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Pokmon is the story of a young boy named Ash Ketchum. Finally having reached the age of 10, he receives his first Pokmon from Professor Oak and sets out on his Pokmon Journey. Along for the ride are his various friends: Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, and Cilan. Together, they journey through the Kanto, Orange, Johto, Hoenn, Battle Frontier, Sinnoh and Unova Leagues. Ash takes every opportunity to capture a Pokmon, Misty trains Pokmon of the Water type while Brock prefers Rock types. Tracey travels around sketching Pokmon. May started her journey for the sights and not the Pokmon but then decided to enter Pokmon Contests. Although Max has no Pokmon, he helps the group out with his handy PokNav skills so as not to get lost but they still do from time to time. Dawn travels around to compete in contests like her mother did years ago. Iris, although with no long term dream of her own, is out on a Pokmon journey with her trusty Axew in order to raise it well. Cilan has joined Ash in order to see the Unova region, its trainers, and enhance his abilities as a Pokmon Connoisseur.

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Kanto arc (Season 1): Ash begins his journey to become a pokmon master. He starts his journey with his at first reluctant Pikachu, but the two quickly become friends. As his journey starts he is joined by Cerulean City and Pewter City gym leaders Misty and Brock. Together they travel throughout the Kanto region so that Ash can collect gym badges so that he can compete in the Pokmon League, while fending off the attacks of the villainous Team Rocket.

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Orange Islands arc (Season 2): After losing in the pokmon league, Ash, Misty, and Brock head to the Orange Islands to retrieve the mysterious GS Ball. After obtaining it, Brock decides to stay and work with Professor Ivy to help him with his dream. As Ash decides to compete in the Orange League, they are joined by Pokmon Watcher Tracey. Together they set out on Ash's new Lapras' back and travel around the tropical islands, while still fending off Team Rocket.

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Johto arc (Season 3/The Johto Journeys, Season 4/Johto League Champions, Season 5/Master Quest): After delivering the GS Ball to Professor Oak, he can't figure out the secrets of the ball. He sends Ash off to Azalea Town in Johto in order to deliver the ball to the pokball expert Kurt. Reunited with Brock, the trio once again heads off for adventure in a new land so that Ash can compete in the Johto League, and prove that he is better then his old rival Gary. Not to mention Team Rocket continues in their quest to capture Pikachu.

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Hoenn arc (Season 6/Advanced, Season 7/Advanced Challenge, Season 8/Advanced Battle): After settling his rivalry with Gary and ultimately losing in the Johto League, Ash takes Harrison's advice and heads to the Hoenn region. With Misty and Brock back at their gyms, he is all alone, until he encounters an upcoming trainer named May. The two decide to travel together and eventually are joined by May's brother Max, and Brock even returns. Together the four of them traverse the Hoenn region so that Ash can compete in the Hoenn League and so that May can become a great Coordinator and compete in the Hoenn Grand Festival, and don't forget the ever persistent Team Rocket, as well as new foes Team Magma and Team Aqua.

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Battle Frontier arc (Season 8/Advanced Battle, Season 9/Battle Frontier): After losing in the Hoenn League and Grand Festival, Ash and May return home. However, the two of them, as well as Max and Brock quickly reunite when Ash is told about the Battle Frontier in Kanto, and May finds out about Pokmon Contests in Kanto. The group of four continue to travel together in the Kanto region so that Ash and May can continue on in their dreams of being champions, with Team Rocket still in tow.

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Sinnoh arc (Season 10/Diamond and Pearl, Season 11/Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension, Season 12/Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles, Season 13/Diamond and Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors): After losing in the Kanto Grand Festival, May heads off to Johto to compete in more contests while Max returns home to Petalburg City. After witnessing the awesome power of Gary's Electivire, Ash heads off to the Sinnoh region to once again find adventure. He soon reunites with Brock and they join up with Dawn, a pokmon coordinator just beginning her journey to become a contest champion like her mother. Together the trio travels through the Sinnoh region so Ash can compete in the Sinnoh League, and Dawn in the Sinnoh Grand Festival, as well as fighting off the evil Team Rocket, Team Galactic, and Pokmon Hunter J.

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Unova arc (Season 14/Black and White-present): After becoming the runner-up of the Sinnoh Grand Festival and after discovering his dream to become a Pokmon Doctor, Dawn and Brock head off on their own to achieve their goals. Meanwhile, after placing in the Top 4 of the Sinnoh League, Ash heads to the Unova region to collect more badges and compete in the Unova League. Along for the ride are his new friends, Iris and Cilan. Meanwhile, tired of being stepping stones, the Team Rocket trio improve themselves and head to Unova on a secret mission for Giovanni.

