Pokemon Sun & Moon Anime speculation and expectation!

[AnbuBorutoUchiha]

Maybe it's about time they got rid of Ash for once. We get it, it's enough, I'm sick of Pikachu and Ash losing every single league. Also, it's getting quite repetitive, maybe if there was a full arc about beating up bad guys like in DBZ or something then it'd be quite interesting.

If not, then maybe

Spoiler:

having Dawn and May rejoin Ash, Serena stay with him too, and the three girls form a small harem around him.

really a harem this is pokemon either way I wouldnt want Serena nor Dawn

 

[Famon]

I don't know Doraemon, so I can't tell much about it, but in Digimon the only one with crush who was 10 years old (in original Japanese version) was Takato, who was, interstingly, aged 12 in English dub and I guess his love interest in girl was behind this decision. Obviously, the dub creators considered 10 too early for boy to be interested in girl, and rightly so. For many 10 years old, girls are still "eww" and they try and avoid them. Daisuke and Keita from Youkai Watch are both 11 years old and Yamato did not developed his interest in Sora until 02, where he was 14 already. Not to mention Daisuke's crush in Hikari was more like comic relief then anything meant seriously. And even in Youkai Watch, Keita's interest in Fumi-chan is portrayed more like friendly admiration than real crush.
But, the main point is, that boys start to develop interest in girls around 12, some early, some later, but Pokémon target age are actually boys bellow 12, who still, mostly, finds girls annoying creatures from other planet. That's why having Ash interested in girl is bad idea, sorry.

There are many Kids who develop Crush at the age of 10!
Also , Dub creators made all Digimon character older which include character from Adventure and Frontier.
It had nothing to do with Crush ! Remember , It was dub creator who put more hint of pokeshipping.
I honestly don't think Keita's (Youkai Watch) feeling is just a friendly admiration ! Considering he wants to marry her and do bizarre thing to impress her.
His crush on Fumi is as real as Serena's crush on Ash.
Even The main character of "Medarot" had a huge crush on a girl.
Doreamon and Ninja Hatori are for way younger Kids and it also deal with Protagonist's unrequited love.
To be precise , Most Romance story-plot in Kids Anime are "unrequited love" Where the Protagonist develop his 1st crush and want to impress them.
Another one would be A "childhood friend" who often lecture the Protagonist while hiding her feeling.

It make sense since Kids Anime doesn't have confirmed Couple ! Kids develop feeling but they doesn't enter a relationship since they are 10 year old.
So , The Best way to showcase Romance in Kids Anime is though "Unrequited Love" Where Protagonist does funny thing to impress the girl.

 

[Horn]

But unrequited love is what we currently have with Serena and many people criticize it. Can you really imagine the storm that would've started if Ash was put in such a relationship? Especially after he was so oblivious for such feelings for majority of show's course (with a few exceptions in OS)? Unless they'll age Ash up, which we know they will not do, that would be one of the worst examples of "Out of Character" writing, even worst then what they did to Ash in BW.

Plus, as a teacher of kids in the age between 6-11, as well as youth tourist group leader, I know you are mostly wrong about your assumptions of romantic feelings of boys for girls. Some boys may develop those feelings, but they are very rare. Girls are more likely to develop those feelings for boys around this age, which is why the situation with Serena is quite believable for me.

And you are also wrong about all characters in Digimon being aged up in English dub. Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy and Mimi were actually aged one year down in Andventure, while Joe was kept in his age. The only ones who were aged up in Adventure dub were T.K. and Kari. And Frontier characters also kept their ages, but that one was not dubbed by Saban, so I will not hold that against you ;)

 

[Famon]

But unrequited love is what we currently have with Serena and many people criticize it. Can you really imagine the storm that would've started if Ash was put in such a relationship? Especially after he was so oblivious for such feelings for majority of show's course (with a few exceptions in OS)? Unless they'll age Ash up, which we know they will not do, that would be one of the worst examples of "Out of Character" writing, even worst then what they did to Ash in BW.

