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When I saw the Sinnoh series of Pokemon, I got really angry with Paul's choice words. I just want some guy to just beat the man. He acts so selfish. I wonder why they always put people like Paul. Gary, etc.
 
Because they are the closest characters that the show will ever get close enough to being thugs. But before I start rambling some more, I guess it's because it was targeting older kids. In AG and BF, Ash was rival-less, so they made it up with Paul.
 
Well, each rivalry pushes Ash differently, you saw what Paul did to him right? His thinking and every thing changed for the better due to the rivalry with him. Don't know what Ash's rivalry with Trip does though? Trip is a newbie. They could have just left Ash without a rival this time, have him be at the top of his game like what happened in AG. Oh well, Ash will rise to the top by the end of this series again, maybe its all fake so Ash can teach Trip things.
 
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Oh well, Ash will rise to the top by the end of this series again, maybe its all fake so Ash can teach Trip things.
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I don't see what he would be trying to "teach" Trip by getting annihilated by the guy. Anyway, this thread isn't about Trip.

Chris5564 said:
When I saw the Sinnoh series of Pokemon, I got really angry with Paul's choice words. I just want some guy to just beat the man. He acts so selfish. I wonder why they always put people like Paul. Gary, etc.
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Hey, Paul was terrible, but he's much better than the other rivals.
 
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Paul was different which was refreshing. All other trainers (outside the villainous groups like TR) treated raising and battling pokemon the same, with kindness and respect. Sure that's how we view it should go, but that doesn't mean all trainers in the Pokemon universe feel the same way and Paul was a nice example of how a different view could (and ultimately did) playout.
 
Paul was a jerk :x he was interesting, but honestly, I wish they went into more why he was a jerk. Reggie losing a battle against Brandon and then giving up his dream didn't cut it for me I guess.
 
Paul was a good example of a rival as it was not just their pokemon and battles that made ash and paul rivals, it was their conflicting beliefs that caused them to want to battle each other over and over to prove the other wrong. He was different from the other rivals we have seen so far as he does not show much emotion and devotes himself to his pokemon training.
 
Well, it would be nice to have a rival like Cheren, where he is not mean but strong and interesting. You can have a rival who isn't a douch bag to everyone.
 
Actually I liked Paul's character, but his way of battling and training was something interesting.
Instead of Ash, Paul only takes the strongest and makes them even stronger. I think he's still a good trainer. But because of his attitude he loses some good pokemon, and he is pushing some Pokemon too far (chimchar). However, most of his Pokemon didn't have a problem with that, look at Elekid/Electrabuzz/Electivire. It differs with the Pokemon I think.
 
I didn't like Paul at all, he's my least favourite character in all of the Pokemon anime (with the exception of Grings Kodai).

I still think Gary was the best of Ash's rivals, and nothing will change my mind.
 
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