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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:13:26 No.52750369 View View Reply Original Report

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>1998: "lol nobody picks Bulbasaur"
>2000s: "lol easy mode"
>2010s: "Bulbasaur is the best starter!"
>2020s: "I want to fuck Ivysaur!!"
How did this happen?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:17:02 No.52750389 Report

Quoted By: >>52754130

>>52750369
Either contrarianism or just being tired of Charizard.
However Venusaur is still the strongest of the starter trio.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:25:28 No.52750427 Report

Quoted By: >>52750444 >>52751653

>>52750369
ivysaur has a cute girl voice in Japanese smash bros that will make you fall in love with it. I don't want to fuck ivysaur but smash made me want it as a pet/bro mon more than almost any other pokemon and I assume the cute girl voice puts furries (warties?) over the edge

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:27:49 No.52750439 Report

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>2020s: "I want to fuck Ivysaur!!"
>How did this happen?
Gee, I don't even know...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:29:02 No.52750444 Report

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>>52750427
>ivysaur has a cute girl voice in Japanese smash bros that will make you fall in love with it. I don't want to fuck ivysaur but smash made me want it as a pet/bro mon more than almost any other pokemon
literally me

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:45:55 No.52750535 Report

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Back in the day my sister was the only person who I knew who picked Bulbasaur. Everywhere else was actually a fairly even split between Charizard and Blastoise, it wasn't until later on I noticed Charizard shilling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:52:20 No.52750566 Report

Quoted By: >>52750576

>>52750369
Social Media
Twitter and Tumblr painted the loser pick to the underdog

soys love the undedog

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:53:25 No.52750576 Report

Quoted By: >>52750601 >>52751646

>>52750566
>underdog
maybe in your school only

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:58:04 No.52750601 Report

Quoted By: >>52750607

>>52750576
Obviously it took years to achieve as OP is talking about the timeline>>52750369
Twitter and Social Media Exploded around 2010

what year is that poll btw?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:59:30 No.52750607 Report

Quoted By: >>52750625 >>52751664

>>52750601
>what year is that poll btw?
around SWSH's release

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:01:54 No.52750625 Report

Quoted By: >>52750629

>>52750607
basically a a cumulation of feel sorry for the loser pick underdog propaganda.

until now its still ongoing in tumblr and twitter
they can network voting polls there easily as well as here

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:02:43 No.52750629 Report

Quoted By: >>52750644

>>52750625
cope

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:05:10 No.52750644 Report

Quoted By: >>52750667

>>52750629
https://twitter.com/bulbaganda

>Joined September 2009
bandwagon propaganda works

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:09:37 No.52750667 Report

Quoted By: >>52750685

>>52750644
>he thinks people like bulbaganda
everyone hates that guy

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:10:26 No.52750672 Report

Quoted By: >>52750684

>>52750369
It's still a shitmon, ugly and forgettable, it took them 3 fucking gens to make a decent looking grass starter and grass is still the type with the worst looking starters (only counting the 1st evo)

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:11:15 No.52750684 Report

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>>52750672
your furry ass opinion is irrelevant, sceptile fag

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:11:43 No.52750685 Report

Quoted By: >>52750709 >>52753795

>>52750667
either way the damage is done
he is one of the soys that made the loser pick into a popular one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:13:01 No.52750696 Report

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>>52750369
the bulbasaur line has always been cool imo. big dino plant frog thing is sick. all the gen 1 starters are really cool though. i think charizard and blastoise have been let down a bit by the modern artwork and models, which is why venusaur seems to have risen in popularity.

>also people are getting annoyed at shillmon charizard now

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:14:51 No.52750709 Report

Quoted By: >>52750720

>>52750685
are you seriously so stupid to think a Gen1 pokemon is only popular because of a twitter account?
you Social Media zoomers are so fucking stupid

now tell me Japan only likes the mascot of Green Version because of a western person

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:16:57 No.52750720 Report

Quoted By: >>52750805

>>52750709
>2019 survey
>Social Media zoomers are so fucking stupid
thats why they get easily bandwagon into liking the loser pick
Not just twitter but Tumblr as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:20:50 No.52750749 Report

Quoted By: >>52751123 >>52752009 >>52752130

>>52750369
In all honesty battling was so different when red and blue came out. Was literally whoever had the hardest hits.
Charizard was the most picked for this reason.
Now there's abilities, proper type advantages and actual strategy Venusaur is unquestionably more useful.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:27:52 No.52750779 Report

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>>52750369
It's more likely your online habits in the 2020s

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:32:26 No.52750805 Report

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>>52750720
>Ash's Bulbasaur stayed with Ash for 5 seasons
>Squirtle and Charizard stayed for 3 seasons
>Adventures' Manga has Red with Bulbasaur
>b-but it's j-just s-social media bro
stupid iPhone zoomer

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 12:30:41 No.52751102 Report

Quoted By: >>52752191

Bulbasaur was my first starter when I got Blue Version as a kid. Still my favorite to this day. I always like all three of the original starters and their lines but bulbs just seemed like a natural bro.

