Greetings everyone, my name is Syy!
So, you read the title.
The Top 10 Best Gen 1 Pokemon!
Just one thing, we're going to throw in a rule.
"Starters/Legendaries/ and Pikachu" are not allowed.
If they were, they would populate the list almost exclusively, and if you wanna see the
most boring version of this video possible, then I'm sure WatchMojo's done something
like this.
So without further ado, The Top 10 Best Gen 1 Pokemon.
Let's begin.
Number 10: Jigglypuff I love Pokemon with personality, because it
reminds me of what I lack, and by virtue of the anime, Jigglypuff probably has one of
the most memorable personalities of any Pokemon.
Jigglypuff is an adorable ball of cuteness that's only desire in life is for people
to listen to it sing.
Unfortunately, it's voice is SO nice to listen to, that everyone who hears it's
song falls asleep.
Unfortunately, that pisses Jigglypuff off to the point that it uses it's microphone/...marker
(Buy one today!) to draw dicks on people's faces.
It's akin to a Greek tragedy really.
Like Sisyphus and the bolder, except they've been combined together into a pink floof.
Number 9: Snorlax You know...
I'm not really sure why I like Snorlax.
I just sorta feel like he... gets me, you know?
He's also got a great design.
It's simple, but not TOO simple.
It's also really strong, and can easily steamroll multiple Elite 4 members by itself.
Yeah...
Snorlax is...
Snorlax is... good...
Number 8: Ditto So, this here is my cop out answer.
Since Dito can turn into any Pokemon, I want you to imagine any Pokemon that you like but
that I didn't put on this list, and bamn, now it's on the list, just with little dots
for eyes.
Speaking of, it's now been accepted in the canon that that's just what Ditto's look
like when they transform, but that wasn't how it started off as.
In Ditto's introductory episode of the anime, it was Duplica's ditto always kept it's
dot eyes, and that was a problem with that one ditto specifically, and was overcome by
the end of the episode.
But the idea stuck around and has been making Nintendo easy money by selling existing plushes
a second time with minor alterations ever since.
Number 7: Growlithe This one's pretty simple.
Growlithe is a dog.
I adore dogs.
Ergo, I adore Growlithe.
He is, of course, a fire type which are rare enough to be worth catching whenever you come
across them anyways, a pretty color scheme, and a design that just makes you wanna boop
the heck out of his snoot and call him a good doogo.
But if you want something more substantial than that, he's also the first fire-type
Pokemon you can get in Red and Blue if you chose the correct starter, and just before
the grass gym too, which makes that a cakewalk.
He's amazing.
What else can you say but, "GROWLITHE!
GROWL-Uhg, I suck at this.
Hold on, I'm gonna call in a professional.
Boop boop boop Boooooop.
Boooooop.
Hey, I need a Growlithe voice.
Okay cool, here, I'll put him on.
Number 6: Magikarp Now there are a couple things I ADORE about
Magikarp.
Firstly, I love it's design.
The idea of this Pokemon is that it's absolutely worthless, and and nothing says worthless
quite like a thousand yard stare and a stupid moustache.
But at the same time, it's also an immediately striking design, with the bright red immediately
grabbing your attention, and the pale yellow doing a great job contrasting with it.
And second, some of my all time favorite Pokemon are the ones that stand out from the crowd
via the unique stories you get in either obtaining or training them, and one of the best examples
of that is Magikarp.
So you get the Old Rod and immediately take it out for a spin, but all you can catch is
this worthless fish that only knows splash.
But you stick with it, and train him up by sending him out at the start of battles and
then switching out, which always made me wonder what the other trainer thought of that.
"Magikarp, go!
HI!
I CAN'T HIT ANYTHING!
BYE!"
But eventually, your efforts are rewarded as he reaches Lv. 20 and evolves into Gyrados,
and suddenly becomes a BEAST who can 1-Hit KO every Pokemon in the game.
Not only does that do a great job at making you bond with it and end up being an awesome
story, but I find Magikarp weirdly inspirational.
Like, even the most worthless, weakest Pokemon you can imagine still has the potential for
greatness somewhere inside it, and speaking as the most worthless, weakest human you can
imagine, that gives me hope.
Number 5: Slowpoke Slowpoke is amazing.
It's gimmick is that it's a pokemon so dumb that it's achieved nirvana and gained
psychic powers.
