5: Pikachu: Pikachu was the first Pokemon I ever drew and the Pokemon my friend introduced me to all those years ago to get me to watch Pokemon. When I watched an episode on tv, I fell in love with his character and how adorable he was, especially his love of ketchup. A few years later, I got a talking Pikachu plushie but I had to throw it out because the one night I let my brother play with it he got sick and threw up all over it. Pikachu has a special place in my heart, even if I never really used him in the games I could always watch him in the anime.
4: Dragonite: Back when I first got LeafGreen, I caught a Dratini. I migrated that Dratini to my Diamond, traded him around to my HeartGold to evolve into a Dragonair before trading back and spending weeks trying to get him to a Dragonite. I'd had that Dragonair for years, since I was a little kid and I'll never forget that moment of pride and excitement when he finally evolved in a Dragonite. I caught that Dratini in the Safari Zone, and if memory serves me correctly it was my first Dragon Type.
3: Nidoqueen: Once again, we're going back to LeafGreen. I was wandering around the Safari Zone, when I stumbled across a wild Kangashkan. To my surprise, it was a Shiny! I was so excited and tried catching it for about an hour, but when it finally looked like I'd caught it it ran away. I was crushed, my first Shiny and I didn't catch it. I decided to leave the Safari Zone, but as I was walking back I stumbled across a Shiny female Nidoran! I was down to my last Safari Ball, and I managed to catch it! Nidoran was my first Shiny and I was so proud of myself. She was one of the Pokemon I migrated to Diamond and now she's a Nidoqueen. I'll never forget how I started screaming in excitement when I found her and I'll never forget how I screamed again when I caught her. Since then, Nidoqueen has been one of my favorites.
2: Charizard: When I got LeafGreen, I kept restarting the game. But one time, I decided to try and play through it instead of giving up and going back for a stronger Pokemon. I chose Charmander as my starter, and played through the game with him. Charmander grew on me during that, then Charmeleon and finally Charizard. Heck, outside of the game I started calling him Char! When I finally defeated the Elite 4 and my rival, I was very proud of myself and Charizard. But I thought there was nothing else to do in the game, so I decided to restart. But before I did, I went to Lavender Town and made my own part of the story. When my parents asked what I was doing, I told them I was making my own part of the story. So in the Pokemon graveyard, I lay my Charizard to rest before restarting the game. Why I did that? I think I wanted to show that I cared deeply for my Charizard and didn't just want to leave him without a significant memory. I loved my Charizard, I always will and I'll never forget my pretend funeral for my loyal partner.
1: Raikou: Before I erased LeafGreen, I stumbled across Raikou just outside of Pallet Town! Of course, I still wasn't familiar with Gen. 2, so I didn't know it was a legendary at the time. When I tried to catch it, it never ran away. But because my Charizard was level 98, I killed it in a couple hits. A few years ago, I searched up why Raikou appeared in my game and was very surprised to learn that it's only supposed to appear when you have Squirtle as your starter! That Raikou was a mistake, and my child mind invented the theory that Raikou wanted to see me. Even now I still cling a bit to that belief, but not as much as I used to. But learning that Raikou was not meant to appear made me think that somehow I was special to the Pokemon in the game, even the wild ones that I'd never come across. I should've seen Suicune, but instead my game made a mistake and gave me Raikou. Ever since that day, I've always loved Raikou more than the other Legendary Dogs. While Entei and Suicune are pretty awesome, they didn't defy the laws of the game.
And those are my favorite Pokemon.
