is it time for gary to make a comeback

[demonman]

i think gary should make a comeback on to the trainer scene, there is just no long running carecters actually challenging ash like he used to. i think it was a bad idea for him to give up anyway. what do you think

 

[Magus]

Gary's a researcher now. Even if he did decide to start being a trainer again, honestly he'd be no match for Ash anymore. Ash already surpassed him back in Johto, and he's a better trainer with a stronger team now.

 

[jolteonjak]

maybe he'll [spoil]come back for the special next month!!!11!!!1![/spoil] *shot*

 

[CyberCubed]

No, Gary ran his course in the series just like Misty, Tracey, and the other written out characters.

This show needs to get RID of dead weight, not bring more of it back into the series. I'll never understand peoples obsession with wanting stale, stagnant characters back in the series.

 

[setokaibarocket]

Perhaps he'll be back, but as a researcher not a trainer. I think that Silver should be the new Gary Not FRLG rival though, because he's basically Gary. But if they changed FRLG rival's history and differentiate his personality from Gary then it would work well. But Silver should be the next Gary.

 

[lightspeed]

He should come back because he is Ash's rival so they should meet every once in a while; and he is one of the recurring characters in the anime, I think it's time for Gary to make a comeback.

 

[The Benmeister]

No, he was Ash's rival, not is. He's now a researcher and there's next to no point of him suddenly giving that up, unless they had a battle just for kicks, which would probably be one on one anyway.

Plus, he already had a special mostly to himself.

 

[Jesse GS the II]

You know, the reason Shigeru was written off the show is because his Japanese voice actor quit. They can't bring him back even if they wanted to.

 

[demonman]

you know it is not unheard of to hire new voice actors, ive even seen shows where the new voice actor sounds completly diffrent (that would suck though)

 

[Meganium Ex]

He wouldn't be able to come back anyway. His Japanese VA quit, and ever since that early Hoenn special (Which was about a year ago in Japan), he never made an appearence, or even was speaked about, in that matter

Would I like if he came back? No. He should (IMO) just stay a Pokémon Researcher. Why would he just quit being a Pokémon Resercher?

 

[~Ghostwriter~]

It'd be really cool if he did make an appearance (as a researcher, not a trainer), but I doubt he will. *sigh*

He should be mentioned, at least. Like they're reading an article of some new discovery, and the article was written by Gary.

 

[Aldrius]

you know it is not unheard of to hire new voice actors, ive even seen shows where the new voice actor sounds completly diffrent (that would suck though)

Voice Actors aren't just fired and replaced in Japan like they are here. Unless a character is EXTREMELY important, they will usually just write him/her out instead of getting a new VA.

Eh, I like Shig, but he's not necessary.

 

[Geki]

I really would like to see Gary comeback for an episode. He's a great character, and I'd like to see what he's been up to as a Pokemon Researcher. In the special back in Hoenn, he had a Blastoise, Dodrio, and Umbreon. I wonder what he would have now?

 

[demonman]

i at least think he should come back for a big battle with ash before he leaves for the diamond peral area (its pretty much a given that they will be doing diamond pearl after battle fronteir & cronicles) just for old times sake. or give him a new rival to reaplace him

 

[CyberCubed]

He hasn't been in a single episode of AG, he's not part of the storyline anymore. Having him come back to battle Ash would pretty much be pointless, considering he hasn't been considered a "rival" in the last 170+ AG episodes. And as said above, Ash would completely destroy Gary now with his team, no contest.

 

[demonman]

Ash would completely destroy Gary now with his team, no contest.

how would you know that, because gary hasnt been mentiond in the series we dont know what hes been up to, maybe his reasearch helps his pokemon get stronger(feild work and such), and it isnt like the game with levels, take ashes pikachu for example, it has been around ash for his entire journy, it should be really, REALLY strong, but it still gets beat (or close to being beat) from time to time.

 

[Kabuto]

Gary should return but it won't happen. You know the writers, we'll be lucky if Ash ever gets a new non temporary rival.

 

[Loud Black]

we'll be lucky if Ash ever gets a new non temporary rival.

I couldnt have said it better myself. I sincerely wonder why Ash's rivals are only around for a short period before they are written off into oblivion. Team Rocket has been pestering around for years and we still cant get any serious continuous stiff competition for our protagonist. I would like to see the next chapter of pokemon up the ante in more ways than one.

PEace,

Loud Black

 

[Jo-Jo]

I thought that Shigeru's VA quitting was a rumour. Did that actually happen, then?

 

[intergalactic platypus]

It did. His seiyuu is gone, and without his seiyuu his character is nonexistent. The Japanese actually respect the voice actors and don't replace them on a whim *coughPUSAcough*