brock

i feel like brock kinda normalizes treating women badly
idk just my opinion

I thought he was funny as a kid but not as much anymore... especially remembering infamous comments he made about underage women and waiting for them to become adults. I'm glad he at least gets reprimanded for it, even if it's not too serious/mostly comedic value. This behavior seems a bit more common in Japanese media unfortunately. I don't dislike him or anything but prefer some of the other male companions tbh.

I don' think he normalized it, but... he definitely shouldn't have been acting that way. It's definitely not funny to constantly just hit on women like that. I think it hit its worst point in the Diamond/Pearl anime where I feel he was the most disgusting about it. u_u

Ahhhh, yeah, that's my biggest gripe with anime!Brock. To be fair he does get dragged away and/or beaten up when he steps out of line, but he never really learns from it. I'm glad he's no longer a main cast member these days, and that this aspect of his characterization didn't bleed over to the game version of Brock like, say, Misty's did.

It's humor. It's just that kind of humor that didn't age well.

Regardless of how advanced they might be in other areas, Japan has never been a model to follow in regards of how they treat and portray women in real life or in fictional media.

So, maybe Brock's kind of humor still works there? I don't know, but in many countries it would probably not work anymore. People are way more sensitive to this kind of stuff, and things that were seen as funny twenty years ago can easily cause more drama and controversy than laughs these days. It's like the joke with the creepy old man spying on the Grass gym ladies, which has been later censored/removed.

I guess I'm in the small minority who don't really care. I don't find it offensive. The most offensive part about it is just how often they used the joke. It got old fast when it was every single episode. I would've preferred it if the joke occurred less often so it wasn't as repetitive.

And I kinda wish the chicks would've gone all Johnny Bravo mode and karate kicked him in the face, but that kind of slapstick humor doesn't exactly fit Pokemon's style.

I didn't mind it back then and still don't now. I guess what audiences found to be acceptable in the 90s/2000s isn't anymore.

If I were to critisise then it would be how often we saw it and it also conflicted with Brock's serious/mature personality.

I never thought about it too deeply. Even as a kid I knew his behavior wasn't socially acceptable.

I like his humour and the girls' reactions to it. Remember Cynthia's cool reaction? 😂😂 She stopped Crogunk from attacking Brock! 😂 Heroine!

I personally don't see anything wrong with Brock's behavior. He is simply a teenager that enjoys approaching women. I never saw his actions as blatantly disrespectful towards women. If they're not interested in him, then they can simply reject him, which almost always happens. Luckily for him, Olivia was definitely interested. I was happy for him.

Sweet Serenity said:

I personally don't see anything wrong with Brock's behavior. He is simply a teenager that enjoys approaching women. I never saw his actions as blatantly disrespectful towards women. If they're not interested in him, then they can simply reject him, which almost always happens. Luckily for him, Olivia was definitely interested. I was happy for him.

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Thanks for the info! I'm going to YouTube that rofl