MAN, have you heard about the original novelizations of the first couple episodes? Apparently the guy in charge of most of the writing wanted the show to be MUCH darker: Ash is trailer trash from literally nowhere, the Oak family is only famous in Pallet town because an ancestor of theirs cracked the top 1000 best Pokemon trainers, Ash's Mom is in her 20s and is glad to see Ash leave so she can have her life back, Ash's Dad ALSO ran off to be a Pokemon Trainer, 10 is the legal age, Pokemon Training is some kind of weird government welfare system, the hospital and police departments are completely corrupt and run by a single family each (Jenny and Joy are last names)... ...anyway yeah in the original script for the episode, Gym Leaders lose their license if they are beaten 3 times in a row and Brock already lost twice. If he loses one more time, he loses his job and cannot support his family. Here's the translations: pokemonthenovel.dreamwidth.org/380.html
GELTONZ This just needs more attention. I reallty wish we has got to watch this, although it probably wouldn't have been exported even if it had got made.
Best comment. In reading the original scripts/novels, you really see how the world of Pokemon had an internal logic that made the early episodes' events make a lot more sense. But with the inevitable editorial process that goes on at a television network, especially with a show aimed at children, you can see how that internal logic was sacrificed and replaced in some areas with more easily digestible events and characters, even when they didn't make much sense. Another notable case of this in anime is the original Mobile Suit Gundam, which had a series of novelizations by show creator Yoshiyuki Tomino in order to display his vision in a way that wasn't compromised by studio-forced changes. There are lots of small adjustments, but they most notably included a greater focus on military realism & detail, a sexual relationship between Amuro & Sayla, and Amuro's death at the end.
@@brettd2308 Digibro talked about it in another video but it's crazy to think RX 78's iconic colors wouldn't have been there at all if it had been up to Tomino.
LOL! yes i think your pretty much correct about all of this. In general this is why I love season one because damn! the stories and characters were so realistically flawed! that being said as a long term pokemon viewer. yes, brock's dad does learn his lesson and stays. his younger brother becomes the gym leader and strangely enough his mom does come back... and forces the gym to become a water type gym... all for her ego as well! this shit totally runs in the family!
Wait Brock's mom comes back? And turns the gym into a water gym??? Brock's uncle becomes the gym leader where did you find this info I'm just curious honestly
No, Brock's younger brother becomes the the gym leader in a later ova episode, can't remember which season it is, but I think that one is placed after Brock's left Ash's party. In fact all of those plots points are things that happened in the show.
There´s a spin off series called Pokemon Chronicles where they show side stories of Brock, Misty and some other characters about what were they doing while Ash was travelling to the Hoenn region in Pokemon Advanced.
2:44 Look at those marks on Onix. It really does seem as if his body is eroding under water. Even if early Pokemon couldn't show any blood, the early seasons were good at making wounds and sickness feel painful and messy.
You'd think a Rock Pokémeon Trainer would know about that and care enough to install special sprinklers or something. He's not a good boulder pokemon trainer. I feel sorry for his sand pebbles.
"...the message of the episode seems to be that even if everyone's a total fuckup, things might work out anyways through sheer force of chaotic luck." Yup, that's competitive Pokemon for you.
Xaldyn Nemo I can confirm with you that I have managed to woop my freind multiple times from a random crit at the worse time for him and me capitalizing off it.
The Kanto region's gym leaders were very unprofessional in the anime. Brock's siblings could just barge in and harass the challenger, Misty's sisters were trying to give away badges, Erika refused Ash's challenge because he insulted her perfume, and Sabrina was just a psychopath. Also Giovanni and everything about him. At least Gary implies that there are other gyms in the region in the anime, but still.
This was why I prefered the Pokemon Origins OVA that followed the game's plot with Red,Brock gave Red some sound advice and unlike Ash,Red learned from his mistakes and won the challenge and showed actual growth. I liked the old school anime but Ash was way too cocky for his own good. Edit-fixed a typo I didnt notice up until now.
It's sort of mess up that when you think about it, Giovanni was one of the most professional gym leader in the Kanto region. When he stepped out of his gym, he made sure there was someone in the gym using his pokemon to fill in as a proxy so that his gym can still accept trainers.
the poor so called oppress people in America are waiting for the birth control pill for men. I always laughed at those idiots and wonder are they too poor to afford condoms or too lazy to pull out or just wanted to fuck someone life over.
phantomblade89 Bruh the poor hatch with that Egg Move *Constrict,* and the pokébitches all got that *Glare* when they hit level 20. It ain't about money, it's those I.V.s 🤷🏻♂️ 🤞🏻 ✌🏻
The Pokemon series was suppose to be more mature. There was a writer that took upon himself to do some serious world building, like how if a gym leader lost three times in a row they had to give up their licence. Unfortunately said writer left early on and the show fell into repeating itself quickly... BTW, the reason Brock falls in love with every woman he sees? He figured out that his siblings could use a mother figure, so he desperately searches for a one...
@@jeremietiu5094 a humble Robot Master hits the Dutchess of Darkness in the feels. I'm truly am the master of the black hole! But seriously, I got it from a Did You Know Gaming (or was it the movies spinoff?) video. Go ahead and look for it!
You're referring to Takeshi Sudo, aren't you? I don't know what to say about "leaving early on" since his last work for Pokemon was screenplay writing for episode 244, although knowing how big Pokemon is now you're not that far off. Anyway, that world building you're talking about is from the Pocket Monsters: The Animation. Aside from the Rule of the Three you've mentioned, there are other pretty grim things in there, like Brock's siblings actually being the product of his mother's numerous relationships or that being a Gym leader (aside from the Rule of the Three) is a very tough job as it's costly and pays pretty poorly. The brutal nature of Gym leading also being the reason why Misty's parents abandoned their children and the Cerulean Gym, thus forcing her and her sisters to run the Gym.
That’s interesting because had they gone with that plot, the plot we know today wouldn’t work because by the time Ash got to the Cerulean Gym, the sisters would’ve lost their license, and I doubt they would’ve found another leader in time for his arrival. So he would’ve either had to come back at a later time, or wait in town for them to hire another one, which would’ve been boring af. Or, he could just go get one of Gary’s 10 badges 😂😂😂
Ash never became a good trainer. He runs into a dude with a Hitmonchan and gets his shit completely canned. His big plan to beat this guy isn't to train Pikachu to fight to his strengths by focusing on evasion and fast lightning attacks, but to attempt teach Pikachu how to box.
