How The BEST Pokemon Series Became The Most HATED…

[@gooey448]

What series should I cover next?

[@samuraiyt21]

Xy. Again. Yes.

[@LucaS-c1j]

Can you Cover Pokemon Advanced? That Pokemon Series is such an Underrated gem.

[@mewmewpowergirl1625]

Do you think Ash will come back Kanto reboot eventually do you think horizons has a future

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

Maybe Black and White, considering that is the other most controversial arc of the Pokémon anime.

[@gooey448]

@@mewmewpowergirl1625I think they’ll do something in the future

[@parthkulkarni422]

goh was playing pokemon go in the series and chloe playing lets go evee

[@pers1angmd]

deadass 😂

[@TrueVictini]

Lol

[@panagiotis12yt]

fr

[@charizardx7201]

Yeah, not just that.He's the worst character

[@TrueVictini]

@@charizardx7201 he who, and why?

[@boitaiapa4930]

The thing is, Ash intended on using one gimmick, but Leon WANTED Ash to use all three

[@Kingmar06]

Exactly he did it to himself but i really don’t care ig the writers did that bc it’s ash’s last series 😭

[@KaiaKaito]

I mean Leon wanted a challange and want to see Ash at his peak of strenght. If Leon won, he could be truely the undefeated champion, who beat all gimmiks on a super strong trainer and still win (like he told us in Sword/Shield after Eternatus). Was it his downfall? Yes Was is cool as fck? Heck yes

[@Kingmar06]

@@KaiaKaito the most perfect way to say this you’re 100 percent right

[@tomachu7899]

And Leon dynamaxed twice so … lmao . 😂 ash was up one gimmick ? lol

[@shinkenneth]

@@tomachu7899 They both Gigantamaxed twice.

[@Pokewho-6475]

And here’s my problem with Pokémon journeys when ash was about to have his big moment with Leno you would think that everyone who traveled with ash would be there in person to watch him Especially the aloa gang since they were the ones who shaped him to be champion of alola

[@gooey448]

Yeah, instead they just showed them watching from home

[@blackoutamvs6550]

I HATED THAT. Like i understand not getting everyone but WHY THE HELL DID IRIS LEAVE, IRIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE DURING THE FINALS

[@Pokewho-6475]

@@blackoutamvs6550 I know even though during their adventures during unova even though they didn’t get along sometimes at least have the respect to stay and support your friend during their big moment

[@Pokewho-6475]

@@gooey448 hell you would think that out of every one you would think that oak and Delia ash’s mum would come out and support ash in the crowd

[@blackoutamvs6550]

@@Pokewho-6475 Exactly, but I sort of understand them, since they had to make a meaningful way to make the older Pokemon watch Ash's win. But it still would have been better if Delia and Oak were at Wyndon

[@inktirrell5016]

The Reason Why I Hate Journeys Is Because The Series Just Disrespects Both Pokemon And Characters Like Infernape, Alain And Much More.

[@Mythicalstories7080]

They even remove Ash Grenninja which pissed me off I classified Journeys None Canon since it doesnt respect anything before it

[@Cozmos_4k]

@@Mythicalstories7080 But their bond still stands, besides it was lucarios episode not greninja's, an what use would ash-greninja be in that type of situation

[@martti-cv6wg]

Why Do You Write Like That With The Capital Letters

[@Mythicalstories7080]

@@Cozmos_4k Uhhh dude its still unfair to Ash Grenninja when they remove it from the Flashback aka Flashbacks are ment to remind u of something important and what they did was super dumb

[@dominicboscaino5491]

Journeys is overrated

[@kevinyero7232]

The main problem with the series is that it didn’t take itself serious. I know pokemon is a kids show but this series felt like the Dora the Explorer. I feel like they should have forgotten about Goh and Chloe and just made Ash do the same thing but in Galar with Hop as he co-protagonist wanting to beat the league and have Ash as his mentor.

[@dominicboscaino5491]

I totally agree although I don’t think the series is truly terrible. It does point a bit too safe which can be pretty annoying and they should’ve put a lot of effort into this series focusing on Galar more introducing more Characters from Galar give proper development to Ash Goh Koharu and Ash’s Pokémon Team respect to old Characters returns introducing the DLC traducing Mustard and Peony make Hop and Marnie Ash’s Rivals have the Masters8th play out like the the Johto league since it wasn’t spared by someone who actually did a rewrite on this series and have Ash use his old Pokémon again since he hasn’t done that since the Sinnoh league were using the nice mixture of both old and new Pokémon teams this would’ve been perfect

[@haroldnecmann7040]

Marnie should have been the pokegirl not this no show chole

[@kevinyero7232]

@@haroldnecmann7040 It would have been so good to have Marnie with the goal of saving her hometown from been forgotten and become a gym leader at the end. Instead we got a random girl indecisive of what’s her goal and then getting one at the end which is the same as her father’s. definitely Chloe was the worst pokegirl.

[@psikinesis9193]

Gosh was fine imo (Chole was eh, because she could've actually been interesting if she actually got her proper character arc)

[@Will-dz2ru]

Terrible idea pokemon journeys is the best so great

[@ianmurphy3840]

I think a big miss opportunity for Journey's is Galar Region itself. This region feels like a perfect Region for Ash to travel. Gym battles, new Pokemon like Drednaw or Corvaknight, Hop, Marnie and Bede as potential rivals/companions, etc. And if this was a return to form after Sun and Moon slice of life series, I think people can look fondly over it. It's also crazy that its successor 4, Horizons did a better job at being a travel the world series while representing Galar than the Gen 8 anime,

[@gooey448]

Agreed. It’s crazy that horizons does it better. I think maybe cause it’s episodic in journeys but even then they didn’t travel much

[@hiddenfan-37]

It is tempting for Ash to compete in the Galar League, but the premise as an actual anime would have been seen as desperate. By having Ash compete in the Galar League, it not only undermines Ash's skills as a trainer but it completely ignores the fact that Ash is a Champion. Not to mention that in Sun and Moon, no one told Ash "Go to Galar and compete in the gyms". Olivia told Ash to travel the world to expand his horizons, as stated: "Getting to know what the world is like is a very important step. You'll have a broader perspective once you expand your horizons. The truth is, it will allow you to look at yourself and find ways you can improve. Right, Ash? As someone who came all the way to Alola to train, you already know that, don't you?" -Olivia, Dreams of the Sun and Moon

[@HydrxUndertale]

It's not even a gen 8 anime at this point, Galar gets barely any action, and ash doesn't get a single galarian starter ;-;

[@kaffka9221]

​@@hiddenfan-37 Ash may be champion of Alola but he isn't THE champion because he still had room to grow even after becoming one and there were plenty of trainers like him around outside of Alola. Galar itself felt like the perfect region for Ash after becoming champion, because it was implied lorewise that the Galar gym leaders are stronger than other regions' gym leaders on average, and in Journeys Bea and Raihan are at least on par with the E4 if not champion level. Zactoshi made an amazing rewrite on the Gen 8 anime that follows the same premise you mentioned without undermining Ash's skills or downplaying his champion status.

[@hiddenfan-37]

@@kaffka9221 I did look at Zactoshi's Gen 8 rewrite which is great. But, again, had the actual Gen 8 anime involved Ash competing in the Galar League, then you have a desperate premise because it feels like everyone chose to ignore the fact that Ash won the Alola League, not to mention that Olivia was the one who advised Ash to travel the world (again, no "going to Galar to compete in their gyms" premise anywhere in Sun and Moon nor Journeys). Claiming that "Ash always do Gym Challenges, therefore it is tradition that he continues this quest" when he is already Champion of Alola does not sit well since the formula was getting stale at that point and it undermines Ash's skills. That's like if Cynthia competed in the Unova League despite already being crowned Sinnoh Champion. You can't really answer a question of, "So, it is wrong if Cynthia continued Gym Challenges, but if Ash does compete in Gym challenges, it is automatically fine?" without sounding like a hypocrite. I know Horizons does have Gym Challenges but keep in mind that it's only part of the Terastal Course.

[@shadowplays8093]

I genuinely think Journeys Number 1 Problem by far was being episodic. Having one off eps here and there is fine, every series has that but for Ash’s final series at least like 90% of it should be focused on Ash, Goh, And their Pokémon. I would’ve had Zero issue with Ash not using reserves had Ash’s new team had more time to develop specifically in the first half of the series since the second half they got more shine finally.

[@dayvonlouis5187]

True it felt more like a “show” instead of a “story”

[@warriorpokemon1518]

I'm only pissed that Ash left without ending Team Rocket like he did with the other evil teams.

[@duckymomo7935]

why would he?

[@aganbraganca4156]

he did in black and white

[@brickbanditstudios6037]

The Team Rocket organization’s still at large. Not disbanded, at large.

[@dayvonlouis5187]

Ash is not Red and the team rocket trio wouldn’t have an actual purpose or reason to be involved in the plots at all if Giovanni and the group wasn’t still an active threat as Jessie and James haven’t gained a good niche to do outside of trying to steal Pokémon till Gen 3 where Jessie gained a passion as a coordinator and James is a skilled battler in his own right and has potential as a coordinator too

[@chrisclack4258]

apparently team rainbow rockets happen in A universe of where red and blue lose to Giovanni at the gym battle

[@spontaneouswizard358]

Let’s be honest. The real reason Goh exists in Pokémon anime was to tie into the Pokemon Goh game which had already been put by 3 years at that point. Which is disappointing in itself when you think about it. Hence his name, “Goh.”