Plus, as a teacher of kids in the age between 6-11, as well as youth tourist group leader, I know you are mostly wrong about your assumptions of romantic feelings of boys for girls. Some boys may develop those feelings, but they are very rare. Girls are more likely to develop those feelings for boys around this age, which is why the situation with Serena is quite believable for me.

And you are also wrong about all characters in Digimon being aged up in English dub. Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy and Mimi were actually aged one year down in Andventure, while Joe was kept in his age. The only ones who were aged up in Adventure dub were T.K. and Kari. And Frontier characters also kept their ages, but that one was not dubbed by Saban, so I will not hold that against you ;)

People complain about Amourshipping because of Serena boring personality and chemistry with Ash.
It has nothing to do with Shipping!
Infect , People loved the idea of Misty having unrequited feeling for Ash.
People doesn't hate unrequited feeling in Kids Anime! infect , Doreamon , Youkai Watch , Medabot and many kids anime are popular despite showing unrequited feeling.
Also , Ash did got attracted to a girl ! Her name was Giselle.
That proves that Ash not really immune from Girls charm , He just has high standard that only Giselle able to match.
Furthermore , Ash doesn't need to learn about love in order to fall in love! Many of us had crushes before we fully understood it.
Love/Crush is just a feeling that born inside people mind.
Also Many Kids does develop feeling but they start dating or do any other thing that Amourshippers want.

 

[Horn]

Actually, Giselle, which happened early in OS, was exactly what I called "a few exceptions in OS". For me, it is more like writers uncertain about how to grasp Ash's character, then real canonical prove Ash is interested in girls. I am also aware there were, even in Japanese version, some cases of Ash showing some interest in Misty, but also even in OS, Ash already showed his oblivious about any romance-related topics. This schizophrenia actually bothered me a lot while watching OS, especially Orange Islands saga, where this was mostly significant. I am actually glad they later stuck for Ash being oblivious to such things, which they portrayed quite consistently since mid-Johto.
And we rather not talk about the storm this would've caused, if that girl who will catch Ash's heart will not be Misty or Serena, among all those Pokéshippers and Amourshippers respectively, and most likely also any Ash x any other character shippers. Which is yet another reason to keep things how they are now, as losing especially all those Pokéshippers, who still watch the show and who are among the most devoted Pokémon anime fans, would be really bad for the show's already dropping ratings ;)

 

[weedle_mchairybug]

Actually, Giselle, which happened early in OS, was exactly what I called "a few exceptions in OS". For me, it is more like writers uncertain about how to grasp Ash's character, then real canonical prove Ash is interested in girls. I am also aware there were, even in Japanese version, some cases of Ash showing some interest in Misty, but also even in OS, Ash already showed his oblivious about any romance-related topics. This schizophrenia actually bothered me a lot while watching OS, especially Orange Islands saga, where this was mostly significant. I am actually glad they later stuck for Ash being oblivious to such things, which they portrayed quite consistently since mid-Johto.
And we rather not talk about the storm this would've caused, if that girl who will catch Ash's heart will not be Misty or Serena, among all those Pokéshippers and Amourshippers respectively, and most likely also any Ash x any other character shippers. Which is yet another reason to keep things how they are now, as losing especially all those Pokéshippers, who still watch the show and who are among the most devoted Pokémon anime fans, would be really bad for the show's already dropping ratings ;)

In all fairness, I'm pretty sure that is canonical proof that Ash at the very least IS interested in girls. Sure, he's not exactly the romantic type, but since he's still technically a living organism, he'd still need to feel some biological urges to mate. Besides, they managed to give Ash some hints at having attractions to girls in Orange Islands and even Johto. If it was simply a case of the writers not knowing what they were doing, they would have stopped doing that by Orange Islands or even late Kanto since they would have had a firm grasp on what the show is like by then.

