a developing theme

[cazatron]

sorry, dragon-esque was a bad choice of words because people are confusing it with dragon TYPE, i mean large reptiles (dinosaurs would have been slightly more appropriate i think) i was referring mainly to the dragon egg group if anything.

 

[Locormus]

I think I get what you're trying to say...

I made a post or two about a tentative dragon egg group team, for a battle frontier match.. which would include the ones you mentioned.. sans Feraligatr since it actually isn't in the dragon egggroup (it is in the Monstergroup, along with the other ones mentioned)

I don't think that it's a pattern, but I think that since most of them are speedy, that it's no coincidence that they're on Ash's team. It's also because they're kinda popular, especially Charizard was, so I think the animewriters want to build a team in the same mold.. which might be a reason why we see so many turtles/lizards on Ash's team.

About Gible being of the Dragontype, being an Uber and all that kind of trashtalk.. There's nothing really to back that up after yesterdays episode.. as Gible.. the mighty dragon/uber got stomped by Empoleon.. (yes I know of the un-trained situation vs. trained since day 1 and the bad type match up..) That shows that a Gible can be beaten in a regular match (I'm not counting the Gabite vs Pachirisu debacle since that was a contest match)

 

[V Faction]

sorry, dragon-esque was a bad choice of words because people are confusing it with dragon TYPE, i mean large reptiles (dinosaurs would have been slightly more appropriate i think) i was referring mainly to the dragon egg group if anything.

I don't think your initial post was misleading or unclear, but I do appreciate you trying to clarify your original theory.

I think I'm reiterating myself from last time when I say this, but it's all a big coincidence to me.

Take for example, Bayleef. She's a sauropod Pokemon (4 legs, long neck). Choosing to evolve her from Chikorita instead of going with something like Quilava from Cyndaquil isn't based on any pattern the way I see it. That's how the pendulum ended up swinging.

I mean granted, Ash gets a lot of cool, reptile-based and dino-based Pokemon (Bulb, Squirtle, Charizard, Totodile, Bayleef, Torkoal, Sceptile, Turtwig, and now Gible off the top of my head). Do I think having all these Pokemon will influence future Pokemon he'll end up with? Nah.

 

[~Upsidedown 403~]

I didn't really see this developing theme...I thought that this was just to give Ash a type of pokemon that he's never had before...

 

[Commander L. Halsti]

I dont think you can really class Sceptile as dragonish at all. Even if you do, i doubt the writers are just giving Ash fully evolved types based on them looking like a dragon, otherwise he'd have had a dragon type before now.

I think they just picked Sceptile and Charizard to evolve as their the fastest which is Ash's speciality.

This is the reason why Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Totodile, Cyndaquil haven't evolved at all, and why he only has Bayleef, not Meganium. The evolved forms have less speed and agility than the basic ones, and despite the increase in durability and power, Ash can't use them well. Sceptile is exceptionally fast, just like the regional birds Ash used, so he had them evolve to the final form. And Charizard is reasonably fast as well, so it fits in his style. I reckon Grotle stays as Grotle, because he already has less agility than when it was a Turtwig, and Ash didn't get used to this easily. But we will see Infernape, because it fits Ash's preferences down to the last bit. I don't know will we see Garchomp-I hope not. Though, it would not be incompatible with Ash's way of battling.