Top Ten Reasons to Hate Serena from Pokemon

Serena is one of the characters from the Pokemon X and Y TV show. I personally hate her. With a burning passion!
The Top Ten
1 She only became a Pokemon trainer to get Ash's attention

All of the other main girls have started their journeys for their own dreams. Misty, May, Dawn, and Iris only started traveling with Ash AFTER running into him and realizing they had a common goal in mind. Serena, on the other hand, only started her journey to be with a guy. A guy she really knows nothing about. That was her only motivation. How much more pathetic and stupid can you get?

"There's no sense in going out of your way to get somebody to like you." -Ash

And that is exactly what Serena has done. She is completely senseless in her obsession.

Ok, since the XY series is over, I started wondering why Serena gets more hated in Pokemon. When I realized that she's only becoming a trainer to be with Ash, now I get the point on what you guys are talking about. I'm not really a fan or amourshipper of Serena, but I don't hated her as much as the people who hate Serena.
Here's what I like about Serena:
1. She's a good Pokemon performer.
2. She likes fashionable clothes.
3. She tries her best.
4. She's great of making sweet.
And 5. She keeps going and never give up.
Now here's what I don't like about Serena:
1. She yell at her Pokemon in season 18 episode 16.
2. She threw snowballs at Ash while trying to talk to him, and even made him worse.
3. She's didn't even tell Ash that she like him, instead, in the finale of XY series, she kiss him (which I didn't seen it coming) and she's too shy to say it.
4. She barely battles.
5. She only had three Pokemon unlike four other poke girls.
And 6. The reason she loves ash was because he's always positive and optimistic (that's not what you quite think Serena).

Plus, she's similar to Barbie (because they both like pink, girly, and fashion) and Sakura from Naruto (because they both were stupid to really know about they're crush, and wants to be with they're crush all the time).

2 Her Pokemon are more likable than she is

I actually like the Pokemon more than the humans, with my favorites being Sylveon, because little bias, but it is just very shy and comforting and caring. Sylveon had a ton of character development, not to mention, it's flipping adorable, and Gliscor, just watch an episode of Gilgar or Gliscor as a major part, and you'll know a lot more about me.

The main issue with Serena is her Pokemon have more personality, more development and better Dynamic with others than Serena herself

Braixen is sorta bland, but not really unlikable in a sense

Pancham is a cool, relaxed Pokemon who is actually funny with it's fights with Chespin and is super entertaining

Sylveon started off extremely shy and scared to interact with others, but over the course of it's run it grew more confident to the point it's able to perform in front of a big crowd. It actually shows the shy audience that you can grow out of your shyness and try new things, proving to be a bit of a better role model than Serena

Then Serena, who's a bland female stereotype who gives the audience sexist messages in the Japanese Version, didn't grow much as a character and clings on to Ash.. yeahhh when your Pokemon out shine you, you should really figure it out

Sylveon and Braixen are my personal favorites. They're sweet, have character, and battle for her and her dreams. At least they care.

3 Serena from the games is different from Serena from the anime
4 How she revolves herself around Ash and will do whatever he wants her to do is a bad message that could drag girls into abusive relationships

I laughed when Ash basically used her as a living coat hanger. But when I think about how bad that is...*sigh*. Why? Just, why?

5 She doesn't help out Ash and the rest of the group

Yeah, I laugh every time she goes up against Team Rocket. She does actually send her Pokemon out to battle them from time to time. But her and her Pokemon are the most pathetic battlers I have ever seen! It's funny to watch. She doesn't really even help.

Well, all except for one episode, "A Keeper for Keeps?! " where she pulls out her Braixen and Pancham for a couple seconds to battle.

6 Most of what she does is to impress Ash

The only reason she does anything is to impress Ash... Baking? Check. Performing? Check Check. Battling? CHECK CHECK CHECK. When will Serena learn that keys, foods, and moves will NOT get the guy. He needs a dorky, silly, smart, sassy girl... like ME!

7 She has a creepy obsession with Ash

Yea, Ash only helped her because she was injured in the woods like any normal person would have and serena automatically thinks Ash would like her for that.