[@Mr.Brothybear]

Omfg How did I not notice that

[@spontaneouswizard358]

@@Mr.Brothybear you’d be forgiven for not knowing that fact at all. They had to tie in that game somehow.

[@twistedwolf8422]

Oh so that’s why his Pokémon catches were like 100% each time he threw a pokeball at a Pokémon like he rarely if not never failed at catching a Pokémon which always upset me because bro caught Suicune in a regular Pokeball when it’s only status condition was it was poisoned or well hit with toxic but still at least use an ultra ball on it because it is a Legendary Pokémon but no he just chucks a pokeball hits suicune and catches it it didn’t even break out

[@spontaneouswizard358]

@@twistedwolf8422 Yep! Unfortunately.

[@N12015]

And showcased how Pokémon go and regular pokémon don't flesh, AT ALL, specially in the anime. Goh in any other season would have been ARRESTED because he's basically hunting wild life, and doesn't help Ash in specific didn't like people like Goh who only catched pokémon.

[@BijenShakya-zh3gv]

Legendary Pokémon used to be Legendary, but with journeys u see one like every 10 episodes, killed the joy I felt seeing a legendary as a child

[@LITTLE1994]

I agree

[@LinkDing]

So what? Most of the legends seem in Journeys we've seen before (some even multiple times) and with Goh's goal of catching every pokemon, you should *expect* an increase in legendary sightings. Not to mention. Hell I'd even say it's not even that many more than previous series

[@boredianz]

It’s even worst when you remember Goh caught Suicine, and almost Zapdos.

[@Gaiou0331]

​@@LinkDingI don't think that takes away from the fact that legendaries felt like common Pokemon here. Simply treating them with a little more respect would have solved that, but we know how it went.

[@Wendydeez76]

Ash should’ve brought back his old Pokemon

[@dethtroy2185]

I'm still on the fence about that myself, on one hand it would've been nice to see his reserves used, but then again when I think back to the sinnoh league which is the last time he really employed them, they weren't handled all that well, only 5 of them (Heracross, Snorlax, Sceptile, Noctowl and Quilava) did anything notable, every one else who came back we either didn't see fight, or they were used as canon fodder...and in some cases that made them look weaker than they were during their runs with Ash, take Swellow for example, that bird was a freaking tank during AG, and what happens, it gets sent out and one shotted by a Latios. Sure it's a legendary but that didn't stop Sceptile from taking down Darkrai before hand, it shouldn't have gone down that quick. when it comes to ash's reserves, it's not just about using them but how they are used, because i'm sure that when someone wants their fav reserve to be used, they expect it''s handling to be done in epic animated fashion, but that's asking too much. Also not helping the reserves is that, in that in the second of the 9 episode epilogue they gave us, Misty was able to use her Politoad against Ash's Corphish in a battle over ownership of a Clauncher (which I didn't know why they just didn't let Misty have it, that late in Ash wasn't getting a random common pokemon), and won, but when looking at their past onscreen battling records Corphish should've torn Politoad apart, but that didn't happen effectively making people question if his reserves really were getting stronger at the lab, while some argued that it could've been due to Ash not having used Corphish in so long, it's similar to the swellow situation, because it makes Corphish and by proxy the reserves look bad if they are supposed to be getting stronger by training.

[@mercedestrenz1881]

Also, I don't think it made sense for Paul to say "I'm not interested in noisy crowds" because wasn't the Sinnoh League a noisy crowd?

[@gooey448]

@@mercedestrenz1881 it’s just a dumb excuse

[@Saiyan0X]

Would have been better if he just say "nah, I'm focusing on the next one. I need to train more" and that would have been more believable

[@ultimatehope549]

I feel like one of the reasons Journeys is so hated is because of how much potential it had, and how it squandered like 90% of it. Even with the Master’s 8 tournament, Ash’s matches and Iris VS Cynthia are all fantastic battles, with Ash VS Leon being one of the best battles in the series. But pretty much every other fight felt either rushed or unimportant, and it’s still insane how they thought it was a good idea to only let Leon lose like 1 or 2 Pokémon to Alain and Diantha but Ash is somehow able to beat him. Plus all the filler and like 3 recap episodes

[@MythicAce218]

TBF ash had a pretty busted team this time around. A mega Lucario,dragonite,strfetched,gengar,dracovish,and a Pikachu who beat fucking tapu koko. Compare that to his x and y team this one is WAYYY stronger Greninja and goodra were his only carrys in x amd y and mega Charizard loses its fire typing so he ended up just getting stomped for a bad team. He'll he literally had 2 DRAGON TYPES. So I think Allan is overestimated due to his and ash's team during x and y

[@aggresiveiceberglettuce8848]

​@@MythicAce218wrong it loses its flying type if it lost ist fire type dawg would be getting bodied by any remotely fast ice types

[@MythicAce218]

@@aggresiveiceberglettuce8848 you know i was abt to say hold up because i SWEAR someone told me it lost its fire(because i was told it was neutral(why he lost) and assumed he lost his fire type. thats my bad

[@lesterism]

​@@MythicAce218the same pikachu who lost to a snivy?

[@MythicAce218]

@lesterism black and white might as well not have happened. By that point Pikachu has already beaten legends. And he's beaten tapu Kokomo. He's inconsistent(strong when the writers want him to be weak when they want him to be) but he's generally strong

[@sussyelmo6100]

They should've removed Goh entirely. Focused more on Ash developing the pokemon he had. The world coronation series should've allowed multiple gimmicks to be used, but most of the champions use only one, other that Ash with 3 and Cynthia with 2 (Mega and Dynamax). This could've built Leon as even stronger because he only uses one gimmick and is almost better than Ash, and he wouldn't have been cheating. Also they screwed Serena. If they didn't have Goh, they could've done something better. They could've used the same style, with Ash travelling everywhere, but in a coherent story, meeting all his old friends in a way to get stronger, like with Paul, and Ash-Greninja. It would've brought back old characters, allowed for the series to focus on Ash and his team and their development, and he would've had a believable win in the World Coronation Series

[@gooey448]

I don’t know about removing Goh entirely, instead they should’ve just worked on better writing for his character

[@Nazmi-xy6np]

​​@@gooey448 Gloria character plus galar pokemon also galar character, legendary pokemon plus dlc being treat like trash because they want promote death mobile app character

[@PurpleSecurityGuard]

​@@Nazmi-xy6np Couldn't understand anything you typed lil bro, get Grammarly

[@Nazmi-xy6np]

Stupid toxic gou midoriya stan fans is here ​@@PurpleSecurityGuard

[@PurpleSecurityGuard]

@@Nazmi-xy6np wtf are you even saying, learn to type English instead of your own language

[@-lemur-]

9:26 the thing that pisses me off the most about this is that the whole 'cant handle losses' thing was in XY, and that whole character arc was peak and it was resolved so perfectly, so i dont know who the hell in the writing team came up with that because ash is over that shit

[@spontaneouswizard358]

In all honesty, I was really worried that Goh was literally going to take over as the main character after Ash left. I’m so glad that didn’t happen at all!

[@disneyboy3030]

Would it have been between with a different person in charged had Goh become the main character.

[@spontaneouswizard358]

@@disneyboy3030 yeah something along those lines.

[@Shadow-Joop-157]

This is a Wii u to Switch situation. Journeys Walked so horizons could run. World Travel Formula This time they really travel from region to region instead of one episode they are in Kalos in the next episode they are in Sinnoh. Dot has the same role as Chloe but actually gets screen time and a lot of character development, more than Roy even. And the story is the best it's ever been

[@BubblesChika]

Eh, I don't see it tbh, mainly because I don't like the Horizons series either

[@anerdwithamic]

FR 👏🏽 I haven’t seen Horizons yet but from what I’ve heard it’s just “Journeys but actually executed well”

[@timewizardking]

Facts horizons is peak cinema

[@MegaMaster1021]

All they had to do with Goh was make him rely too much on using quick balls and later realized how using quick balls is holding him back from being a better trainer for himself and his pokemon But the Pokémon show as a whole is just allergic to causally showing off the other types of Poké balls in the series

[@Okeana_Aster]

I personally love Chloe's premise. She's someone who's seemingly not interested in Pokémon battles, and she doesn't know what she wants to become, and her journey of discovering herself could have been really interesting. Also she's an introvert and more relatable to me, as she's not as outgoing and was often annoyed by Ash and Goh's antics. To have someone who struggles to find their place in the world and is seemingly ostracized for not being into Pokémon battles, with her classmates thinking she's weird and just doesn't like Pokémon at all (which isn't the case), it's interesting. But then she got Eevee and just became a trainer anyway. Massive wasted potential with Chloe. Also I *HATE* Journeys Ash. He's an insufferable Mary Sue, that's what he is. And there's nothing I despise more in writing than Mary Sues.

[@BlitzGaming654]

I wouldn't say he's a Mary sue, that role belongs to GO, think about it go has caught and out battle ash, how I don't even know and ash most of the times don't take the leader role even tho he a champion and large amount of experience under his belt, he not a Mary sue, he's just an plot device for the anime when they need it.

[@Okeana_Aster]

@@BlitzGaming654 Normally no, but in Journeys definitly. Despite being an complete idiot even though he shouldn't be at that point, he constantly wins almost everything. Even in stuff he knows nothing about, like in that cake decoration contest organized by Opal. He clearly had no idea what he was doing and just made a huge pile of decorations. And yet, he won. He won even though he had no idea what he was doing while Chloe, who was there, clearly knew what she was doing. She should have won. And this is just one example, there are many others. But I guess it wouldn't bother me as much if the writers didn't make him a complete idiot who doesn't know anything when he's supposed to be experienced with Pokémon. Like all these moments where he keeps trying to touch Pokémon that are either wild, wary of him, or upset at him. Sometimes they're more than one at a time. He should know not to do that, and yet he does. And everytime they retaliate by attacking him.

