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I have so many Pokémon I feel I prefer over their evolved forms. Notable ones being Wartortle, Ivysaur, Porygon2, Joltik, and Frillish. Definitely a lot more I'm forgetting too :x What about you guys?

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Grovyle, Dewott and Pidgeotto are the only ones that stick out to me the most. Idk why but Pidgeotto is just miles cooler than Pidgeot to me.
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Charjabug is kinda obvious for me. Nothing against Vikavolt; it's just that Charjabug is as great as Pokémon can get. In a similar vein, I'm more fond of Pokémon like Sneasel, Palpitoad, and Rowlet than their evolved forms. I like Grovyle more than Sceptile and almost Treecko more than Grovyle, but a bit of that can be traced back to my Mystery Dungeon bias.

Then there's Vanillite, which is kinda an odd case for me. Vanilluxe is my favorite Ice-type, but I can't say nearly the same for Vanillish. Vanillite and Vanilluxe are cute, but Vanillish looks...kinda weird.

If I wanted to throw shade at certain Pokémon though, I'd say Yamper and Carkol are two Pokémon I like more than their evolved forms. I don't like Boltund or Coalossal much.

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I like Dragonair way more than I like Dragonite. I mean, Dragonite’s great but I just love how sleek and elegant Dragonair is.

Bergmite is cute too but it’s evolution is so.. unappealing. I feel similarly about Drifloon, Spritzee, and Whismurr.
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Snom for sure. runners-up include Teddiursa, Pikachu, Vigoroth, Cacnea, & Sneasel. i would've included Togepi, but Togekiss has grown on me over the years.
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Usually, I like the final evolution of any Pokemon line the most. Exceptions are Poliwhirl because it's very cute, Electabuzz because it's strong, fast, and I love special attackers, and Dusclops because I like its design a lot.

Also to a lesser extent Trubbish and Yamper, but only because I don't like their evolutions.
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I also prefer evolved mons more but there are many unevolved mons I do prefer over evolved as well: Scyther, Stufful, Rolycoly, Yamper, Riolu, Kirlia (over Gallade), Murkrow (I do love Honchkrow tho), Eevee (over Glaceon), and probably others I'm missing but these are the notable ones.
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I'll agree with some people here that Colossoal seems like a weird left turn from the way Carkol and Rolypoly were going.

Also Yamper is a ball of lovable fluff and Boltund seems a bit ... weird? Like, I know it's a greyhound and greyhounds are lovable little aliens but it seems like too big of a leap, I don't know.

I feel a lot of Gen IV evolutions (Magmortar, Electivire, Togekiss, etc.) are kinda weird as well, like, they're very thicc and round and don't seem to mesh that well with the original forms - the exception being Roserade, which I absolutely love. It looks like it's a super hero, I just love it.

Also Boldore, Torracat and Grookey look weird to me? Like, they scream "Puberty hit me and not in the fun way" and seem just so ... awkward. Maybe that's the point? Awkard teen years for a middle evolution.

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Rhydon over Rhypeiror.

To such an extent it's one of the few I'd almost rather not evolve.

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Awwww, I love Wartortle so much personally. ;o; But Squirtle is insanely cute too!

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Electabuzz definitely. I always considered Electivire to be overrated and feel they could've done much more for that evolution. I also like Bonsly a bit more than Sudowoodo though they're both two of my favorites. Gligar is preferred to Gliscor for me. And I definitely like Gabite over Garchomp and Zweilous over Hydreigon. Dragon types can get a bit gruesome at times.
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Dewott, Magmar and Yamper are the definite champions for me. Or victims, as they are the ones who suffer with their evolutions lmao

Nickit and Trubbish in a lesser extent.

Finally, Cubone and Torracat. But I also love Marowak and Incineroar, it’s like 100 to 98 points.
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For me, it's definitely Togepi and Litwick. They are precious babies and I want to protect. I think I feel similarly about Vanillite and Yamper. And it disappoints me that such smol and elegant-looking Pokemon like Dratini and Dragonair turn into the giant derp dragon Dragonite, so it could be said that I prefer both of them too.
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If we're not going off stats, just preference, then there's quite a few I can think of that I prefer to their evolved form!

Psyduck, Dratini / Dragonair, Togepi, Munna, Frillish and Inkay all stick out for me, but I often do prefer un-evolved Pokémon, so the list is probably way bigger!

The anime has drummed Pikachu into our brains as being "better" un-evolved too, but I do still like Raichu 😊
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Rhydon, Electabuzz, Magmar. Gen 4 had a lot of cool new evolutions but some just never clicked with me.
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Quilava! It's a good mix of cute and tough. Typhlosion is ugly.
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Aww, I love Typhlosion, but Quilava is definitely awesome too tbh. Though its Crystal sprite was a little odd lol.

Inkay is another that I just remembered thanks to Ash’s post. Like, no thank you to Malamar, but its pre-evo is so small and cute!

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My favourite Pokémon is Phantump and I would take it any time over Trevenant.

I prefer basically all of Gen IV evolutions of older Pokémon. I don't like Gen IV that much, but those new evolutions are on another level of awfulness.

Yamper and Galarian Ponyta are also a lot better than their evolutions.
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