Ultra Beast Lover
Well-Known Member
Ugh don't remind me about Swablu. I was so upset it couldn't come with XDI think it's a reference to the episode where Iris bonded with a Deino. The way the episode played and considering Iris' goal was to be a dragon master, people thought Deino would have been caught by Iris but it turned out it had a trainer already, thus all speculation was in vain.
Ash and the Riolu from the DP two parter - which was mostly to promote Pokémon Ranger Shadows of Almia - were handled in a similar fashion.
Though I'd argue that 1) that Riolu came before Deino and 2) technically May and Swablu did it first lol