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* ATasteOfDefeat: As Ash's experience and competence as a trainer has excelled, his odd follies or losses have become more exceptional and a case of this trope.
** Following his victory in the Orange Islands League, Ash returned home and wound up in a battle against Gary (after yet another Team Rocket attack ended with Gary rescuing everyone). Gary's Eevee proved exceptionally powerful and wiped the floor with Pikachu.
** As Ash was seemingly unstoppable with his Charizard in Johto following his victory against Falkner, he's humbled by having his Charizard be curb-stomped by the Charizards of the Charrific Valley and subsequently leaves Charizard behind to train with them.
** After his decisive victories in the Battle Frontier, he would end up losing to his former rival Gary and his Electivire at the end of the saga, as well as meeting a formidable new rival in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series, with Paul managing to tie with him in their first battle and defeat him outright in their second battle. These battles helped to show just how tough he's going to have it in Sinnoh.
** This became the pivot of a HeroicBSOD in the Kalos arc, suffering a CurbstompBattle to Wulfric after a rather thorough winning streak beforehand.
** His loss to Bea in [=JN034=] marked his first loss to someone outside of [[WorldsBestWarrior Leon]] ever since winning the Manalo Conference[[note]]Before this, his last loss to someone besides Leon was against Gladion in [=SM105=], ''75 episodes prior''[[/note]].
** [[spoiler:The ''To Be a Pokémon Master'' miniseries provides a {{Downplayed}} example: After winning the Masters Eight Tournament and dethroning Leon as the new World Champion, he ends up losing to Misty in a battle to determine the ownership of a Clauncher. However, it was an unofficial battle and [[DramaPreservingHandicap Ash consciously made the decision to not use Pikachu or his two grass types on him at the time in favor of Corphish]], a Pokémon that had not seen serious action since ''Advanced Generation''.]]
** On a side note, "Holy Matrimony" is the only episode to date where Ash and his team ended up suffering the EndOfEpisodeSilliness, while ''Team Rocket'' got the HappyEnding.
* TeamDad: While he has been this to his Pokémon teams, Ash Ketchum doesn't really serve this role to his human friends due to his relative inexperience and youth. That is until ''XY'', where he's depicted as an inspiring role model for Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena. Most of the group bickering stems between the siblings Clemont and Bonnie, with Ash and Serena serving as somewhat the surrogate parents for those two. Unsurprisingly, ''XY'' Ash is considered to be the most mature Ash out of all the series, including ''Diamond and Pearl'' and ''Journeys''.
** Following his victory in the Orange Islands League, Ash returned home and wound up in a battle against Gary (after yet another Team Rocket attack ended with Gary rescuing everyone). Gary's Eevee proved exceptionally powerful and wiped the floor with Pikachu.
** As Ash was seemingly unstoppable with his Charizard in Johto following his victory against Falkner, he's humbled by having his Charizard be curb-stomped by the Charizards of the Charrific Valley and subsequently leaves Charizard behind to train with them.
** After his decisive victories in the Battle Frontier, he would end up losing to his former rival Gary and his Electivire at the end of the saga, as well as meeting a formidable new rival in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series, with Paul managing to tie with him in their first battle and defeat him outright in their second battle. These battles helped to show just how tough he's going to have it in Sinnoh.
** This became the pivot of a HeroicBSOD in the Kalos arc, suffering a CurbstompBattle to Wulfric after a rather thorough winning streak beforehand.
** His loss to Bea in [=JN034=] marked his first loss to someone outside of [[WorldsBestWarrior Leon]] ever since winning the Manalo Conference[[note]]Before this, his last loss to someone besides Leon was against Gladion in [=SM105=], ''75 episodes prior''[[/note]].
** [[spoiler:The ''To Be a Pokémon Master'' miniseries provides a {{Downplayed}} example: After winning the Masters Eight Tournament and dethroning Leon as the new World Champion, he ends up losing to Misty in a battle to determine the ownership of a Clauncher. However, it was an unofficial battle and [[DramaPreservingHandicap Ash consciously made the decision to not use Pikachu or his two grass types on him at the time in favor of Corphish]], a Pokémon that had not seen serious action since ''Advanced Generation''.]]
** On a side note, "Holy Matrimony" is the only episode to date where Ash and his team ended up suffering the EndOfEpisodeSilliness, while ''Team Rocket'' got the HappyEnding.
* TeamDad: While he has been this to his Pokémon teams, Ash Ketchum doesn't really serve this role to his human friends due to his relative inexperience and youth. That is until ''XY'', where he's depicted as an inspiring role model for Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena. Most of the group bickering stems between the siblings Clemont and Bonnie, with Ash and Serena serving as somewhat the surrogate parents for those two. Unsurprisingly, ''XY'' Ash is considered to be the most mature Ash out of all the series, including ''Diamond and Pearl'' and ''Journeys''.
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* ATasteOfDefeat: As Ash's experience and competence as a trainer has excelled, his odd follies or losses have become more exceptional and a case of this trope.
** Following his victory in the Orange Islands League,If Ash returned home and wound up in a battle against Gary (after yet another Team Rocket attack ended with Gary rescuing everyone). Gary's Eevee proved exceptionally powerful and wiped the floor with Pikachu.
** As Ash was seemingly unstoppable with his Charizard in Johto following his victory against Falkner, he's humbled by having his Charizard be curb-stomped by the Charizards of the Charrific Valley and subsequently leaves Charizard behind to train with them.
** After his decisive victories in the Battle Frontier, he would end up losing to his former rival Gary and his Electivire at the end of the saga, as well as meeting a formidable new rival in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series, with Paul managing to tie with him in their first battle and defeat him outright in their second battle. These battles helped to show just how tough he's going to have it in Sinnoh.
** This became the pivotis ever coming off of a HeroicBSOD in the Kalos arc, suffering a CurbstompBattle to Wulfric after a rather thorough big winning streak beforehand.
** His loss to Bea in [=JN034=] marked his first loss to someone outside of [[WorldsBestWarrior Leon]] ever since winning the Manalo Conference[[note]]Before this, his last loss to someone besides Leon was against Gladion in [=SM105=], ''75 episodes prior''[[/note]].
** [[spoiler:The ''To Be a Pokémon Master'' miniseries provides a {{Downplayed}} example: After winning the Masters Eight Tournament and dethroning Leon as the new World Champion, he ends up losing to Misty in aor achievement, he'll usually lose at least one battle to determine the ownership of soon after as a Clauncher. However, it was an unofficial battle and [[DramaPreservingHandicap Ash consciously made the decision to not use Pikachu or his two grass types on him at the time in favor of Corphish]], a Pokémon reminder that had not seen serious action since ''Advanced Generation''.]]
**there's always another challenge ahead. On a side note, "Holy Matrimony" is the only episode to date where Ash and his team ended up suffering the EndOfEpisodeSilliness, while ''Team Rocket'' got the HappyEnding.
* TeamDad: While he has been this to his Pokémon teams, Ash Ketchum doesn't really serve this role to his human friends due to his relative inexperience and youth. That is until ''XY'', where he's depicted as an inspiring role model for Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena. Most of the group bickering stems between the siblings Clemont and Bonnie, with Ash and Serena serving as somewhat the surrogate parents for those two. Unsurprisingly, ''XY'' Ash is considered to be the most mature Ash out of all the series, including ''Diamond and Pearl'' and ''Journeys''.
** Following his victory in the Orange Islands League,
** As Ash was seemingly unstoppable with his Charizard in Johto following his victory against Falkner, he's humbled by having his Charizard be curb-stomped by the Charizards of the Charrific Valley and subsequently leaves Charizard behind to train with them.
** After his decisive victories in the Battle Frontier, he would end up losing to his former rival Gary and his Electivire at the end of the saga, as well as meeting a formidable new rival in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series, with Paul managing to tie with him in their first battle and defeat him outright in their second battle. These battles helped to show just how tough he's going to have it in Sinnoh.
** This became the pivot
** His loss to Bea in [=JN034=] marked his first loss to someone outside of [[WorldsBestWarrior Leon]] ever since winning the Manalo Conference[[note]]Before this, his last loss to someone besides Leon was against Gladion in [=SM105=], ''75 episodes prior''[[/note]].
