It's not too bad. Usually I just use a special and eliminate half of them, then just take out the rest.
Imagine getting a million in Pokemon... my level 100 Suicune had a total of 1,750,000 or something
Still a big number.
Ah, yeah. In this game, if tells you you get 500, you get 500 each. Although, there are only ever two characters out, so yeah.