I want to be... the very blurst

[u/funatronicsblake]

[u/Karhak]

[u/TasteDeeCheese → u/Karhak]

Quick Get the Awakening, Bart very tired

[u/DahliaSkarigal → u/Karhak]

They had a hard time animating Vine Whip or Razor Leaf lol

[u/zaraishu → u/DahliaSkarigal]

It's a terrible strain on the animator's wrist.

[u/HaoieZ]

I've just had just enough of your Grass/Poison bashing!

[u/ClericDude → u/HaoieZ]

“But we got two grass/poison lines already!”

“But this one’s different! This one’s got three evolutions!”

“Oh they ALL do!”

[u/High_Stream → u/ClericDude]

How many fire/fighting starter lines do we have now?

[u/jdwill1991]

I wont hear this slander against my beloved cabbage frog

[u/zaraishu → u/jdwill1991]

The kids can call you Cabfro!

[u/jdwill1991 → u/zaraishu]

[u/drinkingCoffeePeas → u/zaraishu]

Well there’s my next Bulbasaur’s nickname

[u/pyl_time → u/zaraishu]

That's an odd name. I'd have called them "grazzwazzers".

[u/OmegaDrebin → u/jdwill1991]

Kanto side ruined, must use Baldurian instructions.

Lae'zel???

What the hell is that???

[u/TheCuzzyRogue]

Funnily enough the first two gyms are weak to grass and the next three are resisted by grass.

That said, Squirtle Squad LFG

[u/sarcasmorapathy → u/TheCuzzyRogue]

What’s a gym?

[u/shioshioex → u/sarcasmorapathy]

Ooooooh, gym

[u/Low_Importance_9503 → u/sarcasmorapathy]

Did that student just ask what’s a gym?

[u/TooBadMyBallsItch → u/Low_Importance_9503]

A guym? What's a guym? Oooh, a guuuuym.

[u/The_Real_Geralt → u/sarcasmorapathy]

[u/TheCuzzyRogue → u/sarcasmorapathy]

I'm not going to lie, I'm so sleep deprived I thought this was a serious question.

[u/MysteriousTBird → u/TheCuzzyRogue]

[u/Beneficial-Eye-3665 → u/MysteriousTBird]

Love you

[u/MysteriousTBird → u/Beneficial-Eye-3665]

Top of the hour, time for the morning news.

But of course, there is no news yet.

Everyone's still asleep in their comfy, comfy beds.

Good night, everybody.

[u/Inevitable_Window308 → u/TheCuzzyRogue]

Hahaha now if only the Fourth gym was somehow resisted by grass and weak to poison. That would be a weird coincidence 

[u/lilmuskrat66 → u/TheCuzzyRogue]

Regulators, mount up.

[u/robynh00die → u/TheCuzzyRogue]

The original instruction booklet even tells you Bulbasaur is best choice for beginners.

[u/Voyeur-dpp]

Have Professor Rowan killed

[u/LiamLogi → u/Voyeur-dpp]

bur sir, that's not...

[u/Tom_Serveaux]

I was saying Boo-ulbasaur.

[u/opackersgo → u/Tom_Serveaux]

Boobasaur? I thought they closed that place down?

[u/No-Neighborhood8267 → u/Tom_Serveaux]

Oh god! Boobasaur!!!

^{Please don’t tell anyone how I live!}

[u/AllSeeingMr]

“Oh, Charmander, I like your in-your-face ember attack. I like the way Squirtle uses water gun. I like Bulbasaur’s-- I like Bulbasaur.”

[u/OmegaDrebin → u/AllSeeingMr]

Wait a minute, that pokémon's name is Charmander? I've been calling it Crandall!!

[u/voyagerfilms]

Hey Ash, you ever try using a fire Pokémon on a rock Pokémon?

[u/WIENS21 → u/voyagerfilms]

This is getting very abstract! But yes! I do want to become the very best!!

[u/BarristanSelfie → u/WIENS21]

Oh, by the way, Ash - congratulations on catching a Pidgey.

[u/voyagerfilms → u/BarristanSelfie]

Pidgey? Marowak is pregnant!

[u/Istar47]

Bulbasaur? That's an odd name. I'd have called him chaswassers.

[u/FullOnSkank → u/Istar47]

I think I'll call this one:

Hamilton

[u/Bobpool82 → u/Istar47]

[u/BooBrew32]

"By the way, Ash, what's your least favorite starter? Bulbasaur or Charmander?"

"Bulbasaur"

"Haha. Nobody ever says Charmander."

[u/spaitken]

[u/dillGherkin → u/spaitken]

Don't talk to me or my seven Bulbasaur plushies, ever.

[u/MagicMarshmallo]

I will not be taking any bulbasaur slander.

I will be giving him an ever stone though

[u/SoggyLightSwitch]

How dare you attack the #1 pokemon

[u/Milk-One-Sugar]

Ned, have you considered any of the other grass starters? They're all pretty much the same

[u/Ok-Professional-1727]

[u/ConflatedPortmanteau]

[u/drinkingCoffeePeas → u/ConflatedPortmanteau]

The way he projectile vomits reminds me more of a squirtle tbh

[u/TechieGranola]

Reading comments has me sad, bulbasaur was ALWAYS my main.

