There are ****ton of "deserving" Pokemon, but that topic blows. We talk about it way too much.
The list of deserving Pokemon(Starters included):
1st Gen: Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Meowth, Mewtwo
2nd Gen: Pichu, Suicune
3rd Gen: Gardevior, Plusle & Minun, Deoxys
4th Gen: Lucario. . . ?
5th Gen: Zoroark, Victini, Genesect
I left out Lugia, because of size issues. There are a few Pokemon I missed. I know it. But, yeah. This is like, 90% of all the Pokemon I deem deserving.
Pokemon Trainers: Red/Leaf/Blue, Ethan/Lrya/Silver, Brandon/May, Lucas/Dawn/Barry, White/Black/Bianca/Cheren, Villian character(Rocket, Giovanni, N), Cynthia(A better version of Lance).