Board 8 > What is the least memorable Gen 1 pokemon?

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I'm having a Discord argument about this. We're arguing over Dewgong vs Lickitung vs Seadra right now.
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seel
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I guess you can count that as a Dewgong vote, I tried to post without reading anything

(as for Seel vs Dewgong, I at least have a memory of the anime cry -- DEWGONG, GONG GONG)

not a chance in hell it's Lickitung, and Seadra is held by too many serious trainers
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Tangela maybe

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Fearow
Oddish
Weepinbell
Shellder
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Paras/Parasect

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Dewgong has too much of a fanbase to be it.
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StifledSilence posted...

Paras/Parasect

yep

I forget these exist regularly

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Drowzee/Hypno
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Nidorina
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StifledSilence posted...

Paras/Parasect

Probably these gents.
Or shelldar

Rhyhorn/Rhydon
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I remember Shellder because they are constantly everywhere and I still don't have the shiny :(

Venomoth imo
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It's Krabby/Kingler for sure.
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half_silver28 posted...

Nidorina

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StifledSilence posted...

Paras/Parasect

I do the Sporcle quiz every few months and these two are probably the ones I most regularly overlook.
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Krabby and Kingler have a pretty cool showing in Ash's first league match ever. That might be enough to keep them out of last place.
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Venonat since even GameFreak forgot about it

Venonat has the Butterfree/Venomoth mixup thing going for it

and was also like one of my favourite pokemon growing up and I drew him all the time as a kid
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swordz9 posted...

Venonat since even GameFreak forgot about it

Yeah, this. It hasn't been in a regional Pokedex since Johto. It'd be one of those things nobody remembers if it wasn't Gen 1.

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Venonat is at least kinda cute/distinctive - I can see the appeal

Venomoth though, who cares
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yeah it's gotta be either the Venonat or Paras line. Don't think any other even comes close.

Definitely not Paras as he's one of my top 10 of the Generation
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Honorable mention to Sunkern line who is only memorable for how terrible it is in battle

Ermine I literally forgot they existed all over again before re-entering this topic

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swordz9 posted...

Honorable mention to Sunkern line who is only memorable for how terrible it is in battle

Gen 2 has several more forgettable lines than Gen 1 despite only having 2/3 as many pokemon

no
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Paras has the whole mushroom horror thing going for it (the mushrooms on its back are parasites that eventually take over the host; compare Paras' eyes to Parasect's)
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Zigzagoon posted...

no

Okay I see your point and concede

In that case I vote Tangela

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I'm glad I could bring you to your senses
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Bottom 5 on Sporcle

5) Krabby

4) Kingler

3) Exeggcute

2) Exeggutor

1) Lickitung

Have to wonder how much 3 and 2 have to do with spelling though.
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Yeah, Krabby and Kingler are another line that hasn't shown up in forever. I probably would've picked them if they didn't come back in Sword and Shield.

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Lickitung too dumb to be forgotten

I'd go with Krabby or Horsea

Too many water types
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I feel vindicated with my Seel guess by the fact that nobody else has said anything about it

poor poke was so forgotten they even knew they could reattempt the pun with Spheal because who thinks about the other one
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Rhyhorn

Lickitung came to my mind first

...which probably means that isn't the answer. Or maybe I'm just a genius

Venonat is literally my favorite Pokemon you jerks

Personally, I vote Paras/Parasect. I always forget them on the sporcle quiz despite Leech King lore from Twitch Plays Pokemon.
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Drowzee could be a candidate

it is very much Seaking

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Seaking had a meme about it

Lickitung being the most forgotten on the Sporcle quizzes seems to support that answer.
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when I try to name 'em all I basically go through route by route and think of what pokemon are gotten in that area
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I think Paras/ect get a pass because people remember their original exclusive access to Spore sometimes. Seel/Dewgong are a pretty strong contender, as is Lickitung. But I think Venonat/Venomoth probably take the cake given that they haven't even been included in a regional dex since forever ago (I think first two generations and their remakes are the only ones)
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How can you possibly forget Lickitung

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Venomoth is automatically disqualified by being the star poke of a Gym Leader (and technically E4 when counting GSC's revisit)
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Doesn't Venomoth also have Twitch Plays Pokemon fame?
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All Terrain Venomoth

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Probably Venonat or Paras/Parasect
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GuessMyUserName posted...

Venomoth is automatically disqualified by being the star poke of a Gym Leader (and technically E4 when counting GSC's revisit)

Only in Yellow and Let's Go (and even in LG not the rematch apparently?). Otherwise, his highest level Pokemon is Weezing or Crobat. Or Muk. Koga is very indecisive.

TPP having Venomoth take down Dragonite is a thing though, between that and the recency of Let's Go that might indeed take Venomoth out of the running.
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My vote is for Tangela

Feel like most of the other Pokemon are part of evolutionary lines with at least one memorable poke in it (which will jog your memory on the others) or are notable singles

Krabby/Kingler or Horsea/Whatever Second Horsea is are also good picks though
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Tangela is a good one, although it gets a bit of extra recognition from being one of the many things to get a new evolution in the 4th generation. Kingler has little going for it other than ancient anime presence. I think the Horsea line is memorable enough because everyone knows Kingdra from its periodic appearances in boss fights as a nuisance you never have a good answer to.
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