History WhatAnIdiot / Pokemon

'''You'd Expect:''' Everyone tossing every single Pokémon they have at it (except for Ash's group sans Greninja and Pikachu, and whom had been slaughtered by Lysandre's Mega Gyarados).\\

'''Instead:''' He just leaves Liko wandering around Levincia. Granted, it still took the effort of Iono and Dot to find her, and he did create a misinformation campaign that paints her being in another city, but moving her to another location would still buy him time to get out of Paldea. In addition, he goes solo on his cargo ship.

'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler:Grovyle to politely explain who he is and what he's doing, earning the cooperation of the authorities.]]\\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler:He runs around stealing the Time Gears, assaulting anyone who tries to stop him (including ''[[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]]''), and causes time to stop in the areas where the Time Gears were stolen (which is only temporary, although only Grovyle knew that), which understandably makes him the most hated Pokémon in the world.]]

* In "The Punchy Pokémon":
** Ash and his friends encounter a seemingly-wild Hitmonchan, and Ash decides to capture it.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Since the Rocket Grunt in question is trying to entice contest winners, he would use persuasion or verbally manipulative tactics to convince them to willingly join Team Rocket. There's no indication that this Grunt knows that the player has already run into Team Rocket in Mt. Moon and knows that they are a criminal organization, after all.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Since the Rocket Grunt in question is trying to entice contest winners, he would use verbally manipulative tactics like persuasion to convince them to willingly join Team Rocket. There's no indication that this Grunt knows that the player has already run into Team Rocket in Mt. Moon and knows that they are a criminal organization, after all.\\

** A contest is held on the bridge north of Cerulean City, where contestants who defeat the five trainers on the bridge will receive one Nugget as a prize. Unbeknownst to the player, the contest is held by a member of Team Rocket, who tries to convince winners to join the group.\\

'''Instead:''' Squirtle's efforts were more or less all for nothing as it gets an embarrassing elimination, something Ash was not aware of where sleep counts as unable to battle. Even when tired, Pikachu easily defeats Butterfree in one shot which could have saved Squirtle from being eliminated along with providing Ash a 3-2 lead. Ritchie's Charmander was sent next and without Squirtle's type advantage and Pikachu too tired that it got eliminated, Ash is forced to use Charizard.\\

'''You'd Then Expect:''' That after everything Ash has been through, and after he entered the stadium in a balloon widely recognized by every Officer Jenny in the stadium, no less, his battle with Ritchie would be postponed until tomorrow, giving him some much-needed time to rest.\\

'''Instead:''' Squirtle's efforts were more or less all for nothing as it gets an embarrassing elimination, something Ash was not aware of where sleep counts as unable to battle. Even when tired, Pikachu easily defeats Butterfree in one shot which could have saved Squirtle from being eliminated along with providing Ash a 3-2 lead. Ritchie's Charmander was sent next and without Squirtle and Pikachu too tired, Ash is forced to use Charizard. Due to his arrogance, Ash never considers that Charizard would be completely disobedient and will be a hindrance to him. This bites him in the ass when he's forced to use it as a last option and loses the league for the first of many times to come.

'''You'd Expect:''' For Ash to use Kingler or Muk in lieu of Charizard (and leave Charizard back at Professor Oak's lab), since those two Pokémon were revealed to be competent battlers and they actually listen to him. Plus, Kingler had a type advantage and has defeated an Exeggutor, a grass type, when it was just a Krabby. Heck, he could even try out his last untested Pokémon and use Tauros; it would be better than leaving a team slot empty, plus "beginner's luck" worked out well for him using Kingler and Muk against Mandi the Magnificent and Jeanette Fisher (a fact he later mentioned in the Orange League battle against Drake, which proved to be effective even there).\\
'''Or:''' Fighting more strategically based on the Pokemon Ritchie uses as per canon, starting with Butterfree, then Charmander and ending with Pikachu. Ash could have used Pikachu to defeat Butterfree despite being exhausted which is easily did in canon followed by Charmander. Pikachu would just need to weaken Charmander and then have Squirtle finish the job. Ritchie's own Pikachu would be next and Squirtle can do everything it can whether it is win or lose. Even if it loses, Bulbasaur can finish the job with either its resistance to Electric-type moves or use Leech Seed and Sleep Powder to win by attrition.\\

'''Instead:''' Due to his arrogance, Ash never considers that Charizard would be completely disobedient and will be a hindrance to him. This bites him in the ass when he's forced to use it as a last option and loses the league for the first of many times to come.

** The group learns about the P1 Grand Prix, a tournament for Fighting-type Pokémon.\\
'''You'd expect''': For Brock to let Ash and his Primeape take care of it, since he doesn't have any Fighting Pokémon.\\
'''Instead''': Brock enters the tournament with his Geodude, a Rock Pokémon, weak to Fighting-types.\\
'''The result''': Geodude gets beaten without any effort by Team Rocket's Hitmonlee.

'''You'd Expect:''' Ash to command Kingler to tickle Psyduck, or better yet, nudge it into the water. \\

'''Instead:''' She enters the contest unprepared, and during the Appeal round, she tries to make Seviper use Sacred Fire (which it can't learn). When Seviper predictably doesn't use the move, she gives it a bunch of other suggestions that don't work (including [[EpicFail telling Seviper, a snake, to use Blaze Kick and Dragon Claw]]). Eventually, Meowth finally suggests telling Seviper to use Poison Tail (which it already knows), but by then, the damage is already done, and Jessie ends up losing.

'''Additionally:''' He would take Liko to somewhere random that isn't in Levincia, make her forget he even existed, and scarper off. Every second the Rising Volt Tacklers search for Liko is a second he can use to make his escape.\\
'''Instead:''' He just leaves Liko wandering around Levincia. Granted, it still took the effort of Iono and Dot to find her, and he did create a misinformation campaign that paints her being in another city, but moving her to another location would still buy him time to get out of Paldea.

'''Instead:''' They conduct business as usual.

* The Explorers have set up a ploy to summon the Black Rayquaza. Spinel once again is put in charge of the plan and given how he's an admin, suffice to say he could probably call upon more of the Explorer's resources which we know they have (as in, more Mon's, more men, which wouldo verall give him more firepower).\\

'''Alternatively:''' If the four admins really were enough, he would bring the additional manpower to provide security or just to further wear down Friede in his trap. The four admins are indeed very strong, but with their power focused on Rayquaza, they can only do so much to stop intruders like the RVT, and Spinel has shown he's willing to resort to dirtt tactics to beat the RVT.\\

'''Instead:''' He just leaves Liko wandering around Levincia. Granted, it still took the effort of Iono and Dot to find her, but moving her to another location would still buy him time to get out of Paldea.

** Saffron City is overseen by city guards to the north, south, east and west. Within the city, Silph Co. has been taken over by Team Rocket, who have also taken the company's owner as a hostage.\\