History YMMV / PokemonS20E43WhenRegionsCollide

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Misty and Brock once again claim that they only gave Ash badges out of "[[SelfServingMemory pity]]". It's treated as taking the wind out of Ash's sails, for being cocky about getting all the Kanto badges. There's several problems with this. One- Ash wasn't even being that cocky to begin with. His Alola friends asked him if he got all the badges and he said yes. That's all. Two- Ash may not have won his matches for his first two gym badges, but '''[[SoreLoser Misty and Brock didn't win either]]'''.[[note]] Ash forfeit his match against Brock because he's the one who felt sorry for Brock and his siblings, being abandoned by their father. With Misty, Ash was starting to win, when Team Rocket disrupted the match and Ash stopped them from stealing the gym's Pokémon. [[/note]]. Third- the biggest problem with Misty's claim is that she's now ''[[ConsummateLiar outright lying]]'' by claiming that ''she'' gave Ash her badge because ''she'' felt sorry for him, implying that ''she'' won their match, back in season one. None of these claims are true and everyone knows it. Rather than looking like Ash's oldest friends, reeling him in when he's getting ahead of himself, Misty and Brock look more like they're just putting Ash down [[MilesGloriosus to make themselves look good in front of the other kids]]. While it could be put down to [[CreatorsApathy the script writer being ignorant of what really happened in the episode being referenced]], in universe, [[ToxicFriendInfluence Misty and Brock certainly don't seem like]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese very good friends]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Misty and Brock once again claim that they only gave Ash badges out of "[[SelfServingMemory pity]]". It's treated as taking the wind out of Ash's sails, for being cocky about getting all the Kanto badges. There's several problems with this. One- Ash wasn't even being that cocky to begin with. His Alola friends asked him if he got all the badges and he said yes. That's all. Two- Ash may not have won his matches for his first two gym badges, but '''[[SoreLoser Misty and Brock didn't win either]]'''.[[note]] Ash forfeit his match against Brock because he's the one who felt sorry for Brock and his siblings, being abandoned by their father. With Misty, Ash was starting to win, when Team Rocket disrupted the match and Ash stopped them from stealing the gym's Pokémon. [[/note]]. Third- the biggest problem with Misty's claim is that she's now ''[[ConsummateLiar outright lying]]'' by claiming that ''she'' gave Ash her badge because ''she'' felt sorry for him, implying that ''she'' won their match, back in season one. None of these claims are true and everyone knows it. Rather than looking like Ash's oldest friends, reeling him in when he's getting ahead of himself, Misty and Brock look more like they're just putting Ash down [[{{Narcissist}} to make themselves look good in front of the other kids]]. While it could be put down to [[CreatorsApathy the script writer being ignorant of what really happened in the episode being referenced]], in universe, [[ToxicFriendInfluence Misty and Brock certainly don't seem like]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese very good friends]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Misty and Brock once again claim that they only gave Ash badges out of "[[SelfServingMemory pity]]". It's treated as taking the wind out of Ash's sails, for being cocky about getting all the Kanto badges. There's several problems with this. One- Ash wasn't even being that cocky to begin with. His Alola friends asked him if he got all the badges and he said yes. That's all. Two- Ash may not have won his matches for his first two gym badges, but '''[[SoreLoser Misty and Brock didn't win either]]'''.[[note]] Ash forfeit his match against Brock because he's the one who felt sorry for Brock and his siblings, being abandoned by their father. With Misty, Ash was starting to win, when Team Rocket disrupted the match and Ash stopped them from stealing the gym's Pokémon. [[/note]]. Third- the biggest problem with Misty's claim is that she's now ''[[ConsummateLiar outright lying]]'' by claiming that ''she'' gave Ash her badge because ''she'' felt sorry for him, implying that ''she'' won their match, back in season one. None of these claims are true and everyone knows it. Rather than looking like Ash's oldest friends, reeling him in when he's getting ahead of himself, Misty and Brock look more like their just putting Ash down [[{{Narcissist}} to make themselves look good in front of the other kids]]. While it could be put down to [[CreatorsApathy the script writer being ignorant of what really happened in the episode being referenced]], in universe, [[ToxicFriendInfluence Misty and Brock certainly don't seem like]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese very good friends]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Misty and Brock once again claim that they only gave Ash badges out of "[[SelfServingMemory pity]]". It's treated as taking the wind out of Ash's sails, for being cocky about getting all the Kanto badges. There's several problems with this. One- Ash wasn't even being that cocky to begin with. His Alola friends asked him if he got all the badges and he said yes. That's all. Two- Ash may not have won his matches for his first two gym badges, but '''[[SoreLoser Misty and Brock didn't win either]]'''.