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AwayIndependent3896

Spheal , whoever has seen it has agreed on one thing. It's a fluffy round doggo.


joost013

R O L L Y B O L L


Lalybi

I love Spheal so much! Sealeo is really cute too. I live on a top floor apartment. Not gonna make my neighbors suffer a walrein flapping about.


NannersfiveX

I like Ash's philosophy of letting them choose


Fae_Leaf

Rowlet.


Beckphillips

the O R B


Plushcollectorwolf64

Definitely bulbasaur because smol froggo is cute


IxdarRD

#1 in dex #1 in heart


SyracuseNY22

You’re god damn right.


sagan_drinks_cosmos

#Hey! If you start a line with “#,” you trigger reddit’s title case. But you can get around this using the escape character “\\,” like “\\#.” \#601


CaterpieRepresenter

#like this?


CaterpieRepresenter

Omg


mattarei

Along the same line, I never evolved my Rowlet in SM because he's such a cute little guy


dethb0y

Litten is a nice normal cat-size. Torracat is the size of a german shepard - doable, but not nearly as nice as a normal cat. Incineroar is *5'11" and 180 pounds*. So you would literally go from a house pet you could feed with a can or two of food a day, to a whole person you had to deal with. The only real choice is to either not evolve litten at all or to only take him to Torracat; Incineroar is to much.


myychair

Plus it would feel really weird given how human-like it is. It’s one thing to walk into the living room to a cute little cat on my couch but I’d be a little shook if I walked in and there was a 6 foot cat man on my couch 


Devilsgramps

I'm imagining him sitting on the lounge like the man, watching tv


myychair

lol yeah I pictured him sitting cross legged reading a news paper tbh 


sagan_drinks_cosmos

And the newspaper is slowly catching fire


KyleKun

I’m not sure there’s a speed setting for kindling


Cuprite1024

It's especially funny when you compare it to older Pokémon of a similar build. Lucario for example is 3'11" and Nidoking is 4'07". God, Pokémon heights are nonsensical. Lol.


Zyaqun

wtf I always thought Nidoking would be like 6ft tall lol


Secretly_A_Moose

Nido-Short King


WhiteDevil-Klab

Agreed I'd only take him to torracat I've always wanted a little pet tiger lol


SpacePenguin227

Torchic my sweet bby


Cuprite1024

Very appropriate considering how they designed that line. Lol.


Varimarthas5

Caught a shiny hisuian Zorua in Legends Arceus and I don't intend to evolve it


Stretch5678

Same. Zorua are huggable.


Aquila-Calvitium

Me too. I worked hard for that Zorua and I love it the way it is


alex-alone

I would never evolve a Kadabra. The big fluffy tail is so much cooler than Alakazam.


shiner716

Agreed. But I would definitely evolve it for battle. It's just so much stronger. Also, 2 spoons. 🤣


delspencerdeltorro

Double the spoons; double the power!


shiner716

No. It's so it can eat double the cereal. Fruity pebbles with one hand and crunchberries with the other. 😀


Key-Celery5439

So basically, double the power


shiner716

Actually, I say it halves the power of hunger. 🤣 🤣 🤣


Lux-Fox

This is my answer, especially since Kadabra has been on my of my teams since playing red.


Gigabot50

Wooper is perfect the way he is


Original-Childhood

Rockruff. I like him more than any Lycanroc


shiner716

Rockruff is definitely adorbs. Stone puppy ftw. 🐶


JLTE_Mongoose

Totodile and Eevee, but if the Eevee evolved into Sylveon, Umbreon, or Espeon because it felt super safe, secure, and friendly around me I'd be just as pleased if not have my own heart melt of awwwww. Base eevee seems like it would be a very fun pet to have.


WhiteDevil-Klab

I'm partial to Sylveon myself


kyomi5

Bidoof


WhiteDevil-Klab

Real


Kevin5882

You mean God


kyomi5

Yes, the golden God


c_schmidt1012

Goomy. It's perfect the way it is. ❤️


Stretch5678

Friend-shaped little splat.


sagan_drinks_cosmos

Milcery: “Am I a joke to you?”


[deleted]

yeah but alcteamy is actually awesome, goodra eeeehh...


