For those of us who played either the original Pokemon games (Blue, Red, Yellow, or Green versions) or the remakes (Fire Red and Leaf Green), which Pokemon did you choose to take from Professor Oak??

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#101  Edited By neoepoch
@ArbitraryWater said:
" Dude, Charmander. Why pick pokemon that both evolve into tanks when you can sweep fools? Best Defense = Good Offense. Also, that was before Fire Starters got lame and started practicing karate. Stupid Blaziken. "
That fighting type is the only thing keeping fire starters from totally getting tooled by stealth rocks.
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#102  Edited By djstyles92

Charmander is obviously the right answer.

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#103  Edited By ArbitraryWater
@neoepoch said:
" @ArbitraryWater said:
" Dude, Charmander. Why pick pokemon that both evolve into tanks when you can sweep fools? Best Defense = Good Offense. Also, that was before Fire Starters got lame and started practicing karate. Stupid Blaziken. "
That fighting type is the only thing keeping fire starters from totally getting tooled by stealth rocks. "
But at that point, you are already rocking Marshtomp or like... Torterra. Because you were frightened away by Blaziken and Monferno. Also, the solution to that (a move that clearly only matters in a competitive setting) is to nerf the hell out of Stealth Rocks and not make it a TM.  Why can't we all just be using Poison Spikes? Two layers of those and everyone is badly poisoned.
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#104  Edited By Pickingwings

I always choose Squirtle and I don't regret anything. 

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#105  Edited By Hennet_sim

 Charmander All the way

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#106  Edited By Mariek430

Charmanderz

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#107  Edited By king_of_destiny

Never not Charmander!

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#108  Edited By neoepoch
@ArbitraryWater said:
" @neoepoch said:
" @ArbitraryWater said:
" Dude, Charmander. Why pick pokemon that both evolve into tanks when you can sweep fools? Best Defense = Good Offense. Also, that was before Fire Starters got lame and started practicing karate. Stupid Blaziken. "
That fighting type is the only thing keeping fire starters from totally getting tooled by stealth rocks. "
But at that point, you are already rocking Marshtomp or like... Torterra. Because you were frightened away by Blaziken and Monferno. Also, the solution to that (a move that clearly only matters in a competitive setting) is to nerf the hell out of Stealth Rocks and not make it a TM.  Why can't we all just be using Poison Spikes? Two layers of those and everyone is badly poisoned. "
Oh yeah, that is what they did. They made Stealth Rocks not a TM, thank goodness. But you can still take Pokes that have Stealth Rocks in Gen 4 and transfer them to Gen 5. The thing with that tho, is that those pokes can't get dream world abilities. I use poison spikes, but Flying and Steel don't get affected. And Poison types actually absorb the Toxic spikes away. I prefer regular Spikes.
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charmanders because charizards are fucking fire dragons...  they dont make pokemon like they used to

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#110  Edited By aaox

I had Yellow, so I would have chosen Pikachu, but in every other game with Charmander in I chose Charmander and everyone knows that Charmander is the epitome of the pokedminz.

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#111  Edited By tearhead

Sqirtle is the shit! I always go for the water type starter pokemon.

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#112  Edited By Chirag4

...That's one serious topic title you got there.

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#113  Edited By Phantom

Bulbasaur was who I chose the first time I booted up Pokemon Red. 
 
Gotta love Solar Beam!

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#114  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

Pikachu 'til I die.

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#115  Edited By falco_eagle
@JJOR64 said:
" Squirtle for me.  I always pick the water starters. "
This.
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#116  Edited By MysteriousBob
@Tearhead said:
" Sqirtle is the shit! I always go for the water type starter pokemon. "
How did you know that when you were playing the first game in the series?
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Squirtle. Squirtle every single time.

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#118  Edited By Johnny2900

I always picked squirtle and  then I usually  stuck with water types as my starters every generation
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#119  Edited By Arker101

Fire for life.
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#120  Edited By rentfn

Team Blue!

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#121  Edited By ch13696

If you want to go the smart way you would go Bulbusuar. Just because he kicks the first 2 gyms ass. If you want to go the bad ass way then pick up Charmander.