Like, it went so far down the scale of stupid, that it integer underflowed and came back
out the other side!
I also like the idea that it uses it's tail to fish for Pokemon, and it evolves if it
ever catches a Shelter, at which point they enter into a symbiotic relationship.
Also, his stupid face is adorable.
Number 4: Victreebel I've mentioned this a lot in the past, but
I am a lover of villains, the kind of kid who actively rooted for Jessie and James to
steal Pikachu.
As such, I always found myself having a bias towards the Pokemon they used.
If you had asked 6 year-old me what my favorite Pokemon was, I would've chosen "Koffing"
to the point that my father actually made me a Koffing cake for a birthday back then,
but these days, I think my favorite member of the original gang is one that's not as
well-remembered as Weezing and Arbok, James's' Victreebel.
Oh how I love Victreebel, let me count the ways.
First of all, his colors are great.
The Yellow and Green design with a red accent along his mouth works great and is extremely
visually striking.
Second, it's based off a venus fly trap, which is the objectively coolest plant of
all time.
["Uh, actually it's based on a Nepenthes, a type of tropical pitcher plant."]
So yeah, Venus Fly Trap.
Third and finally, I will never forget the sound it makes in the anime.
It's so weird, but somehow it fits really well!
So in conclusion, I'd let Victreebel swallow and dissolve me in acid, any day.
Number 3: Gastly Gastly.
Do I even need to explain myself with this one?
Honestly the entire line is incredible, but of them all, I think Gastly stands out for
just how it's so simple but at the same time so memorable!
It's a ball of gas with angry eyes, yet I don't think anyone would argue if I called
it one of/ if not the best ghost Pokemon of all time!
And not only that, but Gastly is also inextricably linked in my mind to The Ghost Of Maiden's
Peak episode of the anime, in which it has the starring role, and is the cause of 20
minutes of refined batshit insanity.
That episode has everything!
Horrifying imagery, references to real life animals existing alongside Pokemon, Misty
rips off the Exorcist and uses the Christian God which I guess exists now in the Pokemon
universe to compel Gastly to leave, Venusaur and Blastoise use Polymerization and fuse
together into Venotoise (Blastosaur?) and of course at the end it goes all Helen of
Troy on us as we see Misty in a yukata.
10/10, amazing Pokemon, it doesn't get any better than that!
Except it does, at least two more times.
Number 2: Eevee So let's give Eevee the number two spot,
and I'll personally take the, "Sun Rising In The Morning" award for the inevitability
of that pick.
But I can't help it, Eevee is beloved for a reason, because he's SO CUTE.
Eevee is (of course) the evolution Pokemon, and can evolve into an ever growing number
of different Pokemon, each of them being an exemplar of their respective type.
Just like with Growlithe, Eevee is a dog, and dogs are wonderful, so Eevee is wonderful.
Also just like Growlithe, you can get him before the Grass gym in Red and Blue, and
if you evolve him into a Flareon, it becomes a walkover.
Honestly Eevee is just a better version of Growlithe with more options, but hey, there's
room enough in my heart for all the doggos of the world.
Number 1: Abra I talked about how awesome Pokemon that give
memorable experiences are, but more so than Magikarp, Abra really steals the show in that
regard.
Imagine it: you're playing Red and Blue, and you're in the grass outside of Cerulean,
you get a random encounter, and it's an Abra.
At that moment, your asshole clenches so hard you could use it to crack walnuts, because
you know, you only get ONE chance.
If it succeeds, you'll have a psychic Pokemon with incredible potential to help you for
the rest of your run.
But the only move that Abra knows is teleport, so you can't lower it's healthy any, and
if your first Pokeball fails, it's gone, and because Abra only has a 15% encounter
rate, with your luck, it could be the only one you see for the next half hour.
So you throw your only Pokeball.
You're mashing down and B as hard as you can, and praying to Arceus that just this
once, it stays in the ball.
I have that experience once a playthrough, and it's always one of the most memorable
parts for me.
That combined with Abra's OP-ness, especially back in Red & Blue, and a design that just
SCREAMS "Psychic" make him one of my all time favorites.
Hey everyone, thank you so much for watching.
If you liked this video, and reminiscing about Gen 1 is your thing, then check out 10 Things
You Didn't Know About Pokemon Red and Blue.
Alternatively stick around on my channel for when I make The Top 10 Worst Gen 1 Pokemon!
I'm sure that'll go over great.
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