I didn't realize their time was so short, I thought I remembered them being around significantly longer.
The idea that pokemon become totally different entities when they evolve (both physically and mentally) is pretty heavy. The episode where Ash was contemplating whether to evolve Pikachu with a thunderstone was actually heart-wrenching.
And how sweet little Charmander turned into the biggest asshole on the show. That boy was robbed of an Indigo League win. Then they eventually squash their beef just in time for Charizard to fuck off to the Great Valley or whatever. Bullshit.
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And how sweet little Charmander turned into the biggest asshole on the show.
Sounds like puberty
Except he never grew out of it and grows up to roll coal in your face except for when he doesn't feel like it.
Especially when they can end up little shits like Charmeleon (or was it Charizard?)
Wait what do you mean mentally? Do they forget their memories and are reborn?
Like when kids become angsty teenagers or totally a different personality?
Puberty seems like a good analogy. It's jarring because it's instantaneous, but it's not like their brain gets wiped clean in the process. Other people have mentioned the show's charmander turning into an increasingly rebellious shithead, and the games describe some evolutions as having drastic behavior changes.
They become totally different pokemon. It's basically the death of the former pokemon.
And Caterpie, who was a real sweetie, seemed to be consistent when he evolved to Butterfree. Of course in between when he was a Metapod he didn't have much of a personality at all
Ash had a Mankey/Primate for a whopping 2 episodes, I don't think it's been mentioned in the 1000+ episodes since it last appeared
Primeape was given to another trainer and completely forgotten about. I wonder if it has abandonment issues.
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hits hard because Koffing from an entertainment standpoint was vastly superior to Wheezing - I loved that dumb looking motherfucker
I definitely prefer his constant :D face over Weezing's frown.
Joisey accent
"Holy shit gois, I'm trippin' fahkin bualls ovah here..."
This made me look up the voice actor to see if they were actually from Jersey.
But I ended up learning the original Meowth was done by one of the first trans people in the voiceover industry. Never knew Meowth was a trans activist and ally.
Oh and born in Long Island and died in Jersey City so that accent is authentic 👌
Watch the meowth episode from S1, it's legit just about meowth being trans
I looked into her and it's simultaneously really cool what she did, but also sad that she died in 2008 from a stomach virus apparently. :deeper-sadness:
Rest In Peace.
Supposed to be an Osaka accent. I guess the best they could find was New Jersey, but it would be more accurate to be a southern or Texas accent. Osakans have the reputation of being coarse and brutish, in contrast to the more sophisticated Tokyoites.