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#122  Edited By ShadowKing7

Charmander, because he turns into Charizard, who was and probably still is my favorite Pokemon and is a FUCKING DRAGON.
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#123  Edited By WatanabeKazuma
@ch13696 said:

" If you want to go the smart way you would go Bulbusuar. Just because he kicks the first 2 gyms ass. If you want to go the bad ass way then pick up Charmander. "

They always seem to fit that role, Grass for beginners, Water is more intermediate, Fire is the hardest starting out but comes into it's own after a few bumps. At least thats how I remember it, I'm sure theres a game that will probably be used to pick holes in this theory.
 
If you want to talk about the fire starters, Chimchar is the best,  Infernape becomes an absolute beast capable of winning the Pokemon League by itself
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#124  Edited By Mercy_

Pikachu. Charmander when I wasn't playing Yellow. 

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#125  Edited By BraveToaster

Bulbasaur.

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#126  Edited By AndrewB

Originally? I totally can't remember. I played those games to death and chose each Pokemon multiple times. My favorite would be bulbasaur, which I *think* is the first I chose, but it could have been squirtle because I had the blue version.

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#127  Edited By EpicSteve

 Bulbasaur made the first chunk of the game a lot easier. 

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#128  Edited By Trebz

Blastoise was practically a revered figure for me as a kid. Squirtle all the way.

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#129  Edited By GunslingerPanda

Charmander <3
 
I named him FireKid

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#130  Edited By hockeymask27
@SpikeSpiegel said:
" Charmander is awesome therefore I chose Charmander. "
is there any other choice? 
I want my Fucking Charizard Now!
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#132  Edited By clarke0

Squirtle. Because I had Blue Version and also because I thought it was badass that he was a turtle.

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#133  Edited By damswedon
@Video_Game_King said:
" Charmander, since he turns into a goddamn dragon. Granted, you have to go through the phase where you resist making "Charma-charma-charma-charma-charma-charmeleon" jokes before you get to the dragon..."
You maybe, but I stand by my making Charma-charma-charmeleon jokes.
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#134  Edited By strangemodule

Squirtle. Water is one of my favorite types, next to Steel and Normal.

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#135  Edited By tearhead
@MysteriousBob said:
" @Tearhead said:
" Sqirtle is the shit! I always go for the water type starter pokemon. "
How did you know that when you were playing the first game in the series? "
If you look at how every Pokemon game is structured, water types starters are the best choice in my opinion. The first gym is rock, which is a breeze for water types, and from there you can catch other Pokemon to deal with their weaknesses (grass, etc). I knew a good deal about the how the game was played before I actually played through it myself. Also... Blastoise has FUCKING CANNONS IN HIS BACK!
 
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#136  Edited By A_Norman

Charmander....a dragon with fire coming outta its tail?....come on.

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#137  Edited By dospod

squirtle, always thought blastoise was a beastly pokemon

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#138  Edited By DarkShaper

I have,  in multiple playthroughs but 500 hours into the original games, and every single fucking time I went with Charmander! I got that shit down so well I could beat the first 3 gym leaders with three pokemon. ( Charmander, Nidoran and Manky)

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#139  Edited By Vinchenzo

Squirtle. You must be an idiot not to choose Squirtle!

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#140  Edited By weegieanawrench

Squirtle in every version (except yellow of course) and generally always water starters.

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#141  Edited By Hizang

I always chose Charmander, because that way I could justfie having another water pokemon in my party
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#142  Edited By Grimace

Well, I had Red so I chose Charmander and everyone I knew who had blue chose Squirtle.

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#143  Edited By Scrawnto

Bulbasaur for life! I used to want to be a paleontologist. That may have influenced my decision. Also, green is my favorite color.

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#144  Edited By jasta

Squirtle was my first pick, but I always had more than one playthrough on every game.

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#145  Edited By SuicidalSnowman

Original Pokemon games were red and blue. 
 
Not green, yellow, fire, or leaf.

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#146  Edited By GS_Dan

Water in every game.

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#147  Edited By ajamafalous

I played through those so many times that I chose all of them at least 5 times.
 
Charizard's statistically the best though.

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#148  Edited By stinky

Oh yeah i remember, i chose lasagna. 

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#149  Edited By sameeeeam

Charmander, man. It always was the coolest.

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Squirtle.