That being said, it's probably better off if they don't do shipping. As you said, Ash would have been way too young to actually develop hormonal mating urges for girls. Heck, I'm pretty sure not even girls would have been old enough to develop that, and they emotionally mature faster than guys. And while I do acknowledge that Pokeshipping is probably the more likely ship to occur, I'm no believer in it (why should I believe in any ship in this series, let alone Pokeshipping, when there isn't any love at first sight involved, nor do many of the other ships really have much reciprocation, with Pokeshipping quite frankly being the closest to a ship that has actual reciprocation of feelings and actual mutuality beyond simply being friends?). Then again, this was the same show where the former screenplay director Masamitsu Hidaka freely admitted tastelessly that, at least since May, they frequently replaced the girls simply to promote more sexual fanservice for the tots and dress them up, essentially exploiting them (and what's worse is that most of the girls are prepubescent, which carries the unfortunate implication that Pokémon's peddling child pornography), and gave May and even Serena to some extent far too large of a chest especially considering their age as 10 year olds (realistically, they barely should even HAVE breasts, certainly not hooters-style chests. Maybe if they were 16 or, heck, even 14, I could forgive them having chests, since at least that would have been a bit more believable) for no real reason at all. The show's also on a decline in ratings, box office receipts, and if IrregularHunterZ is to be believed, even the merchandising is doing poorly. XY's currently the worst rated show since AG (DP may have had somewhat bad ratings, but at least it did better than AG). And I doubt they'd want to alienate people any further by choosing a ship.

 

[Famon]

In all fairness, I'm pretty sure that is canonical proof that Ash at the very least IS interested in girls. Sure, he's not exactly the romantic type, but since he's still technically a living organism, he'd still need to feel some biological urges to mate. Besides, they managed to give Ash some hints at having attractions to girls in Orange Islands and even Johto. If it was simply a case of the writers not knowing what they were doing, they would have stopped doing that by Orange Islands or even late Kanto since they would have had a firm grasp on what the show is like by then.

That's one of reason current anime is failing.
Current Anime doesn't Show Ash like a real 10 year old boy ! They show Ash as some sort of Saint or Angel who descended from Heaven.
Infect , Writer seem to model current Ash over ideal Good Boy that a Children's parents want !

Honestly , I want Ash to be clever and smart but I don't want him to act like an mature Adult.
He should act like an adult when he becomes an adult but now he's a Kid.
A Kid is always a Kid no matter how smart he is !
Infect , The History shows that Smarter children were more immature and irrational then other kids which cause others to think off them as idiots.
That's Why I believe that Orange League Ash is the Best because he was Smart but also maintained the flaw of a child.

I wish for many serious but bizarre character in pokemon Sun & Moon series !
Example : Gary , An Arrogant 10 year old kid who followed by his own cheerleader squad and drives a Ferrari.
Its pretty bizarre where you think about it.
Also , New Rivals should be less friendly and more comparative.
Infect , We should have an antagonistic rival who hates Ash and tries to make himself look superior then Ash.
But all his plan usually get backfired .

Also , we need a Stright-man as a Traveling Companion!
I wish for Ash to be a straight-man! Such as :

Team Rocket : Oh , Look like you did all this work for nothing

Ash : At least, I don't spend my day chasing after a Kid and his Pikachu , Get a life !


Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvLJL-i6aBk

 

[Horn]

I know they made Ash way too perfect, but that's how Ash is now. They tried to change that in BW and see how it ended, with Ash being total idiot. The only way to get rid of pertfect hero Ash is to get rid of Ash at all. Sorry, but that's how it is now, it's too late to change Ash's characterzation, unless they want to repeat the catastrophe BW was.

Also , New Rivals should be less friendly and more comparative.
Infect , We should have an antagonistic rival who hates Ash and tries to make himself look superior then Ash.
But all his plan usually get backfired .

Actually, that's what Team Rocket should be, but unfortunately, with exception during part of BW, writers wasted too much time and energy to portray them as useless comic relief instead of real villains. Ash's rivals (though not all of them, there still should be at least one serious rival, which was yet another mistake of BW) should be comic relief, much like Barry was in DP, not vallain team members.
As for Ash's rivals, well I think they are now trying to give Ash way too many rivals. BW definitly overdid it, but we also see it in XY, where we already have Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer and Alan and that's already too much, not to mention they are all, including Alan, way too friendly towards Ash. In my opinion, the best rival set for Ash was in DP, where Paul was serious and strong rival, Barry was comic relief, yet still quite competent and strong and Nando was somewhere in the middle, though he was also quite unique as he was rival for both Ash and Dawn. That worked quite well IMO and I would not mind if they did something similar in SM anime too.