It was from a time pokemon wasn t so methodic and full of different intricacies, so the anime was much more creative and full of liberties than now Since i basically started pokemon from the third generation i was initially annoyed by it but now i miss it,it had some interesting concepts
He did become a good trainer and that was ultimately the point of him finally earning the respect of Gary and eventually beating him in the Johto arc. And throughout the Hoenn, Battle Frontier, Sinnoh, and Kalos (and to some extent Unova) arcs he continues to grow and learn as a Trainer. Ole boy doesn't make juvenile mistakes anymore. Ash actually thinks with his head in battle, works with his Pokemon to become stronger, and hell, in the Hoenn and Sinnoh arcs, HE acts as the mentor to May and Dawn respectively. Y'all be shitting on Ash having only watched (and continue to watch) the first Kanto arc and think that's all there is to Ash, but lmao that kid's gone through some real character growth in 20 years.
Dude, Pokemon anime has its own logic, they even tell you that in one episode when Ash and the others go to a school. Misty says this to a kid "Maybe you are good in the simulator, but this is the real life, now fight me" in the next scene her Stamie beats this kid's Weepimbell with water gun, then this girl Giselle appears and fight Misty with a Graveller then Misty lose that match and in the next scene Pikachu fights with a Cubone and wins with a thundershock. At this point the series told you three times "The games logic dosent apply here" come on, pay more attetion.
Now that got me thinking. Imagine if Ash´s goal was searching for his father just like Gon instead of the unmeasurable goal of becoming "Pokemon master".
JaxBlade The thing about Digimon for me is that it'd be hard to pick a partner because a lot of them are pretty cool. Just gotta make sure you don't end up fighting Millenniummon or something and you're good.
.serious question : why the hell isn't Onix the strogest pokemon ever?? .it's a 21 fukin foot boulder snake that squeezes animals that can be carried in a louis Vuitton bag
Because Onix has Garbodor stats and would die to literal bubbles cause of his 4x water weakness. Some sprinklers vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Onix: 28-40 (121.7 - 173.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
serious answer: 1. Fragile elemental combination. Being a rock and ground type means it has a total of 5 weakness. Water and grass being especial dangerous. 2. Piss poor stats. Its only outstanding stat is physical defense. Everything else is too low to even matter. 3. It evolves into something better. Aside from speed, Steelix is better than Onix in every single aspect.
You know, what's interesting about this is that Brock's dad running out isn't the only case of parental failure via child neglect. Pokemon S&M had that shit going on with Lillie's mom, except, Lusamine tried too hard by forcing her "Love" onto her children. Pokemon really is a woke series.
So, you're saying that the cartoon about pre-teens striking out into the world on their own to engage in dog fighting has some problematic moral messages? Huh.
I see the person who brings up the most common misconception about Pokémon being dg fighting commence lol if you bothered actually knowing why Pokémon exists you would know the creator based this game on his childhood experiences collecting bugs.
I wouldn't even consider that episode canon to be honest. As of sun and moon Brock is not a gym leader anymore or even in the Kanto region. Also what's with the season 1 outfits when they've both gone through multiple wardrobe changes across the series since then? It felt more like a weird crossover between season 1 and sun moon of Pokémon lol.
+Sreyas RS Brock specifically says in those episodes that he's a former gym leader and is now a doctor in training, so yeah, it's canon (though I consider BW->XY and SM to be set in different timelines, both coming after DP)
I'm a newer subscriber. You make good stuff. Idk enough about Digi to know why so many folks dislike him. But from a viewer perspective I really dig the videos here.
Its because he can be hypocritical at times. Also, he has a tendency of pissing off some fandoms for no reason at all and with poor criticism. Among other things... but we don't want to dig that deep. Trust me.
Digi can act like a pretty negative elitist, and REALLY self absorbed at times, but a lot of people turned against him when he started getting vocal about liking lolicon.
Also Brock kind of ended the fight before the sprinklers went on by telling his Onyx to stop the attack since it was pointless to even continue, Ash kind of exploited this act of kindness by attacking after his opponent, who is the Gym Leader, ended the fight. How that behavior is worth a badge is anyone's guess. Though Ash barely wins any badge the honest way during the Kanto arc anyway. Really if the different Gym Leaders were to sit down and talk about it they would end up thinking Ash and Team Rocket are trying to scam badges out of them.
Dionysus24779 Hmm good point, recently I went back and watched the Kanto season and saw that episode and I thought, "Ash, you cheating scumbag, Brock halted the battle to save your Pikachu then you go and exploit the fact water somehow weakens Rock type Pokemon", he then forfeits when it is within the parameters of fair fight and gets rewarded the badge anyway for it, made no sense. A more realistic approach would've been Brock tells Ash that because he walked away when Onyx was vulnerable it counts as a forfeit. When Ash learns what is effective on rock types then he could use that against Onyx and maybe win the battle, but in a fair and square fashion, but oh no, we only have a 20 minute slot for this episode, let's half arse it and give him the badge anyway for walking away from the fight. Could you imagine Brock just going behind Ash's back one day while travelling and go to a meeting with the other Kanto gym leaders disgruntled because they were exploited during their challenges/battles and slander him off as a cheating prick then Ash finds out and they get into a massive row over it? That would be an interesting concept and one I would have loved to see personally.
Not gonna lie, I rewatched big parts over and over over the years and while nostalgia comes crashing down every single time when I do and makes me love the anime, this is the one thing that always bothered me about the first season as I grew older. Ash is an extremely immature brat the whole way through (and in a way still is in later seasons, trying to force his ideals onto his less empathetic rivals), gets by on pure luck and the power of friendship, gets most of his Kanto badges out of pity or because of out-of-battle accomplishments (with some admittedly epic exceptions like Lt. Surge or Blaine) and then, the culmination of stupidity, *does not train a single day in the two months before the Indigo League starts, even though is buddies even call him out on it. As a kid I was pretty upset at Ash losing after dozens of reruns, but in hindsight, it made total sense. Ash as a Pokemon Trainer at that point had only learned one thing: caring about his Pokemon (something like the Brock fight doesn't ever happen again iirc). It isn't until later seasons that Ash actually actively trains his Pokemon and devises up actual strategies that earn him the title of an actual trainer (or make his victories believable for that matter). In a sense, I think it was *good* that Ash lost that time. He deserved it. Admittedly, he probably should have lost in the very first round, what with his completely un-trained Krabby ssuddenly evolving, but okay, I can see that they wanted us to see *some* cool fights.