Apartment6843

I honestly feel bad anytime I evolve a paras cause the fungus basically takes complete control over them


Legal-Passenger-745

I don't see what the issue is, your parents raised you and you seem like a pretty fungi


jubtheprophet

id rather it evolve because it effectively dying and just having the fungus as a pet feels more morally correct than having the suffering already infected paras forever imo💀


Apartment6843

https://preview.redd.it/h4myl3o2clqc1.jpeg?width=618&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9171e934622ace15a6bef77d042beed960f9ee7 I mean they look pretty happy in the anime


jubtheprophet

They might look that way, but according to the pokedex that little fella is starving and already under the effects yet unable to stop it. For me at least parasect no longer is conscious so you dont need to worry about it thinking about the fact its losing more and more of its mental faculties every day. Paras: "No matter how much it eats, the mushrooms growing on its back steal away most of the nutrients it consumes." "The mushrooms, known as tochukaso, are controlling the bug. Even if the bug bugs the mushrooms, they tell it to bug off." Parasect: "The bug host is drained of energy by the mushrooms on its back. They appear to do all the thinking." Its really just a tragic evo line all around though ngl, so who knows


Apartment6843

Man Paras lives a horrible life :(


CTBarrel

Chinchou. No hate on Lanturn, but it's just less appealing than chinchou, whom I love.


Stretch5678

Easy choice: Salandit. While I do like Salazzle, I like Salandit more.  While Salazzle looks like she should be the femme fatale in an all-lizard production of *The Maltese Falcon*, Salandit is just pure goober and I love it so much. Its cry is a chuckle and it has a permanent mischievous twinkle in its eye: it always looks like it’s up to something!


Cuprite1024

I always thought it was weird that Salandit has this whole bandit thing going on, and the evolution just ditches it completely.


Stretch5678

I think the idea might have been to give her a sort of “sexy bandit queen” thing, but it just came across as a generic (albeit lizardy) femme fatale.


Competitive-Capital3

Haunter. Easily!


LinkGamer12

Jump into a gyarados infested lake Mindy


Vanish_7

Quilava.


WhiteDevil-Klab

Brethren 🗣️🗣️🗣️


jubtheprophet

had to scroll way too far to see this objectively correct desicion🙏🏽 love that fire blasting weasel


EverGlowTheBunny

Dragonair, hate the design of dragonnite


BigEntertainer8430

Dragonair might be the most beautiful Pokémon. When I look at it, I just think how can I ever evolve this stunner?


Leotsu

Teddiursa. I caught a shiny one and have not evolved him ❤️


MissAmericaChavez

Mudkip and bulbasuar are just too cute to evolve


WhiteDevil-Klab

I heard u like mudkip


MissAmericaChavez

Yeah, I do


Anidran

Phanpy. I don't think I need to explain why


DemiBB

Joltik ❤️


Stretch5678

Most portable Pokémon.


The_Gine

Pawmi. Not bc I like him, but bc I hate pawmo and pawmot


WhiteDevil-Klab

Honestly they should have completely cut out the middle evolution make the last evolution the middle evo and give it a whole new last evolution then whatever they did in the og


The_Gine

Right?? Like how is an evolution just you standing up??


WhiteDevil-Klab

So anti climatic imagine living in the Pokemon world you see it evolving with a bright light you've been waiting for this in world where a gible evoles into a garchomp a ghastly a gengar you get- you get!!! Your pokemon standing up


sagan_drinks_cosmos

It’s like the Dudunsparce gag, but for serious.


The_Gine

I literally found a shiny one randomly and traded it away to someone lol I didn't want him ruining my box


Cuprite1024

Honestly, I think they should have just made Pawmi evolve directly into Pawmot and leave it at that. It didn't need to be a 3-stage line, Pawmo just feels like filler. I mean, it *hardly* changes, and it's existence weakens the impact of evolving into Pawmot because it makes the line change WAY too gradually. With it, it falls into the trap of "It's the same but a bit bigger," whereas without it would *feel* like a more significant change. Even then, it still falls into that trap, just not as bad. Basically, I like Pawmot but I think Pawmo ruins the line and shouldn't exist.


LorgPanther

Axew, I love that lil guy


Nic_Valentine83

But I love Snivy.


cursedwithsex99

Rowlet……its too adorable to evolve…


Porygon-G

Rhydon. You know why.


PotatoesAndRamen

At the top of my head, Squirtle and Crocalor. Damn it, maybe even Turtwig and Grookey.


WhiteDevil-Klab

Grookey gang, grookey gang, grookey gang.


ItsThatGuyIam

Sword and Shield was not at all a game I enjoyed all that much, the dialogue was so cringy. But I. LOVE. Grookey. My biggest regret was evolving him at all. Grookey gang all the way.


Becquerell

Yamper!


locxas

I agree, Yamper is perfect as is


The_PracticalOne

Fenniken. Just a cute little guy trying his best.


AEONmeteorite

Both Torracat and Floragato. Torracat because still looks like cat. Floragato because while it is adorable as just a cat, I'm down for a bandit looking standing cat, though I do wish it stayed on all fours.


