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PF, telos already guessed. Your turn Mr. Pokemonfan.

Why you?!! Give Articuno. That poor bird needs a break from Gamefreak constantly taking stuff from her

Did you? It says wooper right here. Whatever, someone else's turn Swampert's my favorite starter to use in battles. She rarely fails me.

Yep And you mean Hunter Jay isn't in the GAME. You wrote anime Your turn

Don't ask me, ask Gamefreak and their monkeys. Anyways, before we go off-topic TOO much, we'll leave it so that other people can answer this. [sprite]152[/sprite] Chikorita - pick this plant if you're going the hard way. While she does get a plethora of supporting moves such as Reflect, Light Screen and Safeguard, her only offensive moves will be Tackle and Razor Leaf until she finally learns Body Slam at a really late level, which is BAD. The first two gyms are two types Chikorita has trouble again (lol @ a Gym Leader with a level 7 Pidgey and level 9 Pidgeotto), but if you really want a challenge and love plant Pokemon, pick Chikorita. Competitively, she works wonderfully as a Cleric and supporter, but other grass types do much better since they can actually cast status other than Toxic. She's really Bulbasaur without the Poison typing and the movepool and the Special Attack traded for Defense. [sprite]155[/sprite] Cyndaquil- everyone's best friend from the start. We all know he's the best, right? Awesome special attack, really quick, learning Thunderpunch as Typhlosion to take advantage of that wicked special attack (offer not valid in DPP). He'll do you good because he's quick and strong with that powerful Ember, and that he evolves into Quilava at level 14 (but evolves into Typhlosion at level 36)... but why use him when there are other better Fire types out there? He also has the same stats as Charmander... which doesn't show any form of uniqueness, but his biggest merit is that he is the fastest Eruption user in UU. Cyndaquil was the best starter back in GSC, but now he's dethroned by Totodile. But don't let that fool you. He'll do well in-game, has an advantage against Bugsy the second gym leader, and will help you win battles, but just handle with care. Fire types are rare and hard to come across, so if you don't want to wait to get a Fire type after Goldenrod... he's definitely your choice. Cyndaquil's considered the easy mode in this game. [sprite]158[/sprite] Totodile- ewww. A water type? Why would I want one? He is the worst of the GSC starters because of those misaligned stats, right? Hold on a minute! That was the case back in GSC and RSE (developers got lazy with the movepool in Gen III), but now that's not true! Totodile's back with a brand new rep! Thanks to the Physical/Special Split in DPP, he benefited a lot from it thanks to that large physical movepool of his. We got Waterfall, Crunch, Rock Slide, Ice Punch, Earthquake, Flail... it's gone a LOT better! He can raise his stats with Agility and Swords Dance if needed... and if you breed him, he can learn the awesome Dragon Dance! How's that for the energetic crocodile? Competitively, he's great, but the problem is, he gets overshadowed by Gyarados. Bummer. But still, being the worst GSC starter into the best does a lot for this guy, especially if you consider how he WAS back then and what he IS now. Totodile evolves into Croconaw at level 18 and evolves into Feraligatr at level 30. Bringing back the stuff I wrote before for people who can't decide.

It's one of them. I'll give you a hint: She's IN the game! I don't watch the anime >_<

It's not Wooper, but Wooper IS based off an axotol. You're REALLY close. Any other muddy thing you can think of? Hint: Look at a mud thing's French name that rhymes with Aggron

That guy has a HUGE sense of humor... and I sympathized him especially in that episode "Go West Young Meowth". Meowth = awesome and best character in the anime

Her stat distribution is geared towards defense. Also, her movepool is filled with support moves that would work great in competitive battling (especially UU), but in-game, she's hard to use with only Tackle and Razor Leaf and Magical Leaf as her only attacks. Also, she isn't learning Body Slam until she becomes a level 44 Meganium, forcing you to use Tackle (unless you taught her an HM, but that's a BAD idea). Also, notice how most in-game trainers LOVE using Zubats and other stuff that are resistant to Grass. If they resist Grass, you're basically stuck with Tackle for damage. Poisonpowder isn't helpful at all because most trainers you fight use Poison Pokemon, which are immune to it. Bottom line: Chikorita is meant for experts. But I'll be picking her for a great challenge.

Pseudo-legendary: those non-legendary Pokemon with 600 BST like Dragonite, Salamence, Metagross, etc... If I give away the game now, you'd know the answer. This character somehow resembles an Umbreon o_O

It's FRENCH name RHYMES with Aggron. Look at Bulbapedia for it. And Google what an axotol is.

Zangoose And no, I'll never say Zapdos! ... uh oh. I just realized what I did

RAWR! DAI. Give Mewtwo.

That Mewtwo movie was my favorite. In fact, I think it's the only Pokemon anime part that I liked. There was a HUGE lesson to be learned in that one. The Japanese version is better though; Mewtwo hated not being created by God or something (while everyone else was), so he was angry.

Meowth. No one beats the Meow Mouth <3

That's true. I was talking more about the competitive battling. For in-game, Cyndaquil has the advantage of hitting Bugsy's Pokemon for super effective and for learning more offensive attacks. Plus his stats are more geared for in-game domination: great special attack and speed. I'll agree with you that Cyndaquil is best for in-game. Totodile has neither real advantages nor disadvantages, but he's still a fine choice for in-game.

*sigh* More Pikachu ownage? I'm kinda getting sick of that. And please refrain from swearing. And yikes! I had NO idea Pikachu could do that. Well, it's the omnipotent Pikachu... what am I supposed to do? >_>