History Awesome / PokemonTheSeries

** Heck the simple fact that [[TheAce Cynthia's]] entire opening strategy was dedicated solely to taking down Pikachu, and ended up using '''four''' Pokémon to do so says a '''lot''' about what she thinks that little mouse could do to the rest of her team.

* During the Mirage Kingdom two-parter, Misty (mostly) gets over her fear of Bug Pokémon by unleashing her ''Gyarados'' on them, one-shotting the villain's strongest Bug-type (Shedinja, a Pokémon notorious for its "Wonder Guard" ability, which negates damage from any move that it isn't weak against) with one Flamethrower attack. [[BadassBoast "I don't think. I know." indeed.]] Also, her Gyarados caused a magnificent OhCrap to the previously smugColonel Hansen just from him hearing Flamethrower ''ordered'', and then [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ridiculed him by burning away one of his moustaches]].

* During the Mirage Kingdom two-parter, Misty (mostly) gets over her fear of Bug Pokémon by unleashing her ''Gyarados'' on them, one-shotting the villain's strongest Bug-type (Shedinja, a Pokémon notorious for its "Wonder Guard" ability, which negates damage from any move that it isn't weak against) with one Flamethrower attack. [[BadassBoast "I don't think. I know." indeed.]] Right before that, Ash and co. (including her) are all looking a bit scared by what's happening. Then we get this close-up on Misty, as the look on her face ''instantly'' goes from scared to [[LetsGetDangerous angry and determined.]] And then she raises her Pokeball and says, "Togetic, ''leave the rest to me.''" You know, right there, that some major ass-kicking is about to go down. Also, that Gyarados caused a magnificent OhCrap to the previously smug villain just from him hearing Flamethrower ''ordered'', and then [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ridiculed him by burning away one of his moustaches]].

'''James''': I wouldn't be so sure...\\

** ''[=JN125=]'' Lucario accomplishes an unprecedented feat in the series, [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable he managed to hand Cynthia's Garchomp's her first ever on screen defeat]]. For years, this Garchomp has been portrayed as this monster who has defeated every challenger in her wake. Granted she had to deal with a determined Sirfetch'd, but Lucario was in a worse shape as well, making the battle between Lucario and Garchomp an even match.

* What about the May VS Grace battle in the Fallabor Town contest? May's Beautifly has to face a Medicham who smashed Drew's Roselia before. Beautifly managed to defeat it using some utterly amazing combos. The best part was when Beautifly got WRAPPED UP WITH STRING SHOT, THEN FROZEN SOLID WITH ICE PUNCH (which Beautifly is 2x weak against), and Beautifly breaks out of the ice as if it were paper. AWESOME.

'''Ash:''' ''Thunderbolt, '''let's GO!!''''' \\

'''Leon:''' ''Fire Blast, '''NOW!!''''' \\

--->'''Ash:''' Pikachu! (''flips his hat'') We're gonna put everything we got into this attack! \\
(''Pikachu charges up his electric power'') \\
'''Leon:''' Charizard! (''tosses his hat in the air'') Let's have a champion time! \\
(''Charizard charges his fire power'') \\
'''Ash:''' ''Thunderbolt, '''let's GOOO!!''''' \\
''(Pikachu unleashes a full powered Thunderbolt)'' \\

''(Charizard unleashes a full powered Fire Blast)'' \\

(''Pikachu and Charizard charge at each other into a powerful head-to-head melee clash'')

(''Pikachu unleashes a full powered Thunderbolt'') \\

(''Charizard unleashes a full powered Fire Blast'') \\

* [=JN132=]: This is Pikachu's crowning moment episode, literally. Despite facing Leon's Cinderace and the undefeated Charizard alone, Pikachu manages to prevail and beat BOTH of them, giving Ash the victory and the title of Monarch. No amount of words can do justice to the sheer feats Pikachu pulled to make this happen. And the last attack Ash gives to Pikachu contains the ''original'' theme song for a grand ThemeSongPowerUp!

** In ''Journeys'', Ash's Dragonite and Iris' Dragonite go head to head. While Ash's Dragonite ultimately clinches the battle against Iris, it doesn't do so by defeating her Dragonite, who [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps him]] so badly that Ash has to recall him, all while wearing its traditional BloodKnight expression on its face.

[[caption-width-right:350:After 25 years, he became the very best, like no one ever was.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:After 25 years, he became the very best like no one ever was.]]

* In [=SM119=], Sophocles finally gets over his fear of the dark and not only rescues the other racers from Team Rocket, but goes on to win the race, earning a Bugium-Z and the respect of his rival.

** Any Z move performed by Gladion, he makes every one of them to look cool.

* In "Dressed For Jess Success", James is forced to [[SweetPollyOliver pose as Jessilina]] in Jessie's place and face Dawn in a contest. Not only do people buy the disguise, but James ''wins'' the ribbon. Jessie even feels a bit put out that people may have preferred his take on her. In a meta case, it should be noted this is the first time Team Rocket "won" an episode against one of Ash's team, GracefulLoser or not. Previously they could only succeed while [[EnemyMine on Ash's side]] or against another party (usually an AssholeVictim), otherwise, they were defeated, or [[PyrrhicVictory suffered some twist that left the heroes still the better off side]]. James (and to a lesser degree Meowth) scored Team Rocket [[TeamRocketWins their first last laugh against the twerps.]]

* Meta example in the finale -- Creator/ShokoNakagawa (already a PromotedFangirl of the series) got to draw [[https://twitter.com/shoko55mmts/status/1190936118486695936 a few key frames]] for the scene where Lillie tells the others about leaving to search for her dad.

** To say that the battle between Lucario and Garchomp was epic would be an understatement. After their first attacks (Aura Sphere and Scale Shot) cancel each other out, Garchomp and Lucario go at each other with Dragon Claw and Bullet Punch respectively in an all-out slugfest, each trying desperately to knock each other out. By the end, both are heavily damaged. When Lucario drops to one knee, Garchomp tries to finish it off with Dragon Claw, but then Lucario has one more trick up his sleeve; '''''Reversal.''''' After their attacks connected, they fall to the ground, both seemingly unable to battle. After moments of deathly silence, Lucario ''slowly rises to his feet and stands victorious while Garchomp remains motionless, unable to battle.''

** ''[=JN125=]'' Lucario accomplishes an unprecedented feat in the series, [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable he managed to hand Cynthia's Garchomp's her first ever on screen defeat]]. For years, this Garchomp has been portrayed as this monster who has defeated every challenger in her wake. Granted she had to deal with a determined Sirfetch'd, but Lucario was in a worse shape as well.

[[caption-width-right:350:After 25 years, he became '''THE VERY BEST LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS!!!!!''']]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fhruwpwvqaaeawv.jpeg After 25 years, he became '''THE VERY BEST LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS!!!!!''']]

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fhruwpwvqaaeawv.jpeg He became '''THE VERY BEST LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS!!!!!''']]

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