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If You Were in Charge of the Anime (*POTENTIAL SPOILERS*)

Zoruagible

Lover of underrated characters
XYZ: The End

I lacked motivation to finish this really, Sun/Moon won't seem as rushed. I LOVE Alola dearly. I actually finished most of Sun/Moon's before I even bothered coming back to this.

First episode of the new season is Domino, Butch, Cassidy, and Pierce staging a rescue mission for Attila and Hun. Pierce debuts his Mega Salamence in this and it makes absolute mincemeat out of Alain's Mega Charizard X and kills both of them afterwards. Team Rocket recovered their agents and Team Flare lost its enforcer. Pierce is then tasked with hunting down those scientist girls I am too lazy and don't care enough to look up their names.

Sliggoo evolves during the Swamp episodes, and it goes about the same. Only.... Florges really was evil. And Team Rocket had NOTHING to do with it. And Goodra stayed with Ash! Florges was put down and her army immediately disbanded.

Wally returns for more ORAS promotion aside from Mega Salamence being a villain and Treecko/Mudkip being cast members. He challenges Ash to a battle and finally gets his win, something he failed to do back in Advanced. Showing how much Wally improved over the years, and Ash underestimated him too costing his loss.

Hilbert and Korrina split off cause Hilbert realizes he's behind. Treecko barely has any experience. And nobody is fully evolved except for Lucario, who he's had since Best Wishes. He's unaware of a shiny Umbreon being around the area though and is immediately surrounded by Team Rocket grunts led by Butch/Cassidy who know how much money a shiny Umbreon would bring in(Reflecting how popular the species shiny is in real life). Hilbert and Korrina struggle to fight all the grunts off while Butch/Cassidy fled to hunt Umbreon down on their own. But Charmeleon and Frogadier evolve simultaneously and
knock out the grunt's Pokemon. Shiny Greninja then runs ahead to scout out Umbreon and is tasked with dealing with Butch's Aegislash and Cassidy's Dragelge by itself. But it wins. Butch and Cassidy get sent flying off and Umbreon comes out to thank Greninja before running off. Giovanni is furious to find out Butch/Cassidy somehow lost to a teenager AGAIN and immediately sends Domino after him.

Cue Gourgeist episode. Absolutely perfect, ain't changing a thing.

Hilbert lets Treecko get some experience during the gym battle before returning him and sending out Charizard to finish the Pokemon off. Treecko evolves into Grovyle from all the experience Charizard gave him.

Ash however has a more difficult time seeing as he NEVER faced a Fairy type before, so he lost.
However, Serena ends up helping him out with her own Sylveon(Caught as Sylveon cause Eevee has enough screen time) causing him to win the rematch. Mudkip starts to grow jealous of the rest of Serena's team.
The group runs into Dawn, whose in Kalos for the Wallace Cup, and is shopping for some of Valerie's unique clothing. Dawn joins the group on the way back to Lumiose.

Hilbert grows worried for Espurr as he's still acting like he has since he was caught. Not showing any signs of evolution despite being powerful enough to knockout a Flygon at the start of the episode all by himself. Espurr is distracted by something for once however and runs off, making Hilbert and Korrina have to chase after him. Espurr apparently found the female version of his evolution and is lovestruck. But Meowstic F is uninterested in him.
Meanwhile the TRio is stalking Ash, only to get lost and Meowth sees Meowstic F too and immediately falls in love much to Pyroar F's jealousy. Meowstic F actually likes Meowth though, seeing how special he is. Jessie and James wonder if they should use her on the Twerps. Meowstic tags along with them, uncaught. Espurr comes back from Hilbert and Korrina awkwardly thinking of ways to get him to win Meowstic over as they have NO experience doing that. Amelia just fell for Hilbert instantly without him trying anything aside from placing in the Top two in Unova.

Meowstic F and the rest of Team Rocket absolutely destroy Serena and Ash. Leaving Pikachu open to steal.
Espurr and Hilbert arrive however and Espurr evolves while using his psychic powers to beat Inkay, Phantump, Heliosk, Gourgeist, Wobbufet, and Pyroar F. Meowth then uses Shadow Claw and actually knocks Espurr back, Espurr evolves however while he throws Meowth into the others and sends them blasting off. Meowstic F is immediately taken down by Meowstic M and wants to be with him, much to his happiness. Hilbert doesn't know how he should handle this however, he doesn't want to say goodbye to Meowstic.
He's saved however, due to Dawn displaying interest in Meowstic F and saying she'll catch it so Meowstic M can be happy. Hilbert and Dawn finally lock eyes and at that point, just like Hilda and N, Serena, and Meowstic M before them they immediately fall for each other but both are too nervous to say anything about that.
Meowth is depressed due to losing out on love yet again, only for Jessie and James to comfort him and tell him somebody loves him for who he is. Pyroar F walks to him then and nuzzles him lovingly, ending the episode.

Cue Talonflame and Moltres episode.

The group of give arrive in Lumiose and the Wallace Cup begins!
Hilbert, still having the Contest Pass from earlier in the saga enters wanting to impress Dawn but only confides that to Serena as he's been keeping her feelings secret from Ash this whole time. It's only fair he can confide in her. Serena grows nervous hearing that as last time they faced, Hilbert would have won had he not forfeited for her.
Miette also appears and starts teasing Serena on when she'll finally tell Ash, and also reveals if she doesn't tell him by the time this Wallace Cups ends. Then she'll ask out Ash himself.
Hilbert, Miette, Jessie, Tierno, Amelia, Dawn, and Serena all make it through the appeal rounds to end the day. Ash is shocked to see Harley's face on the scoreboard as well, wondering what he's doing here due to neither May nor Drew being present.
Wallace himself then comes out and reveals a Dance will be going on for the competing coordinators. To celebrate the eight people who moved on.
Serena doesn't know how to tell Ash, and is immediately asked by Miette. Hilbert meanwhile is having similar issues while looking at Dawn. And is about to go ask her, only to get asked by Amelia. He doesn't have the heart to say no. Korrina and Dawn go together, as just friends.... despite them liking the same boy and wanting him to ask them. Neither know that though.
While Tierno's dream came through, he gets to go out with Serena! :D
Harley's date is a dude..... yes, date. Not friends. It's the only group aside from Jessie/James, where the two actually wanted to go together.
It works almost like that Showcase dance episode.
Pokemon Partners:
Harley/OC: Cacturne and Jigglypuff
Jessie/James: Pyroar F and Meowth
Dawn/Korrina: Meowstic F and Hawlucha
Ash/Miette: Pikachu and Slurpuff
Hilbert/Amelia: Meowstic M and Dragonair
Serena/Tierno: Braixen and Politoed

During the final dance, Hilbert/Dawn and Serena/Ash end up paired up...... only Hilbert actually has the balls to kiss his partner, who returns it. Serena was too shy to do anything.

Next day
Harley ends up facing off against Serena
Cacturne vs Mudkip
Mudkip is being beaten horribly physically by Cacturne, but he wins by points due to his ice beam and water gun technique.

Hilbert and Amelia face off, Amelia enraged after the previous night of seeing Hilbert/Dawn kissing. Throwing her off her game and costing her the match.
Noibat vs Dragonair


Jessie beat Tierno
Pyroar F vs Blastoise

Dawn vs Miette
Piplup vs Slurpuff
Piplup, duh. I love Miette but she'd get creamed by Dawn.

Semi-Finals:
Dawn vs Serena
Quilava vs Pancham
Dawn wins, Serena has less experience and she is growing nervous because of Miette's ultimatum.

Hilbert vs Jessie
Grovyle vs Gourgeist
Grovyle won and Jessie is furious and goes on a rant about how he shouldn't even be in this. He's no coordinator.

