Hey guys HDvee here. Now we all know that
Ash has released some pretty strong Pokemon
over the years, which always causes a debate
among fans. However, Ash has also given away
some of his Pokemon to other people, whether
that be through trade, through training or
just simply as a nice gesture. With that being
said, today’s video takes a look at the
Top 5 Pokemon Ash Shouldn’t Have Given Away.
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Starting things off and claiming the number
five spot in today’s top five video is Beedrill.
Ash caught Beedrill in the Bug-Catching Contest
in The Bug Stops Here. In capturing it, he
won the contest, and, according to the rules,
the winner can keep the Pokémon he or she
caught. However, Ash gave it to Casey afterwards
because of her love for yellow and black-striped
Pokémon. It has since become one of her three
main Pokémon, along with Meganium and Elekid.
Due to appearing only very shortly before
being caught, Beedrill's original nature remains
uncertain, although it was shown possessing
aggressive characteristics typical to its
species while attacking Ash. After joining
Casey's team, it seems to have adopted Casey's
confident and cheerful attitude, eagerly joining
Casey, Meganium, and Elekid in performing
the Electabuzz theme song. Obviously a beedrill
wouldn’t have helped out loads in Ash’s
journey, but to just give it a way to someone
you haven’t really known for that long seemed
a bit silly to me, plus if you’re trying
to catch them all this isn’t the right way
to do it.
Coming in at the number four spot in today’s
top five video is Squirtle. Squirtle used
to be the leader of a gang known as the Squirtle
Squad, a group of rogue Squirtle who were
deserted by their Trainers. During its time
with Ash, Squirtle became one of Ash's three
most trustworthy Pokémon, next to Bulbasaur
and Pikachu, and it was used very often. In
The Fire-ing Squad!, it competed in an event
called the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix, a firefighting
competition for water Pokémon. As luck would
have it, one of the teams was the Squirtle
Squad, but they were confused without their
leader. Ash's Squirtle led the Squirtle Squad
to win the Grand Prix, and at the end of the
episode Squirtle returned to the Squirtle
Squad because Ash felt that the old gang needed
Squirtle more than he did. However, if Ash
hadn’t given away Squirtle back to the Squirtle
Squad, it would have carried on travelling
with Ash and might have even gained enough
experience to even evolve. And i understand
that Ash has left charizard behind to train,
but he still calls on him for tough battles
seeing as Charizard became much more powerful
since being away, whereas Squirtle doesn’t
really do much.
Coming in at the halfway point in today’s
top five video is Raticate. Raticate first
appeared under the ownership of a Gentleman
aboard the St. Anne, easily defeating a Trainer's
Starmie in a battle. Seeing how strong Raticate
was, Ash challenged the Gentleman to a battle,
using his Butterfree against Raticate. Afterwards,
the Gentleman came to tell Ash that he was
so impressed with Butterfree that he wanted
him to trade it for his Raticate. Since Ash
only owned it for less than an entire episode,
little can be said about Raticate itself.
There is not enough known about it to even
distinguish it from other Raticate, apart
from the fact that it can use Jump Kick, a
move that cannot be learned by other Raticate,
and that it is, in general, a strong Pokémon.
Ash only used Raticate once, mistakenly calling
it out when he wanted to use his Butterfree
to help fighting against the group of Team
Rocket Grunts on board, having momentarily
forgotten the trade had happened. Even though
a lot of people will probably disagree with
me on this one, Ash actually released Butterfree
a few episodes later, meaning that if he had
kept the Raticate, he would have still had
an extra Pokemon at his disposal seeing as
he wouldn’t have released Raticate. Yes,
the ending scene in Bye Bye Butterfree was
incredibly emotional, but Ash could have still
had an extra Pokemon in raticate.
Coming in at the number two spot in today’s
top five video is Aipom. Aipom was first seen
in Slaking Kong!, worshiping a giant Slaking
with several other mountain-dwelling Pokémon.
She also stole Ash's hat, much like Ash's
Primeape did 428 episodes earlier, with a
group of Aipom getting food to offer the Slaking.
In Channeling the Battle Zone, as well as
the previous episode, after watching May in
the Kanto Grand Festival, Aipom became thrilled
with battling and challenged Ash and his Pikachu
for a battle; as he won, Ash finally caught
her in front of a huge crowd. In Throwing
the Track Switch, Ash began the training for
his next Gym battle in Veilstone City. However,
Dawn's Buizel seemed to be more interested
in Ash's battle training and thus couldn't
set his mind on Dawn's training; Meanwhile,
Ash's Aipom also had a problem in Ash's training
because her style tended to be more Contest
oriented. Then, Zoey proposed that Ash and
Dawn trade them. After some soul-searching,
the Trainers agreed, and the trade took place.
The annoying thing here though is that under
Dawn’s care, Aipom evolved into an Ambipom
even though Ash would have done most of the
training for this Pokemon whilst it was travelling
with him, whereas Buizel is still a buizel.
Therefore, Ash made a pretty bad mistake in
giving away his Aipom for Dawn’s buizel
and so, takes the number two spot in today’s
top five video.
Finishing things off though and claiming the
number one spot in today’s top five video
is Primeape. Ash caught Primeape on Route
7 in the episode Primeape Goes Bananas, on
the road to Celadon City. Primeape was only
around for a few episodes, but it had a lot
of personality. It was very mischievous, mercilessly
vicious, extremely violent, almost always
out of control, had a very short fuse and
was prone to an explosive rage. This notably
caused Ash to audibly reconsider using Primeape
in a Gym battle against Erika. But under the
explosively violent personality, it had a
softer side, which allowed it to bond with
Ash. In The Punchy Pokémon, after leaving
Celadon City, Ash and his friends met a man
named Anthony who was training to win the
P1 Grand Prix, a tournament for Fighting-type
Pokémon. Anthony offered to train Primeape
for Ash, with the promise of training it to
become a P1 champion, so Ash left Primeape
with Anthony. Ash should have never given
his primeape away to train with Anthony because
it was one of his strongest Pokemon at this
point in the anime. Seeing as we haven’t
seen Primeape again though, and because we
probably never will again, it takes the number
one spot in today’s top five video.
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