 

[The 4th Kira]

If there's a sixth series: for it to be the last so it can end already.

Lol, I swear people say this every time a saga begins to wind down. As much as I'd like to see the show end, it won't anytime soon. The Sun & Moon saga will be more of the same in terms of plot I'm sure: Ash will once again collect 8 badges and lose at the League, he'll get at least two new companions and only the female one will be productive, TR will keep going after Pikachu, etc. If people expect big changes to the show's formula 18 years into the series, then they'll be extremely disappointed.

 

[weedle_mchairybug]

Lol, I swear people say this every time a saga begins to wind down. As much as I'd like to see the show end, it won't anytime soon. The Sun & Moon saga will be more of the same in terms of plot I'm sure: Ash will once again collect 8 badges and lose at the League, he'll get at least two new companions and only the female one will be productive, TR will keep going after Pikachu, etc. If people expect big changes to the show's formula 18 years into the series, then they'll be extremely disappointed.

I wouldn't be too sure about that. Right now, XY's ratings are in the pits, and have been such even BEFORE Yokai Watch came into being, and they are certainly lower even afterward; the movie receipts for XY have been downright terrible (heck, the previous movie alone managed to make even Pokémon Heroes seem like a decent hit, and considering how that was previously the worst performing movie, that speaks volumes about how badly the most recent one did), and even their merchandising sales have been sub-par right now if what IrregularHunterZ said is true. If anything, XY is more likely to be THE last Pokémon anime series, and if they do end up continuing, they will have no choice but to retire Ash. Even AG, which previously had been the worst ratings wise, never got THIS bad, not even with the Pike Queen Lucy episode.

 

[Famon]

I know they made Ash way too perfect, but that's how Ash is now. They tried to change that in BW and see how it ended, with Ash being total idiot. The only way to get rid of pertfect hero Ash is to get rid of Ash at all. Sorry, but that's how it is now, it's too late to change Ash's characterzation, unless they want to repeat the catastrophe BW was.


Actually, that's what Team Rocket should be, but unfortunately, with exception during part of BW, writers wasted too much time and energy to portray them as useless comic relief instead of real villains. Ash's rivals (though not all of them, there still should be at least one serious rival, which was yet another mistake of BW) should be comic relief, much like Barry was in DP, not vallain team members.
As for Ash's rivals, well I think they are now trying to give Ash way too many rivals. BW definitly overdid it, but we also see it in XY, where we already have Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer and Alan and that's already too much, not to mention they are all, including Alan, way too friendly towards Ash. In my opinion, the best rival set for Ash was in DP, where Paul was serious and strong rival, Barry was comic relief, yet still quite competent and strong and Nando was somewhere in the middle, though he was also quite unique as he was rival for both Ash and Dawn. That worked quite well IMO and I would not mind if they did something similar in SM anime too.

Team Rocket never suppose to be Serious Villain! They were meant to be goofy villain who form a strange friendship with protagonist.
They are the "Ice King" (Adventure Time) of Pokemon.
The main reason they became boring because they didn't gone though any real development ! Also , Their relationship with Ash didn't improve at all.
They blindly following dream of a man (Giovanni) who doesn't give a dam crap about them.
James is goalless while Jessie tries anything that can make her a Star ! And Meowth is Mewoth.
Honestly , The Best thing would be Team Rocket being disbanded after a huge ark while Giovanni disappears So Jessie , James and Meowth decide to make their own "Team Rocket" by doing various con to rip money off people but maintain some sort of friendship with Ash.

Seriously , Ash barely has any rival in XY series So where you find "Too many" rival.
Shota and Tirano is not worth considering real rival ! Alain not even collecting Gym Badge , He's just a Name only rival.
Truth is , XY series lacks a good rival for Ash in Kalos league.
We need more comparative rival who actually compete with Ash!

