10 Absolute Worst Pokémon - Ranked

Dedene, you say? That's a strange way of pronouncing Pikachu.

That's a strange way of pronouncing Pikachu. Come now, Game Freak, you'd have been far better off calling this potato-shaped rodent Pikaplump, it's a much more accurate description - one that doesn't suggest that the latest in a long line of knock-offs is original in any way, shape or form.

Plusle, Minun and Togedamaru get a pass; their design differs enough from Pikachu's as to be distinguishable from the series' mascot, but Dedenne? It's a compressed image of Ash's best friend that's been given a pair of jagged, ugly-as-all-hell whiskers and a bucktooth to disguise the similarities.

Pikachu's your mascot, we get that you want to pay homage to the sparky little bugger whenever possible, but there are better ways to go about it, à la Mimikyu.