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Gyarados is the single most frequent user of Hyper Beam in both the anime and manga. In the first three generations, most NPCs who used Gyarados were using it with Hyper Beam. Hyper Beam is associated with Gyarados more than it is with any other Pokémon, and Gyarados was associated with Hyper Beam more than it was with any other move. As a result, Hyper Beam was a key part of Gyarados's early characterization, and this was all tied to how back then, Gyarados's Hyper Beam ran off of its
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Gyarados is the single most frequent user of Hyper Beam in both the anime and manga. In the first three generations, most [=NPCs=] who used Gyarados were using it with Hyper Beam. Hyper Beam is associated with Gyarados more than it is with any other Pokémon, and Gyarados was associated with Hyper Beam more than it was with any other move. As a result, Hyper Beam was a key part of Gyarados\'s early characterization, and this was all tied to how back then, Gyarados\'s Hyper Beam ran off of its \"high\" offensive stat. At the time, this was not Gyarados getting a move that used its \"low\" offensive stat.
That changed when Generation IV rolled around and redesigned the definition of physical and special moves, and in the process, redefined Gyarados\'s Hyper Beam. Gyarados\'s fearsome power was no longer behind Hyper Beam, so as a result, it lost its association with the move. It\'s only used it twice in the anime since then – once in the D/P anime and once in the B/W anime – and [=NPCs=] no longer run Hyper Beam on Gyarados. The series has no problem writing Hyper Beam out of Gyarados in contexts where it\'s not absolutely required, but cutting it out of Gyarados\'s moveset would cause serious disruption with the characterization it had.
Don\'t look at this as if it\'s just a powerful move that Gyarados happens to learn and can\'t use so well anymore. This was a \'\'massive\'\' part of Gyarados\'s image and power back in the day. Flavor text in the manga, Mystery Dungeon, and in \'\'[=FireRed=]\'\' was vouching for its destructive power and making sure that you knew Gyarados was associated with Hyper Beam.
None of the examples you\'ve given are relevant to this point, and I\'m starting to think you\'re ignoring it because you don\'t know how to respond.
That changed when Generation IV rolled around and redesigned the definition of physical and special moves, and in the process, redefined Gyarados\'s Hyper Beam. Gyarados\'s fearsome power was no longer behind Hyper Beam, so as a result, it lost its association with the move. It\'s only used it twice in the anime since then – once in the D/P anime and once in the B/W anime – and [=NPCs=] no longer run Hyper Beam on Gyarados. The series has no problem writing Hyper Beam out of Gyarados in contexts where it\'s not absolutely required, but cutting it out of Gyarados\'s moveset would cause serious disruption with the characterization it had.
Don\'t look at this as if it\'s just a powerful move that Gyarados happens to learn and can\'t use so well anymore. This was a \'\'massive\'\' part of Gyarados\'s image and power back in the day. Flavor text in the manga, Mystery Dungeon, and in \'\'[=FireRed=]\'\' was vouching for its destructive power and making sure that you knew Gyarados was associated with Hyper Beam.
None of the examples you\'ve given are relevant to this point, and I\'m starting to think you\'re ignoring it because you don\'t know how to respond.
