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Despite Gen 3's faults, it gave me three of my favorite evolutionary lines.
Embrace line gave me two evolutions that I adore, the Salamence line gave me a story of determination and accomplishment, and Feebas evolving when it finally becomes beautiful reinforced the same thing that Magikarp into Gyarados did, as well as the Salamence line.
Gen 4 gave me my favorite professor, somebody who thought that Pokemon evolution was the most important and interesting aspect that there was.