Also I heard the eposide about tentacools that evolved into one big tentacruel was banned from the TV. I have actually no idea why, but I've seen it before it was banned :p
When I wanted a fun and new pokémon on my team, I looked through all pokémon for a type I usually didn't use, like bug and steel. After that I found out that bug and steel pokémon are really fun :p
Maybe you can try that?
During the years I played Pokémon were this the Pokémon I always wanted :
1. Politoed
2. Sealeo/Walrein (Because of Sealeo's moustache, but later on I prefered Walrein)
RE: Your very first shiny!
The very first shiny I saw was a shiny Whismur in Sapphire, too bad I didn't knew it was shiny and thought it was just a regular whismur, so I didn't caught it.
Later on I came across a shiny Poliwhirl (yeeh) in Leaf Green, I was excited because Politoed is my...