** [[spoiler:The ''To Be a Pokémon Master'' miniseries provides a {{Downplayed}} example: After winning the Masters Eight Tournament and dethroning Leon as the new World Champion, he ends up losing to Misty in a
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* TeamDad: While he has been this to his Pokémon teams, Ash Ketchum doesn't really serve this role to his human friends due to his relative inexperience and youth. That is until ''XY'', where he's depicted as an inspiring role model for Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena. Most of the group bickering stems between the siblings Clemont and Bonnie, with Ash and Serena serving as somewhat the surrogate parents for those two.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: After 22 years in real life of losing every Pokémon League he entered, [[spoiler:he pulls off his second biggest win of all time by winning the Manalo Conference. The first biggest? Winning the World Coronation Series, and thus becoming the strongest trainer in the entire world, only 3 years later!]] And if that wasn't enough, his arc in the main series ends with a more personal bone being thrown: [[spoiler:being reunited with his Butterfree, 25 years after he said goodbye to it.]]
* ToBeAMaster: A Pokémon master! Even if only Ash seems to know what that exactly is supposed to mean, as [[spoiler:Ash does not consider himself one after winning the Alola League]]. However, he does get to experience a variation of it [[spoiler:when he defeats Leon, the strongest trainer in the world, and thus Ash claims the role for himself.]] ''Aim To Be a Pokémon Master'' ends with him [[spoiler:deciding to [[WalkingTheEarth walk the Earth]] and visit every Pokémon he can to achieve this goal at long last.]]
* TookALevelInBadass:
** When Ash started as a trainer, the guy was not a particularly talented trainer, struggling with his Pokémon's obedience and winning battles often through dumb luck while not putting in enough effort to truly maximize his potential. After the Indigo Plateau Conference, Ash began taking the steps to rectify this with more work at training his team and began winning more battles through skill. This began to bear fruit in the Orange Islands and Johto, and by the time Ash was battling his way through Hoenn he was reaching levels of competence in battle, training, and tactics that would define him in all following sagas (with the exception of Unova, which even then did not regress him to a point that matched his starting levels).
*** For a specific point, he only won ''two'' of his Gym badges without getting it handed to him or having to rematch the Gym, with most of the other gyms having seen him get his rear handed to him. In all later regions, he would earn each of those badges fair and square, only having to rematch one or two gyms, and he won all four Orange Islands Gyms and all four Island Challenges in Alola without having to try again.
** Ash is no match for Elite Four members or Champions prior to his adventures in Kalos. However, starting with ''[=XY&Z=]'', he becomes strong enough to be able to match or even potentially overpower them (as shown with his battle against Diantha). [[spoiler:He earns his first victories over both a Champion (Iris) and an Elite Four member (Drasna) in ''Journeys'', along with defeating former Champion Wallace]]. At the end of [=JN109=], he [[spoiler:finally joins the Masters Eight, officially being recognized as one of the eight strongest trainers in the world]] and culminates in decisive victories against [[spoiler:Steven and Cynthia before he's able to topple Leon as the reining World Monarch]].
* ToBeAMaster: A Pokémon master! Even if only Ash seems to know what that exactly is supposed to mean, as [[spoiler:Ash does not consider himself one after winning the Alola League]]. However, he does get to experience a variation of it [[spoiler:when he defeats Leon, the strongest trainer in the world, and thus Ash claims the role for himself.]] ''Aim To Be a Pokémon Master'' ends with him [[spoiler:deciding to [[WalkingTheEarth walk the Earth]] and visit every Pokémon he can to achieve this goal at long last.]]
* TookALevelInBadass:
** When Ash started as a trainer, the guy was not a particularly talented trainer, struggling with his Pokémon's obedience and winning battles often through dumb luck while not putting in enough effort to truly maximize his potential. After the Indigo Plateau Conference, Ash began taking the steps to rectify this with more work at training his team and began winning more battles through skill. This began to bear fruit in the Orange Islands and Johto, and by the time Ash was battling his way through Hoenn he was reaching levels of competence in battle, training, and tactics that would define him in all following sagas (with the exception of Unova, which even then did not regress him to a point that matched his starting levels).
*** For a specific point, he only won ''two'' of his Gym badges without getting it handed to him or having to rematch the Gym, with most of the other gyms having seen him get his rear handed to him. In all later regions, he would earn each of those badges fair and square, only having to rematch one or two gyms, and he won all four Orange Islands Gyms and all four Island Challenges in Alola without having to try again.
** Ash is no match for Elite Four members or Champions prior to his adventures in Kalos. However, starting with ''[=XY&Z=]'', he becomes strong enough to be able to match or even potentially overpower them (as shown with his battle against Diantha). [[spoiler:He earns his first victories over both a Champion (Iris) and an Elite Four member (Drasna) in ''Journeys'', along with defeating former Champion Wallace]]. At the end of [=JN109=], he [[spoiler:finally joins the Masters Eight, officially being recognized as one of the eight strongest trainers in the world]] and culminates in decisive victories against [[spoiler:Steven and Cynthia before he's able to topple Leon as the reining World Monarch]].
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* ThrowTheDogABone: After 22 years in real life of losing every Pokémon League he entered, [[spoiler:he pulls off his second biggest win of all time he ''finally'' catches a break with the Pokémon League by winning the Manalo Conference. The first biggest? Winning Conference, followed by winning the World Coronation Series, Series in ''Journeys'', and thus becoming the strongest trainer in the entire world, only 3 years later!]] world. And if that wasn't enough, his arc in the main series ends with a more personal bone being thrown: [[spoiler:being reunited with his Butterfree, 25 years after he said goodbye to it.]]
* ToBeAMaster: A Pokémon master! Even if only Ash seems to know what that exactly is supposed to mean, as[[spoiler:Ash Ash does not consider himself one after winning the Alola League]]. However, he does get to experience a variation of it [[spoiler:when he defeats Leon, League nor the strongest trainer in the world, and thus Ash claims the role for himself.]] ''Aim To World Coronation Series. ''To Be a Pokémon Master'' ends with him [[spoiler:deciding deciding to [[WalkingTheEarth walk the Earth]] and visit every Pokémon he can to achieve this goal at long last.]]
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*TookALevelInBadass:
**TookALevelInBadass: When Ash started as a trainer, the guy was not a particularly talented trainer, struggling with his Pokémon's obedience and winning battles often through dumb luck while not putting in enough effort to truly maximize his potential. After the Indigo Plateau Conference, Ash began taking the steps to rectify this with more work at training his team and began winning more battles through skill. This began to bear fruit in the Orange Islands and Johto, and by the time (besides Unova) Ash was battling his way through Hoenn he was reaching levels of competence in battle, training, and tactics that would define him in all following sagas (with the exception of Unova, which even then did not regress him to a point that matched his starting levels).
*** For a specific point, heonly won ''two'' of his Gym badges without getting it handed continue to him or having to rematch the Gym, with most of the other gyms having seen him get his rear handed to him. In all later regions, he would earn become stronger in each of those badges fair and square, only having to rematch one or two gyms, and he won all four Orange Islands Gyms and all four Island Challenges subsequent series, finally culminating in Alola without having to try again.
** Ash is no match for Elite Four members or Champions prior to his adventures in Kalos. However, starting with ''[=XY&Z=]'', he becomes strong enough to be able to match or even potentially overpower them (as shown with his battle against Diantha). [[spoiler:He earns his first victories over both a Champion (Iris) and an Elite Four member (Drasna) in ''Journeys'', along with defeating former Champion Wallace]]. Atbecoming the WorldsBestWarrior at the end of [=JN109=], he [[spoiler:finally joins the Masters Eight, officially being recognized as one of the eight strongest trainers in the world]] and culminates in decisive victories against [[spoiler:Steven and Cynthia before he's able to topple Leon as the reining World Monarch]].''Journeys''.
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** Ash is no match for Elite Four members or Champions prior to his adventures in Kalos. However, starting with ''[=XY&Z=]'', he becomes strong enough to be able to match or even potentially overpower them (as shown with his battle against Diantha). [[spoiler:He earns his first victories over both a Champion (Iris) and an Elite Four member (Drasna) in ''Journeys'', along with defeating former Champion Wallace]]. At
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* TranslatorBuddy: Ash is this for Pikachu's PokemonSpeak, always having a perfect understanding of what his buddy is saying.
** It actually gets pointed out in a Kalos episode - Valerie, who [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speaks her Pokémon's language]], notices that Ash seems to understand his Pokémon perfectly, and assumes he talks to them as well. He says that's not exactly it - He can't directly translate what they're saying, but he can easily tell what they mean. When this came up with Allister in Journeys, Ash elaborates that sort of connection is formed in battles when they are in synch versus someone like Allister or Iris who do not need battle and personal connection to achieve it.
* TrueCompanions: Ash and his Pokémon, along with Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Serena, Bonnie, Clemont, the Alola Gang, and Goh, are truly inseparable even when they're not together. Each reunion between them has them speaking fondly of old times, Ash's old Pokémon always warmly greet him when he comes back to Oak's, and Pikachu [[spoiler:was able to push himself towards finally besting Leon when greeted by visions of all the Pokémon Ash had ever caught and even traveled with (including Larvitar and Solgaleo).]]
