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Which is why I specifically said: There's going to be exceptions for most things in life, and Togepi and Malamar are it regarding explicitly evil Pokémon. That they're the only two substantial references being made here in over 1,000 episodes of the anime is telling regarding the fundamental...

Seeing as how Pokémon are based on animals, which aren't considered objectively evil, it's probably why Pokémon aren't often depicted as intentionally malicious. They also mentioned this way back when in Kanto: Outside of exceptions, Pokémon aren't inherently evil.