[@BlitzGaming654]

@Oceane1803 nothing that you said here proves he a Mary sue tho, more than anything, it just point out more of an idiot he is and the cake competition is not even worth taking about since they didn't make the cakes they just decorate them, you said he wins all time which is not true, he lost to many times, he even went on a losing streak, for ash to be a Mary sue he as to bend the story to him which he just doesn't, he still loses, is not good at everything he touches.

[@Okeana_Aster]

@@BlitzGaming654 Everyone constantly keeps praising him for everything even though he's an idiot though. Well except Chloe for a time.

[@BlitzGaming654]

@Oceane1803 that's more of a reasonable take than just saying he's marysue when he clearly not and I am starting to feel a strange thing with you on Chloe, I know they butched her character, but that's not ash fault, that just bad writing, but one thing I have to say is why are you so hard on ash but goh is much worse, he takes the faults of both Chloe and ash, his character was rushed, he out performs many people in the series which he just shouldn't, makes bad decisions but get rewarded for them, example take the raid battle with articono, refused to listen to gery who had to carry them through the battle, and ash played last wheel in this whole thing, even tho he is spouse to be the strongest. And you say people praise him that's kinda a no-brainer since he is kinda the companion of a whole region and many other wins under his belt.

[@Drago935PL]

My biggest problem is that the only friend that showed at Ash'es (or hovewer you say that idk) most important day of his life was Dawn, WHERE ARE THE OTHERS??? Watching on TV is just disrespectful (also goh i hate goh i hate goh i hate goh i hate goh i hate goh)

[@trevorswims5754]

My main problem with the series is that they don't go the traditional route of having ash travel the galar region, collecting badges and moving up to the regions pokemon league like he usually does. They did some Galar region stuff here and there, but Journeys should've been focused on the galar region instead of Ash traveling to a bunch of regions he's already been to.

[@puppies3330]

maybe have the reunions happen in galar?

[@aganbraganca4156]

they tried to go different route and their idea was pretty good but their exucation was bad they focused too much on kanto, goh and chloe. goh literally got 60% of episodes which is why we barely saw any ash battles. Team rocket was handled terribly too also lack of focus on other regions and anything the only positive was lots of returing characters

[@chrisclack4258]

with would of been point less since he became the alola region champion

[@hiddenfan-37]

"Ash should compete in the Galar League because it is tradition he always does this quest" premise is like if Cynthia competed in the Unova League while completely ignoring the fact she's already Sinnoh Champion - desperate and hypocritical.

[@xmas345]

The writers should’ve gotten suggestions from the fans. The series would’ve been an epic one.

[@chrisclack4258]

not all humans get that the pokemon anime is A scripted show

[@ChampionBlaze]

"The guy who beat Ash so bad he woke up from his coma." LMFAO. Bro knows comedy! But really good video man, really touched on all the key points that made Pokemon Journeys as bad as it is and why it was so controversial. sadly pokemon journeys will always be the best example of wasted potential.

[@gooey448]

Appreciate it. 100% agree there

[@brilleon]

as a series I'm fine (for now). But the thing is, this is THE LAST time we saw Ash as a protagonist of the Pokemon Anime, but they made the series more focused on Goh. They could make the first half just like the usual Journeys episodes we got, Ash & Goh travelling together, they catch pokemons, gathering pokemon data that the professor ask, Project Mew (let Ash join but as minor character), wrap the first half of the series, then separated, Goh continue to chase his dream &the second half of Journeys anime will be Ash in Galar, introduced to World Tournament, Ash using his previous Pokemons, became the world champions, etc. It will be more interesting as Ash's final good bye. To Older fans too, imagine people who stopped watching Pokemon after AG, then others tell them Ash became the world champion. They wanna experience the story but they have to watch the whole Journeys. Journey have 136 episodes, they could actually divide it into 68:68, or perhaps 100:36

[@Beefyhasanxiety]

Journeys grew on me, when I first saw goh catch a suicune in a mother lovin’ poke ball I was incensed! However after a while…after drizzile’s introversion, rabboot’s akward emo phase, jacked magikarp, grookey’s walk home…I love it

[@numberhunter62]

To be fair, the moment we got Quick Balls we just threw that shit straight away, and unless you're trying catch a Pokemon with really low catch rate you're pretty much guaranteed to catch it. Also, Goh's name kind of gave away which style he was following. It was Pokemon Go, where you didn't battle wild Pokemon at all.

[@hiddenfan-37]

Journeys should not have used an episodic formula, filler episodes, disregard Ash's reserves, as well as over glorifying Kanto. If there's a world travelling premise, the other regions need focus as well. Horizons started fresh and is rectifying all the mistakes Journeys made... About disregard Ash's reserves. Sure, it's great that Ash's Journeys team help beat Leon, and yes, the writers may have proved that "Ash does not need to use his reserves to win the PWC." But, pride comes before the fall, because when Ash finally got to use his reserves after beating Leon, everyone all over the world launched a full scale backlash and condemned the anime for this giant mistake pointing out that Ash should have used his reserves throughout Journeys. Nowadays, the tradition of Ash overusing his current team while ignoring his reserves is now the most hated premise ever. I think that if Ash were to return, he has to have new evolutions in his reserves (looking at you: Meganium, Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Crawdaunt, Floatzel, Garchomp, Samurott, Emboar, Serperior, Scrafty, Gigalith, Seismitoad, Annihilape) as well as be given new captures that the writers still owe Ash (e.g., Flygon, Magnezone, Houndoom, Beartic). A world travelling premise is great but the fact the premise mostly takes in place in Kanto, along with Aim to be a Pokemon Master being a homage to the original series, proved that the writers overglorified Kanto. At least Horizons is resolving some problems by giving more focus in Galar compared to Journeys (so far we got Kabu, Galarian Moltres, Liko gets a Hatenna which is now a Hattrem) along with the Terastal Training taking place in Paldea.

[@Saiyan0X]

The thing of Ash focusing on new Pokemon in every region is ok, as that have allowed Ash to have a very strong and diverse group of Pokemon ready to battle. That is not the problem. The PROBLEM is when he doesn't use them for the main tournament or events, like in the Pokemon Leagues or, in this case, the Pokemon World Championship. Heck, that is one of the first things Brock told Ash during his first Pokemon League: to see the need to change Pokemon between battles to be absolute ready for everything. I like that he did that during the first 4 Leagues (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh), but after that, the rarely changes teams. Like, come on, man! You are facing the WORLD CHAMPION. Use your very best from ALL your Journeys! That would have been a good ending: use the Pokemon from ALL your Journeys... during Pokemon Journeys!

[@hiddenfan-37]

@@Saiyan0X It wasn't in Hoenn League. Ash overused his Hoenn team and failed to fully evolve his Grovyle and Corphish before the League, hence his loss against Tyson. That would be Battle Frontier where Ash does use some of his reserves like Snorlax, Tauros, and Donphan, as well as fully evolving his Grovyle into Sceptile. But the rest, I think there are some reasons why the writers went there: Unova: Ash caught too many Pokemon which meant that most members were not fully evolved and he regressed from Top 4 in Sinnoh to Top 8 in Unova. Just goes to show why trying to prove that Pokemon don't need evolution to get strong, along with claiming that personality and cuteness is what kids want was not worth it. Kalos: Because of the release of ORAS, the writers recycled a lot of story elements from the Hoenn League part of the story (albeit more subtle than BW) and that includes Ash overusing his Kalos team and losing the League, but in this case it was more of not enough practice with Ash-Greninja (Alain had more practice with Mega Charizard X as shown in the Mega Evolution Specials) along with no Mega Evolution for Ash. It took until Journeys for Ash to finally use Mega Evolution. Alola: I'll let that slide since his Alola team help Ash become Champion. PWC: If it's a world travelling premise, besides building a new team, the writers should have let Ash use his reserves throughout Journeys. Instead, the true reward for that stunt was a full scale backlash from fans, which probably went something like this: Writers: "We proved that Ash did not need reserves for PWC, why are you so mad at us?" Fans: You should have let Ash used the reserves and fully evolved all the ones you messed up on!

[@darkdragon7210]

@@Saiyan0X Same here don't mind New Teams each region. As for the Leagues well in Kanto it was his 1st so, he had no reserves, sure he had other pokemon he caught, but do they count as reserves? In Johto he did use his reserves, but that's really only because his Johto Team couldn't carry him all the way, as they underdeveloped. Hoenn he decided to use only his Hoenn Mons. Though he brought some back in BF! Shinnoh he did use his reserves, though I Wish it'd been handled Better. Unova too many overlapping types. Still don't get Palpitoad & Leavanny catches. Tepig was the same story line from all his other Fire Starters. And he Regressed from Top 4 to Top 8 from a sorry that Loss really Stung why O why did they have Ash Lose to Cameron when there were Better Trainers for him to Lose to like Virgil. Kalos The BIG 1!!! The one where he Wins Silver!!! When he should've Won Gold!!! He didn't get Mega Evolution and WORSE they had to Gift him a "Special" Mega Evolution" just so he could keep up is Terrible! That episode title man, I don't think I'll ever get over it. Alola only because of the MASSIVE BACKLASH of Kalos League does he Finally WIN! But the way it was handled was Bad, I mean srsly NO 6v6 Battles? And b4 anyone says, but Ash vs Kukui; well that wasn't a League Battle so it doesn't count! JN should've been 2 seasons. 1st in Galar for a New Galarian Team! Srsly Sir'Fetch'd & Dracovish needed Better Development & they could do that on a Galar Team! 2nd should've been the PWC and Rotating his Reserves! Kinda like Ronin Charizard's What if Ash Won the PWC Rewrite series he has going on.