Finals:
Hilbert vs Dawn
Noibat vs Togekiss
Togekiss wins, and after Dawn is awarded her fifth ribbon. Hilbert reveals he only entered because he wanted to impress her, Dawn is rather pleased by that. And tells him she'll be back for a date before his League Challenge, she has to go back to Hoenn and compete in her Grand Festival first though.
Miette asks Ash out after seeing Serena hasn't, and Ash cluelessly agrees thinking they're just going out for food and asks if Serena wants to come. Much to Miette's dismay, Serena agrees. Miette realizes Ash DOES care for Serena in the way she likes him, he's just too clueless and a little dumb to notice and decides to pull Serena aside to tell him she can have him during the mid-point of the date. The rest of the date goes well and Serena grows the courage to give Ash a small peck on the cheek.

Back on the road!
Cue Zapdos episode, Noibat evolves and actually beats Zapdos. Swirly eyes are shown and Hilbert debates on catching Zapdos before Domino beats him to it..... though in the Team Rocket way. She realized capturing Zapdos is far more rewarding than offing somebody not that much younger than her. Noivern is too fast for her to escape however and sends her blasting off while saving Zapdos. Zapdos is thankful for their help and Lucario communicates to Hilbert that Zapdos said he owes them a favor and if there's anything he can do to repay them all they have to do is ask.

Olympia Time
Seeing two challengers, and knowing their destinies on protecting Kalos. Olympia challenges them both at ONCE! To a tag battle. Her Meowstic against their starters.
Lucario and Pikachu win.

Meanwhile back in Team Flare HQ, in the chaos of Pierce and Salamence rampaging through it. Z1 escapes.

Hilbert decides to go train Grovyle, seeing as he's the only one of the team not fully evolved.
He meets Z1 whose being pursued by Attila and Hun. He saves them with the help of Charizard Y and Noivern. Impressing Z1, whose in dog form. Hilbert names him Rex and offers the "dog" his companionship. Rex agrees, but refuses to be confined in a ball.
Korrina, Serena, and Ash are confused by Rex though as they have no idea what it is and the Pokedex doesn't say anything.

Domino returns the next episode and tells Hilbert that she's changed and wants out of Team Rocket. But Team Rocket would never let her just quit, as long as Giovanni and Pierce are still alive. She asks Hilbert if she can travel with them, Ash and Korrina do not trust her, Serena doesn't know who she is, but Hilbert is a firm believer that everyone deserves a second chance..... except Ghetsis. And accepts her apology.

Cue Ninja Village. Sanpei and his family believe Hilbert's Greninja is the "special" one from legends due to it being well..... special, it's a shiny for crying out loud.
But Ash's Greninja evolves and goes Ash-Greninja to beat the rival village's Mega Aggron. Making everyone realize it was Frogadier all along.

Trainer Swapmeet episode
James and Jessie continue stalking the Twerps and come across a Pokemon swapmeet. Jessie recalls losing her Lickitung to one five years ago and gaining the Wobbufet curse. "Wobbufet!"
She sees a familiar face with a Lickilicky. Lickilicky is happy to see Jessie and she's happy to see it. She offers a trade and the boy happily accepts, missing Wobbufet. Jessie however immediately regrets that, nothing feels the same without her precious blue blob and she goes to get him back. James accidentally trading Phantump after bumping into a machine.

Later they battle the Twerps and are shocked to see Domino with them. However they almost have a heartattack when they see a freaking Dragonite come out of Phantump's ball. James panics and runs off, wanting his precious Phantump back. Making Jessie, Wobbufet, Meowth, and Gourgeist give chase and making the Twerps just sweatdrop.
Jessie and Meowth are shocked he'd give up something like a Dragonite for a Phantump, something so common. James however says Phantump is special to him and he loves ALL his Pokemon as if they were his children. He calls out Phantump and is immediately hugged almost to death by a Trevenant!

Hilbert and N reunite, N says he's in Kalos because he picked up on Ghetsis' trail. Apparently Ghetsis has been researching the legends of Kalos, so N has been doing the same. Ghetsis is looking for the cocoon of Yveltal, according to N. So N has been looking for the Tree of Life, rumored to be Xerneas' home. N's friend Zorua had become a Zoroark too. N looks at Domino and can tell she isn't being exactly truthful about her reason traveling with them but doesn't say anything thinking Hilbert sees that. N leaves to continue searching for the Tree of Life.

Wally appears and kicks Ash's butt again. Calem appears and kicks his butt too. Putting him into a depression after he loses to Wulfric. Serena cheers him up though after finding him out in the woods. The two comfort each other after having to find a cave to keep warm after a fierce snowstorm hits. They end up revealing their feelings to each other and finally kiss.

The League starts
Grovyle finally evolves in the preliminaries.

Round One:
Hilbert vs Trevor
Charizard X(Hilbert chose the stone after seeing Trevor's go Y. He wanted to pit the two evolutions against each other, seeing as he's never seen the two at once) vs Charizard Y is the main event. Charizard X just barely comes out the victor and is quickly beaten by Trevor's Florges afterward
Hilbert wins the rest.

Ash vs Cotd, played out FULLY
Goodra stars

Round Two:
Ash vs Wally
Ash finally beats Wally
Pikachu stars

Hilbert vs Shauna
Hilbert wins
Meowstic stars

Round Three:
Hilbert vs Astrid
Greninja stars

Ash vs Calem
Talonflame stars

Finals:
Ash vs Hilbert
Goodra vs Noivern (Noivern)
Tyrantrum vs Noivern (Tyrantrum)
Tyrantrum vs Meowstic M (Tyrantrum)
Tyrantrum vs Sceptile (Sceptile)
Talonflame vs Sceptile (Talonflame)
Talonflame vs Greninja (Greninja)
Hawlucha vs Greninja (Tie)
Pikachu vs Charizard (Pikachu)
Pikachu vs Mega Lucario (Mega Lucario)
Ash-Greninja vs Mega Lucario (Ash-Greninja)

Hilbert is devastated upon losing the League in the top two once AGAIN! And collapses on the spot, thinking he failed his team. Dawn tries to comfort him by saying she won the Master Class, and can travel with him wherever he goes next. But not even that cheers him up. He leaves the stadium to go sulk in his room and Rex follows him before Domino grabs him and reveals she was working with Professor Zager this whole time! Korrina growls and says she was right about her!
Giovanni then appears and snatches Ash right up after Persian uses Thunder to get a cheap shot and finish off Greninja. Leaving Ash defenseless and able to be captured. Believing the only one who can stop him is gone due to the other being too depressed, he takes off with Ash and his Pokemon.

N is the one who snaps Hilbert out of it to get him to help, after showing Hilbert the Shadowized Zygarde Complete outside causing trouble. He gets Hilbert to go to the ruins he found that conceal both X and Y legendaries.
They are met there by an man whose face is hidden in ancient hooded robes, saying he's been there for thousand of years. Making sure nobody would wake Yveltal. Hilbert and N are taken to a tree and are told by the man, only a man pure of heart can awaken Xerneas.
Hilbert approaches it and touches it, awakening..... Yveltal?
The man then took off his robe and laughed saying he's just as dumb as his sister was. Enraging N who challenges Ghetsis to a battle..... to the death. N then tells Hilbert that Xerneas must be somewhere else and he must find him quickly. Reshiram and Kyurem reappear to duke it out while Ghetsis and N do fisticuffs.