Ash's Bulbasaur in the anime, being the wise leader and problem solver only made me like it more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 12:31:38 No.52751111 Report

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>>52750369
>2020s: "I want to fuck Ivysaur!!"
Literally just one autist, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 12:35:51 No.52751123 Report

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>>52750749
People picked charizard because they were 4-12 and he was the cool dragon on the box

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 12:39:51 No.52751140 Report

Quoted By:

>>52750369
One of these is not like the others

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 13:17:47 No.52751294 Report

Quoted By:

>>52750369
Kids love edgy fire starters
teenagers love water starters
adults love grass starters

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 13:19:53 No.52751304 Report

Quoted By: >>52751991

>>52750369
Bulbasaur is sexier

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 14:13:19 No.52751646 Report

Quoted By: >>52751664

>>52750576
>Bulbassur and not Venushit

Cope

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 14:14:12 No.52751653 Report

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>>52750427
He's male

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 14:15:39 No.52751664 Report

Quoted By: >>52751995

>>52751646
Venusaur was like #23 in Kanto category, against 150 pokemon
it's also doing well in merchs >>52750607

put in mind that they rarely shilled Venusaur like Bulbasaur, yet it still withstood the times

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 14:53:39 No.52751991 Report

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>>52751304
Bulbasaur is a cute fat shota

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 14:54:39 No.52751995 Report

Quoted By: >>52752004

>>52751664
>All of this cope that doesn't change the fact that his ugly toad is still far less loved than the other Kanto starters

KEKW

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 14:55:51 No.52752004 Report

Quoted By: >>52752720

>>52751995
Bulbasaur is still more popular than Charizard and Blastoise lines.
that's alone makes me happy and makes you seething :)

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 14:56:36 No.52752009 Report

Quoted By: >>52752840 >>52753387

>>52750749
>whoever had the hardest hits
Like Venussur critting with Razor Leaf?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 15:13:41 No.52752130 Report

Quoted By: >>52753387

>>52750749
>Was literally whoever had the hardest hits.
>Venusaur's Special stats: 100
>Charizard/Blastoise special stats: 85
you are making a fool out of yourself

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 15:17:25 No.52752149 Report

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People only liked bulbasaur ironically, but as with all things when you do something ironically enough you eventually start doing them earnestly which is how I now find myself owning having mostly Hawaiian shirts in my wardrobe and half a dozen pairs of crocs in different colors

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 15:22:37 No.52752181 Report

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>the very first starter in the biggest franchise in the world is only liked because of twitter and irony meme
American education, everyone

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 15:23:22 No.52752191 Report

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>>52751102
Same, the only bad part of bulbasaur line is venusaur looks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 16:25:55 No.52752720 Report

Quoted By: >>52752826

>>52752004
In your dreams maybe

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 16:40:35 No.52752826 Report

Quoted By: >>52753783

>>52752720
cope

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 16:42:29 No.52752840 Report

Quoted By: >>52752881

>>52752009
More like Charizard hitting with Slash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 16:48:35 No.52752881 Report

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>>52752840
Charizard + Slash: no stab bonus + uses Charizard's low 80 attack stats

Venusaur + Razor Leaf: Stab bonus + uses Venusaur's 100 Special stats.

do the math

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:12:09 No.52753079 Report

Quoted By: >>52753213 >>52753263

Everyone who says they grew up with kids hating Bulbasaur and only picking Charmander and Squirtle is an American. Japan and everywhere else always loved the Bulba line

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:25:59 No.52753213 Report

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>>52753079
Just proves that charmander pussies were always insecure people who had to bully bulbasaur pickers just to feel good about their worst starter pick in Kanto.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:27:42 No.52753227 Report

Quoted By: >>52753324

>>52750369
>2030s: "UOOOOOOOOOOOH I NEED VENUMOMMY TO PAMPER AND SPOIL ME"

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:30:56 No.52753263 Report

Quoted By: >>52753350 >>52753408 >>52753601 >>52753971

>>52753079
American opinions are the only ones that matter, not sure why it's so hard for all of you to understand this
Everybody else's culture exists down stream of ours. If you're not american you're just an npc that lives in some distant country only referenced to flush out lore

If charizard is only popular because of Americans then no wonder it became a mascot and none of the others did

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:36:10 No.52753324 Report

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>>52753227
>Americans opinions on a Japanese game matter
aw sweety underage americunt is losing it

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:39:04 No.52753350 Report

Quoted By:

>>52753263
>third world county matters
LOL

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:44:11 No.52753387 Report

Quoted By: >>52753394

>>52752009
>>52752130
EVERYONE ran Charizard with slash (which would always crit), earthquake and fire blast. Nobody used sleep moves, toxic, leech seed or anything like that until Gen 2. Strategic battling started in gen 2.
You are clearly either too young to have been there or have forgotten.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:44:49 No.52753394 Report

Quoted By: >>52753404 >>52753454 >>52753769

>>52753387
>there are more stupid people in the world than smart people
>So my stupid argument is valid now!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:45:45 No.52753404 Report

Quoted By:

>>52753394
He's got a point

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:46:09 No.52753408 Report

Quoted By:

>>52753263
Just in case you're not baiting the USA solely exists to be a npc golem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:48:31 No.52753431 Report

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I played around with all of them. I think I took the other two first since they were the mascots, though (squirtle first).

