>>51475048Uh huh, there was a magical switch between the mon made after metapod(who was inserted right next to caterpie) who was actually the Venonat evo made after the fact and in actuality the randomly before a few slots before Caterpie Venomoth was the intended evo.
There was totally a swap, Gamefreak just magically swapped around the internal order to facilitate it.
Its not like Venomoth actually looks like Caterpie either besides "they have crests", it looks like neither mon in actuality; its a pretty big reach to act like it belongs with Caterpie either.
And while people love to act like Butterfree keeps all aspects it really doesn't; where did the fluff go? It doesn't really make sense as an evolution of the Venonat design either(and yes, Venonat came first by far).