>>35780850they weren't meant
they are
bst was fucked up
mr.mime and jynx were a male and female (gen 1 had no genders but it was clear) humanoids with a dress, hairstyle, gloves, 5 fingers and similar looking style for hands, comedy relief mememons, look a burlesque of some western clichè mixed with japanese lore, avaible in kanto through trade only, make up, psychic powers and the theme rather than being based on elements was around their touch sense, were jynx used lips and hands to kiss and slap, mr.mime used its sensible fingers to make screens or slap too
both also look cartoony marionetts, joint dolls or ragdolls beside the cliche aspects, both also have french references, mime does have that french white face paint, jynx was the only one with a french name in the original japanese games and franchise where the others mostly had japanese or english names,
even their stat spreads are pretty much similar but just swapped around
also where electabuzz and magmar are version exclusive those two were ingame trade exclusives, male and female humanoids, one is silent the other is loud, both resort to the touch feel etc
they are indeed counterparts as for the 5BST difference it's probably the same reason comet punch still has 18BP in gen 7, mega alakazam lacked 10BST boost until gen 7 and many such cases: game freak