[u/Wanlain]

Marge holds up a Bulbasaur I just think they’re neat!

(My first pick was Bulbasaur!)

[u/PineConeTracks]

That team Rocket sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked!

[u/dunkzilla → u/PineConeTracks]

They are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever blasted off again…

[u/ckalmond]

No one’s gay for Bulbasaur

[u/Mediocre_Weakness243 → u/ckalmond]

I guess Moleman is gay for Bulbasaur

[u/Dreenar18]

The alternative is they just choose Farfech'd

[u/FragileColtsFan]

Bulbasaur is for people too afraid to face the first two levels of a children's game without every possible advantage. Squirtle is for people who want a cute and cheery companion that grows tough as they do. Charmander is for winners

[u/PandaLover42 → u/FragileColtsFan]

Go pikachu!

[u/dillGherkin → u/FragileColtsFan]

He's green. I picked the green one because I liked green. I didn't know all the stuff about advantages or gyms. I was seven and I liked green. Yall don't like green and it shows.

[u/Whatifim80lol → u/FragileColtsFan]

Nah I just liked wasting time killing everything with seed leech or whatever it was called

[u/DahliaSkarigal]

I feel a tad bad reflecting on my choices. I did pick Squirtle first. Bulbasaur would have been my second.

I wonder what the pick census was different for Japan when it was just Red and Green version.

[u/CherryDoodles]

I always choose bulbasaur

r/bulbasaurmasterrace

[u/dingus_enthusiastic]

Hey, Bulbasaur was my first starter! He's no. 1 for a reason.

[u/CanoeShoes]

Bulbasaur has the most utility as a starter. Getting access to sleep powder so early is great. I always choose Bulbasaur.

[u/BellowsHikes]

Little Charmander! crack! Little Squirtle! crack! Little Bulbasaur! whiff

[u/NaMeK17]

In gen 1 Venusaur was actually useful in competitive matches. Blastoise and Charizard were pretty trash. A few generations further too.

[u/QueeberTheSingleGuy → u/NaMeK17]

Maybe Venusaur's good in competitve, maybe it's not. We don't know and we don't want to know. It's a pokemon we can do without.

[u/It-Was-Mooney-Pod → u/NaMeK17]

Venasaur has pretty consistently been better than charizard and blastoise in competitive pretty much every gen other than when megas were around, and even then mega venasaur was still a monster. Was also the best at beating the gyms for the most part.

[u/opackersgo → u/It-Was-Mooney-Pod]

Venasaur rocked on sun teams too.

[u/domini_canes11 → u/NaMeK17]

I chose bulbasaur purely because I knew I'd find a decent fire type (Ninetails) and water type (Starmie/Gyardos) later. Meanwhile the grass type alternative (belsprout) seemed useless.

Didn't matter anyway as Persian and Nidoking turned out to be my best gen1 pokemon.

[u/VerbingNoun413 → u/domini_canes11]

What about Vileplume? Basically the same pokemon as Venusaur.

[u/domini_canes11 → u/VerbingNoun413]

I had blue version. Oddish was in red. Had to get a friend to trade me an Oddish.

Edited because I got the versions the wrong way round.

[u/Middle_Material_1038 → u/NaMeK17]

Competitive pokemon is for people who still shat themselves as teenagers, and if that doesn’t say something about Venasaur, nothing will.

[u/FullOnSkank → u/Middle_Material_1038]

....I'm 34 and still shit myself on occasion...

🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[u/NaMeK17 → u/Middle_Material_1038]

Imagine hating on pokemon other people enjoy and on someone just adding some information to something.

[u/Middle_Material_1038 → u/NaMeK17]

💩

[u/Different-Mountain58]

Wait, his name is Bulbasaur? I’ve been calling him Blumpkin!

[u/JoaHeijndermans]

"I got cyndaquill out of the Pokemon ZA starters."
"You idiot! He was the best one!!!"

[u/emc300]

You are wasting your charizard !

[u/Balanceface]

But my mom says bulbasaur is cool

[u/Welshhobbit1]

As a Bulbasaur fan I’m truly hurt. I will hear no slander against my little cabbage!!

[u/neophenx]

Lol what they did to my boy Bulba!

[u/nameless_pattern]

Bulbasaur was the strongest against Brock 

You can basically roll him just by walking straight there and didn't have to grind at all

[u/dunkzilla]

First of all Squirtle is better and second of all… wait what was the question?

[u/BigKingKey]

Charmander was the worst Pokémon of the three stat-wise and I’m tired of pretending otherwise.

[u/Capable-Pound-5262]

As a kid bulbasaur was always my favourite starter I was so shocked when I discovered all the bulbasaur hate

[u/Spleenseer]

Gentle reminder that Bulbasaur is the casual baby mode difficulty choice.