** It actually gets pointed out in a Kalos episode - Valerie, who [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speaks her Pokémon's language]], notices that Ash seems to understand his Pokémon perfectly, and assumes he talks to them as well. He says that's not exactly it - He can't directly translate what they're saying, but he can easily tell what they mean. When this came up with Allister in Journeys, Ash elaborates that sort of connection is formed in battles when they are in synch versus someone like Allister or Iris who do not need battle and personal connection to achieve it.
* TrueCompanions: Ash and his Pokémon, along with Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Serena, Bonnie, Clemont, the Alola Gang, and Goh, are truly inseparable even when they're not together. Each reunion between them has them speaking fondly of old times, Ash's old Pokémon always warmly greet him when he comes back to Oak's, and Pikachu [[spoiler:was able to push himself towards finally besting Leon when greeted by visions of all the Pokémon Ash had ever caught and even traveled with (including Larvitar and Solgaleo).]]
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* TranslatorBuddy: Ash is this for Pikachu's PokemonSpeak, always having a perfect understanding of what his buddy is saying.
**saying. It actually gets pointed out in a Kalos episode - Valerie, who [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speaks her Pokémon's language]], notices that Ash seems to understand his Pokémon perfectly, and assumes he talks to them as well. He says that's not exactly it - He can't directly translate what they're saying, but he can easily tell what they mean. When this came up with Allister in Journeys, Ash elaborates that sort of connection is formed in battles when they are in synch versus someone like Allister or Iris who do not need battle and personal connection to achieve it.
* TrueCompanions: Ash and his Pokémon, along withMisty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Serena, Bonnie, Clemont, the Alola Gang, and Goh, his traveling companions, are truly inseparable even when they're not together. Each reunion between them has them speaking fondly of old times, Ash's old Pokémon always warmly greet him when he comes back to Oak's, and Pikachu [[spoiler:was was able to push himself towards finally besting Leon when greeted by visions of all the Pokémon Ash had ever caught and even traveled with (including Larvitar and Solgaleo).]]
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* TrueCompanions: Ash and his Pokémon, along with
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* VictoryIsBoring: His personal arc ends with him feeling this way after [[spoiler:he defeats Leon and becomes the World Monarch. Despite achieving this seemingly impossible feat, Ash has no idea what to do with himself afterwards, and doesn't feel he's become a Pokémon Master yet.]]
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* VictoryIsBoring: His personal arc ends with him feeling this way after [[spoiler:he he defeats Leon and becomes the World Monarch. Despite achieving this seemingly impossible feat, Ash has no idea what to do with himself afterwards, and doesn't feel he's become a Pokémon Master yet.]]
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** He also had this with Iris during ''Black and White''. While she would constantly call him "a kid" for his immaturity, and he would be just as quick to call her on it, he was more than happy to travel with her. When she [[spoiler:became Champion of Unova]] and invited him to a World Coronation Series Match, he happily accepted the chance to see her again.
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** He also had this with Iris during ''Black and White''. While she would constantly call him "a kid" for his immaturity, and he would be just as quick to call her on it, he was more than happy to travel with her. When she [[spoiler:became became Champion of Unova]] Unova and invited him to a World Coronation Series Match, he happily accepted the chance to see her again.
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* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:How his story arc in the anime as the protagonist comes to an end, with him deciding he needs to visit every Pokémon he can truly be a Pokémon Master.]]
* WarriorTherapist:
** Battling [[SpiritedCompetitor Ash]] was what finally helped Volkner regain his love for battle.
** Close to the tail end of XY, he immediately notices Serena is sad and silently contemplating her future and decides to battle her with the reasoning whenever he's sad about something or is stuck on his journey he uses battling as means of cheering himself up and that it helps him figure things out. Sure enough, a battle with Ash was just what Serena needed to cheer up and decide on what path to take next for her journey.
** He even ends up being this to [[spoiler:Cynthia of all people, as it's revealed that Cynthia was planning to retire from Pokémon battling altogether once the Masters 8 Tournament was over so she could focus on her research. But after having a long, tough battle with Ash (where Ash won), Cynthia changed her mind as she realized battling was too much fun, resolved to master both researching and battling.]] The kicker? [[AchievementsInIgnorance Ash himself never even finds out what he truly did]], [[spoiler:because Cynthia only ever shared these secrets with Diantha. He prevented one of the most famous champions in the world from retiring by complete accident.]]
* WarriorTherapist:
** Battling [[SpiritedCompetitor Ash]] was what finally helped Volkner regain his love for battle.
** Close to the tail end of XY, he immediately notices Serena is sad and silently contemplating her future and decides to battle her with the reasoning whenever he's sad about something or is stuck on his journey he uses battling as means of cheering himself up and that it helps him figure things out. Sure enough, a battle with Ash was just what Serena needed to cheer up and decide on what path to take next for her journey.
** He even ends up being this to [[spoiler:Cynthia of all people, as it's revealed that Cynthia was planning to retire from Pokémon battling altogether once the Masters 8 Tournament was over so she could focus on her research. But after having a long, tough battle with Ash (where Ash won), Cynthia changed her mind as she realized battling was too much fun, resolved to master both researching and battling.]] The kicker? [[AchievementsInIgnorance Ash himself never even finds out what he truly did]], [[spoiler:because Cynthia only ever shared these secrets with Diantha. He prevented one of the most famous champions in the world from retiring by complete accident.]]
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* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:How How his story arc in the anime as the protagonist comes to an end, with him deciding he needs to visit every Pokémon he can truly be a Pokémon Master.]]
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*WarriorTherapist:
** Battling [[SpiritedCompetitor Ash]] was what finally helped Volkner regain his love for battle.
** Close toWarriorTherapist: While Ash isn't exactly the tail end of XY, he immediately notices Serena is sad and silently contemplating her future and decides to battle her with most insightful speaker in the reasoning whenever world, he's sad about something or is stuck on his journey he uses battling as means of cheering himself up and noted that it helps him figure things out. Sure enough, a battle with Ash was just what Serena needed to cheer up and decide on what path to take next for her journey.
** He even ends up being this to [[spoiler:Cynthia of all people, as it's revealed that Cynthia was planning to retire fromPokémon battling altogether once the Masters 8 Tournament was over so she could focus on her research. But after having a long, tough battles often help him clear his head when he's feeling down. He's used his passion for battle with Ash (where Ash won), to help Volkner, Serena, and Cynthia changed her mind as she realized battling get through their respective personal crises (the latter of which he was too much fun, resolved to master both researching and battling.]] The kicker? [[AchievementsInIgnorance Ash himself ironically [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold never even finds out what he truly did]], [[spoiler:because Cynthia only ever shared these secrets with Diantha. He prevented one of the most famous champions in the world from retiring by complete accident.]]told about]]).
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** He even ends up being this to [[spoiler:Cynthia of all people, as it's revealed that Cynthia was planning to retire from
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* WeakButSkilled: Ash's early days as a trainer showcased he was far from being the very best. His Kanto team, though impressively resilient, were mostly not fully evolved or lacking in terms of the sheer raw power that most of Ash's opponents had--the only one who did have such power besides Pikachu, Charizard, developed a rebellious streak shortly after its first evolution from Charmander. Nevertheless, Ash was able to qualify for the Indigo League and at least make it to the Top 16 because he could come up with unique, off-the-wall strategies on the fly to catch his opponents off guard, and his bonds with his Pokémon were still very strong (excepting Charizard at the time). With the lessons learned from his earlier losses, Ash's teams became more varied in terms of skill levels and strength, helping him to get higher up in the Leagues (barring Unova) before he [[spoiler:won the Manalo Conference and then later defeated Leon.]]
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* WeakButSkilled: Ash's In his early days as a trainer showcased he was far from being the very best. His trainer, Ash's Kanto team, though impressively resilient, were mostly not fully evolved or lacking in terms of the sheer raw power that most of Ash's opponents had--the only one who did have such power besides Pikachu, Charizard, developed a rebellious streak shortly after its first evolution from Charmander. Nevertheless, Ash was able to qualify for the Indigo League and at least make it to the Top 16 because he could come up with unique, off-the-wall strategies on the fly to catch his opponents off guard, and his bonds with his Pokémon were still very strong (excepting Charizard at the time). With the lessons learned from his earlier losses, Ash's teams became more varied in terms of skill levels and strength, helping him to get higher up in the Leagues (barring Unova) before he [[spoiler:won the Manalo Conference and then later defeated Leon.]]
