mocolostrocolos
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I wonder who pays all the bills of the Pokémon Centers. Or do they have a health care system?
Has anyone kept up with watching the Pokemon Pocket Monsters television TV show?
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Heh.
I thought Digimon was awesome. Certainly enjoyed it more than Pokemon. It turned to crap when that Armor Digivolve crap started though. Then there was Season 3, which was a mix of cool, crazy, and creepy. Lost track after that.
I started watching Pokemon when it came out, from the first episode onward. I was in elementary school. I'm now teaching classes to children who watch Pokemon. They are in elementary school.
Literally nothing has happened in the show for the past 700+ episodes.
By the time my grandchildren are watching Pokemon, there will be several thousand episodes, many more movies, and Ash will still be backpacking across the country on his parents money. He may never even have a girlfriend (besides Pikachu)
Literally nothing has happened in the show for the past 700+ episodes.
By the time my grandchildren are watching Pokemon, there will be several thousand episodes, many more movies, and Ash will still be backpacking across the country on his parents money. He may never even have a girlfriend (besides Pikachu)
Doctor Decimate
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i love the Pokemon Pocket Monsters television TV show
lordfroakie
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I still follow the series a bit. Only watch eps here and there. I think his 4 gen team is the best overall.
I know I consistently watched through the Orange Islands and the arc after that (indigo plateau or some other big tournament, johto I think?). Lots of chaff, but the good episodes are really good. I get why they keep the formula, but I would have loved to see them introduce new main characters every few years and have them battle the old ones as they progressed (like battling Red in Gold/Silver). That way you dont have someone like Ash derping his way across the world, releasing his guys once they get awesome, a glutton for losing.
Though the Ho-oh and coma theories work too.
Though the Ho-oh and coma theories work too.
Season 3 of Digimon (I've only seen seasons 1-4) is the best shit ever. One of these days, I'm gonna rewatch it.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Dammit, 4Kids.
Socialised health care duh. The world of Pokemon is a socialist paradise.
It's a cartoon.. Nobody ages in cartoons.
As for the show i watched the original run back when it first aired but completely lost interest in it a lot of other things when i hit 16 and got back into it with the Diamond/Pearl series so there is a HUGE gap in between what i have seen but i do currently watch it and really enjoy it. Huge pokeman fan.
dragonlife
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Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto were my childhood <3 I enjoy these, though I admit I never did see too much of the Johto episodes.
Schadenfreude
Member
Yes. The original Nurse Joy of Viridian City fixed it and kept it all those months(?) for some weird reason in the hopes that Misty would return to reclaim it. People in the Pokemon world are the most trusting and nice people ever. Anywho, I still watch the Pokemon anime after all these years. I have missed a couple of the recent episodes though.
I'll still never forgive Ash for letting Charizard stay in some dumb valley, after like what, 20-30 eps' worth of getting him to finally trust him and take orders?
Even if Red and Akai Isamu BOTH get away with their fair share of shonen bullshit, at least they come off as actually likeable and definitely seem to be much more competent.
Even if Red and Akai Isamu BOTH get away with their fair share of shonen bullshit, at least they come off as actually likeable and definitely seem to be much more competent.
I loved it until the recent "Best Wishes" series. It's like they made Ash regress way too much, even in art-style. He just seems so much younger and less competent than he used to be - and perhaps that's to introduce a new generation to Ash - I just hate it. I still read the summaries and try to catch interesting episodes from time to time. I mean that trainer who pulled out Darkrai, Ash used 5 Pokemon to beat him - and then brings out Latios... Mad cheap, bro.
UberTag
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To be fair, some of the VAs were destined to be changed regardless.
Meowth's original voice actor (Maddie Blaustein) has been dead for almost 4 years now.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
I stopped around the time they forced Misty into early motherhood.
Her arms were permanently stuck in that position. It drove me CRAZY.
Her arms were permanently stuck in that position. It drove me CRAZY.
br0ken_shad0w
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Quit halfway through Johto. Kanto was special though.
I stopped watching it like a series and started watching it whenever I just decide to watch regular TV in general. I have caught a lot of eps of the DP and the new season thanks to my kids watching and yes its still filler and the same, but I can't say its a bad thing long as its still entertaining.
DonMigs85
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I agree. Ash seemed like such an amateur doofus when he first battled Elesa, for example.
Hot Coldman
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I dunno, it is (was) better than Beyblade or Duel Monsters or hell, even Yu-Gi-Oh.
Not a patch on Digimon, of course.
Rhomega Beta
Member
I stopped when Hoenn started (I think I should've kept going, since Gen III was my favorite). Notably, I came back for episodes featuring Gardevoir.
Pokemon Double Trouble remains my favorite episode purely because it prominently features Alakazam, my second favorite Pokemon, and a rare sight indeed.
Pokemon Double Trouble remains my favorite episode purely because it prominently features Alakazam, my second favorite Pokemon, and a rare sight indeed.
DonMigs85
Member
I often thought that the Humanshape Pokemon should be granted the same rights as people.
All of those shows actually had conclusions* and story archs. That alone makes them better than Pokemon. Ash's personality is pretty much the same as it was in 1996. Character development as strong as a paper bag that one.
*Duel Masters is still ongoing in Japan, but it stars the lead's kid brother now.
The self-aware dub was the best part of Duel Masters.
Ah, Yugioh, another show that has gone down the drain.
Xilium
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I wanted to keep watching the series but the team rocket stuff (and their spinoffs) just got really grating over time. It was just way too repetitive and that stuff makes up the majority of the episode plots (at least in the earlier seasons).
I would love to someday see a Dragonball Kai style re-release of the series with a lot of that "filler" cut out and a heavier focus on the trainer/gym/tournament battles.
I would love to someday see a Dragonball Kai style re-release of the series with a lot of that "filler" cut out and a heavier focus on the trainer/gym/tournament battles.
NeonZ
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I still watch it once in a while, but nothing consistent, although I always end up checking out the league arcs only to be disappointed when Ash loses again...
They've actually reduced Team Rocket's role in the newest seasons (and mostly used them as serious characters) and even more recently finally sent them away from the show. Some of the people who watch the series every single week seem to have disliked all this though, but I can't see how it wasn't an improvement.
They've actually reduced Team Rocket's role in the newest seasons (and mostly used them as serious characters) and even more recently finally sent them away from the show. Some of the people who watch the series every single week seem to have disliked all this though, but I can't see how it wasn't an improvement.
It's a perfect socialist utopia.
How does that compute? How is the show in demise when there is a new season for every installment of game? When there is over 750 episodes? If anything, its prospering...
Rhomega Beta
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That also brings up the logistics of being a nomadic 10 year old with 6 Pokemon of varying size, weight, and diet. Where do they get their funding? They don't have that "I get half of all your money" rule from the games.
Holy shit, this reminds me of the Ace Attorney series' utter and complete insistency that it takes place in America.