User:SnorlaxMonster/TTEchidna/AshPoké

...Gliscor's back, Cyndaquil evolved, Brock's leaving.

...so why am I not happy?

Pikachu	Torterra	Staraptor	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor

Let's examine the past for a moment, shall we? Let's go back and look at Ash's party over the course of all of the regions. Each time it is changed, I will note the episode number.

Kanto

EP001

Ash starts with Pikachu. Oak gives him a Pokédex and five Poké Balls with which to capture Pokémon.

Pikachu

EP003

Ash captures a Caterpie. This is why Ash's Seaking is notable: Ash caught it.

Pikachu	Caterpie

Ash is an idiot! He sends Caterpie into battle against a Pidgeotto! True genius. Glad he's matured since then... for real. He calls Caterpie back because Misty tells him he's an idiot, sends out Pikachu, and then captures Pidgeotto!

Pikachu	Caterpie	Pidgeotto

Team Rocket appears! Pidgeotto is defeated, Pikachu is sludged, and only Caterpie remains. It SOMEHOW manages to kick both Koffing's AND Ekans's asses. Then it evolves!

Pikachu	Metapod	Pidgeotto

EP004

Ash gets into his first official battle... with some idiot Bug Catcher. He misses catching a Weedle. He loses Metapod to some Beedrill, but manages to get it back. Metapod is injured protecting his stupid ass from a Beedrill, but then... Butterfree comes out!

Pikachu	Butterfree	Pidgeotto

EP010

After beating the crap out of two Gyms (not really) with just three Pokémon, Ash encounters a Bulbasaur. Misty demonstrates her lack of knowledge about Pokémon NATIVE TO HER OWN REGION. Ash captures Bulbasaur after it tries to kill Misty for wanting an Oddish.

Pikachu	Butterfree	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur

EP011

Some stupid asshole releases his Charmander and leaves it on a rock. Dammit, why does Ash continually get pre-owned Fire-type starters?

Pikachu	Butterfree	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander

EP012

A bunch of asshole Squirtle are terrorizing a town. No one is doing anything about it, so Ash has to stop by and lay down the law. Great job being a police force, Jenny. Ash eventually helps, then captures the leader of the Squirtle Squad.

Pikachu	Butterfree	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle

EP013

Ash has only six Pokémon at this point, and Gary has like, 20,000,000. So Ash decides to catch one more: A Krabby. Then the ball disappears and he wonders where the hell it went. Looks like SOMEONE wasn't paying attention... So now, Ash has 7 Pokémon, with a Pokédex listing of 9. And he's already going for his third badge.

Pikachu	Butterfree	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby

EP015

Ash actually trades something! But it's the first Pokémon he caught. Good job, moron. You know you get attached to those. I know I was in Diamond, with Gruntilda.

Pikachu	Raticate	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby

So then he trades back. Ah well, at least now he has 10 in his dex listing.

Pikachu	Butterfree	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby

EP021

And then Ash does it again. He releases Butterfree! It was, like, his best Pokémon... and that's saying something for a Butterfree in Generation I.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby

EP023

Just to make it legal to have Haunter with him, Ash released Butterfree. That's the ONLY reasoning I see for it.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle	Haunter
At Oak's
Krabby

EP024

But then he gives it to Sabrina. Genius!

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby

EP025

Oh, but then here comes my favorite episode, just because it demonstrates completely Ash's lack of maturity.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle	Primeape
At Oak's
Krabby

EP029

And then the ass releases it, because the guy wants to make it a "real P1 champion". Dude, it JUST KICKED YOUR HITMONCHAN'S ASS TO BE THAT ANYWAY. Ash demonstrates once again that he's a complete idiot.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby

EP030

Ash demonstrates that he doesn't know the difference between a streaker and a stalker. He captures Muk, which later proves useful in League matches... but only those.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle	Muk
At Oak's
Krabby

Then he Oaks it.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby			Muk

EP035

Then Ash captures 30 Tauros when trying to capture ANYTHING BUT. Idiot. We never see this because the US is afraid of guns, yet we're like, the only country on Earth where citizens are free to carry one...

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby			Muk
Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros
Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros
Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros
Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros
Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros	Tauros

EP043

Then, for the first time since Metapod evolved, something of Ash's actually evolves... and becomes an arrogant ass.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charmeleon	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby			Muk
Tauros (×30)

EP046

And then Charmeleon evolves...

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby			Muk
Tauros (×30)

...and Ash finds an egg. Generation II is encroaching...

