It wasn’t a competition, they didn’t need to give it a losing streak. It could’ve easily defeated things like Drapion at the Sinnoh league, or maybe even used against Tobias.
It wasn’t really underused, just not suited in a series with less battles and only one "rival". It wasn’t handled that well, but there are certainly Pokémon treated much worse. *cries in torterra*
The Johto Pokemon needed more time to shine at the Johto league. Cyndaquil was robbed. It’s evolution was hinted and nothing came out of it at the time.
We have one of the starters potentially reaching the middle stage while the other two haven’t even gotten cameos. It’s like they don’t exist in the anime. Pretty valid since we're talking about starter Pokemon.
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