Ash's Unfezant wasn't THAT bad | Complete History

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Which Pokemon should we tackle next?? Also, we hit 100k this week! It's taken three long years, but I greatly appreciate all the support along the way. I'm hoping to do some cool stuff as we go into 2024 so I hope you all keep enjoying ❤

[@ItsEm2022]

Misty's togepi! 😀

[@TheChameleon124]

Please do Ash's Hawlucha next!

[@MarcusMapua]

I'm honestly very happy to hear someone give praise to Unfezant from you Professor!!!!!!

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Ash's Bayleef

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Ash's Corphish

[@laxusstrauss5945]

when we think about it unfazent was never bad It had very few screentime And it won 3/5 of its battles The ones it lost was against plot armor riolu And the undefeated koffing on which unfazent was the one who did most damage in order to allow leavanny to finish it

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

I think a big issue is that the double battle is rarely recognized when its accomplishments are revisited. At least a year or two ago, I don't think it was even mentioned on Bulbapedia

[@Pit_Icarus]

While it wasn’t terrible, Unfezant is definitely on the lower end of Ash’s regional birds in terms of memorability and status in the series.

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Very much agreed, as much as I like all of Ash's Pokemon, she's probably the lowest ranked of the birds in my book

[@ItsRyanO]

I think that part of that comes from Ash constantly rotating his pokemon out regularly for the first time. Sure there were the staples on his team, like Snivy, Tepig/Pignite, and Oshawott, but aside from them and Pikachu, the rest of the team was kinda rostered in and out depending on the story’s context.

[@pzb1017]

@@ItsRyanOI feel like only Krokorok/Krookodile, Sewaddle/Swadloon/Leavanny, & Scraggy were the only other Pokémon with personalities.

[@TheSebliterator]

Poor Unfezant was wasted and done dirty. She pulled her weight as hard as she could but it was ultimately all for nothing as she drifted more and more into the background. Then when the writers decided to bring back Charizard and replace Unfezant as Ash's main flying type instead of keeping her on the team, I knew it was over for her at that point. Don't get me wrong, I have missed Charizard as have many fellow fans and was glad to see him again, it just felt a bit random and I dislike that they scrapped Unfezant because of that, and then we don't see her again until the very end of the BW Series and that was her final appearance until Journeys. Ash caught TWO flying types in Kalos and didn't randomly decide to replace one of them permanently, wasn't Ash a person who wanted to prove himself using the pokemon he caught in the region he was currently traveling in? It was all essentially Pidgeot all over again, with the only differences being that Unfezant at least got some wins in while Pidgeot had only one to speak of, and while Pidgeot was released and was never seen again until literally the FINAL EPISODE OF ASH'S ADVENTURE, Unfezant was replaced with Charizard, and never used again, not once, not even at least during the final 11 episodes when Ash regularly rotated his team, my heart really broke for her. You're always special to me, Unfezant!

[@madnessarcade7447]

They did the best they could with the obstacles they were facing

[@godfreygraphics8727]

One of the weirdest writing decisions during the Best Wishes anime was not having Ash's Unfezant be one of his main Unova team members like the starters even though she was supposed to be Ash's main regional bird at the time. Getting more screentime would've done wonders for Unfezant.

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

It's really unfortunate that they couldn't juggle the rotating team better, lot of missed potential

[@drstrange4625]

@@ProfessorAlexSilvertbh this entire series was a mess. In fact the same writers that did this series did the kalos league originally ash was meant to win.

[@AnimationisTHEfuture]

Thank you! People go as far as saying Unfezant is worst than Muk, which is far from the truth

[@madnessarcade7447]

Underrated queen deserves more respect

[@ReeceMac-tz2il]

She's so cute, if I was in the amine and was Ash, I would replace Pikachu with my Bird Queen!

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

Greetings from Puerto Rico! Ufezant is a underappreciated pokemon.