[@chrisclack4258]

none of the journey anime is not really apost to be fillers

[@WebbedManiac]

Ash typically disregards his reserves because he's supposed to be repping the main series games (just like how Goh reps Pokémon Go). In Johto, Ash was allowed to use his Kanto Pokémon because you, as the player, could also transfer your Gen 1 mons from R/B/Y to Gen 2 G/S/C. He wasn't allowed to take his previous mons to Hoenn because transfer between Gen 2 and Gen 3 wasn't allowed. He could use all of them again in Sinnoh because Gen 3 to Gen 4 transfer was allowed again. Ash becomes a beginner level trainer again in Unova because Gen 5 was meant to be a soft-reboot of the whole franchise.

[@Jadinite-2006]

Here's something that we can agree on, Zactoshi's What If Sw/Sh Anime & Zanolith's (ongoing) Journeys Rewrite is better than this "Official Fanfic".

[@MjWoodland]

Hy😂😂

[@eliaskyriakou6253]

Journeys should be the fan-fiction and one of those two should be canon

[@Jadinite-2006]

@@eliaskyriakou6253 Honestly, They should be both canon.

[@InfamousTrainer]

HEY! That was me! Honestly bro, fantastic video and its awesome to get more viewpoints like this from creators like yourself in the space to see what people REALLY think of this series. Ash DID cheat. 100%!

[@gooey448]

Hey Infamous, that clip I remember watching back when I got back into Pokemon, it was u reacting to episode 25 of journeys, it was so hype then! U guys were the ones who inspired me to make anipoke content. Its possible if u didn't post that vid my channel may not have existed. Anyways thanks for watching

[@kazukigaming2837]

Really great video dude. Really summed up well why I couldnt find much enjoyment watching journeys as much as the other series... except like idk? dragonite hugs, fetch being chad, dracorvish being dracorvish, gengar having such a cool a$ gigantamax, [NO], and final ep being done well.

[@josemolinanavarro5741]

Lucario should have never been caught / hatched

[@swift3520]

the problem can be boiled down to -journeys biting off more than it could chew (which it might have been able to manage if covid never happened olm never got scrambled) -really poor writing at times like they wrote themselves into a corner with steven also the fact this is ash’s last series and the final episodes were nostalgia bait filler was really awful

[@JCardo2502]

I think Journeys was another victim of the Pandemic

[@ZenKrio]

They really should have made the Masters 8 or whatever a much more massive thing. In Gen 4, Ash brought all of his Pokemon in from past gens and used mixed teams of all of them, save for against Paul. Here, he just stuck with the same guys... We should have seen all the OG's coming out to help against each champ.

[@spontaneouswizard358]

I really like seeing longer form videos from you again in all honesty, Gooey! You’re amazing I think. Keep up the amazing work!

[@gooey448]

Thanks for the feedback

[@spontaneouswizard358]

@@gooey448 you’re welcome!

[@WhimsicalLorelei]

Journeys was so mid man 😭. I liked it at the beginning but it ended up being unbelievably disappointing after a while. Journeys had great episodes past season 1 but there was a huge focus issue with the show, mostly to do with important stuff and filler with the main issue being that they'd focus on filler or rush concepts that were actually interesting into only one episode. They also didn't really develop Ash's team at all with Ash mainly focusing on only Lucario and Sirfetch'd and basically sidelining Gengar, Dragonite and Dracovish. Then the production issues caused the Masters Eight to end up being insanely disappointing minus the Cynthia and Leon battles. Anyways great video 👍

[@dominicboscaino5491]

I agree with you, dude it sort of as brilliant. Enjoy your bowl only for it to fumble when it went on just a few more tweaks, then it could’ve been a poor with diamond and pearl and XY as one of if not the best Pokémon series like nothing ever was

[@esteban8471]

I liked Journeys when it was all said and done, but a problem I always had was that it didn't do enough to feel like the end of Ash's adventure. It wasn't until the Masters 8 where it truly felt like this could be the end, and even then there was a good assortment of missed potential.

[@SMG3SNITCH]

in fact, Goh is simply the personification of the very player who wants to catch them all, but sometimes this desire can turn into an obsession (and most importantly, he has almost no stories of catching his Pokemon) which is shown. if Goh had been replaced by Bea, Pokemon journeys probably wouldn't have received so much hate

[@PxpsicleYT]

Fax bro

[@FendaRoblox]

bro, the way he stuffs the XY intro jingle is just iconic

[@EmeraldHoarder]

As someone who watched every episode of every Pokémon series... Except journey's, it was not great, I finished almost all of Journey's but I didnt even make it to master journey's or whatever the heck that was supposed to be

[@Franklyn619]

Here are some of my main criticisms of JN, some people will be incredibly salty with my criticisms. Ash's Pokémon are barely there, one thing all the other series did right, even ones that were not great like AG, BW, and SM had the Pokémon interact with each other, one of my favorite episodes, Tears for Fears is nothing but Pokémon interacting with each other. It seems the only Pokémon Ash has are Lucario and Pikachu, while Goh only has the Galar starters. How Goh catches Pokémon. This one has been talked to death. The way that Goh catches Pokémon goes against the Anime rules of catching them. To catch a Pokémon, you either a, battle it, or b, it agrees to come with you. Yeeting Pokeball's at a Pokémon is not how you are supposed to catch a Pokémon. Another minor gripe is how Goh's Pokémon are registered to the Pokedex , which is not how a pokedex works in the anime. How Ash's character is handled, I have a lot of issues with how Ash was handled in SM and JN, from his stupidity to pitching up his voice. Most of the problems with Ash in JN started in SM, where they make him the butt monkey of both the SM and JN groups, meaning he is the butt of every demeaning joke and his stupidity is played for cheap laughs. The anime really needs to stop playing Ash's stupidity for laughs in general, it's not funny and it a poor attempt at humor. Who ever thought it was a good idea to pitch up Ash's voice in SM and JN should be fired. In essence, they took everything bad about Ash in SM and cranked it up to eleven. Pacing problems, JN has a lot of pacing problems. Their is a lot of filler episodes, like a lot, it just feels like it is just a slog to get through. Another thing is how JN tries to cram everything into 1 to two episodes when it would be better to have a multi episode arc. A good example of this is for the BDSP episodes, that should have been more than two episodes. Chloe, she is pretty much sidelined in the series, she pretty much cannot decide whether she wants to travel with Ash and Goh or not. She had a lot of potential as a character, but it has been squandered, with JN having 30-40 episodes left, I do not see anything changing yet. Nostalgia bating, a lot of characters were promised to return in the series. For the most part, they have delivered on that end. However, it seems that they are only having characters return to keep fans who do not like the creative direction watching the show. It is like they know that people do not like the show and the characters, so it feels like they are dangling character returns like a carrot. Gary, Iris, Dawn, and Ash's old Pokémon have returned in the series, the only one who got a meaningful return in my opinion is Dawn, the rest, the studio shoved the characters in an episode and called it as day. They are now teasing much more returns, Greninja, Bonnie, Clement, and Paul. Hopefully these are good returns and the studio is not just dangling a carrot to keep people watching.

[@GameFreakSucks]

Glad I’m not the only one that has an issue with the nostalgia baiting, it’s literally just “remember this, remember that” and in some cases it’s just briefly, also for whatever reasons some returning Pokémon evolve off screen not even a flashback and it’s also a complete waste that some of ash’s pokemon don’t evolve at all, Screw JN

[@gooey448]

Pretty much agree with most said here

[@mightza3781]

I'd argue Dawn wasn't that meaningful since it seemed like she just woke up from being cryogenically frozen since BW. No new Pokemon, evolutions or accomplishments compared to the other companions. Iris became a Champion, May and Serena became idols; May couldn't even speak because her VA retired. PokeMas Dawn was a more meaningful return. It would have been forgiveable if the excuse was that she was trapped in Hisui in all that time and got to evolve her Quillava.

[@brickbanditstudios6037]

THANK YOU! Goh, Pokémon broke the number one rule that was established in the earliest days of Pokémon! Which is battling first then catching! As for Ash, don’t know why they have to switch up the voice for. And don’t get me started with him searching for data on the FLOOR! And with nostalgia baiting, yeah… they were just playing with us like that. Some got some development when they’ve separated from Ash but others got nothing that they’ve changed at all. Not the best series like in the levels of D&P or X&Y series, but not the worse than what happened with the B&W series.

[@rising4383]

Tbf, with Goh, the reason why he was catching pokemon without fighting a lot of them was cause he was supposed to be the character for pokemon Go players, as to why is name is Goh & how the catching is reminiscent of pokemon Go.

[@aganbraganca4156]

only goh has that power to do so other trainers had to defeat pokemon to catch them ash did many times and failed

[@meyeneetuks4680]

Thats still stupid.

[@Powertoninetynine]

It would have made more sense if he caught Pokémon that his friends had but heading at the chance to catch.

[@someonecool8533]

lil bro ash just said: "aight we getting strapped this time."

