Top 10 Most Annoying Pokemon Characters

The Top Ten
1 Serena Serena has proven to be a kind and polite girl but she can also be openly rebellious towards her mother, Grace. In Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, she refused to wake up when Grace ordered her to, and gave a sassy response to her mother's call to watch the news. This tumultuous relationship was best demonstrated when Grace made her practice Rhyhorn riding, an activity Serena had hated doing... read more

The worst part about Serena isn't even that she likes pink and that her career is just her dancing and wearing pretty dresses. That's already bad. But when a character's personality and popularity from the fans is defined on whether or not they have a crush on the main character, that's annoying. It's like every episode the writers have to SCREAM in our face that Serena has a crush on Ash. Like, we get it. It was obvious from day one. Her crush on Ash was fine at first, but it got to the point where the writers just thought, "How about instead of giving this girl a nice, unique personality, we give her the stereotypical girly-girl trait where she is so dependent on a BOY that she can't go a single episode without blushing madly at whatever he says? ". UGH. At least with Misty's crush on Ash, she was independent.

I really don't like Serena. Why is she even there? She's probably the most annoying/useless character of all. Plus, how do you fall in love with a person who helped you when you were, like, five? Ash probably only helped her so she could shut up and stop crying. Even her voice is annoying.
I don't like Ash very much either, but people should stop shipping him with other girls. Especially Serena. Misty shouldn't be on the list. I know that she is kind of bossy and mean, but she's like that because of Ash. When he does something stupid, she gets him out of it. I'm the same way with my siblings. They say I'm bossy with them, but it's only because I care about them so nothing bad happens. Dream on Serena, but Ash needs someone else.

2 Misty Misty, known as Kasumi in Japan, is a character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri. She’s the gym leader in Cerulean city & specializes in water Pokemon. In the games, she’s known as ‘the tomboy mermaid.’

In the anime, she’s ash’s first traveling companion. She had three older sisters who did nothing but belittle her, and sick of it & wanting... read more

Misty is NOTHING like Serena. The only reason she did "nothing" for the first few seasons was because the writers focused everything on Ash and nothing on Brock or Misty.

When she does get character development, she is the strongest of any of them, she's a GYM LEADER for one thing, she conquers her childhood fears of Gyarados, and she even trains one for herself.

Misty is headstrong, stubborn, and dedicated to her Pokemon, she may have no goal in the beginning of the show, but she has a goal of becoming a water Pokemon master, and she's amazing at underwater battles, and she has more knowledge then Ash or Brock even when it comes to battling.

Misty may be rude and loud, but she truly cares for her friends, she cheers Brock on when he does anything worthwhile, and she pulls him away when he gets sidetracked (and annoying) when he sees pretty women, not to mention she helps and supports Ash every step of the way. We get to see the relationship between Ash and Misty blossom from a girl looking for her bike and an idiot, to 2 friends who care deeply about each other.

Misty, unlike Serena, doesn't ignore her Pokemon for Ash, and she has a good relationship with both Ash and Brock, instead of Serena who barely even talks to Clemont and Bonnie when Ash isn't involved.

Misty also has a love for Pokemon, and she' s amazing at battles, if she had been given more character development, she would have gotten a Totodile (instead of Ash because WHY DOES ASH GET EVERYTHING), and her Pokemon would have evolved faster (I'm looking at you Psyduck) and we would have got to see her succeed at her goals more.

Serena, despite being given the writers attention, she is STILL a terrible character, having no goals or dreams aside from Ash, she would throw away her career and Pokemon just to be with Ash, unlike Misty, who does love Ash, but has a dedication to water Pokemon and Cerulean Gym.

Lastly, Ash and Serena will never be as great as Ash... more

3 Max

He never really contributed anything. And he thinks he knows everything about pokemon but has no real life experience. I mean, granted, he was able to tell what type of attacks pokemon could do, but if it wasn't in may or ash's pokedexes, brock was also able to provide answers. His whole reason for traveling was to help May even going so far as to saying that she wouldn't be able to do anything WITHOUT him, but May was able to quickly pick up what attacks each pokemon could do within the first season. My point is, if max hadn't been with them, we would have lost NOTHING. And we wouldn't have had to constantly hear him talking down to may and ash even AFTER traveling with them and seeing first hand how hard they worked and how hard battling and coordinating are. And he actually STOLE the badge that ash rightfully won off his dad yet NEVER gets called out on it. His dad comforts him and ash ACTUALLY OFFERS HIM THE BADGE. If I were the dad, I would have told max to get over it and put ...more

I hope someone teaches that little satanic loser a lesson he would never ever forget. He's so annoying. He thinks he knows everything, but in reality, he doesn't! He's super terrible. I feel sorry for May. She has to deal with his bratty attitude everyday.

