He's beyond weird he is now a classic symbol of derp, the pinnacle of hm slaves. He sort of reminds me of how people felt about Magikcarp in gen1.
and with all you peeps talking about it I might as well throw my 2cents in. If you played gen1 you were most likely a little kid and nostalgia is very real. I'm not saying Gen 1 is better but like most people you probably had a better time playing the game, there was nothing like Pokemon at the time. It's the reason we see so many Vanilla/BC was the best expansion posts.