After a long hiatus, Character Critiques is back to continue Pokémon reviews!

Thanks to Slowpoke’s extensive family tree, there’s a lot to discuss and love about this dopey-faced monster!

Oh, great; it’s time to review Ponyta and Rapidash, two Pokémon I don’t want to roll my eyes at, but will for reasons that will become apparent later on.

For the first ever Rock-type Pokémon (or rather, Rock-Ground), the original Red and Blue games… got a rock. Obviously.

Game Freak certainly had no shortage of creative ideas for Poison-types in Generation I. An impressive 30% of my Pokémon articles so far have featured such characters, and there are only more to come.

Today’s feature brings another couple great hits: Tentacool and Tentacruel!

Let’s be real: Bellsprout is a glorified stick figure. A design can’t get much simpler than that. However, it’s also a superb example of how the smallest adjustments can create appealing characters.

From brains and back to brawn, the Machop family is next to review!

In terms of the National Pokédex, Abra serves as our introduction to the Psychic typing!