Here where I live the Charizard evolution was Carbonard.
Also:
>Orange Islands
>Togepi
>Get Misty and Brock travelling with you in Yellow
>Secret Unknown Dungeon point where you can catch every Pokémon who shares main type with your starter
>Give a Nidoking at the Celadon Rocket, you'll get Truck keys, the S.S. Anne will be back at the port and the captain gives you a Level 100 Onix, go outside, teach Strength to Onix to move the truck and get Mew, then use the keys and bike is replaced with truck
>Name a Kangaskhan Mew, at 100 it will evolve into Mew
>If you're playing Gen II games: breed Jynx with male Alakazam, name the resulting Smoochum Mew, give it Everstone, bring Smoochum at 100, change name back and - ta-da - Mew