As for Ash's Characterization , Writer should just make him more like Jimmy (legend of Thunder)

 

[weedle_mchairybug]

Team Rocket never suppose to be Serious Villain! They were meant to be goofy villain who form a strange friendship with protagonist.
They are the "Ice King" (Adventure Time) of Pokemon.
The main reason they became boring because they didn't gone though any real development ! Also , Their relationship with Ash didn't improve at all.
They blindly following dream of a man (Giovanni) who doesn't give a dam crap about them.
James is goalless while Jessie tries anything that can make her a Star ! And Meowth is Mewoth.
Honestly , The Best thing would be Team Rocket being disbanded after a huge ark while Giovanni disappears So Jessie , James and Meowth decide to make their own "Team Rocket" by doing various con to rip money off people but maintain some sort of friendship with Ash.

Seriously , Ash barely has any rival in XY series So where you find "Too many" rival.
Shota and Tirano is not worth considering real rival ! Alain not even collecting Gym Badge , He's just a Name only rival.
Truth is , XY series lacks a good rival for Ash in Kalos league.
We need more comparative rival who actually compete with Ash!

As for Ash's Characterization , Writer should just make him more like Jimmy (legend of Thunder)

I wouldn't really say Team Rocket were always intended to be goofballs. Their debut appearance in Episode 2 DID establish them as genuine threats. And there have been a couple of episodes where they actually WERE a threat, like the Viridian Gym Battle, for example.

 

[The 4th Kira]

I wouldn't be too sure about that. Right now, XY's ratings are in the pits, and have been such even BEFORE Yokai Watch came into being, and they are certainly lower even afterward; the movie receipts for XY have been downright terrible (heck, the previous movie alone managed to make even Pokémon Heroes seem like a decent hit, and considering how that was previously the worst performing movie, that speaks volumes about how badly the most recent one did), and even their merchandising sales have been sub-par right now if what IrregularHunterZ said is true. If anything, XY is more likely to be THE last Pokémon anime series, and if they do end up continuing, they will have no choice but to retire Ash. Even AG, which previously had been the worst ratings wise, never got THIS bad, not even with the Pike Queen Lucy episode.

I don't know about merchandise sales since I don't think there's an official sales chart for that, but the show's ratings have been declining for years and yet it still continues to air. If the show didn't end after BW, which was almost unanimously disliked and had free falling ratings, I don't see why it would end once XY finishes either.

 

[weedle_mchairybug]

I don't know about merchandise sales since I don't think there's an official sales chart for that, but the show's ratings have been declining for years and yet it still continues to air. If the show didn't end after BW, which was almost unanimously disliked and had free falling ratings, I don't see why it would end once XY finishes either.

Yeah, BW was definitely terrible (in fact, I'd argue it was even worse than AG, certainly just as bad), yet even it had better ratings than XY overall, and the box office receipts for the BW movies were far better than XY's movies (at least BW didn't sink as low as to have one of its movies actually usurp Pokémon Heroes as the worst performing movie). You might want to ask IrregularHunterZ, assuming he's still around.

 

[Famon]

Here is something none of us are thinking --

---What will happen to Ash-Greninja in Pokemon Sun & Moon ? Will Ash take him to every region ?

---Or Will Ash get another Ash-Pokemon ? Will it become a referring thing ?

--- Or Will Ash finally get a Keystone ?

I wouldn't really say Team Rocket were always intended to be goofballs. Their debut appearance in Episode 2 DID establish them as genuine threats. And there have been a couple of episodes where they actually WERE a threat, like the Viridian Gym Battle, for example.

Nope , Team Rocket seem threating in Episode 02 because it was their debut episode ! Also , They were idiots in Viradian Gym as well considering they thought Giovanni will gave them promotion for bring One little Togepi and also ended up destroying the gym.

 

[weedle_mchairybug]

Here is something none of us are thinking --

---What will happen to Ash-Greninja in Pokemon Sun & Moon ? Will Ash take him to every region ?

---Or Will Ash get another Ash-Pokemon ? Will it become a referring thing ?

--- Or Will Ash finally get a Keystone ?



Nope , Team Rocket seem threating in Episode 02 because it was their debut episode ! Also , They were idiots in Viradian Gym as well considering they thought Giovanni will gave them promotion for bring One little Togepi and also ended up destroying the gym.

