And the list gose on for generation one.
1: Squitle is just a blue turtle
2. Wanna know what Pidgey is..... A bird no really there is no monster here.
3. Rattata is just a rat.. BUT LETS MAKE HIM PURPLE! Yeah right ninja.
4. Ekans is Snake backwards and he is just a purple snake end of story
5. Arbok is Kobra spelled backwards and its the thing its baby from is.
6. Sandshrew is just a Armadillo.
7. Geodude is just a rock with arms,eyes,and a mouth.
8. Gastly wanna know what it is.... Gas......... *facepalm*
9. Exeggcute is eggs.... Because a pair of eggs make a pokemon right?
10. Koffing and Weezing.... Koffing is just a nasty gross purple rock....
Weezing IS TWO OF THEM AHHH!
I find it odd how people call 1st generation the bast but when your eyes open its the wrost because they don't look like monsters just boringness
I know newer gens have dumb pokes but at less they have designs then just lazyness.
And to counter your argument
You have
A ice creme pokemon that gets another head on evolution
A repulsive gothic pokemon
wurmby a poor man's pineco
Lumeon a generic ass fish
Alomola a knock off of a luvdisc a useless as fish whose only saving grace was the heartscale
Timbur gurdurr and conkledurr a evolutionary line of funking tumors with limbs carrying junk
Malamar, octillary did it better
Mothim oh look another damn moth/butterfly
Piplup prinplup empoleon, im sorry but the previous 3 water starters are laughing their asses of at the penguin starter
Turtwig, squrtle says hello while blastoise is pimp smacking torterra
Snivy evolution line: ekans arbok and seviper maul em
The only 4th and 5th gen pokemon I respect to an extent was luxray since it was a lion
Zebstrika which was creative for a zebra
Hydreigon and haxourus they were both dragons and actually original