No. 170: Chinchou

There was a time when people said, "you can't mix two types that are opposed to each other in the same Pokemon!"

Then along came Chinchou, and they saw the error of their ways. It was possible, after all, for two dissimilar elements to coexist in one perfect body. The thunder and the seas could learn to work together, instead of against one another. And so Chinchou came into being, frustrating the hell out of ground types for years to come.

Chinchou has a great typing. Since you will probably have a ground type on your team, the ability of water to destroy fire doesn't matter that much, so it's almost more useful to have a grass type. Except those usually suck, whereas water is useful for surfing, and electric is just cool. But it feels like such a waste to have both of those, when you could consolidate them into one Pokemon. Except that's just what Chinchou is. Like the late great Hannah Montanna, the best of both worlds.

But as for the Pokemon's design itself, Chinchou is great. Very cute, unique eyes that remind me of the positive sign on a battery, he's like a cute lil' angler fish. With two angles. Niiiiiice.

Overall: 10/10