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[Tazii]

I think most of us have that one pokemon that we started out hating, but over time, for some reason or another, it stole your heart. Especially with the newer generations, when you first see them you can't help but ask 'what were they thinking?', but eventually you start getting use to that particular pokemon until you're fond of it.

So what's that one or more pokemon that grew on you?


Mine, personally, would have to be Patrat/Watchog and Trubbish. Patrat's design I found too dull, while I really didn't care at all for Trubbish. After fighting with Watchog in Pokemon White, I've become quiet fond of them and they've turned to be one of my favourite pokemon from that generation. The amount of hate Trubbish received made me pity the little guy. I find him quiet adorable, and he had started to grow on me in time too.

Hoppip is another. I'm not all fond of his evolution line, but Hoppip himself I found annoying as a kid because of how useless they were. Now that I'm older, I find his design to be adorable.

Chikorita I found pretty fragile looking and lacked in comparison to the other two starters. I always felt bad for Silver because I always chose Totodile and stuck him with Chikorita. Here's this bloke with a terrible attitude and a glum outlook on life, and he's tagging around this pokemon with a giant flower on its neck. I think Ash's Chikorita changed that seeing as she was a little badass.

So what about you? Who's that pesky little pokemon that tugged on your heartstrings?

This post has been edited by Karofsky: Feb 14 2013, 11:13 PM

[SilverPuppy9]

I never thought I'd actually confess this in public, but...

When I had decided to run my first Nuzlocke game, I had run it on my Pokemon Pearl. I started with a Piplup and named him Archie (Sapphire reference, anyone?). It was only a bit later that I caught my Bidoof. Female. Most everyone hates Bidoofs, right? Heh, that's the same thing I thought. I named her Felicity since I had to nickname every Pokemon I caught and didn't think much of her.

She proved more useful as a giant wall than I'd ever thought, until I got my Geodude named Geo. By that time, I had caught and named a Starly Pepper. Archie was low on health, so I sent out my Rock Smash-laden Bidoof, thinking she would be close to death by the time I got around to catching the thing. I was wrong. The thing barely made a dent in her fur.

It wasn't until Roark I found some ounce of respect for her.

Why?

Archie was the first to die...

If that Cranidos hadn't critted its Headbutt on Archie, he would have killed it. But that was not the case. Seeing that Geo would be vulnerable to the Cranidos, I sent out the only Pokemon I knew had a Fighting-type move: Felicity. She killed it with just two whacks. I sobbed heavy tears when I released Archie. But my love for Felicity grew ever more so as she became the next-biggest hitter. She was the one I looked to when I needed someone taken out immediately. She was the first one I attached a personality to (She was a lesbian in my head because she always came to the girls' rescue).



When I lost Geo, my heart broke. By then, I turned full-force to Felicity, seeing as how I had very few Pokemon left (Pepper and my Drifloon, Delilah). And then the 3rd gym came. I tried to challenge it, but...

I lost my Felicity. And everyone else fell after that.
I couldn't touch the game for a month.

So, the next time I look at a Bidoof, I'll always think of my Felicity.

And my Kricketot, Danish. But that's another story for another time.