Hilbert finds Xerneas and awakens her. Only for him to come out and see the damage Yveltal had done. Most of Kalos was turned to solid stone, save for Lumiose. Xerneas carries him back to Lumiose and he tries to get Rex to calm down, only it doesn't work. Rex tries to kill him, only for a massive jolt of blue electricity to block his Z-Beam move. Zekrom returned, fused with Kyurem and Reshiram(Signalfying that N and Ghetsis are dead, cause they wouldn't come without them)
But that's not all, Hoopa appeared and is rather pleased to see his best friend(Yeah, Hilbert was the star of that one. Serena had Diancie, Ash had Volcanion) but not the situation he is in. Hilbert gets Hoopa to summon a few friends and out come Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, Volcanion, Mega Diancie, Victini, the three Muskateers and Keldeo, and the Genesect gang. Oh, and Mewtwo. All the legendaries Hilbert ever met attack at once and it's too much for Shadow Zygarde Complete. He's taken down. and reforms into Rex and 50% Zygarde.

Meanwhile Serena, Dawn, and Korrina break Ash free. Giovanni is furious upon losing and challenges Ash to a battle. That is an epic two parter! Not a few minutes......

Meanwhile Hoopa and the others put Yveltal to sleep before Xerneas fixes what Yveltal did.
Pierce isn't too happy to see Hilbert though and tries to kill him while he's distracted. Only for Butch/Cassidy and Domino to quickly order their Pokemon to attack Pierce, knocking him away and killing him in an explosion. Butch/Cassidy and Domino apologize to what they did to Hilbert throughout the years and ask for his forgiveness. They aren't even in their Rocket uniforms anymore. Hilbert agrees and they depart as friends, Domino even kisses him.

Jessie/James help Ash with Giovanni and tie him up to haul away to jail for a VERY long time. Hint: He ain't getting out
Jessie won the Grand Festival and got a modeling gig, so she has a LEGIT career to fall onto to support her and James. James and Meowth open a noodle shop together so they have something to do too. James also proposes to Jessie, to which she agrees.

However, it isn't a happy ending. Lysandre and Xerosic are still out there. Lysandre is extremely crazy mad and unleashes a stone version of Zygarde that upon touching the sundial will explode and ignite the earth. Causing EVERYONE to perish.
AZ appears and informs Ash/Hilbert of this and says he created that weapon in his younger days and said the only way to destroy it is to destroy it from the inside. A one way trip.
Ash being the person he is, volunteers. Only for Hilbert to push him aside and say he's doing it. He and Serena deserve happiness, while he has people waiting for him on the other side.
Hilbert gives Dawn his Pokemon and tells her to take care of them, trusting her to care for all 30 of them. Lucario refuses to let him go along however and breaks through the stone titan with him.
It explodes and the only thing that is left behind is Hilbert's hat.
Dawn holds the hat and cries as the series ends..... or does it?

Last episode
Arceus is shocked as to what just happened and says that wasn't mean to go down the way it had, Hilbert wasn't meant to be the one who died. There's still something only HE can do out there. He decides to give Hilbert another shot at life and sends him back. And he sends Lucario back with him.
Hilbert does get a few moments with Hilda and N in heaven though, and gets some closure with the two of them before he's sent back to earth.
Last scene is him waking up on the shore of a beach. His clothes torn up beyond recognition and his hair all messed up as well.
No Lucario in sight.
Hilbert wonders where he is.... and WHO he is for that matter.
Only to be found by a man in a white coat who takes him home, checking his wounds and cleaning them before placing him in his guest bed. A Rockruff laid at Hilbert's feet.
Hilbert finally awakens again and Kukui questions him on who he is. And Hilbert says he doesn't know. Kukui thinks for a moment before deciding on calling him "Sun" for now.

And Ash's story is officially over. Alola is entirely Hilbert and Lillie's story.
Final Pokemon teams
Ash:
Pikachu
Greninja
Talonflame
Hawlucha
Goodra
Tyrantrum

Hilbert:
Lucario
Shiny Greninja
Charizard
Meowstic M
Noivern
Sceptile

Serena:
Braixen
Pangoro
Chesnaught
Marshtomp
Sylveon

Korrina:
Lucario
Shiny Hawlucha
Mienshao
Blaziken
Machamp

James:
Inkay
Trevenant
Heliosk

Jessie:
Wobbufet
Gourgeist
Pyroar F

Butch:
Aegilash
Mega Beedrill

Cassidy:
Dragelge
Mega Houndoom

Dawn's Kalos Team:
Piplup
Quilava
Togekiss
Meowstic F
Leafeon
Altaria(Inspired by Lissia to catch one)

And...... these are the canon pairings of the series so far to wrap things up!
JessieXJames
ButchXCassidy
BrockXLucy
MayXDrew
ZoeyXPaul
BiancaXCheren
CilanXSkyla
AshXSerena

Next, the series finale. Sun/Moon. Gen 8 if it happens, would be entirely standalone. Outside of mentions of characters from the previous series.
 
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zdbz_sn

Well-Known Member
Hmm...

As an overall change - each arc would make up a year (roughly), so the kids would age.

Indigo:

- I've never had a problem with the "pity" badges; Ash does earn them, through demonstrations of character rather than battling prowess, but they are earned. I guess I would've tried tying that all together with a larger thematic thread about character and how to treat others, rather than leaving it all as isolated incidents.
- Start the hints about Togepi's abilities toward the end of this arc.
- I kind of like that it doesn't come down to Ash vs. Gary in the end, but I would've tried to do more with that rivalry. It's shocked me in rewatching the show how few appearances Gary actually had.

Orange Islands:

- No Tracey, just Ash and Misty. And the teasing of a quasi-romance gets upped (by 10% at most. No need to get crazy.)

Johto:

- Assuming 4Ever still happens, modify the G/S Ball plot to be a lead-in to the film, rather than letting it fizzle out.
- Keep up the pokeshipping, and actually build on what went down in the Islands. And on the fact that they're getting older.
- Instead of an hour-long special, work the basic plot of Mewtwo Returns into the anime as the first step in an arc that sees Team Rocket make its big move, Ash and friends help stop them, and the TRio realize that they're really good guys and work to defeat the Boss.
- Togepi evolves into Togetic and becomes a part of Misty's battling team.
- Give Brock an arc. No idea what it would be or how long it'd last, but just give him one.
- Brock and the TRio are the cast members retired at the end. Misty stays on.

Advanced:

- It's Ash, Misty, May, and Max, with the latter two still young 'uns.
- Teams Aqua and Magma are the new main villains. Plan an appropriate arc with a satisfying finale.
- Misty gets a Milotic. Play up the fact that they're rare and turn finding one into a quest for her in Hoenn.
- Expand the Mirage Kingdom into a slightly longer story line.

Battle Frontier:

- Ash and Misty end up a couple, during the Lucario movie.
- Brock, Gary, and a fair number of CotDs from Kanto put in guest starring roles.
- Start an ongoing story line of Misty actually working to train Psyduck and figure out what's up with him.
- Ash's abilities with Aura carry over from Lucario to the show.

Sinnoh:


- It's Ash, Misty, and Dawn.
- Ash gets a Riolu.
- Team Galactic are the main villains. Plan an arc and finale to it accordingly. Tie Ash's Aura into their defeat.
- Pay off Misty's training with Psyduck here.
- Have an arc where the group splits three ways - Dawn continues along the Contest circuit, Ash trains with Riley, and Misty leaves Sinnoh to take on a challenge of her own (goes back to the Whirl Cup, or maybe takes on the Orange League and comes back to face Ash as the "champion.") They reunite ahead of the Lily of the Valley Conference.