He cried, ran off, and takes the badge when Ash beat his Dad.
He pinches Brock's ears every time he sees a pretty a girl, what?

Thank God Bonnie is not like Max.

Why is he even apart of the group? He doesn't a Pokemon, always blocking brock, believe he's all knowing, to put it simple he's the meowth in their team.

4 Jigglypuff Jigglypuff, known in Japan as Purin, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise.

Any time I saw Jigglypuff in an episode I would instantly care less about that episode. How would a Pokemon not know that its move would send people to sleep. Even so yes I would find it annoying if someone fell asleep as I was singing but has this Jigglypuff never met another one.

That pic is ugly but jiggles is the second only Pokemon who didn't get abused and stands up and FIGHTS! Let's go Vaporeon and Jigglypuff! Kill the trainers!

Annoying as heck! Just pops up out of nowhere then sings, gets mad and scribbles on people's faces! What the heck is that all about!?

Jigglypuff is a born idiot.. It's not a good singer, and a good Pokemon too... If its aim is to put everyone in sleep, why it draws on our faces?

5 Brock Brock is a character from Pokemon and is created by game freak & Nintendo. He was the first gym leader in pewter city, and specializes in rock Pokemon . ...read more.

He should just join Team Rocket he's that annoying. The hitting on every girl gets really old really fast. Id compare it to the team rocket motto.

Brock is the best! Whoever put him here- die already. He's is the best for even handling ash all those years! Watch goodbye pikachu on YouTube- I dare you.

Overrated as heck, I hated the Original Series. Also, he's just a young version of Jiraiya, one of my least favorite "Naruto" character.

Brock is the best character. Why is he on this list? I really feel like some person that never watched Pokemon made this list doing a little research. (Except for serina, she's annoying asf)

6 Paul

Let's face it, paul is the most real trainer out there. He's just like anyone that plays the game, if a Pokemons weak, he puts it aside. We all do that. And let's not act like we don't do harsh training in the game. Also, if you've played red/blue/yellow/green(Japan.) we all know that you've done the missingno glitch to get rare candies to stuff your little charmander(or any other starter) so they will get to be top tier. Paul is great, real, and has a good side.

I've never wanted ash to win in a rival battle. I've always rooted for his enemy. Such as gary, paul, trip, all of them. But by far, Paul is the number one rival out there. Paul would moss gary and trip. (Plus on a side thought, you know? If ash beat that darkrai trainer in sinnoh, he would've won the whole thing. Ash took out 3 of that trainers Pokemon, while the other finalist couldn't even take darkrai out.) :}

Paul fans annoy me so much, everyone keeps saying he is a "complex character" but he doesn't change until the very end.

Not exactly the most friendly rival. He causally ABANDONS his Chimchar just because it lost in a battle.

7 Barry

I don't really like his voice in the anime, at least in the English dub. Also, the anime really exaggerates the "I'm fining you" catchphrase, as in the original games he only said this TWICE in DPBDSP and only THREE TIMES in Platinum.

Also, he's quite rude and hypocritical.

The "I'll fine you! " was funny at first. It got annoying quickly. His voice is also extremely annoying in the english dub.

Shut up shut up shut up. Dawn is nit good character unless she plays off Paul or Zoey but that's the thing she has someone to py off Barry isj ust annoying and what's with the fining everyone for no reason he hurtsmy brain only one person hurts it more.

I like Barry. He isn't annoying. He's very funny and makes me laugh

8 Iris Iris is from the Pokemon bwhite version & Pokemon black 2 & white. She ether was the gym leader in Opelucid city in white version. She first appeared to aid Bianca, Burgh, and the playable character when Bianca's Munna was stolen, & acted as a bodyguard. In Black 2 & White 2, she was the champion. Iris specializes in dragon types. ...read more.

An absolute nuisance and a total hypocrite. I don't get why people actually like her. Aside from her little kid shtick she just never shuts up and is whiny as all can be.
Misty may have a rough attitude but at least it's because she was teased a lot by her older sisters. But Iris is just...really made to be like that. I get she's 10 but she acts like a 7 year old. Perhaps just as immature as Max.
And Dragon Master? Really? Even ash, "the little kid" is better at raising his dragon types than this loser
But still calm down guys at least she's better than Serena. Then again any Pokemon character is better than her.

