>>40517117Eh, I'd argue for the other way around.
Most of Lucario's popularity comes from it being a knockoff of that dark brooding Sasuke stereotype and having the one in the anime movie fit the bill.
Sure, Charizard's got that "it's just a big mean dragon" thing going for it, but TPC hasn't given anyone a chance to forget the damn thing because they keep bringing them back constantly and giving it two megas, a Gmax form, and a fuckton of spotlight in a lot of different parts of the franchise.
