Greetings everyone! So, as of today, August 20th 2018, this thread turns 9 years old and I would like to celebrate it by writing its 1625th post and give my thoughts on how I would change the animé, but only for Kanto and Johto as of now. Let's Get Started:
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KANTO REGION
- Ashton "Ash" Ketchum would still be the protagonist for all of the series, although he would still face the male playable characters from the games, and of course, age! He would start his journey at the age of 10 on April 1st X711 alongside his rival Gary Oak, and they both would try to reach their goal of becoming the Champion of the Indigo League by beating its current champion, Red Pallet, an orphan 15 year-old trainer from their hometown!
- The Gym Leaders and Elite 4 Members would be much more active IN ALL OF THE SERIES rather then mere episode challenges. Professor Samuel Oak decides to give Ash a Pikachu which he saved from being a Team Rocket lab rat (which later on reveals to know Surf, however, due to experimentation, it cannot evolve) and Gary an Eevee from Bill's family. Bill works alongside Oak and dates Daisy, these 2 alongside Red were the Gen 0 Trio, with Red having Venusaur, Daisy having Vileplume and Bill having Victreebell! Gary turns 11 on April 29th (Green Day) and Ash turns 11 on May 22nd (on their birthdays, they respectively catch, a Squirtle and a Charmander, who later on become rivals).
- Gary's Eevee evolves into a Jolteon from the ThunderStone that Ash gave him! Both of them face Rocket Grunts lead by Jessie, James, Butch and Cassidy! Blue (the girl from the games) and Molly (the girl from Movie3) are friendly female rivals, and Ritchie also appears! In this series, alongside Johto, Ash travels with Yellow (from the mangá), Janine (Koga's daughter) and Todd (the photographer from Snap).
- Characters like Fuji, Kiyo, Baoba and Wilton (Yellow's uncle) also appear for support, and Ash beats Gary in the League finals on March 20th X712, just for his Charizard to lose against Lance's Dragonite (not from disobedience, but from exhaustion). After defeating Giovanni in his Gym on March 3rd (Yellow's birthday), Team Rocket was officially disbanded for 3 months (not 3 years) although there was still the fight on Cerulean Cave on March 31st, right after the League, where Giovanni tracked and used the berserked Mewtwo, and after that Ash went on a coma, while Red treated himself from his injuries on Mount Silver, making the league to suffer some position changes!
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JOHTO REGION
- On July 7th X712, Ash gets a 2nd chance to participate on the Indigo League by facing the Johto Gym Leaders, which he accepts, leaving his Kanto Pokémon on the Lab. Ash rivals with Vincent, Ethan and Silver, while he and Co. meet various characters such as DJ Mary, Casey, Marina, Sakura, Kurt, Eusine, Maximo and Primo, as well as Mark & Mint (from the TCG Game) and Will and Karen (who debut Espeon and Umbreon)!
- Later on they discover that Team Rocket was revived by the Masked Man (
MANGA SPOILER ALERT: it's Pryce from Mahogany) alongside Domino (Giovanni's assistant) and so
THE GS BALL PLOT IS REVIVED! Ash, alongside Red, Gary, Ethan, Silver and Mewtwo, face Pryce on the top of a moving Magnet Train. Pryce captured Celebi by using the Winged Mirages: Domino controls Articuno, facing Eusine and Suicune; Atilla & Hun control Zapdos, facing Jessie & James with Raikou; and Annie & Oakley control Moltres, facing Cassidy & Butch with Entei! Meowth finds Giovanni; Janine, Todd and the others fight inumerous grunts while Yellow summons the Ho-Oh & Lugia using her Rainbow and Silver Wings!
- The "Frozen Time Incident" happened on December 25th X712, and now on March X713 the 88th Annual Indigo League Tournament takes place (the 1st one was on March X626). Ash wins in the finals against Silver (Meganium Vs Feraligatr / Tyranitar VS Crobat) and Giovaani appears in front on Silver, revealing to be his father and that he created Mewtwo and Team Rocket in the end of the war to find him, calling off the organization and going to jail for his crimes! Ash and his Charizard beats Lance's Dragonite and Charizard becoming now the Champion of the Indigo Peninsula! Janine finished her Ninja Training and returned to Fuchsia to become a Gym Leader and Todd, due to his photos of rare and legendary Pokémon becoming famous worldwide, is contacted by Charles Goodshow for a job offer! As for Yellow, she confesses her feelings for Ash and the 2 of them starting dating before the start of their journey in Hoenn, with she not only wanting to improve her healing and psychic skills, but become stronger as a trainer as well!
- Celebi returns alongside Pryce and his Delibird with a letter for Ash from his missing father to meet him on Mount Silver and as he goes there he finds out an older version of Red, revealing him that he, his goal, was his actual dad! He got stuck in the past for 15 years and when he met Delia Ketchum he knew that he had to conceive Ash. After that, Red tells Ash that Gary's parents and Delia's parents died in the Great Indigo War caused by Giovanni's father, who Pryce confronted at the time, henceforth why he wanted to timetravel and change the past! On the past, Red only traveled and trained, he never fought in the war! Red and Ash battle, ending it in a tie with their Pikachus, and after that, they return one once again. A New Adventure Awaits! A New Family Is Born!
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I would make this series to go from October 15th 1996, the release date of Pokémon Blue in Japan, until one month prior the released of Ruby & Sapphire on 2002, that way we could have a 300 episode tale of just Kanto and Johto! More shall be revealed on a next time. Now, to end this all, the teams:
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ASH:
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YELLOW:
JANINE:
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TODD:
RED:
GARY:
RITCHIE:
ETHAN:
SILVER:
VINCENT:
BLUE:
/ MOLLY:
DOMINO:
/ SAKURA:
MARINA:
/ CASEY:
MARK:
, MINT:
, WILL:
& KAREN:
JESSIE:
, JAMES:
, CASSIDY:
& BUTCH:
ATTILA:
, HUN:
, ANNIE:
& OAKLEY:
OAK:
& ELM:
EUSINE:
& KURT:
GIOVANNI: