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* GenderEqualEnsemble:: The X/Y and Sun/Moon seasons do this with the main characters.
** X/Y has 2 boy and 2 girl main characters.
** SUn/Moon has 3 boy and 4 girl main characters.

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* GenderEqualEnsemble:: GenderEqualEnsemble: The X/Y and Sun/Moon seasons do this with the main characters.
** X/Y has 2 boy boys and 2 girl girls as main characters.
** SUn/Moon Sun/Moon has 3 boy boys and 4 girl 3 girls as main characters.
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* GenderEqualEnsemble:: The X/Y and Sun/Moon seasons do this with the main characters.
** X/Y has 2 boy and 2 girl main characters.
** SUn/Moon has 3 boy and 4 girl main characters.
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* GrandfatherClause: Brock's main RunningGag is to [[LovableSexManiac fall in love and embarrass himself by flirting with any pretty girl he sees]]. Such a character trait can't be tacked on to later characters in a children's series without it coming off as creepy or demeaning to the woman in question, but Brock can get away with it since that's his most well-known character trait.

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* GrandfatherClause: Brock's main RunningGag is to [[LovableSexManiac fall in love and embarrass himself by flirting with any pretty girl he sees]]. Such a character trait can't be tacked on to later characters in a children's series without it coming off as creepy or demeaning to the woman in question, but Brock can get away with it since that's his most well-known character trait.trait -- and because his flirtations are incredibly goofy and end with him being dragged away by Misty/Max/Croagunk, making them explicitly comedic rather than sinister.
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* CordonBleughChef: In ''[=JN050=]'' while making curry one of the researchers decides to use Chloe's whipped cream for the special ingredient much to the horror of the rest. Surprisingly, they find it [[TastesBetterThanItLooks delightful]].


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** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Chloe who when outside of school will tend to have a unique outfit outside of her school uniform.


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* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. Certain children such as Ash simply head out into the world as trainers, but characters such as Chloe do attend normal academia. It is noted, however, that Goh is allowed to travel the world yet still be enrolled so long as he attends mandatory testing, though it isn't known if this is a norm or a special privellege.


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* In ''[=Journeys=]'' a paleontologist decides to steal whipped cream meant for dessert to add as to a curry much to the group's shock, though they end up finding it incredible.

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** Due to Gyms not existing in the Alola region in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the ''Sun and Moon'' anime series follows a drastically different plot from the previous series: Instead of traveling from town to town with 2 or 3 companions, Ash and Pikachu are instead attending a Pokémon School alongside several classmates, thus it plays a bit more like a SliceOfLife anime (well, with Pokémon included). The Island Trials are being included, though.

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** Due to Gyms not existing in the Alola region in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the ''Sun and Moon'' anime series follows a drastically different plot from the previous series: Instead of traveling from town to town with 2 or 3 companions, Ash and Pikachu are instead attending a Pokémon School alongside several classmates, thus it plays a bit more like a SliceOfLife anime (well, with Pokémon included). The Island Trials are being included, though.though, and Ash does challenge the Kahunas.


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** ''Pokémon Journeys'', the series that debuted alongside the Gen VIII games ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', has an even bigger shakeup compared to the previous series. Instead of being purely focused on the region and its native Pokémon from the new games, it features all the known regions and Pokémon so far, as the plot now involves Ash and his new friend Goh traveling around the world on the behalf of Professor Cerise. Ash still does competitive battling, but instead of the Galar League, Ash particpates in the anime-original World Coronation Series, facing trainers from all around the world, with the goal of challenging Leon, who is not only the champion for the Galar region, but the number one trainer in the world.

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** In ''Journeys'', Ash and Goh meet up with Mewtwo from the original series where they do battle.

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** In ''Journeys'', Ash and Goh meet up with Mewtwo from the original series where they do battle. It's also featured episodes in which past companions from previous series have appeared, so far including Korrina from Kalos and the entire cast from Alola.



* PutOnTheBus: Most of Ash's companions change after one era, the former ones disappearing outside the rare reappearance or cameo. Brock returned and lasted two more eras, but ultimately returned to this state after.

