>>19314101That IS the final design. The game can only show off so many poses and yada yada yada Game Freak wanted the Gen V starters to look bad so players would try out more of the new Pokemon instead.
That gif comes from the Best Wishes saga. I believe that the Samurott shown belongs to Cameron, who was basically the worst part of the worst saga in the entire show. For the uninitiated, Cameron/Kotetsu was the faggot who beat Ash in the Unova league. And while that wouldn't normally be too much of a problem, since Ash loses every league anyway, Cameron was a joke. He was genuinely retarded, even compared to Ash Ketchum. He only brought five Pokemon to a full battle, and pulled shit like switching Swanna into Pikachu and sending Ferrothorn out against Pignite. The reasons why he didn't get curbstomped are:
>Ash brought his shittiest team yet>Cameron had a Hydreigon, which he decided to debut in that battle>Cameron's Riolu evolved mid-battle, leading to Lucario bullshit 