The first episode, at least in the dub, is pretty dark too. Ash be like " ENJOY YOUR LAST MOMENTS OF FREEDOM PIDGEY" and " OH? so all you can do is say you name? Then your just like all the other pokemon and you can fight" lol
Well to be honest, all of these were actual true points lol. And one of the 1st things we watchers of the anime had to know was that pokemons are usually just telling their names and they fight for their trainers. I think that was the way of the anime telling us what the anime is about.
You know , i watch this review of one of the episodes in had on VHS and that i watched the most in my early years, i always liked Ash character and when i was little i looked at him for how to act, now that you say how bad he was i ask myself: is this why i am such a crappy human being?
The problem with Pokemon was 4Kids Studios they changed a lot of The Narrative of the story as well as most of the content when shifting overseas and plus they didn't have the license to use those assets but they did it anyway regardless because they wanted to. I did not know what was changed in the western release what was edited out all the other stuff because of 4kids studios. It was poorly mishandled and mismanaged at that time but clearly a success with the market
@@fightingmedialounge519 this is still 4Kids Studios that's doing the episode´s they didn't own the rights to license most of the shows that they aired as well as the Integrity of the shows that they were dubbing all over was very poor at times do you wonder why they're not around today because of what they did for their mishaps with the translation as well the intellectual property. Same thing with the fox box or I forget the other Fox kids show because it was basically a catch rich quick scheme before bankruptcy happen.
The jelly-filled thing was an isolated incident, the localization was fairly accurate with the source material, it was the first movie that was heavily affected.
The episode where they were all in a sinking cruise ship and at the end of the episode they thought Team Rocket was dead always freaked me the fuck out as a kid.
there wasn't a single thing about Pokemon that wasn't messed up. Even the concept alone was screwed up from the start. Oh, anyone remember that scene with ashes metapod? Where they show him possibly being Split in 2 if ash didn't win? Yeah, that was Nightmare Fuel as a Kid!
Holy crap, yeah I do, I actually thought it actually happened and not in Ash's mind, I thought I just witnessed a death of a Pokemon in the hands of Pincer, but no it was just in Ash's mind.
Black and White, and base Sun and Moon's stories went in a darker direction, and they're some of the best written games. The Adventures manga and a few other supplemental Pokemon stories also have darker moments. The Pokemon games have always had some darker undertones. Usually the people that say that have only really interacted with the franchise on a surface leve,l and focus more on the squeeky clean base image from the marketing and most of the anime, while ignoring everything else.
I came into the franchise of Pokemon in Black and White. There is some dark stuff in them. I don't know, I'm not great at the games, but I love the combat, and the dark tones are definitely interesting for sure.
Yes, it was made to sell merchandise, but it actually has loads of weird subtext, it seems farfetched if you've only seen the dub, but in the sub and especially if you've read the novel by the headwriter(who was one of the writers of LOGH) you start to see some things
Nah, there's a TON of people who prefer Digimon. In general it had a better plot. I'm a Monster Rancher fan myself but Genki and Mochi were the worst protagonists.
+GELTONZ what do u mean better plot? everything has a better plot than pokemon since pokemon doesn't even have a plot for the most part. It's just ash walking around making random pokemon friends and rarely catching them and trashing team rocket in EVERY episode. U call that a plot? Digimon had an ACTUAL plot... you can't compare. When i was a kid , i was watching both of them and had fun with both of them. However when digimon episode was finished i had this urge... i wanted to watch the next one asap! i wanted to know what would happen next u know? That's what "plot" does. I didn't had this feeling with pokemon, even though i somehow enjoyed it...but as i grew up i came to understand and form my own personal opinion that if a series/ anime doesn't provide you with this feeling it's not worth watching.
Cole Cortella Yes! but also no. I love pokemon and this was great, but I would hate to see digi go down the dark path of a poketuber. Would love to see more on the stupid messed up morals presented in pokemon and other classic kids anime though.
A lot of cartoons use to be dark. Freaking land before time when little foots parents died. Or when mufasa dies in lion king. I know theres more i just cant think of it right now.
Brock's mother, Lola is alive in both the sub and dub and came back and basically stole the gym from Flint, forcing Brock to win it back in a battle in an episode of Pokemon Chronicles that explained what happened to Brock's Onix, Geodude, and Crobat before going to Hoenn (he let one of his brothers, Forrest take them to train with but kept Forretress as it was newly evolved).
Wow. I'm sure there's a lot of dark things in the anime kid's shows we watched growing up. *This was really unique and interesting.* Besides talking about censorship and "Game Theory"'s theories, *I've never seen* an in-depth analysis on the dark stories kid's shows tell until now. You may have discovered something here, Digi! Keep it up! ✨👍
One thing I never thought I'd see in Pokemon is guns, especially being used by team rocket who have assault rifles and RPGs in some episodes and firing them at people, at least I think I can't remember, all I can remember is a scene where team rocket blasts open a door and walks in, James having an assault rifle slung on his shoulders, them firing rpgs at a giant dragon, I can also remember like a group of men with shotguns aiming at Ash, I think it was the episode with aliens in the original series
I didn't get to see much of pokemon as a kid, and my first pokemon game was pokemon y. But I did see this episode. Now I have a question after seeing this video, and the reddish brown hair of one of Brock's sisters: was their mother a Nurse Joy, and is the attraction Freudian?
1:17 Actually in gen 1 game, bind was absolutely broken. It literally prevented the target to MOVE. It wasn't just frustrating, IT WAS LITERALLY HELL FOR ANYONE GETTING HIT BY THAT.
It's revealed later on in around the hoenn series that Brock really does have a mom who helps raise the family but she never appears in the original series
I remember the Sabrina episode being hella dark and creepy as well. I would just find random episodes on the internet when I was like 10, before I really knew what anime was, and the dark elements kinda made me wanna see more shit like that, even if I wouldn't for another 5 years or so.
How to forget the moment when Ash's Metapod used Harden and break the Samurai's Pinsir's "horns". That was fucking gruesome. No Pokémon Center could heal that.
I used to have a dvd set of the first 26~ episodes, I’d watch it over and over. The scariest parts I remember were Ash almost using the thunder stone on Pikachu, and the squirtle squad being total jerks
And suddenly, Digi does Pokemon. Bets on the next content's focus? I'm not making that bet anymore. This past month's been a wild ride of, 'what's Digi gonna talk about next' and I've loved it.
