>most popular Gen 2 starter
>gets shafted in the remakes
>gets shafted in the anime special
>every single one of Ash's Johto starters evolve except him, Dawn gets a Cyndaquil
>shitty one off character gets him as a starter and it evolves in a battle against Ash's monferno and Dawn's cyndaquil, still loses
>fully evolved form appears in ONE movie
>gets paired with Silver fucking everywhere despite fitting more with Gold
>really only got moments to shine in Ken sugimoris art back in Gen 2

The same thing happened with Swampert when ORAS was remade, someone please explain this to me.

Also can we please have a Feraligatr Appreciation thread? I feel like he never gets any love despite his supposed popularity.