Acquired
Acquired adjective - Gotten through environmental forces.
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The latter two can only be acquired by not playing the game, and since some pins require them to evolve, if you want 100% completion you'll have to stop playing at some point.
Source: Rewarding Inactivity - The Pokémon games frequently feature a handful of common Pokémon, usually Bug-Type Pokémon that evolve into their final forms at relatively early levels (for example, Butterfree and Beedrill, both of which can be acquired at level 10).
Source: Crutch Character - By training the useless Magikarp, which can be acquired the moment you get an Old Rod (or even earlier in the first games, if you're willing to buy the Pokémon from a shady merchant), it will evolve into the incredibly powerful Gyarados at level 20.
Source: Disc One Nuke / Pokémon
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