[@LiamFSkyhunter]

Shoutout to the episode where Ash reunited with Serena. Bets episode in all of Journeys

[@eliaskyriakou6253]

Imagine how good it would have been if they reunited for more than 1 minute

[@parvkaurav7973]

Yeah

[@JustGre3d]

That episode was literally garbage..

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

7:01 Thomas did this in its first and fourth seasons, mashing two stories into one adaptation. Thomas did this so much better because the stories… actually had something to do with each other (for the most part.)

[@limo651]

Wait the tank engine that got that ABSOLUTELY AWFUL reboot back in 2021?

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

@@limo651 Yep. That’s the one.

[@mannyegarica12]

Goh is the representative for the player and the audience who plays Pokémon GO that's his whole gimmick and story plot. Which Pokémon GO doesn't really have a story unless you do the event.

[@disneyboy3030]

What event? I didn't play the game.

[@kevinbogdan9301]

What Journeys should've done is: Having the series taking it's time & not rushing it. No pointless filler episodes, more Galar representation Ash catching more pokemon than just 5 pokemon. Ash should've had the following new pokemon in my opinion: 1. Pikachu 2. Dragonite 3. Gengar 4. Lucario 5. Sirfetch'd 6. Dracovish 7. Rillaboom 8. Inteleon 9. Cinderace 10. Flygon 11. Tyranitar 12. Corviknight 13. Zoroark 14. Zeraora 15. "Nebby" Solgaleo - Officially catching it 16. Lugia 17. Latios 18. Latias And Ash should've also used all his other past pokemon in the WCS & evolving them, & got back his Primeape, Greninja Also he should've gotten the chance to battle & beat more Elite 4 members, beat his past league rivals he lost against, & beat the other pokemon league champion winners. And also battle & beat Regional Champs Lance & Diantha Not have Goh hogging half the attention, Not making it so easy for Goh to catch a legendary, he wasted Grookey, Project Mew should've been more his main goal from the start. Chloe should've been better developed & had a real goal & caught more pokemon like the Galarian Ponyta, Hatterene Team Rocket was terrible: They should've been how they were in Black & White & at the end, finally leaving Team Rocket

[@armantrto180]

Journeys should've been regular series, because Ash winning Alola league, definitely doesn't mean he's champion level. Especially since this is Alola league which has James in Top 8 and final battle is 3 vs 3. Journeys should've been Ash beating gyms but gyms are much stronger than previous gym and him losing in Galar league to Peony in Top 4. Making him officially Elite Four level trainer. Gen 9 was perfect for Ash, that he wants to train to become champion as he becomes one by beating Nemona and Geeta. This is perfect Ash's progression. Then, Gen 10 would be PWC in which Ash wins entire thing and gets replaced by new kids.

[@hiddenfan-37]

Giving Ash all three Galar starters would have been a horrible idea, since this was the reason why Ash's Johto and Unova teams failed (I know Ash had all three starters in Kanto as well, but people should have realized it only worked once). Plus, since Ash is Champion, giving him new starters is pretty much a permanent downgrade in his skills and each Galar starter given to Ash would have ran the risk of being a lazy clone. (I am also aware that Leon had all three Galar starters but Leon likely obtained them prior to becoming Galar Champion). Cinderace: We already had Charizard and Infernape and I think the writers want another male protagonist besides Ash to have a Current Gen Fire Starter as an ace, since May has Blaziken and Serena has Delphox. Inteleon: It does have GMax, but giving Ash a GMax Inteleon would have been seen as a lazy repeat of Ash's Greninja (Water starter with super form). Rillaboom: Cool but it does run the risk of being a Sceptile clone, plus we've seen Ash obtain a lot of Grass starters and the writers needed someone else to have a Grass starter ace. Grookey is the main reason why Liko's Sprigatito had to evolve.

[@aganbraganca4156]

i wished ash caught latias and latios when he saved them missed opportunity

[@Prada_Giratina]

I actually enjoyed Chloe. I know she and Eevee were there to appeal to female viewers, but it was nice since she also was someone who wasn’t interested in Pokémon. Plus, bringing back Pokémon contests felt very refreshing. If it wasnt for Chloe’s intro in Journeys, I don’t know if anyone would’ve been optimistic about Liko in Horizons.

[@fennekinenjoyer]

Chloe should have been a travel companion, sadly they didn’t use her to her full potential

[@Hedgie3]

Don't forget that another thing that was so bad about Pokemon Journeys is the fact that that was when the writers got into totally ruining the personalities of the Team Rocket trio and didn't fix that up! In previous seasons Jessie, James, and Meowth were doing things that caused a fanbase for them to be created, then those writers totally messed those 3 characters up in Journeys by having them only do annoying bad stuff instead of having them continue to behave on screen as the likable and sympathetic antagonists who would do silly bad stuff and also good stuff and cared about the Pokemon that they had with them, which they had been seen as in most of the previous seasons of the Pokemon anime. It sucks that that trio were done dirty in Journeys too.

[@SMCwasTaken]

And they never gave Ash an Eevee I will never forgive them for teasing us with those Eevee shorts

[@disneyboy3030]

Actually there were times where that did happen. An example being the Ditto.

[@SMCwasTaken]

@@disneyboy3030 is that the weird duck thing from Kingdom Hearts?

[@disneyboy3030]

@@SMCwasTaken ......... no. It's a shapshifting Pokémon.

[@swordmaster305]

Goh as a character in of itself to tie in Pokémon Go is not bad by all means. However, the way they did it for Ash last journey was a disservice to fans. Ash last journey really should just been him alone for once and going around doing different things solo and discovering things in his own that lead to him becoming a top champion. This was the moment but they blew it up because of the Pokémon Go mechanic when we all know at some point the game could eventually shut down. This is something a last journey in terms of story should have ended on because now people will look back and be like “oh journeys ash last series and it’s majors ties to Pokémon go that we can’t longer play” when decades come later. This is my issue with this.

[@eyez274]

Go reminded me a bit of Crystal in the manga at first as her thing was that all pokemons were catchable if you knew where to trow and how to trow the ball. But. . . well, even she had problems at times to catch and had to start over after her arms got hurt. But Go. . . let's be honest here, has master balls, only master balls that he paints into pokeballs.

[@farosso_448]

I swan dived off a cliff but Gooey uploaded so i paused mid air

[@gooey448]

Lol

[@omarmendez0402]

How and what do you think future seasons (Horizons onwards) should be to not do the same mistakes as Journeys (even tho we all know Ash is no longer in the anime)?

[@gooey448]

Well, Horizons seems to be doing better than journeys in almost all compartments and it’s doing well even without ash, so idk. The problem is that Ash was such a big part of the anime he took half the viewers with him when he left lol

[@NicoAlphaZ]

​@@gooey448I'm Agreed. Liko is better than a Reseted Ash.

[@brettthomas4700]

My biggest problem is that they didn’t bring back grainjaia cause I got so excited when I saw him teaching lucario BUT NOOOOOO THEY HAD TO CRUCH MY 7 YEAR OLD SELF RETURNING TO ME

[@nightmarearcade2663]

Something that genuinely annoyed me about journeys was the masters 8 tournament. Due to the series wanting to have Ash and Goh travel throughout all the regions it leaves so little time for Galar and when we actually do get to Galar it feels like any other romp specifically because of the masters 8 tournament. Galar in the games treated the pokemon league like this massive deal. Gym leaders were treated like sports celebrities, challengers were treated like rising stars, and of course we had the trainer cards. But with the tournament being worldwide and being broadcasted everywhere it takes away what made Galar stand out from the other regions resulting in it feeling like more of The same.

[@havingfunwithelijah214]

Hi! As a certified journeys defender allow me to say some counter points to yours. 1. ASH DID NOT CHEAT, Leon said you can use all three then management said you can use all three and once Ash agreed the rules were changed so both sides could use all three thus allowing Leon to use a second G-max when Eternatus gave that a reset. 2. Even if he used all three he actually need those as all of Leon's Pokemon are as strong as a champions ace, so Ash using all three at the end of the day gives him the power to Level the playing field plus Charizard vs Pikachu had no gimmicks just two Pokemon going at it. 3. Alain did very well for being the weakest in the masters 8, he used 1 super effective move from his ace to take out Rillaboom who went on to tank multiple hits from future opponents Alain took it out with one super effective move from chestnaught and one from his Charizard which is the best performance against it we saw. 4. It didn't disrespect Paul he helped Ash train for the WCS and he also would have got swept by Leon if he was there. 5. The episodic nature has one benifit and that you can just watch the episodes you like you don't have to watch the ones you don't want too, which is how I will watch it in the future. 6. Goh can do that because he is go as in Pokemon go, so he can catch Pokemon like you can in Pokemon go, plus the hunter weakened Suicune for him then it chose to stay. 7. Chloe was cool as a what am I going to do character, it is really just the ending that is disappointing but aside from that she was good, especially in the last 2 episode in JN where she appreciates her Eevee for helping her grow. 8. Like I said before you can skip filler I any series but in a episodic anime you can skip it even more if you don't want to watch it, personally the filler doesn't bother me as if it were to just appear randomly on TV you can just sit down and watch it and have 20 minutes of fun. 9. The best part of journeys that helped me appreciate it is when you see a episode of JN on tv and not batch watching on Netflix, you can just watch it and enjoy it, as it was intended, but if you are watching on Netflix you can just skip all the bad and go straight to the good nothing is stopping you. 10. The fact that Ash beat all these champions was cool, in fact the only bad battle was Leon vs Diantha because we didn't get to see it all, thanks to some kid getting lost. 11. While the best part may have been the returning characters, there is more to like then just, but it does provide nice world building by having show up like with Iris, but also by having them show up it proves Pokemon is interconnected, some people think dp Ash and every Ash after is not the same Ash but that is not the case. 12. Back to Paul, they say let's battle again sometime to most of not all of the people Ash has battled against so that does not mean they are going to battle again. 13. Pokemon does remember who Paul is that's why they had him come back to train his Pokemon alongside his old Pokemon, because they know only Paul can do that. 14. Ash forgets Pokemon typings all the time even in the previous series Alola he forgets poison moves don't work on steel types, it is just apart of his character. 15. Again the strength of episodic is you can watch the episodes you like and I think that is how you should watch JN on the future, the Ash gets a Pokemon Episodes, the Ash fights in the WCS episodes, a episode where a Pokemon evolves, and the masters Tournament, plus MPM because Ash uses old Pokemon there and I know lots of people like that. 16. Ash is a champion now. He can train his newbie Pokemon up to champion level I'm sure if Cynthia started with a new team she could do the same and no one would complain but because it's Ash everyone complains. 17. It is in Ash's character to raise up a new team each gen it should not be a surprise. Plus once he beat Cynthia and got permission to use all of his tools he showed why he took the time to earn them and that pays off, as he now is ready to face Leon both at full power,and in the end the best one vs one happened and that had nothing to rely on, Ash's Pikachu is just better then Leon's Charizard. 18. He cheated because you can't do that. YES HE CAN THE RULES WHERE CHANGED TO SO IT WAS LEGAL TO DO THAT, THATS THE WHOLE POINT. 19. He clearly didn't need to use his old Pokemon and infact if he did just swap out his JN team for his old Pokemon at the masters Tournament he would have lost round 1 only the JN team have the power to stand up to champions. 20. Lastly the journeys team trained constantly for the battle vs Leon and so they earned the win. I hope you have a good day and to anyone who read all this thank you.