In all fairness regarding the Viridian Gym incident, Giovanni DID effectively hand them over gym duties by supplying them with Pokémon and telling them to hold down the fort regarding the Gym, so they could be forgiven for mistakingly thinking that he made them Gym Leaders (also, I don't think that they thought he gave them the position because of Togepi. In fact, if anything, they actually ended up having to apologize to Giovanni for wasting his time just before he got that call). And technically, Togepi blew up Viridian Gym, not Team Rocket. They DID plan on blowing up Ash's platform, though. And let's face it, they DID give Ash a run for his money, beating Squirtle and Bulbasaur effortlessly (it was only due to dumb luck and sheer willpower that Ash managed to win, and I must admit, I was more impressed with his beating them there than with the Caterpie incident.).

As far as your other points, 1. if he couldn't take Charizard along in BW, it's unlikely he'll take him along for the Sun/Moon region; 2. When has Ash NOT gotten an Ash-Pokémon?; 3. Only if Mega Evolutions are in the new region. And again, that's assuming Ash even heads over to the new region. For all we know, they'll just end up cancelling the anime due to bad sales, and we know it's got bad merchandising sales, ratings, and box office receipts, which leads me to be doubtful that they'll even be able to continue on.

 

[Little hero]

Predicting what will happen in the next series is not a hard task. I think you guys can do it too.
Everyone knows how the first episodes of every series will happen. It is too easy to figure it out.

Here a list of predictions.
You can add your own predictions to this list.
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Note: my smartphone always changes my writings and words. You may find many mistakes in the list.


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My predictions:


Ash will say to his old friends: "we will meet again" and "we are friends".


New animation! New opening showing the new legendary Pokémon.


The narrator will lecture us about what Pokémon.


The introduction will show us the new Pokémon.


Ash will travel to the new region by the sea or the sky.


Ash will start a new journey telling us: "this time I will become a Pokémon master".


Ash will catch the regional bird very early. He will be very happy with the "new friend" (the bird). The bird will reach its final evolution at the end.


Pikachu will return to level 5. I know that there are no levels in the series. I mean that it will lose all its power. A new Pokémon will send Pikachu to the Pokémon center.


Pikachu will electrify the new girl.


Pikachu may get lost, sick or injured.


Ash will accept to travel with the new friends telling them: "more friends = more fun!."


Ash will get the Pokédex and new clothes. He will scan both old and new Pokémon. He will not remember that he caught the old Pokémon in the previous journeys.

We will watch a lesson about how to catch Pokémon.

Our heroes will get the new starters. One of them may get a starter from the regional professor. The first episode will be dedicated to the starters.


One of the new heroes will ask:"who are Team rocket?!."


Ash will see the new Pokémon and say: "look Pikachu! New Pokémon are everywhere. I am very excited."


Team rocket will continue attacking our heroes, stealing their Pokémon and blasting off again.


Ash's will lose to the future rivals. He will keep losing to his main/tough rival until the league.


One of our new heroes will wonder why Pikachu is outside its Pokéball.


Another hero will ask why there are many identical nurses and Police officers.


Ash will not age. His father may not appear.


The very first episodes will introduce the new heroes. We will know their dreams, habits, etc. Then everything will return back to normal. The next episodes will flow the same old formula.


Our heroes will meet new friends. Team rocket will attack. The new friends will repel the attack. Their problems will be solved.


Ash will go to the next gym very excited. He will say: "yes! I will get this badge definitely!."


Ash will introduce himself to other like this: " I am Ash from kanto region and this is my partner Pikachu. I am travelling to be a Pokémon master. I will participate in this league."


Team rocket will trick our heroes. Then Ash will say: "who are you guys?."


The next girl will do everything to achieve her goal. Don't worry! She will lose at the end.


No one will recognise Ash as a famous person who participated in too many leagues.


One of the heroes' Pokémon will be a crybaby who needs help.


One of our heroes will be a excellent cooker for the group.


An evil organisation will aim to capture the legendary Pokémon of that region. Team rocket with fight it.


No one will know that Ash stopped many evil organisations in his journeys.