More to come...when I can think of it :D
 

Zoruagible

Lover of underrated characters
Sun and Moon Part one of three(Eclipse's length went on longer than I thought I'd make it..... *sweat drop* )
The adventures of amnesiac Hilbert begin
It does become a little silly..... but it's more like Ben 10: Omniverse. Silly episodes and stories, and also intense storylines and even bigger/badder villains than before, especially the final one.
The first episode starts off with a trio of Team Skull members trying to steal a Furfrou from a Kalos lady. However, a figure dressed up like a Lucario appears from the shadows of the night. Along with his Lucario, and they beat up the Grunts and their Pokemon. Lucario Man is essentially the Pokemon's universe version of Batman. Only.... he does have powers via aura. And acts all moody like Batman does. Unlike a certain "hero" in XY. He even talks like a certain Batman..... "I swear to Arceus!" "SWEAR TO ME!"
Lucario Man then dashes off into the night as the cops come to arrest the Team Skull members.

Hilbert wakes up from his sleep, Rockruff(Whose essentially his "starter") licking his face to get him up. It'd been three months since he first arrived in Alola and Kukui decides to get him enrolled in the trainer school, knowing they needed another student to make an even number and it would probably help refresh his memory as he hadn't shown any signs of remembering who he was.

Hilbert arrives at the school and introduces himself. Due to Alola not having access to broadcasts from other regions..... yet. They don't know how Hilbert is. Kiawe looks unimpressed, Hau is happy to see a new face in Alola and happily greets him, Mallow is attracted to him on the spot much to Kiawe's jealousy, Lillie rather shyly introduces herself after seeing Rockruff by his feet, and Sophocles is too busy playing with his 3DS to care about the new kid. Acerola and her Mimikyu are in the corner, and Hilbert is rather scared to sit with them so he sits right in between Lillie and Mallow. Which makes the latter excited. Lana comes in late cause she was too busy fishing with her Popplio.

After class, Rockruff becomes rather distracted by something in the forest and runs off making Hilbert have to give chase. A few figures wearing completely black suits and helmets are rounding up the forest Pokemon and injecting them with a serum, turning their bodies black/purple colored schemes and making their eyes go red. Rockruff and Hilbert are naturally not happy and try to stop it, but Shadow Bewear is too much for them to handle and is about to deliver a killing blow to Rockruff when Lucario appears kicking it off into the sky and blasting it off. The men in black panic and quickly run off before their operation is compromised, nobody would believe a kid anyways. Lucario then disappears as quickly as he came. The serum fades away right away, obviously not being strong yet but hinting that it would be a threat in the future.

Tapu Koko saw everything however and decides to give Hilbert a Z-ring along with Rocknium before flying off.
Hilbert shows it off the next day and Kiawe challenges him to a battle, thinking he doesn't deserve the z-ring. Having not gone through the trials yet. Tortunator defeats Rockruff quite easily despite the disadvantage and Kiawe questions where he got it. After hearing Tapu Koko(Or rather being described what gave it to him as Hilbert doesn't know the name) gave it to him, Kiawe apologizes for his outburst earlier. Saying the island guardians only choose people they have absolute faith in, but says he'll continue to test his worth of it in the future.

Next episode, Rotom Dex is born. Keeps the same traits and all that..... I love Rotom Dex actually. And Kukui gives him to Hilbert, knowing he'll help Hilbert learn about the Pokemon of the region while also giving Rotom Dex a friend. Hilbert, Rockruff, and Rotom Dex then venture off to catch a Pokemon together. They see a familiar black and purple Bewear attacking a Pikipek nest and sending a Pikipek falling down, breaking his wing. Enraged, Rockruff rams into the palm tree Bewear was on and the palm tree sends Shadow Bewear flying away. Hilbert and Rockruff take Pikipek home and look after it while its wing is being mended, not attempting to catch it. Weeks go by and Pikipek is back to normal, Hilbert is about to let Pikipek fly away..... but Pikipek chooses to become his Pokemon.

Next episode, Acerola dares Hilbert he couldn't last a night on the forbidden island. Hilbert accepts her challenge and the pair take a Ride Lapras to the forbidden island. They both get spooked after they realize it really is haunted though. Before realizing it was just a Dhelmise all these years, wanting people to stay away from his old master's pirate loot. Acerola feels bad for it and offers that she'll make sure it'll all get donated to a museum where it'll be safe. Dhelmise is happy and joins Acerola's team.

Next episode, Kukui is rather worried for two of his students. Lillie, who can't take part of any Pokemon related activities and is too frightened to. And Hilbert, who keeps dozing off during classes about Unova and Kalos oddly. He decides to give Lillie and Hilbert two eggs and say they must raise one of them together, or he'll have to kick them out of the school. They both choose the white one and their hands touch, making the two blush. Lillie doesn't want anything to do with the egg at first and tries to make Hilbert keep it, but he wouldn't have anything to do with that and gives it right back saying they'll raise it together. Even going to her place to ensure she doesn't get out of it. The two bond while Hilbert shows her the egg is harmless and won't hurt her. Hilbert is leaving for the night, only to hear Lillie scream as a Salandit is trying to eat the egg. Lillie is shielding her body with it, but Salandit decides to bite her instead. Rockruff is called out and beats Salandit. Salandit fleeing out the window. Lillie starts to become infatuated with her hero, but is rather shy still about it. The next day, Kukui is rather impressed how much Lillie improved holding the egg now and congratulates the two.

Next episode, how Samson Oak and Komala first met..... seriously can this be a real episode?!

Next episode, Litten is lit! Hilbert, Rockruff, Rotom and Pikipek walk out of the Masalada store with Hau..... who self proclaimed Hilbert as his best friend! The two had bought a new masalada flavor..... well Hilbert bought one for the road, Hau was there all morning stuffing his face with them and only now left with one still in his hand after Hilbert dragged him out, concerned how his friend was eating all those. The masaladas are quickly snatched from their hands and Hilbert looks accusingly at Hau for a moment before noticing a Litten running off with the masaladas in his mouth. Hilbert never saw that Pokemon before and gives chase. Hau just shrugs and goes in to buy another. Hilbert notices the Litten had stolen them to feed an old Stoutland however and decides to leave it be before noticing another cat Pokemon appear. Alolan Persian. Persian beats Litten aside before walking up to Stoutland, mocking it before stabbing it. Leaving Litten horrified at the sight as he couldn't do anything. Hilbert takes Litten back to his place to get him checked out. Litten is soon in perfect health, but isn't happy. Hilbert realizes what Litten is thinking due to watching a lot of old super hero shows the past month and says he'll help him train enough to beat Persian. Litten appreciates that and trains with Rockruff and Pikipek for a few days before they track Persian down. Litten manages to get the upperpaw and has Persian at his mercy, about to end him only for Rockruff to get in the way and Hilbert telling him if he does that he'll be no better than Persian is. Litten knows he has a point so he burns Persian's fur off to humiliate him, before Pokemon Control arrives and carts Persian off. Taking him behind bars. Litten appreciates all that Hilbert did and requests to join the team. Hilbert accepts.

Next episode, Kiawe needs help with delivering some farming goods to his place on Akala and asks Hilbert if he can do it. Cause it is a man's job, and Hau is too childish to take things seriously. Hilbert agrees and they go to his place on Akala. Hilbert feels rather strange, never seeing Kiawe as the farming type of guy. Kiawe says he isn't, he just helps out when his family needs it. His true passion is the art of the dance. Kiawe's parents are thankful Kiawe is back and say they didn't need the stuff at all, they needed his help. Some Team Skull grunts are making them pay protection money or they'll do bad things. Kiawe is furious and Hilbert says he'll do all he can do to help. Day passes though and Team Skull doesn't show up. Hilbert disappears and Team Skull appears along with Plumerina. Plumerina isn't happy about them failing to pay up and is about to unleash Salazzle on them when Lucario Man appears. Scaring the grunts and making them run off as they heard things he did to their friends. Plumerina looks at him in a weird way, wondering if he is the real deal seeing as they're on a different island. Kiawe takes note of that as well and puts two and two together, but doesn't say anything in front of her. Lucario Man tells Plumerina he isn't afraid to hurt a girl and Lucario beats Salazzle away in one shot, making Plumerina having the wise decision of getting out of there. Lucario Man disappears and Hilbert reappears a bit later, wondering what happened. Kiawe looks at him though, deciding he'll find out the truth behind this. He's seen all of his Pokemon before and none of them are a Lucario.

