Why, Ash? Why did you do that?

[Twiggity Twang]

Yes, we've all had that moment, where we've felt that Ash/Satoshi just truly EFFed up badly, and we had no idea how he could have done so if he was truly a great battler, as some episodes imply. The greatest exampled occurred in "The Semi-Final Frontier," where Ash/Satoshi battled Tobias/Takuto, and his team is possibly the worst he could have devised if he was going up against a trainer with the ability to tame Darkrai.

For those of you who don't remember or haven't seen it--Ahem. Allow me to educate.

The [sarcasm]"Dream Team"[/sarcasm]

Spoiler:

Torkoal. WTF, man. I mean, Torkoal? What did Torkoal ever accomplish? It...weakened Registeel in the midst of his own pummeling? Oh, it beat Slakoth!..........Who was already weak, and then he...Got knocked out...By a single Slash...Hmm....Oh, he once lost singlehandedly to a Steelix!...Wait, what?

Pikachu--Meh, it was inevitable.

Heracross--Not a bad choice, actually. Should have had X-Scissor instead of Horn Attack, and used Focus Punch instead of Hyper Beam, though.

Swellow--Umm...I guess so? *Punch myself for use of the previous phrase* Anyway, he's okay...Not totally remarkable, but he could have fared better if it weren't for the fact he was against a Latios who probably BATHED in Soul Dew.

Gible--It doesn't always work like Krabby and Conway, Satoshi-kun. You know full well sometimes a newbie is just a newbie, and there is no avoiding it. Honestly, if the Krabby Formula™ always worked, he'd be WAY better than he is now. A lot of trainers would be, too.

Sceptile--Not a bad choice, either. He has proved himself on numerous occasions, and would have been better if Tobias' team wasn't chock-full of Ubers.

Anyway, Ash didn't have good judgement on his part for half of his team. He should have used Charizard (bet he's pretty mad he didn't see any action since his defeat by Dusclops), Primeape (Probably strong after being in training, plus he most likely has Vital Spirit), and Glalie (What? He's strong!)

Anyway, please post your "Why Ash, Why?" moments here, and see how other feel about them as well. I'm sure we all had the same reaction.

 

[Aquacorde]

Any time he decides to body slam something. Facepalm moments.

 

[cyan.]

when he uses pikachu on someone that is clearly effective on pikachu.

 

[Cooker]

When there's one of those dramatic pauses in-battle and he just stands there gaping instead of getting in a quick albeit cheap hit.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Why did Ash have to release the King of Pokelantis from his "prison" and get possessed by him? One of the greatest mistakes he made, IMO.

 

[Mew~]

I remember in the episode "Leading a stray" he made a wild Swampert faint and didn't bother trying to catch it.

In all his travels hes met loads of different wild pokémon - never really thought of catching them, did he?

 

[Ratty524]

Why, Ash? Why do you ditch great pokemon like Charizard, Heracross, and Gliscor to capture new wimps every new series?

Why, Ash? Why did your Grovyle(now Sceptile) lose to a Luvdisc for any reason?

Why, Ash? Why don't you utilize better moves instead of Hyper Beam and Harden?

Why, Ash? Why did you try to catch a Snivy without weakening it, especially since you once lectured someone about catching a pokemon too early (see Episode 2-3 of the Advanced series for this. He lectures May on how to properly catch pokemon)?

Why, Ash? Why do you not use awesome pokemon like Snorlax and Muk when you go for championships?

Why, Ash? Why did you leave Misty? <--- :P

 

[Kirbychu]

I remember in the episode "Leading a stray" he made a wild Swampert faint and didn't bother trying to catch it.

Yet for some reason he really wanted to catch a Sewaddle. >.>

 

[vaporeon7]

Why Ash do you always fall for Team Rocket's disguises. Especially when they are just wearing different clothes. Would Ash not recognise May if she changed clothes?

 

[imevil]

why ash? why do release all your good pokemon?

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Why did Ash have to release the King of Pokelantis from his "prison" and get possessed by him? One of the greatest mistakes he made, IMO.

I think the mistake was that Satoshi was released from King of Pokelantis' possession... :/

 

[Meduza]

I think Ash handled his 5 on 5 battle with Shooti very badly. Though he believes there's more to battling than type advantages, but he should still take advantage of it:

I would of done this:

Hatooboo: Why Mijumaru and Pokabu? I would of used Pikachu, and as you saw, it didn't take much for Pikachu to beat it.

Janovy: He should of used Pokabu on it. Fire > Grass. And if by any chance it faints, I say use Mamepato since Flying > Grass.

Pururiru: Mijumaru as sort of a "sacrifice" to see how Pururiru battles and try to tire it out a bit. And since it would obviously lose, I'd go with Tsutarja, with Attract and Leaf Storm. And if it loses like in the real battle, I'd finish it with Pikachu since by now Pururiru would be tired from battling two Pokemon at full health. With it's speed and electric attacks, it would probably make leftovers of Pururiru.

And that's how I would handle the battle with Shooti.

 

[Makbets]

I think Ash handled his 5 on 5 battle with Shooti very badly. Though he believes there's more to battling than type advantages, but he should still take advantage of it:

I would of done this:

Hatooboo: Why Mijumaru and Pokabu? I would of used Pikachu, and as you saw, it didn't take much for Pikachu to beat it.

Janovy: He should of used Pokabu on it. Fire > Grass. And if by any chance it faints, I say use Mamepato since Flying > Grass.

Pururiru: Mijumaru as sort of a "sacrifice" to see how Pururiru battles and try to tire it out a bit. And since it would obviously lose, I'd go with Tsutarja, with Attract and Leaf Storm. And if it loses like in the real battle, I'd finish it with Pikachu since by now Pururiru would be tired from battling two Pokemon at full health. With it's speed and electric attacks, it would probably make leftovers of Pururiru.

And that's how I would handle the battle with Shooti.

Well Pikachu would still lose cause Shooti would still have 3 Pokemon left...

 

[Meduza]

Well I couldn't finish what I'd do since we don't know what his last two Pokemon are. I guess he would of lost, at least he might have a chance with the fourth Pokemon.

 

[bwburke94]

Using Pikachu way too often... get the others some experience. Exp. All doesn't exist anymore!

 

[MarioManH]

Why Ash? Why does Pikachu begin to fail at the begginging of every new Pokemon series? It is probably like lvl 95 and lost to PAul and he was like a new trainer.

 

[carmelhadinosaur]

I would have loved seeing Ash calling his very strong old buddies Charizard or Kingler, but it's not his style. We saw Magmortar, a very strong one, not handling Darkrai, so I think Ash didn't want to go for power like the other trainers.

 

[GSCyndaquil19]

Why did you leave all your truly epic Pokemon, like Sceptile and Snorlax with Professor Oak and never use them again? Why Ash? Why did you let Brock leave, Ash? Why do you keep catching incredibly small Pokemon who have incredible evolutions, but you never get them to evolve!?!? Why did you leave Torterra and Infernape!?!? Your Sinnoh team was one of your strongest ever!! Why do you set all of your Pokemon free!?!?!!!! Most of all, why don't you turn your hat backwards anymore before throwing a Pokeball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????!!!!!!!!??????

 

[carmelhadinosaur]

Most of all, why don't you turn your hat backwards anymore before throwing a Pokeball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????!!!!!!!!??????

The hell with the rest, this is the most serious one.

 

[The Chimera Virus]

Why, Ash? Why do you not age!

(And how does your Level 57205723597259275924572987987524098009852483232425242090998709835 Pikachu lose to a Level 5 Snivy? Seriously, how?!)