[@gooey448]

I get where ur coming from. But for me I prefer the linear path of pokemon instead of episodic formatting. Even if u like all the characters, choices and such. I still think how they used to do it was a much more enjoyable and consistent story. But some will prefer the episodic format and others won’t. Journeys is very split because of this because it’s definitely an acquired taste.

[@havingfunwithelijah214]

​​@@gooey448ah yes, this comment and you only respond to one part of it lol, totally understand if you read it but only have one thing to say, as I did make twenty points. Thanks for reading my comment and replying as I never expected a reply, even if you did end up reading it. :D

[@Nazmi-xy6np]

Stupid toxic gou midoriya stan fans is here ​@@havingfunwithelijah214

[@disneyboy3030]

​@@gooey448I wonder what did you think about the rest of his points in the message.

[@geoffreygeorge999]

while I do agree that it was legal, what I didnt like was ash didnt win the world championship under the same conditions as leon. And to the point that each of his pokemon are equal to a champions ace, DO YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAS MULTIPLE POKEMON THAT ARE ON THAT LEVEL. RIGHT ASH. ASH HAS CHARIZARD, INFERNAPE, GRENINJA,PICKACHU,SCEPTILE, AND MULTIPLE ALOLAN POKEMON. BUT INSTEAD HE HAD TO USE MULTIPLE INEXPERIENCED GALAR POKEMON. THEY COULD HAVE MAD A CONVINCING ASH WIN WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS AS LEON BUT THEY DIDNT. THATS WHAT I HATE.

[@Arrzex]

Goh's starter pokemon thing is messy. At first the writers decided they didn't want Goh to have a starter. But then they changed they're mind and gave him Scorbunny. But then they changed they're mind and tried to remove Scorbunny by evolving Scorbunny into the less included Raboot. But THEN they switched it again by kinda giving him a pokemon again by giving him Sobble. It's a MESS!

[@ShayYuichi]

Glad I wasn't the only one who inwardly felt like Ash did not deserve the win against Leon. I was really hyped for how Journeys started. It felt nice to meet new characters. What really started to make me think the show had problems was when go caught Suicune in a pokeball that easily. I was in shock and disbelief and it somehow triggered me. And then the later half, i was bored with the project Mew arc since it didn't catch my attention unless it had Gary there. And don't even get me started with the Masters 8 arc. In my opinion, it was handled poorly with the exceptions of a few battles. Any of Ash's battles felt like plot armor or the writers had to make the opponent hold back to give Ash even a chance at winning

[@firemiracle]

Despite its flaws, I honestly still enjoyed journeys. Sure I wish it would’ve been better but I still had fun while watching it, and ash becoming world champion has made me the most happiest I have ever felt thru the whole anime. But yeah I won’t deny that this series in the anime isn’t perfect and there are things that I wish were done better like having all of ash’s travel companions and rivals in the actual stadium to watch him battle Leon. For Goh, I do understand that his whole gimmick is Pokemon go, but it still feels unfair that he could catch so many pokemon way too easily while ash always struggled to battle them before catching them. As for Chloe… man out of all the pokegirls, her conclusion was dumb. She wasn’t interested to become a pokemon researcher just like her dad during the start of the series and that’s exactly what she decides to do, like what??… and the fact that her eevee didn’t even evolved was disappointing. And the two eleven minute fillers were so dumb and unnecessary. Heck, I’m even disappointed that Paul (the rival who I freaking hate and refuse to forgive him for abusing my fire baby chimchar) wasn’t in the championship, it’s like the writers forgot what Cynthia said back in the sinnoh series of hoping to see ash and Paul battle again in the championships. And of course, it makes me sad that Jessie James and meowth refused to quit team rocket and continue to get pikachu. It’s sad because honestly those three really deserve to have a happy ending, quit team rocket and live a humble life by doing something that they can actually be good at, like why not sell malasadas just like they did in sun and moon?? It would’ve been cute that they could have an actual good business that can gain a lot of attention and that way they can no longer struggle with getting money. Like butch and Cassidy did do that and it makes me happy for them, so it’s unfair that Jessie James and meowth are still working for team rocket 😢 But yea, despite all those flaws, I still enjoyed journeys. It’s not as good as the other series in the anime but it’s still a series that always puts me in a good happy mood just like sun and moon 😊

[@KuroBlitz]

Great Video, Gooey!

[@gooey448]

Thanks Kuro!

[@jammerjab]

i only watched about 70 episodes of journeys then I just gave up

[@hajrakhatoon7459]

Personally galar had more potential to show then the Pokemon company did. Like not giving a fucking starter to ash and many other things like disrespecting the characters. And its also kinda similar to horizon quite paced. And how weak Ash would have been without all those mega evo,dynamax and z moves. I mean the battle was great and the animation as well but the thing is that ash is quite weak without those gimmick and then the company decides to give ash a sendoff which also wasnt proper. Ash still has like a lot room to grow. He wouldn't have beaten leon without the use of all those gimmicks.

[@dragoonslayeranimations1369]

one of the things i didnt like about pokemon journeys is Ash completely forgetting the fact he already met Ho-oh AND that he also was like "oh i dont wanna catch any pokemon, pikachu is enough for me 🙄" while in all the other series he always battled and caught pokemon like WHAT?? Also why is Goh the "catch em all" in this series? Like hell nah, i dropped in episode 5

[@spectralight8412]

I literally watched Best Wishes and Journeys for Dawn’s returns.

[@arthurfortunato8289]

An extra review, the Journeys writers clearly hated XY. There's no hiding itOnly the XY characters were used to make the others look strong. -Alain was disrespected to look like amateurs as ladders for the disgrace of the worst character in the franchise Leon. Even Raihan fought better against Leon, he didn't even interact with Ash. -Drasna only appeared to lose to Ash without development. -Korrina only served to make Bea look good -The episode of Serena's return was one of the worst episodes ever in the all anime. The entire episode was dedicated to Chloe, who no one cares about. Ash and Serena interacted for only 5 seconds. -The Ash-Greninja form was retold and wasn't even shown. -Wikstrom only served as a ladder for Ash, not delivering any development. -Diantha was disrespected by the same disgraceful fad who only wins because of Leon's script, to the point of looking amateurish by completely ruining her, even though she was the champion of the region.

[@spidermooncake5563]

Too bad that they didn’t have extra time like with Pokemon xyz because the reason why xyz was so good is because they had so much time with it, too back that journeys didn’t have that extra time too..

[@cjdarksoul911]

Lots of people already made their suggestions in here but I think I'll add mine as well: - Nearly everyone already talked about Galar getting incredibly ignored on this series which I think was a detriment. I definitely wouldn't have minded going to other regions at times but the focus should've been on Galar. I think the way to obviously mesh showing off the cities and gym leaders and the PWC is obviously having all of them competing and having Ash going through them as he scales through the ratings letting us see them appear in full force since they are fighting for a serious tournament instead of handing out badges and it still allows Ash to focus on battles with gyms from other regions from time to time. - In regards to Ash not using his reserves, I just don't get it at all. He basically got to where he's at because of them and they could've used Journeys to finish some storylines or evolves Pokemon (imagine Ash having a Quilava, having the PLA special having him evolve it into a H-Typhlosion or Scraggy fully mastering Focus Blast and evolving). Hell, you could've even had storylines between the old and new Pokemon basically explaining that Ash's Galar team is ridiculously strong because they are getting power-trained by all of Ash's combined older Pokemon. Lots of potential to also use a combination of new and old Pokemon to show off on those PWC matches to show off new moves and let the newbies get more experience and absorb tactics. I can even imagine the final version of his team being given a fair chance at going after Leon after several of Ash's strongest reserves helped clear people like Steven and Cynthia. - Goh's place not just on this arc but the series in itself is so weird because while I understand "Gotta catch 'em all" is the motto for the games it feels very different in the anime where Pokemon clearly have backstories and personalities. Uprooting them as frivolously as Goh seemingly does just because he wants them feels really off compared to basically every other main crew character we've had until now and it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth plus it felt the Project Mew arc stole far too much time from the main thing we wanted to see in the end which was the PWC which didn't help matters and just led to people skipping those episodes altogether. - Chloe was mishandled like crazy, I don't even understand why she went through this whole adventure of choosing a path for herself and then still deciding to help her dad despite that not being her calling. Like, why did we even waste time on all of this? Aside from shilling Eevee, of course. Overall I get the vibe of Journeys and appreciate what it was trying to do but I don't like how poorly handled it ended up being. Definitely will be rewatching bits and pieces but not much more. PS: wish instead of catching Sirfetch'd Ash would've gotten a Blipbug since he never had a Psychic-type and it would've been fun to see him train an actually weak Pokemon with no confidence into a powerful Orbeetle.