8 She's a desperate wannabe

And the writers are trying so hard to make her 'bad-A', 'cool', or 'likable' or whatever. It makes me hate her even more because she's so FAKE and WISHY-WASHY!

9 She enforces inherently abusive ideals in relationships

She literally sexually assaults ash at the end of the series.

10 She only pays attention to Ash and not the rest of the group

She is so stupid.

The Contenders
11 She tries to be like others instead of being herself

She stealed Ash's catchphrase, Aria's performance moves, Ash's battle style/ battle poses... is there something she doesn't steal? And why does she seek Ash's approval and compliments for every thing she does? She's just a copy-paste, nothing special

I hate every time there's a performance she copys everybody. Like in the master class catching Braixens stick? ARIA did that. She steals pieces of everybody else and that's what she uses. And its not just in performing!

12 She completely ignores Clemont and Bonnie

This leans more toward Clemont. The anime focuses on Serena and ash's love but I'd rather let Serena take some time to be with Clemont every once in a while. Serena should give Clemont a chance because Serena needs someone who won't break her heart. What makes Clemont unloveable? What gives? The geek can't have anyone? Heck I picture clemont inventing things for serena! Granted they explode after the first try...laughter is the best medicine for feeling blue and his inventions exploding make me laugh...no offense clemont! You are awesome in your own geeky way! There are the geeks no one wants to be around and there are the creative ones like inventors who never give up no matter how many times inventions don't work out.

Clemont cooked a really nice dinner to celebrate her final princess key, and she didn't even say thank you! Spoiled brat! I DESPISE how she ignores Clemont! He's such a great friend to her. And what does she do? She overlooks him because she is so infatuated with Ash. Clemont is invested in her dream, and he's attentive and shows concern for her feelings. Unlike Ash, who is as dense as a block of lead, and isn't really that interested in her stupid Tripokalons. Amourshipping sucks. Serena sucks. She does NOT deserve Clemont's friendship!

I hate this too. Like comparing other pokemon girls interacting with other characters of the group really proves the fact that Serena is a bland, uninteresting character, who just can't have a personality if Ash isn't around.
Misty and Brock obviously had chemistry, acting like parents towards Ash sometimes. Brock was sort of a big brother for May and Max, and Dawn was really impressed by him. Iris and Cilan had a great chemistry; she'd even trusted him more than Ash. In SM we have Mallow, who is superfriendly towards everyone and is ready to protect Lillie or Lana 24/7.
But Serena, lol...only different relationships she had with a couple of her rivals and her mom, which is also kinda unfriendly. But that's actually it.
Yeah, she's supersweet towards Bonnie at the beginning and "gasps in impression" when Clemont shows his new invention because Ash is like "WOAH TECHNOLOGY! ". But that's it. It doesn't really look like they are a family, like it was before.

She's the main reason the XY group dynamic sucked. Bonnie was always the one reaching out for Serena and Clemont made a banquet to celebrate her win but this stupid brat has her eyes on Ash only. And even though she's obsessed with Ash, her interaction with him was awkward as heck. Everything about Serena is so plastic like... She's obviously designed to be a trophy wife with no personality besides looking pretty and worship Ash and his big ass ego

13 She doesn't care about her Pokemon

To be honest I couldn't watch XY after that episode where Serena refuses to get muddy for her pokemon. Yeah I get it she doesn't like to get dirty, but Misty, May, Dawn,Iris or Lillie! And they did much more! Pretty sure they have all made bigger sacrifices than getting muddy for their pokemon! Serena is honestly the worst trainer in the pokemon! She makes Giovanni look like a good pokemon trainer!

Come on she was like "No I can't get dirty for my fenniken! " Ash has taken several Pokemon attacks for his Pikachu! Even Lillie (a girl afraid to touch Pokemon) when they were falling saved alolan vulpix! Every other of Ash's companions, rivals and pretty much anyone would do a LOT more than just getting dirty just for Pokemon!

What the heck? Serena makes Paul look like a good trainer! That's right, I said it! Even Paul is a better trainer than Serena! At least his Pokemon aren't complete wimps! If Serena both treated her Pokemon nicely and trained them well, they would not be weak!

