21. Tepig
Tepig is a cutie patootie, but I will admit I wasn’t quite sold on it until the anime. As has been the case before in the show, Ash took Tepig in after a negligent trainer abandoned him, and you could practically hear Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” playing in the background. I, for one, am a sucker for these kinds of stories, and it swayed me into picking Tepig as my own starter in Black and White. He is innocent and pure and must be protected. Including protecting his feelings by putting him higher on this list.