Iris, is she really that bad? At least she gave personality to the anime with her character unlike hint hint Serena who does literally nothing except fawn over Ash. I would say it's the writers fault for making her "what a kid" phrase which gives her the most hate. Yes I get annoyed too, I feel like saying your a kid too honey but at least she gave personality with her constant bickering with Ash. but she cared and cheered for him just as much! Please, compared to Serena's fake character, Iris wins.

This character is really, really overhated. So what if she calls Ash a kid, to be fair Ash can act like an immature kid at times. Iris is a good friend to him, she does call him out but it's better than putting on a pedestal and physically assault him when he doesn't respond the way you want, and she is also supportive, nice and caring to him. Unlike Misty or Serena (snowball scene), she never abused him or tried to manipulate him. She's not that bad at all.

I agree with this anyways. Iris is just so annoying. She keeps saying Ash is a little kid, Ash isn't afraid of any type of Pokemon, but she's afraid of Ice-type Pokemon. So she's been the little kid herself. Of course there are some cute moments of her with Ash, but I don't personally find it cute. If I were to make a top annoying Pokemon girls Iris would be number 2, there's one Pokegirl who tops her.

9 Ash Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi in Japan, is a fictional main character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo. Ash is training to be a Pokemon Master, with his buddy Pikachu. Ash tries to stop the evil Team Rocket from stealing his Pikachu.

I'm sorry if I say this, but I have to get it out of my head, but... Ash is the worst trainer I've ever seen. I'm tired of him being shipped with other of his female companions (not because I'm jealous, but because if people who think that's such a "good" idea to do so), he can't battle really well, he is annoying at times, he isn't what he was before and he just doesn't appeal to the audiences anymore as he did at the time. As I already said, I hate him being shipped with one of his female companions, that's the main thing I hate about him. Augh! I'm sick of this character! I wish he leaves after the SM anime, I wish we were to be introduced to a new character for once and for all, not having the same person after all of those years ever since the beginning of the anime. NO MORE SHIPPINGS, NO MORE ASH! AUGH!

To all you haters out there:
Just because Ash has never won an official league (besides Orange and Battle Frontier) doesn't mean he sucks. In fact, he had accomplished a whole lot more than almost any other trainer can.
Besides, Red from Origins barely even won in a 6 on 2 against Giovanni. And look at Ash; he barely lost against Alain in a 6 on 6. Another thing to note is that the way the anime universe works is a whole lot tougher than the games. For that reason, Ash had accomplished way more than Red can ever do.

That character itself is not that disturbing but now it is because how his fans won't shut up singing his glory everywhere. We get it, okay, we get it. You want Ash's temple with Ash's body pillow inside it? Cool! Tell that to your president instead of whining about other characters we want to like instead of Ash. Just because we watch (or tolerate) the anime doesn't mean we have to be automatically an AshKetchum fan. Leave us alone with our preferred characters. Not everyone has to like Ash just because he's the protagonist.

Ash can be pretty annoying at times, and he turned bland, but he's far from the worst trainer. I mean, he may not have won yet, but he makes it to at least top 16 out of a hundred trainers in every league. Besides, he did win the Orange and Kanto battle frontier, both of which are canon.

That aside, even I'm a bit sick of this kid. 20 years of little to no development. At least let him age.

10 Red

Overrated as heck.

The Contenders
11 Georgia

I hated how mean she was to Iris, my most favorite character in Pokemon.

She loses to dragon types once, and now it is her lifes work to be dedicated to beat them. WOW.

She's just plain stuck up and stupid.

12 Bianca Bianca is a character from Pokemon by gamefreak & Nintendo. She is one of the rivals & a childhood friend of the protagonist in Pokemon black and Pokemon White. She lives in Nuvema Town, and was held back of being a Pokemon trainer because of her overprotective father wouldn't let her be one. Bianca ...read more.

(The redeeming factor)
She was the main reason why I started to enjoy Pokémon, but...
(The crap factor)
She was annoying in some episodes, for example, she was completely obsessed with "muscles", as she would ever date a muscle man. It pisses me off when she gets crazy over it, why not date Arnold Schwarzenegger just because of his muscles already?!

I hated her in the game and I hated her in the show. Every time somebody is trying to do something, she'd pop up and get in the way. Plus she's a spaz and is a terrible trainer.

I liked her better in the game: she develops. In the anime, she's just there to be there. I'm not a fan of her voice either.

In the games she's not bad but the anime made me HATE her!

13 Clemont Clemont originates in Pokemon XY, created by Nintendo & game freak. is a gym leader of the lumoise city. He specialized in electric Pokemon and is known as a genius. ...read more.

