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People didn't freak out because they realized Venusaur are frog-like, they freaked out at seeing a good animation that showed it after two generations of garbage. The anime had already showed them hopping like that and so did the old 3D games. And various interviews outright mention the line was based on frogs.

Yes, some retards were loudly surprised or even against it but making their opinion count is like taking meme posts as serious replies.