>>53957659Middle stage pseudos usually feel pretty extraneous.
Dragonair is just bigger Dratini.
Metang is just Metagross with fewer limbs.
Gabite is just smaller Garchomp.
Zweilous is just Deino with an extra head.
Sligoo is just smaller Goodra without legs.
Jaramo-o is just smaller Kommo-o.
Drakloak is just smaller Dragapult.
Arctibax is just bigger Frigibax.
You probably didn't even realize that I said "Jaramo-o" when the middle stage is actually called "Hakamo-o". That's how forgettable it is.
GF designs the first and final stage, and the middle stage is half-assed.
Pupitar and Shelgon only get around being indistinct by being "cocoon" forms.