//opening
The pokemon anime is usually full of laughs,
epic battles, and sometimes it likes to get
a little dark.
Being the person that I am I like to wallow
in sadness, wow that sounds really creepy
out loud.
Depressing obsessions aside, I really like
taking a look at the sad moments in the pokemon
anime.
Gha Why does this sound so maniacal what am
i doing wrong.
Anyway, I thought it would be cool to talk
about some of the ones that I consider to
be the saddest!
Now, to keep this kinda fresh and new I decided
I wouldnt use the really mainstream moments,
like ash turning to stone or bye bye butterfree.
I also tried to pick from a couple different
regions so it wasnt all in a specific generation.
That being said though, if you guys can think
of any sad moments (and trust me there are
A LOT) feel free to drop them down in the
comments!
And since there are so many sad moments let
me know if I should make a second part to
this, as I wouldnt really mind.
Anyways lets get 
right into the video.
//intro
//jessies dustox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VbBkDd6X0A
So first up we have Jessie and her dustox.
This ones kinda like team rockets version
of bye bye butterfree, but to me its actually
a lot sadder.
The reason being is that Jesse actually has
a flashback to her childhood and her first
love.
He ended up moving, leaving Jesse sad behind
as there was nothing she could do for herself
and the one she loved.
Her Dustox ended up falling in love with another
Dustox during the Dustox Crossing.
Her dustox of choice was actually a shint
and belonged to another trainer named Austin.
The two had hit it off, but due to lightning
striking a tree and causing the Lake to start
draining, the dustox had to move on.
Before they did so however, Jesse had made
the decision to make her dustox go with her
newfound love.
Dustox obviously refused, until this scene
here.
This scene just took my feels and decided
to pumel it into nothingness.
Jesse takes the pokeball, drops it on the
ground, and smashes it.
Something about this scene just messes me
up,ya know?
Tears are streaming down Jesse’s face and
its so hard not to feel bad.
I really like scenes like this, it shows the
lighter side to team rocket.
It really adds to their characters and humanizes
them for us, they suddently stop ebing this
evil team trying to steal away pikachu and
become actually humans with emotion.
Its rather nice to switch up the pace.
//char
I know I said I was keeping the super obvious
ones out of this list, but I think this one
is kind of like a middle ground.
Like a lot of people know about it, but you
probably dont see it in many videos.
This of course being Charmanders backstory
and how he came to meet Ash.
But specifically the moment when charmander
was taking shelter under a leaf during a rainstorm.
Charmander was waiting for his previous trainer
Damian to return after leaving him in a rocky
outcropping.
But what he didnt tell charmander is that
he had no intentions of coming back.
As you guys probably know, charmanders life
force or strength is tied to the size of the
flame on their tail.
In the scene with the rain you can see his
flame start to dwindle, getting smaller and
smaller in size.
If Ash, Brock, and Misty hadn’t overheard
Damian in the pokemon center saying that he
had no intention of returning to get this
little guy, it wouldve been the end of the
road for him.
Thats a really scary thought, especially because
charmander was just a baby.
Okay maybe not literally but figuratively
he was.
But this story has a pretty happy ending,
as we all know what happens next.
Ash and charmander become pals, kinda.
But regardless the ending is a happy one.
//goodrinja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdF5i3d8Js
So in the #3 spot we kinda have a twofer.
A twoferone amiright up top *clap*
Anyways in the ending of the xyz series, ash
says goodbye to two of his pokemon, Greninja
and Goodra.
Goodras was first, and didnt really get a
ton of spotlight.
Maybe like a minute in total which kinda made
me sad.
Ash says goodbye to goodra, returning it to
the wetlands to watch over the other pokemon
there.
Dedenne is really sad and goodra even starts
to cry, grabbing ash by the hands and probably
thanking him.
Now the real emotional one, that everyone
always talks about.
Greninja.
Zygarde needs Greninjas help to stop the evil
vines, and Ash gives a very emotional speech,
along with some pretty powerful flashbacks.
Ash sends Greninja off to help Zygarde to
save the world with a handshake and a hug.
Whats this…
No im not tearing up I swear.
Its just ya know like allergy season.
Uhh my eyes are learning surf.
Oh and squishy said bye to bonny.
Yeah thats pretty much that episode.
Moving on
//dawn and brock goodbye
This next one is kind of a twofer as well
I supposed but not really.
The #2 spot is going to when Ash, Brock, and
Dawn end up parting ways at the end of the
Sinnoh Saga.
The first person they had to say goodbye to
was Dawn, which ended in Ash giving her one
last big high five, piplup and pikachu giving
a sad goodbye hug, and her giving her final
goodbyes to Ash and Brock.
You can almost see her to start to cry before
she closes her eyes and looks down.
Next up is when Ash and Brock part ways back
in the Kanto Region.
They give each other their good lucks, ash
wishing brock luck on becoming a pokemon docter,
and brock wishing ash luck on becoming a pokemon
master.
Give one last good handshake, and walk down
their respective paths.
This truly is one of the saddest moments in
pokemon, but it pales in comparison to whats
coming next.
//clembot
Clembot was built by clemont, and the bond
they formed was actually incredible.
You can imagine the pain and anguish Clemont
felt when he had to sacrifice him in the team
flare base.
It was right after team flares attack on Lumiose
City, Clemont and Clembot reached the machine
controling the Z2s.
Clembot knew the only way to stop the machine
was for him to sync up to it.
He and clemont had an exchange, where clembot
confessed that the stress would probably end
up destroying him to whivh Clemont was obviously
very hesitant.
With tears in his eyes, clemont knew what
had to be done and did it.
Im not quiet sure what but whatever it was
worked.
The machine was stopped and clembot was destroyed
but the city was saved.
Truly a tragic tale
