Mistakes in the anime

[Torpoleon]

He was just a little kid when he had Carnivine. He probably wasn't seriously training it.

Plus the writers will always make TR lose.

I know that ,but Piplup was(at the time) less expierenced,it should have took more then one hit.

 

[Sonic Boom]

I know that ,but Piplup was(at the time) less expierenced,it should have took more then one hit.

Team Rocket is supposed to lose their battles. Piplup was just the chosen Pokemon of the day to send TR packing.

Again, I stress, Games =/= Anime. Carnivine may have lost some battling skill and experience when it was cooped up in that chest for all that time.

 

[Alfonso]

You know, one Pokemon losing to another is not a 'mistake' even if there is a large difference in power and ability. The writers have always done it.

Mistakes are things like animation and coloring errors, narrative errors, continuity errors, etc. Dub mistakes also count as well.

'Pikachu losing to a Caterpie' is not a mistake and neither is certain attacks not being effective in the games but effective in the anime. This
is just my interpretation on what a 'mistake' in the anime is but I'm confident that it's closer to the thread's original intent than some of the
examples given in the thread.

 

[Igottapoo]

You know, one Pokemon losing to another is not a 'mistake' even if there is a large difference in power and ability. The writers have always done it.

But do you agree that a Golem getting beat by a Thunderbolt is a mistake?

 

[Jesse GS the II]

But do you agree that a Golem getting beat by a Thunderbolt is a mistake?

Not necessarily. We saw Pikachu receive extensive training in the fifth episode that made it possible for it to take down Ground types with enough effort - it allowed it to knock out Takeshi's Ishisubute in one hit. Since Pikachu had gotten even stronger between episode 5 and the first movie, odds are it could handle a Golonya.

But really, I think it was just for the sake of the script. Pokémon: The First Movie had to serve two purposes - it had to appeal to fans of the show, and it had to draw in people who'd never seen it before. Thus, things like Pikachu's ability as Satoshi's strongest Pokémon had to be established in that opening battle sequence for the sake of people who didn't know about it, which is why you see it knock out three fully-evolved Pokémon in one hit, including one that has the type advantage. Over the top, sure, but it convinced everyone in the audience that Pikachu is a damn good fighter.

 

[Mela]

The anime doesn't always follow the rules of the game so things like Thunder defeating a ground Pokemon is legit.

 

[Shadow-saur]

The anime doesn't always follow the rules of the game so things like Thunder defeating a ground Pokemon is legit.

The problem is that characters in the show say that ground-types aren't affected by electricity; then go ahead and do it anyways.

 

[Igottapoo]

The problem is that characters in the show say that ground-types aren't affected by electricity; then go ahead and do it anyways.

Yeah I mean like when Crasher sent out Quagsire, Ash called back Pikachu because of that very problem

 

[Shadow-saur]

Yeah I mean like when Crasher sent out Quagsire, Ash called back Pikachu because of that very problem

Exactly. And every time before that, when Ash tried to use Pikachu against a ground-type, he was shocked it didn't work, until Brock (or Max while he was there) would remind him that Pikachu failed against ground-types.

 

[Alfonso]

Half of the time the writers don't even take dual types into consideration. Pikachu probably was able to shock Onix and Golem because they are Rock types which are fair game when attacked with an Electric move.

 

[Igottapoo]

Half of the time the writers don't even take dual types into consideration. Pikachu probably was able to shock Onix and Golem because they are Rock types which are fair game when attacked with an Electric move.

But Quagsire is a water type :\

 

[Jesse GS the II]

Maybe we should just accept the fact that the anime isn't perfect. What are we hoping to gain from this thread, anyway? Superiority over the writers for knowing more about type advantages than they do?

 

[2KIND4U]

in holland, in the episode ''sparks fly for magnemite'' nurse joy keeps saying the same line the whole episode.

 

[Shadow-saur]

Ash is always popping TR's balloons, but sometimes the balloon flies away, and other times it conveniently crashes nearby so they can rescue whoever TR stole.

 

[Alfonso]

Ash is always popping TR's balloons, but sometimes the balloon flies away, and other times it conveniently crashes nearby so they can rescue whoever TR stole.

How is that a mistake?

A plot device maybe, but not a mistake.

 

[Charmander#4]

I don't know if this has been posted, and I don't know if it was just the danish dub, but...

At the end of the first season, Ash beats some guy's Marowak. With Thunder Wave. Double fail, that is.

 

[lindsy95]

In the first movie when blastoies comes from the floor its chin is blue and not white adn nido king is blue when gyrados flyinto the pool.

 

[Shadow-saur]

How is that a mistake?

A plot device maybe, but not a mistake.

Perhaps more of a continuity error then. But it still bugs me.

 

[ArmorAndonomon]

nido king is blue when gyrados flyinto the pool.

That's an easy one.
It was blue because it was a Nidoqueen.

 

[Igottapoo]

In one episode, Professor Oak said Gary caught 40 Pokemon. 12 episodes later, he said he caught 30.