>>43319791>>43319798Gen 6
Greninja - Pushed and Extremely popular -> Franchise face
Snowflake anime super form, broken HA, SM alternate form distribution, smash
Sylveon - Pushed and Very popular -> Franchise face?
Face of the fairy type, cap on eeveelutions seemingly
Aegislash, Noivern, Goodra -> Organically popular
Helioptile isn't worth mentioning
Gen 7
Rowlet - Pushed and Popular
Merch, makes a joke out of its evos, dedicated scene-stealing humormon
Incineroar - Pushed (anime portrayal) and Fairly popular
Anime Kukui’s Incineroar destroying both starters in one attack in its debut, crux of final battle is Incineroar vs. Torracat (which then evolves into roar immediately after), VGC king, smash
Lycanroc - Pushed and Fairly popular
New form is giftmon face of ultra games, lycanroc mirror match is crux of ash’s first-ever winning league championship battle
Zeraora - Pushed? (honestly know nothing about this guy) and Fairly popular
Mimikyu - Organically very popular -> Franchise face?
Decidueye - Organically popular (unless you think being humiliated by Rowlet helped kek)
Gen 8 - It’s hard to tell most of this yet
Cinderace -> Pushed?
Copying Greninja’s HA, multiple unique moves like it as well, seemingly an anime push?
Inteleon?
Popular in Japan and may have some important anime presence as well
Dragapult, Toxtricity, Corviknight, Snom -> Organically popular (although it may be worth considering that Toxel is an early-game giftmon)
