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After more than 20 years, the Pokémon franchise shows no signs of slowing down, especially not with a hit movie in theaters and a pair of new games arriving on Friday.

Even with more than 800 different Pokémon to keep track of, the series' massive fandom has shown that they have room in their hearts for each and every one of them.

If you don't believe the hype, a survey on r/Pokemon earlier this year asked more than 52,000 Reddit users to pick their favorite Pokémon, and every single Pokémon had at least one vote — except for four. Each Pokémon had an average of 65 votes, and even the most liked Pokémon was only chosen by 2% of the respondents with 1,107 votes.

This doesn't include the 80 or so brand new Pokémon introduced by Pokémon Sword and Shield in November.

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So who's the most popular Pokémon? It's definitely not Pikachu; the series mascot was only the 44th most popular Pokémon overall. But the original 151 Pokémon are significantly more popular than the later generations of Pokémon. About 35% of the survey's respondants chose one of the iconic monsters from "Pokémon Red and Blue" as their favorite.

Below we've listed the 25 most-beloved Pokémon based on the survey, along with their Pokédex entry. Be sure to check out the original Reddit thread if you want to see the full results, which also sorts Pokémon based on their types and what games they debuted in.

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