The Pokémon games based in Johto, which includes Gold, Silver, and Crystal, are some of the most beloved titles of the entire series. But how many of these Pokémon are masterpieces that are deserving of Pokémon artist Ken Sugimori's stamp of approval? How many are duds?

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Nostalgia is a powerful drug that warps the perception of truth. Not all of Johto's Pokémon are great. A few of them are ugly, infuriating, overly-simplistic, or just completely pointless. Now that time has passed, it is time to condemn and judge the few bad decisions of an all-time classic game. These are the outliers of Johto's 100.

10 Miltank

Two Miltank walking through a romantic field in the Pokemon anime

Miltank is a cow that can seriously bring the pow. And for some, this Pokémon has contributed to the most rage quits of any Pokemon game.

What is it about this elusive Pokémon that shores up so much hatred for fans? Milk Drink? Stomp? Attract? All of the above. It's unfortunate that Whitney's Miltank has ruined the Milk Cow Pokémon for everyone. Let's hope that Johto's Moo Moo Farm doesn't have a problem with cow tippings.

9 Unown

In Spell of the Unown: Entei, Unown are powerful multi-dimensional Pokémon with the ability to shape the fabric of reality. In the games, Unown is a weak and limited Pokémon with no use in battles. Its only move is Hidden Power, and no matter how much power is hidden inside the user, it will deal 60...every time. Worse yet, every Pokémon can learn Hidden Power.

If it can't evolve, breed, learn TMs (or HMs), or attack reasonably, what good is it? Catch enough Unown, and they can spell out the name of a much better Pokémon.

8 Igglybuff

Some Pokémon are just pure evil, but their true intentions are disguised by a bouncy, cuddly body. Igglybuff is the Baby form of Jigglypuff, who is easily considered one of the most loved Pokémon of the entire series. In comparison to Jigglypuff who was two bright blue eyes, Igglybuff has deep, crimson sclera... many would agree that most babies, Pokémon or otherwise, should not have red eyes. Does that make it evil?

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Potentially, because this pre-evolved pink ball makes fans like Jigglypuff less. It is a blight on the Puff evolutionary line.

7 Sentret

Sentret is known as the Scout Pokémon. Translation: It alerts its friends when danger is coming and actively avoids it. In its defense, Sentret was not made to fight. Its body is plushy and soft, while its little hands can scarcely grab.

It's doubtful whether its Fury Swipes could even leave a scratch. Sentret is one of the first Pokémon encountered in Johto and it won't leave much of an impression. Much like Rattata, Sentret's destiny is to live in the PC.

6 Delibird

Generation II flirted with Pokémon that had incredibly limited movesets. This list includes Smeargle, Wobuffet, Unown, and Delibird, the little Santa-penguin. Despite not being able to learn any flying moves, Delibird is a Flying-type, apparently for flavor reasons. So what moves (correction) move does Delibird know? Present.

Present is an actively terrible move that has a 50/50 chance of healing the opponent, and it happens to be the only move Delibird knows. It can still learn through TMs, but with low base stats and a serious weakness to Rock-type moves, it will rarely make the party.

5 Shuckle

Most people can identify Shuckle's Rock-typing just by looking at it. But its second type? Due to its resemblance to a turtle, Water makes the most sense. It's got a mollusk shell, it is found on seashores where it hides inside of breakable rocks.

Some kind of crustacean...no one ever guesses Bug-type. But that's what Shuckle is: A fungal, nematode-like creature that is its own Berry-juice factory. Shuckle is for a very niche market of players, but no one knows who those players are.

4 Dunsparce

Fans love hating on Dunsparce. It's the little engine that can't do anything...or rather the giant snake beast that has no discernible purpose.

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Since being added to the Pokémon lineup, fans were justifiably frustrated when this giant, derpy looking snake-thing could not evolve. And honestly, some still are. Dunsparce had so much potential, but they squandered it. Someone should show this Pokémon some love, or give it an overpowered Dragon evolution. Until then, do not choose it in battle.

3 Sunkern

sunkern in the pokemon anime

Before Wishiwashi came around, Sunkern had the lowest stats of any Pokémon. Historically, seeds haven't been amazing at defending themselves from the elements, and most Pokémon are pretty good at lashing out the elements.

Fireballs, ice storms, rock avalanches – pretty much everything is super effective against this adorable little sun urchin. It's not the worst designed Pokémon in the world, but not having limbs severely limits its ability to battle. Just evolve it with a Sun Stone and be done with it.

2 Qwilfish

Qwilfish is one of the ugliest Pokémon of Generation II, which is surprising given the simplicity of its design. Its blue, yellow, and green and has a set of pink puckery lips. Why? Do people like to kiss Qwilfish for good luck? Doubtful.

Based on a pufferfish, it can expand and fire its poison pins at enemies. But in Gold and Silver, Qwilfish only learns Poison Sting, one of the weakest damaging moves in the Poison-type arsenal. Even with a strong attack stat, Qwilfish's poison barbs don't pack quite the punch that they do in the anime. Since Tentacruel is also available in these games, there is no reason to catch this Pokémon.

1 Smoochum

There are many things wrong with Smoochum, but let's start with a big one. The name. It's not appropriate to name a Baby Pokémon after a pet name for kissing! Nor should Smoochum's lips be a center-point of its design given how small and child-like it looks.

It doesn't help that Smoochum is the baby form of many Genwunners' least favorite Pokémon either. It's doubtful that any fans were clamoring for this tricksy little purple thing when it was released. But here's the million-dollar question: Could it be as reviled as Jynx?

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