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* WorldsBestWarrior: [[spoiler:In [=JN132=], he officially dethrones Leon after defeating him in the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament, and is crowned as the new Monarch of the World Coronation Series (and, by extension, ''the strongest trainer in the world''). Ash has ''finally'' "become the very best like no one ever was."]]
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* WorldsBestWarrior: [[spoiler:In In [=JN132=], he officially dethrones Leon after defeating him in the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament, and is crowned as the new Monarch of the World Coronation Series (and, by extension, ''the strongest trainer in the world''). Ash has ''finally'' "become the very best like no one ever was."]]"
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** As a whole, he grows to become this to nearly everyone he's faced over the years (from Gary to Team Rocket, Harrison, Tyson, Brandon, Paul, Tobias, Cameron, Sawyer, Kiawe, Gladion, and even Kukui), but two of the biggest examples so far aside from Alain himself are Volkner (who had gotten bored from facing so many weak challengers) and [[spoiler: Cynthia (who was even planning to retire).]] After Ash beat both of them after a hard-fought battle, they both regained their passion for battling in full.
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** As a whole, he grows to become this to nearly everyone he's faced over the years (from Gary to Team Rocket, Harrison, Tyson, Brandon, Paul, Tobias, Cameron, Sawyer, Kiawe, Gladion, and even Kukui), but two of the biggest examples so far aside from Alain himself are Volkner (who had gotten bored from facing so many weak challengers) and [[spoiler: Cynthia (who was even planning to retire).]] retire). After Ash beat both of them after a hard-fought battle, they both regained their passion for battling in full.
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* YankTheDogsChain:
** Ash makes it to the Top 16 of the Indigo League and...wait, Team Rocket kidnaps him before the match begins. It takes him several hours to get loose and escape, exhausting half of his team in the process, and he's nearly disqualified while nobody bothers to look for him or postpone the match. And when the chips are down, Charizard won't battle and gets him eliminated.
** He came remarkably close to winning the Johto and Hoenn League's Top 8 matches, but Harrison and Tyson narrowly edged him out.
** Well, congratulations Ash! you managed to make it to the Final Four in the Sinnoh League, scored a decisive victory against your arc-long rival, ''and'' even managed to KO Tobias' Darkrai...oh wait, he has a Latios too. Sucks for you, at least you did get to take down that Latios too which is far more than anyone else in Sinnoh did who all never got past Darkrai.
** Okay, so maybe Unova is Ash's big break, right? Nope! His opponent (who is even more of TheDitz than Ash is on a bad day) explicitly plans for his Riolu to evolve into Lucario mid-fight and it does just that, sweeping the rest of Ash's team and placing Ash in his only downward bracket. And this guy only brought ''5'' of his Pokémon with him to a ''6 vs 6 matchup''. The only consolation is that Cameron gets eliminated the very next round.
** Okay, Kalos for sure! Oh wait, Alain's Charizard just narrowly eliminated Greninja with a Blast Burn, a move that Greninja normally resists. Sorry, Ash. [[spoiler:Better luck next League.]]
** Ash makes it to the Top 16 of the Indigo League and...wait, Team Rocket kidnaps him before the match begins. It takes him several hours to get loose and escape, exhausting half of his team in the process, and he's nearly disqualified while nobody bothers to look for him or postpone the match. And when the chips are down, Charizard won't battle and gets him eliminated.
** He came remarkably close to winning the Johto and Hoenn League's Top 8 matches, but Harrison and Tyson narrowly edged him out.
** Well, congratulations Ash! you managed to make it to the Final Four in the Sinnoh League, scored a decisive victory against your arc-long rival, ''and'' even managed to KO Tobias' Darkrai...oh wait, he has a Latios too. Sucks for you, at least you did get to take down that Latios too which is far more than anyone else in Sinnoh did who all never got past Darkrai.
** Okay, so maybe Unova is Ash's big break, right? Nope! His opponent (who is even more of TheDitz than Ash is on a bad day) explicitly plans for his Riolu to evolve into Lucario mid-fight and it does just that, sweeping the rest of Ash's team and placing Ash in his only downward bracket. And this guy only brought ''5'' of his Pokémon with him to a ''6 vs 6 matchup''. The only consolation is that Cameron gets eliminated the very next round.
** Okay, Kalos for sure! Oh wait, Alain's Charizard just narrowly eliminated Greninja with a Blast Burn, a move that Greninja normally resists. Sorry, Ash. [[spoiler:Better luck next League.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain:
** Ash makes it to the Top 16 of the Indigo League and...wait, Team Rocket kidnaps him before the match begins. It takes him several hours to get loose and escape, exhausting half of his team in the process, and he's nearly disqualified while nobody bothers to look for him or postpone the match. And when the chips are down, Charizard won't battle and gets him eliminated.
** He came remarkably close to winning the Johto and Hoenn League's Top 8 matches, but Harrison and Tyson narrowly edged him out.
** Well, congratulations Ash! you managed to make it to the Final Four in the Sinnoh League, scored a decisive victory against your arc-long rival, ''and'' even managed to KO Tobias' Darkrai...oh wait, he has a Latios too. Sucks for you, at least you did get to take down that Latios too which is far more than anyone else in Sinnoh did who all never got past Darkrai.
** Okay, so maybe Unova is Ash's big break, right? Nope! His opponent (who is even more of TheDitz than Ash is on a bad day) explicitly plans for his Riolu to evolve into Lucario mid-fight and it does just that, sweeping the rest of Ash's team and placing Ash in his only downward bracket. And this guy only brought ''5'' of hisYankTheDogsChain: In every Pokémon with him League prior to a ''6 vs 6 matchup''. The Alola, things seem to be going well for Ash. He's made it to the league, gotten past plenty of tough battles, and defeated (or at least gotten further than) his main rival at the time... only consolation is that Cameron gets eliminated the very next round.
** Okay, Kalos for sure! Oh wait, Alain's Charizardto just narrowly eliminated Greninja with come up short against a Blast Burn, new rival he recently met. He takes it progressively better each time, but it's hard not to feel a move that Greninja normally resists. Sorry, Ash. [[spoiler:Better luck next League.]]bit sorry for him when it happens.
** Ash makes it to the Top 16 of the Indigo League and...wait, Team Rocket kidnaps him before the match begins. It takes him several hours to get loose and escape, exhausting half of his team in the process, and he's nearly disqualified while nobody bothers to look for him or postpone the match. And when the chips are down, Charizard won't battle and gets him eliminated.
** He came remarkably close to winning the Johto and Hoenn League's Top 8 matches, but Harrison and Tyson narrowly edged him out.
** Well, congratulations Ash! you managed to make it to the Final Four in the Sinnoh League, scored a decisive victory against your arc-long rival, ''and'' even managed to KO Tobias' Darkrai...oh wait, he has a Latios too. Sucks for you, at least you did get to take down that Latios too which is far more than anyone else in Sinnoh did who all never got past Darkrai.
** Okay, so maybe Unova is Ash's big break, right? Nope! His opponent (who is even more of TheDitz than Ash is on a bad day) explicitly plans for his Riolu to evolve into Lucario mid-fight and it does just that, sweeping the rest of Ash's team and placing Ash in his only downward bracket. And this guy only brought ''5'' of his
** Okay, Kalos for sure! Oh wait, Alain's Charizard
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* ObliviousToLove: [[CharacterizationMarchesOn In later seasons]]. For example, in the first season, he knows damn well that Butterfree is trying to court a mate in "Bye Bye Butterfree". In ''Best Wishes'', he is completely clueless that a Cottonee wants to do the same and thinks that it just "wants to make a best buddy". Though he later shows a bit less of this trope as he could tell that Oshawott was in love, while in in ''XY'', while he did not notice Serena's crush on him (at least until she kissed him), he is able to recognize love between others when it is obvious or pointed out to him, and in ''Sun & Moon'' he gets dragged to a jewelry store by Mallow, Lana, and Lillie. When one of the workers says that he must have a close relationship with the three, he grins and blushes. He's also quite happy and excited for Professor Kukui and Burnet's wedding.
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* ObliviousToLove: His inability to understand romance is one of his most defining traits [[CharacterizationMarchesOn In later seasons]]. For example, in the first season, he knows damn well that Butterfree is trying post-Kanto]], though exactly to court a mate in "Bye Bye Butterfree". In ''Best Wishes'', he is completely clueless that a Cottonee wants to do the same and thinks that it just "wants to make a best buddy". Though he later shows a bit less of this trope as he what extent varies DependingOnTheWriter. He could tell that Oshawott was in love, love with Osharina, while in in ''XY'', while he did not notice Serena's crush on him (at least until she kissed him), he him). He is sometimes able to recognize love between others when it is obvious or pointed out to him, and in ''Sun & Moon'' he gets dragged to a jewelry store by Mallow, Lana, and Lillie. When one of the workers says that he must have a close relationship with the three, he grins and blushes. He's also quite happy and excited for Professor Kukui and Burnet's wedding.