[@samuraiyt21]

Yaaay a new gooey vid

[@Abner-gu3ve]

Damn. That’s tough. I still loved Journeys 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@DaRedPanda]

i personally enjoy journeys a lot. i think the only point i agree with is that ash never used his older pokemon in the world coronation series and masters 8 as someone who tries to complete pokedexes, i like goh. i think the problem most viewers have is that it was such a major shift in the formula

[@kingboomc]

I mean I know Go was kinda breaking the show by catching everything he saw but maybe he was made to imitate us playing the game

[@meyeneetuks4680]

Pretty sure he was meant as a walking ad for “pokemon go” game. Gotta Catch em all

[@Knightmare0259]

Restarting Ash's journey for his final series was a mistake. We could have seen bigger rematches with his toughest opponents, witness the learning and rise of Goh as Ash's student, and seen Ash use his old teams and recruit his best hitters from previous series for the Championship. Instead, we got subpar callbacks, a Goh who is as disconnected as Pokemon GO, and another confusing Ash timeline that ends with him defeating trainers with far more experience and knowledge in battle based on what we saw in the show.

[@TheMiles65]

While I personally don’t think it’s the worst series, and was hype during many of the highs, I have many problems with it including: 1. Kinda disrespecting past characters and pokemon (I.e. Alain and greninja) 2. The choice to not rotate Pokemon especially after they hinted it was gonna happen 3. Weak side character stories that led nowhere (…Chloe) 4. Go. I didn’t hate him, but I found his episodes to be way less interesting and often found myself skipping over them. Overall, he’s probably one of my least fav companions. 5. Some of the choices during the world tournament didn’t make much sense to me from a narrative perspective. For example, the matchups didn’t really seem right. Think it would’ve been better for Iris to battle a “dragon master” like Lance supposedly is or Ash getting his get back with Alain. Even Cynthia’s choice to not use mega garchomp seemed weird and made it so it felt like ash didn’t beat her at her “best”. 5. The tournament overall also felt lackluster because it skipped over fights. Alain had half an ep to get stomped and Lance vs Diantha literally occurred in the background of an episode.

[@chuumon95]

The one thing I didn’t like about Pokemon Journeys is that it felt more like an adaptation of Pokemon Go than Sword & Shield and there was a lot of focus on old Pokemon as not all of the Gen 8 Pokemon appeared. Plus no movies for it. The one with Zarude should’ve taken place within the main series. I saw no point in movie reboots. Whats more is the GS Ball plot was never resolved and Team Rocket is still active. I always imagined how the Pokemon anime would end (or at least Ash’s story) and was always hoped it would be the take down of the whole Team Rocket organization and Ash’s father would be involved too.

[@disneyboy3030]

I guess that's what happens when you release two games at the same time.

[@chasetanner4822]

I Think with Pokemon journey, the pokemon company DOESN'T KNOW how to make a series that doesn't follow a league of some kind. So they where most-likely struggling the whole time and wondering where to take the series if it doesn't follow the pokemon league formula. Most likely they got so used to the pokemon league formula of the series, that they don't know how to write anything else. I believe they mastered the pokemon league formula of the show in pokemon xyz and then had to write a similar but not the same formula for Sun and moon. Most likely when it was announced that instead of going back to the pokemon league formula for galar, it would be journeys instead. The writer panicked because they couldn't think of anything original anymore so they had the journey focus on fanservice not realizing that it has been so long that they ended up making mistakes during the fanservice. Long story short. The Pokemon show creators are unable to make anything that isn't following some kind of League formula so that is why journey sucks. It was the pokemon show creators ONLY attempt to do a series WITHOUT a league formula to follow. Pokemon has been going on for SO LONG... that the show creator can't think of anything that doesn't follow the pokemon league formula in some way. Pokemon journey is basically designed like a spin-off of the pokemon anime in ever way except officially.

[@janusvandehok]

Goh secretly used master balls disguised as normal Poké balls

[@jayjayjonny5043]

One of the reasons Journey's was so bad, was because they focused so much more on Goh than Ash, when this is literally Ash's show, this is his final season why tf are you focusing on Goh? Goh was also just not likable, as you mentioned.

[@hesleyrokemon4528]

Although it felt like Ash cheated, which I do agree with, being able to use as many gimmicks as each trainer can is the way to really have a battle of true strength. If Ash was only able to use one, he wouldn’t be using all of his power, since two other gimmicks would be eliminated, it’s not Ash’s fault that Leon only has access to Dynamax

[@jonathanchen4987]

To be fair, Leon was the one who allowed Ash to use all of his Gimmicks.

[@Kingmar06]

@@jonathanchen4987it was a great battle either way tbh

[@jonathanchen4987]

@@Kingmar06 Agreed.

[@imboredthatyimhere]

“In what world does ash not know type” I mean I still remember when he beat a ground type with a electric move and “not a type but he did use attract on a female emolga with his female snivy lmao

[@BillStarrs]

Bro this guy hates every series except xyz 😭💀, (I am joking) journeys was actually quite entertaining in the way it brought all the old characters together in one series then again into the ash vs leon finale, XYZ was 10/10 writing and characters but 6/10 for how much I enjoyed it. I know some episodes from Journey's were the most boring and lazy episodes in Pokémon History but overall it was fun and really cool but I really didn't enjoy a character too much like Goh in particular but the best thing about journeys was about how they rounded off ash's adventure, the the first season theme song from Journeys though🥶🥶

[@BillStarrs]

first part was a joke

[@lizer5253]

1 - Literally the region he is champion of didn't even go there to watch him. 2 - A lucario that randomly beats a Garchomp that has years of experience is straight bs 3 - Many pokemon got completely ignored when they could have got their time to shine 4 - His team seems to be the strongest yet it's the most recent one (Are you serious?) 5 - 3/4 of his traveling friends didn't care about him being the champion he always dreamed about 6 - Legendary pokemon aren't as legendary as they once were since they're seen way too frequently as no big deal

[@happaxgamma]

Journeys does nostalgia-baiting almost as bad as modern SpongeBob does, and that series nostalgia baits all the time now.

[@rishikreddy-gs7hf]

Finnally a video❤

[@goldenyoshistar1]

Journeys ruined the best part of Pokemon... if it isn't the massive hate of Black and White or Sun and Moons different animation style, Journeys with it's "fanservice" finale that ruined it. If I could go back in time, I'd go back in time and have the writers and producers change alot of things with journeys. 0) only 1 thing I would keep, is Ash's Journey still ending. Changes/Fixes I'd make 1) Team Rocket is as threatening as ever, and has all their previous mons, as well as new ones. Meowth actually finally learns some new attacks, making him actually a far stronger Meowth than before. (I get rid of the Rocket Gacha Machine since that was honestly a shitty idea) I'd also make Giovannni have a few apperances, and maybe even have him take Ash on in a full on battle. 2) Get rid of Goh and Chloe... those 2 characters, ruined the show in their own way.... some more than others. 3) Even if I kept Ash's entire team, I'd have ALL of Ash's Pokemon plus the newcomers and even ones he never caught make appearances and appear on his team throughout the series. For example, an episode might feature Ash with his Charizard, and the next his Infernape. I wouldn't leave his entire team at Oaks Lab until after the champions tournament. I'd use them and have them be there to help grow his "journeys" team to becoming the strongest team yet. 4) I wouldn't make Leon Ash's final opponent. I'd still have the tourney go similar, but I'd make it more than just Top 8. I'd make it a full on League where the Top 512 trainers duke it out to see who is the Champion. I'd have Ash have a chance to battle some of his rivals that he has lost to and won against. Paul, Trip, Cameron, Harrison, Heck Gary Oak gets one last clash. Ash would use all of his Pokemon and every single match would be 3v3 until the Top 16, then with Ash there, he'd battle his 4 opponents (as he wins them) in 6v6 matches. Ash would fight not Steven Stone, but Alain in a rematch, Ash would fight Cynthia in the Semi-finals, and Ash would also fight maybe Lance or Iris in the Top 8. Ash's finals would be against Leon... But after Ash beats Leon, that would be when Tobias would be reintroduced and be used in a 4 part episode where Ash has to defeat the previous Grand Master. Ash lost to him badly in their first battle, so now Ash has to defeat Tobias. Ash's full team chosen to take on Tobias, and all of his other pokemon. Though, have mentions of this trainer appear throughout the series, and although Ash knows about the Darkrai and Latios, have some trainers mention, this guy used "insert a legendary pokemon" and completely wiped the floor with me. This would allow Ash to plan his team out to beat Tobias... and he'd win in a close match. 5) Legends Arceus Arc would be longer and Ash would have his Oshawot, Rowlet, and Quilava evolve into the hisuian forms to help promote Legends Arceus. 6) (optional) If Ash is to catch a legendary, I'd pick a legendary or two that I feel would fit Ash perfectly, and even if Ash didn't use them in his major battles, if Ash had them on his team and trained with them, that would be fine.