Team rocket will team up with our heroes in one of the episodes.


An electric rodent (similar to Pikachu) may join our heroes.


A normal type Pokémon will appear very early, Similar to Bidoof.


A legendary Pokémon may appear very early as an unknown Pokémon. Ash will be super excited.


The administrators of the new evil organisation will act first. The boss will appear later. The police will search for the new evil organisation.


Team rocket will meet the police. The police officer will say: "Team rocket in this region!."


The conclusion to the plot of the evil organisation will be 2 episodes at the end.


A trainer with a strong Pikachu will defeat Ash at their first battle. Pikachu will spend the night at the Pokémon center. Then it will win the next day.


Pikachu will be controlled and Ash will try to help it. Someone will wonder why they have a strong bond.


Team rocket will have new Pokémon.


One of the our heroes' Pokémon will not be able to control his power.


The main Pokémon of the gym leader will be new Pokémon or an old famous Pokémon.


The new girl will learn how to cook the regional sweet.


An evil ash will appear.
Or an evil Pikachu or an evil wild Pokémon.


A thief who steal Pokémon will appear. He will be defeated at the end.


The new bird will enter a competition for the flying Pokémon.


Our heroes will enter a summer camp. The camp will continue for several episodes.


The Little legendary Pokémon will act CUTE! The large ones will fight for whatever reason.


A fossil Pokémon will travel in time to meet our heroes!


The Rock gym leader will have a fossil Pokémon.


The bug and rock gyms will appear very early.


Our heroes will fight a double battle against twins.


An abandoned pokémon may join our heroes.


Pokémon that don't like humans will appear.


A gym leader with no confidence may appear.


A sea patrol or firefighting team of Pokémon will appear.


A ninja trainer may appear.


The elite four or the champion will defeat Ash.


Ash will lose the league like usual. His friends will go somewhere.


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[Midnight shadow]

I really hope they get rid of team rocket for sun and moon. For one their new voice actors in X and Y were really annoying (James couldn't decide what accent to have and I winced every time Meowth spoke). The other thing is I'm sick of the writers always relying on Team Rocket to resolve plot points. Oh this pokemon has had an argument and fallen out with the group, better bring in Team Rocket to make a scene and bring them back together again! This happens every 2-3 episodes and it's really boring now.

I truly feel that Team Rocket should leave the show, or at least devlop their characters more and give them something other to do than resolve plot points. Remember the episode where Jesse and James released Arbok and Weezing so they could stop the poacher? That was the first time that I actually cared what they did, because it was different and moving, unlike their usual routine that is completely forgettable. I mean, how much do we know about them? I watched the first 300 episodes and all I know about them is that James was raised by rich folks and loves collecting bottle caps, and Jesse once wanted to be a nurse but couldn't because she isn't a Joy so enrolled in a nursing school for Chanceys. For recurring characters in that many episodes, that is nothing. Hell there are gym leaders who have more backstory than them.....

 

[CatchingThemAll]

⚫️I want Alain and Ash to battle in the Kalos league finals
⚫️Alain wins but then people find out he is aiding team flare and he is stripped of his title
⚫️Ash wins by default and isn't satisfied because he still wasn't the best trainer
⚫️Ash travels to Alola
⚫️Serena learns she can preform in Alola and travels with Ash

 

[weedle_mchairybug]

I want Alain and Ash to battle in the Kalos league finals

We're probably going to get that soon, anyways.

Alain wins but then people find out he is aiding team flare and he is stripped of his title

Doubt it, not unless Malva gets stripped of her title as Elite 4 for the same reason. And besides, isn't Team Flare hosting the Pokémon League, anyways? Why disqualify him for aiding the guys sponsoring the league?

Ash wins by default and isn't satisfied because he still wasn't the best trainer

That might work, though he'd still need to challenge the Elite 4.

Ash travels to Alola

Assuming the writers give up on the idea that Ash winning a league means the series is over, that works.

Serena learns she can preform in Alola and travels with Ash

Definitely not. Her goal is "Kalos Queen", meaning she's clearly going to stay in Kalos afterwards and leave the cast.