[@MarcusMapua]

I really didn't think Unfezant wasn't that bad either compared to what others thought. I mean a lot of people thought the same thing with Noctowl but let it slide cause it was Shiny (but its fight record wasn't that better with Unfezant either until it got redeemed in DP). Some people also judged her moveset (however Unfezant's moves is closest similar to Swellow). The one thing I liked about Unfezant (which is a similar thing for the rest of Ash's Unovans) is that at least we know her gender. My favorite moment I have with Ash's Unfezant was when she shielded Pikachu against Team Rocket & counterattack-KO'd them in the starting episode of the Episode N arc

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Noctowl got really lucky in that it came back for a second league

[@MarcusMapua]

@@ProfessorAlexSilverIf Unfezant got a callback, I'm sure she would receive redemption

[@ashelygordon669]

While I wholeheartedly agree that it was a disappointment due to lack of status and memorability, I also didn’t think it was “that” bad either. But it was unfortunate that its another one of Ash’s Unova roster that got shafted and was heavily underdeveloped along with the lack of characterization. Not to mention that I personally wasn’t impressed by her movement and lack of interest left a soured impression in my mouth, she definitely deserved better to be honest!!! 😑😞 #pokemon

[@valse6195]

It probably was also soured by how people keep ragging on Unfezant even in the games, calling it the "worst" regional bird even though it was really only screwed over by its movepool. I mean, they gave it Brave Bird only in GEN 8 for gosh sakes.

[@eclipsome5981]

@@valse6195 tbh 90 speed and 110 attack is usable. i feel like ashes unfezant should have had aerial ace, quick attack, steel wing and air cutter. steel wing is a egg move it can learn in the gen 5 games but its an anime so it randomly learning a egg moves during battle wouldnt be far - fetch. if ash were to use her in journey , he would have slightly more options. focus energy (to show off its ability super luck), hurricane , heat wave , night slash , brave bird. these are more options but i feel like there a moves that just make sense for unfezant to learn, like play rough, extreme speed , spirit break, slash. also i feel like super luck should be reworked. i feel like each move should have a 50% chance to crit and moves with high crit chance 75%

[@joecrammond6221]

trouble with Unfezant is it had so little screen time (boxed in favour of Sewaddle and later sent to Oak so we could have Charizard back on Ash's team) she showed little personality and didn't really battle much, losing to Koffing and Riolu (despite a type advantage over Riolu), doing very little damage

[@pokechannel9758]

Don't talk about that riolu loss, it was the biggest plot armour of all time and that too against Ash when Ash is considered by many to have plot armour. It was worst defeat then Ash v/s Tobias.

[@ShadowMike202]

Ash's Unfezant may be his weakest pokemon of his team but she did win a few battles and she was good in most of her battles. I'm glad she gets some time to shine like most of Ash's pokemon.

[@laxusstrauss5945]

weakest not really She was defenitly better than most of his unovan mons She just had a lack of screentime And lost to opponents the others would never beat Koffing never lost a battle before ash and yet unfazent was the one to damage it in order to allow leavanny to finish it And riolu was a straight up plot armor machine who could have beaten even pikachu

[@hiddenfan-37]

Not a classic bird like Pidgeot, not a shiny like Noctowl, while reliable in Skyla's Gym she cannot top Swellow vs Shiny Swellow in the Winona Gym battle, has a lackuster moveset that consists of only Normal and Flying moves (Staraptor, at least knows Close Combat, a Fighting-type move) and only used in two Gyms unlike Talonflame who was used in 7 out of 8 Kalos Gyms. After failing against Riolu, she got kicked out of the Unova team, sent home to Professor Oak's Lab and replaced by Charizard as to fix up the sick joke that was the Unova League. Man, Unfezant really deserved better.

[@axels3188]

I think Ash’s Unfezent was very interesting I think she was supposed to be the writers redemption for how poorly they handled Pidgeot but they failed but it funny that she does have more wins than Pidgeot does also it a shame Ash didn’t use Tranquil in his battle against Burgh after its evolution as it would be the first time he faced a bug type gym leader when he did own a Flying type and I think Ash would’ve used Pidove against Cilan’s Pansage If Oshawatt didn’t jump in like he already did that would’ve given Pidove a good early win after lossing to Team Rocket and do Ash’s Talonflame next.

[@sdragon52]

Congrats on 100k subscribers!