Cabitaa

Mareep. I've loved this little guy since gen 2 released.


Orodhen

Sobble and Quaxly. Their evolutions are atrocious.


WhiteDevil-Klab

Sobble esspecially got the short end of the stick


_Comrade_Wombat_

Corphish. I love the way it looks and don't understand why its evolution only has two legs


Karnezar

Haunter, obviously. I also wouldn't want to evolve Pikachu or Totodile, they're cuter in their respective forms. Same with Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander.


WhiteDevil-Klab

I honestly think wartotle is cuter then Squirtle lol


ArletApple

Slowpoke For one he's adorable just the way he is, but also having a shellder clamped on him seems like it would be painful. He can either have this symbiote eating his arm, tail or clamped on his skull. As a responsible pet owner i keep my little babies parasite free.


DeepSeaShellder

No no, uh...you should evolve your slowpoke. He gets uh, really strong and stuff. And don't worry, he stays cute!! Just uh..throw his tail in the water and let him do a little fishing.


AnotherWaveFromYou

I just love wailmer. Having a wailord feels irresponsible.


Helacious_Waltz

Snorunt. Galalie & Frosslass are murderous psycopaths, Snorunt is adorable and safe. I don't recall any Pokedex entries that show it in a negative light so I wouldn't evolve that guy.


Planetdos

In no particular order, and I’m definitely forgetting some crucial ones, but here’s a team of six off the top of my head: Gloom, Haunter, Scyther, Wartortle, Gligar, and Grovyle. Because Vileplume, Gengar, Scizor, Blastoise, Gliscor, and Sceptile feel so much more clumsy, overladen, and slow based off of their clunky designs in comparison (or in the case of Gliscor more robotic)


mattarei

How about Bellossom instead of Vileplume? I'm picking lovely petal princess over Drooly McDroolface


Planetdos

Yeah but you’re forgetting that Gloom has it’s own emoji: 🤤


angelis0236

Gengar > Haunter and I'm tired of pretending it's not


Planetdos

Haunter has cool floating hands, and a spooky jack-o-lantern mouth, only to turn into Gengar, who looks like a purple version of Clefable with a smile that looks penciled in… oh… and mixed with the pillsbury dough boy


JMR027

You act like this is a hot take…. That is for most people


angelis0236

I thought the normal take was haunter being better lol I prefer Gengar


JMR027

I have never heard of haunter being more popular personally


angelis0236

To add my anecdote I've never heard that Gengar is more popular


Pakkaslaulu

Spheal. The evolutions do absolutely no right to that adorable little round doofus! Spheal is literally so damn cute and then the evolutions are just "meh" for Sealeo and "ohgodswhy" for Walrein. Definitely giving my Spheal an everstone!


JaseAreaon

My little Ziggy the Zigzagoon from ORAS. He was my early game HM slave but I had a headcannon that when he wasnt in my party he was back at home being 'moms' house pet.


seanm4c

Fuecoco! He's so cute just the way he is!


TeaCompletesMe

Zigzagoon, always!


Typical-District-176

Cyndaquil. He’s baby


Fangpyre72

Magnemites would stay the cutie he is


Topazure

Fully agree with Dewott. I’d also go with Aipom, Chespin, and Fuecoco. I just love these guys in their base forms and was pretty disappointed with their evolutions.


SlyFisch

Wartortle, I love that guy And dragonaire


WhiteDevil-Klab

How do you get the little Pokemon next your username lol


SlyFisch

It's the user flairs, check out the sidebar for this sub it has instructions


BuildingLess1814

Definitely Kirlia, she's adorable and precious.


Locketank

The size situation with nearly all the Starters. I wouldn't push most of them past their Middle Evolution for the fact it would require significant space to house them. Unless I was traveler or gym leader with dedicated space for them I would be hesitant to evolve anything that be over 4 feet high.


nightmare-salad

Pumpkaboo! They’re so precious and I don’t love the design of gourgeist.


WhiteDevil-Klab

Fellow ghost type enthusiast!


leob0505

Braixen


WhiteDevil-Klab

O.o


I-am-a-me

I would be unable to evolve my ponyta just like in my PLA playthrough. She's just so cute!


hiimRickRenhart

Dewott is indeed a good choice. Wartortle is the one starter I would not evolve. I don’t know why but I love Galarian Farfetch’d and Alolan Rattata.


