Favourite Pok?mon?

[pantharya]

Hey All!

I'm always jumping with curiosity over everyone's favourite Pok?mon, so I thought Id make a neat little topic to find out! So tell us all your favourite Pok?mon and why. Dont be shy, there are free cookies! *sets out a plate of wonderfully fresh chocolate chip cookies. They smell great, practically begging to be eaten. Can you resist?*

To start off, my favourite is Bulbasaur. Right from when I first starting the show as a kid, I always thought Bulbasaur was a nifty little guy. I loved all his nature based moves too. Thus, he gets my favourite Pok?mon award. Raichu sits in second place, only just missing out. ;D

[H a i l s]

I have different Pok?mon for different reasons. ;___;

Like when I was little, I was never seen without a Lapras in my party. It was beautiful and strong and I could surf around on it!

Ninetails is also an old favorite of mine since I'm a bit obsessed with fox mythology. I bred them in Ruby and now I have a very powerful one named Karma who'll take out any other Pok?mon.

Gastly are nice because they're great for catching new Pok?mon and inflicting all sorts of status effects on opponents. I also feel that they're mischievous little guys and that you can never fully 'tame' them.

Nidorino's an old chum because I have a Nidorino keychain I got from Burger King back in the 4th grade. In honor of that keychain, I name all my male Nidoran Keychain.

Linoone and Furrets are loved for the same reason. They're often overlooked but they're dependable in a pinch. My Linoone, Ziggy, beat Steven's Metagross with a Surf attack with only a sliver of HP. He was the last Pok?mon on my team. Furret was also on my team in Gold when I whooped some Red-tush.

I had an imaginary Charizard when I was younger and would pretend I was a trainer. I don't like them so much in the game but they'll have a special place in my heart.

And finally, Vaporeon. Besides Lapras, they were my favorite water-type. Cute, strong, fast...what more could you want?

[Shariadarow]

For me, I'd say the eeveelutions in general. When I was younger I always liked things to do with elements, a fox that can become one of many seemed like an awesome idea. Now that I'm obsessed with foxes thanks mostly to that being my form, I like them even more. I probably couldn't choose just one though.

[SierraLou]

Charizard will always take top spot in my heart. Charmander was my starter in my first game, Red version, and little Zippo became my most dependable team member. I managed to defeat both Brock and Misty with just that little guy, so from early on he was tough. :3 I will always mourn for my erased Red game. D:

Gengar, arr harr. This guy was my charizard's right-hand beast, and if the team was a sandwich with Charizard as the meat, then Gengar was the bread holding everything together. =D It was his sneaky psychic and ghost moves that allowed the team to function properly. No other ghost I've ever attempted to train has quite appealed to me as gengar and the pre-evolutions.

Rayquaza. What can I say, he's the ultimate dragon, and dragons are among the most awesome and mysterious types. Plus he's just so...beautiful. :'3 My level 100 rayquaza rocked so much, but he too ended up erased. ;_;

Blaziken, my starter in Ruby version. Oooh how she kicked butt. :3 Double-battling through Mt. 100, Pok?mon Collosseum, with Rayquaza and Blaziken was some serious fun. xD It's just an awesome creature.

Those top four are mostly because they're Pok?mon I've trained and grown attatched to. Others I'm fond of for various reasons include articuno, zapdos, mightyena, pelipper, pichu and, needless to say, houndoom. <3

[Chloe]

Ah, Blaziken. I started with one, too, in Sapphire. I named her Yena. Now she's level 100, and the most kick-ass Pok?mon I think I've ever had. Good in Contests, too. Kyogre goes along with her; those two were always partners in my double-battles.

Crobat. I never really liked Zubat or its evolutions that much, but I like to raise different Pok?mon, and I'd already had a Staraptor on Diamond, so I got myself a little bat-boy on Pearl. Slowly I grew attached to the fella, though. He evolved into a Crobat after winning a Gym battle for me - I forget which one. After that, he was one of my best fighters.