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** In [=JN105=], he manages to [[spoiler:defeat former Champion Wallace in a mostly offscreen battle, with only very small and non-crucial portions of the match being shown]].
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** In [=JN105=], he manages to [[spoiler:defeat defeat former Champion Wallace in a mostly offscreen battle, with only very small and non-crucial portions of the match being shown]].shown.
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* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: While Ash's bond with his companions in unbreakable, sometimes they can hit a bump in the road along their journey.
** Misty, in spite of her putting down Ash, didn't actually experience this (preferring to beat him in a battle to solve their dispute) until the end of ''The Original Series'', where she ran off upset when Ash congratulated her on getting her bike fixed...right as she was being forced to leave the group to take over for her sisters at the gym, leaving her to think Ash didn't care she was going away. Ash proved otherwise at the end, leaving Misty satisfied that he did really care for her.
** In the middle of Hoenn, Ash and May started bickering worse than usual, culminating into a "Boys vs Girls" argument that even ''Team Rocket'' got involved with. Brock, Max, and a very confused Pikachu could only hang out on the sidelines until the two patched things up.
** Early on in Sinnoh, Ash and Dawn took on a pair of trainers with a Crocanaw and a Quilava, but handily lost when the two's sense of coordinating with each other was way off. The two spent all episode bickering until they were able to get into better sync and rematch the trainers, repairing their relationship and winning the match at the same time.
** Late into the Delcore Islands Arc, Iris and Ash got at each other's throats so badly after a series of minor mistakes that the former decided she was going to travel alone. Cilan and Ash's Pokémon gently forced the two to make up.
** After his lose to Wulfric, Ash got into his first (and only) argument with Serena in an attempt to cheer him up, as the latter pouted and left him in the woods to stew in his own pity. She regretted it quickly when a blizzard struck the mountain and left Ash stranded, but both parties were able to find each other and patch things up.
** One time, when his Rotom Dex was invited to join the cast of his favorite TV show, he and Ash got into a spat when Ash thought Rotom Dex was going to leave. It was on Lillie's suggestion that the two mend things.
** Twice this would happen with Goh. First, just after the two met, Ash and Goh got into an argument over helping some Bulbasaur evolve--the former wanting to help them, and the latter wanting to leave them be--but their shared amazement at witnessing the event led them to patch things up. Then, in [=JN135=], [[spoiler:Ash announces he and Pikachu are going on their own journey together. Goh takes it as the ultimate betrayal and swears off their friendship before running into the woods. Goh's Cinderace refuses to take his attitude and leads him to setting things right. The two fully reconcile the next episode.]]
** Misty, in spite of her putting down Ash, didn't actually experience this (preferring to beat him in a battle to solve their dispute) until the end of ''The Original Series'', where she ran off upset when Ash congratulated her on getting her bike fixed...right as she was being forced to leave the group to take over for her sisters at the gym, leaving her to think Ash didn't care she was going away. Ash proved otherwise at the end, leaving Misty satisfied that he did really care for her.
** In the middle of Hoenn, Ash and May started bickering worse than usual, culminating into a "Boys vs Girls" argument that even ''Team Rocket'' got involved with. Brock, Max, and a very confused Pikachu could only hang out on the sidelines until the two patched things up.
** Early on in Sinnoh, Ash and Dawn took on a pair of trainers with a Crocanaw and a Quilava, but handily lost when the two's sense of coordinating with each other was way off. The two spent all episode bickering until they were able to get into better sync and rematch the trainers, repairing their relationship and winning the match at the same time.
** Late into the Delcore Islands Arc, Iris and Ash got at each other's throats so badly after a series of minor mistakes that the former decided she was going to travel alone. Cilan and Ash's Pokémon gently forced the two to make up.
** After his lose to Wulfric, Ash got into his first (and only) argument with Serena in an attempt to cheer him up, as the latter pouted and left him in the woods to stew in his own pity. She regretted it quickly when a blizzard struck the mountain and left Ash stranded, but both parties were able to find each other and patch things up.
** One time, when his Rotom Dex was invited to join the cast of his favorite TV show, he and Ash got into a spat when Ash thought Rotom Dex was going to leave. It was on Lillie's suggestion that the two mend things.
** Twice this would happen with Goh. First, just after the two met, Ash and Goh got into an argument over helping some Bulbasaur evolve--the former wanting to help them, and the latter wanting to leave them be--but their shared amazement at witnessing the event led them to patch things up. Then, in [=JN135=], [[spoiler:Ash announces he and Pikachu are going on their own journey together. Goh takes it as the ultimate betrayal and swears off their friendship before running into the woods. Goh's Cinderace refuses to take his attitude and leads him to setting things right. The two fully reconcile the next episode.]]
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* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure:
** While Ash's bond with his companions in unbreakable, sometimes they can hit a bump in the road along theirjourney.
** Misty,journey. This tends to happen at least once a series with his female companions (often accompanied by undertones of ShipTease), as well as Rotom Dex in spite of her putting down [=SM098=] and a few times with Goh due to the latter's social awkwardness. Fortunately for Ash, didn't actually experience this (preferring to beat him in a battle to solve their dispute) until these fights are always resolved by the end of ''The Original Series'', where she ran off upset when Ash congratulated her on getting her bike fixed...right as she was being forced to leave the group to take over for her sisters at the gym, leaving her to think Ash didn't care she was going away. Ash proved otherwise at the end, leaving Misty satisfied that he did really care for her.
** In the middle of Hoenn, Ash and May started bickering worse than usual, culminating into a "Boys vs Girls" argument that even ''Team Rocket'' got involved with. Brock, Max, and a very confused Pikachu could only hang out on the sidelines until the two patched things up.
** Early on in Sinnoh, Ash and Dawn took on a pair of trainers with a Crocanaw and a Quilava, but handily lost when the two's sense of coordinating with each other was way off. The two spent all episode bickering until they were able to get into better sync and rematch the trainers, repairing their relationship and winning the match at the same time.
** Late into the Delcore Islands Arc, Iris and Ash got at each other's throats so badly after a series of minor mistakes that the former decided she was going to travel alone. Cilan and Ash's Pokémon gently forced the two to make up.
** After his lose to Wulfric, Ash got into his first (and only) argument with Serena in an attempt to cheer him up, as the latter pouted and left him in the woods to stew in his own pity. She regretted it quickly when a blizzard struck the mountain and left Ash stranded, but both parties were able to find each other and patch things up.
** One time, when his Rotom Dex was invited to join the cast of his favorite TV show, he and Ash got into a spat when Ash thought Rotom Dex was going to leave. It was on Lillie's suggestion that the two mend things.
** Twice this would happen with Goh. First, just after the two met, Ash and Goh got into an argument over helping some Bulbasaur evolve--the former wanting to help them, and the latter wanting to leave them be--but their shared amazement at witnessing the event led them to patch things up. Then, in [=JN135=], [[spoiler:Ash announces he and Pikachu are going on their own journey together. Goh takes it as the ultimate betrayal and swears off their friendship before running into the woods. Goh's Cinderace refuses to take his attitude and leads him to setting things right. The two fully reconcile the nextepisode.]]
** While Ash's bond with his companions in unbreakable, sometimes they can hit a bump in the road along their
** Misty,
** In the middle of Hoenn, Ash and May started bickering worse than usual, culminating into a "Boys vs Girls" argument that even ''Team Rocket'' got involved with. Brock, Max, and a very confused Pikachu could only hang out on the sidelines until the two patched things up.
** Early on in Sinnoh, Ash and Dawn took on a pair of trainers with a Crocanaw and a Quilava, but handily lost when the two's sense of coordinating with each other was way off. The two spent all episode bickering until they were able to get into better sync and rematch the trainers, repairing their relationship and winning the match at the same time.
** Late into the Delcore Islands Arc, Iris and Ash got at each other's throats so badly after a series of minor mistakes that the former decided she was going to travel alone. Cilan and Ash's Pokémon gently forced the two to make up.
** After his lose to Wulfric, Ash got into his first (and only) argument with Serena in an attempt to cheer him up, as the latter pouted and left him in the woods to stew in his own pity. She regretted it quickly when a blizzard struck the mountain and left Ash stranded, but both parties were able to find each other and patch things up.
