Yeah, Misty was too busy being mad about her bike for the first entirety of the anime, damn.
Almost all of the original girls just pretty much invited themselves to travel with Ash, lol. Except I believe Serena, who Ash invited.
Amourshipping was pretty cute, honestly. I can see why people ship it. I did for awhile, too.
I can't believe how 4kids just added so much random instances of Pokeshipping in the dub. The song I'm referring to is this one, btw. Truly wild this is something that was official media from the real voice actors.