I was actually surprised to realize that I like a lot of Grass pokemon. Many Grass pokemon have wonderful designs and battle in really cool ways.
Vileplume: I listed off Vileplume in the Poison type poll, but after picking it as the only Grass type that I like from generation one, I'm reminded of how incredibly powerful this guy was while playing through Red and Blue. Victreebell is a pretty impressive pokemon, but the power and speed of Vileplume combined with it's attractive giant flower design makes it the most memorable for me.
Jumpluff: Jumpluff was my favorite Grass type pokemon from generation 2 and it was actually very upsetting to me that it was not a very useful pokemon during that particular generation. I have a belief, that at the time of Jumpluff's conception they purposely gave it a not so great move pool (it's stats although not fantastic are still viable when used properly) due to its incredible brand new type combination. Still despite this, it didn't stop me from running a Jumpluff in my first play through of Silver.
Later on Game Freak gave Jumpluff two huge buffs that make it an incredible battling pokemon. Starting in Generation 3, they introduced "Chlorophyll" to Jumpluff, which allowed Jumpluff to become incredibly fast, however this alone was not enough for it to be competitive, due to a lacking move pool. Generation 4 however gave Jumpluff the final touch it needed, they introduced the one single move to Jumpluff's move pool that makes this pokemon incredible, "Bounce". It may sound strange that a nerfed "Fly" could do so much work for a pokemon like Jumpluff, but it does, and in turn it made Jumpluff into an incredibly frightening "Sunny Day" pokemon which I have used and thoroughly enjoyed. I should also say, the final factor that makes me love Jumpluff is that it is based on my favorite flower, the Dandelion.
Celebi: Celebi quickly became my favorite Legendary pokemon right after Mew. It had an adorable design, it had a mythical background with interesting lore and was explained to be revered as a guardian of the forest, then to top it all off, it is known to travel back and forth through time. I don't use Legendary pokemon for battling, so I have no input on how good this pokemon is competitively (although I recall hearing some negative stuff about it, mostly due to being Psychic type), but the overall design and lore make me really adore this little time traveler.
Ludicolo: This pokemon is pure awesome. I thought this guy was amazing when I found out about it before R/S was released. This pokemon was spoiled to me and I knew that I wanted one on my team and sure enough my very first play through of Sapphire, this guy was on my team the moment I caught him and he stuck with me until the very end. It's design is hilariously awesome, it's vibrant, exciting, energetic, and it is addicted to dancing and partying, just pure awesome. It has probably one of the most amazing type combinations I have ever seen, it is bulky and very hard to kill, it has an absolutely impressive move pool, and seeing it on an opposing team strikes fear into my heart. Ludicolo is an all around incredible pokemon.
Cradily: Cradily is actually what I consider to be more of my favorite Rock pokemon more than being my favorite Grass pokemon. It took me a while before I grew to like Cradily, I didn't really enjoy it until generation 4, I was always attracted to its design but I had no understanding on how to properly battle with it. I understood at the time how to build good wall pokemon, but I had a hard time wanting to use Rock pokemon (which is my second least favorite type) and other than using healing and defensive moves, I was worried that Cradily would be useless without offensive moves. It wasn't until I carefully built one and tried it out with a team that could use it as a proper wall death fodder, that I was finally able to see the amazing utility that this pokemon provides.
It has the second best best defensive type combination in the game which compliments its stats beautifully. Cradily is an ideal choice for heavy offensive teams that support heavy offensive types, where Cradily fits in as the perfect death fodder to hide behind using the types it has that would be considered useless for sweeping. It fits in best with teams that make it appear to be the odd one out.
Whimsicott: The ultimate Prankster, Whimsicott. Although there are a few other pokemon who have the ability Prankster, Whimsicott is the pokemon that has truly stolen the show with this ability. Even during its short run in generation 5 as a solid grass type, it was highly picked over many other grass types due to it having Prankster and having an incredibly huge selection of five star status moves within its move pool. This pokemon is as frightening to face as it is adorable. Then in generation 6 they decided to make it even more incredibly frightening by giving it the Fairy type, and improving its move pool to be appropriate for the added type, making Whimsicott even more of a terror than it was previously. Whimsicott is just an all around fantastic pokemon that is both adorable and a mighty force to be reckoned with, and I enjoy watching its amazing battle style.
Ferrothorn: I love Ferrothorn for almost the same reasons I enjoy Cradily, however Ferrothorn is different from Cradily in that it uses its incredible survival capabilities to be an offensive pokemon which Cradily is not. Ferrothorn is not Death Fodder, it is itself a brutal killer. I mentioned previously that Cradily has the second best defensive type combination in pokemon, well Ferrothorn is the number one best defensive combination and it definitely shows. On top of the absolutley amazing competitive value Ferrothorn has, I also heavily enjoy its overall design. I call it the "Pokey Watermelon".
Breloom: So I sadly forgot to vote for the "Other" category for Grass type pokemon, because I didn't realize until after I voted that Breloom is not on this list. Which is weird because Breloom is my absolute favorite Grass and Fight type pokemon, I have no idea how it slipped my mind, but it did. Luckily I voted for Breloom as my favorite Fight type pokemon, and all the reasons I love Breloom are in that thread, so I don't think I need to go over it again, but I just feel plain silly for forgetting about it in this thread, until writing this comment.
