a super good execution of a concept that probably millions of fans came up with on their own when thinking about what a ghost/fire Pokmon would be.
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Steiner
03/14/21 2:12:58 PM
#143:


Dels posted...
i don't get it though. its just a big ugly moth?

who cares what it looks like, it's a unique typing with a cool moveset. i could not care less what pixels represent it

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Steiner
03/14/21 2:13:40 PM
#144:


Steiner posted...
who cares what it looks like, it's a unique typing with a cool moveset. i could not care less what pixels represent it

and this is why i was the worst person to host the pokemon ranking project, yall drove me crazy with your shallow pokemon tastes

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andylt
03/14/21 2:27:39 PM
#145:


Steiner posted...
i could not care less what pixels represent it

Wow that is one unusual way of looking at pokemon, I can't imagine just seeing the numbers or competitive viability or whatever and completely ignoring the design.

Also Volcarona looks cool.


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03/14/21 2:29:34 PM
#146:


andylt posted...
Wow that is one unusual way of looking at pokemon, I can't imagine just seeing the numbers or competitive viability or whatever and completely ignoring the design.
I mean that's the only reason why Pokemon like Cinderace are popular.

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XIII_rocks
03/14/21 2:29:50 PM
#147:


andylt posted...
Wow that is one unusual way of looking at pokemon, I can't imagine just seeing the numbers or competitive viability or whatever and completely ignoring the design.


I prefer doing this, but not in Steiner's absolute terms

Design matters, sure, but power wins over design basically every time.
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andylt
03/14/21 2:38:18 PM
#148:


I mean I get playing the game like that but do you really build an attachment to the pokemon in that case, enough to call it a fav? Not that there's any wrong way of looking at it I suppose.

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Steiner
03/14/21 2:40:18 PM
#149:


XIII_rocks posted...
I prefer doing this, but not in Steiner's absolute terms

Design matters, sure, but power wins over design basically every time.
I was laying on the point slightly thick because people go so strong the other way

andylt posted...
I mean I get playing the game like that but do you really build an attachment to the pokemon in that case, enough to call it a fav? Not that there's any wrong way of looking at it I suppose.

absolutely, all my fond memories for my favourite pokemon Breloom are because it was so fun to use! Was my main in Ruby as a kid and then became a favourite to use online as well

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andylt
03/14/21 2:50:41 PM
#150:


Steiner posted...
absolutely, all my fond memories for my favourite pokemon Breloom are because it was so fun to use! Was my main in Ruby as a kid and then became a favourite to use online as well
Ah right, I get it more now. I took your original point as just seeing them as strings of numbers and whichever has the biggest numbers must be the best.

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GuessMyUserName
03/14/21 2:54:10 PM
#151:


i was about to come in to dump on servine but I looked it up again and it's not as derp as I remember

still worst starter mid, but my memory of it is much more caricatured

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Steiner
03/14/21 3:05:48 PM
#152:


andylt posted...
Ah right, I get it more now. I took your original point as just seeing them as strings of numbers and whichever has the biggest numbers must be the best.
no of course that's "best" not "favourite", but i find "fun to use" just way more valuable than "nice to look at"

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