Well the TV show didn't exactly stick to pokedex stuff...

That fire Pokémon does incinerate things but all grown up that water Pokémon gives out enough pressure to put a decent sized hole into thick steel from 160ft away and not feel the recoil.

That plant Pokémon has vines that can topple up to a 10 story building fully evolved too. It has pollen that can poison and paralyze as well effectively making it a mobile nerve gas factory as long as it gets sunlight. Solar beam is also the strongest grass move and it is one of 23 Pokémon that learn it natually.

Pokémon are much more dangerous than the tv show lets on.