>>58173141The difference is that with Poliwrath, it's a joke.
Tadpoles are supposed to turn into frogs, so it's funny for a tadpole mon to just become a bigger, angrier tadpole.
Marmots aren't known for undergoing metamorphosis.
Also, gen 1 designs had to be squeezed into a 56x56 sprite, so even the actual examples (Grimer/Muk, Ponyta/Rapidash, Seel/Dugong, Mankey/Primeape, etc.) aren't quite as egregious. GF has the technology to do better than Pawmot now.
