owenpeterson
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One of the key elements to becoming a successful Pokemon trainer is having their Pokemon reach their full potential. And of course the key is evolution. Unfortunately once again those in charge of the Pokemon Anime at times choose to deny this for marketing and/or reasons hard to understand.
In the context of the show, one reason is stubborn species pride, Ash's Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Dawn's Piplup, the Team Rocket Meowth, etc. all suffer from this. They have too much pride in their own preevolved states to even consider evolving. Now these sorts of beliefs made sense early on. But as the series progressed, they STILL haven't evolved and one would have hoped that the stubborn pride may have worn off a little.
Another reason from an out of context point of view is for the sake of Ash and his friends to be labeled as underdogs. I don't need to go into detail about how much this annoys me. Ash should be past the underdog point and a true contender, and so should all of his Pokemon.
The final reason is from a marketing standpoint, which I don't need to go into since this is always been a reason why Ash doesn't have a Raichu.
Other Pokemon have no reason at all why they don't evolve certain Pokemon. I mean, Why doesn't Ash's Squirtle evolve into a Wartortle and then a Blastoise? Or why not have his Bayleef evolve into a Meganium?How about having his Quilava become a Typhlosion? I see no reason why they couldn't have Totodile evolve into a Croconaw and eventually a Feraligatr. How about having his Pignite become an Emboar?
How about his friends' Pokemon? Why wouldn't they have Brock's Geodude evolve into a Graveler, let alone a Golem? How about Misty's Goldeen evolving into Seaking? I'll bet she'd love to have her Psyduck evolve into a Golduck for real this time.
I could go on. So here is a poll asking which of Ash's Pokemon of previous generations would you liked to have seen evolve. I'm not including Kalos because chances are too high at this point that they will get to their fully evolved forms eventually. So I'm talking about Pokemon from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova.
Note: There were only a maximum of 10 selections of the for the sites poll. The number of poll choices aren't big enough to select ALL of Ash's individual unevolved Pokemon, so I had the Unova Pokemon in general as a choice of it's own.
Also, Why do you think they prevent those Pokemon from evolving anyway? This also applies to the Pokemon of his friends such as Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Dawn, Iris and Cilan.
In the context of the show, one reason is stubborn species pride, Ash's Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Dawn's Piplup, the Team Rocket Meowth, etc. all suffer from this. They have too much pride in their own preevolved states to even consider evolving. Now these sorts of beliefs made sense early on. But as the series progressed, they STILL haven't evolved and one would have hoped that the stubborn pride may have worn off a little.
Another reason from an out of context point of view is for the sake of Ash and his friends to be labeled as underdogs. I don't need to go into detail about how much this annoys me. Ash should be past the underdog point and a true contender, and so should all of his Pokemon.
The final reason is from a marketing standpoint, which I don't need to go into since this is always been a reason why Ash doesn't have a Raichu.
Other Pokemon have no reason at all why they don't evolve certain Pokemon. I mean, Why doesn't Ash's Squirtle evolve into a Wartortle and then a Blastoise? Or why not have his Bayleef evolve into a Meganium?How about having his Quilava become a Typhlosion? I see no reason why they couldn't have Totodile evolve into a Croconaw and eventually a Feraligatr. How about having his Pignite become an Emboar?
How about his friends' Pokemon? Why wouldn't they have Brock's Geodude evolve into a Graveler, let alone a Golem? How about Misty's Goldeen evolving into Seaking? I'll bet she'd love to have her Psyduck evolve into a Golduck for real this time.
I could go on. So here is a poll asking which of Ash's Pokemon of previous generations would you liked to have seen evolve. I'm not including Kalos because chances are too high at this point that they will get to their fully evolved forms eventually. So I'm talking about Pokemon from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova.
Note: There were only a maximum of 10 selections of the for the sites poll. The number of poll choices aren't big enough to select ALL of Ash's individual unevolved Pokemon, so I had the Unova Pokemon in general as a choice of it's own.
Also, Why do you think they prevent those Pokemon from evolving anyway? This also applies to the Pokemon of his friends such as Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Dawn, Iris and Cilan.