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle	Egg
At Oak's
Krabby			Muk
Tauros (×30)

EP050

And the egg hatches... AND MISTY STEALS IT. What the HELL, man. She then proceeds to baby it and it does nothing useful at all until the Orange Islands, then for some reason stops being awesome and sits there in her arms episode after episode until AG045.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle
At Oak's
Krabby			Muk
Tauros (×30)

EP075

Ash hasn't captured anything in FOREVER. But he decides to ACTUALLY USE KRABBY.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle	Krabby
At Oak's
Muk
Tauros (×30)

And so it decides to kick ass and evolve. They were seriously just looking for a reason to say it didn't suck.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle	Kingler
At Oak's
Muk
Tauros (×30)

EP077

And now, Ash looks like he's doing good. He's winning his way up, with TOTALLY UNEVOLVED POKÉMON. He Oaks Kingler for Muk.

Pikachu	Pidgeotto	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle	Muk
At Oak's
Kingler
Tauros (×30)

EP081

And then he blows it because Charizard doesn't want to battle. Idiot. BUT HEY. Now Pidgeotto finally evolves!

Pikachu	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle
At Oak's
Kingler			Muk
Tauros (×30)

But he releases it. What the hell, man. I'm surprised he didn't release Charizard-- oh wait.

Pikachu	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle
At Oak's
Kingler			Muk
Tauros (×30)

And that's the end of Kanto!

Orange Islands

EP082

Ash begins his journey in the Orange Islands by falling for another one of Team Rocket's tricks.

Pikachu	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle
At Oak's
Kingler			Muk
Tauros (×30)

EP084

Ash then becomes a hero and saves a Lapras from a bunch of idiots who are beating it up. Tracey invites himself along.

Pikachu	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle	Lapras
At Oak's
Kingler			Muk
Tauros (×30)

EP094

Exactly ten episodes pass, and Ash makes another capture. Now his party is full again, and remains that way for more than three episodes!

Pikachu	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Squirtle	Lapras	Snorlax
At Oak's
Kingler			Muk
Tauros (×30)

EP111

And... Snorlax decides to be a lazy ass. Wonderful. So Ash decides to go with "beginner's luck" once more and brings Tauros in return for Snorlax.

Pikachu	Charizard	Lapras
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros(x29)

AND ASH WINS. WHAT.

Orange League Hall of Fame
Lapras	Charizard	Pikachu	Ash Ketchum	Bulbasaur	Squirtle	Tauros

EP113

And now, the end of the Orange Islands saga... and Ash releases Lapras.

Pikachu	Charizard	Tauros
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros(x29)

EP116

Ash, Misty, and Brock head for Johto. Ash dumps off Tauros at Oak's to be with the rest.

Pikachu	Charizard
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros (×30)

Johto

EP117

Ash starts off in Johto, and Team Rocket has stolen a Totodile. But he gets it back for Professor Elm.

Pikachu	Charizard
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros (×30)

EP119

Ash catches a Heracross. Heracross starts pissing off Bulbasaur.

Pikachu	Charizard	Heracross
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros (×30)

EP126

Ash catches a Chikorita. Now he has two Grass-types, and continues to have them for much of the saga.

Pikachu	Charizard	Heracross
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros (×30)

EP134

Ash releases Charizard... sorta. He basically says "go live in the Charicific Valley and train", not knowing that Charizard's definition of "train" includes Charla.

Pikachu	Squirtle	Chikorita
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros (×30)

EP141

But not to worry... Ash isn't totally screwed against the Bug-type Gym Leader because he has nothing that weakens Bugs... because he catches a Cyndaquil!

Pikachu	Squirtle	Chikorita
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax
Tauros (×30)

EP146

And Ash dumps Heracross off at Oak's for a Tauros, because he has a million.

Pikachu	Squirtle	Cyndaquil	Tauros
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros(x29)

EP147

Ash asks Oak for Heracross back, but Oak wants to keep it there (excuses, excuses...) so Ash just sends Tauros back.

Pikachu	Squirtle	Cyndaquil
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

...and then... he releases Squirtle. Or more, lets it go help the Squirtle Squad.

Pikachu	Chikorita
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP151

And here we are, at the 151st episode... Anything special? Well, Ash gets a Totodile!

Pikachu	Chikorita	Totodile
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP154

So what now? Ash has everything he had in Kanto... Pikachu... Grass... Fire... Water... what's left? Flying! And he gets something extra special this time... A shiny Noctowl!

Pikachu	Chikorita	Totodile	Noctowl
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP194

A while has passed... Ash wins two competitions with a Seaking and a Beedrill, both of which he does not keep. Now, entered in another competition, he leaves Noctowl at Oak's for his sumo champion.

Pikachu	Chikorita	Totodile	Snorlax
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Noctowl	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

Then he wins, sends Snorlax back, and goes on his merry way...

Pikachu	Chikorita	Totodile	Noctowl
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP199

Chikorita, being his most-used, finally evolves, being the only one to do so in Johto.