Her team is so weak it is actually disgraceful. May had a nuked Blaziken, Dawn had a hench Mamoswine and a kickass Togekiss (which she deserved) and Iris had a beast Dragonite, but Serenas team was weak. In game Serena had a mega absol. This proves how weak the anime version of her is.

14 She's a stereotype

Dawn was pretty girly too. But Serena took it to the extreme.

- Dawn only worried about her hair because of an incident that happened when she was younger. Serena freaks out over her whole face getting wrecked even though it'll save her because...?

- Serena had her mental serious breakdown... over 1 loss. In which, she had to wreck her hair & get a brand new ridiculous outfit. Dawn may have starts to cry after one loss, but quickly pulled herself together after listening to her mom. It wasn't after she lost THREE times IN A ROW did she went through a huge depression in which after some time she got out of. And she didn't need to change her appearance to do so.

- dawn's main thing was contests, but contest had some type of battling, and she did battle outside them & team rocket as well. She faced a gym leader, and in her cameo all she did was Pokemon battles. Serena is so prissy, so isn't interested in battling unless she has to.

-Also dawn was never ...more

ALL Pokegirls have displayed themselves as being a female stereotype (even Misty). Dawn was just as feminine as Serena but neither of them get any hate for it. Dawn baked sweets for her Pokémon, wore dresses for her contest and has as much of an interest in fashion as Serena. Misty gleefully induldged in a shopping spree for clothes, begged Ash and Brock to let her use their Pokémon to win a set of dolls, Misty obsessed over WAY more guys than Serena who isn't as obsessive over Ash as she initially was, even showing that she does genuinely like for more than their childhood backstory...Serena isn't the only one to be a female stereotype.

I agree. Shes also a defencless 'damsel in distress' that cries all the time. For example: whenever Ash is in trouble she simply cries while on the other hand, any other girl would actually try to help Ash like when Misty swam out to sea and risked her life to save Ash from drowning. She also relies on Ash way to much and doesn't deserve the respect Ash, Bonnie and Clemont give her.

You had a girly girl character like down who could hold her own and was bad ass and then you make Serena...who is the opposite. who spreads a message that girly girls should always worry about their appearance, not get dirty, cook, and crush on a guy. Dawn would probably slap Serena if she ever showed up again.

15 She's rude to her mom

Grace is very smart & knows Serena well! She knows how she is, and picks up on her thinking quickly! I'm sure if Serena told her mom she didn't want to do ryhorn racing & ran off, grace would understand. She really doesn't seem like the type to force her daughter to do something, just that she wants the best for her! But she's too bratty & cowardly to even think of telling her till later.

Grace is a GREAT parent. If I had her as a parent ( I wish ) I would NOt scream at her, yell at her, and whine at her. Yet Serena does all those things. I wish she had very strict parents ( like mine ) to spank her she really deserves it. And who doesn't like Ryhorn and Fletching? Thanks to HER I can't watch performing cause it has to many ripoffs!

I know kids are sometimes bratty and rude to their parents but how she does is just URGH. Like if you didn't want to be a Ryhorn racer or whatever, you could've just told you mom that you don't want to do that! Grace wasn't abusive, just a little pushy. I really doubt grace would force you if you spoke your mind in an appropriate way.

Not only is Grace (Serena's Mum) kind and accepting, she loves her daughter and shows her new opportunities. Serena on the other hand, yells and whines at her mother, and turns down being a RHYHORN racer to do dumb contests.( I am yet to find a person who finds doing contests fun.) Serena, your mum is an amazing woman. Heck, you're lucky you even HAVE a mum, considering quite a few of the anime characters seemingly don't have parents. So be greatful!

