I missed the fire type thread, but I wanted to say that this thread series is a great idea!
While others have shared some of my other considerations (no surprise there ), I’d also thought of Yanmega prime, as it was fun to play back during HGSS in addition to well representing bug’s incorporation into the grass type for the tcg.
Always loved this Ledyba! Positive vibes all over the place. I’ll never forget walking into a local card shop in the early 2000s and seeing the Southern Islands “Fields of Flowers” set, featuring a Pokemon I had never seen before. It opened up all sorts of new possibilities and I think it may have been my first ever exposure to Johto, my favorite generation of all time.
This Fukuda art came to mind. I love the ones he does (there are quite a few examples) where the horizon is curved. Kinda like a fish-eye lens effect. Gives me Interstellar (2014) vibes. Also having no attacks but two Poke-power/bodies is cool and interesting