cause you know, bulbasaur is a good idea

He's actually a good pick if you know how to train him.
http://pokemon(.)marriland(.)com/black2_white2/pokedex/venusaur/
put dots where necessary

btw i also did thumb you up, any hm on any "keeper" or "belt" pokemon is stupid. Some have great base attack (strength/surf) but you can easily find better.

Only one I would keep would be fly in my opinion, the dodge from the charge can be strategic.

oh I know, i love bulbasaur :) just my personal favorite is squirtle and icebeam makes up for his grass weakness :)

From what I hear,

his evolution a total badass and only one of the three first-gen starter pokemon to make it to OU+.

That, plus his grass typing makes him useful against that bitch-ass swampert.

Useful against first three gyms.

Weird that I picked up some sarcasm in your comment.

Really? Well thanks for the tip! What exactly is the bug?

In the original RBY, opponents were programmed to use super-effective moves if possible, regardless of what the move does.

Every pokemon in Erika's gym has Poisonpowder, which is poison element. Bulbasaur is grass, poison's weakness. It doesn't check bulbasaur's 2nd element (poison) which makes it immune to poisonpowder.

Similar exploits exist in other places, send out Koffing against Lance's dragonite and watch it spam Agility.

i beat garys lvl 50 venusaur with a level 7 bellsprout. i always wondered why it tried to use poison powder 40 stright times

Well that is a fucking useful fact! Koffing because it has a lot of base speed?