Funny enough Verlisify haves a video with a theory explaining why Charizard didn't obeyed Ash, in short he was an awful trainer with a very high level Pokémon XD
I thought you'll at least mention the episode where Ash dies under the steel beam and a pile of rubble. Pikachu watching his lifeless corpse and then his spirit rose from the body to have some fun with the ghost type pokemons. That left a mark on me as a kid.
I have been playing red on my 3ds and rewatching the og pokemon, and I forgot how interesting and huge kanto feels in the anime. 4 or 5 building houses in teh games are turned into huge cities, or at least cozy towns, and it is a really weird to be witnessing that at the same time as playing the game.
I like how later down the line when Brock meets his mom and dad again, this nigga just goes straight into the cold shoulder about them abandoning him. "When did you learn to cook so well?" "While you were gone. -_-" Loved it.
When it comes to the original Pokémon show there were a lot of things that were going on, For example in the original Japanese Version the reason Brock’s siblings are trying to stop Ash from winning has nothing to do with the sprinkler systems creating an unfair advantage. It was because if Ash had actually won the fight Brock would’ve been fired as a gym leader, because apparently if you lose three times you were disqualified as one, not three times in a row, three times period. There was also apparently an episode later on in the English dub between arcs where Brock went back home and found his mother had returned as well. And because she used water types she took over the gym and started re-decorating it ended in one of the older siblings having to defeat his mom in a Pokémon battle using rock types against her water type and won, it was supposed to be some message about turning a weakness into a strength and improvising. (Or was it about compromising? I don’t know)
Remember that time in the anime when Poison was *actual* poison and the pokémon could literaly die if not cured? Or when Burn was *actually* a burn? Now Poison is just an electric shock, and Burn is just a sudden combustion.
But Brock had his trusty drying pan
BINGO!
And some delicious donuts
Hi we have the same avatar
Drying?
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MAN, have you heard about the original novelizations of the first couple episodes? Apparently the guy in charge of most of the writing wanted the show to be MUCH darker: Ash is trailer trash from literally nowhere, the Oak family is only famous in Pallet town because an ancestor of theirs cracked the top 1000 best Pokemon trainers, Ash's Mom is in her 20s and is glad to see Ash leave so she can have her life back, Ash's Dad ALSO ran off to be a Pokemon Trainer, 10 is the legal age, Pokemon Training is some kind of weird government welfare system, the hospital and police departments are completely corrupt and run by a single family each (Jenny and Joy are last names)...
...anyway yeah in the original script for the episode, Gym Leaders lose their license if they are beaten 3 times in a row and Brock already lost twice. If he loses one more time, he loses his job and cannot support his family.
Here's the translations:
pokemonthenovel.dreamwidth.org/380.html
GELTONZ This just needs more attention.
I reallty wish we has got to watch this, although it probably wouldn't have been exported even if it had got made.
Best comment.
In reading the original scripts/novels, you really see how the world of Pokemon had an internal logic that made the early episodes' events make a lot more sense. But with the inevitable editorial process that goes on at a television network, especially with a show aimed at children, you can see how that internal logic was sacrificed and replaced in some areas with more easily digestible events and characters, even when they didn't make much sense.
Another notable case of this in anime is the original Mobile Suit Gundam, which had a series of novelizations by show creator Yoshiyuki Tomino in order to display his vision in a way that wasn't compromised by studio-forced changes. There are lots of small adjustments, but they most notably included a greater focus on military realism & detail, a sexual relationship between Amuro & Sayla, and Amuro's death at the end.
@@brettd2308 Digibro talked about it in another video but it's crazy to think RX 78's iconic colors wouldn't have been there at all if it had been up to Tomino.
GELTONZ Sheesh that's messed up...
Wait, at what age Ash's mother got pregnent?
Eww...
LOL! yes i think your pretty much correct about all of this. In general this is why I love season one because damn! the stories and characters were so realistically flawed! that being said as a long term pokemon viewer. yes, brock's dad does learn his lesson and stays. his younger brother becomes the gym leader and strangely enough his mom does come back... and forces the gym to become a water type gym... all for her ego as well! this shit totally runs in the family!
Wait Brock's mom comes back? And turns the gym into a water gym??? Brock's uncle becomes the gym leader where did you find this info I'm just curious honestly
Im curious too
No, Brock's younger brother becomes the the gym leader in a later ova episode, can't remember which season it is, but I think that one is placed after Brock's left Ash's party. In fact all of those plots points are things that happened in the show.
There´s a spin off series called Pokemon Chronicles where they show side stories of Brock, Misty and some other characters about what were they doing while Ash was travelling to the Hoenn region in Pokemon Advanced.
You really gotta watch xy and sun/moon. Especially sun moon which does heavy themes better and more frequently.
At least he has those "jelly filled donuts"
Nothing beats a jelly filled donut
Eat your hamburgers, Apollo.
Don't forget his drying pan.
@@WildcardGrey his almighty drying pan
he also calls them sandwhichs sometimes
2:44 Look at those marks on Onix. It really does seem as if his body is eroding under water. Even if early Pokemon couldn't show any blood, the early seasons were good at making wounds and sickness feel painful and messy.
Lol you ever read Pokemon Adventures?
You'd think a Rock Pokémeon Trainer would know about that and care enough to install special sprinklers or something. He's not a good boulder pokemon trainer. I feel sorry for his sand pebbles.
Wait, there's blood in Pokemon now?
Remember that time an Arbok got chopped in half?
or when they imagined magikarp as sashimi.
I'm still pissed that Onix was hurt by an electric attack
and the Geodude
Soak
Ehh I guess so but it wasn't in this gen.
Oh my god, you fixed this episode for me
「Ashik Jaman」 I know dude, I was so SHOCKED that Pikachu could damage Onix. It blows my mind
"...the message of the episode seems to be that even if everyone's a total fuckup, things might work out anyways through sheer force of chaotic luck."
Yup, that's competitive Pokemon for you.
What LMAO
Meh...? I've seen shitty luck thoroughly fuck over really good players, but I've yet to see a true noob win because of luck...
Xaldyn Nemo I can confirm with you that I have managed to woop my freind multiple times from a random crit at the worse time for him and me capitalizing off it.
sounds like konosuba
That can happen. Pokemon is largely just about coercing probability.
The Kanto region's gym leaders were very unprofessional in the anime. Brock's siblings could just barge in and harass the challenger, Misty's sisters were trying to give away badges, Erika refused Ash's challenge because he insulted her perfume, and Sabrina was just a psychopath. Also Giovanni and everything about him. At least Gary implies that there are other gyms in the region in the anime, but still.
Not to mention Erika's friends are kinda blatantly sexist as well.
