The Tepig Family
![](https://bogleech.com/pokemon/allpokes/498Tepig.png)
Tepig is another Zodiac animal, like (arguably) every other fire starter, and I guess not bad as far as a pikachu-like fire pig goes. I'm not especially impressed here, but alright.
![](https://bogleech.com/pokemon/allpokes/499Pignite.png)
Unfortunately, Tepig also follows the trend of fire starters evolving into humanoids. Isn't everybody tired of that? What happened to monstrous fire-breathing beasts? A flaming, charging warthog would have been an awesome course for this line, but instead, we get sort of a cartoony martial artist hog with no obvious fire aspect. Ehh.
![](https://bogleech.com/pokemon/allpokes/500Emboar.png)
The final stage, Emboar, is our THIRD fire/fighting type starter, and only lightly teases the tusked fireboar that could have been.
![](https://bogleech.com/pokemon/pr2h.png)
Okayish, but forgettable for me.