A lot of DP's Gym battles suffer from really dated animation now like Crasher Wake's especially, and the fact that most of them are nearly 15 years old now so it makes sense the animation is dated.
But besides that you have Turtwig and Chimchar in their base forms taking out fully evolved Pokemon so late in the series, and I know this happens every series, but Ash would always beat pokemon with starters that should have been far weaker.
But besides that you have Turtwig and Chimchar in their base forms taking out fully evolved Pokemon so late in the series, and I know this happens every series, but Ash would always beat pokemon with starters that should have been far weaker.