Next episode, a museum was broken into. Only the very ancient Tapu z-stone being stolen. Rotom decides to don a detective hat and says he'll solve the crime after they hear about it on the news. Hilbert thinks that sounds familiar to somebody else he knew but shakes his head, unable to remember clearly. Hilbert and Rotom sneak into the museum and gather fingerprints from the case. Whoever did this was pretty stupid. Rotom uses a different type of vision to check footprints to and they got outside to the forest. They go out to the forest and notice Team Skull grunts hiding out in a cave, looking rather proud of what they'd done and saying Guzma will be pleased.... whoever that is. Doesn't last long as Rockruff and Litten come out and send them flying off, dropping the z-stone. Hilbert takes it back to the museum and Tapu Koko looks impressed once more, and takes it right back right in front of a security guard before handing it to Hilbert as if to say he deserved it more than this place.

Hilbert and Mallow finally get a turn at the bonding. Hilbert needs money for more poke balls after using them all to try and catch a Dunsparce, so he works at her cafe for a bit. What makes things awkward though..... is that Mallow introduces him to her parents as her BOYFRIEND. Making them act rather harsh to Hilbert, thinking she's too good for him and that she deserves an islander. Making him do rather difficult tasks. Hilbert eventually breaks down and tries to tell Mallow he doesn't like her that way, and he just wants to be her friend. Mallow is rather disappointed but understanding seeing how Lillie and him look at each other during class. Mallow goes to tell her parents.... and Hilbert is immediately fired. Mallow apologizes to him and says she didn't know they'd fire him but Hilbert says it's fine and Lillie already offered to buy him some as she's loaded.

Pancake episode. Rockruff and Sonic the Rockruff have a rivalry instead of Pikachu and Alolan Raichu. Samson still wins and Lillie's egg hatches.

Lillie and Shiron bond. Rockruff and Shiron become close friends as well while Hilbert helped Lillie get over her fear.... unfortunately the only Pokemon she can touch are Rockruff and Shiron.

Science convention. Gathering of Electric specialists. Clemont and Sophocles have a battle of the brains, with Sophocles coming out on top! Clemont didn't recognize Hilbert due to his Alolan clothes and only seeing him for ONE episode.

Time skip of a year.

Lucario Man focused episode. During it, it's explained that when Hilbert was broke back something went wrong with his head giving him amnesia. And giving him multiple personalities, the other one remembering they died and what they lost and gaining power at night to overcome Hilbert and become Lucario Man! The two personalities meet in his head and end up having to get along with each other after one of the Sinnoh bounty hunters return and has everyone they care about in Alola held hostage, he recognized Hilbert straight away while on "vacation" and decided to get revenge. The two personalities mix with each other and Hilbert regains all his memories(In a flashback scene, showcasing important events like Zekrom vs Reshiram, teaming up with Mewtwo to fight the Genesect, meeting Hoopa and beating Unbound Hoopa, Shadow Zygarde and Yvetal, and lastly.... Dawn), and Lucario reappears by his side to beat the bounty hunter. Hilbert frees everyone, except for Lillie whose on holiday and says he has a call to make.

Lillie returns next episode with a different bag, a rather larger one. Shaking too. She looks rather nervous and Hilbert notices. Later Team Skull attacks for the thousandth time and Lillie gets hit sending her and her bag flying and enraging Hilbert as he shows no mercy and displays part of his new ruthless side and has Lucario Aura Sphere them into next week before running to check on Lillie. Discovering Nebby, Lillie begs him not to tell anyone about Nebby and he promises. Rotom Dex scans him and says "unknown data, can't compute, error, error" before shutting down.

Graduation time.
Hilbert and the others are finally leaving the school. Kukui gives the Trial Captains from the games special insignias and welcomes them to the island trial. Hilbert is confused, but Lillie explains the island trial to him. Hilbert is rather excited about that and is eager to do the Trials. Hau too, but looks rather nervous. Lillie decides to stick with Hilbert, she can't go back home anymore and she knows Hilbert would do anything for her.

They arrive in Iki Town and Hau is immediately embraced by the whole village. Hilbert finally finds out why Hau never said anything about his life at home.... he didn't like it, everyone expected him to live up to Hala except for Hala himself, who reveals to Hau at the end to just be himself. And when he's ready to battle him for his place as a Kahuna, he'll be ready assuming Hau even wants that. Hau appreciates that and leaves, saying he wants to take his own path and travel along. Hala directs Hilbert and Lillie to their first Trial.... which is back at the Trainer School.

They get back and meet Ilima. Ilima challenges Hilbert to a battle.
Hilbert vs Ilima
Litten vs Smeargle (Litten, recalled)
Rockruff vs Yongoose (Rockruff)

Illima takes them to the cave for his trial and Skull grunts decide to crash the party, wanting revenge on Hilbert.... not knowing his alter ego is their nightmare. In the cave, his Lucario Man persona takes control again for a bit as he stealthily takes out all the Yongoose before the Skull members even have the chance to do anything. They decide to go after the Totem instead and run out screaming like girls.

Totem Battle
Gumshoos vs Litten (Gumshoos)
Gumshoos vs Pikipek (Gumshoos)
Gumshooes vs Rockruff (Rockruff)

Nebby ditched them while they were fighting the Totem however so Hilbert and Lillie go look for him. Discovering him in the flower field cave nearby. Hilbert runs in to grab him before he's seen and kinda gives away his alter ego to Lillie while doing so.

Hilbert keeps being Lucario Man at nights, it feels like a part of him now. Dying and coming back to life changes you.

They arrive at Iki Town again. Hau just lost to his grandfather and looks depressed, but Hilbert challenges him and wins.
Hilbert vs Hala
Lucario vs Hariyama (Lucario, recalled so others can have a turn. Lucario was only used cause Hala requested they both use their strongest Pokemon to start with)
Litten vs Crabrawler (Crabrawler)
Pikipek vs Crabrawler (Pikipek)
Pikipek vs Passimian (Pikipek, Pikipek evolves into Trumbeak)

Having the Fighting z-stone, Lucario Man becomes even more of a frightening sight at night for those that threaten the peace.

Lillie and Hilbert head for the docks to go to Akala for Hilbert's next Trial, only for Hilbert to come face to face with Dawn.
Meanwhile Rex is back as well, and on Akala. Unaware of two friends being so close, and also unaware he was being watched by a certain bear.

.....I think Hilbert's 20 now. If that's so.....
Ages-
Ash: 19
Brock: 22
Jessie: 24
James: 24
May: 19
Max: 14
Dawn: 20
Cilan: 21
Serena: 19
Korrina: 20
Lillie: 20
Gladion(Who hasn't appeared yet): 21
Kiawe: 21
Hau: 18
Sophocles: 14
Lana: 14
Acerola: 18

And Teams!

Hilbert:
Lucario (Not being used for Island Trials.... until Poni)
Rockruff
Trumbeak
Litten

Lillie:
Shiron(Alolan Vulpix)
Nebby(Cosmog; unofficial)

Hau:
Rowlet - only Pokemon shown on-screen at this point.

Reoccuring Pokemon:
Shadow Bewear
"Rex" 10% Zygarde
Tapu Koko

And no, no goal for Lillie. Being on the run means she'd only draw attention to herself if she was doing battles or contests. She can't let Lusamine find her. Hence why she's traveling with somebody she knows will keep Nebby safe.
 

zdbz_sn

Well-Known Member
Hmm...

