Anybody want to tell any anecdotes, amusing stories, etc. about pokemon from their childhood? I don't care if your first game was literally diamond and pearl, I like to listen to this shit.


Here's mine: when I was little, I had this friend named Marc who was really into pokemon. He was the kind of kid who would actually know strategy and stuff because his cousin told him, he would know about the legendaries, pretty much everything. He used to love dinosaurs, lizards, and especially dragons, which is the reason why he loved mad charizard, dragonite and aerodactyl (and later latios, latias, salamence, etc.). He was a nice kid, but also a little bossy and inconsiderate. So I considered him kind of my rival. But, still my friend. When I got a GBA he actually lend me his pokemon red, which must have been the bomb at the time. So, when it came to pick a starter, I had to think for a while. I was a really meek kid, so most of my friends expected me to pick either squirtle or bulbasaur. Marc really expected me to pick squirtle, as a rival to have advantage over him. But to everyone's surprise, I chose charmander. I knew charmander was very strong, because of all the stuff my friend told me about it, the anime probably, etc, and I didn't want to take the weak choice. I wanted the strong choice. Because for the first time, I didn't want to act the way that other people expected or wanted me to. I wanted charmander, because I wanted to be as strong as Marc, so that was the most logical choice for me. And even though charizard isn't my favourite pokemon now (at the time, pikachu, alakazam and gengar were), he still holds a special place in my heart because of this story.

So that's it. Thank you for your time.