A look back at Ash's travel companions in the anime - Page 2

Marril · 06/16/2012, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Pikamaster

Why does Pokemon never listen to the good ideas?

Because they already make scandalous amounts of money doing the same thing they've done for over ten years, so why change now?

precita · 06/21/2012, 10:34 AM

Yeah at this point its safe to say that Misty probably won't appear in the anime ever again. Her last cameo was all the way back in 2005 after Ash came home from the Hoenn league. Once Battle Frontier started she never appeared in an episode again, and that's including all of DP and BW so far. Its been 10 years since she was a main, and 6 years since her last cameo, the writers pretty much ignore her now. When you realize its been about 350+ episodes since she last appeared, it says a lot.

Even Tracey has a more recent appearance in the anime than Misty. That's pretty damn sad when you think about it. I guess its safe to say that the writers really saw no reason to ever revive Misty's character, so she's pretty much faded away with each passing generation.

In other news Dawn is getting a return cameo in the BW series, she's probably staying for around 5-6 episodes before she leaves again.

cvmerchanary · 07/06/2012, 02:42 PM

On the part about the bike......... Misty's bike was fixed by nurse joy when they came back to viridian city on the last episode of the Johto series

Fox_Master51 · 07/26/2012, 10:00 AM

One thing that annoys me is how Ash's starters never evolve at least not all three. There is always one that evolves and the other two stay in their base form. Exceptions of course being Sceptile and Infernape.

On a positive note, Ash gets a new gang and he actually uses more Pokemon instead of just the first six he caught.

Cilan is awesome, and not just because he has Sonic and Shadow's previous VA. He is profoundly wise yet remains youthful to a fault.
He does a lot more than Brock IMO. He's a good all-around character that brings more personality to the group.

Iris is meh to say the least. Actually mildly annoying is a better term. She is very condescending for a rookie, dontcha think? Especially to her friends who are more experienced than her. Not to mention roughly the same age. Now she even has Dawn acting all high and mighty even though Ash was pretty much Dawn's teacher (for lack of a better word) during his Sinnoh trek. I'm not saying Iris is a bad character. She has decent Pokemon and she does have a caring side, but I think there is room for improvement.

*bullados* · 07/26/2012, 04:52 PM

Fox, remember that Iris is a Gym Leader. The strongest one in the region, for that matter. If she wants to be a bit arrogant, I'll give her that.

Fox_Master51 · 07/26/2012, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bullados

Fox, remember that Iris is a Gym Leader. The strongest one in the region, for that matter. If she wants to be a bit arrogant, I'll give her that.

In the game perhaps but we are talkin' anime here, in which she is not.

*bullados* · 07/26/2012, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Fox_Master51

In the game perhaps but we are talkin' anime here, in which she is not.

We don't know that yet. I don't think she's stated one way or another at this point.

precita · 08/01/2012, 05:58 PM

I think they're trying to make a bigger deal out of Iris and Cilan so they don't wind up neglected like Misty/Brock did.

I think back when Johto was airing everyone was noticing that Misty and Brock were being kept in the background and not doing much. Its probably what led to the writers abandoning the original trio for the entire rest of the series. Even though Brock stayed for Hoenn and DP...he pretty much did absolutely nothing.

If Brock had left at the end of Johto when Misty did it would hardly be any different. My only guess as to why he stayed for so long is they just needed a guy there to explain Ash's battles and provide food for the group. Otherwise they probably would have gotten rid of Brock a lot earlier, he probably should have left when AG ended at the latest.

Although again, there's no doubt that Iris and Cilan will both probably leave when the 5th gen ends. I really don't see them making Cilan the next Brock and staying for the next 3 generations...the show has changed too much to expect characters to last multiple gens now.

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06/21/2012, 10:34 AM	#27
precita	Yeah at this point its safe to say that Misty probably won't appear in the anime ever again. Her last cameo was all the way back in 2005 after Ash came home from the Hoenn league. Once Battle Frontier started she never appeared in an episode again, and that's including all of DP and BW so far. Its been 10 years since she was a main, and 6 years since her last cameo, the writers pretty much ignore her now. When you realize its been about 350+ episodes since she last appeared, it says a lot. Even Tracey has a more recent appearance in the anime than Misty. That's pretty damn sad when you think about it. I guess its safe to say that the writers really saw no reason to ever revive Misty's character, so she's pretty much faded away with each passing generation. In other news Dawn is getting a return cameo in the BW series, she's probably staying for around 5-6 episodes before she leaves again.

07/26/2012, 10:00 AM	#29
Fox_Master51	One thing that annoys me is how Ash's starters never evolve at least not all three. There is always one that evolves and the other two stay in their base form. Exceptions of course being Sceptile and Infernape. On a positive note, Ash gets a new gang and he actually uses more Pokemon instead of just the first six he caught. Cilan is awesome, and not just because he has Sonic and Shadow's previous VA. He is profoundly wise yet remains youthful to a fault. He does a lot more than Brock IMO. He's a good all-around character that brings more personality to the group. Iris is meh to say the least. Actually mildly annoying is a better term. She is very condescending for a rookie, dontcha think? Especially to her friends who are more experienced than her. Not to mention roughly the same age. Now she even has Dawn acting all high and mighty even though Ash was pretty much Dawn's teacher (for lack of a better word) during his Sinnoh trek. I'm not saying Iris is a bad character. She has decent Pokemon and she does have a caring side, but I think there is room for improvement. __________________ Favorite Pokemon/ Pokemon Dreamteam 1. Ninetales 2. Gallade 3. Sceptile 4. Scizor 5. Jolteon 6. Flygon Current deck: Latios/Blastoise For every 1 decklist I come up with there is at least 5 others i think of.

08/01/2012, 05:58 PM	#33
precita	I think they're trying to make a bigger deal out of Iris and Cilan so they don't wind up neglected like Misty/Brock did. I think back when Johto was airing everyone was noticing that Misty and Brock were being kept in the background and not doing much. Its probably what led to the writers abandoning the original trio for the entire rest of the series. Even though Brock stayed for Hoenn and DP...he pretty much did absolutely nothing. If Brock had left at the end of Johto when Misty did it would hardly be any different. My only guess as to why he stayed for so long is they just needed a guy there to explain Ash's battles and provide food for the group. Otherwise they probably would have gotten rid of Brock a lot earlier, he probably should have left when AG ended at the latest. Although again, there's no doubt that Iris and Cilan will both probably leave when the 5th gen ends. I really don't see them making Cilan the next Brock and staying for the next 3 generations...the show has changed too much to expect characters to last multiple gens now.