Do you want Pikachu to evolve?

[LuVrDiSC]

pika should do it for the huge stat increase and for raichu's cute LiL Pot-Belly! :pink_giggle:

 

[GlitchCity]

Erm yes and no. Yes because I finally want Pikachu to grow up and become stronger, and maybe Team Rocket can give up on it since its not a pikachu (wait what?). And no because I think that pokemon will loose its charm. I mean can you really picture a giant Raichu balloon floating down the street at the Macy's thanksgiving parade?

 

[Pokémon Grey]

Ash's Pikachu is not strong it's very weeeeeaak
it got pwned by a Lv 5 Snivy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL

 

[Tombo]

I don't think that it should evolve untill the very last episode.

 

[VSigma100]

No. They've kept Pikachu, for over 400 episodes, I don't see why they would want him to evolve now. Plus Pikachu's my favorite Pokemon, so obviously, I wouldn't want to see him go. I would also think it would be weird without Pikachu. It feels as if he's needed for the show. Without him, Pokemon, would not be Pokemon. Ash and him are so close, it would be weird to see him with a Raichu.

 

[WriteThemWrong]

Yes!! Evolve already so you stop losing to mamepatos and chillarmys

 

[Amore]

Only if necessary. And by that, I mean at the end of Ash's journey. I'd do it like this:

Ash has finally reached the Final of a Pokémon League Tournament in Region X. He's locked in battle with a fiercely tough opponent. Pikachu's his last pokémon, is really struggling and can't overpower the opponent, who has one or two pokémon left. Pikachu limps back to Ash, and attempts to retrieve the Thunder Stone from Ash's backpack. Intimate moment with Ash and Pikachu, some screenshots of all the struggles they've overcome as "Ash and Pikachu", not "Ash and Raichu". Ash encourages Pikachu back into the battle, Pikachu charges forward, jumps into the air as Ash, holding up the Thunderstone dramatically, commands "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!", Pikachu sparks from his cheek, and glows slightly. At that exact moment, you get one of those dramatic freeze-frame/artistic panels they've been putting in the Sinnoh League (i.e. the one after Ash's battle with Paul) of Ash and Pikachu in their respective poses. Then the credits role (possibly extended ones featuring the original series' theme tune as well).


Yeah, I've been overthinking this.

 

[Pokemon Trainer Touko]

In my opinion it's always a good thing to evolve Pokemon- they become stronger and faster, but sometimes when it is evolved, it becomes very ugly, example- Pokabu

 

[Impo]

i find it funnier how strong pokemon fully evolved and all can be beat by a little electric mouse.

its good when you win, but better when the loser looks like an idiot. especially when the loser is a gym leader

 

[Kirbychu]

In my opinion it's always a good thing to evolve Pokemon- they become stronger and faster, but sometimes when it is evolved, it becomes very ugly, example- Pokabu

Actually, Pikachu is probably one of the few Pokemon that's on par with its evolution. That is, if you give it a Light Ball.

 

[KitKat13]

To be honest, I don't think Pikachu will evolve, but in the other hand, I don't like Pikachu to evolve, Pikachu had been Pikachu since the start, so why evolve? x;

 

[ゼクロム]

If Pikachu evolves, it will ruin the whole series.

 

[Regeneration]

It really irks me when people say Pikachu evolving that it would ruin the Anime or things along that line. Is there a particular reason why that would happen?

I think people are attached to Ash and Pikachu due to nostalgia. They just associate the Anime with Ash and Pikachu. Honestly speaking, the Anime would be a lot better if those two get replaced. Or maybe it's just my opinion.

 

[vaporeon7]

No, in my opinion that would mean that Raichu's attack power would be less because I believe that Pikachu swallowed a Light Ball when it was young.

 

[zekes]

Yes I want Pikachu to evolve so that he can beat his opponent and to increase his agility and ability but I find him cute that way.

 

[Black Prince]

Honestly, I like Pikachu, but when he wins though he shouldn't, I don't agree.
It's like...He's lvl 1 Million, or even more !
All that to say he seems too strong for the lvl he must be.

So...Pikachu ? Evolving ? Yes, it would change. But justly, I don't think I would feel the same way. We saw him for sooo long, we followed the whole anime with him...Hmm...No, I don't want him to evolve.

In games, we have the possibility to stop the evolution of our pokemon, so it must be the same in the anime. Maybe Ash doesn't want Pikachu to evolve, and perhaps his pokemon thinks the same way ?
We did see some of his pokemons evolving, and Pikachu still hasn't.

Pokemon without Pikachu, isn't Pokemon.

 

[Roughsponge]

No, I like it that even though he's small he can defeat large, strong opponents with his skill and dedication to Ash. Plus, he's been a Pikachu too long to evolve now; the plot of whether or not he will evolve has been done twice now, and both times it's been proved that evolving won't make him happy.

I would rather they either just kept Ash & Pikachu the way they are or just replaced them both, which of course will never happen :P

 

[Livewire]

Yes. If Ash had a Raichu, particularly an older and more powerful one, he might actually win a big match for once, instead of falling apart when things get tough. -___-

 

[bwburke94]

You're all forgetting: LIGHT BALL! Anyway, Pikachu will never evolve.