Haunter. I've had a couple of them. They're great battlers. I always have at least a couple Pok?mon on my team who can confuse, poison, or put the enemy to sleep.

The Eeveelutions are on my list, of course; everyone likes them. I've also always been fond of Aerodactyl, Tauros, and Lickitung. No stories or anything there, I just like them.

Lugia and Entei are old friends, simply because they were my favorite legendaries when I was a kid. You don't need to hear about all the make-believe Pok?mon games my best friend and I played, but those two were always reserved for me. (She usually took Haunter and Hitmonlee. I guess I was a bit of an uber-wolfy kid.)

*sigh* I'm surprisingly sentimental over my Pok?mon. I'm lucky I've never had a game erased. I think I'd just die.

[Haku]

I think Persian holds a place in my heart for obvious reasons When watching the show, I loved how cool and collected Giovanni's Persian was. Dude I wanted to be just like it. xD; -random geeky piece of trivia ftw!-

Also, Kyogre! 0: My Kyogre is my best Pok?mon and I love him to bits. <3 Level 90, gentle giant. :3 He has a bashful nature. ^^ I think that Kyogres look generally awesome as well. xD; They're fishy-whale-things that look intimidating, but if you look at their eyes they look almost sleepy : D

Meganium! Goodness I love Meganium. She was the lead-hitter in every single battle, and also never let me down. I think that the whole Meganium line is pretty. :3 Chikorita is darned cute, Bayleef is really streamlined, and of course, Meganium has that awesome flower. <3

Tropius! The whole Tropius x Meganium thing was super-cute in the series. <33 The only 'poke-shipping' with quadrapeds I actually like(Grovyle liking Meganium was somewhat odd, I think oo; Although Gloon and Bulbasaur was cute too, now that I think of it.../tangent). Mostly because in real life, if I could own ONE Pok?mon, it would be a Tropius. :3 I could ride him/her around, they are really cool looking(the whole tropical bit is sorta my 'habitat' somehow) and they grow fruit on them -the one who lives on fruits and cashews'd- And plus they can fly. THEY'RE ARE LARGE UNGULATES THAT CAN FLY. That is as good as a pegasus. : D

Rapidash. Somehow, I'm quite fond of Pok?mon!ungulates? -shoves therianthropy under a rock- Also a member of my team, in Diamond and in other versions as well :3 That and I also really like Sentret and Chikorita(as stated). x3; Members of my headmate's team. xD;

I also like the evee-lutions(who doesn't?), Shaymin, the legendary birds, the legendary beasts(Suicune and Entei in particular), Azurill, Pichu, Delcatty, Aron, and some others I can't think of at the moment 0:

[pantharya]

Woohoo! *passes around the plate of cookies*

I think I'll take the chance to go a little more indepth about my own favourites now too.
Ive mentioned Bulbasaur already. Totally wicked little guy, with the coolest moves in the anime ^_^ Because of him I've next to always chosen the grass starter in everygame. Excluding my one replay of Ruby at the moment.

Raichu came about in a bit of a weird way. I was trying to get a Pikachu toy as I remember, but my sister got it instead. So I was left with Raichu, and I eventually learnt to love the little guy. He's a powerhouse <3

My next two are tied in third place. First there's Ninetales. ^_^ Beautiful, Graceful, Mystical... Just plain wiki. Like Hails mentioned, she's based from mythology. I think one of the pokedexes said if you pull her tail without asking you get cursed with bad luck. And she lives for 1000 years. Seriously, how much more mythical can you get?

And Vaporeon. =3 everyone loves the Eevees, but Ive always always always gone for Vaporeon. SHE CAN MELT INTO WATER AND DISAPPEAR xD Best water Pok?mon out there.

