>>35573015Bumping with Charizard. It didn't cleanly earn its popularity given the anime, but it wasn't explicitly shilled there until later. In fact I remember it being well reviled in my circle of friends for losing Ash his match against Richie. A lot of people hate how much attention it gets now, but it legitimately held onto its popularity for a long ass time without GF needing to remind anyone of it constantly.