16 She has little to no character development at all

Hey, its Rfap and lets continue 5 main reasons I hate Serena. I already did three.
3. She has a GIANT crush on ash
I'm not even gonna talk about it because I will break something.
4. She is a bully and misses Clemont
Clemont is so nice to her. He votes for her, shares his knowledge, cooks her delicious treats, and is very kind. What does she do? Laugh at him, makes fun of his inventions and ideas, only says" wow you made this? YUMMY! ", never says thank you, and usually ignores him. I hope he gets a really nice girlfriend.( Not a Barbie type like Serena. A kind, tough, yet sweet girl who is also nerdy and loves his inventions and helps cook.) Serena bullies people to get where SHE wants to go. ( So do her fans.! ) She is mean and rude and depend on her looks and Pokemon. ( Her dream : To be ash's wife and aria 2.0 )
She's not like us. ( The kind anti amours. We may have rubbish parents and be bullied but we will never give up! ) We are one big family! Find my next post ...more

Cutting hair == character development. I don't know why Serena fans think that. She's still a useless girly girl, ignores clemont for no reason, barely does anything productive outside boring contests ripoffs, and tries to get with ash when he's shown no interest in her.

And what development she does have is rushed and forced. She started her stupid goal 60 episodes in, and within about a year her character arc was over. Both May and Dawn's character arcs lasted almost 4 years each. I think that's saying A LOT!

Whatever 'development ' she had is only like for a focus episode for her. Like on episode it focused on her past of her crying about everything, so she hops on a skiddo after falling off without crying and beats her mom. Few episodes later, shes bawling like a huge baby because she lost her first...whatever they are called.

in the end, she is just a mary sue who has a huge change of personality when its called for.

17 She is easily the worst female lead out of all the female leads in the anime

Easily.

Misty: even though her bossy, bratty, hot-headed attitude makes her a very annoying character, she has a sad relatable backstory where her sisters black sheep her, but doesn't let that bring her down and went to prove them wrong. Very admirable.

May: great development. She went from whinny, hating Pokemon, impatient, etc... to loving Pokemon, stopped whinning & is more patient. She was always childlike, mature, naive, kind, & ditzy. Had relatable sibling problems & also just wanted to travel but found her goal & was the first to be pushed into another goal (dad wanted her to go after badges first). But handled that a lot better than the bratty Serena.

Dawn: her being a co-star made her very interesting as well as getting to see her childhood. She's a great girly girl who is into fashion & up keeping her hair. But she was brave, smart, optimistic, cheerful. She had her faults to as she was pretty ditzy. But she's a good example of a girly girl unlike ...more

We've all heard about hated female leads like Sakura Haruno from Naruto, Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail, and Misa Amane from Death Note. However, those three female leads come NOWHERE as close as to how horrible Serena is. Serena is easily worse than Misty, May, Dawn, and Iris combined and is so useless and barely contributes anything to the plot, NOT EVEN THE FILLER EPISODES! Heck, I'd even give praise to Sakura Haruno, Lucy Heartfilia, and Misa Amane for being even more useful and essential to their respective storylines more than Serena does!

First of all: misty is like (throws up) like (throws up again) I can't say it she is the worst companion ash ever had. And she is a wimp.

May and dawn were both great,but iris is as bad as misty. Also if you criticize Serena because she has a crush on ash, let me remind you that literally every single one of ash's female companions fell in love with him at one point in the anime. Ask any poke shipper.

Agreed, she is annoying and isn't even a strong trainer. Like if she was strong, then maybe she would seem a bit better. But everyone hates her because she's pathetic and annoying and obsessed with Ash. Her friends are nice to her but she always takes for granted what she has. Hell, if I was in the Pokémon world with Ash and Clemont and Bonnie. I'd be the best person possible!

18 She's a bad role model

At least with Brock, his flirting was seen in a negative light. He got his ear pulled/poison jabbed almost every time he did it. What was the consequence of Serena running away from home to go after some guy she knew one time for like an hour maybe? Or her being straight up rude to her mom & clemont? Or her throwing a tantrum because ash didn't respond in a way in her fantasy land?

Okay, RiverClanRocks, here is a list of TopTenners who hate Serena:
1. RiverClanRocks (that's you)
2. eventer51314
3. WonkeyDude98
4. Swellow
5. Fandom_Lover
6. Elric-san
7. Skullkid755
8. ModernSpongeBobSucks
9. ErzaScarlet (she hates Serena so much that she put her above Shou Tucker, a guy from Fullmetal Alchemist who killed his own family with no regrets, on her Top 10 Anime Characters That Deserve to Be Hated the Most remix! )
10. CastlevaniaFanboy128 (he said he hated Ash and Serena being a couple, so I guess that counts as him hating Serena).

