Suede's Pokémon Journey: Episode 25
Added 2023-12-08 10:26:15 +0000 UTCPrimape Goes Bananas
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It's perturbing that Primeape was introduced to fill Butterfree's slot in Ash's roster and then subsequently dumped a mere four episodes later. My suspicion is that at least one of the following occurred: - The crew rapidly figured that Primeape didn't comply with Ash's characterization in the manner of his other contemporary 'mons (then mostly consisting of Pikachu, whose initial characterization is specifically framed as a foil to Ash's naïve desperation to run headfirst into his aspirations, and three formerly-abandoned starters all contending, in varying permutations, with their status as underdog "outsiders" given a second chance at acceptance and self-actualization through joining Ash's team in their introductory episodes, thus loosely paralleling Ash's own earlier presentation as an overzealous kid entangled in an unexpectedly-harsh setting; Pidgeotto, conversely, is enough of an unassuming plot-convenient chameleon that they're virtually irrelevant to the debate altogether). A sixth slot was thus left open for a more “fitting” ‘mon, which eventually became an oversight for the rest of the Kanto saga. - The crew was concerned that Primeape would render Ash “too overpowered” in battle as soon as their initial arc concluded. - The writing staff under Shudo pre-emptively conceived the Charmeleon/Charizard disobedience arc during this period in the anime's production, rendering Primeape's own parallel arc a derivative artifact almost as soon as it had begun.
DisgruntledFilament
2024-01-06 13:40:41 +0000 UTCCome one, come all for jelly doughnuts.
Spencer
2023-12-08 18:43:29 +0000 UTC