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Thank you so much!

[@14oliverhedgehog74]

She seriously deserved more screen time, especially to get a better move set

[@neogotham2k39]

Congratulations for 100K subscribers!

[@josesolis6464]

Unfezant is my favorite bird Pokémon

[@TheChameleon124]

Please do Ash's Hawlucha next! Please!!!

[@lordblu4316]

Unfezant's evolution and following battle was one of my favorite BW scenes.

[@bremaster93]

Unfezant is an underrated Pokémon. Too many people give it hate just ‘cause it looks generic. The male one looks awesome though. 😉👍🏾

[@Jacky-pk3pn]

Been watching you since you only had 1k, been watching and 3 different accounts went by, it’s amazing to see how far you have come

[@theggamer2824]

Lumiose Trainer Zac is currently having Vietnam War flashbacks when he sees Unfazent.

[@wandering_alaska]

His beef with Ash's Unfezant and Goodra is quite hilarious.

[@jamesgiles4517]

I don't think he has beef with Goodra. I think it's just that he's disappointed that it came back to Kalos League and didn't get a win ​@@wandering_alaska

[@denickart]

Never understood the controversy with this particular Pokemon

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

I get why people don't like her, but it's definitely overblown haha

[@Zistheone2]

I feel like Luniose Trainer Zac should’ve had a cameo in this video because of how much he hates Unfezant

[@martinboyd899]

Unfezant isn't a bad pokemon, I've used both male and female on the games, I agree that she hardly got any screen time after Ash caught Sewaddle

[@nathanielabraham2075]

Honestly, sure, Ash's Unfeazant was very underused (thanks a lot, Black and White writers 😒), but still. To me, the moment when she went solo against Frillish and Amoonguss was really quite a moment for her. Despite an embarrasing loss in the League, she was itching to prove just how good she can fight. Personally, my positive experiences with Unfeazant come directly from my own experience with this Pokémon. I've used both variants so many times in Pokémon White, and it always turned out super fast and surprisingly tanky, sweeping Marshal's team like nothing, even withstanding Rock-type moves. So yeah, not the most memorable bird, but still with an impressive resume.😇 And I'll be real, despite everything, it really hurts hearing people call it "Unpleazant" or "Shitfeazant"... it really hurts, man...😭

[@314walker]

Too bad Luminous Trainer Zac wasn't here he loves Unfezant 😂

[@Jess19980]

XD

[@MirrorSeal12]

Unfezant is my favorite flying type Pokémon I love mind so much she’s won me a good amount of online battles.

[@christopheredwards788]

Great video and congratulations on 100K!!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I like how Professor Oak is always excited to get Ash’s deposited Pokémon

[@kevinbogdan9301]

If the writer’s had done a better job with Unfezant, she wouldn’t have gotten as much hate. They should’ve given her some redemption in Journeys.

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

💯💯

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the video Professor Alex ❤

[@christopherballero866]

Unfortunately Gen 5 having Ash suddenly become a bad trainer & the BW anime having been the worst of the anime generations hurt a lot. Losing to an unevolved Riolu in the league while being fully evolved & having the type advantage really hurt the perception of Unfezant too

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

As much as I dislike the fact that Ash wasn't a great battler, I thought a lot of the Pokemon had great personalities that saga

[@christopherballero866]

@@ProfessorAlexSilver yes, they Pokemon had good personalities unfortunately with no real story arcs or rivalries little could be done. Also many of the personalities were done with previous Pokemon and better

[@claymathewselevator8121]

They were trying to recreate original anime

[@christopherballero866]

@@claymathewselevator8121 I know just that trying to reset a character with a long history back to their origin often doesn't work in his battle with Roxy Ash used his Pokedex on a Koffing

[@PokeMadness1996]

he wasnt a bad trainer just an impulsive one he did his best regardless and he had heart those are what make someone a good trainer

[@miloszdravkovic7532]

Your on a roll with ash's unova pokemon

[@Eterrath]

Congratulations on 100k professor!