Now go on and make that list!

To the person who said they want to hug and kiss Serena while they're naked, I certainly am not going to be that person! If there are even (who knows? *shudders*) body pillows of Serena from the anime, I will stay away from them at all costs. I wouldn't mind the one from the games since she can at least battle, but still. Serena as an anime character sucks.

! All she does in flirt with ash and throws a hissy fit when a girl talks to him. She is a very bad rolemodel but if she didn't like ash and was more in girly girl like I might of liked her more...

19 She is madly in love with Ash because of the "childhood friend story"

"Childhood friend" my arse. Ash and Gary: childhood friends. They've known each other practically since birth, they've gone to the movies together, must have gone to the same school, had a rivalry.
Ash and Serena: five minute acquaintances. Ash helped her because she scraped her knee after getting scared of a Poliwag (of all things, that harmless, armless cinnamon roll? ). Serena now has a creepy obsessive crush on him, to the point that she leaves home solely to travel with—no, I'm not gonna sugar-coat it. Leaves home solely to stalk Ash, with no goal until 60 episodes in—and a pretty crappy goal in all honesty. Contests at least were dynamic, Performances are glorified beauty pageants that had no effect on the plot. There must be a reason that most regions don't have the stupid thing, right?

Amourshipping is a disease and a ship that should sink into the Trench, and it's all a load of bullocks.

Yes it's good to like a guy who is nice & helpful. But please she shouldn't be so obsessed with him when:
A. That was when they where like 5 years old.
B. She only interacted with him that one time. What, they couldn't keep contact after camp if they where so close? They obviously didn't because ash forgot about her till she pushed him to remember.
C. Serena go figure out life on your own. She needs a guy to get her moving? Pathetic!

Her 'love' makes me want to barf!

Me: what this ship sucks, hell even Iris was better. At least it had originality
Fanbase: No, Serena has a childhood with Ash so she's his childhood friend
Me: someone you meet for 30 seconds is not a childhood friend
Fanbase: But he gave her a ribbon as a present
Me: a ribbon won from a handout doesn't signify anything, at least the ribbon may and ash won had some merit to it.
Fanbase: Oh no he's roasting us so hard, kill him before he roasts us more

Please. They are not 'childhood friends.' If I hear that phrase associated with them one more time...
A childhood friend is someone you grow up with. Gary is Ash's childhood friend. They've known each other since they were really little.
Serena and Ash though, knew each other for about 5 minutes and never saw each other again. Until Serena saw him on T.V. and decided to track him down.

20 Her new haircut sucks

I hate how her new haircut is not only stupid, but it also makes Serena look like Patty Thompson from Soul Eater! How could such a good character like Patty be disgraced by having a blonde idiot like Serena have a haircut similar to her own?!

She is SO pathetic! She cuts off her hair cause she lost some STEWPID contest. Stop tryin to be cool Serena! I hate most off all that people actually LIKE it. I pity those trolls.

I like patty & her sister too. They are both awesome & Serena sucks! I also hate her ridiculous new outfit! now it looks like a 5 year old choose her own clothes without help.

Yeah, and her haircut making her look like Patty Thompson from Soul Eater also means the design was so unoriginal and uninspired!

21 She's dumb

How Serena is dumb:
1. When going out to summer camp, she went out in the woods ALONE because she was scared and wanted to go home. Go talk to prof. oak, he's nice! Oh wait, she hates nice nerdy guys (clemont). Never mind.

2. She left her home to go after a boy... she met years ago for only a few minutes.

3. Even if it's to prevent her from being mind-controlled, she won't 'ruin' her face.

I don't know what happened to Serena none of the other pokegirls where stupid most if not all where smart

How can people say Molly and Serena are the same person or related?! Molly is kind, compassinite, and young. Serena's mean, rude, and stupid. Both meet ash and friends, not to mention ITS IMPOSSIBLE! People might say they look alike but that's because Serena copies EVERYTHING from Molly to Ash to Aria.

