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Twitch Presents: Pokémon the Series (Anime & Movies)|OT|"The truth is, I don't like Pokémon." - May
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Literally an Echo Fighter of Ash with superior moves just because.
Needs to work on his nicknames though.
Needs to work on his nicknames though.
It's like the writers forgot to introduce Richie earlier and tried to basically do everything in one episode... actually not that unlikely.
Ritchie is what Ash would be if had earned all his badges, nicknamed his pokemon, and didn't release Butterfree. Ritchie probably has a Primeape that he didn't abandon
That to, them or the other edgier new character.
It stings with Richie because they also make his team bootleg Ash, look at his "badass" Sparky, it woke up on the wrong side of the bed with that bed hair!
He did beat the guy he made friends with in the Hoenn League. It was the OTHER guy he ended up losing to lol.
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I remember disliking this plot even as a kid. As an adult I can see what a writing copout this is, randomly introducing an Echo Fighter of Ash an episode before they have to fight.
Even though it was clearly building to Ash vs Gary until now. He could at least face a character already established instead of this clone thrown in at the last minute.
Even though it was clearly building to Ash vs Gary until now. He could at least face a character already established instead of this clone thrown in at the last minute.
Yeah it was a major cop out. Having to wait till the next League to see them fight was a shame.
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Argh I'm already getting upset knowing what happens next.
LOL I love it!
In aw of this shitty photoshop
To this day I never actually saw the conclusion to Ash/Gary (somehow have caught everything around it from sneasels guarding a flame to Blaziken socking Zard in the face).
Thus my balls have been Blue (ho ho) for many, many years.
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Yeah this type of blanket praise just sucks lol. Like we never saw him do this but of course he is perfect at everything.
On first name terms.
Then she basically tells Ash he's gonna lose afterwards, the bias!
Ritchie would have been a lot better if that was actually what he was like to people besides Ash
They're still trying to ruin things!
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!!
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!!
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If I were Ash, I'd have been fooled by a plank of wood looking like Ritchie as well, it conveys the exact same level of character.
Delaying the Gary showdown actually suggests they knew they had years ahead of them.
Because the series was very clearly building up to Gary vs Ash as the big battle, only to copout and have Gary borderline eliminated offscreen, then suddenly introduce a cheap copy of Ash just for the purpose of beating him.T hey also do that annoying thing where a brand new character is introduced and after like one conversation they're suddenly sold as being their best friend just to force a "friend vs friend" ending.
It's very cheap, in short.
They were still building to that match as recently as a few episodes ago. Given they follow this up with a filler arc in the Orange Islands which isn't in the games it suggests to me they weren't ready to jump into Johto.
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