[@tamimzaman1195]

Congratulations for 100k ❤❤❤

[@nathankabongo7506]

People always say unfezant sucks

[@elwynnshino7383]

Unfezant worked hard for Ash, and yet gets hated one for losing battles. I nearly cried when seeing her evolve during her battle against Skyla's Swanna. She's not bad. She was just underutilised

[@OffBrand_CheezIts]

I like unfeazant. Such an overhated pokemon.

[@ajserafica3983]

I wish Unfezant would get more screen time and learn new moves in the series. Some of the new moves I’d suggest are Sky attack, Roast, Hurricane, and Air slash, but since these were suggestions I hope She could be better than Ash’s regional birds like Pideot, Noctowl, Swellow, Staraptor, and Talonflame.

[@miraclesan3259]

So underrated, his Unfezant is his fastest flying type. Female Unfezants are known to be fast.

[@Cheetahcat-1128]

I agree as this pokemon is a useful pokemon scouting and battling.

[@supermariologanfan6546]

Let’s all remember the fact that Unfezant was one of the 400 Pokémon that survived the Galar Dexit

[@Jess19980]

Unfezant is Lumiose Trainer Zac's hated Ash Pokemon.

[@TheDeathlyPrince]

GODDAM I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!

[@Animesrk]

Nice video alex

[@NoOneInParticular_2]

It has a winning percentage higher than Staraptor, take that Unfeazant haters!

[@kinganthony5885]

RESPECT UNFEZANT!!😤😤😤

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

I tried 😅

[@supernicedude2972]

Unfezant's biggest hurdle was it's almost complete absence of any personality traits, even compared to ash's other birds. A poor win rate can be forgiven if the Pokémon is likable enough (Gliscor and Tortetra) but she didn't even have that.

[@yamamotokun80]

Will Jessie's Wobbuffet have a chance? Good video as always!

[@oliverorchard6774]

Let's be honest, Ash's Unfezant was a better battler than his shiny Noctowl, but we just like his Noctowl better because it looks cool in its shiny colours.

[@_Koyomi_]

I can't forgive them for giving Ash's Unfezant such a mediocre moveset (I mean, really, Gust of all things?) and only learning Aerial Ace once fully evolved when Staraptor got it early on and Swellow learned it right after the sixth gym but had a decent moveset for the time anyway given that there were much less attacks available. They really dropped the ball on Unfezant's move pool and had no reason to not make it better. They also did Krokorok dirty by making him get whooped by Swoobat and accomplishing nothing so Unfezant could save the gym battle. I really wanted to like Unfezant, but they made it hard. Plus she got folded by *Cameron's Riolu.* Snivy was bodying him until he evolved

[@whyamilikethis2740]

Man watching this makes me realise despite unfezant being ash's first unova capture she wasn't used as much as she should of Good video anywy

[@kingdeegalang]

8:11-8:15 snubbing Pidgeotto is crazy

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Honestly, I have a lot of nostalgia for its capture and release episode, but Pidgeotto did very little in between.

[@qainan8665]

Honestly speaking, I feel Pidgeot wasn't served justice. It was Ash's only regional bird that didn't evolve completely and when it did, it was freed in the same episode

[@hiddenfan-37]

At least Pidgeot came back and rejoined Ash for good.

[@Godzilla00X]

She should've beat Riolu, the writers truly are merciless

[@Tuskthesmooth]

If professor Silver becomes a professor in the pokemon games, he'd definitely be the professor of history (They should add you as one)

[@Mochi_Madness87]

I barely even remember Ash using this..I remember Pidove and Tranquil, but Unfezant was a footnote in history for me.

[@tomcurl8034]

The most interesting thing about her is that she’s a girl, and I wish they had given her more chances to explore her femininity as part of her character development

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

💯

[@ecanis_EV12350yt_Iamdumb]

Why does everybody dump on unfezant she's not bad

[@CoolNala]

Yes, her story arc was underwhelming and none of her battles were that memorable... And she's probably the most forgettable and despised member of his B&W team, but.... I'd still ship her with Swellow. At least, she'd be paired with a flock leader.

[@ttoismailpikaninja]

Professor, I think you only discussed Greninja among Ash's Kalos team. Could you talk about Talonflame in the next History Complete, and then maybe Hawlucha?

