Not every Pokemon can have the appeal of Pikachu or Charizard, but some of these Pokemon are downright ugly, and it’s pretty hard to find anything good on them. Don’t let nostalgia get the best of you, some of these characters are evocative of great memories, but a few of them will have you wondering, “What are the creators thinking when they came up with these Pokemons?”

1. Probopass

Probopass is the first on the list because it makes us very uneasy to look at him. I mean what the hell are we looking at? He’s supposed to reach the size of the waist of a regular human, but he looks a lot like the lovechild of an Easter Island and statue Nigel Thornberry from the old Nickelodeon show. It’s a bloody rock with facial hair, and it makes us uncomfortable as hell.

2. Muk

Muk must be one of the most uninspiring designs we have ever seen in pop culture entertainment. They essentially gave a piece of goo facial features and the ability to walk around. It looks like someone is dying being dissolved at all times and it’s really freaky.

3. Weezing

Weezing is the evolution of a creature that is simple enough like Koffing. This is the sort of evolution that doesn’t look like an improvement at all. He looks like a charred experiment made by a mad doctor trying to fuse the bodies of several Koffings at the same time. While Koffing has a cheery disposition and looks like he’s smiling at all moments, Weezing looks like he’s always begging to be put out of his misery.

4. Snubbull

Here we have one of those Pokemon that is trying to resemble the look of a dog, and for some reason, it fails miserably. At first sight, he looks like a bulldog in a drag, and that is not cool in any book since bulldogs are supposed to look badass at all moments. Top that with the fact that he looks like a mischievous bastard, envious at whoever he stares at all times and this, not a winner at all.

5. Gloom

Gloom certainly looks like one disgusting creature at first sight. He’s a plant-based Pokemon, but you wouldn’t know by looking at him since he seems more like a ranging hobo with skin tumors, hooked on drugs and booze at all times. He even has a line of drool at the side of his mouth to prove the point.

6. Machamp

Yeah, we know we are close to threading in the holy ground here since Machamp is a fan favorite for many people out there. We are still wondering what his deal is though. He has four freakish arms to do what? His design would have worked as good with only two, but I guess that would be too human-like for something that is supposed to be a monster, but he fights using martial arts, so I’m lost here. Also, what he’s made of? Rocks? Skin and bone? I really can’t tell.

7. Raticate

Even the name on Raticate is ugly. He’s supposed to evoke the likeness of a real-world rat and my god they surely accomplished just that. They should have toned it down a bit as they did with Pikachu (he’s supposed to be a mouse) For what it’s worth Raticate even looks like he smells like sewage

8. Wooper

Wooper has two things going against him. The first thing is that his name sounds like a tasty burger, so it will give you the munchies if you interact too much with him. The second is that he looks like a hollow shell expecting to steal your soul. The freakish smile doesn’t help at all to make him look better.

9. Dunsparce

Dunsparce is another design that is too close to something unsettling in real life to pass for adorable in the anime or the games. Having Caterpie around was bad enough, but now we have to put up with another guy who looks like a worm or a caterpillar. It’s too gross to be enjoyable.

10. Pinsir

Pinsir is regarded as one of the heavy hitters for many fans out there since he looks badass and it’s pretty strong. The image of this particular Pokemon crumbles the minute you realize he’s just a roach on steroids. I mean, look at his outside shell, the placement of his mouth and the evolved forms that include wings. He’s a nightmare straight out of hell and nothing more.

11. Sudowoodo

As we did our research for this list, it came to our attention that Sudowoodo is not a plant-based Pokemon but a Rock-based one. That’s why he’s such a failure. He looks a lot like something that a child put together at kindergarten. Think Forky of Toy Story 4 but made of a rock and two wooden branches. He’s pretty terrible to look at.

12. Jynx

Jynx is ugly because of the amazingly stupid backstory related to his conception. Not in the canon, but for the American market. The original Jynx had black skin that was recolored as purple for America because some genius at Nintendo though the pocket monster was making a blackface in drag, which given the current state of political correctness that is found in the states today was probably pretty offensive.

13. Rhyperior

Rhyhorn and Rhydon were some of the most popular Pokemon from the original 151. Someone at Nintendo decided to give this guy a new evolution, and it looks like something that was left halfway through. It feels incomplete and unnecessary even if he’s more powerful now.

14. Raichu

We are closing the list with one of the sacred ones, and we are not kidding around with this one. Raichu is an abomination any way you look at it. Pikachu’s original design is one of the most simplistic and effective creations out of this franchise. While it makes sense to give him an evolved form, Raichu looks like a downgrade in comparison. Ears that resemble horns, the slender tail, the two-toned skin, he’s just awful to look at.

Conclusion

Pokemon is one of the most successful franchises around the globe. While the brand is known worldwide, the name still commands substantial revenues in its native Japan.

The Videogame debuted at the tune of the slogan “Gotta catch them all” back in 1998, and at that time there were 152 pockets monsters to get your hands on. Things have changed, and with Pokemon still going strong it was expected that the lineup of monster would go up at some point.

You currently can catch 807 Pokemon, all of them designed and created by Nintendo and original designers Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. While all the little creatures look great, it’s bound to happen that a few ugly ones will go through the cracks.

So what do you think of our list of the top ugliest Pokemon? Let us know in the comments below!