User blog comment:Ihaveawiixboxds/Users as Pokemon!/@comment-4807887-20140109011131/@comment-4918842-20140109191531

@AG:

I was referring to Magikarp, not Gyarados. If we referenced the evolved forms of every weak Pokemon we looked over, we would have a lot less of them.

They're also considered different pokemon, otherwise the large number of pokemon they like to boast about would be a lot smaller.