[@CROW6487]

I always laugh at scraggy headbutting pidov. Poor thing was only being nice lol

[@MisterMokuroh]

If Swellow wasn't given so many feats, all the other birds wouldn't be held to such high standards.

[@Yajjay833]

Flying types are most underrated Pokemon I still believed ash never used thier full potential unlike other types

[@Connowot387]

I mean, as a Pidove, the mystery gift for Ash’s Pidove did have perfect IVs for Attack, Special Attack and Speed with a Hardy Nature!

[@ryanjonsson2468]

Mine is brave nature with either speed characteristics or defense characteristics moveset Sky attack Brave bird Return Facade (F) Ability super luck/rivalry Held item toxic orb life orb muscle band flame orb sharp beak silk scarf or im stumped??????

[@mimiquoi7380]

Ot's sad because I really like this line of Pokemon... But this losse against Riolu was really embarrassing for her...

[@ashelygordon669]

If I am honest, I genuinely loved Ash’s Unfezant but it’s such an shame how little screentime she had gotten and sure she wasn’t the best regional bird Ash in terms of status and memorability but even I felt bad for her whenever she loses. The only thing that angered me was people calling her “Unpleasant” or Shitfezant, I get there are people who dislike her with a passion and yes that loss against Riolu was very frustrating but Ash’s more popular Pokemon took embarrassing losses as well and even Noctowl’s win rate was worse than her in Johto, c’mon now!!! 🤦‍♀️😞

[@InyiYruma]

Ash’s Unfezant wasn’t bad at all. Actually its a pretty decent Pokemon, only if the writers gave it more story line

[@NayaRamShow]

Congrats on 100,000 subs!!! Can you do a video on Sprigatito?

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Thank you! I'll definitely cover that one in the future, once the story is more fleshed out

[@justjoannak]

I honestly loved her as a Pidove and Tranquill! After Skyla's battle, she became lackluster

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Unfortunately so :/

[@natalimoina]

Better than a fair amount of Ash's bird mons

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

I think the closest in terms of exposure would be pidgeotto, but Pidgeotto has the luxury of being the original to bolster his popularity

[@paolocalapatia6401]

I may ranked Unfezant lower among Ash Mons BUT I actually don’t Hate Unfezant. Just wished she was done better than what we got. Maybe She would be a Flyer speedy like Swellow, Staraptor, & Talonflame BUT ALSO graceful One as well like Dawn’s Togekiss🪽🤔 (Personal Note: Realized it’s a wasted opportunity for NOT to have Ash have Dawn & Togekiss teach Unfezant some tips on that)

[@minisarge2619]

Our gurl got SHAFTED by the writers....

[@brettnelson7048]

Ash's Unfezant certainly was a dull knife (in Memorability and development anyway) BTW Congrats on 100k Subs!

[@Nephalem2002]

The treatment of Unfezant was honestly a huge highlight of why Best Wishes was so awful. Whoever was writing the show at the time did not give a crap.

[@DCUniverse816]

When are you gonna post the history of Ash's Butterfree?

[@NOLJAK101]

Ash’s unova bird unfezant more like unfortunat because I think it’s so unfortunate for ash’s unfezant to be bad! Wow! My guess is why unfezant isn’t as best bird is bc it wasn’t designed to be good like staraptor and swellow because I feel those birds are handed well in battle I actually used swellow in both my Pokémon Omega ruby and alpha sapphires teams! And he was pretty cool to have but I know ash’s is better due to the thunder armor it has with its duo with pikachu! Good stuff! But there were actually good stuff with ash’s unfezant it not only beat skyla but was very useful against ash’s snivy only because don’t was using attack and that’s what kept ash from defeating it before capturing it. And then ash had to switch unfezant out for his charizard in the episode he returned in and that worked pretty well. That’s my opinion on ash’s unfezant and still have at least some appreciation for it! Just like with all of his other Pokémon. 😁

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

That's a fair criticism 🤙

[@NOLJAK101]

@@ProfessorAlexSilver thank you, also great video I look forward to seeing the next one have an awesome day.