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  • The Most Ridiculously Predictable Show I've Ever Seen

    3.0
    "Bad"
    By Minzi, Feb 04, 2012 Report Abuse
    I've been a fan of Pokemon for a long time.I've been watching it ever since it first came to the US up until about 2010.I'll be honest the show is great for kids 4 to 10 but if your older than that you probably wouldn't enjoy it as much as a young child would.The show was great when it first started off it was really unique at it's time.The first few seasons were the best but after the character Misty left is were it's brilliance slowly started to fade.If you've been watching the show for as long as I have then you will start to notice a pattern.In the beginning of every season Ash and Pikachu are off walking somewhere and pikachu zaps a girl's bike.This will be the girl that will replace the one from the previous season.Ash catches some new pokemon from that generation and the new starter pokemon of that generation will end up being caught by the main three characters.Team Rocket tries to steal someone's pokemon but fail then go blasting off again.Team Rocket comes up with a ridiculous disguise and Ash and his friends are never able to tell that it's them even though it's clearly obvious it's Team Rocket.I'm not sure if Ash is forgetful or just stupid.Team Rocket has been coming up with plans to trick them since season one,yet he is surprised every time they rip off their disguise.You'd think he would have caught on by now and would have learned to be more aware of his surroundings,but nope he's obviously learned nothing from his experiences with Team Rocket. On top of that they aren't even real villains,they're more like an annoying bullies than villains.

    The characters are bland and don't really have any real personality besides wanting to win a battle,desperate to get a girl and making their pokemon look pretty.With a good show you can usually connect with a character in some kind of way or find them lovable.With pokemon you can't really do that.The most lovable character in the whole series is Pikachu just because he's a cute little electric mouse.But you can't really get any emotion out of the characters unless it's one of the first 4 Pokemon movies.

    The new pokemon look ridiculous.Ice cream pokemon,trash bag pokemon,a bull with a giant afro?The pokemon Bouffalant just looks like a 70's version of a Tauros.it's obvious that they are running out of ideas.Some of the Generation 5 pokemon don't even look like pokemon.Some of them look like digimon and others look like Lilo&Stich characters that took a wrong turn on their way to Disney Channel.

    The show is just too predictable.It would be better if it wasn't so repetitive and the characters had better personalities,but it's honestly not as good as it used to be.It's been dragged on to the point were it's not even funny or interesting to watch anymore because you already know whats going to happen in pretty much every episode.Like I said it's great for little kids but if you want a show that will always keep you on the edge of your seat then this probably isn't the show for you.

    Yes it's a children's show but that's no excuse for it to be so predictable.You can have a show for young children and have it actually be good without it being super repetitive.There are good children's shows were the characters aren't extremely gullible and have real villains.And some of these shows are aimed at a much younger audience than pokemon and have better thought out episodes and characters.It's just sad how this show has turned out.

    I honestly don't know why I even bothered watching the show for so long.I guess it was hard for me to let it go because I've been watching it almost all my life.I feel like the show is just being dragged on now it really isn't interesting anymore when you keep using the same stories over and over and over again for every season.I have nothing against the Pokemon games but unless they're going to try to make the show more interesting it needs to be put to rest.
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  • First of all we should understand Pokemon is WEEKLY LOW BUDGET SHOW based on games and it is TARGETED FOR KIDs!!!

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    By RowdydaSilva, Feb 03, 2012 Report Abuse
    I have given up on this anime long time ago but I still enjoy watching this when ever I tuned at this on TV. For me I can still enjoy this anime like Tom and Jerry. And for some strategic battles.
    First five seasons of this anime was great, very creative and i love to watch it again and again. Whole casts were awesome. Especially i love team rocket jokes. But after that Pokemon lost some creativity like repeating same incidence again and again. (the way ash met misty, may and dawn) but at this point Ash has changed too his motivates at the first was to catch every Pokemon he saw and become the Pokemon master. Through Joto and Shinoh, he changed from being arrogent jerk to mature, more strategic Pokemon trainer. With same story line and new villains. *Pokemon rangers, contests, legenderies stories, strategic battles, etc...*
    I think it's time for Pokemon creators to concentrate more on anime and take this anime to another stage and start to make this for adults because the history about young kid are getting old now.
    This is the reason why Pokemon is dropping viewers.
    We all need grown up Ash, Strong battles and more like adults.
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  • What's the purpose of watching a show that relies on the same thing again and again?

