Shortchanged Legendaries

[SammyW27]

In almost each Generation, there's a Legendary Pokémon who gets the short end of the stick who doesn't get a movie or major storyline and/or is fairly underwhelming.

This thread discuss the poor dopes who were woefully underused/misused in the Show/Movies and vote for the most screwed over of them.

I'll start by voting for Kyogre & Groudon. They barely appeared in "their" movies, the episodes featuring them were among the series worst :dead:

Not far behind is Ho-oh, who's done more as a Pokeball summon in the Super Smash Bros. games than it has EVER done in the TV Show.

Step up ya'll. Time to vent.

 

[Master Cyrus]

Where is Arceus? No God should have gotten the treatment he did. If rayquaza could blow up a meteor, then there's no way arceus couldn't have.

 

[SammyW27]

Where is Arceus? No God should have gotten the treatment he did. If rayquaza could blow up a meteor, then there's no way arceus couldn't have.

Oh crap, you're right! :banghead: (Go figure that the God of Pokeworld would be vulnerable to the series' mascot :-|)

Sorry, I didn't think about him at the time :-(

 

[G50]

I feel that Ho-Oh and Cresselia were shortchanged the most. Both didn't have major movie appearances, and there wasn't too much major roles that they had in the anime. Except for Ash spotting Ho-Oh, and the discussions about it. Cresselia had one major episode where it appeared in the end, but there wasn't much after that.

 

[jcogginsa]

why is Deoxys an option? he was treated excellently

 

[Supreme Leader Palpitoad]

Heatran or Cresselia. Heatran only got the ranger ep as far as I know and Cresselia... it got one ep with Darkrai, did it not? I did not watch the whole ep so...

 

[SammyW27]

why is Deoxys an option? he was treated excellently

Because I'm not a big fan of him lashing out because he's confused and lonely and then stops when he finds a friend 2 stories in a row (especially in that AG 2-parter). Like his third appearance, but when I enjoy a cameo over two featured roles, that's a problem...

Heatran or Cresselia. Heatran only got the ranger ep as far as I know

She also appeared in Movie 12...which completely treated her like a commoner. Heck, there was one in the first episode of the Sinnoh League in the background belonging to a random trainer.

Cresselia... it got one ep with Darkrai, did it not? I did not watch the whole ep so...

Yes. One ep that would've worked (a lot) better if it had been a two parter. Heck, she was only in half the episode, the "battle" between her and Darkrai was short, dull, and anti-climatic (even Groudon & Kyogre though it sucked), and any Legendary that gets captured by the TRio (especially the DP version) loses points big time...

It's also awkward & askew that she got to show off more moves as a stage hazard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl than here...

 

[jcogginsa]

deoxys still isn't underused

 

[SammyW27]

deoxys still isn't underused

Yes, but that's why I'm going with "misused"...

 

[SammyW27]

If it's okay, I think I'll revive this because Movie 18 has got me thinking about the subject again.

Shot, maybe it'll help some of them.

(Though it seems that poor Ho-Oh is forever doomed not to play any kind of decent role :-( )

 

[Silktree]

Heatran got no less than it deserved. I approve of the decision not to treat it as a legendary in the anime.