Favourite Rival of Ash

Gary.Nothing better than an the first rival.He's cooler than the other rivals
 
Gotta go with Gary on this one. He was an awesome character, and a perfect rival for Ash in the series. I loved the relationship between those two. They were rivals, but deep down they were friends. Gary was also just an awesome trainer in general, and had all my favorite Pokemon on his team lol.
 
My fa is gary, but team rocket in seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 14 are pretty cool too
 
The best of all rivals would be Paul for me.

His coolness and toughness is great and the strength of his Pokemon are just awesome. Although I hate the fact how he treats Pokemon. But still his cool and one of Ash's strongest rivals.
 
It would be a tie between Paul and Gary Muthaflippin' Oak. Paul had a deep backstory as to why he trains the way he does, along with being one of Ash's strongest rivals. Plus his final battle with Ash was just plain awesome.
Do I have to explain Gary? He's Gary Muthaflippin' Oak! The original awesome rival. xD
 
Yes PAUL was definitely one of the strongest Rivals of Ash. That makes him quite a character. But if we see strong rivals in terms of Pokes than Trip of Unova had similar intentions. But too bad they had not showed his many pokes and focused only one his Serperior most of he time
 
Gary Oak is the only rival to Ash in my opinion.
He had a kind of swagger about him . . :P
I admit I never saw Paul's interactions with Ash but Gary Oak seems like the only person to ever rival Ash in terms of skills and popularity.
 
Paul was my favorite cause he had an awesome back story and his Pokemon were awesome.
 
Gary for me, it seems Pokemon is like Call of Duty, they are pumping a new games out so fast, so I guess I like original games better therefor I like the original Pokemon more. In fact, I remember watching the whole original Pokemon seasons not sleeping until I was done, that might be another reason as to why I think Gary.
 
Paul. He actually knows what he's doing.
 
I'm going to go with Gary on this one. I loved the backstory and how each had a half of a Poke ball, the battles were always great between the two. Although, we don't see too much of Gary anymore; In some episodes he makes a short appearance and it's always great to see the two reunite. In second place would have to be Paul. He was much different than Ash, and one of his toughest rivals and the Sinnoh League ended greatly because of that rivalry.
 
I believe that Paul was the strongest rival that Ash faced, and while he may have treated some of his Pokemon quite poorly, I don't personally have a big enough sample size to think he was a better rival than Gary.

Right from the very beginning, Gary had that cocky attitude and droves of fans even before he started training. Ash always seemed to be in Gary's shadow, and his goal was just as much to be the best in general as it was to be better than Gary. I think that motivation actually made Ash a better trainer, and to know that they eventually came to good terms with each other really solidifies this as my favorite rivalry of Ash's.
 
Gary is my favorite rival of Ash's, mainly because the rivalry was there from episode one, and we got to see how both characters evolved throughout the course of different seasons.
I think the climax of this rivalry in the Silver Conference is one of Pokémon's peak moments, as it concluded a story arc that encompasses several seasons worth of characterization.
(The actual battle itself could be better, though.)
 
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