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very interesting post, thanks for sharing this. I did notice the number in a decent number of places, but I never took the time to look into it's re-occurrence before.
I think leaving growlith the same is fine. If every Pokemon had lots of evolutionary stages, it would not feel as unique. It would also be hard to balance.