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:49:37 No.52753446 Report

Quoted By: >>52753469

Pretty sure Bulbasaur destroys 90% of gyms, it was always popular.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:50:11 No.52753454 Report

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>>52753394
>everyone in the past was stupid
You're not factoring in the ease of checking and comparing stats, movesets and whatnot now as well as knowledge of how the battle mechanics work. The internet didn't exist then as it does now.
Back then you would had to look these things up in strategy books and things like that. These things were either put out as advertisement of the game, which would present all three final evolutions as equals or money grabs by people that had no clue and at best a singular opinion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:51:23 No.52753469 Report

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>>52753446
At the time it was widely spread around that:
Bulbasaur = easy mode
Squirtle = average mode
Charmander = hard mode

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 17:52:05 No.52753478 Report

Quoted By:

This destroys the western NPC bots

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:06:26 No.52753601 Report

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>>52753263
>A “I support my political party the same way I support my sports team” american wrote this…

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:14:41 No.52753673 Report

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>>52750369
I dunno about the fuck part. But when other fire types got better and more game mechanics got added in later generations Charizard lost his appeal. Arcanine has been my bro since gen4s physical/special split

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:16:30 No.52753690 Report

Quoted By: >>52753770

>>52750369
It's just the same few people that actually did pick Venusaur being really loud and annoying, insecure about the fact no one else chose venusaur

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:26:53 No.52753769 Report

Quoted By: >>52753794

>>52753394
>He thinks bulbashitfags are smart

HAHAHHAHA

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:26:55 No.52753770 Report

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>>52753690
there are several pics in this thread that show Bulbasaur being more popular than charmander and squirtle

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:28:33 No.52753783 Report

Quoted By: >>52753846

>>52752826
I guarantee you half those bulbashit tweets are shitting on the hideous toad

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:29:35 No.52753794 Report

Quoted By: >>52754156

>>52753769
Charizard sisters, this is our IQ level on pokemon...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:29:38 No.52753795 Report

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>>52750685
I’m sorry for liking a Pokémon?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:30:49 No.52753807 Report

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>>52750369
Bulbasaur's line has amazing shines.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:31:47 No.52753810 Report

Quoted By: >>52753846

>>52750369
>How did this happen?
The losers that liked to eat glue in school, have grown up and instead of getting proper jobs and money like the chads that picked squirtle and charmander decided instead to get into creative and development.
Now those trannies and losers are trying to justify their shit taste even when Charizard and Blastoise are still more popular with the masses

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:35:52 No.52753846 Report

Quoted By: >>52753950

>>52753783
then that also means that charizard fags are stupid because they helped Bulbasaur getting more viral if your theory is true

>>52753810
>autistic furries are chad
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:38:26 No.52753862 Report

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>1998: "WOW CHARIZARD!!"
>2000s: "I WANT TO FUCK CHARIZARD"
>2010s: "I WANT TO FUCK CHARIZARD"
>2020s: "I WANT TO FUCK CHARIZARD"
How did this happen?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:46:29 No.52753950 Report

Quoted By: >>52753977

>>52753846
>Bulbasaur getting more viral
The losers online that vote for bulbasaur are not the ones playing the games. That's why they always shill Blastoise and Charizard first.
Just admit that venusaur is pathetic like it's fans.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:48:20 No.52753971 Report

Quoted By:

>>52753263
America is a tumor that grew too big

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:48:59 No.52753977 Report

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>>52753950
Venusaur was one of Kukui's pokemon in Sun and Moon finale, and got an entire episode in Journeys, Blastoise got nothing.

The last TCG art event they asked artists to draw Charizard and Bulbasaur, not not any of Blastoise's line members. (Bulbasaur, Greninja and Arcanine won at the end btw)

There are Charizard and Bulbasaur islands in Rumble Rush, but nothing for Blastiose line

I can go on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 19:05:01 No.52754130 Report

Quoted By:

>>52750389
Venusaur was always the strongest, I always liked blastoise movepool better though, ice moves are just too cool to pass up

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 19:08:22 No.52754156 Report

Quoted By: >>52754228 >>52754429

>>52753794
Gen1fags are not human, what's new to know?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 19:15:35 No.52754228 Report

Quoted By:

>>52754156
cope

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 19:36:44 No.52754429 Report

Quoted By:

>>52754156
I don't think many people that played gen1 on release are trannies for you to make this argument.

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