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    By That_TV_Dude, Feb 01, 2012 Report Abuse
    Like many kids in the 90s, I got caught in the Pokemon franchise. I played the games, collected the cards, and watched the show it was based on. The show stars Ash Ketchem, a 10 year old who starts his quest to become a pokemon master. Along the way he gets Pikachu, Misty and Brock and fight against Jesse, James, and Meowth, AKA Team Rocket. Seasons 1 and 2 were well done and had plenty of humor and variety, but in season 3, everything goes way downhill. For one thing, season 3 and beyond uses the same repetitive nonsense, travel, collect a pokemon, fight gym leader, do side quests, fight Team Rocket, repeat that same process and that's the show for you. The acting is not that great, I particularly don't like Ash's or Meowth's voices, Ash sounds like a girl and Meowth has a crummy New York accent for some reason, everyone else ranged from borderline acceptable to bad. The animation is downright repetitive, you can see that Ash and his friends pass the same landscapes again and again and the pokemon battles use the same fight scenes as well constantly. Team Rocket is easily the worst TV villains I have ever seen, they have plans to take pokemon but the plans have more holes in them then all the Swiss cheese in Switzerland and most of the time they rely on robots and their hot air balloon to escape, what they can't get cars? Why don't they get guns to shoot Ash and his friends and then take the pokemon? They also aren't bad guys and instead of actually trying to do something else with their lives, they keep coming back, why? In one episode, James has a mansion with a complete butler and maid staff to serve him and Jesse and Meowth, but he turns it down. Are you kidding me? Even Jesse and Meowth think it's a bad idea to leave, but they do anyway. They end up on easy street and give it up? What idiots. another problem is the Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny gag. Are we really supposed to believe that both of them have sisters or cousins? Either they are being clones or there is a group of people who become and act like one of them. Ash is also the stupidest protagonist, because he gives up his pokemon! Why, just why? He has a lot of powerful and good pokemon and he gives them up? Isn't a pokemon master supposed to catch every single pokemon? Speaking of pokemon, while in the first two seasons, the pokemon look cute, after season 3, they look ridiculous and seem to look more like regular animals now, even some of the names are terrible. I also was bothered by how Ash lost the tournament in the first season, he's the hero, he makes it to the big leagues and loses? On top of that, he gets the worst moral lesson, it's ok to lose as long as you're nice. Are you serious?!? What kind of lesson is that? I watched this show to see Ash struggle to the top and he fails and gets told a moral like that? That is one of the worse things in a TV show ever. I also notice that absolutely no one ages at all. Is everyone drinking from the fountain of youth? I also hated the lack of character depth, in one episode we learn the origins of Meowth and that's it. Couldn't they at lest give character backgrounds in Ash as to why he wants to be a pokemon master or why Jesse and James became members of Team Rocket? I could keep going on, but the bottom line is this: Pokemon WAS a good franchise, but now it has turned into a cash cow for businesses and it needs to end. Ash should be a pokemon master and pickachu should be raichu by now. They should at least get new characters and remove Ash and Team Rocket, that would make the show probably more watchable. I urge people out there, please do not watch this show and just play the games instead of watching this. Pokemon was a great show, but it has overstayed its welcome. It just no longer works, the plots are repetitive, the characters are flat, the villains are as threatening as a used tissue, the logic makes no sense, and it uses the same premise over and over again. I am sorry if you like the show, but this show has long lived past its prime and what charm it had long ago, is now in shambles and has no more substance. The only way I could watch this show again is get rid of all the characters and bring in new ones, then maybe I would watch it. Before any of you thumb me down, just take into consideration what I said. This show is dead and buried, so please stop resurrecting it and making it even worse.moreless

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  • Pokemon starting to lose fans.Why? Read on.

    4.5
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    By AthulK, Jan 21, 2012 Report Abuse
    When Pokemon season 1 started years ago,and i watched it,I felt,Damn,this rocks.I watched it up to season 3 middle,and started on season 4.It made me realize something.The show was on its road to be crap.It's the same story everytime.Hell,ash is still 10.How is that even possible,I mean,it must have been at least 2 years according to the anime timeline.Not to mention that the story is always the same.He starts with Pikachu,goes to some new region,fights gym leaders,goes on one of his too hyped up adventures,only to lose to his rival once and to get hiss butt kicked by somebody in the semi finals.What is up with that guy?He always has two companions with him,a girl who's got some hidden quality,and a boy who's a gym leader.People have started to notice this and are now moving away from pokemon.Unless and until they spice up the story a little,i think pokemon might be done for.moreless

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  • Gotta watch them all, gotta watch them all! Not anymore.

    4.0
    "Poor"
    By Egg_Bomb, Jan 13, 2012 Report Abuse
    How many freakin seasons is this show gonna air before it ends? It was originally supposed to end with Ash winning the Pokemon league all the way in Kanto. But he lost. Now the plot is repetitive and unoriginal. Ash goes through the region with two friends, one male and one female helping people and getting the 8 badges until he makes it to the Pokemon league. He loses, leaves behind his pokemon for no reason, and moves on to the next region. I'll admit that the first 2 seasons were great, with developed characters, decent plot and humor, nice villians, and the most important aspect of this show at all. Well choreographed battles. But from the third season on, the plot became repetitive. None of the characters had any personality, and the show practically broke apart when Misty left. May was OK but Dawn was an idiot and Iris is just... *sigh* The villians, Team Rocket is never successful when they try to steal Ash's pokemon, usually his pikachu. They always blast off in the end and actually HELP Ash sometimes. The voice acting isof poorquality. Ash sounds like a girl (and is voice acted by a girl), Meowth has a weird New York accent, with other character's voices being dull and bland. There;s no humor either unlike in Johnny Test where there were some decent laughs. The gags with Brock falling in love with every girl she saw and theNurse Joy and Officer Jenny havingtwin sisters in every town are just creepy and not funny at all.
    Ultimately, Pokemon just isn't what it's used to be. The first 2 seasons are great but from then on the show stinks. If you want to watch Pokemon,stick to the first 2. The third season and then on are an utter disappointment.moreless

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