As an overall change - each arc would make up a year (roughly), so the kids would age.

Indigo:

- I've never had a problem with the "pity" badges; Ash does earn them, through demonstrations of character rather than battling prowess, but they are earned. I guess I would've tried tying that all together with a larger thematic thread about character and how to treat others, rather than leaving it all as isolated incidents.
- Start the hints about Togepi's abilities toward the end of this arc.
- I kind of like that it doesn't come down to Ash vs. Gary in the end, but I would've tried to do more with that rivalry. It's shocked me in rewatching the show how few appearances Gary actually had.

Orange Islands:

- No Tracey, just Ash and Misty. And the teasing of a quasi-romance gets upped (by 10% at most. No need to get crazy.)

Johto:

- Assuming 4Ever still happens, modify the G/S Ball plot to be a lead-in to the film, rather than letting it fizzle out.
- Keep up the pokeshipping, and actually build on what went down in the Islands. And on the fact that they're getting older.
- Instead of an hour-long special, work the basic plot of Mewtwo Returns into the anime as the first step in an arc that sees Team Rocket make its big move, Ash and friends help stop them, and the TRio realize that they're really good guys and work to defeat the Boss.
- Togepi evolves into Togetic and becomes a part of Misty's battling team.
- Give Brock an arc. No idea what it would be or how long it'd last, but just give him one.
- Brock and the TRio are the cast members retired at the end. Misty stays on.

Advanced:

- It's Ash, Misty, May, and Max, with the latter two still young 'uns.
- Teams Aqua and Magma are the new main villains. Plan an appropriate arc with a satisfying finale.
- Misty gets a Milotic. Play up the fact that they're rare and turn finding one into a quest for her in Hoenn.
- Expand the Mirage Kingdom into a slightly longer story line.

Battle Frontier:

- Ash and Misty end up a couple, during the Lucario movie.
- Brock, Gary, and a fair number of CotDs from Kanto put in guest starring roles.
- Start an ongoing story line of Misty actually working to train Psyduck and figure out what's up with him.
- Ash's abilities with Aura carry over from Lucario to the show.

Sinnoh:


- It's Ash, Misty, and Dawn.
- Ash gets a Riolu.
- Team Galactic are the main villains. Plan an arc and finale to it accordingly. Tie Ash's Aura into their defeat.
- Pay off Misty's training with Psyduck here.
- Have an arc where the group splits three ways - Dawn continues along the Contest circuit, Ash trains with Riley, and Misty leaves Sinnoh to take on a challenge of her own (goes back to the Whirl Cup, or maybe takes on the Orange League and comes back to face Ash as the "champion.") They reunite ahead of the Lily of the Valley Conference.

More to come...when I can think of it :D

Actually - I think I would've let OS through DP be a solid story line for Ash (and Misty). Wrap them up, and with BW, make a clean reboot and move to a fully cyclical cycle. A bit awkward to do so at that point in time? Perhaps, but it was awkward when the Power Rangers went from being a (loose) continuity show to a cyclical model that sometimes referenced old stuff after running a few years on the former model.
 

Zoruagible

Lover of underrated characters
Akala Adventures, Ultra Beasts strike, and Team Shadow revealed.

OT: I regret nothing. I don't like Red.

Hilbert and Dawn have reunited and decide to continue their relationship... as friends for now. Given Dawn spent the last year thinking he died, and Hilbert didn't even know who he was until a month ago... and he likes Lillie now too.

The three take a boat to Akala. Hilbert and Lillie see Mallow again and are introduced to Olivia, who Hilbert gets a crush on much to Dawn and Lillie's annoyance.

Hilbert finds out Lana is his first Akala Trial. Realizing his team has a huge disadvantage to Water types, he decides to go catch a new Pokemon. Lillie stays in town, wanting to talk to a woman Kukui recommended they speak to upon arrival on Akala to learn more about Nebby. Unfortunately, she's not available.

Hilbert and Dawn meanwhile are exploring the forest, looking for a Grass or Electric type. They come across a Leafeon that Team Skull is harassing and Hilbert makes quick work of them with Litten. But then Team Skull's enforcer appears and challenges him to a battle. Starting immediately with Type: Null, Hilbert is confused on what Pokemon that is... it doesn't look like a natural Pokemon. Rotom Dex goes into another system shutdown when trying to scan Type: Null. Type: Null absolutely destroys Litten, Trumbeak, and Rockruff. None of them seeming to put a dent on him. Hilbert is left devastated from that. Leafeon however admires him for what he did and she requests to join his team.

Gladion leaves and Hilbert and Dawn return to town. Lillie wonders what happened and Dawn fills her in. Hilbert went straight to bed, not having lost like that since he first became a trainer. He has a nightmare about Alola being in ruin, fire everywhere and all of his Alola friends are dead at the feet of the men in black from episode 1 of the saga. Tapu Koko and three other guardians are battling against a black dragon looking beast(Guzzlord) who absolutely destroys them before its master, a figure in completely black armor throws a mysterious black and purple ball at them. Catching them and calling them out, the Pokemon having gone through a situation similar to Bewear. They're sent to attack him in his dream, but Rex appears and blasts them away saying this dream will come to pass unless he bonds with Tapu Koko fully and capture him. Along with earning the respect of the other Tapu guardians, and stopping the Ultra Beasts before too many are out there. Only he can stop them, this is his destiny. Everything he's ever done has led up to this point. He doesn't have to do this alone though, when the time comes he'll need an army to fight an army. So he'll have to recruit the strongest trainers in Alola to take down the dragon and Shadow Mask.

Hilbert wakes up and realizes he can't dwell on his loss anymore, he needs to grow stronger to take down Null and that Gladion guy.

He challenges Lana after a few days of training and they start a battle. (In this, you need to battle Trial Captains to prove you're worthy before you are allowed to fight the Totem)

Hilbert vs Lana

Trumbeak vs Brionne (Trumbeak)

Trumbeak vs Araquanid (Araquanid)

Leafeon vs Araquanid (Leafeon)

Totem Battle

Leafeon proved her worth to the team and solo'd it without having the others do a thing.

Hilbert receives Waterium

The group gets lost in a area close to the trial afterwards. Fog sets in and the three are separated. Lillie ends up meeting a wild Popplio who helps fend off some Beedrill who were attacking her. Popplio joins Lillie's team after she and Shiron have a battle.

They arrive on Kiawe's farm and happen to come across him as he's taking a few days off his duties to help out around the farm. Since Hilbert was last there, Kiawe's sister befriended a Mudsdale who she insists can speak english but Kiawe and her mother think she is just being imaginative. However, that turns out to be true. The group spends the night and Hilbert decided to sleep in the barn as there weren't enough guest beds for all of them. He wakes up hearing his sister speaking and another voice responding. He stands up and realizes the Mudsdale really can talk. His sister says his name is Eduardo. Eduardo says he saw some suspicious figures hanging around the farm and Hilbert goes out to find them. It's Team Skull... again. The same ones he always seems to come across. He's a bit hesitant at first, thinking Gladion is with them but realizes they mean to burn down Kiawe's farm remembering what he did episodes ago. Hilbert and Rockruff send Team Skull packing. Amara and Kiawe are impressed, Kiawe's sister asks Hilbert if he can keept Ed's ability to speak a secret... he agrees. (Yes, Eduardo is a Mr. Ed parody) Amara gives Hilbert an egg to show her appreciation, and Kiawe tells Hilbert where his next Trial will take place and the group moves on.

Hilbert ends up meeting Luna(The Moon girl. Customized appearance options listed cause the default female is terrible. Long and wavy blonde hair, blue eyes, light skin/white, Ruffled blouse and mini skit - purple, blue gem barrette... yes, colors exclusive to Moon) and the two get into a fight over who will catch a Mareanie they come across. Both of them end up throwing Lure balls at it and end up having a battle over who gets him as they can't tell whose ball it was that caught it.