** One time, when his Rotom Dex was invited to join the cast of his favorite TV show, he and Ash got into a spat when Ash thought Rotom Dex was going to leave. It was on Lillie's suggestion that the two mend things.
** Twice this would happen with Goh. First, just after the two met, Ash and Goh got into an argument over helping some Bulbasaur evolve--the former wanting to help them, and the latter wanting to leave them be--but their shared amazement at witnessing the event led them to patch things up. Then, in [=JN135=], [[spoiler:Ash announces he and Pikachu are going on their own journey together. Goh takes it as the ultimate betrayal and swears off their friendship before running into the woods. Goh's Cinderace refuses to take his attitude and leads him to setting things right. The two fully reconcile the next
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** This gets {{Invoked}} on him by [[spoiler:Team Rocket]] in ''Aim To Be A Pokémon Master''. [[spoiler:When Ash learns that his Squirtle and his squad are in town putting on on a show, he, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Bulbasaur, and Charizard go to visit. However, Team Rocket had hijacked the show for their own profit, and shooed Ash and co. off before they could go see him, thinking he was coming to get his Pokémon back, then trick Squirtle into thinking Ash didn't care about him anymore. When they do bump into each other, Squirtle is peeved at Ash and gets Bulbasaur and Charizard angry enough that a fight breaks out between the three starters. Things might have stayed that way if Team Rocket hadn't bungled things up in their latest capture attempt and set a warehouse on fire by accident, at which point everyone came together and put out the fire.]]
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* RedemptionQuest: After suffering a humiliating defeat in the Indigo League, partly due to his inexperience, laziness, and arrogance, Ash goes on to challenge the Orange Island League to refine himself as a trainer, along with his Pokémon. The trip through the archipelago proves to be a great boon for Ash in his growth as a trainer, culminating in not only winning against Drake in the League but also leading to further development and improvement in future leagues until eventually, he becomes [[spoiler:Champion of Alola]] and [[spoiler:the Pokémon World Coronation Series.]]
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* RedemptionQuest: After suffering a humiliating defeat in the Indigo League, partly due to his inexperience, laziness, and arrogance, Ash goes on to challenge the Orange Island League to refine himself as a trainer, along with his Pokémon. The trip through the archipelago proves to be a great boon for Ash in his growth as a trainer, culminating in not only winning against Drake in the League but also leading to further development and improvement in future leagues until eventually, he becomes [[spoiler:Champion Champion of Alola]] Alola and [[spoiler:the the Pokémon World Coronation Series.]]
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Though Ash ultimately lost at the finals during the Lumiose Conference, he fares better than the actual victor, Alain. During the League ceremony, Team Flare launch their attack upon Lumoise City. Alain, being involved with Team Flare, suffers the worst kind of loss when he realizes that his entire goal was a lie and his boss Lysandre only cares about power, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ignoring Mega Evolution in favor for a potentially more powerful Bond Phenomenon that Ash possesses]]. In the aftermath of the Flare crisis, Ash is constantly recognized and praised by young trainers as the Conference League finalist while Alain quietly rebuilds his life with Prof. Sycamore and privately [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter admits Ash to be the superior trainer]]. This would be even more ironic in ''Journeys'' when Alain, [[spoiler:in spite of ranking higher than Ash, gets ''destroyed'' by Leon during their World Coronation Series match, while Ash would manage to narrowly overpower Leon and emerge WCS Monarch.]]
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Though Ash ultimately lost at the finals during the Lumiose Conference, he fares better than the actual victor, Alain. During the League ceremony, Team Flare launch their attack upon Lumoise City. Alain, being involved with Team Flare, suffers the worst kind of loss when he realizes that his entire goal was a lie and his boss Lysandre only cares about power, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ignoring Mega Evolution in favor for a potentially more powerful Bond Phenomenon that Ash possesses]]. In the aftermath of the Flare crisis, Ash is constantly recognized and praised by young trainers as the Conference League finalist while Alain quietly rebuilds his life with Prof. Sycamore and privately [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter admits Ash to be the superior trainer]]. This would be even more ironic in ''Journeys'' when Alain, [[spoiler:in spite of ranking higher than Ash, gets ''destroyed'' by Leon during their World Coronation Series match, while Ash would manage to narrowly overpower Leon and emerge WCS Monarch.]]
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** Pikachu, of course. He was Ash's first Pokémon, he's been the only one of his team that's consistently stayed with him, and he's used him in every major conference he's partaken in. Tellingly, it was Pikachu [[spoiler:that brought down Leon's Charizard, cementing him as Ash's ultimate ace.]]
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** Pikachu, of course. He was Ash's first Pokémon, he's been the only one of his team that's consistently stayed with him, and he's used him in every major conference he's partaken in. Tellingly, it was Pikachu [[spoiler:that that brought down Leon's Charizard, cementing him as Ash's ultimate ace.]]
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* ShipTease: Despite his ChasteHero nature, he tends to get at least few of these with each of his female traveling companions (aside from Bonnie), though almost always on their side rather than his. Though that hasn't stopped a few hints on his side.
** One of the more notable ones is Misty, who at times was all but said to have a crush on Ash herself. Ash has taken notice of her appearance more than once and has been shown to feel jealousy towards other guys paying attention to her, like Gym Leaders Danny and Rudy.[[spoiler:When the two bump into each other again during ''Aim To Be A Pokémon Master'' Misty greats Ash with a very flirtatious tone, and Ash gets very smug when she uses their Pokémon's connection to each other as an excuse to travel with him again.]]
** Ash was notably very kind and concerned about May (when they weren't bickering that is). When she loses her first contest, he blames himself for not helping her to train. In ''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', he even puts May in a torpedo tube to keep her and Pikachu from drowning while he goes to fix the titular temple.
** He was always notably gloomy whenever Dawn was in a funk following a loss, and did his best to cheer her up. In ''"Cream of the Croagunk Crop"'' he also asks her out on a dance at the festival. Later series imply that she is the only female companion Ash has ever talked to any of his later companions about without said companions meeting an older one first or having to learn about them from outside sources. [[spoiler:Dawn is even the only of his ''entire'' list of companions to attend his match against Leon, though it's shown everyone else was pretty busy.]]
** After a fight with Iris that ends with them almost swearing off their friendship in ''"The Path that Leads to Goodbye!"'' Cilan makes them both reconcile and Ash does so by giving her a flower gift.
** He is notably stunned when Serena kisses him on the lips and smiles back at her after she is done and is ready to leave. [[spoiler:When they briefly reunite in [=JN105=], the two share a very passionate look as they discuss the changes to their prospective careers.]]
** He has had a lot of moments of this with Lana during his time in Alola, including smiling awkwardly when first meeting her.
** The Alolan girls (Lillie, Mallow and Lana) take Ash out for a shopping spree at a jewelry store in [=SM020=], when a woman there tells Ash that he must have a good relationship with all three of the girls he notably blushes at her comment.
** One of the more notable ones is Misty, who at times was all but said to have a crush on Ash herself. Ash has taken notice of her appearance more than once and has been shown to feel jealousy towards other guys paying attention to her, like Gym Leaders Danny and Rudy.[[spoiler:When the two bump into each other again during ''Aim To Be A Pokémon Master'' Misty greats Ash with a very flirtatious tone, and Ash gets very smug when she uses their Pokémon's connection to each other as an excuse to travel with him again.]]
** Ash was notably very kind and concerned about May (when they weren't bickering that is). When she loses her first contest, he blames himself for not helping her to train. In ''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', he even puts May in a torpedo tube to keep her and Pikachu from drowning while he goes to fix the titular temple.
** He was always notably gloomy whenever Dawn was in a funk following a loss, and did his best to cheer her up. In ''"Cream of the Croagunk Crop"'' he also asks her out on a dance at the festival. Later series imply that she is the only female companion Ash has ever talked to any of his later companions about without said companions meeting an older one first or having to learn about them from outside sources. [[spoiler:Dawn is even the only of his ''entire'' list of companions to attend his match against Leon, though it's shown everyone else was pretty busy.]]
** After a fight with Iris that ends with them almost swearing off their friendship in ''"The Path that Leads to Goodbye!"'' Cilan makes them both reconcile and Ash does so by giving her a flower gift.
** He is notably stunned when Serena kisses him on the lips and smiles back at her after she is done and is ready to leave. [[spoiler:When they briefly reunite in [=JN105=], the two share a very passionate look as they discuss the changes to their prospective careers.]]
** He has had a lot of moments of this with Lana during his time in Alola, including smiling awkwardly when first meeting her.
** The Alolan girls (Lillie, Mallow and Lana) take Ash out for a shopping spree at a jewelry store in [=SM020=], when a woman there tells Ash that he must have a good relationship with all three of the girls he notably blushes at her comment.