This was why I prefered the Pokemon Origins OVA that followed the game's plot with Red,Brock gave Red some sound advice and unlike Ash,Red learned from his mistakes and won the challenge and showed actual growth. I liked the old school anime but Ash was way too cocky for his own good.
Edit-fixed a typo I didnt notice up until now.
Koga also totally cheated with a metamorphosis attack.
Hahah, true.
It's sort of mess up that when you think about it, Giovanni was one of the most professional gym leader in the Kanto region. When he stepped out of his gym, he made sure there was someone in the gym using his pokemon to fill in as a proxy so that his gym can still accept trainers.
Maybe the real moral of the episode was to always remember your Poké Birth Control.
The real moral of the episode was the friends we made along the way.
Chrome
The REAL moral is... Ash’s mom should’ve used Birth Control. If only her man was a professor that wouldn’t happen... oh wait!
Chrome And if your girl doesn't... Poison Powder her latté.
the poor so called oppress people in America are waiting for the birth control pill for men. I always laughed at those idiots and wonder are they too poor to afford condoms or too lazy to pull out or just wanted to fuck someone life over.
phantomblade89 Bruh the poor hatch with that Egg Move *Constrict,* and the pokébitches all got that *Glare* when they hit level 20.
It ain't about money, it's those I.V.s
🤷🏻♂️ 🤞🏻 ✌🏻
The Pokemon series was suppose to be more mature. There was a writer that took upon himself to do some serious world building, like how if a gym leader lost three times in a row they had to give up their licence. Unfortunately said writer left early on and the show fell into repeating itself quickly...
BTW, the reason Brock falls in love with every woman he sees? He figured out that his siblings could use a mother figure, so he desperately searches for a one...
strubbery g YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HIT ME WITH THE FEELS
@@jeremietiu5094 a humble Robot Master hits the Dutchess of Darkness in the feels. I'm truly am the master of the black hole!
But seriously, I got it from a Did You Know Gaming (or was it the movies spinoff?) video. Go ahead and look for it!
You're referring to Takeshi Sudo, aren't you? I don't know what to say about "leaving early on" since his last work for Pokemon was screenplay writing for episode 244, although knowing how big Pokemon is now you're not that far off.
Anyway, that world building you're talking about is from the Pocket Monsters: The Animation. Aside from the Rule of the Three you've mentioned, there are other pretty grim things in there, like Brock's siblings actually being the product of his mother's numerous relationships or that being a Gym leader (aside from the Rule of the Three) is a very tough job as it's costly and pays pretty poorly. The brutal nature of Gym leading also being the reason why Misty's parents abandoned their children and the Cerulean Gym, thus forcing her and her sisters to run the Gym.
That’s interesting because had they gone with that plot, the plot we know today wouldn’t work because by the time Ash got to the Cerulean Gym, the sisters would’ve lost their license, and I doubt they would’ve found another leader in time for his arrival. So he would’ve either had to come back at a later time, or wait in town for them to hire another one, which would’ve been boring af. Or, he could just go get one of Gary’s 10 badges 😂😂😂
Ash never became a good trainer.
He runs into a dude with a Hitmonchan and gets his shit completely canned. His big plan to beat this guy isn't to train Pikachu to fight to his strengths by focusing on evasion and fast lightning attacks, but to attempt teach Pikachu how to box.
It was from a time pokemon wasn t so methodic and full of different intricacies, so the anime was much more creative and full of liberties than now
Since i basically started pokemon from the third generation i was initially annoyed by it but now i miss it,it had some interesting concepts
He did become a good trainer and that was ultimately the point of him finally earning the respect of Gary and eventually beating him in the Johto arc.
And throughout the Hoenn, Battle Frontier, Sinnoh, and Kalos (and to some extent Unova) arcs he continues to grow and learn as a Trainer. Ole boy doesn't make juvenile mistakes anymore. Ash actually thinks with his head in battle, works with his Pokemon to become stronger, and hell, in the Hoenn and Sinnoh arcs, HE acts as the mentor to May and Dawn respectively.
Y'all be shitting on Ash having only watched (and continue to watch) the first Kanto arc and think that's all there is to Ash, but lmao that kid's gone through some real character growth in 20 years.
If I edit my original comment, maybe no one will know I got Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan mixed up.
Dude, Pokemon anime has its own logic, they even tell you that in one episode when Ash and the others go to a school.
Misty says this to a kid "Maybe you are good in the simulator, but this is the real life, now fight me" in the next scene her Stamie beats this kid's Weepimbell with water gun, then this girl Giselle appears and fight Misty with a Graveller then Misty lose that match and in the next scene Pikachu fights with a Cubone and wins with a thundershock.
At this point the series told you three times "The games logic dosent apply here" come on, pay more attetion.
ROCKET PUNCH!
"THROUGHOUT THE EARLY PART OF THE SERIES Ash is an absolute garbage pokemon trainer"
THROUGHOUT THE EARLY PART OF THE SERIES
lmao
Ash used to be a garbage trainer. He still is, but he used to be, too.
I really liked the early Ash, it was so spiteful and funny , the later versions were a little too" goody two-shoes" for my tastes
He was pretty competent in DP and XY
and he constantly loses finals
He gets better. usually. B/W doesnt count.
All I know is that nothing beats a jelly filled donut
And filling lolis
ಠ_ಠ How is the reply older then the op's post? Lolis are for patting. What's going on here?
Lmao whaaaat
Lol. Made my night.
Eventually the mom came back.
.........She looks nothing like any of her kids, they all inherited zero traits from her.
Well, that happens when you racemix.
No, no it doesn't.
Racemix? Tf.. no. Closed minded people man.
lol
Brock's dad is Ging times 10, lmao
JoJo Banks ging is such an asshole but it worked in forging gone.
Ash´s dad is Ging times infinity lol
Ryan GODsling (I say 10 because he left 10 kids instead of one)
Now that got me thinking. Imagine if Ash´s goal was searching for his father just like Gon instead of the unmeasurable goal of becoming "Pokemon master".
Nah, Brock's dad didn't pull a murderer out of jail for the purpose of kill- I mean "testing" his son.
Pokemon is just glorified Dog Fights xD, personally i'd prefer a Digimon partner, Hell I could fuse with em and get super powers :P
JaxBlade The thing about Digimon for me is that it'd be hard to pick a partner because a lot of them are pretty cool. Just gotta make sure you don't end up fighting Millenniummon or something and you're good.
I bet any digimon lover would want to 'fuse' with Angewoman. ...
