Worst Pokemon Anime Cliches

I don't care as much as people do, and I wouldn't like it if Ash won every League because it would be predictable... But losing every League is just as predictable. Kanto's loss was alright, because it did subvert expectations of 'main character always wins' and it was the first time, but some others were exaggerated. Seeing him lose constantly is not better than seeing him win constantly. He could've won some and lost some others, it would've been better and less predictable.

I'm not big on Ash winning as other people but jesus, at least let him win the league once in a while. The whole "it's okay to lose" message is getting stale and it doesn't translate well anymore because Ash loses every single league. And no, I don't count the Orange Island league. Or him winning the battle frontier. (The battle frontier allows you to retry battling it)

I actually changed my mind the past couple weeks about Ash losing the league. He deserved it. I'll explain why later. My opinion has changed as I have been analyzing the XYZ series and Kalos Ash in general.

I'm so glad Bewear removed this running gag, for the most part. But I have a feeling it's going to return after the SM anime is over and we move to gen 8.

It's getting old

You mean Pikachu's broken power level?. No. Make that the overall messed up power scaling in the anime that made Dragon ball super's scaling look accurate.

This is true and untrue at the same time. I don't know if I should upload an image. (I did for nearly all of these)

I'm not just talking about the girls who has as crush on Ash. (Serena isn't the only one.) There were other characters who had romantic subplots, regardless if it was one sided or not.

Also I hate the fact that subplot romance is in the Pokemon anime to begin with? The show itself isn't about romance and doesn't go anywhere with it, so what's the point of having it?

Most of the images were approved. And sorry, for this item you have to deal with Serena blushing during that gross scene where Ash was sick. I want to empathize how much I get annoyed by this cliche and I want you all to feel it.

This is the worst, they're so forced and uneeded. Forcing a character in a relationship they aren't interested in isn't cute or healthy. Romantic relationships aren't the solution to every single problem people!

This slightly bugs me, not that I hate the fact that the characters have starters, I don't usually like it when Ash gets more than 1 Starter on his team...It limits various ways to make his team diverse and less predictable.

And the only reason why the main characters get starters to begin with is to feature them for marketing. Same with the next one I'm going to bring up.

Come to think of it, I have realized this just about now. I don't know when will they ever stop with this. I mean, it's stupid to see that they keep it up. I haven't seen any of the anime series other than BW series, but having to see the flashback of the original series, I realized that this is one of the things that should stop.

If a non-Fire starter has a dark past (Snivy or Froakie) may it never be explored in detail because it's exclusive to Fire types.

I don't mind Pokemon having a dark past, in fact I think it does make them interesting. But why always the poor Fire types?

Snivy did have a "mean trainer" previously, but sadly didn't expend on that because for some reason, they had to have TEPIG rehash the same Charizard (as a charmander minus life threatening situation plus being tied it up) went through & took away what could be explained for what happened to Snivy with her previous trainer -_-

The only times that this didn't happen is in Johto and Hoenn. This peeved me the most when it comes to Iris. She's supposed to be a dragon trainer, why would you give her an electric flying squirrel? Like seriously.

I love the cute mythical/legendary creatures in anime. They're kind of the same thing. It doesn't bother me, although I wish not every single one of them, except for Mew in "Mewtwo Strikes Back" and Marshadow in "I Choose You," was portrayed as a helpless baby in distress that needs protection. Celebi did it, which was okay because it was the first one. Jirachi did it too, which I can understand. But then we got Mew in movie 8, Manaphy, Shaymin (it had a different kind of personality, but it was insufferable from what I recall), Celebi again, Victini, Diancie, Hoopa, and Magearna. They were all just the baby in distress. I'll let Meloetta slide since it doesn't happen as often outside of movies.

These are super rare, mythic legendaries with unique powers, and they get saved by some kids. I understand that some people would be after their rare powers, but it seems like every single one of them is portrayed as a helpless baby in distress except for two. It's ...more

I actually want them to befriend Marshadow in the 20th movie (Give my lonely, timid little ghost some friends), but I've seen people that really despise this cliche so I'm adding it here.

Dear, thank you. This is sorta irritating. Iris was the only one that didn't enjoy shopping. I understand why Dawn, Lillie or Serena do because it's in line with their characters, but Lana for example doesn't strike me as a type that would enjoy it. Also, shopping scenes are kind of useless in the anime. We could do without.

Okay I know this is normalized when it comes to girls, but why do the majority of them have to like shopping? Lana loves to go shopping...which you wouldn't even picture her enjoying in the first place, but she does... because she's a girl.