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* ShipTease: Despite his ChasteHero nature, he tends to get at least few of these with each of his female traveling companions (aside from Bonnie), though almost always on their side rather than his. Though that hasn't stopped a few hints on his side.
** One of the more notable ones is Misty, who at times was all but said to have a crush on Ash herself. Ash has taken notice of her appearance more than once and has been shown to feel jealousy towards other guys paying attention to her, like Gym Leaders Danny and Rudy.[[spoiler:When the two bump into each other again during ''Aim To Be A Pokémon Master'' Misty greats Ash with a very flirtatious tone, and Ash gets very smug when she uses their Pokémon's connection to each other as an excuse to travel with him again.]]
** Ash wasside, most notably very kind and concerned about May (when they weren't bickering his tendency to get jealous of guys that is). When she loses her first contest, he blames himself for not helping her to train. In ''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', he even puts May in a torpedo tube to keep her and Pikachu from drowning while he goes to fix the titular temple.
** He was always notably gloomy whenever Dawn was in a funk following a loss, and did his best to cheer her up. In ''"Cream of the Croagunk Crop"'' he also asks her out on a dance at the festival. Later series imply that she is the only female companion Ash has ever talked to any of his later companions about without said companions meeting an older one firstMisty showed attraction to, or having to learn about them from outside sources. [[spoiler:Dawn is even the only of his ''entire'' list of companions to attend his match against Leon, though it's shown everyone else was pretty busy.]]
** After a fight with Iris that ends with them almost swearing off their friendship in ''"The Path that Leads to Goodbye!"'' Cilan makes them both reconcile and Ash does so by giving her a flower gift.
** He is notably stunnedseeming pleasantly surprised when Serena kisses kissed him on the lips and smiles back at her after she is done and is ready to leave. [[spoiler:When they briefly reunite in [=JN105=], the two share a very passionate look as they discuss the changes to their prospective careers.]]
** He has had a lot of moments of this with Lana during his time in Alola, including smiling awkwardly when first meeting her.
** The Alolan girls (Lillie, Mallow and Lana) take Ash out for a shopping spree at a jewelry store in [=SM020=], when a woman there tells Ash that he must have a good relationship with all three of the girls he notably blushes at her comment.lips.
** One of the more notable ones is Misty, who at times was all but said to have a crush on Ash herself. Ash has taken notice of her appearance more than once and has been shown to feel jealousy towards other guys paying attention to her, like Gym Leaders Danny and Rudy.[[spoiler:When the two bump into each other again during ''Aim To Be A Pokémon Master'' Misty greats Ash with a very flirtatious tone, and Ash gets very smug when she uses their Pokémon's connection to each other as an excuse to travel with him again.]]
** Ash was
** He was always notably gloomy whenever Dawn was in a funk following a loss, and did his best to cheer her up. In ''"Cream of the Croagunk Crop"'' he also asks her out on a dance at the festival. Later series imply that she is the only female companion Ash has ever talked to any of his later companions about without said companions meeting an older one first
** After a fight with Iris that ends with them almost swearing off their friendship in ''"The Path that Leads to Goodbye!"'' Cilan makes them both reconcile and Ash does so by giving her a flower gift.
** He is notably stunned
** He has had a lot of moments of this with Lana during his time in Alola, including smiling awkwardly when first meeting her.
** The Alolan girls (Lillie, Mallow and Lana) take Ash out for a shopping spree at a jewelry store in [=SM020=], when a woman there tells Ash that he must have a good relationship with all three of the girls he notably blushes at her comment.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: {{Downplayed}} at the end of his tenure as the series' lead. Despite his accomplishments, [[spoiler:he still does not consider himself to be a Pokémon Master, his newly obtained title as World Coronation Series Monarch hasn't dramatically altered his life beyond giving him crowds of adoring fans in certain locations, the bulk of his old Pokémon he released or sent away for training still remain absent, and Team Rocket is still endlessly following him to steal Pikachu.]] However, [[spoiler:he finally managed to get his Pidgeot back, and though he doesn't consider himself a Pokémon Master, he has a better understanding of what he thinks it takes to be one, and walks the endless road with a greater sense of where to go next on his journey.]]
* StockShonenHero: He starts out as an IdiotHero BigEater and is a FriendToAllLivingThings on a quest ToBeAMaster. In the early seasons he was always put down for acting before he thinks, but after going through about 4 regions he's the more experienced mentor to whatever newbie starts traveling with him. He only displays TheGift in the films, but season to season he averts it, having only come home a success twice in over 900 episodes, from the tournament of the Orange Islands season and the Battle Frontier. Though as he gets better as a trainer he starts coming closer and closer to the top of a League, [[spoiler:culminating in his victory in the Alola League, followed by a successful title defense exhibition match even when the mighty Tapu Koko stands in his way as Kukui's 6th Pokémon. Then he becomes the WorldsBestWarrior by defeating Leon towards the end of ''Journeys''.]]
* TheStrategist: Often uses unconventional strategies in battle, but is more than capable of planning ahead for a battle. One of the earliest examples was when he taught Pikachu to use Iron Tail for the Rock-type Rustboro Gym in Hoenn. In Sinnoh, the most prominent example was his development of the counter shield technique and especially the out-of-the-box tactics he had to use to stand up to his toughest rival yet, Paul, which included burrowing underground with Infernape to vaporize Toxic Spikes with the fire for example. Shows that he still has it in Unova during his league battle with Stephan. He fully regains this status in ''XY'', first by spending time training to counter Viola's techniques for their rematch after a crushing first battle, spending several episodes training to counter Grant's Onix and its Rock Tomb at the Cyllage Gym. His attempt to copy Tierno's Rhythm strategy didn't work at all, though. [[spoiler:And at the Alola League finals, Ash uses Dusk Lycanrock's Counter, the exact attack Gladion was spamming against them and the only move he didn't know Ash's Lycanrock had, to counter Midnight's own Counter and finish the fight]].
* StockShonenHero: He starts out as an IdiotHero BigEater and is a FriendToAllLivingThings on a quest ToBeAMaster. In the early seasons he was always put down for acting before he thinks, but after going through about 4 regions he's the more experienced mentor to whatever newbie starts traveling with him. He only displays TheGift in the films, but season to season he averts it, having only come home a success twice in over 900 episodes, from the tournament of the Orange Islands season and the Battle Frontier. Though as he gets better as a trainer he starts coming closer and closer to the top of a League, [[spoiler:culminating in his victory in the Alola League, followed by a successful title defense exhibition match even when the mighty Tapu Koko stands in his way as Kukui's 6th Pokémon. Then he becomes the WorldsBestWarrior by defeating Leon towards the end of ''Journeys''.]]
* TheStrategist: Often uses unconventional strategies in battle, but is more than capable of planning ahead for a battle. One of the earliest examples was when he taught Pikachu to use Iron Tail for the Rock-type Rustboro Gym in Hoenn. In Sinnoh, the most prominent example was his development of the counter shield technique and especially the out-of-the-box tactics he had to use to stand up to his toughest rival yet, Paul, which included burrowing underground with Infernape to vaporize Toxic Spikes with the fire for example. Shows that he still has it in Unova during his league battle with Stephan. He fully regains this status in ''XY'', first by spending time training to counter Viola's techniques for their rematch after a crushing first battle, spending several episodes training to counter Grant's Onix and its Rock Tomb at the Cyllage Gym. His attempt to copy Tierno's Rhythm strategy didn't work at all, though. [[spoiler:And at the Alola League finals, Ash uses Dusk Lycanrock's Counter, the exact attack Gladion was spamming against them and the only move he didn't know Ash's Lycanrock had, to counter Midnight's own Counter and finish the fight]].
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* StatusQuoIsGod: {{Downplayed}} at the end of his tenure as the series' lead. Despite his accomplishments, [[spoiler:he he still does not consider himself to be a Pokémon Master, his newly obtained title as World Coronation Series Monarch hasn't dramatically altered his life beyond giving him crowds of adoring fans in certain locations, the bulk of his old Pokémon he released or sent away for training still remain absent, and Team Rocket is still endlessly following him to steal Pikachu.]] Pikachu. However, [[spoiler:he he finally managed to get his Pidgeot back, and though he doesn't consider himself a Pokémon Master, he has a better understanding of what he thinks it takes to be one, and walks the endless road with a greater sense of where to go next on his journey.]]
