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No, you see, this was totally justified because Pikachu needed to be shoved down the viewers' throats at every opportunity in BW: his species wasn't present in the Unova Pokedex, after all, and that would make people forget who the franchise mascot is supposed to be! We gave Unfezant the Skyla Gym and Pignite a watered-down version of Infernape's and Charizard's plotlines! That's totally good enough for those two! If we gave them any more they might interfere with the Almighty Pika's (who was clearly the only one that needed redemption against the main rival of the saga, btw) precious screentime!/sIn the same vein, I love how Ash's Pidove evolves before the Burgh Gym...the episode right before...where you would think she would get to star in the following Gym, where she has a huge type-advantage in...only to not appear.
But Tepig did, for the 3rd Gym in a row (4 if you count the Nacrene rematch); as well as Pikachu for his second. That always rubbed me the wrong way because logic would dictate you'd use your Pokémon with a 4x advantage over the leader's ace, which would also give said party member much needed spotlight & significance. I think Leavanny restricting Tranquill's ability to fly with its webbing would have been a neat challenge to overcome for her and her Trainer both.
Yeah, poor Pignite did pretty much get trounced all three times it battled Trip; even more insulting as it couldn't defeat the last two opponents it had advantages over. Tying with Vanillite was ridiculous imo.