I'd like to say I'm a fan of Pokémon in that Pokémon Red was one of only two games that totally blew me out of the water with how amazing they were and sold me 100% on their respective series*, and that I regularly play the games and love them.
However, I have only played the first three generations and nothing beyond them, and am completely out of touch with Pokémon from the DS era onward, so I'm kind of out of the fandom itself.
Anyway, back in high school I was part of a challenge to start one of the Gen 1 games from scratch and build a team within a few months, then meet everyone else in a tournament. Since most of the others were people I didn't really care for and had kind of been jerks to me, I tried to not only do the best but do some really broken stuff as well just to beat them. Unfortunately, one of them scared everyone else off by playing every waking hour including during class to level everything up fast, so there weren't enough people left in the end to make things worthwhile and it got canceled.
I had the following ready to go:
Zapdos: Thunderbolt, Drill Peck, Light Screen, Reflect
Charizard: Flamethrower, Swords Dance, Body Slam, Earthquake
Lapras: Surf, Ice Beam, Confuse Ray, Body Slam
Golem: Rock Slide, Earthquake, Submission, Explosion
Snorlax: Surf, Psychic, Amnesia, Rest
Alakazam: Psychic, Double Team, Seismic Toss, Recover
*The other was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Really, 1998 was a great year for video games.