If we go way back into the original Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver for the Gameboy Color time, I've got a story that you might like.
My bro and I had just got the games, and we were in our respective rooms playing though them. Later that night, my brother came into my room and said that he had just got his first badge (which I had also obtained). He wanted to do a quick link battle because "now that I have my first badge, I am awesome."
I didn't have many Pokémon at the time, so I agreed thinking I would loose and just feed his ego.
Anyway, durring the fight, I was able to knock out a few of his Pokémon and he the same to me. At the end, it was his starter (Cyndaquil) VS my Metapod.
Since I caught Metapod as a Metapod and didn't level it up, it only knew Harden, so I did all I could do, which was Harden every single turn.
By the end of the match, Cyndaquil was ding at max 1 HP worth of damage to Metapod. While I didn't win, it was quite funny to see the battle last for like 10 minutes just on those two alone.
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