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TheSlinja posted...

If you play pokemon competitively at all you might actually be rather familiar with tangela and its evo as I am, they are great pokemon, to the point of unevolved tangela being used in the lower tiers

honestly for me the fact that dunsparce is so unremarkable is why he's so memorable.

thing is the very fact that you came in to say those pokemon proves that they aren't that forgettable, the truly most forgettable pokemon is as this topic is meant to show, the one people wont even remember when asked to share unmemorable pokemon

Few things:

1) Tangela isn't competitively used for anything, near as I can tell. He's listed as NU in Smogon for every generation except for PU which is the lowest recognized tier.

2) Tangrowth is apparently popular as of the last two gens, but this is about Tangela as noted. Tangela likely only got an evo at all because he was a completely forgettable one-off Pokemon who never served any use.

3) Naming a forgettable anything does not by virtue of being named make it popular. That's a silly paradox which would exclude anything from being forgettable.

4) This is about gen 1, which is broadly the most memorable generation. The least-remembered gen 1 is better remembered than a midcard from later generations. (And, frankly, I didn't immediately remember he had an evolution at first.) Compare this to me playing Pokemon Go and spotting a Hoppip and thinking, "Oh yeah, that was a thing," without really remembering its name, etc.
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