Disappointment In Starter Evolution?

I saw a thread like this over on Serebii.

I remember that when the Unova starters where released, everyone's initial thought was "I am so choosing Tepig". But then the evolutions were released, and they discovered that cute little Tepig evolves into a fat pig wearing a corset. Most people were disappointed, but it was not the first time that it happened.

Even though most people find Tepig's evolutions "ugly", my brother ended up choosing Tepig when playing White (it's his first time going with a Fire Starter) cos he hated Oshawott (he used to always pick Water Starters). He just likes Tepig cos it resembles P-chan.

So, where you ever disappointed by an evolution of a starter? Did you pick that starter anyway?

This includes both middle and final evolutions of starters.

Starter evos to discuss: Ivysaur/Venusaur, Charmeleon/Charizard, Wartortle/Blastoise, Bayleef/Meganium, Quilava/Typhlosion, Croconaw/Feraligatr, Grovyle/Sceptile, Combusken/Blaziken, Marshtomp/Swampert, Grotle/Torterra, Monferno/Infernape, Prinplup/Empoleon, Servine/Serperior, Pignite/Emboar and Dewott/Samurott.

Oshawott's final evolution is terrible and hardly even resembles the first 2 forms. It's closer to Walrein if anything. It would be more acceptable as part of a separate evolutionary chain in my opinion, not apart of Oshawott's.

Snivy's final evolution was also disappointing. It's almost nothing to look at, design-wise. It's odd to compare how each form of Snivy looked to each other then you see Serperior stick out so awfully.

Ivysaur to Venusaur... I still have a hard time evolving those two to their full forms, where they turn into some enormous monster with a funny-looking mouth and warts. I was just never a fan of it, personally. Same exact thing goes for Wartortle to Blastoise, only imo it's not as bad as the former - Blastoise at least has some cool points, like its shell cannons.

The evolution of Torchic to Combusken and Blaziken also confused me a bit at first lol. An obvious chick evolving into a very humanlike fighting bird seemed like quite the concept change. I love Torchic but don't like its final form at all. ):

Emboar being the third Fire-Fighting dual-type starter yet. I don't mind too much how it looks, just the repetitive typing theme it has continued.
Also Venusaur, it's just ugly.

I chose Tepig as my starter and I really regret it now. I've always chosen fire types and now I'm thinking about restarting (I'm not that far anyway) and going with Snivy.

Ivysaur to Venusaur never really appealed to me much, you could say? I thought it was very ugly and when I was little, I was scared of Bulbasaur's final evolution...

I said something on serebii, but the GEN V starters dissapointed me. Namely Emboar. I wish it were something else other than fire/fighting >:c

I thought Totodile got progressively uglier... I love Totodile and Croconaw but Feraligatr looks more like a leather blob.

I was originally going to start with Snivy in White, but after seeing the stats and movepools of its evolved forms, I was disappointed. So I went with Tepig instead.

I was also somewhat disappointed in Tepig's evolved forms; a third Fire/Fighting starter in a row is too much already.

Totodile is one of my fav starters but yeah, its evolved stages look odd to me.
I've always liked Charmeleon and Charizard stages. Maybe because i loved Ash's charizard haha...

Attribule said:

Snivy's final evolution was also disappointing. It's almost nothing to look at, design-wise. It's odd to compare how each form of Snivy looked to each other then you see Serperior stick out so awfully.

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This pretty much just seems it up for me. When 5th Gen coverage began I was pretty stoked about Snivy I thought it was going to be Grass/Dragon at first it really didn't strike me as a snake. Then I saw Servine and Dewott about a week or so prior to the release(this was due to the Battle Club episode) so I wasn't too disappointed. When all the pokemon concept designs and most of the other Gen V pokemon were revealed I thought they were trollin cause the designs looked atrocious. This is why I opted for Emboar cause it was the less of evils for me.

Kirbychu said:

I would say that Totodile is the prime culprit here. Croconaw is absolutely horrendous. I think Feraligatr is tolerable though. .-.

However, he's still rivaled by Tepig. I'm not a huge fan of the little guy anyways, but they actually managed to make him much worse. On top that, they slapped on Fire/Fighting for the third time.

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You must not like the fact that Tepig is Ash very Unova starter to evolve then.

I am sorta disappointed in Oshawatt. He turns from a cute little Oshawatt into an awesome Samurai and then what?? Some horse/creatire thing with a stick sticking out of its head. That really throw me off.

I've been waiting for a thread like this. XD Anyway, while I like Chikorita and Meganium, I've never been a fan of Bayleef. It's not the worst design evolution, but it's not as good aesthetically as Chikorita and Meganium. A similar situation applies with Torchic, Combusken and Blaziken. I love Torchic and Blaziken, but Combusken is pretty meh. And yeah, I agree with the whole Tepig thing. Emboar isn't as good looking as Serperior or Samurott, but I picked it anyway~ XP

The biggest disappointment, and not only from gen V but from all gens, was Samurott. Wow, what is that thing even? Dewott had great potential, his colours were nice, he was bipedal like most starters, could have turned into something great and they design something unicorn/walrus thing like Samurott. I just didn't get that at all, it's the sole reason I didn't get an Oshawott btw. I also love Emboar though so I might haven't gotten it anyway.

So yeah i already knew how horrible the starters were in this gen way before i started but i still chose Oshawott... Other than him the only other water starter i have chosen is Totodile and boy what surprise did i get when it started evolving back in the days... That was horrendous with Feraligart >,<

I was never really a big fan of some other starters like Grottle, i did LOVED Piplup though but i always pained me to see him evolve that i wanted to press B always always. And let's not forget our dear friend Mudkip, with he's Marshstomp and Swampert evos... That is a DEAL breaker.

Treeko and Grovyle were bear-able to look at but that Sceptile with that huge tail >,< Nonononono always hated it...

I agree with the people who're saying Venusaur. I was a little disappointed by that, and it turned me off to grass starters ever since. Chikorita brought me back a little bit, but Meganium's end sprite in the actual game turned me off completely for the next few generations.

5th gen starters in general, really; Oshawott's final form I am certainly okay with but Dewott suggested something better or at least a different direction. Tepid's line was meh for myself, and Seperior not too interesting either for myself...

Sceptile never really appealed to myself much either. Feraligatr I like though; looks big and tough which is what it is.

I like most starters but I don't like the looks of the Torchic line or Tepig line. I'm not too big a fan of prinplup either.
I don't know where I stand with Samurott. I like its looks better then its pre-evolved forms but at the same time it looks like a completly diffrent creature. Even with Magikarp there were some traces when it evolved but I see nothing in the leap Samurott does.