Serena never even deserves to win!
Second perform : She can't even make poke puffs right. They're supposed to have a unique flavor for every single Pokemon. Serena's? Hers is just a sugar fat treat, like a cake shaped macaroons.
Amistar : everyone like Shauna, Blanche ( cool blue haired sassy silly performer... jealous Serena that she will have more chemistry with ash than you ever will? ) etc. THEY ACTUALLY GOT HARD QUESTIONS! Serena's was so easy. I was SO mad!
Perform and poke puff : all Pancham did was bang pots and all Braixen did was a tail shake and passed ingredients while Serena cooked... once again its just on looks!
Serena's third key win: Cali tried bossing the Ryhorn around and that didn't work ( but at least she did something ) The other girl ( ya jealous Serena... yes! ) actually was smart and used sweet scent. All Serena did was stand around and she got all but 3 RYHORN! WHY?!

Ash was ignorant. He wasn't dumb. Serena however is stupid as she isn't smart enough to gain her own courage for herself & always has to remember what ash-sama said.

22 She looks like a Disney Channel character

Your typical Disney Channel girl is the woman's stereotype, which Serena is.

Well, Anna from Frozen is brave enough to save her sister Elsa.

But look at Serena...?

Ugh. It's like they fused Elsa and Anna into a Pokemon character.

She doesn't look like a Disney Channel character. She is one.

23 She's bland

Serena: I'm perfect for Ash! I can clean and cook, have pokemon, also I can dance!
Bonnie: yeah like any other girl in the world.

Ughhh I'm so mad at this character she is so bland! She just like any background character in the anime, but with a stupid love interest with the main character. Like what the hell? I swear the people who created her were eather drunk or they were a crazy feminist.

She has had the least amount of character development in X and Y.

She is dull and boring! So predictable

I was so excited to see Serena because of video game her but she's just boing and stupid

24 She dresses too inappropriately for her age

I also hate Serena with all my forces, but her clothes aren't at all a reason to hate her, since it has been confirmed that Ash's female companions are made and switched in order to please male audience.

Nintendo is sexist.

"Do you guys not remember how short Misty's shorts were?! - HeavyDonkeyKong"
I thought Misty was older than 10? But yea I h8 Misty too. though 4 different reasons than how the writers sometimes turned her into fan service bait & same with Serena.

One of the many things I hate about Serena is her clothing. There always short or no sleeved and short. I mean short shirts, sleeveless... is that really appropriate?

Ewww I saw that marching band outfit on Google! If she faced her body towards us, we'd probably see her full bewbs! So gross & innoproprate! WHY?

25 She's shallow

The reason she cut her hair was not because she lost. She was just as upset as dawn and may were at their first losses. She cut her hair because it symbolizes growth. She was determined to not make the same mistake she had made before,let overconfidence get the best of her and prove that she is more than just a girly girl with no aim in life. Because now she finally had a goal. (by the way I am an optimistic person who only looks at the good in people so don't blame me)

Serena is the most shallow person I HEARD OF EVER! Not only she's a devil and a jerk to girls and obsessed with being clean and looks she's ignorant. Clemont, Tierno, and Jimmy are all SUPER nice to her and helpful and what do they get in return? NOTHING! She just makes fun of them and ignores them!

Even side characters like Miette, Shauna, Nini, Tierno and Trevor have more character than her. I try my best to like Serena, but she is pretty much the same as I first saw her, kind (every person is kind in some way) and gentle, and the only trait I found is hates dirt, rebelling against her mom (sometimes) and stalks Ash

Completely shallow! Why doesn't she talk to clemont? In one episode in the beginning, clemont was talking to her AND ALL SHE DID WAS JUST GLARE AT HIM! What, jellous that ash & him have a better chemistry than u can ever dream of, Serena?

Misty even though brocks flirting thing annoyed her she still talked to him, may also was fine with talking to Brock here & there. Even though Brock was mostly background, dawn communicated with him! And cilan annoyed Iris a lot, but still him & cilan got along pretty well & she never ignored him! Clemont has been nice & even helped her in some instances. Why is she so rude to him?

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