43 thoughts on “You Know Who’s Awesome?”

  1. I am far more interested in learning who is the Carmen Sandiego of Pokémon figures.

  3. I actually always liked Bulbasaur, despite apparently being at least 15 years too old to have a damn clue what the hell Pokemon was.

  4. My favorite? Farfetch’d.

    It’s back store is has been consistently poached as game where it would be then served up as a meal edible by humans served with the leek it traditionally carries.

    So it’s begun to defend it’self by clubing people/pokemon’ down with it’s own “sidedish” Now that’s hardcore.

    ECW,ECW,ECW!

  8. Bulbasaur is the Ben Grimm of Pokemon.

    And if you don’t like Ben Grimm, you’re just a straight-up asshole.

  9. Hey now, I think Geodude is the Ben Grimm of Pokemon, what with being made out of rock and all.

  11. Bulbasaur always seems like more of a tough guy with a chip on his shoulder but who has a heart of gold. Also, he may not be the biggest and strongest but he has a never say die attitude.

    I’m certainly not saying Bulbasaur (or Ben Grimm) has to be anyone’s favorite, just that everyone has to like him, which I think everyone does.

  14. All of my Squirtle-using friends used to make fun of me for choosing Bulbasaur.

  16. BULBASAURRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

    I used to have a life-sized stuffed Bulbasaur.  Wait, can I say “life-sized” about a representation of a cartoon character?  Anyway, I only relinquished it out of space considerations.

  18. There is NO pokemon whose name is more enjoyable to say than Bulbasaur. It is possible to hold entire conversations with people where you say nothing but his name. It is that good…

  20. Jigglypuff, oh how I love thee.

    And Psyduck. Just because I love holding my head and saying “PSY!” when I’m having a rough day.

  22. “Nope, sorry, it’s Jigglypuff, if only for the WB commercial with Batman singing it to Robin.”

    Seconded. I really miss that commercial. That, and the Cartoon Network ones with the Power Puff Girls versus the Legion of Doom.

    “All I want is a decent pair of pants!”

  25. PSYDUCK.

    scotts only half right. its not just because of a bad day, its because of all the vast psychic powers jammed in his head that prove too much for one duck to hold. imagine twenty professor x-es in a battle royale inside a mallards cranium. thats what psyduck has to deal with. ALL THE TIME.

  27. I knew this level of nerdiness was theorhetically possible, but I never thought Id see it.

    You know what I love? Tracking down rare animals and forcing them to live in tiny little round cages until i periodically let them out, in order to have them fight with other rare animals. Now thats childrens entertainment!

  29. i seem to remember the first introduction to squirtle on the tv series. he was running with a posse of 5 other squirtles, just going around being badasses. and they wore shades.

    i’m with squirtle.

  32. I don’t know about Bulbasaur in general, but I do feel Ash Ketchum’s Bulbasaur is a kickass enforcer. Sure, Pikachu’s the main event, but Bulbasaur can fight Pokemon bigger than it, and it didn’t need sunglasses to look cool. And its currently enforcing the peace at Prof. Oak’s place . . . and this is without evolving into Ivysaur.

    What about the current batch, Chris? I’m partial to Croagunk, mostly for the outstanding Poison Jab cockblocks on Brock.

  34. I have to say out of the originals, Charmander was always my favorite. Out of the newest set, my favorite is Piplup.

  35. I don’t have any one favorite, but there’s only one that I got sketched. What can I say? It’s like the one family member who always passes out halfway through Thanksgiving dinner.

  36. Earlofthercs, how dare you imprison bizarre and mystical animals for your own amusement! I challenge you to a children’s card game!

  37. “i seem to remember the first introduction to squirtle on the tv series. he was running with a posse of 5 other squirtles, just going around being badasses. and they wore shades.”

    Oh, Squirtle Squad. How I loved referencing you…

  38. I have to back up Cubone as the most awesome pokemon. I mean, it wears the skull of its DEAD MOTHER. That’s Hitchcockian shit right there, you don’t mess around with Cubone unless you wanna be stabbed to death in the shower. Or something.

  40. Bulbasaur is awesome, but so are Squirtle and Charmander; the original starters were all great along with Psyduck and Jigglypuff. Still, they all pale in comparison to Ash’s Squirtle with the sunglasses, now that’s the most awesome pokemon.

  42. Curious . . . where does Heracross fit into this conversation? Watching it try to suck off Bulbasaur’s bulb always gave me fodder to make jokes.