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Most of Ash's companions change after one era, the former ones disappearing outside the rare reappearance or cameo. Brock returned and lasted two more eras, but ultimately returned to this state after.after.
** Most if not all of Ash's Pokémon from each era are sidelined when he moves on to the next one, the only exception being Pikachu. This also counts for Pokémon like his Pidgeot, who he released at the start of the Orange Islands, promised to come back for, and has yet to do so twenty years later.
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* JerkassRealization:
** In The Path That Leads to Goodbye!, Ash and Iris at different times overacted for petty reason on one another. Despite being upset with each other, Ash and Iris showed remorses for their actions but it wasn't enough to go make things right between them. However, Ash realized his mistake with the help of his friends while Iris realized her's when she sees two of his Pokémon in trouble as she help him get their friends back. After everyone was safe, Ash and Iris both apologized for their behavior.
** In Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, after losing his Gym battle against Wulfric, Ash was depression about how he let fear get better off him as he went to the Winding Woods alone with both his confidences shatter and questioning himself. Although, Ash was visited by a very concerned Serena as she attempted to help him up but got a little carry away when she concluded that the loss was the caused of his depression. Hearing that Serena concluded his problems without a second thought and was about to remind him of her own loss, Ash gets frustrated with her as he tells her that she had no idea what he's going through. However, after an angry and hurt Serena pointed out that he wasn't himself and wanted the real him back, Ash realized that he really hurt her feelings. Also, Serena felt guilty for getting frustrated back at Ash as she believed to be the reason for making him leave further into the Winding Woods. After reuniting with one another, Serena attempted to apologizes first for getting upset but Ash stopped her from saying anything as he assured her that he understands her intentions were to help him then thanked her for that as she truly did help him get out of his depression, which was also an apology to her.
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* BootstrappedTheme: A region specific case. The English dub's first opening theme was quickly replaced after the Kanto season was over, though has became iconic to English fans of the anime (as the page quote demonstrates), so much that the ''XY'' dub used a cover for its first season opening.

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* BootstrappedTheme: A region specific case. The English dub's first opening theme was quickly replaced after the Kanto season was over, though has became iconic to English fans of the anime (as the page quote demonstrates), so much that the ''XY'' dub used a cover for its first season opening. For the [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou 20th movie]]'s dub (much like the Japanese version of it with their first season's theme, as it was the anime's 20th anniversary there), a new, more faithful cover is used in the beginning during the montage of Ash's first moments of his journey. Makes sense as the movie was an AlternateContinuity interpretation of Ash's early Kanto journey from the moment he saw Ho-Oh.
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** Due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness as a whole, most of Kanto is depicted as something of a CrapsaccharineWorld, with many civilians overzealous as trainers and apathetic towards Ash's hassles from being a rookie. This was toned down in later regions, with subdued exceptions (Petalberg City of Hoenn is shown to have a whole northern area populated by aggressive Norman fanboys for example, though Norman himself and the area of Petalberg he resides is largely as friendly as in the games).

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** Due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness as a whole, most of Kanto is depicted as something of a CrapsaccharineWorld, with many civilians overzealous as trainers and apathetic towards Ash's hassles from being a rookie. This was toned down in later regions, with subdued exceptions (Petalberg (Petalburg City of Hoenn is shown to have a whole northern area populated by aggressive Norman fanboys for example, though Norman himself and the area of Petalberg Petalburg he resides is largely as friendly as in the games).
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** It's not the first time Rolando de la Fuente ([=RotomDex=]'s Mexican VA) voiced a robotic character, except the last time [[Anime/DragonBallKai he was an android from the Red Ribbon Army]].

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** It's not the first time Rolando de la Fuente ([=RotomDex=]'s Mexican VA) voiced a robotic character, except the last time [[Anime/DragonBallKai [[Anime/DragonBallZKai he was an android from the Red Ribbon Army]].
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** In a retroactive sense, the garbled noise Kartana makes in the English dub after cutting something is actually "once again, I have cut a worthless object" played backward, a stock phrase associated with samurai which was popularised by [[Franchise/LupinIII Goemon Ishikawa]], who both are voiced by Creator/DaisukeNamikawa in Japanese.

