>>56423279>HoothootAlready used by the sages of the Sprout Tower, therefore it would be extremely redundant if Falkner also had Hoothoot.
>NatuXatu is already used later by Will.
>MurkrowAlready used later by Karen, also a dark type that the player themselves wouldn't get to catch until Kanto, leaving them with an annoying cocktease that'll haunt them for the entirety of Johto.
>DelibirdLiteral meme pick, but also because Present would be too powerful at that point in the game.
>SkarmorySteel type, which would be far too early to introduce and take away from Jasmine, who in GSC introduces Steel as a "recently discovered" type, therefore it would make little sense for Falkner to use a Skarmory when his Pokemon were inherited from his father.
