They are whole body-burns, the bulb was actually destroyed. And, in addition, the skull was fractured severely. Burns on a Grass type are not good either. Might lower it to 3, but ciratinly not 2.
I've technically been around here for a lot longer than you actually - my original logon was Bulbasaur, and i acrewed a whole stack of points like four years ago (Like 20-something SP!!) - thus two extra wins for me now, and hey presto! Lvl 2