Hey guys, HDvee here! Now today’s video
is about the Pokemon Anime, but it doesn’t
feature Ash Ketchum for a change, instead,
today we’re looking at one of his first
travel companions, Misty. We all know who
Misty is, the loveable red head that travelled
with Ash and Brock all the way through Kanto
and is also the leader of the Cerulean gym,
seeing as we’ve seen all that featured in
the actual Pokemon Anime. But in today’s
video, let’s find out a little more about
her. A few weeks ago, i made a video taking
a look at Ash Ketchum’s childhood, and all
the things that were missed out of the Pokemon
Anime and so today, I thought we’d take
a look at Misty’s childhood and see if there
were any secrets not featured when she was
travelling in her time with Ash. How do we
find out all of this information about Misty
though? Well, just like I explained in the
video I made about Ash’s childhood, Takeshi
Shudo, creator of the Pokémon anime, published
in 1997 and in 1999 two books in which he
revealed some of the greatest secrets of the
Pokémon anime. These secrets hide many details
about the characters of the animated series
and also clarify several inconsistencies in
the episodes. Do note though that the informations
that Shudo reported in these books are not
another version of the anime, but informations
that, for various reasons, Shudo could not
explain in the episodes. Unfortunately, them
being old books and being available only in
the Japanese language, it is extremely difficult
to find the full translations. However, after
a thorough search on the internet, there are
comprehensive summaries of the most important
information. Don’t hesitate to drop a comment
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First off, let’s see what kind of a person
Misty is, before jumping into her childhood.
Misty is a girl who can be sweet and optimistic
at times, but she is best known for how easily
she can be angered or frustrated and how loud
she can become in response. She is very extreme
in most of her moods, and can switch between
them quickly. However, as time went on, Misty
mellowed and her hyper personality was reduced
significantly by the end of the Original series.
She is also picky, sensitive, nosy and grumpy
about love. There are many episodes where
she is seen getting along with the younger
siblings of the family, namely Mikey, Sakura,
and Max. This stems from the fact that she
understands what it's like to be the youngest
because she has three older sisters.
Her goals are not as clear as those of the
other main characters, but her main interest
is training Water-type Pokémon in aim of
becoming Water Pokémon Master, and there
are many other things she loves to do, being
very confident in her abilities in all aspects
of life. Fishing is one of her hobbies, and
she even has a special lure which she designed
to look like herself. In The Unbeatable Lightness
of Seeing!, she sent one to Ash as a gift.
Now that we know what kind of character Misty
is, let’s get into her past.
A stubborn tomboy, Misty is the youngest of
four sisters who live in the Cerulean Gym.
Fed up with her more glamorous older sisters,
Misty left the Gym with the goal of becoming
the world's greatest Water Pokémon Trainer.
She first met Ash when she caught him with
her fishing line in a river between Pallet
Town and Viridian City. She traveled around
with Ash, Brock, and Tracey through the Kanto
region, the Orange Archipelago, and the Johto
region. Her sole purpose was to get Ash to
replace her bicycle, which he had accidentally
destroyed when they first met. However, Misty
often seemed to have forgotten about the bicycle,
indicating that her real reason for following
along was that she simply wanted to remain
with her friends. During her travels with
Ash, she, aside from training to become the
best Water Pokémon Trainer, also acted as
his coach in many Pokémon battles. It was
also her job to drag Brock away from women
by his ear.
Misty has a slight inferiority complex, mostly
due to her three older sisters Daisy, who
is the oldest, Violet who is the second-from-oldest
and Lily, who is the third-from-oldest, who
formed the group, "The Three Sensational Sisters"
which is their synchronized swimming group,
and refer to Misty as the "runt" or "weaker
one". This complex diminishes over time as
Misty grows closer to Daisy. Until Misty resumed
her duties as the Cerulean City Gym Leader,
her sisters were the ones who directly ran
the gym, although when Ash came along to get
his Cascade Badge, it was Misty who battled
him for it, explicitly referring to herself
as being one of the Gym Leaders during this
instance.
It was also stated that up until the episode
titled Cerulean Blues, Misty had a fear of
Gyarados that goes back to when she was a
baby. As she was crawling along, she crawled
into the mouth of a Gyarados and was almost
eaten. Misty decides that she will have to
get over her fear if she wants to uphold her
responsibility. Watching in the window, the
Invincible Pokémon Brothers decide to use
the Gyarados problem against her.
Misty made her anime debut in Pokémon, I
Choose You!, fishing in a nearby river on
Route 1. As her fishing rod snagged something,
she managed to pull out not a Water-type Pokémon,
but Ash and his injured Pikachu, who were
being chased by a flock of Spearow. After
pointing Ash in the direction of the nearest
Pokémon Center, the one in Viridian City,
he borrowed her bike, saying that he would
return it someday. In the next episode, Misty
appeared in the Pokémon Center after Ash
dropped off his Pikachu, holding her charred
bike and demanding a new one right away. She
got distracted from her demands when Nurse
Joy brought Pikachu out, sad to see Pikachu
in such condition. Before anything else could
be said, an Ekans and Koffing burst through
the ceiling, and Team Rocket come through
as well. After helping Nurse Joy and Ash wheel
Pikachu into the back room, she told Ash to
help defend the Pokémon Center with the Pokémon
in stock. After a few failed tries, she decided
to step in herself, and sent out her Goldeen
to buy some time, though she quickly recalled
it since it couldn't battle on land. Later
in the episode, it was revealed by Officer
Jenny and Nurse Joy that Misty had gone with
Ash to the Viridian Forest. As the screen
cuts to them, Misty lets out a scream, seeing
a Bug-type Pokémon, which happens to be a
Caterpie, revealing her fear of Bug Pokémon.
She told Ash to do something about it, so
he decided to throw a Poké Ball at it.
One of the many chapters in the books also
speak about Misty. In particular, we find
out that her parents have left for an unkown
reason that wasn’t really explained, leaving
the gym in the hands of the daughters, being
Misty and her three sisters. As for Misty’s
sisters, Shudo also clarifies why each one
has a different coloured hairstyle. These
hairstyles aren’t actually their natural
hair, but they are in fact wearing wigs, because
of the shows that they perform at the Cerulean
gym. Their natural hair colour is black. In
this chapter, Shudo also confirmed that Misty
is the same age as Ash, even though a few
people have believed her to be slightly older
due to the height difference between the two
characters.
Pokémon is going through a huge revival at
the moment. The success of Pokémon GO has
lead to a mainstream nostalgia wave for the
original games, and early seasons of the anime.
The rave reviews for Pokémon Sun & Moon have
also led to a surge in popularity for the
latest entries in the series. With such a
renewed interest in the early days of Pokémon,
would it be possible for Misty and Brock to
return to the anime, and join Ash on his latest
journey? Sadly, this will not be the case.
According to Masamitsu Hidaka, a former director
and storyboard artist on the show – Misty
will never return as a main cast member. While
he stated that cameo appearances were fine,
Misty would not become a full-time companion
to Ash ever again. Her story is complete as
far as the anime staff are concerned, and
Ash needs new companions in order to keep
the show fresh.
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