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** In a retroactive sense, the The garbled noise Kartana makes in the Japanese and English dub versions after cutting something is actually "once again, I have cut a worthless object" played backward, a stock phrase associated with samurai which was popularised by [[Franchise/LupinIII Goemon Ishikawa]], who both are voiced by Creator/DaisukeNamikawa in Japanese.
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* TheGhost: The two other trainers who started their adventures at the same time as Ash and Gary are mentioned a couple of times, but never seen, and despite having been ahead of Ash on the badge collecting front halfway through his journey, it's noted that they drop out before the Indigo League even starts and they completely disappear.


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* OneSteveLimit: In the vast majority of cases, if a Pokémon is caught by one of the main characters, that precludes that species also being caught by another one of the main characters. To date this has only occurred with Bulbasaur (Ash's and May's, the latter of which evolved to preserve the limit), Squirtle (Ash's and May's again, the latter of which evolved to preserve the limit), Pikachu (Ash's and Goh's, the latter of which [[RuleOfThree evolved to preserve the limit]]) and Dragonite (Ash's and Iris', which are separated by several series).
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** In a retroactive sense, the garbled noise Kartana makes in the English dub after cutting something is actually "once again, I have cut a worthless object" played backward, a stock phrase associated with samurai which was popularised by [[Franchise/LupinIII Goemon Ishikawa]], who both are voiced by Creator/DaisukeNamikawa in Japanese.

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** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Goh and Chloe in ''Journeys'', who both possess full nuclear families.



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%%* AmbiguouslyGay: Harley.** Goh is notciably of darker skin tone, but is a Kanto native.
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* BigEater:
** Ash himself is shown throughout the series as being one, usually being the one who consumes the most amongst his various groups.
** May is the biggest offender amongst Ash's travelling companions, showcasing legitimate anger toward being robbed at a handful of occasions.
** Team Rocket's Morpeko manages to eat them out of house more than one occasion, which they use to their advantage during an eating contest until it felt satisfied and lost its Hangry Form.


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** In ''Journeys'', Ash and Goh meet up with Mewtwo from the original series where they do battle.

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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The Gear Pokémon Klinklang was CGI rather than traditional animation, which made its rotating parts look unusually smooth.

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The Gear Pokémon Klinklang was CGI rather than traditional animation, which made its rotating parts look unusually smooth.smooth.
** Eternatus is completely animated in CGI, giving it an otherworldly feeling in comparison to the more traditional animation of the main cast.



* BrickJoke: A cartoonish picture of Chloe drawn by her mother in Episode 11 of Journeys is later used in an advertisement in Episode 29, something the former is [[MessyHair not happy about]].
* BrokenAesop:
** "Viva Las Lapras." There's a group of people who chase after a herd of Lapras, send out their Pokémon to weaken them, throw their poke balls and... [[{{Hypocrite}} wait a minute.]]
** At various points, people try to drill in Ash's head that trainers should train their Pokémon, and cannot expect to win with untrained ones. Despite this, he used completely untrained Pokémon like Kingler, Muk or Tauros at various ''Pokémon League'' matches, and ''they actually performed better'' than those he had with him his whole journey and had participated in dozen of battles.



* BrokenAesop:
** "Viva Las Lapras." There's a group of people who chase after a herd of Lapras, send out their Pokémon to weaken them, throw their poke balls and... [[{{Hypocrite}} wait a minute.]]
** At various points, people try to drill in Ash's head that trainers should train their Pokémon, and cannot expect to win with untrained ones. Despite this, he used completely untrained Pokémon like Kingler, Muk or Tauros at various ''Pokémon League'' matches, and ''they actually performed better'' than those he had with him his whole journey and had participated in dozen of battles.


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** Ren has a Magnemite who he calls Francois.


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* HauntedHeadquarters: Cerise Laboratory was known to Professor Cerise as being haunted by a Gengar, but he bought the place anyways believing it would be more amusing than anything.


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* MessyHair: Chloe is shown to possess bedhair wildly different from that of her usual style of braids, and she has little love for it.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[Radar/PokemonAnime Has its own page.]]
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* DeadlineNews: At one point in Journeys, a live news report is cut off by a beam from Eternatus fired in the camera's general direction. This is not commented on at all.
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The ''Pokémon'' anime series, currently marketed in English as ''Pokémon: The Series'', is a somewhat loose adaptation based on the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games by Creator/{{Game Freak}}. Given the success of the games, this series managed to make it to America as part of the marketing push, and, combined with the concurrent American airing of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', helped keep the new wave of Western anime adaptations (which started after ''Franchise/PowerRangers'') going.