Just another clumsy inventor type. I swear, every type he introduces a new invention I cringe, because I know it's going to steal several minutes from the episode, just to do what it always does in the end: expload. I'm sure he's Michael Bay's favorite character, but this stupid repetitiveness is driving me nuts.

Never was a fan of Clemont. And after watching the Hoenn series, I realized that he copied the way Max's glasses reflected when he was saying stuff... plus, he's a generic Jimmy Neutron type character.

Just creates stupid inventions almost every episode. I don't understand why he isn't near the top of the list.

Brock is just irreplaceable. The guys after him can't be compared.

14 Bonnie Bonnie is created by game freak & Nintendo. She was in Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, as Clemont's (the electric type gym leader of Lumiose City) younger sister. She gave out quizzes to trainers who came to challenge the gym, who if they get it wrong would have to challenge a trainer.

Bonnie also appeared in the Pokemon anime in seasons 17-19. She wasn't old enough to have a Pokemon, as she was younger... read more

Bonnie, god she does nothing to the show except be the "BROCK" of XY, she asks every girl to be Clemont's Wife. Geez Pokemon, haven't I seen that before. Her voice hurts my ears and she's supposed to be a young traveling companion who's friends with Pokemon but she rather scares them away. She's also quite mean to poor Clemont, hopefully he can travel on his own.

She always wants a random girl to marry her brother! She did not take care of him! Clemont take Care's of Bonnie! And she keeps bragging about how she has a Pokemon! Wich Is false! It's Clemont Pokemon! He caught it! But she is less annoying than Serena! But me and my sister think she is annoying! Take Bonnie and Serena off the show now! I know it's kinda rude don't judge me but it's true!

Her running gag is not as fun as Brock. Her constant proposals are unnecessary, pointless, stupid and meaningless. Clemont has ask on multiple occasions to stop and she continuous to do so purposely. She is of average intellect so she must understand when no is no. She does it to piss him off. She is extremely annoying/

15 Lillie Lillie is a fictional character introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon. She serves as one of the player character's allies and traveling companions during the course of the game.

SO ANNOYING LIKE what! She is so stupid, like she points out the obvious like, oh gee thanks Lillie I DIDN'T REALIZE. PLUS her voice is annoying, like she literally sounds like someone is making the most bratty child in existence. Then the fact that she's a total MARY SUE. She's like "oh no I have a tragic past, but I put on a happy face to the pokémon even though I was traumatized." Then, when she was an idiot and realized that sivally was nice, and then she can some how touch pokemon again?! Doesn't she have PTSD? Shouldn't it still take time for her to touch pokémon again?!?! Like what.

I'm not annoyed at Lillie or her character but it's the producers I guess, it's been happening through the whole series too, they shine so much light on these female comapanions, some I don't mind like Dawn but Lillie. I don't hate her at all but they didn't give much of a story to the rest of the characters, it's annoying and dumb. I don't hate Lillie ok she is a really nice character

Lillie's cool and everything, but the only thing about her that annoys me about her is her voice. because I'm watching one of the episodes right now and listening to her narrate the episode is just grating to hear.

How is being afraid of Pokemon make Lillie annoying? She's overcoming her fear ever since Episode 8 so you can't continue to throw a temper tantrum about it. (Not to mention, THAT PRETTY MUCH MOST FEMALE COMPANIONS have very annoying moments in the beginning of their seasons.)

P.S. I'm a bit irritated that is her overall character flaw but I'm aware that she isn't going to be exactly like her game counterpart. Though she still has association with her abusive mother and might rescue Cosmog/Nebby later on so you Lillie haters can stop being babies.

16 Pikachu Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウ) are a species of Pokémon, fictional creatures that appear in an assortment of video games, animated television shows and movies, trading card games, and comic books licensed by The Pokémon Company, a Japanese corporation. A mascot of the Pokemon franchise, it's considered to be the most iconic character of all Pokemon species, as well as a major character in Japanese pop culture, due to its companionship with Ash Ketchum in the anime series. Pikachu has been featured in movies such as Pokemon Detective Pikachu as well as music videos - most notably Katy Perry's "Electric" in 2021.

Two ways Pikachu is like Kirito from Sword Art Online:
One: They win fights almost all the time.
Two: Kirito lost to Zekken, Pikachu lost to a level 5 Snivy.
Overall, I still love Kirito and Pikachu, but the problem here isn't Pikachu himself. The true offender her is ASH.

Pikachu is an overrated selfish attention hog. Did no one ever notice that several of his pictures have him pointing to himself in pride?!