Hilbert vs Luna

Rockruff vs Brionne (Brionne)

Leafeon vs Brionne (Leafeon)

Leafeon vs Cutiefly (Cutiefly)

Litten vs Cutiefly (Litten)

Litten vs Alolan Grimer (Grimer, Luna wins)

Hilbert is shocked he lost again. He has never lost this often before. He shrugs it off however and they arrive at Royal Avenue after parting ways with Luna, whose also competing in the Island Trials and is Hilbert's main rival as Gladion isn't a rival, and Hau is too weak to put up a challenge. Luna's also a bit stuck up and snobbish, also coming from a rich family... but poorer than Lillie. She acts like a jerk, but secretly she admires Hilbert.

They meet Hau outside of the Battle Royale stadium and Hau, excited to see his self proclaimed BFF again drags Hilbert on in to sign up for today's match. Hilbert is reluctant to do so, but when he sees Gladion entered he decides to go for it. The 'famous' Masked Royal is also competing, much to Hau's excitement.

Hilbert's Litten, Masked Royal's Rockruff, Hau's Dartrix, and Gladion's Type: Null all duke it out. Last Pokemon standing wins. Hilbert ends up being the first one taken out, Type: Null did a lot of damage to Litten but it was Dartrix of all Pokemon to finish it. Hilbert starts to grow worried that he's failing as a trainer.

While sleeping on the road to the volcano, a wild Salandit(Possibly the one from Melemele?) appears and takes Hilbert's egg as the group is sleeping. Rockruff was awake though, as he's rather active at night. He alerts Hilbert and they go to look for the egg. Rockruff following the Salandit's scent. They end up getting attacked by dozens of male Salandit, too much for Rockruff to handle on his own. Hilbert realized he left his z-ring back at camp so he can't use Breakneck Blitz. However, they're saved by a Water z-move used by Lillie and her Brionne. She'd woken up from a nightmare and noticed he and Rockruff were gone, the z-ring and all the other pokeballs left behind and was worried for them. Hilbert thanks her for her assistance, however they're soon attacked by a wild Salazzle. It's too much for Rockruff to handle but after remembering everything his trainer and he'd been through together and what his trainer is willing to do to protect the egg, evolves into Midnight Lycanroc. Midnight Lycanroc manages to knock Salazzle into fleeing and the egg hatches to reveal a Cubone. Cubone thinks of Hilbert as his father and Lillie as his mother. Cubone joins Hilbert's team.

They reach the volcano the next day and Hilbert and Kiawe battle.

Hilbert vs Kiawe

Lucario vs Charizard (Draw)

Litten vs Tortunator (Tortunator)

Lycanroc vs Tortunator (Tortunator; Kiawe wins)

Hilbert falls into a depression as he's lost almost every single battle since arriving on Akala. His Pokemon grow worried for him and so do Dawn and Lillie. Hilbert goes off on his own with Lucario, wanting to think things over. They don't have long to be alone though, the men in black are back for real now and they found the wounded Salazzle from a few episodes ago. They Shadow it up and it goes after Hilbert's scent, wanting revenge. And unfortunately Cubone decided to go after dear old dad and got lost, making him an easy target and bait. Lucario senses Cubone is in trouble and the two go to save him.

Hilbert tries to make Lucario go Mega to defeat Shadow Salazzle... but it's not working. He decides to put all his hope and assurance on Lucario that he can do this, starting to get some of his senses back. Lucario's body then starts to glow as he goes from blue and black... to white and gold. The key to fighting the Shadow Pokemon was inside them all along. Light Lucario sends Salazzle packing by blasting it straight through several trees with a suped up Aura Sphere. Salazzle is defeated and reverts back to normal. Cubone saw everything and got some exp as well, enough to go straight into Alolan Marowak... though, this will cause some problems. The men in black see this and run off to alert their boss. The boss says he'll deal with Hilbert personally.

Hilbert gets his rematch.

Hilbert vs Kiawe take 2

Lucario vs Charizard (Lucario; recalled)

Lycanroc vs Tortunator (Tortunator)

Litten vs Tortunator (Litten; Litten evolves)

Torracat vs Marowak (Torracat)

Hilbert wins. Kiawe awards him his Firium and says he's quite baffled how his Cubone is already a Marowak.

They leave and Hilbert does some training with Marowak that night, however Marowak can only seemingly be able to control the moves he knew as Cubone. His Fire and Ghost attacks keep failing much to his disappointment.

Hilbert meets Colress again, Lillie and Dawn are off shopping somewhere together while this happens. Colress explains he's changed his ways since they last met, he is a good guy now and is doing honest work for the Aether Foundation. Trying to make up for what he did for Team Plasma. (Funnily enough, he's the only named Team Plasma member still alive in this universe)

Colress tells Hilbert they've been having some problems around recently with some men in black armor. Hilbert knows exactly who they are and tells Colress he'll help out. He sends helps Colress send the Team Shadow goon packing, however Shadow Mask appears with a Shadow Salamence. Challenging them to a fight. While fighting Light Lucario and Colress' Magnezone, Shadow Mask's mask falls and he quickly flies away. Not wanting his identity to be revealed, though it's quite obvious he has some brown hair. Colress thanks Hilbert for all his work and says he'll see if he can get Hilbert a ride out to Aether Paradise, wanting Hilbert to see where the magic happens.

Hilbert and the girls spend the night at a hotel that night, on Lillie's request as she's used to living a more comfortable life and wants to sleep somewhere besides a Pokemon Center or in her tent. Hilbert enters the wrong room when meeting them however and comes face to face with Gladion, who simply says "Get out."

Hilbert then catches a Wimpod, who acts quite cowardly and flees whenever anyone other than Hilbert and Marowak approaches it.

They meet Mallow the next day, who reveals that since they all left school she and Kiawe are dating. Lillie catches a Cutiefly and Dawn catches a Fomantis.

Hilbert and Mallow fight.

Hilbert vs Mallow

Torracat vs Steenee (Torracat)

Torracat vs Ribombee (Draw)

Trumbeak vs Dartrix (Trumbeak)

Hilbert then battles the Totem with Marowak, whose mastered his Fire abilities.... still working on his Ghost attacks. Marowak ends up winning.

Hilbert, Lillie, Dawn, Mallow, and Kiawe all meet at his farm for a meal that Mallow prepares to celebrate Hilbert getting to battle Olivia, who Mallow gives the location to after.

They travel through Diglett Tunnel and Hilbert gets to fight Olivia.

Olivia battle

Wimpod vs Nosepass (Nosepass)

Leafeon vs Nosepass (Leafeon)

Leafeon vs Boldore (Draw)

Lycanroc Midnight vs Lycanroc Day (Draw, but Olivia can clearly see the bond between him and his Pokemon. Giving him the Rock z-stone. Tapu Lele and Koko show their approval, Koko still stalking him)

They learn about Nebby, he's a Cosmog. Apparently a Pokemon who comes from another dimension. They also learn about Ultra Beasts. As Hilbert leaves the lab, he notices a portal open in the sky and sees a muscular bug creature fly away....

When the group goes to the docks to prepare the venture to Ula'Ula, they are stopped by a man in an Aether Foundation suit. Who doesn't notice Lillie as she quickly hid upon seeing him. He gives Hilbert an invitation to the Aether Paradise and says Lusamine is waiting to see him personally. She's impressed with his progress and wants to offer him a job. Hilbert decides to go, just to see what Aether Paradise is like and thinks it would be rude to not decline in person at least. Dawn goes with him, but Lillie says she'll just go on ahead and wait on Ula'Ula for them.