Canis_Familiaris

Crocalor and Natu. Crocalor cuz cute, Natu cuz making it a Xatu sounds like it should be against the Geneva Convention.


fallen_core

Treecko. An amazing starter design just like the two base starters. Also, it can just sit on my shoulder unlike grovyle and Sceptile


ksswannn03

Fennekin and sprigatito


Leggo-my-eggos

Abra. Kadabra seems like a handful and Alakazam is a smartass. Abra just be chillin 😎


kesje91

Psyduck. I love that one, but Golduck not so much 😂😂


cosmicSpitfire

Deino - Evolving it to Zweilous causes it to constantly fight with itself as they dislike eachother and are jealous for attention. Plus there's the theory that evolving it again means the stronger one of the two takes over the body completely, and the other splits into the mindless heads on its arms. Keep Deino small and happy, so he doesn't have to suffer.


f_l_y_g_o_n

Flaaffy! Shiny Flaaffy specifically


Zoroa0570

Either Zorua or Sprigatito. They are just so cute! Edit: Litten and Eevee are cute too.


LakerBlue

Probably Haunter since some ‘Dex entries say it may attack even its own trainer.


willdabeastest

Wartortle. I would if it were the beta Blastoise, however.


Sg00z

Galarian Meowth. I became attached after watching the Pokémon Journeys series in which they were featured with Purserker. I'd travel with that little guy all over. I have a galarian meowth in Pokémon Violet that I gave an everstone to, but I still leveled up to 100.


SpazzBro

Sprigatito


Kevin5882

I saw the title and was about to say dewott before I saw you already said it, Dewott is absolutely the best stage of the piplup line. When I played black I refused to evolve it for a long time because even if samurott may have higher stats, dewott is just a better pokemon. Also this is probably by design because it'sthe mascot, but pikachu is way better than raichu, who would want that boring thing when you could have a cute little mouse instead?


WhiteDevil-Klab

Honestly wish dewott was stronger so I'd never have to evolve it lol Also alolan raichu > Pikachu imo


KobaruTheKame

Wartortle has dragon vibes I don't want to go away + fluffy bonus. Blastoise is just too big and the cannons are not a good addition either.


czteel

Dreepy my beloved little ghost dog, I would forever let him float around me. The anime really solidified my love for the little guy


Crysser812

Timburr, simply because its evolutions are ugly


NerdFromColorado

I kinda like Conkedurr, but Gurdurr… what’s up with his head? And that clown nose too, why.


Omnixent

Dragonair


Bacon260998_

EVERYONE SIT THE FUCK DOWN I'VE ALREADY AUTISMED THE FUCK OUTTA THIS QUESTION! Ok so basically I would have a Spheal that is afraid of battling so he just rolls around and exists. Yes he would sometimes chill on my shoulder or in my hood occasionally. Yes he would have pixel shades that he would wear when it gets too bright out.


WhiteDevil-Klab

So more of a pet then anything else lol honestly I feel like having a bunch of little ghost types for pets would be cool a golett shuppet here and then misdreavus lampent Mimikyu I'd be the crazy ghost type lady!


Oak1215

Cetoddle is too damn cute as it is.


EvilBosom

Vanillite is my pick!


LoneBlack3hadow

Chansey because then I can throw an eviolite on her.


ZB314

Most puppy pokemon, because they’re just cuter


Savage17YT

Kubfu. I don't care how great Urshifu is, that little guy is perfect just the way he is.


ForgivenCompassion

Cosmog!


alizayshah

Sprigatito and Pichu! Would love to have a Spiky-Eared Pichu.


CalmAlternative5391

Stufful. It's too adorable to evolve into a Bewear. Never happening!


hazyMosquito77

Raboot. He's got pockets.. greatest design of all time


An_D_mon

Floette and espurr


jubtheprophet

I could list off starters that i wouldnt want to evolve like quilava or torracat or wartortle, but i think my #1 choice regardless of the fact that im the one person who seems to love normal types, would for sure would have to be Porygon2. Z almost seems like it needs to be put out of its mysery, a true manmade horror beyond comprehension when you read 2's pokedex entries about how its learned emotions and things like that then Z's all being along the lines of : "Its behavior is noticeably unstable, which is apparently due to the incompetence of the engineer who updated its programming." and "A curious item induced this evolution. The Pokémon's offensive capabilities have greatly increased, but the strangeness of its behavior has magnified in equal measure. This worries me."


bringBackDialectics

Sprigatito


Zealousideal_Plum533

Dragonair looks cool and majestic. Dragonite as much as I love you. You don't look anything like Dratini and Dragonair. So Dragonair it is.


Titom94

Haunter and Golbat. I always thought their evolutions don’t look cooler than them.


RegularBloger

Snivy because yes


dehydratedovenpizza

personally i don’t think i could evolve gabite. hes just so cool looking, like such a badass middle evolution


[deleted]

Porygon2 uncorrupted virtual rubber duck


felini9000

Pancham fr I want to keep my little buddy as my little buddy


Torgo_Unyielding

Misdreavus. It's one of my favorite mons and I think Mismagius is just alright.


