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** Quite a few Pokémon start off as competitive mainstays or outright {{Game Breaker}}s, but due to PowerCreep or outright nerfs, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen start to tumble out of their once-lofty positions]], which invariably causes this. Tauros, for instance, was considered the scariest Pokémon outside of Mewtwo and Mew in the first generation, but the many axes taken to its stats, its Normal typing, and its main moves caused it to decline all the way to the ignominious tier of ZUBL in Gen IX (as in, it was banned from the lowest available tier and is nonviable in any higher tier). This creates a lot of jokes about them having peaked in high school, abruptly getting fired from their once-stable jobs, or getting clowned on by Pokémon they were once considered far superior to.

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** Quite a few Pokémon start off as competitive mainstays or outright {{Game Breaker}}s, but due to PowerCreep or outright nerfs, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen start to tumble out of their once-lofty positions]], which invariably causes this. Tauros, for instance, was considered the scariest Pokémon outside of Mewtwo and Mew in the first generation, but the many axes taken to its stats, its Normal typing, and its main moves caused it to decline all the way to the ignominious tier of ZUBL in Gen IX (as in, it was banned from ZU, the lowest available tier and is nonviable tier, in any higher tier).Gen IX. This creates a lot of jokes about them having peaked in high school, abruptly getting fired from their once-stable jobs, or getting clowned on by Pokémon they were once considered far superior to.

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