Idiotic moronic freak the pokemon IS STINKIN' OP! I'm glad that some of ash's rivals defeated that squealing tiny bratty needy to over relied on mouse deformation!

Do you expect a Pikachu to say Bulbasaur? If you don't like Pikachu, why are you watching the show?

17 Zubat Zubat, known in Japan as Zubat, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise.

There should be a Zubat repel to keep Zubat away while you look for better Pokemon.

18 Gary

Ten Badges. Ten Badges. His game counterpart is far superior, even though Blue is cocky and arrogant at times (who does that sound like), he is a entertaining rival to battle against.

Sorry but I like Gary I don't care what your going to say becouse I think Gary is my top 2 on my favorite anime characters!

Gary is so cute! Cute enough to have a crush on!

He's only ten and he already has adult fangirls.

19 Casey
20 Dawn's Piplup

This thing is just a sad attempt at making another pikachu, pikachu in comparison is way better because it has all of the same character traits but with a better backstory and an adorable voice. Piplup is just an annoying penguin who never goes into its pokeball, doesn't want to evolve, thinks it is better than everyone despite being weak, and as I hinted at before, has the most obnoxious voice in the English dub. Please don't ever make the mistake of bringing that creature back like they did in the unova series.

Dawn should've just let the Ariados's attack it from how it was acting towards Dawn. Overconfident, bratty, whiny, & useless on it's own is all it is. & the reason it doesn't want to evolve makes no sense what-so-ever.

Gosh, it and Dawn were pretty annoying (though Dawn had her moments). Piplup wasn't cute, or funny... Just annoying.

To say how I find Dawn's Piplup unbearable, I went away, giving it the label "worse than Jar Jar Binks! " * dramatic music*

21 Munchlax
22 Harley

WHY! Harley the tall 5 year old sounding character that made may somehow fall for his lies.

He tricks and sabotage May with him his schemes and sometimes with Team Rocket.

Harley isn't a girl? I watched the anime but that idiot is just an excuse for a transgender idiot.

"Oh, hon! I accidentally dropped my ribbon case! " Oopsie. That guy is a big baby
Just wanted to punch him in the face

23 Chespin Chespin, known in Japan as Harimaron, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise.
24 Sawyer

The dumbest propaganda character ever. He was only created to show off Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. (Just like Clemont and Bonnie's dad.)

He doesn't deserve to beat Ash in a battle. And how did he win three badges in a little bit of time while ash still hadn't made it to snow belle city? And it really Annoys me how he's always writing down in his notebook about what ash did to win.

One pokémon SLAKING that battle sucked I hated the semi finals it was just bs tactics like kings shield and slack off doesn't display much talent or any at all. Also how can people like him more than ash he IS ash an unoriginal MUCH more annoying. version who copied every ounce of ash and the only reason he ever won is cause he literally copies down every single of ash's moves in that damn notebook.

The only reason I found this list was by searching to find out if anyone hates sawyer as much as I do. Like he is the worst, so annoying there's nothing I like about his character.

25 Jessie

Jessie haters are crap just like haters in general. And you just don't understand her, either you're a kid or just ignorant enough to not see the full picture. Besides, how can anyone take you serious with that bad of a grammar? Jessie may have anger issues which is a flaw and besides, she improves a lot and is less prone to anger than before. The others has flaws too, hating Jessie for hers is unfair. It's YOU who's delusional here, you can't look at the full picture and you're being ignorant as heck.

Along with James and Meowth, she used to be funny as hell, but as the series progressed she overstayed her welcome and just got so annoying. Their role of being comic relief just gets old now.

Sure she had a sad past so that I could relate to. But I can't even take her seriously now for being an immature r3t4rd who just wants a trainer's Pikachu that wasn't even worth it compared to other rare Pokemon out there. Or keep messing with the gang, even when they'll know that they're just gonne be sent flying in the end.

The people of kalos league will not like jessie beauty they will rejected her in the finals that's why because she didn't measure up the finals that she lost. Like she lose to dawn and may for the lasts time she got her butt kicked by serena in the semi finals round like may and dawn humiliated jessie in diamond and pearl and battle frontier. I told you jessie was not famous or a winner and she hasn't done a good job of that that's why she's a loser and a big mouth. She's nothing but a stuck up little snob and she got what she deserves

Delusional. Presumptuous. Persistent. Annoying. Perfect words to sum up 1/3 of the Team Rocket Trio. I'd say the best way to improve this character would be to put duct tape her mouth shut for the remainder of the series.

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