Pikachu	Bayleef	Totodile	Noctowl
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP225

Oak's got a problem at his lab... and he needs Ash's Bulbasaur to fix it. So Ash sends Bulbasaur back... and all that remains of Ash's Kanto crew on his team now... is Pikachu.

Pikachu	Bayleef	Totodile	Noctowl
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP228

Ash wins a race, and gets an egg! Let's see if they do something right this time...

Pikachu	Bayleef	Totodile	Noctowl	Egg
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP230

Ash's recently-obtained egg hatches into a Phanpy! Late comers abound.

Pikachu	Bayleef	Totodile	Noctowl	Phanpy
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross
Tauros (×30)

EP273

Ash has decided to go to Hoenn, so he dumps everyone but Pikachu off at Oak's, in order to better represent the incompatibilities of Gen II and III.

Pikachu
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

Hoenn

AG001

Ash arrives in Hoenn. Team Rocket steals Pikachu, so he's got nothing else. Guess he'll have to send out ??????????...

But he gets Pikachu back quickly, starts off with May, and heads toward Petalburg!

Pikachu
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG004

Ash makes his fist Hoenn-region capture: Taillow! He's getting into a pattern...

Pikachu	Taillow
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG007

Uh oh... more starters. Everyone thinks that after this, Mudkip just has to be Ash's.

Pikachu	Taillow	Treecko
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG023

But no. Ash is only going for ONE starter from now on, so he'll have to get a different Water-type...

Pikachu	Taillow	Treecko	Corphish
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG058

...and a different Fire-type... Ironically, even though Corphish can evolve, it never does, and Torkoal can't anyway... Methinks Ash is giving preferential treatment to one of his three major types...

Pikachu	Taillow	Treecko	Corphish	Torkoal
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG066

...yep. I was right.

Pikachu	Taillow	Grovyle	Corphish	Torkoal
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG074

Buuuuuuut, making a return trip from Kanto (guess what this references...) is Bulbasaur! And it likes May's Bulbasaur... let's just hope he doesn't use Leech Seed...

Pikachu	Taillow	Grovyle	Corphish	Torkoal	Bulbasaur
At Oak's
Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Cyndaquil
Totodile		Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

...and then he sends it back. Thankfully it didn't have a chance to use that move.

Pikachu	Taillow	Grovyle	Corphish	Torkoal
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG080

Hey, wow, before the end of the series, too! The writers know what they're doing now!

Pikachu	Swellow	Grovyle	Corphish	Torkoal
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG108

Full party again, for the first time in a while.

Pikachu	Swellow	Grovyle	Corphish	Torkoal	Snorunt
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

AG123

Full party and almost everyone has evolved, too... they really know what they're doing now!

Pikachu	Swellow	Grovyle	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl		Phanpy
Tauros (×30)

And that's it, Hoenn's over!

BUT WAIT. FRLG and E have just come out! You know what that means! FILLER SEASON!

And so, Brock and Ash leave May and Max in Hoenn and it's time for them to go...

Back to Kanto

AG133

Ash starts off again from Pallet Town, now going to see all the stuff he didn't see the first time he went through Kanto (in 80 episodes!), and to take the Battle Frontier challenge. And to start off, he dumps his crybaby at Oak's for a Johto Pokémon that didn't get much screentime...

And it's not Cyndaquil. DAMMIT.

Plus he dumps his iceball.

Pikachu	Swellow	Grovyle	Corphish	Phanpy
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl	Torkoal	Glalie
Tauros (×30)

AG154

So Phanpy finally does what it was supposed to... And of course, Ash again has something that he's seen before. Donphan!

Pikachu	Swellow	Grovyle	Corphish	Donphan
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl	Torkoal	Glalie
Tauros (×30)

AG161

And again we have one of Ash's Pokémon reaching a second evolution... and this one LISTENS.

Pikachu	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Donphan
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl	Torkoal	Glalie
Tauros (×30)

AG181

Ash gets his hat stolen... but Aipom gives it back and Ash doesn't scream at it! GASP. Then he catches it.

Pikachu	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Donphan	Aipom
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Noctowl	Torkoal	Glalie
Tauros (×30)

AG191

And now, the Battle Frontier is over, and Ash wants to go to Sinnoh. May goes to Johto. Ash dumps EVERYTHING off with Oak except Pikachu, ONCE AGAIN.

Pikachu
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal	Glalie	Aipom
Tauros (×30)

And now he's off, all alone again... but this time, it's to Sinnoh!

Sinnoh

DP001

But guess what! A stowaway is aboard the ship! And it's Aipom! Guess Ash isn't going to Sinnoh alone with Pikachu anymore.