That sounded punier in my head....
Yes Digimon Frontier all the way!
Damn it, it's always cool seeing Jax comment on other anime TH-camrs lol
I assumed it was something like boxing, where you're supposed to believe there's a bit more to it than just pounding your opponent into submission.
.serious question : why the hell isn't Onix the strogest pokemon ever?? .it's a 21 fukin foot boulder snake that squeezes animals that can be carried in a louis Vuitton bag
Because Steelix exists.
Because you can cut rock and or melt it
if it exerts itself its rocks fall apart
Because Onix has Garbodor stats and would die to literal bubbles cause of his 4x water weakness.
Some sprinklers vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Onix: 28-40 (121.7 - 173.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
serious answer:
1. Fragile elemental combination. Being a rock and ground type means it has a total of 5 weakness. Water and grass being especial dangerous.
2. Piss poor stats. Its only outstanding stat is physical defense. Everything else is too low to even matter.
3. It evolves into something better. Aside from speed, Steelix is better than Onix in every single aspect.
Are we going to have a 13 part meta analysis on Pokemon?
I'd watch it
You know, what's interesting about this is that Brock's dad running out isn't the only case of parental failure via child neglect. Pokemon S&M had that shit going on with Lillie's mom, except, Lusamine tried too hard by forcing her "Love" onto her children. Pokemon really is a woke series.
Don't forget about N and Ghetsis.
The guy that runs poke pelago is confirmed to be Lillie and Gladion’s dad
I'd force my love on her if you know what I mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
So, you're saying that the cartoon about pre-teens striking out into the world on their own to engage in dog fighting has some problematic moral messages? Huh.
Actually I was saying it has 100% accurate moral messages.
That's FullMetal Alchemist
I see the person who brings up the most common misconception about Pokémon being dg fighting commence lol if you bothered actually knowing why Pokémon exists you would know the creator based this game on his childhood experiences collecting bugs.
EXACTLY. The show isnt about fighting with your pets, it's about collecting then and stuffing them in little trophy balls. No moral delimma there.
I wonder how long it's going to take for someone to make a black joke about Brock and his dad ditching.
I think you just did
I thought the nigga's Mexican 😂
My Coins Your Purse we did that like 20 years ago
He looked South East Asian to me.
I had never thought of this way because I never thought that Brock is black. Why didn't I think that before?
5:02 this editing is hilarious and godlike and will likely be overlooked.
Love u digibro
And in Sun and Moon, Brock says he gave Ash a badge out of pity, lol!
I wouldn't even consider that episode canon to be honest. As of sun and moon Brock is not a gym leader anymore or even in the Kanto region. Also what's with the season 1 outfits when they've both gone through multiple wardrobe changes across the series since then?
It felt more like a weird crossover between season 1 and sun moon of Pokémon lol.
+Sreyas RS
Brock specifically says in those episodes that he's a former gym leader and is now a doctor in training, so yeah, it's canon (though I consider BW->XY and SM to be set in different timelines, both coming after DP)
I'm a newer subscriber. You make good stuff. Idk enough about Digi to know why so many folks dislike him. But from a viewer perspective I really dig the videos here.
Its because he can be hypocritical at times. Also, he has a tendency of pissing off some fandoms for no reason at all and with poor criticism.
Among other things... but we don't want to dig that deep. Trust me.
You came at the right time my dude. The," Make a video every day for a month", ark isn't to bad.
Digi can act like a pretty negative elitist, and REALLY self absorbed at times, but a lot of people turned against him when he started getting vocal about liking lolicon.
Because he shits on their favorite anime
@@DonChalant , pretty sure it's before that my dude.
Now I know why I preferred Digimon
Because of goddamn charachter development
also it has an actual story and some fun lore here and there
Pokemon also has lore.
pay attention to the "fun" part. Most of pokemon lore I saw was just kinda dumb imo. Though all of Pokemon is just more enjoyable in the games really
Exclude Advanced saga, DP, and XY and I agree with you.
lol digimon shills
stay irrelevant
Also Brock kind of ended the fight before the sprinklers went on by telling his Onyx to stop the attack since it was pointless to even continue, Ash kind of exploited this act of kindness by attacking after his opponent, who is the Gym Leader, ended the fight. How that behavior is worth a badge is anyone's guess. Though Ash barely wins any badge the honest way during the Kanto arc anyway. Really if the different Gym Leaders were to sit down and talk about it they would end up thinking Ash and Team Rocket are trying to scam badges out of them.
Dionysus24779 Hmm good point, recently I went back and watched the Kanto season and saw that episode and I thought, "Ash, you cheating scumbag, Brock halted the battle to save your Pikachu then you go and exploit the fact water somehow weakens Rock type Pokemon", he then forfeits when it is within the parameters of fair fight and gets rewarded the badge anyway for it, made no sense. A more realistic approach would've been Brock tells Ash that because he walked away when Onyx was vulnerable it counts as a forfeit. When Ash learns what is effective on rock types then he could use that against Onyx and maybe win the battle, but in a fair and square fashion, but oh no, we only have a 20 minute slot for this episode, let's half arse it and give him the badge anyway for walking away from the fight.
Could you imagine Brock just going behind Ash's back one day while travelling and go to a meeting with the other Kanto gym leaders disgruntled because they were exploited during their challenges/battles and slander him off as a cheating prick then Ash finds out and they get into a massive row over it? That would be an interesting concept and one I would have loved to see personally.
Breaking news: Old, lowest common denominator mass appeal children's anime did not have well-thought-out morals!
Not gonna lie, I rewatched big parts over and over over the years and while nostalgia comes crashing down every single time when I do and makes me love the anime, this is the one thing that always bothered me about the first season as I grew older. Ash is an extremely immature brat the whole way through (and in a way still is in later seasons, trying to force his ideals onto his less empathetic rivals), gets by on pure luck and the power of friendship, gets most of his Kanto badges out of pity or because of out-of-battle accomplishments (with some admittedly epic exceptions like Lt. Surge or Blaine) and then, the culmination of stupidity, *does not train a single day in the two months before the Indigo League starts, even though is buddies even call him out on it. As a kid I was pretty upset at Ash losing after dozens of reruns, but in hindsight, it made total sense. Ash as a Pokemon Trainer at that point had only learned one thing: caring about his Pokemon (something like the Brock fight doesn't ever happen again iirc). It isn't until later seasons that Ash actually actively trains his Pokemon and devises up actual strategies that earn him the title of an actual trainer (or make his victories believable for that matter).