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The ''Pokémon'' anime series, currently marketed in English as ''Pokémon: The Series'', is a somewhat loose adaptation based on the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games by Creator/{{Game Freak}}. Given the success of the games, this series managed to make it to America as part of the marketing push, and, combined with the concurrent American airing airings of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', helped keep the new wave of Western anime adaptations (which started after ''Franchise/PowerRangers'') going.

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* CastingGag: It's not the first time Rolando de la Fuente ([=RotomDex=]'s Mexican VA) voiced a robotic character, except the last time [[Anime/DragonBallKai he was an android from the Red Ribbon Army]].

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It's not the first time Rolando de la Fuente ([=RotomDex=]'s Mexican VA) voiced a robotic character, except the last time [[Anime/DragonBallKai he was an android from the Red Ribbon Army]].Army]].
** Creator/KaitoIshikawa (Kiawe's Japanese VA) previously voiced Falcon, another dark-skinned character with a red color theme, in Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers.
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* ConfidenceBuildingScheme: One episode sees Ash and friends teaming up with Team Rocket to deliberately lose Pokemon battles in order to boost the confidence of a weak and scrawny Paras so that it can evolve more quickly into Parasect.
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* SceneryPorn: Every single movie has at least one positively epic set piece in full ConspicuousCG. And they are ''gorgeous''.

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* SceneryPorn: Every single movie has at least one positively epic set piece in full ConspicuousCG.fully rendered CG. And they are ''gorgeous''.
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*** On the subject of Lusamine, she is far nicer to her children compared to the games, albiet frequently [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing]] and [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents embarassing]]. In fact, she is virtually devoid of any vanity that pits her against them, and helps Lillie and her friends with coralling the Ultra Beasts.
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* BodyUploading: In "Electric Soldier Porygon", Ash and his friends use some sort of cylindrical "transfer machine" go into cyberspace with a Porygon to stop Team Rocket from stealing trainers' Pokemon.
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** In The Path That Leads to Goodbye!, Ash and Iris at different times overacted for petty reason on one another. Despite being upset with each other, Ash and Iris showed remorses for their actions but it wasn't enough to go make things right between them. However, Ash realized his mistake with the help of his friends while Iris realized her when she sees two of his Pokémon in trouble as she help him get their friends back. After everyone was safe, Ash and Iris both apologized for their behavior.
** In Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, after losing his Gym battle against Wulfric, Ash was depression about how he let fear get better off him as he went to the Winding Woods alone with both his confidences shatter and questioning himself. Although, Ash was visited by a very concerned Serena as she attempted to help him up but got a little carry away when she concluded that the loss was the caused for his depression. Hearing that Serena concluded his problems without a second thought, Ash gets frustrated with her as he tells her that she had no idea what he's going through. However, after an angry and hurt Serena pointed out that he wasn't himself and wanted the real him back, Ash realized that he really hurt her feelings. Also, Serena felt guilty for getting frustrated back at Ash as she believed to be the reason for making him leave further into the Winding Woods. After reuniting with one another, Serena attempted to apologizes first for getting upset but Ash stopped her from saying anything as he assured her that he knows that she was only trying to help then thanked her for that as she truly did help him get out of his depression, which was also an apology to her.