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* StockShonenHero:He starts out as an Ash is a textbook example of one: a HotBlooded, BigEater IdiotHero BigEater and is a FriendToAllLivingThings on a quest ToBeAMaster. In the early seasons he was always put down for acting before he thinks, but after going through about 4 regions he's the more experienced mentor to whatever newbie starts traveling with him. He only displays TheGift in the films, but season to season he averts it, having only come home a success twice in over 900 episodes, from the tournament of the Orange Islands season and the Battle Frontier. Though as he gets better as a trainer he starts coming closer and closer to the top of a League, [[spoiler:culminating in his victory in the Alola League, followed by a successful title defense exhibition match even when the mighty Tapu Koko stands in his way as Kukui's 6th Pokémon. Then he becomes the WorldsBestWarrior by defeating Leon towards the end of ''Journeys''.]]
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* TheStrategist: Oftenuses unconventional strategies relies on the IndyPloy in battle, but is more than capable of planning ahead for a battle. One of the earliest examples was when he taught Pikachu to use Iron Tail for the Rock-type Rustboro Gym in Hoenn. In Sinnoh, Sinnoh in particular puts a lot of focus on Ash practicing new moves and strategies for his upcoming opponents, the most prominent example was his development of the counter shield technique and especially the out-of-the-box tactics he had to use to stand up to his toughest rival yet, Paul, which included burrowing underground with Infernape to vaporize Toxic Spikes with the fire for example. Shows that he still has it in Unova during his league battle with Stephan. He fully regains this status in ''XY'', first by spending time training to counter Viola's techniques for their rematch after a crushing first battle, spending several episodes training to counter Grant's Onix and its Rock Tomb at the Cyllage Gym. His attempt to copy Tierno's Rhythm strategy didn't work at all, though. [[spoiler:And at the Alola League finals, Ash uses Dusk Lycanrock's Counter, the exact attack Gladion was spamming against them and the only move he didn't know Ash's Lycanrock had, to counter Midnight's own notable one being Counter and finish the fight]].Shield, which would go on to be his SignatureMove for that region.
* StockShonenHero:
* TheStrategist: Often
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** During ''The Original Series'', despite his good heart and true friendships with his Pokémon, his immaturity and haughtiness saw him get the short end of the stick in a lot of instances where he wasn't entirely at fault. In "Challenge of the Samurai", he gets berated by the titular Samurai for losing a Weedle he was about to catch, then losing his Metapod to a swarm of Beedrill said Weedle summoned, and called an impatient and immature trainer by the Samurai--even though [[{{Hypocrite}}the Samurai was the one who caused the mess in the first place.]] Then, after he lost the Indigo League, his friends hold him as the sole party responsible for his loss--not Team Rocket for kidnapping him and forcing him to exhaust half his team, not the League for failing to postpone the match, not Charizard for refusing to listen to him, and not them for failing to go look for him. Granted, they weren't entirely wrong that he was lazy and refused to train for the League or fix things with Charizard, but still.
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** During ''The Original Series'', despite his good heart and true friendships with his Pokémon, his immaturity and haughtiness saw him get the short end of the stick in a lot of instances where he wasn't entirely at fault. In "Challenge of the Samurai", he gets berated by the titular Samurai for losing a Weedle he was about most situations, especially when compared to catch, then losing his Metapod to a swarm of Beedrill said Weedle summoned, and called an impatient and immature trainer by the Samurai--even though [[{{Hypocrite}}the Samurai was the one who caused the mess in the first place.]] Then, after he lost the Indigo League, his friends hold him more traditionally competent trainers such as the sole party responsible for his loss--not Team Rocket for kidnapping him and forcing him to exhaust half his team, not the League for failing to postpone the match, not Charizard for refusing to listen to him, and not them for failing to go look for him. Granted, they weren't entirely wrong that he was lazy and refused to train for the League or fix things with Charizard, but still. Gary.
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* StunnedSilence: On rare occasions after an especially meaningful victory, Ash will stand completely still for a moment with a dumbfounded expression. This has happened after defeating longtime rival Gary for the first time in the Silver Conference (where Ash had to [[MiracleRally make a 1 vs. 3 comeback with only his Charizard]]), [[spoiler:winning the Manalo Conference against Gladion (to the point where he asks his opponent if he actually won), and defeating Sinnoh Champion Cynthia in the Masters Tournament (who had previously been undefeated on-screen)]].
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* StunnedSilence: On rare occasions after an especially meaningful victory, Ash will stand completely still for a moment with a dumbfounded expression. This has happened after defeating longtime rival Gary for the first time in the Silver Conference (where Ash had to [[MiracleRally make a 1 vs. 3 comeback with only his Charizard]]), [[spoiler:winning winning the Manalo Conference against Gladion (to the point where he asks his opponent if he actually won), and defeating Sinnoh Champion Cynthia in the Masters Tournament (who had previously been undefeated on-screen)]].on-screen).
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** [[spoiler:After becoming Champion of the Alola League, he wins a hard-fought full battle against Professor Kukui. What's more, during the battle he also defeats Tapu Koko, who'd served as a TricksterMentor to him and Pikachu throughout their time in Alola.]]
** [[spoiler:Once he made it to the Masters Eight, he managed to topple Leon, who had been acting as something of a mentor to Ash, after a nail-biting round that ended with Pikachu overcoming Leon's Charizard and Cinderace despite being virtually exhausted. Leon [[GracefulLoser takes the loss very well]] and congratulates Ash on finally being the one to (officially) beat him.]]
** [[spoiler:Once he made it to the Masters Eight, he managed to topple Leon, who had been acting as something of a mentor to Ash, after a nail-biting round that ended with Pikachu overcoming Leon's Charizard and Cinderace despite being virtually exhausted. Leon [[GracefulLoser takes the loss very well]] and congratulates Ash on finally being the one to (officially) beat him.]]
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** [[spoiler:After After becoming Champion of the Alola League, he wins a hard-fought full battle against Professor Kukui. What's more, during the battle he also defeats Tapu Koko, who'd served as a TricksterMentor to him and Pikachu throughout their time in Alola.]]
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**[[spoiler:Once Once he made it to the Masters Eight, he managed to topple Leon, who had been acting as something of a mentor to Ash, after a nail-biting round that ended with Pikachu overcoming Leon's Charizard and Cinderace despite being virtually exhausted. Leon [[GracefulLoser takes the loss very well]] and congratulates Ash on finally being the one to (officially) beat him.]]
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: If Ash sees his Pokémon are happier elsewhere than they are with him, or are needed for a greater purpose, he'll let them go. That said, it doesn't discount the possibility of him reuniting with them down the line, as he's bumped into or called back all of them except Pidgeot and Primeape.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: If Ash sees his Pokémon are happier elsewhere than they are with him, or are needed for a greater purpose, he'll let them go. That said, it doesn't discount the possibility of him reuniting with them down the line, as he's bumped into or called back all of them except Pidgeot and Primeape.
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* LethalChef: A Zigzagged example [[DependingOnTheWriters depending on the episode]].
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** Even he can't stomach his own cooking in the Sun and Moon series. If Ash is expected to cook, he really needs proper instructions - He almost always does too much or too little of everything otherwise. He actually does a good job of making salad and sandwiches later in the Sun and Moon series, but Professor Burnet's Munchlax is the only one who gets to enjoy them.
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** Even he can't stomach his own cooking in the Sun and Moon ''Sun & Moon'' series. If Ash is expected to cook, he really needs proper instructions - He almost always does too much or too little of everything otherwise.
** Subverted afterwards. He actually does a good job of making salad and sandwiches in later on inthe Sun and Moon series, ''Sun & Moon'', but Professor Burnet's Munchlax is the only one who gets to enjoy them.them. In ''Journeys'', Ash makes a cake that is clearly overdecorated and looks somewhat inedible, but Opal finds the cake to be the tastiest of the bunch and declares him to be the winner of her cake decoration competition.
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* TeamDad: While he has been this to his Pokémon teams, Ash Ketchum doesn't really serve this role to his human friends due to his relative inexperience and youth. That is until ''XY'', where he's depicted as an inspiring role model for Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena. Most of the group bickering stems between the siblings Clemont and Bonnie, with Ash and Serena serving as somewhat the surrogate parents for those two. Unsurprisingly, ''XY'' Ash is considered to be the most mature Ash out of all the series, including ''Diamond and Pearl and ''Journeys''.
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* TeamDad: While he has been this to his Pokémon teams, Ash Ketchum doesn't really serve this role to his human friends due to his relative inexperience and youth. That is until ''XY'', where he's depicted as an inspiring role model for Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena. Most of the group bickering stems between the siblings Clemont and Bonnie, with Ash and Serena serving as somewhat the surrogate parents for those two. Unsurprisingly, ''XY'' Ash is considered to be the most mature Ash out of all the series, including ''Diamond and Pearl Pearl'' and ''Journeys''.