In a sense, I think it was *good* that Ash lost that time. He deserved it. Admittedly, he probably should have lost in the very first round, what with his completely un-trained Krabby ssuddenly evolving, but okay, I can see that they wanted us to see *some* cool fights.
the problem with ash's first league loss is that he lost due to being kidnapped, not because his lack of experience
The first episode, at least in the dub, is pretty dark too. Ash be like " ENJOY YOUR LAST MOMENTS OF FREEDOM PIDGEY" and " OH? so all you can do is say you name? Then your just like all the other pokemon and you can fight" lol
Well to be honest, all of these were actual true points lol.
And one of the 1st things we watchers of the anime had to know was that pokemons are usually just telling their names and they fight for their trainers.
I think that was the way of the anime telling us what the anime is about.
"I only need to appeal to my niche audience."
"Please excuse the clickbait title!"
🤔
He did address this.. somewhere.
He explains it in "Rebuild of Digibrolion"
You know , i watch this review of one of the episodes in had on VHS and that i watched the most in my early years, i always liked Ash character and when i was little i looked at him for how to act, now that you say how bad he was i ask myself: is this why i am such a crappy human being?
If you want character drama/development then The Orange Island arc is the best part of Pokemon, with Johto at a close second.
The problem with Pokemon was 4Kids Studios they changed a lot of The Narrative of the story as well as most of the content when shifting overseas and plus they didn't have the license to use those assets but they did it anyway regardless because they wanted to. I did not know what was changed in the western release what was edited out all the other stuff because of 4kids studios. It was poorly mishandled and mismanaged at that time but clearly a success with the market
No, even in the original dub pokemon could be fairly mediocre.
@@fightingmedialounge519 this is still 4Kids Studios that's doing the episode´s they didn't own the rights to license most of the shows that they aired as well as the Integrity of the shows that they were dubbing all over was very poor at times do you wonder why they're not around today because of what they did for their mishaps with the translation as well the intellectual property. Same thing with the fox box or I forget the other Fox kids show because it was basically a catch rich quick scheme before bankruptcy happen.
"I peed"
- Kibanekowolfboy, 2018
@@blazrrr-4082 fix that google voice messing up so it Google 2018
The jelly-filled thing was an isolated incident, the localization was fairly accurate with the source material, it was the first movie that was heavily affected.
I would sincerely adore having more of these. This was a treat and I thank you for it.
It's all about that Indigo League life.
With the Twitch Pokémon stream coming up today, I’m even more motivated to rewatch some of the series critically. This was really interesting.
Thanks, I just got a tone of WatchMojo videos related to Pokemon in my recommended feed.
The episode where they were all in a sinking cruise ship and at the end of the episode they thought Team Rocket was dead always freaked me the fuck out as a kid.
xD i saw this episode on twitch this week, they are runing a pokemon marathon
Nothing beats a jelly filled donut!
Only one more week of "and I'll see you tomorrow" granted Digi doesn't die in an attempt of making a giant video for the 31st
Season 1 had a lot of issues, man.
there wasn't a single thing about Pokemon that wasn't messed up. Even the concept alone was screwed up from the start.
Oh, anyone remember that scene with ashes metapod? Where they show him possibly being Split in 2 if ash didn't win? Yeah, that was Nightmare Fuel as a Kid!
Holy crap, yeah I do, I actually thought it actually happened and not in Ash's mind, I thought I just witnessed a death of a Pokemon in the hands of Pincer, but no it was just in Ash's mind.
With a title like this, I thought this was a ricegum video
“Get your ass over there pikachu, I can’t you see I need that Badge”
*ash is winning and turns the sprinkler on*
“Man, fuck that badge”
I know people say it goes against the appeal but I'd like dark ver of pokemon
Black and White, and base Sun and Moon's stories went in a darker direction, and they're some of the best written games. The Adventures manga and a few other supplemental Pokemon stories also have darker moments.
The Pokemon games have always had some darker undertones.
Usually the people that say that have only really interacted with the franchise on a surface leve,l and focus more on the squeeky clean base image from the marketing and most of the anime, while ignoring everything else.
I came into the franchise of Pokemon in Black and White. There is some dark stuff in them. I don't know, I'm not great at the games, but I love the combat, and the dark tones are definitely interesting for sure.
the mystery dungeon games have easily the best stories out of any pokemon game.
Still looking forward to the 'mature' pokemon series. It keeps featuring Ash because it refuses to grow up. It just gets a new makeover.
Remember when Misty brandished a crucifix at a Gastly.
Imagine Jesus riding an Arceus.
LOL
A pretty damn good metaphor for competitive Pokemon :^)
The darkest thing about borcks family is him
Digi interprets bad writing on a children's anime adaptation of a video game made to sell merchandise as subtext.
Yes, it was made to sell merchandise, but it actually has loads of weird subtext, it seems farfetched if you've only seen the dub, but in the sub and especially if you've read the novel by the headwriter(who was one of the writers of LOGH) you start to see some things
This is somehow darker than metapod being cracked in half and charmander nearly dying
Am I the only one who loves Digimon (original) more than Pokemon tho?¿
Nah, there's a TON of people who prefer Digimon. In general it had a better plot. I'm a Monster Rancher fan myself but Genki and Mochi were the worst protagonists.
GELTONZ I love Genki and Mochi ^^
Nigga I like them both.
+GELTONZ
what do u mean better plot? everything has a better plot than pokemon since pokemon doesn't even have a plot for the most part.
It's just ash walking around making random pokemon friends and rarely catching them and trashing team rocket in EVERY episode.
U call that a plot?
Digimon had an ACTUAL plot... you can't compare.
When i was a kid , i was watching both of them and had fun with both of them.
However when digimon episode was finished i had this urge... i wanted to watch the next one asap! i wanted to know what would happen next u know?
That's what "plot" does.
I didn't had this feeling with pokemon, even though i somehow enjoyed it...but as i grew up i came to understand and form my own personal opinion that if a series/ anime doesn't provide you with this feeling it's not worth watching.
This is why I like pokemon, if you look hard enough you see some truly deep and relatable moments. The characters are flawed.
Please do more pokemon analysis videos
Cole Cortella Yes! but also no. I love pokemon and this was great, but I would hate to see digi go down the dark path of a poketuber.
Would love to see more on the stupid messed up morals presented in pokemon and other classic kids anime though.
A lot of cartoons use to be dark. Freaking land before time when little foots parents died. Or when mufasa dies in lion king. I know theres more i just cant think of it right now.