Hilbert and Dawn arrive on Aether Paradise and are impressed. It's so cool, all these Pokemon being held in reserves who wouldn't survive out in the wild. Hau is also there and waves them over, saying Lusamine invited him too. They meet Lusamine soon, Hilbert is smitten towards her....... cause she looks like the girl he has the hots for, only older. Hau opens his big mouth and comments on that, making Lusamine give them a look but before she can question them any further alarms go off as Symbiot appears. Hilbert battles it and is winning, he tries to catch it but Lusamine jumps in the way to stop the ball..... odd. Symbiot escapes after that and Lusamine tells them they should go. Faba acts like a total creep towards Dawn, and Wicke wins Hau's heart with his love of Malasadas. Hau eats lots of malasadas as they go on the trip to Ula'Ula.

Meanwhile in an undisclosed location, Shadow Mask removes his mask to reveal..... Ash? No.... that's not Ash, it looks like him. But the hair is a different color and he's wearing red behind his armor. Yes...... he's Red! But how.... Giovanni and Delia only had Ash, whose this guy?

Yeah, Red is the ultimate villain for the series..... and the final one that will be faced for this generation of protagonists. I wasn't going to turn Lusamine and Guzma into straight up villains, I love them. I thought about making it Mirror Hilbert, but then decided against it.

Main Cast Teams

Hilbert:
Lucario (Male) - the loyal starter and Hilbert's best friend for life.
Torracat (Male) - After what Persian did to Stoutland, Torracat despises the Meowth line. Always hissing uncontrollably whenever one is around. He's still one of Hilbert's most loyal Pokemon though, and would do anything for his trainer
Lycanroc Midnight (Male) - Loyal to his trainer, but he's grown a bit violent and brutal in his attacks since evolving. He'd never dream of harming his trainer, team mates, or friends though. He likes Olivia's Lycanroc Midday, matching his trainer's crush on Olivia.
Trumbeak (Male) - A bird.
Leafeon (Female) - She is Hilbert's "Bayleef". She loves her trainer dearly and can't stand seeing him showing affection towards the female of his species. So she doesn't like Lillie and Dawn that much.
Alolan Marowak (Male) - The youngest member. He sees Hilbert as his father and Lillie as his mother. He evolved too young and had trouble controlling his new Fire and Ghost attacks, his Ground attacks worked just fine though. He eventually grew into his Fire attacks right on time for Mallow's Trial.... but he can't use Ghost attacks properly yet.
Wimpod (Male) - A cowardly wimp. He also grows worried his trainer hates him as he always mad when he faints.

Lillie:
Shiron (Female) - Still an Alolan Vulpix
Nebby (?????) Unofficial
Brionne (Female) - Her main Pokemon when it comes to battling, as Shiron isn't that experienced yet.
Cutiefly (Female) - A bug

Dawn:
Piplup (Male)
Quilava (Male)
Meowstic F
Meowstic M - Hilbert's, him and Meowstic F are inseparable so he usually travels with Dawn.
Fomantis (Female) - Her first Alola capture

Rivals

Hau:
Dartrix
Pikachu
Crabrawler

Gladion:
Type: Null - only Pokemon shown so far, Hilbert can't put a dent in it.

Luna:
Brionne (Female)
Ribombee
Alolan Grimer
Mareanie

Recurring Pokemon:
Rex - 10% Zygarde
Tapu Koko
Shadow Bewear
Salazzle
Nihilego
Buzzwole
 

dp045

Well-Known Member
First of all cancel the current anime to eliminate Ash as the protagonist, preferably to make SM simply did not step to make it easier the second step, which would be to draw some OVA's to summarize Ash's journey in previous regions and a final OVA as a prologue To close it. After that in each generation, starting with the current (SM) change the protagonist to not have to force some continuity, as in Yu Gi-Oh!
 

Rex Kamex

Well-Known Member
Lemme start over...

1. I might keep the whole entire series as Pocket Monsters and make the episode numbering clear on things like the official site. If not, I'd make Johto it's on series. I'd give each series a proper ending/finale, because to me it looks like you really can combine all the episodes into one series and it wouldn't really make much of a difference.

2. That "Girl's Day" and "Kids Day" episodes would be in the proper episode numbering order. Just because they were aired late in Japan doesn't mean they shouldn't be listed in the proper order. Don't know if the writers would handle something like this, though.

3. Get rid of the seizure-causing strobe lights in the Porygon episode. Basically, though, I'd rewrite parts of the episode so that the strobe lights won't be necessary.

4.Kanto- Ash, Misty, Brock
Orange Islands- Ash, Misty, and a more interesting Tracey
Johto- Ash, Misty, and Brock, AND THEN Marina after Ash. and co. pass a battle tower near Olivine
Hoenn- Ash, May (the co-star of the show), Brock, and Max
BF- Ash, May, Brock, and Max
Sinnoh- Ash, May, Brock, and Dawn
...- Ash, May, Brock, and Dawn
5th gen region- Ash, May, 5thgendude, and Dawn

It's interesting reading opinions you once had several years ago...

Back at the time, I was interested in having a permanent female co-star along with Ash, and while I still think that'd be cool, I was pretty over it when Best Wishes! started.

I'm not sure everything I would do with the anime now, but I'd have the original series of Pokémon be the Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto sagas (like they are now), but for the Johto saga, I'd bring closure to many storylines that happened in those series (ex. the GS Ball storyline would have closure, and Misty's Togepi would evolve and leave near the end of Johto and not mid-Hoenn.)

First post in a while, so... hi?
 

johno1995

Well-Known Member
I'd give Ash all of my favorites.... #sorrynotsorry :p

Kanto
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025-o.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/057.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/001.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/006.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/008.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/123.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/128.png[/img139]
Released
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/012.png[/img139]

Johto
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025-o.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/212.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/162.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/160.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/156.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/231.png[/img139]

Hoenn
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025-h.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/254.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/260.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/269.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/294.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/375.png[/img139]

Sinnoh
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025-s.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/398.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/389.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/392.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/472.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/454.png[/img139]

Unova
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025-u.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/502.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/542.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/555.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/572.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/553.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/628.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/621.png[/img139]

Kalos
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025-k.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/652.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/658.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/663.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/681.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/684.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/696.png[/img139]

Alola
[img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025-a.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/724.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/745.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/727.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/760.png[/img139][img139]http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/028-a.png[/img139]
 

Daizy

I call you honey
I would have foreshadowed Ash Greninja's release better and better explain why Greninja could sense the vines.
 
I would have Ash mother have more screen time in the anime because all she does so far appear in the first and the last episodes are the series
 

Pokegirl Fan~

Liko>>>>>Ash
I would make Serena a main rival for Ash and she would have been similar if not exactly like her mirror counterpart and would have a similar rivalry like the Ash and Paul rivalry. She'd also win most of their battles.
 
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SinnohEevee

Well-Known Member
The executives would so fire me.

Ash's progression:
Kanto - Top 16 (and he would have earned his Badges)
Johto - Top 8
Hoenn - Top 4
Sinnoh - Winner but loses to the E4
Unova - Same
Kalos - Champion or loses to Diantha
Alola - Champion

Ash would see Latias again in DP and catch it (and maybe get the Eon Flute). He would beat Trollbias.

More appearances for older characters.

No releases to the wild.

Iris would be Ash's rival.

Misty would appear more in Hoenn because too much water.

Dawn and Cynthia would have appeared more in BW.
 
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dp045

Well-Known Member
It could cancel the anime of pokémon, then work in another animated project on pokémon that left within about 2-4 years of development. After all, similar to the movie 20, maybe a restart of the story of Ash but in another format (Western animation, not anime made in Japan) may be better.
 
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