Torgo_Unyielding

It's alright. Never played Scarlet/Violet but I think its funny that a Misdreavus adjacent is apparently broken


Firewalk89

Magikarp. He can just enjoy his pond. I'd rather not have it evolve and try to eat the neighbors.


Embarrassed-Top6449

Pikachu, obviously. Only mother fucker rewarded for staying smol


yakun3

Pikachu. I do not like Raichus design at all and Pikachu holding a light ball is stronger anyways. I understand why Ash never lets it evolve.


WhiteDevil-Klab

I'm the opposite actually lol I've always preferred raichu's design lol


yakun3

I prefer Alolan Raichu over Pikachu but the normal form just looks less cute imo. I guess it does look cooler, but there are a lot of cool looking pokemon.


SilentPhysics3495

Ursaring I'd have a Scyther and its evolutions Don't see myself evolving a Primeape, Yamask or Bisharp either


shiner716

Aesthetically, I love kingambit and annihilape. Definitely agree about Scyther and it's evos. I think all 3 should just be separate mons as they're all so different. They only share bug typing. They all play differently because of their secondary typing.


shiner716

If we're talking aesthetically, then I'd say Combuskin because I've always liked it better than Blaziken. If we're talking for battle, then it's Chancey because if you give it eviolite, then it's stronger for its job than Blissey. Side note: I have to strongly disagree with Haunter. Gengar is one of my favorites aesthetically and for battle. Also, it looks awesome when mega evolved and dynamaxed. Just my opinion.


WhiteDevil-Klab

I definitely like gengar it's one of my favorite pokemon (my all time favorite is bannette tho) and I agree it's mega and dynamax is dope so I typically evolve it but I think haunter looks slightly better lol. If I was in the Pokemon world tho I'd make bannette my mega and leave my haunter the way it is maybe eviolite it which is why i wouldn't evolve it


shiner716

Gengar will just always have a special place in my heart because it was the first mon I was ever able to trade evolve. And that was back when it was much harder to do, so I fell in love. I was young so Abra was a pain to catch, and I've just never been a fan of the Machop line, although Machamps dyna looks pretty cool.


zolios_

Frogadier, Torchic, Dusclops, Dunsparce, Lickitung, Venipede, Galarian Mr. Mime, Galarian Farfetch'd, Quaxly, Floragato and probably many more.


hornetsarecool

Sneasel. Such a cool pokemon and I’m not sure Weavile can match it.


Creepydousage

I say Eevee. Sure it's eeeveelutions can be adorable but I think Eevee is more adorable.


[deleted]

I'd absolutely never evolve Charmander.


Wise-Tourist

Always and forever ... Eevee. (They are just too cute) I lowkey want a normal eeveelution call it eeveon or something.


Kekv_Averege_enjoyer

Dunsparce. Why they give him a stupid evolution...


No_Elephant_3146

Magikarp


WhiteDevil-Klab

The only right answer pack it up boys


La_Vou

Gabite no Question I’m not very fond of Garchomp but I ADORE Gabite so much He’s my comfort Pokémon high key Another, Pokémon, I’m quite fond of is Braixen who is far superior it’s final evolution it also looks absolutely fabulous.


Woody_the-cat

Scraggy for sure


PolarSango

The first one that pops into my head is Hatenna. Love the design of It's evos, especially Hattrem, but I often struggle with emotional outbursts. I'd be able to handle poor trust, but I wouldn't want to be punished and/or abused for being who I am.


LinkGamer12

Eevee


Cuprite1024

Probably Zigzagoon. Not because I dislike Linoone (Or Obstagoon if it's the Galarian form) at all, but just cause Zigzagoon is my absolute favorite and I love it. Outside of that, I can't think of any off the top of my head.


ScionEyed

I’ve got 2. Slugma is my favorite, but I’m not a fan of the evo. The second is Braixen because I like it more than Delphox


myychair

Growing up, aipom was my pretend-out-of-pokeball sidekick, a la Pikachu, so definitely going with that.  I also like Hondour more than Houndoom. 


pokexchespin

there’s a lot of cuties i’d probably keep in their first form. even though i like their final evolutions too, aron, swinub, and goomy are all so cute i’d keep them little


Organic-Comparison55

maybe floragato


VivaciousBlanket

Sneasel was my first shiny in gen 9 and I will forever keep it small and pink 


Just-Call-Me-J

All of them. I want a team of all adorable first-stage evos.


AJStroup22

frogadier