14. Torchic

I have to give Torchic a slight pity vote over Treecko because Game Freak decided this was the one starter Pokémon who needed a gender difference and decided to give male Torchic’s exactly one darker pixel on its backside, and I think that’s extremely funny. But otherwise, Torchic’s pretty cute and I love May’s in the anime. So it’s a solid middle of the pack for the fire-type starters.