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That’s a good point, blank slates are a good way of experimenting with tone and personality without making a mess out of the protagonist. I’m fond of both XY and SM’s iterations of Ash individually, but nobody can tell me there’s any character continuity there.

Not to mention that between plot characters, gym leaders and the obligatory mascots in the main cast, a new series will never be able to do anything without everyone convulsing on the floor screaming “THIS IS NOT THE CHARACTER I GREW UP WITH”

Honestly, I like the battle with Candice. I like the matchups and the switching that came into play, those are often ignored.

If anything, I’d say Roark’s battle is a perfect example on how to have Ash believably beat an overwhelming opponent. He got his ass kicked once but did manage to get a grasp on Roark’s shortcomings, so he planned accordingly and managed to have both Aipom and Pikachu still standing to soften...

Ash has basically become the avatar of RNJesus. More than he was before, anyway.

Well, Dragonite was caught in that awkward period when Journeys was allergic to continuity, so I doubt they would be willing to squeeze Larvitar in then. But true, it would have been a very sweet addition.

I feel like the Darkest Day arc could have benefited if Rose and the pup knights had been introduced in a previous episode. It would still be awkwardly shoved in, but at least the arc could breathe more.

I think it’s partially for casual audiences. Many of Ash’s pokemon that don’t move the plot end up in the background when they show up, so sprinkling some random ones in there might confuse people that aren’t caught up.

Well, TR’s pokemon have reason to believe their trainers are up to no good, Sceptile probably thought “Ash” a plan of sorts… hopefully.

Semantics. Also, Tauros?

I mean, this battle has literally been in the opening lines this whole saga, no writer/producer with half a brain cell would pull out something like this… hopefully. Ludicolo did get used, actually. It battled Sawyer’d Aegislash.

There’s also the fact that only a handful of them could realistically keep up in this stage of the tournament. I mean, do we really want to see Totodile or Snivy going up against champions?

Weren’t the Sailor Moon evolutions intentionally exclusive to the Tsareena line?

Just for the sake of nitpicking, we knew about his Magmar before it showed up and Gliscor was caught onscreen, so these weren’t really random.

Zoroark is a rare pokemon and there was already one in the family, so it shouldn’t be hard to put two and two together.

To be fair, the games hardly bother to make him stand out either.

I know the company is stingy with full battles, but they oughta throw us a bone for what’s essentially the climax of the whole anime. … phrasing it like that makes it sound so much more exciting than it is.

Thoughts of Ash battling Lance made me realise… goddamn, Pikachu gets a kick out of slaying Gyarados, doesn’t he? I can think of five just from a ten second brainstorm.

And yet you still haven’t answered: why is that a good thing? We complain about it because it’s a noxious trope.

And why exactly is this kind of lazy writing a good thing that we should be supportive of?