So what? Iris still would've won if D-nite listened to her. The power of that beast is there whether it listens or not. It would've been great if it listened to Iris, but the writers were establishing a story.
Despite Georgia being a rather pathetic and sore loser, it is exactly as she stated, Dragonite won, Iris didn't, she just took the credit.
Iris didn't do anything to earn that beasts power, Dragonite trained itself to that level and then fought while ignoring her alltogether.
So in what way is that Iris win? All she did was throw a Pokeball at it, Dragonite did EVERYTHING else itself (including its own capture
).
If she bonds with it and gets it to listen to her properly, its a different story, but if it basically fights on its own, then its his wins and nobody else's
Gee, I wonder why people forget that Dragonite was obidient for most of the battle with Ash until his Krokorok evolved when he was about to lose and won the battle that way! Charzaird obeyed Ash for the same amount of time that Dragonite obeyed Iris that episode but it didnt cost Ash anything because why? Charzaird was obidient for no reason, there was no story behind it.. No focus was put on it before the OI episode. Dragonite got 2 episode dedicated to Iris talking to Dragonite along with Cynthia. What did Ash do before the Blaine battle? Nothing. He did nothing expect send Charzaird out to battle because Charzaird had a little rivalry with Magamar. And OMG, Dragonite would not hace hurt someone! Alder or Cynthia would have intervened way before that happend. Notice how two Champions let it be disobdient, so that Iris could see where she needs to improve. Who helped Charzaird and Ash grow? Oh right, no one. It took a stand-alone episode to make Charzaird get over his disobidience. So yes, some folks on Bulbagarden are still butthurt over Dragonite but ignore Charzaird's disobdience flaws =__=
Did you not watch any Kanto episodes or something?
It was stated after evolving Charmeleon viewed Ash as weak and didn't want to listen anymore. He later only participated in battles if he found his opponent worthy. If not, he took a nap.
He found Magmar a worthy opponent and decided to fight him, he found Charmander semi-worthy as a fellow firetype, but beyond that all he ever did was sleep unless a Pokemon annoyed him, such as Tauros (then went on a rampage). This was flat-out stated and shown.
This also cost Ash the Indigo League and a loss vs Blaine the first time they fought.
As for how they grew, Ash gained the remaining badges, entered a league and continued getting stronger, add that to spending a full night defrosting and caring for a severely injured Charizard and you see why Charizard stopped viewing Ash as weak and started to respect him again (which he did as a Charmander before). Beyond that the only major thing Charizard did was beat Blaine. Its only other event was the League, where it got disqualified.
Now take Iris and Dragonite.
Dragonite ignores her completely 2 battles in a row, then listens in battle 3 for no apparent reason outside of plot convenience (2 conversations mean little, especially when getting ignored), then goes on a rampage again after taking 1 hit from Krookodile. And yes, Dragonite could have seriously hurt someone, he was firing wildly into the area, including freezing the wall the spectators were sitting behind. Firing slightly higher meant frozen/crispy spectators.
I dont even think I should reply to this.. At least Iris used Dragonite to bond with it. Which she did by the time the 3rd round started, then he was hurt when he trusted Iris a little to order him around so he went a bit beserk. He won the first two fights without Iris, yeah, boo-hoo.. But by the time the 3rd round rolled around he was obeying Iris's orders! Something no disobdient Pokemon was able to do in 2 episodes, which proves that battling and consulting a Pokemon will help to both bond with them and help them obey. And wants again.. I say.. Dragonite- it happend get over it. Disobidient Pokemon will battle in matches because the officials have no right to correct a Trainer on their battling style. And the reason Charzaird was disqualified in Kanto, was because it was Kanto! The show had just started..
You're kidding right.
This is an official tournament meant to show the skill of a trainer, not the Iris bonding special
Iris had NO CONTROL over Dragonite in Rounds 1 & 2, she didn't do anything to earn or deserve those wins and the fact that it just listened out of nowhere in Round 3 made even less sense.
In Round 3 not only did it start ignoring her AGAIN, it went on a rampage and endangered everyone there, because SHE COULDN"T CONTROL IT.
THe match should have been stopped by the officials right then and there, it was clear beyond a doubt she had absolutely no control over Dragonite.
Tournaments are meant to show the skill of a trainer, Iris failed to command her Dragonite, it went on a rampage and she shafted her remaining 3 Pokemon entirely for it. So in what way did she show ANY skill and deserve even 1 win, letalone 2?
Bonding has nothing to with it, it was an OFFICIAL Tournament, it was meant for skilled trainers to show who is the most skilled and battle Adler. What Iris did would be no different from Cynthia giving her Garchomp to Ash, and then having Garchomp win all matches and facing Adler while Ash sits on the side playing with his dex. Would those have been wins for Ash? It would have been his Garchomp, he just wasn't controlling it. Thats EXACTLY what Iris did.
And yes, the officials have every right to disqualify a trainer, thats why they are there in the first place, to judge the matches.