Excitable Boy
is a metaphor
I always use it, since it's one of the most efficient Pokemon you can use in-game. I don't restart files enough to get tired of it or whatever.
I simply can't get rid of my starter, I'm always too attached to it. Besides many of them are incredible good in the competetive game, like Infernape, venassaur or empoleon
"I gonna beat all the gyms with pidgey and ratatta!"
What about Swampert and Serperior?
...And Chariza--*shot*
Have you ever played with blaziken or infernape or swampert if you did I doubt very much that your other pokemons are stronger let alone way stronger.Not always, mostly because I like the design of other wild Pokemon better, and thus train them more. And in the end they're waay stronger than my starter...
Most of my first playthroughs of a game is just to have fun.