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** In The Path That Leads to Goodbye!, Ash and Iris at different times overacted for petty reason on one another. Despite being upset with each other, Ash and Iris showed remorses for their actions but it wasn't enough to go make things right between them. However, Ash realized his mistake with the help of his friends while Iris realized her her's when she sees two of his Pokémon in trouble as she help him get their friends back. After everyone was safe, Ash and Iris both apologized for their behavior.
** In Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, after losing his Gym battle against Wulfric, Ash was depression about how he let fear get better off him as he went to the Winding Woods alone with both his confidences shatter and questioning himself. Although, Ash was visited by a very concerned Serena as she attempted to help him up but got a little carry away when she concluded that the loss was the caused for of his depression. Hearing that Serena concluded his problems without a second thought, thought and was about to remind him of her own loss, Ash gets frustrated with her as he tells her that she had no idea what he's going through. However, after an angry and hurt Serena pointed out that he wasn't himself and wanted the real him back, Ash realized that he really hurt her feelings. Also, Serena felt guilty for getting frustrated back at Ash as she believed to be the reason for making him leave further into the Winding Woods. After reuniting with one another, Serena attempted to apologizes first for getting upset but Ash stopped her from saying anything as he assured her that he knows that she was only trying understands her intentions were to help him then thanked her for that as she truly did help him get out of his depression, which was also an apology to her.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A few of Ash's friends throughout the series started off as being scared or just disliking certain Pokémon.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A few of Ash's friends throughout the series started off as being scared or just disliking certain Pokémon.Pokémon:
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* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight:
** In Pikachu Re-Volts, When Ash's Pikachu, Misty's Togepi and Team Rocket's Pokémon were put under Butch and Cassidy's control, their Trainers tried to get through to their Pokémon friends but they weren't able to hear their voice. However, Ash decided to taunt Pikachu into attacking him then had him destroyed the machine that was controlling him and the other Pokémon, which worked.
** In Gathering the Gang of Four!, Ash called out to his Charizard when it was under Brandon's Dusclops Confuse Ray as he was able to snap it out of its effects. Although, in the next episode, Ash's Bulbasaur went through the same thing and he successfully got though to it.
** In A Conspiracy to Conquer!, Jessie, James, their Pokémon, Ash's Pikachu, Bonnie, Clemont and Serena were hypnotized by a rouge Malamar. Although Mewoth tried to reach out to his friends but too no avail, Ash had more success in reaching out to Pikachu as he was able to hear his voice and tried to fight back through strong will power.
** In the Aura Storm!: Korrina's Lucario had trouble controlling its Aura as it would go berserk whenever it Mega Evolved and it would ignore Korrina. However, in the next episode, during an attack from Team Rocket, Lucario heard Korrina calling out to it and was able to control its Aura long enough to finish them off before losing control again. After some training and hearing Korrina's voice in the following episode, Lucario overcame it and no longer loses control.
** In A Slippery Encounter!, Ash's Pikachu and Talonflame, while it was a Fletchinder, got hit by James' Inkay Psybeam attack as it made them confused. Because they were confused, they attacked each other until Ash grabbed both of them as he tried to calm them down but it wasn't until the effects wore off that got them back to their senses.



* JerkassRealization:
** In The Path That Leads to Goodbye!, Ash and Iris at different times overacted for petty reason on one another. Despite being upset with each other, Ash and Iris showed remorses for their actions but it wasn't enough to go make things right between them. However, Ash realized his mistake with the help of his friends while Iris realized her when she sees two of his Pokémon in trouble as she help him get their friends back. After everyone was safe, Ash and Iris both apologized for their behavior.
** In Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, after losing his Gym battle against Wulfric, Ash was depression about how he let fear get better off him as he went to the Winding Woods alone with both his confidences shatter and questioning himself. Although, Ash was visited by a very concerned Serena as she attempted to help him up but got a little carry away when she concluded that the loss was the caused for his depression. Hearing that Serena concluded his problems without a second thought, Ash gets frustrated with her as he tells her that she had no idea what he's going through. However, after an angry and hurt Serena pointed out that he wasn't himself and wanted the real him back, Ash realized that he really hurt her feelings. Also, Serena felt guilty for getting frustrated back at Ash as she believed to be the reason for making him leave further into the Winding Woods. After reuniting with one another, Serena attempted to apologizes first for getting upset but Ash stopped her from saying anything as he assured her that he knows that she was only trying to help then thanked her for that as she truly did help him get out of his depression, which was also an apology to her.



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* StalkerShot: During the "Black & White" a.k.a "Best Wishes" seasons, when Ash meets the starter Pokemon of the Unova region, he comments Oshawott looks cutes, and when Trips chooses Snivy over him, he took an interest in Ash. Later in the episode, the camera would reveal Oshawott following Ash and hiding from a distance several times with Ash and Pikachu unaware of him. It's not until the third episode that Oshawott officially becomes apart of Ash's team.