There are others, but those four are my Team of Pure Awesomeness. I think what I totally loved about playing LeafGreen was being able to have all four of them in my team.
Other favourites include Rhydon, Pidgeot, Weezing, Sandslash, Oddish, Cubone, Butterfree ... as you can see, I have a thing for the first gen Pok?mon ^_^. But also, Ampharos, Linoone and Poochyena from the next gens.

Im actually kind of surprised at how popular Gastly/Haunter/Gengar are. Ive trained a few, but I didn't think theyd be that well liked. ^_^ Im glad they get the popularity they deserve. Ive never liked any of the other ghost Pok?mon as much.

Rayquaza seems like a popular choice too. Ive never actually had one ... *mental note to self, make sure you get Rayquaza this time*

And of course the Eeveelutions seem to be quite well liked. ^_^ Im not surprised. Like Shariadarow, Ive always been into things to do with the elements. Obviously, Eevee comes off as appealing as it can adapt to so many of them. Why they took so long to introduce a grass one though, I'll never know

@ Hails
=D You get extra cookies for having Ninetails and Vaporeon in there. And I agree with you about Linoone being very dependable. I love their versatility. I keep choosing them in Ruby. Not only do they pick up stuff (WOOT) but they can also learn stuff like Surf, and Shockwave, and dig... Ah, wicked Pok?mon.

@sierra Lou
Aha, you named your Charmander Zippo! ^_^ Neat name. Did you get that from the anime? I think Richie had one with the same name. And woah ... You got past Brock and Misty with just him? Now thats impressive!!

@haku
Since the fire starters seem to be rather popular with everyone else, you get extra points for having a Meganium =D They rock right? Mine could kick some serious butt x3 You made an excellent choice.
OH! And Tropius! I actually just went out and caught one just the other day. =3 Ive always wanted one, and now I get the chance to stick it in my main party. ^_^ I love how they can fly. Grass Pok?mon with WINGS!

[Haku]

I know! :3 I'm trying to think of other flying grass-types, but I'm not getting many answers 0: -is also slaphappy- XD Congrats on your Tropius! : D

I also want to point out I LOVE LINOONE. Dunno if it's in my post, but you said that and it struck my memeory. xD; My furret in gold(before I got Sapphire) was named Linoone. XD -pathetic- Me and my friend picked out "Pok?mon that matched our complexions"(more like, she did the picking and I sat there agreeing and disagreeing). Apparently I'm a linoone. |D' And I think they are awesome, being badger-y and ferret-y at the same time. 83 AND SO DARNED FAST.

[pantharya]

^_^ Thank you.
Tropius fully rocks, I'm glad I finally caught one. She seems to have really high HP too =D Yay. She's totally being my personal jet as I fly around looking after my berries and such. Always gotta water your plants
And yeah, I can't think of any other Grass/Flying types either. I though maybe Flygon ... but that's actually Ground/Dragon. >_> Woops.

Yusss =3 Linoone is awesome. Shared Love for Linoone!! *arm pump*
"It charges prey at speeds over 60 mph. However, because it can only run straight, it often fails."
^_^ It's so cute! And surprisingly tiny. I always pictured them being somewhat bigger ...

[SierraLou]

Nick: I actually didn't get it from the anime, I swear. xD So it was hilarious when I found out there was a charmander called Zippo already in existance. And kinda sucky, too. xD! But yes, for some reason the whole concept of team-building escaped me to begin with - the first wild Pok?mon I ever caught was a zubat at Mt Moon, and only after I'd beaten Misty. I think he was called Zooby. I...failed at nicknames a bit. x3

[pantharya]

Oooh! So you came up with it before you saw it on the anime? =3 Wowzers. Thats so cool. It's always kind of annoying when tv steals your ideas though, because you tell people you had it first but they dont believe you ...
They must be spying on us! And stealing all our awesome Pok?mon Nicknames! Yes that is definitely what is going on. *nods*

Hehe, Zooby. ^_^ Thats not too bad of a name. There are much worse. I admit yesterday I caught a Wailmer and called it Waily ... Not so creative. But Im sure the Pok?mon wont mind =P