Haha, that's funny. I've been talking with my sister about it and we both agree that Ash is a moronic, stupid idiot slightly odd person not to stick by his 'omg gottz 2 catch them allz!!1!1!!' thing. It would be slightly impossible, but he still should've stuck to it. Like his Bulbasaur? Remember him? Yeah, Bulba was going to evolve into Ivy and of course Ash didn't let him.
And his lack of strong Pokemon...he thinks he can win with a Pikachu? Along with the 'supercharged' electricity thing he pulled with Brock...electric does not affect rock no matter how supercharged it is.
Getting off-topic. The gist is that he sees a rare Pokemon and totally lets it go. I'd like a new storyline, please. Maybe not get rid of Ash - after all, most of the teenagers on here have grown up watching Ash make his journey across the regions, crying when Pikachu gets hurt and miraculously doesn't faint, and saving the world like he's Earth's own protector. But make him do something different, change up the plot. Badges and catching all Pokemon are getting old.
Personally, I'd like to see Misty and Tracy come back. Brock is getting on my nerves, so are May and Dawn. *long story*
But yes, you're all right, the plot has to change somehow.
And the Pikachu. Like P.O.B. said...evolve the thing already. What a moron, it'll still be the same Pokemon. Just bigger. But it'll have the same personality.
Although, I do think Ash seems to have a phobia of evolving Pokemon after what happened with his Charmander-evolved-Charmeleon-evolved-Charizard. He might never evolve another Pokemon of free will again.
Lord, that was a long post. I need to sit down and get some relaxation now. It's got me all tensed up, talking about Ash's stupidity strangeness.
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