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* FillingTheSilence: The dub has ''very'' few moments of silence, the maximum being about three seconds of silence per episode. The old episodes were short on silent moments as well, but the silent moments were much easier to find back then.



* LullDestruction: The dub has ''very'' few moments of silence, the maximum being about three seconds of silence per episode. The old episodes were short on silent moments as well, but the silent moments were much easier to find back then.

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* EvolvingCredits: Done rather interestingly with the first ''Black and White'' opening, where, in the opening for the first episode, everything, including all the Pokémon, are in black and white, except for Pikachu who shows up fully colored. In the second episode's opening, as Pikachu passes the Pokémon, any that were seen in the previous episode start filling in with color to show who's been seen so far. This was thrown aside in the dub.
** The dub plays it straight for ''Adventures in Unova'''s opening -- the footage changed to the opening used in the Episode N and then the Decalore arc when it reached those points.
** The ''XY'' episode cards were later updated to have Serena's attire change. Again this was omitted from the dub.

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* EvolvingCredits: From the ''Battle Frontier'' season onwards, the Japanese opening sequences (and some ending sequences) would start changing to reflect the team's Pokémon that had evolved over the course of the season. In the vast majority of cases, the dub openings/endings drop all forms of evolution, generally using the first version of any evolving sequence in question.
** Alongside the evolving Pokémon in ''Battle Frontier'' (and the third opening for that series, ''Spurt'') the openings hid the Frontier Brains in silhouettes until they made their official appearances.
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Done rather interestingly with the first ''Black and White'' opening, where, in the opening for the first episode, everything, including all the Pokémon, are in black and white, except for Pikachu who shows up fully colored. In the second episode's opening, as Pikachu passes the Pokémon, any that were seen in the previous episode start filling in with color to show who's been seen so far. This was thrown aside in the dub.
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** The dub plays it straight for ''Adventures in Unova'''s opening -- the footage changed to the opening used in the Episode N and then the Decalore Decolore arc when it reached those points.
** The ''XY'' episode cards were later updated to have Serena's attire change. Again this was omitted from the dub.
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The ''Pokémon'' anime series, currently marketed in English as ''Pokémon: The Series'', is a somewhat loose adaptation based on the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. Given the success of the games, this series managed to make it to America as part of the marketing push, and, combined with the concurrent American airing of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', helped keep the new wave of Western anime adaptations (which started after ''Franchise/PowerRangers'') going.

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The ''Pokémon'' anime series, currently marketed in English as ''Pokémon: The Series'', is a somewhat loose adaptation based on the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games by Creator/{{Nintendo}}.Creator/{{Game Freak}}. Given the success of the games, this series managed to make it to America as part of the marketing push, and, combined with the concurrent American airing of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', helped keep the new wave of Western anime adaptations (which started after ''Franchise/PowerRangers'') going.



* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Generally the cuter thePokémon is, the less liable they are to get knocked about in battles or other threats (Ash and Team Rocket, being the mainstays and most active characters, are usually the exceptions to this rule, though not always). To exemplify, the Team Flare arc demonstrated the ongoing threat level by having most of Ash's fully evolved Pokémon [[TheWorfEffect quickly knocked out by Lysandre]]. Clemont and Serena's teams, despite being far less experienced and largely consisting of more childlike unevolved Pokemon, fought throughout the entire climax without suffering a single scratch.

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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Generally the cuter thePokémon the Pokémon is, the less liable they are to get knocked about in battles or other threats (Ash and Team Rocket, being the mainstays and most active characters, are usually the exceptions to this rule, though not always). To exemplify, the Team Flare arc demonstrated the ongoing threat level by having most of Ash's fully evolved Pokémon [[TheWorfEffect quickly knocked out by Lysandre]]. Clemont and Serena's teams, despite being far less experienced and largely consisting of more childlike unevolved Pokemon, fought throughout the entire climax without suffering a single scratch.



* KnifeOutline: In "No Stone Unturned", Hau's Dartrix uses a razor leaf attack, causing this effect on Ash, Pikachu, and Rotomdex.

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* KnifeOutline: In "No Stone Unturned", Hau's Dartrix uses a razor leaf Razor Leaf attack, causing this effect on Ash, Pikachu, and Rotomdex.

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