Did an experience change your views towards a certain Pokemon?

[Dragalge]

I know. I am not a fan of them.

I tend to prefer bulky and sturdy Pokémon. Fortunately, most of the Dark-, Ghost- and some Bug-Type Pokémon can't take some hits before fainting.

I tend to dislike them at times but a few of them like Jolteon helped me a lot! Fortunately three out of the four Ghosts in Unova are bulky and Bugs like Genesect and Escavalier too help huh

 

[Drake Pokétrainer]

Yes, before colosseum, I didn't care about Misdreavus. But since the number of available pokemon is really limited in the Orre games, I started to appreciate and even like it. By the end of the game that Misdreavus and my Feraligatr were my two main pokemon.

 

[Navarch]

I used to dread Mamoswine because I thought it was ugly. Then I used one, and now I really like it.

 

[mario_fan]

I always thought sawk was pretty cool until I saw this in the anime. *shudders*

 

[Sparkbeat]

I always thought sawk was pretty cool until I saw this in the anime. *shudders*

lol, scarred for life here too.

I used to absolutely HATE Scrafty before I discovered how great it is in competitive play.

 

[InfinityBreach]

In Black/White, I didn't like the idea of Galvantula, and I didn't think it would be very helpful when it came to battling. Then I actually used it in Black2/White2 and it just decimated everything. It's now one of my top 3 Pokemon in my game.

 

[IndigoAir]

Oh yes, plenty of times

As others have said, the Therian formes changed my mind about the trio in gen V... at least about Tornadus and Landorus I still think Thundurus looks crappy.

I've always disliked Emboar's design, but I had one in my starter in White2 and it was completely useless -.- Once I found out I could have it re-learn Hammer Arm it got a bit better, but I am still scarred from having to play up until the Elite 4 with only Arm Thrust...

I never liked Staraptor, but seeing Unfezant made me really wish for it back

I loathed Bidoof from the moment I set eyes on it (like many others) but I recently bought a sticker book and the one for Bidoof is actually pretty adorable >.<

I disliked Stunky at first but I absolutely hate it since I realized its face was purposely drawn to look like butt cheeks and its cry was made to sound like a fart ._. Really, gamefreak? How ridiculous can you get.

There are others but I won't list every single one...

 

[KnightofRawr]

I had a dream that I was saving a Roggenrola from a burning volcano and now I love it... still not a fan of Boldore though.

 

[Estellise]

I always thought sawk was pretty cool until I saw this in the anime. *shudders*

Hmm...I'll never look at Sawk the same way again...

 

[OshyHikari]

I used to hate Gothitelle until I realized that its cry sounded like the Psycho shower music.

Also, I used to hate the Drowzee line and Snorlax until I read memes about them (like Hypno Steals Children and Snorlax Blocks The Path). Now they are among my faves of the original 151.

 

[HolyNova Lucario]

When I red Hypno's summary it gave me chills because it says it hypnotizes children and take them to a unknown location which I think is really mysterious and creepy

 

[xerxes]

hgss made me like a lot of pokémon i didn't care for simply because you could see them walk behind you and it made almost everything look cuter than it actually was. the gastly line is a fine example of this in my case.

 

[AeroKorogu]

Grass types...my first pokemon in a game ever was bulbasaur...I sadly started hating grass types after I started losing my "pokemon touch" in the games and was no longer able to play through one with a grass starter without restarting halfway through when I can't beat someone with it...a few years past and bam...the second I got pokemon white I picked serperior...he did not disappoint me...long story short, although I love all types equally, I have a soft spot for any grass types.

 

[AeroKorogu]

hgss made me like a lot of pokémon i didn't care for simply because you could see them walk behind you and it made almost everything look cuter than it actually was. the gastly line is a fine example of this in my case.

totally happened to me too...I loved a lot of the pokemon's looks when they followed you including:charizard, dragonite, almost any legendary, pidgeot, staraptor, feraligatr, ampharos, and a shlit load more...

 

[StarlightUmbreon]

I used to really hate oshawott until I played with it in Pokepark 2, It really grew on me then
Snivy also used to be just an ok starter to me, but I think seeing its attitude in the anime I began to love it and its one of my favorite starters

 

[Wyrm]

When BW came out, all I could think about was Snivy. Then there was that epiphany moment where I realize the awesomeness of the Oshawott line in a fanfic idea of mine. Oshawott's usage went up from there.

Gotta love those moments.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I was neutral on Shaymin until I saw how adorable it was in Ranch.

I was also neutral on Heatran until it took me a full hour to capture it (to compare, Giratina took me about three minutes and I did so with a severely underleveled Aerodactyl)

 

[Hilda]

I always thought sawk was pretty cool until I saw this in the anime. *shudders*

Sawk-off. It was kinda disturbing.

 

[Sara Hysaro]

I used to think Gulpin looked weird until I used it in XD. Now I think it's cute in its own little way. He was instrumental in catching all the Shadow Pokémon in the final story battle as well. ^^ The 5th gen warmed me up even more to using slower defensive Pokémon on my team, but I still make sure to include something decently fast on any team so I'm not stuck having to fight every wild battle I come across.

 

[dirkac]

I disliked Spoink and Gulpin until I noticed just how adorably CUTE Spoink was in BW.
And as Gulpin is it's fan counterpart, I automatically grew on it too.