>>19219544>May's Bulbasaur already became a Venasaur while Ash's remained a BulbasaurIts implied, hell its been stated Ash's Bulba CHOOSES to remain unevolved. He still has way more power than even the average Venasaur. Hell, there was an episode on this. He stood up to a motherfucking Vensaur chieftan way early in the series. And he's only become more powerful now. I am very much sure his Bulbasaur could wreck the shit out of her Venasaur, or even most people's Venasaur's if put in a fight.
Bulba gets training and shit done at Oak's Lab, and he's also the resident diplomat/negotiator.
Some of Ash's other Pokemon are more of a weird case, because its not clear they want to remain unevolved. I mean Cyndaquil did finally evolve, right? So he's not holding him back. Bayleef is a weird one because she's clearly been powerful enough to evolve a long time ago. I don't get why she stays the way she is
besides her voice being just adorable when she goes BAY BAY BAAAAY.