Pikachu	Aipom
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP002

Ash again begins his pattern, catching the native Normal/Flying Pokémon.

Pikachu	Aipom	Starly
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP005

More pattern-driven goodness. At least this time, unlike in Johto, it'll help him in his first Gym match.

Pikachu	Aipom	Starly	Turtwig
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP013

An early evolution! Last time one of these happened so early, it was Kanto!

Pikachu	Aipom	Staravia	Turtwig
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP052

And... that's a looooong time between captures for Ash. And Chimchar's... exactly like Charmander, as far as capture method.

Pikachu	Aipom	Staravia	Turtwig	Chimchar
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP055

Wait, what. Ash and Dawn trade Aipom and Buizel? Thanks a lot, Zoey!

Pikachu	Staravia	Turtwig	Chimchar	Buizel
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP064

Another out of the blue capture... Ash gets... a Gligar. I mean, everyone thought he'd get Hippopotas, but that fell through... so he gets a JOHTO Ground-type?

Pikachu	Staravia	Turtwig	Chimchar	Buizel	Gligar
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP085

Well, so much for having a Gen II Pokémon, Ash. Gligar's predicted evolution happens, and now he and Paul share a species.

Pikachu	Staravia	Turtwig	Chimchar	Buizel	Gliscor
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP100

Finally, Turtwig evolves, and proves it's not just a Bulbaclone.

Pikachu	Staravia	Grotle	Chimchar	Buizel	Gliscor
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP118

Look at that, another Pokéringer, and Ash's bird evolves into its final form. At least he didn't release this one!

Pikachu	Staraptor	Grotle	Chimchar	Buizel	Gliscor
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP132

And the faceoff finally happens. And Monferno arrives as an evolution. When's the Infernape?

Pikachu	Staraptor	Grotle	Monferno	Buizel	Gliscor
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP154

...Ash you MORON. THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY'LL HELP YOUR POKÉMON BECAUSE YOU ARE A GULLIBLE FOOL WHO WOULD GIVE EVEN PIKACHU AWAY.

Pikachu	Staraptor	Grotle	Monferno	Buizel
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP157

Ash gets a damn pseudo-legendary... yaaahoo. It had better f'ing evolve.

Pikachu	Staraptor	Grotle	Monferno	Buizel	Gible
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP163

Monferno becomes Infernape. But it's not an asshole like Charizard was.

Pikachu	Staraptor	Grotle	Infernape	Buizel	Gible
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP166

Grotle becomes Torterra. We all saw it coming. Thanks new opening. Too lazy to do a changing animation this time?

Pikachu	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gible
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Cyndaquil	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP182

Ash brings back his parties of the past from Oak's. And... promptly loses them in the forest. Honestly. Then he finds everyone except for Cyndaquil, who Team Rocket attacks. And Cyndaquil does what we have all been waiting for since JOHTO. It evolves into Quilava!

Pikachu	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gible
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal		Glalie
Tauros (×30)

DP185

Oh, just another episode, and wait holy shit GLISCOR?! It came back!? A Pokémon Ash RELEASED like an idiot came back?!

I demand a fricking recount. Bring back Primeape!

Pikachu	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor
At Oak's
Bulbasaur	Kingler	Muk	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef
Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile
Corphish		Torkoal	Glalie	Gible
Tauros (×30)

Next up?

Yay Sinnoh League. Yay not really exciting. Yay Ash beats Paul and gets to face a cheater with a fricking DARKRAI. You can't enter it in the Battle Tower. That's not legit. No legendaries. It's bull. And we're of course not going back to Johto, even though glorious-ass Kanto got a return trip in AG.

And of course, this means Totodile got screwed over. THANKS, WRITERS, FOR GIVING US FIFTY FUCKING FILLERS BETWEEN CANDICE AND VOLKNER. Now we'll never resolve Ash's journey at the Bell Tower, never see that fucker Petrel, never get rid of Team Rocket, FOR GOD'S SAKE. They're planning on DUMPING BROCK at last in BW, but TEAM ROCKET IS STILL AROUND? Goddamn! Give Plasma some actual plot, unlike the past four generations where you completely fucked up on any trace of coolness Rocket, Magma, Aqua, and Galactic had! I know, I know, kids' show. Advertising the games is the #1 point. But MY GOD, we got our Kanto and Johto remakes. We're not going back. Leave them to the past. Move forward to Isshu. We're starting over. I'm ready for it. No more Zubat, instead we have Koromori. No Drowzee, instead we have Munna. I'm cool with it. Cyndi Quil returned to my side for one last hurrah, but now I'm ready for my firepiggy, and I'm not looking back at Generation I, II, III, or IV, and wishing for the good old days in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, or Sinnoh.

Sigh. Well. Better get to work on the teams for Dent and Iris.