[[note]] Ash forfeit his match against Brock because he's the one who felt sorry for Brock and his siblings, being abandoned by their father. With Misty, Ash was starting to win, when Team Rocket disrupted the match and Ash stopped them from stealing the gym's Pokémon. [[/note]]. Third- the biggest problem with Misty's claim is that she's now ''[[ConsummateLiar outright lying]]'' by claiming that ''she'' gave Ash her badge because ''she'' felt sorry for him, implying that ''she'' won their match, back in season one. None of these claims are true and everyone knows it. Rather than looking like Ash's oldest friends, reeling him in when he's getting ahead of himself, Misty and Brock look more like their just putting Ash down [[{{Narcissist}} to make themselves look good in front of the other kids]]. While it could be put down to [[InUniverseFactoidFailure the script writer being ignorant of what really happened in the episode being referenced]], in universe, [[ToxicFriendInfluence Misty and Brock certainly don't seem like]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese very good friends]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Misty and Brock once again claim that they only gave Ash badges out of "[[SelfServingMemory pity]]". It's treated as taking the wind out of Ash's sails, for being cocky about getting all the Kanto badges. There's several problems with this. One- Ash wasn't even being that cocky to begin with. His Alola friends asked him if he got all the badges and he said yes. That's all. Two- Ash may not have won his matches for his first two gym badges, but '''[[SoreLoser Misty and Brock didn't win either]]'''.[[note]] Ash forfeit his match against Brock because he's the one who felt sorry for Brock and his siblings, being abandoned by their father. With Misty, Ash was starting to win, when Team Rocket disrupted the match and Ash stopped them from stealing the gym's Pokémon. [[/note]]. Third- the biggest problem with Misty's claim is that she's now ''[[ConsummateLiar outright lying]]'' by claiming that ''she'' gave Ash her badge because ''she'' felt sorry for him, implying that ''she'' won their match, back in season one. None of these claims are true and everyone knows it. Rather than looking like Ash's oldest friends, reeling him in when he's getting ahead of himself, Misty and Brock look more like their just putting Ash down [[{{Narcissist}} to make themselves look good in front of the other kids]]. While it could be put down to [[InUniverseFactoidFailure the script writer being ignorant of what really happened in the episode being referenced]], in universe, [[PoisonousFriend Misty and Brock certainly don't seem like]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese very good friends]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Misty and Brock once again claim that they only gave Ash badges out of "[[SelfServingMemory pity]]". It's treated as taking the wind out of Ash's sails, for being cocky about getting all the Kanto badges. There's several problems with this. One- Ash wasn't even being that cocky to begin with. His Alola friends asked him if he got all the badges and he said yes. That's all. Two- Ash may not have won his matches for his first two gym badges, but '''[[SoreLoser Misty and Brock didn't win either]]'''.[[note]] Ash forfeit his match against Brock because he's the one who felt sorry for Brock and his siblings, being abandoned by their father. With Misty, Ash was starting to win, when Team Rocket disrupted the match and Ash stopped them from stealing the gym's Pokémon. [[/note]]. Third- the biggest problem with Misty's claim is that she's now ''[[ComsumateLiar outright lying]]'' by claiming that ''she'' gave Ash her badge because ''she'' felt sorry for him, implying that ''she'' won their match, back in season one. None of these claims are true and everyone knows it.
Rather than Ash's oldest friends, reeling him in when he's getting ahead of himself, Misty and Brock look like their just putting Ash down to make themselves look good in front of the other kids. While it could be put down to the script writer being ignorant of what really happened in the episode being referenced, in universe, [[PoisonousFriend Misty and Brock certainly don't seem like]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese very good friends]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most criticized aspects of Misty's character in the original series was her near-constant abuse of Psyduck, which people found too cruel to be funny, especially since Psyduck seems to have a genuine medical condition over why they weren't useful in battle. This episode rectifies that by showing that Misty has long since grown to become quite attached and affectionate towards Psyduck and in turn, Psyduck seems to have (mostly) gotten over its condition and learned to become a pretty decent fighter in its own right.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most criticized aspects of Misty's character in the original series was her near-constant abuse of Psyduck, which people found too cruel to be funny, especially since Psyduck seems to have a genuine medical condition over why they weren't useful in battle. This episode rectifies that but showing that Misty has long since grown to become quite attached and affectionate towards Psyduck and in turn, Psyduck seems to have (mostly) gotten over its condition and learned to become a pretty decent fighter in its own right.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most criticized aspects of Misty's character in the original series was her near-constant abuse of Psyduck, which people found too cruel to be funny, especially since Psyduck seems to have a genuine medical condition over why they weren't useful in battle. This episode rectifies that but showing that Misty has long since grown to become quite attached affectionate towards Psyduck and in turn, Psyduck seems to have (mostly) gotten over its condition and learned to become a pretty decent fighter in its own right.