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What If Ash Woke Up On Time (Enter The Unknown)
(aka: What If Ash Woke On Time Enter Th Unknown)

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What If Ash Woke Up On Time is a What If? You Tube series by Enter The Unknown that reimagine the events of Pokémon the Series. It is not to be confused by the YouTube series of the same name by Dex Comics, which explore the same concept.

10 year old Ash Ketchum dreamed of becoming a Pokémon Master, but on the morning day of his Journey, he overslept, missing out on all three standard Kantonian starter Pokémon. Fortunately there was one more, Pikachu. And the rest is history. Except in this universe, Ash did wake up on time and got his first choice Squirtle, leading to a different yet also similar Journey.

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  • The Ace:
    • Ash's Squirtle/Wartortle/Blastoise. Even Paul is impressed of it's power.
    • Misty's Gyarados.
    • Gary's Venusaur and Arcanine.
  • Adaptational Badass:
    • Played with for Ash. He does have a stronger start, therefore going further in early Pokémon Leagues like the Indigo League and the Silver Conference, however that’s more because of luck much like in the series. His luck just carries him further. However, he Took a Level in Badass much quicker and becomes the Hoenn League Champion. And he’s later on much more of a match for the likes of Paul and Trip in his journeys through Sinnoh and Unova respectively. Unfortunately this causes stagnation and he’s beaten by both in the Leagues where he had won in the series. This eventually does drive him to work harder in Kalos however earning him his second League Championship in Kalos. This makes him a two time League Champion by the time he goes to Alola.
    • The Blastoise that was Gary’s first Pokémon goes much further under Ash, becoming his Ace. He has Mega Evolution and defeats Alain’s Mega Charizard X.
    • Gary earns himself the Indigo League championship.
    • Misty becomes the first runner up in the Hoenn League. She is also a Whirl Cup winner.
  • Adaptational Early Appearance:
    • Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava in the Silver Conference.
    • Chimchar evolves into Monferno in battle against Byron and again into Infernape in Ash vs Paul 6 on 6 battle.
  • Adaptational Late Appearance:
    • Charmander evolves much later in this series; first in battle against Gary and second time in battle against Falkner.
    • Misty appears first time in the Whirl Cup Arc.
  • Adapted Out: Pikachu due to never meeting Ash is not in this series.
  • Continuity Nod: Gary chooses Bulbasaur as his starter when Ash chooses Squirtle, which is exactly what happens in the games if the player chooses Squirtle.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Many.
    • Despite type disadvantage, Onix wins Squirtle easily due latter not having any water type moves. Tables are however turned when Squirtle learns Water Gun.
    • Blastoise easily washes away Trip's Snivy, which won over Pikachu in the canon.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: Wartortle learns Dig to battle with Lt Surges Raichu. It comes it's signature moves.
  • Demoted to Extra:
    • Misty is a trainer here and more of a recurring character rather than a travel companion.
    • Jessie, James, and Meowth are less frequent antagonists.
  • Determinator: Ash's Blastoise as a Wartortle is adamant that it can beat Raichu, which it does in a rematch.
  • Jerkass:
    • Paul is still very much of this.
    • Compleatly however averted with Charmeleon/Charizard, possibly since Ash has now more experience as a trainer than in the canon.
  • The Reliable One: Ash's Blastoise since it was a Squirtle.
  • In Spite of a Nail: A number of events still play out despite major changes that ripple from Ash waking up on time.
    • In terms of Pokémon, Ash still befriends Bulbasaur, Charizard, Primeape, Krabby, Muk and Tauros.
    • Despite Gary starting with Bulbasaur, he still has Arcanine and Nidoking. His many other catches appear as well.
    • Krabby/Kingler still curbstomps Mandy's entire team at the Indigo League.
    • Despite Charizard being much more obedient in this timeline, it still chooses to train in Charicific Valley.

Alternative Title(s): What If Ash Woke On Time Enter Th Unknown

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