You have a new found confidence o.O Well, great for you, I suppose
Well, technically it's not "newly found", but I did have it for about three years.
Tracy has even less chcaracter then Brock from what I can remember. His goal was to meet Prof Oak so they must've been planning to ditch him after Orange Islands anyway. When they realised he was not racist, perhaps they thought it was easier to bring him and back than make up a new character (we know the writers are lazy sometimes). There was only 1 main character back so I suppose they thought they needed 3 travellers and just carried on the trend.
Well, it's not like Dawn's reasonings for joining Ash's gang were completely sound, either. Heck, Brock's reasonings for rejoining Ash in Sinnoh was also not quite sound either (in fact, the way they did the scene of his return made it seem like he didn't WANT to nor intend to return to Ash's company, and that the only reason he did return was because his trucker girlfriend ditched him.)
If they wanted Misty to comeback to the group forever, why did they not do it when they met up in Advance Challenge or Advanced Battle? What are they waiting for?
Maybe because they didn't want it to be far too easy? I mean, they could have wanted to wait until they have low expectations and then spring out and surprise us. (I mean, Mayumi Iizuka DID hint at a return to the anime in the blog, after all [or at least, that's how Zhen Lin's article was worded.].) And even IF they didn't want Misty to return, they will bring her back, soon enough, especially since I have a Global Boycott cooking up (I'm participating in this Boycott, BTW. Have been since May the 25th.)
People have thought the reason Gary doesn't come up much is because his original VA left and VAs are thought of much more highly there, so they didn't want him to appear much. Although, it does not explain the huge gap in AG and him only appearing near the end.
Wouldn't it have been a bit easier if he... you know... got a new VA change instead? I mean, the Japanese obviously didn't have any trouble changing Giovanni's VA when his old one croaked.
Yeah, so maybe they prefered Brock to Tracy *shrugs* Brock has the tinest bit more to him, I suppose, with the running after girls thing. Tracy sketched stuff. I have no idea why Brock is still here, either
Actually, I'm not sure if the chasing girls thing is even More than that. In fact, if anything, it seemed less than that, considering how it's a common cliche and it degrades a character. And also, I DO happen to sketch/draw stuff as well, so implying that sketching and drawing stuff seems to be almost nothing to a character is kinda insulting. Just FYI, of course.
Huh? Any prejudice and discrimination based on what someone is rather than what they've done is bad, IMO. Racism, sexism and homophobia are all as bad as each other. Wait, how are Dawn and May sexist stereotypes? Because they look pretty? I mean, I know they get fan-service moments, but so does Ash and Misty got them too. Dawn is the most equal to Ash, she's even going to have a duet with Rica Matsumoto for DP Opening 2.
They are both bad, yes. I'm just saying that there's virtually no chance that people have never heard of other Genders, whileas with Racism, while it is still just as bad, it at least has a chance (note, it's almost a tiny one, but still), that the people who made the comment had absolutely no idea that that's not how the race they are discriminating against is like.
Also, in regards to how May and Dawn were considered sexist Stereotypes, while fanservice is one thing (though, since MY definition of "Fanservice" also includes the participant in it actually WANTING to do such a thing and being overjoyous, technically speaking, Misty barely even HAD any fanservice, if at all), It's more in regards to their personality (I mean, they acted like... well... vain and whiney airheads, similar to the Fiorello girls and the LH characters (let me speak NO MORE of them.).
Who are the Fiorello girls?
Uggh... I can't believe I have to explain those... animals again...
Sigh, ok, in the Episode "Princess vs. Princess", when they announced the Queen of the Princess festival Contest, almost all of the girls in the store [if not almost all of the girls at the festival] squealed like animals (and not to mention trampled over Ash, Brock, Pikachu, James, and Meowth). The only ones who didn't act like that were Misty and Jessie. I compared May and Dawn to those two (and I would have mentioned all the girls in Love Hina as well, but I won't) because they seemed far too similar in terms of personality to those girls.
Weedle: You have to remember most people stopped watching the show during Johto. Many people in the fandom know it's the worst saga.
Really, because it seemed more like Hoenn was the worst saga, since someone posted ratings in regards to how, according to UPN, AG was actually faring WORSE than Johto.
What did Misty do in Johto? Please refresh my memory.
Ok, here's the list (the Johto things are bolded)
Ohh... Misty did FAR more than just cheer him on! I mean, she:
was the one who came up with the escape route in regards to St. Anne's sinking
was the one who stopped the Tentacool and Tentacruel invasion
was the one who "defeated" gastly, in a sense
was the one who ultimately stopped the Backpack-switching thief
was the one who won the Princess Festival
was the one who saved Cerulean Gym during TR's attack on the Mermaid thing
was the one who Identified Greenfield
was the one who got Ash and Brock to New Island
was the one who saved Ash in the Second movie
was the one who foiled the breeding scam
was the one who got the people of Kabuto Island evacuated when it was dissolving from
the Kabuto's resurrecton
placed top 8 in the Whirl cup
was the co-brain behind the Silver rescue attempt
was the one who saved the giant Magcargo
was the one who stopped the Fuschia gym take over
was the one who won the race in the fifth movie
was responsible for Heracross deciding to stop the Pinsir from stealing all the sap
was the reason why Ash was able to challenge Blaine,
was (albeit partially) the reason why Ash was able to get Mewtwo to the spring
was the one who stopped Ash from trying to get revenge on the Quagsire for stealing the GS ball
was the reason why the Corsola farm wasn't taken over by a rogue Corsola (and her
Corsola can vouch, since her corsola is the same one that tried to attack the farm while it was wild.)
among other things (Believe me, I know a LOT more about the stuff Misty's done)...
And, as an added bonus, I'll post even MORE things.
She was the first one of the main cast to suspect something wasn't right about the house/girl that owned ninetales
She was the one who first noticed how Oak somehow knew about Sammy
She was the one who managed defeated Dorian
She was the one who helped Marril
She was the one who got Hoothoot to ultimately get them through the forest of confusion
She also contributed to getting the Farfetch'd back.
She fought for Totodile (which, while she lost, she still put up a decent fight)
She played a factor in getting James back to Jessie
She tried to get food running (she may not have been able to cook a decent meal, however, that could just have been an oversight since she was able to cook the Salveyo medicene)
She played a huge role in trying to get Brock to announce his feelings for Temaku
She was the one who got the Nurse Joy to get over her fear of water pokemon
She was the one who told Ash that what he acted like towards Bayleef was wrong.
among other things. So don't you ever say that Misty never did much on the main cast ever again.
May was about 4/10 a main character, while Ash was 6/10. Dawn and Ash are practically 50/50.
Ok, then, Please explain why May was shelved in favor for Ash in the Manaphy movie (and in the process portrayed her as a complete coward in regards to Manaphy)? Heck, even Dawn's third episode showed her being almost unable to try and get Pikachu and not trying to do anything when Ash arrives (I mean, if Ash, of all people, could jump onto that Arm of the Mechlikid just to save Pikachu, then Dawn can as well.).
Also, Rekhyt, they got away with Fantina being absent for a LONG time from her gym, so that plothole's gonna happen anyways. Plus, Brock reappearing every region is, technically speaking, out of the blue.