Incoming “muh gen 1 days were so much better” comments
These doughnuts are great, jelly filled are my favorite, nothing beats a jelly filled doughnut.
brock is a nigerian
looks filipino
I enjoyed how you reversed the clip where Squirtle runs and hugs Ash. Poor bastard got flung across a field
Your outro for this video spoke to me on multi-universal and multi-lifetime levels.
Brock's mother, Lola is alive in both the sub and dub and came back and basically stole the gym from Flint, forcing Brock to win it back in a battle in an episode of Pokemon Chronicles that explained what happened to Brock's Onix, Geodude, and Crobat before going to Hoenn (he let one of his brothers, Forrest take them to train with but kept Forretress as it was newly evolved).
Wow. I'm sure there's a lot of dark things in the anime kid's shows we watched growing up. *This was really unique and interesting.* Besides talking about censorship and "Game Theory"'s theories, *I've never seen* an in-depth analysis on the dark stories kid's shows tell until now.
You may have discovered something here, Digi! Keep it up! ✨👍
One thing I never thought I'd see in Pokemon is guns, especially being used by team rocket who have assault rifles and RPGs in some episodes and firing them at people, at least I think I can't remember, all I can remember is a scene where team rocket blasts open a door and walks in, James having an assault rifle slung on his shoulders, them firing rpgs at a giant dragon, I can also remember like a group of men with shotguns aiming at Ash, I think it was the episode with aliens in the original series
Meanwhile in Yugioh we get dudes pointing fingers instead of guns
"...out of kindess"
OH NO THE FLASHBACK OF THAT EGORAPTOR VID
I didn't get to see much of pokemon as a kid, and my first pokemon game was pokemon y. But I did see this episode. Now I have a question after seeing this video, and the reddish brown hair of one of Brock's sisters: was their mother a Nurse Joy, and is the attraction Freudian?
the title was not click bait, do more episodes of classic pokemon is dark AF, i would like to watch them.
1:17
Actually in gen 1 game, bind was absolutely broken.
It literally prevented the target to MOVE.
It wasn't just frustrating, IT WAS LITERALLY HELL FOR ANYONE GETTING HIT BY THAT.
I haven't watched the vid yet but I thought I should let you know that your thumbnail is suuuuuper funny
It's revealed later on in around the hoenn series that Brock really does have a mom who helps raise the family but she never appears in the original series
This felt like a gametheory episode,with one difference,It was aware of the fact that It's a kids show.
5:03 Ash: 'Fuck off, Squirtle' lmao
4:50
very masterful space usage on that pewter city gym
I would actually like to see more of theses plz
I remember the Sabrina episode being hella dark and creepy as well. I would just find random episodes on the internet when I was like 10, before I really knew what anime was, and the dark elements kinda made me wanna see more shit like that, even if I wouldn't for another 5 years or so.
I loved the struggle against Brocks rock types in the series. Because I experienced the same in the red edition.
you dont know my love for my pokemon, digibro when my pikachu gets put in bind. I feel the pain too
How to forget the moment when Ash's Metapod used Harden and break the Samurai's Pinsir's "horns".
That was fucking gruesome. No Pokémon Center could heal that.
@4:30 Ah, The nostalgic struggles of a 90's kid.
I used to have a dvd set of the first 26~ episodes, I’d watch it over and over. The scariest parts I remember were Ash almost using the thunder stone on Pikachu, and the squirtle squad being total jerks
And suddenly, Digi does Pokemon. Bets on the next content's focus? I'm not making that bet anymore. This past month's been a wild ride of, 'what's Digi gonna talk about next' and I've loved it.
Funny enough Verlisify haves a video with a theory explaining why Charizard didn't obeyed Ash, in short he was an awful trainer with a very high level Pokémon XD
ash was not worthy of A pokemon like charizard at that point.
No wonder charizard was trolling the shit out of him
Best conclusion to a video of all time.
I have science exam tomorrow and I am watching this!!!
I thought you'll at least mention the episode where Ash dies under the steel beam and a pile of rubble. Pikachu watching his lifeless corpse and then his spirit rose from the body to have some fun with the ghost type pokemons. That left a mark on me as a kid.
I liked this, very interesting breakdown and thoughts on the episodes. Also the style kind of made me think of Movies With Mikey a little.
Better be a pt 2, 3 and 4 on this cause this was pretty damn good
In Generation 1, Bind inflicts regular damage for 2-5 turns. While in effect, the target is unable to attack.
It felt more meaningful in the OG games.
Keyman: The Hand of Judgment is the greatest manga ever made, don't @ me.
I have been playing red on my 3ds and rewatching the og pokemon, and I forgot how interesting and huge kanto feels in the anime. 4 or 5 building houses in teh games are turned into huge cities, or at least cozy towns, and it is a really weird to be witnessing that at the same time as playing the game.
I properly finished Pokemon much much later than when it aired.
Cuz I wasn't born then
1:11 having bind be used on you in game is great because it means the opponent wasted their turn.
I like how later down the line when Brock meets his mom and dad again, this nigga just goes straight into the cold shoulder about them abandoning him.
"When did you learn to cook so well?"
"While you were gone. -_-"
Loved it.
Classic Pokemon is Underrated AF!!!
When it comes to the original Pokémon show there were a lot of things that were going on,
For example in the original Japanese Version the reason Brock’s siblings are trying to stop Ash from winning has nothing to do with the sprinkler systems creating an unfair advantage. It was because if Ash had actually won the fight Brock would’ve been fired as a gym leader, because apparently if you lose three times you were disqualified as one, not three times in a row, three times period.
There was also apparently an episode later on in the English dub between arcs where Brock went back home and found his mother had returned as well. And because she used water types she took over the gym and started re-decorating it ended in one of the older siblings having to defeat his mom in a Pokémon battle using rock types against her water type and won, it was supposed to be some message about turning a weakness into a strength and improvising. (Or was it about compromising? I don’t know)
Damn dude. I haven't thought about this until now.
i never thought about that as a kid.
Damn, i need to rewatch Indigo League
You know sometimes I forget Pokemon is also an anime. And you know how most animes go.
Funny thing is I just watch that episode yesterday.
Oh hey, it's the Marathon today
are we gonna talk about how instead of having brock's dad grow a beard, they just gave him a fake beard that he can tear off
Remember that time in the anime when Poison was *actual* poison and the pokémon could literaly die if not cured? Or when Burn was *actually* a burn? Now Poison is just an electric shock, and Burn is just a sudden combustion.