ITT: middle stages where it's obvious that they were designed as an afterthought out of necessity

ITT: middle stages where it's obvious that they were designed as an afterthought out of necessity

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_by_index_number_(Generation_I)
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That's only because it's well documented

>dude just take torchic and make it longer lmao
the design alone makes it obvious

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This user is retarded. Rhydon was the first Pokémon ever designed

Nah

Retarded... or a genius?!

Bayleef

Literally all gen 1 starters

All the regional bugs.

typical filler mon

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>dude let's take garchomp....but make it smaller
does anyone actually like this design?

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and how did this get through quality control?

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Oh and all the pseudos except for Dragonite and Metagross.

This user is retarded for taking the bait

This could just be "every starters middle stage" thread because for the last several gens they've been terrible
>alright we got a cute first stage. People will like this
>ooh what he evolves into (insert humanoid jobmon that barely has anything to do with first stage thematically)
>wait what do we do for the middle stage?
>I guess just put those two designs that don't go together at all and put it in a blender

Very nice bait user-kun, very nice...
HOWEVER
Literally the opposite is true for the Bulbasaur line. Ivysaur was the first one to be created, one of the 10 first Mons in fact, with Bulbasaur and Venusaur being created together much later to complete the line.
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_by_index_number_(Generation_I)

Fat Pikachu is based. I just wanna hug it