Geodude said:
The thing is, she didn't *have* to use Psyduck at all. Remember, she was about to call out Staryu when Psyduck popped out on its own. That didn't *have* to happen.
She was about to call out Corsola, not Staryu. However, it seems that we (you, me, Friesguy, and Heracross) are in agreement that this was a particulary ridiculous way for her to win(not that Misty or the writers would care about the "how", only that Misty got the win over Ash).
Ash wasn't the only one who forgot, either; both Brock and Misty forgot about the platypus's migrane-fueled powers(with Misty remembering only when said powers started to flare up). As I once stated in the "Will Misty Return?" thread, I wonder how Misty would have reacted had Psyduck popped out instead of Corsola in during her match with Trinity. Bet it wouldn't have been pleasent for Psyduck...
Given her bragging---and attempts at it---in some later eps, it's actually a shame they that Misty *didn't* lose her battle with Ash...she honestly could have used the demolition(as Ash got in
Brave The Wave and his [SPOIL]bout with Hoenn E4 Drake[/SPOIL] ), and Ash wouldn't have lorded it over her like she would do over him on occasion. Yet another chance for character development spoiled, and a chance for Pokeshipping to get a genuine boost squandered as well.