Todd Snap's return looks a bit likely lol
How hilarious it'd be if Todd freaking Snap beat the XY gang in returning to the show lol
In terms of character appearances I just thought there are still Elite Four members who have not made their anime debut. The PWC would be a great opportunity for that:
- Johto: Will, Karen
- Hoenn: Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia
- Unova: Shauntal, Marshal, Grimsley
- Kalos: Drasna
Ash never met Siebold so actually you could include him as well. There are also gym leaders Ash never battled:
- Kanto: Janine could be the new gym leader of Fuchsia City's gym while her father Koga has become a member of the Elite Four. She hasn't had her debut either.
- Hoenn: Wallace is a top coordinator and former champion of Hoenn. I don't know how the writers would handle him in case of a return.
- Unova: Marlon battled Cameron instead because Ash already had 8 gym badges. A battle against Marlon would be a nice way to give Dracovish more experience. I don't know what Drayden's position is right now. We're going to see Iris battling Ash in the next episode. Is she the new gym leader of Opelucid City's gym?
I think a reappearance of Sabrina with Mega Alakazam and Erika with her newly evolved Tangrowth would be nice too. Ash could battle them again but this time by winning it fair and square. He's already stationed in Kanto anyway.
Man forget Sabrina and Erika, I'd much rather see Ash rematch Agatha or see him battle Bruno/Lorelei
And preferably only
one another Kanto trainer other than the likely Gary, Lance and Lt. Surge, I'm sick of Kanto!
Also they could just as easily give Mega Alakazam to Will
And while I would like Koga to be upgraded as he's basically the only Poison E4 member in existence, Lance seemingly being an Elite Four member makes that a bit difficult(But if Gary is champion, totally worth it!). I don't really see that happening unfortunately
Ash still has yet to fight somebody from Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh that wasn't a COTD. I hope they give him somebody from those soon, maybe he could even fight a Sinnoh E4 member this time as they can't pull that 'lol win the league and we'll fight!' card. DP is tied with BF as my favorite saga but that consistent factor
always ticked me off, especially as the one went and fought Dawn.
Johto... since there's too many Dragon specialists already(Lance, Raihan, Iris) I don't really want to see Claire, unless we actually get to see her and Lance interact with one another. So Will or Karen would do, Will would be preferable due to Ash not likely fighting a Psychic specialist from Galar.
Hoenn. Brandon rematch with the new Regis! Regigigas would be a nice bonus too but I primarily wanna see Brandon complete the set and bring us another epic battle!
Despite what I said about Claire, Drake is honestly the only E4 member I'm actually interested in. Ash did battle him and lost so much like Agatha and Palmer I've been itching for a rematch for years!
Sinnoh. Palmer is my prime choice as I've always been a huge advocator for the Sinnoh BF happening! I'd find Ash battling any of the E4 just as acceptable though. I'd say Paul is basically confirmed given Infernape's back so not gonna bother with that
Unova. Iris was a main character so her winding up Ash's only Unova opponent feels like cheating. I'd love it if Grimsley finally made his debut(Love the guy but still don't understand why he got into the SM games but N didn't) And outside of PWC, bring back Cilan and let him and Ash rematch the Subway bros! Hugh would be nice too.... but
that is the one thing I've said that actually feels like a fool's dream, I doubt we'll ever see Hugh :/