Survey reveals least favourite Pokemon of each generation

28 March 2011

Online quiz hub Sporcle recently posted a series of five Pokemon surveys, asking respondents to name those characters they could remember from each generation.

More than a million people hit up the surveys, turning out a sort of high school reunion-type list of all the cool kids everybody remembers, and all the losers everybody instantly forgot after graduation.

According to the results, these are the most forgotten Pokemon of each generation (sorted by the percentage of respondents who were able to recall them):

Generation I:

•    Marowak, 36.7 percent
•    Kingler, 35.4 percent
•    Lickitung, 33.7 percent
•    Exeggcute, 31.4 percent
•    Exeggutor, 31.1 percent.

Generation II:

•    Slugma, 37.1 percent
•    Shuckle, 35.9 percent
•    Magcargo, 34.3 percent
•    Qwilfish, 34 percent
•    Corsola, 33.9 percent.

Generation III:

•    Chimecho, 41.3 percent
•    Crawdaunt, 41.1 percent
•    Corphish, 41.1 percent
•    Whiscash, 39.2 percent
•    Barboach, 38.8 percent.

Generation IV:

•    Finneon, 38.1 percent
•    Lumineon, 37.9 percent
•    Chingling, 37.4 percent
•    Chatot, 37.1 percent
•    Mantyke, 36 percent.

Generation V:

•    Accelgor, 20.6 percent
•    Stunfisk, 20.5 percent E
•    lgyem, 17.7 percent
•    Amoonguss, 16.6 percent
•    Beheeyem, 15.6 percent.

Of course, Mudkips topped Generation III most loved Pokemon. Everybody loves Mudkips.

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