This was something I've seriously always pondered ever since I was a child. I knew the reason Ash couldn't get his Charizard under control back then, he was a terrible Pokemon trainer and could only handle the "Cute, Little Poke-Pals" like Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Squirtle. I mean, seriously, the fact that he sent Pokemon like Muk and Tauros, who certainly don't fit the bill of "Cute, Little Poke-Pals" straight to Professor Oak's house kinda backs this up. For heavens sake, before Charmander even evolved, the only fully, evolved Pokemon Ash had was Butterfree, which was a "Cute, Little Poke-Pal." He also had a Primeape, which was disobedient at first, who wasn't, well you get the idea.
So what if Bulbasaur and Squirtle had ended up evolving? The frank truth is all three of the starters had arrogance problems and all three of them were abandoned by previous trainers (it was just that we got to see only Charmander's original trainer that it was so important to Charizard's growth) and all three were ridiculously strong… It all seems to add up.
This could also partly be what influenced Bulbasaur to deny its evolution. It already knew Ash was struggling with Charizard at the time that he too, would become to powerful for Ash and become disobedient simply due to Pokemon nature. It was like for some reason, when you're a "Cute, Little Poke-Pal", you don't become disobedient.
It was just too bad Ash didn't just learn to train his Pokemon. He could have ended up impressing everyone at the Kanto League rocking out a full team of Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Pidgeot, Primeape, Pikachu, and etc.
So what if Bulbasaur and Squirtle had ended up evolving? The frank truth is all three of the starters had arrogance problems and all three of them were abandoned by previous trainers (it was just that we got to see only Charmander's original trainer that it was so important to Charizard's growth) and all three were ridiculously strong… It all seems to add up.
This could also partly be what influenced Bulbasaur to deny its evolution. It already knew Ash was struggling with Charizard at the time that he too, would become to powerful for Ash and become disobedient simply due to Pokemon nature. It was like for some reason, when you're a "Cute, Little Poke-Pal", you don't become disobedient.
It was just too bad Ash didn't just learn to train his Pokemon. He could have ended up impressing everyone at the Kanto League rocking out a full team of Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Pidgeot, Primeape, Pikachu, and etc.