[@rookiered223]

Congrats Prof! Where will you be hanging your plaque?

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

I'm still undecided. It's either going to go in my den which is near the front of the house, or in my office, so that it can be seen whenever I have zoom or Google meet calls 🤣🤣

[@queenofdisney4932]

I would love to see one Pokémon who had the most screen time and battles in the show

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Rocking The Virbank Gym was a fun episode name

[@TheQuinnofElegance]

Overhated pokemon It's actually one of my fav bird pokemon of Ash's

[@Wailerman]

Melmetal next pls! (hope it hasn't been done before, i forgor)

[@Kingofhate-ga5]

Unfeazent collectively nobodys favourite pokemon

[@The_guy25]

For some reason I hear Lumiose Trainer Zac cringing in his seat

[@Jess19980]

Me Too! 🤣🤣

[@asuhrax1089]

2:08 All Ash's Pokemon looks cute but I was knowing deep down he wasn't going to win 😅

[@LordRumshi]

Unfezant was dealt a not so good hand with how she wasn’t really given a fleshed out personality of her own as did swellow, staraptor and noctowl each got. Much like the secondary members of Ash’s Unova team, Unfezant wasn’t able to get enough screen time and didn’t help her when Ash decided to bring Charizard back during his Unova journey and had her reside with Professor Oak.

[@battletrainer2495]

Unfezant was done so dirty. It didn’t get a lot of screen time and interaction with any of Ash’s Unova team.I really wish Unfezant was seen more and got more development so it would be a lot better bird.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

The last of Ash's Unova Team and his most obscure Flying Type out any of them he own.

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

I still have to do the most brutish, aggressive, and possibly funniest of them all, not including Oshawott of course. Scraggy!

[@madnessarcade7447]

Unfezant did the best she could and that’s all that’s really important in the end let’s not put her against other Pokémon they all have their own charm No reason to do any rankings they can all equally coexist imo

[@dimentdash]

Crazy Ash caught this in Ep 2 and had little battles

[@deshawnedwards6412]

The Complete History of Cilan's Stunfisk. Bout time Cilan get some acknowledgment video on here.

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

I'm trembling With feels 😂

[@lulukomadori9651]

It really funny how ash pidgetto/pidegot did worst/less screentime but cause it during kanto and that english dub promise, people wanted it back till they finally got it

[@supporttrinity9by997]

I'm waiting for a clip of Ash's Buizel history, it's a good Ash's Water Pokémon.

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Hopefully in the next week or two

[@supporttrinity9by997]

Thank you very much, I always support your channel.

[@moonlightdiamond1590]

Goh sobble history soon

[@jasonh7565]

unfezant really is better then anyone give it credit for.

[@juniperjahir38]

Honestly the B&W series should’ve liked gave Unfeazant more screentime, honestly once Pidove evolved into Tranquil it should’ve learned Aerial Ace just like Tripp’s, and it should’ve fought in the 3rd gym, like Tranquil should’ve replaced Tepig in that fight cause I forgot Tepig was even there because it got defeated by Dwebble, like Tranquil could’ve defeated Leavanny and Sewaddle could’ve still evolved; I also think during the Skyla battle Unfeazant should’ve learned Sky-Attack, I mean in Sinnoh, Ash had his Staravia learn Brave Bird before the 3rd gym which it can’t learn until level 43 so I don’t see any reason as to why Unfeazant shouldn’t have been able to learn Sky-Attack, and for the Cameron fight, I think Unfeazant and Snivy should’ve swapped places as Snivy could’ve fought Riolu and Unfeazant could’ve done major damage to Riolu to which it would’ve evolved into Lucario making Unfeazants attacks neutral and making it’s loss more comprehendable. Because Unfeazant losing to Riolu is just as bad as Pikachu losing to Panpour and Surskit

[@TOOLZONED]

Gen 5 can be summed up really quickly. Ash is trash but all of his Gen 5 pokemon had phenomenal personality.

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Very good analysis haha

[@Captainendou]

It was really cute when it was small 😍

[@K.I.N.G15]

Trevor’s mega charizard y !!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