[@hewo6598]

Omg I remember when I used to watch you years ago during covid! Your channel was the one thing keeping me going 😭 I'm glad to have rediscovered you And yeah...journeys got boring a little within midpoint of the series

[@Metalseadraking]

My personal problem with Pokemon Journeys is that it brings all possible characters back for a "rewind of the best" kinda deal but doesnt give the same amount of respect to Ashs pokemon that we watched alongside with him like Infernape or Sceptile Instead it gives Ash a completely new team (minus pikachu obviously) that one of them, namely gengar, repeats a story beat 2 previous pokemon of Ash already had with Tepig and Charmander.and maybe its just me, but I dislike how seperated the supposed "team" feels like. That feeling mostly stemming from the time Ash rather spent his time offscreening wallace with no difficulty yet somehow completely missing out on Chloes big event. Thats just one example though that comes trough my mind. Maybe there are more episodes that I missed. I did mention it before, but I really dislike that Ash got a new team. I would have loved to see him assemble teams from what he already had made to fight the right opponents, still struggling because they knew it was coming or something ash didnt account for, but still coming out as the victor. I would have loved to see his all stars returning. For example Primeape after decades of being "In training" from the first season could have come back as Annihilape as a teaser for the next gen. (Not saying as a teaser for the anime with him cuz it ends here, but just generally for the next generation) I would have preferred him using his old pokemon rather than giving him fan favorites, because I think him using pokemon that aren't neceassily super popular pokemon can give them a day in the spotlight too, meanwhile fan favorites are already super popular. Now I'm saying this as my own opinion and I think it's fine if you like what I dislike. And I can totally think of reasons why they would give ash a new team rather than him using old pokemon, like newer viewers wouldnt need to watch decade old episodes to understand ashs relationship with certain pokemon.

[@manndesai6566]

At the start of journeys there was a battle between leon and lance.. This was finals of the previous world coronation series.. Y wasn't that battle 6v6??

[@Chaoskingdonovan]

I’m sorry but I’m a germ believer that ash needed plot armor to beat Leon and Sythia they made it to were garchomp didn’t go mega and had ash use 3 gimicks while Leon used 1 I’m not saying ash didn’t earn his wins I’m saying the writers went about it wrong

[@BubblesChika]

*Cynthia,* but otherwise yes

[@PeruvianPotato]

*Cynthia

[@Chaoskingdonovan]

@@PeruvianPotato SHHHUUUUUUUT

[@SonicSatamAnimations]

I, personally, believe he didn’t deserve the win. I mean come on, no ten year old by any logic should win the freaking WORLD COORDINATION I would argue they should have aged ash a little first, then he should have won. It shouldn’t just be meaningful; it should be realistic

[@Alzilla09]

I’m not going to lie…Pokémon Journeys had so much potential yet they squandered it! I had no problem with go yet I found him annoying at times. Chloe was whatever…Ash’s team was good but lacked something I can’t put my finger on it. Also I did like that most of the older characters returned yet most were underutilized. Aim to be a Master was nothing but nostalgia pandering while it’s great we got the original trio however I wish they could have done more before Ash left. I wish we had a better ending where all of Ash’s companions met. I hated how May didn’t reunite with Ash, I hated how Serena’s reunion with Ash was short! I also didn’t like the disrespect towards Alain and Diantha. Seriously why the XY hate?! Not to mention Hoen was done dirty. Pokémon journey’s had interesting ideas and concepts yet sadly was a disappointment in the end. I did enjoy it for the most part but it had a lot to be desired. And for Ash’s final journey it’s pretty disappointing. But I am liking Horizons a lot more. Ash or no Ash, Pokémon is still Pokémon.

[@cipher-one]

Since you brought up Paul, it brings to mind one of my biggest issue with Journeys (Goh the little shit that he is aside) which was the fact that Ash has no real rivals for what's supposed to be his final series. Yeah Leon exists but he's really more the final boss and doesn't have much a strong history/relationship with Ash either, and the old rivals that did reappear were basically an afterthought in the grand scheme of things (Paul/Alain). One of Pokemon's defining story beats is the competition between the MC and their Rival, so it would have been really great if we got that again for Ash, and personally I would have loved it if say it was Gary. Say the latter decided to come out of retirement temporarily cause he thought it'd be fun to compete in the tournament and against Ash for old time's sake. It would have been a great book end if Ash's last main rival was his first.

[@_Ikelos]

-extremely ugly artstyle -gender ambiguous main companion -story bashes the established characters and nerfs them in order to prop up the new mary sue character -story is a funeral service for the established characters, and isn't even respectful about it yea sounds like a Netflix series hostile corporate takeover

[@greyscaleadaven]

Journeys is the definition of a mixed bag for me. Not the best, not the worst. Loved the Darkest Day arc, it built well and had a narratively satisfying twist from the games. It was also cool to see them desperately fighting off dynamaxed pokemon like Kaijus, especially since all we got about this portion of the story ingame was a postcard. Leon and Rose were written surprisingly well, and it felt grand for Ash to be meeting such important figures at this stage of his journey. There were also a lot of cool explored locations like dynamax battling outside of a crumbling arena, a coal mine, and the containment unit for Eternatus itself. Aura with Ash was also handled very well, loved that whole parallel between Gren and Lucario, and it not only explained something unclear from XYZ but also created a deserving scenario for Ash to obtain mega evolution. Goh had his moments as well, Mew Project was a very good idea to give him a clear objective to chase. It just felt like he was going a whole lot of nowhere the entire anime, and it at least gave him direction and an organization to bounce off of for intrigue in his story. Don't even get me started on the potential Chloe had as a foil. I just wish there was more substance from episode to episode, and that they committed more to plot directions. It honestly felt like a losing gamble to tune into it every week, because a good 70% of the time it was filler that didn't contribute to any plot points. It's okay to have that be like 30% or something, and SuMo is proof enough that if you litter purpose and meaning behind filler it becomes a lot more interesting. But neither of those things happened in Journeys. They played it way too safe while taking a gigantic risk and it caused the show to flop pretty badly even with the fanbase wojacking about the ending. How did SuMo or Horizons for example handle twice the characters on the main cast and do it better for each one? That is truly baffling. Speaking of, the only interesting part of the show before Mew Project was the World Corronation Series, and it was so disappointing to see it go from being built up like it's this big deal with very strong trainers to just having Ash in the end totally clean all these people first try that would absolutely wipe the floor with him if he wasn't an anime protag. He took 3 attempts against Brendan and two attempts against get this... WULFRIC. He also loses a LOT before even getting to the tournament itself. And it made for great character building moments for him. But he can just consistently defeat champions with an almost entirely new squad? Even if it's at the end of his journey, a true celebration would bring in other members for these fights and demonstrate all the experience Ash has gained over his time becoming a champion. His strength is in his ingenuity, I would have liked to see more of that in his matchup drafts. All the mary sue character writing just felt straight out of wattpad IMO, maybe worse bc there's some good fanfic writers out there that would do a better job with this premise. Hell I've SEEN fanfic fixes of this series that do it so much more justice. It's crazy they didn't just end Ash's journey in Alola, I could see that being because of obligation and pressure from TPC. But clearly with Journeys they learned their lesson and really cut it off there for all characters involved. I had high hopes for this series, and it only partially delivered. And that's a generous way to put it.

[@skbossgamer2476]

Bruh u are too busy guy but you have quality content

[@blastchaos4286]

5:39 You're a bit mistaken on this point. Goh's goal was ALWAYS to catch Mew. It was to the point where he didn't want to catch ANY other Pokemon, until Ash convinced him in like Episode 3(?) that it would be impossible to catch Mew without any Pokemon of his own. From that point, Goh decided that catching every Pokemon was the best path to finding Mew, who contains the DNA of every Pokemon.

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

Not only is it completely embarrassing to show the percentage of viewers who aren't subscribed, but it also sparks my temper.

[@Ameylz]

I absolutely HATED the new project, I literally skipped the whole episode when there was some stupid mew project scene

[@carlosceballosramirez1545]

Ash definitely wasn't the most inconsistent characters between all the champions, Leon beat basically everyone because the plot told us he's the champion and the number one but never really did anything to prove or show it the whole series, all of Cynthia's battles were handled very well and really showed how smart and difficult of an opponent she is to defeat. Even Iris who wasn't well liked in BW got a great redemption by becoming champion and proving she's on equal footing with Ash.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

Pokémon Journeys and Big World Big Adventures (an era of Thomas the Tank Engine) are both about the main characters traveling the world. And both are very poor in my opinion. Journeys shafted the Galar stuff in favor of Filler and Kanto. While BWBA did the opposite, removing two of the original characters from the main cast (Edward and Henry) and replacing them with two new characters. Thing is I actually tolerate BWBA, I can’t defend Journeys. Heck, the Galar Starters don’t show up together in base form outside of “The world of Pokémon” segments. At least Charizard got put in its place in the end. I hate Charizard so much

[@OneHungryPencil]

Goh would've been an interesting character if the writers didn't shove an Action Replay code inside him.