iraqmaster
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Maybe Misty had one, but as time went on, she learned enough about pokemon or felt that she didn't need it..
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Why didn't Misty and Iris get a Pokedex?
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insanejames
Unorthodox Trainer
i would agree with that statement
MidnightMelody
Hopeful for Gen 8
I'm pretty sure Iris and Misty are not official trainers. As in not getting a poke from the prof. I'm guessing it is like sports. How people sign up for leagues and stuff then you have people who play for the fun of it
CyberCubed
Yeah, ok!
Coordinators don't compete in leagues and they got Pokedex's.
It's not about what they do, its about how much of a n00b said person is.
Bluelatios*
Well-Known Member
So....I vouch for the thread to be renamed "why do some main characters have a Pokedex while others don't? ". Anyways, I recall officer Jenny mentioning that your Pokedex is your trainer ID so there's really no reason not to have one. If you battle using a Pokemon, then you have to be an actual trainer (or have a jr. trainer license if you are under 10). Its possible that they did have regular ID cards and that some characters simply chose to carry those instead. Unfortunately, the only true explanation is that the writers for whatever reason wanted to have 2 people using Pokedexes from AG through DP.
Pokemaniac24
Banned
Because they didn't get a starter Pokémon from a Professor.
MidnightMelody
Hopeful for Gen 8
Thats what I mean. Trains who get pokemon from the prof and go for a competition get the dexes. I view a contest journey the same as a league journey since they both gather badges/ribbons to compete in a larger bash.
iraqmaster
Well-Known Member
I would assume that some trainers don't see or feel the need to whip out their PokeDexes to scan each and every Pokemon they see. That and it would be boring if every single trainer out there whipped out their pokedex every single time..
STICKTOPIA
Well-Known Member
I don't understand why this matters. Like people previously said, they weren't starters like May and Dawn. They didn't start from a professor or an authorized nurse joy.
Pokemonsean
Member
Because they never got stater Pokemon from the prof oak/junipher thus them not giving them five pokéballs and a pokedex
(if u remember dawn and may got pokedexs and starters)
(if u remember dawn and may got pokedexs and starters)
Platinum fan.
RetiredPokemonMaster
Because May and Dawn are playable characters that you can modifiy and play as in the games they star in and get a Pokedex the same way they get starters in the game. The anime just added that feature to the girls when they started out to further point out they are playable/important characters in the Pokeverse. Misty and Iris do not have the same features in the game and are treated differently then May and Dawn. The Coordinators even got multiple starters. 3 for May and 2 for Dawn which is also different then Misty and Iris. Please don't mention Brock's Mudkip. In the games May and Dawn have Pokedexs whether you play as them or not. In the games Misty and Iris are Gym Leaders that don't need them. The anime stuck with that.
By the way, Misty didn't need one in OS. Ash was the Pokedex button masher in the old days. May and Dawn usually served as Pokedexing old Pokemon that had already been seen but were new to them/new audience members who didn't watch OS. Dawn took this to the extreme and dexed everything that moved XD
By the way, Misty didn't need one in OS. Ash was the Pokedex button masher in the old days. May and Dawn usually served as Pokedexing old Pokemon that had already been seen but were new to them/new audience members who didn't watch OS. Dawn took this to the extreme and dexed everything that moved XD
Pokegirl Fan~
Liko>>>>>Ash
I agree with this. Plus Misty and Iris aren't beginner trainers like May and Dawn were.
Why not? That was the first time he scanned it.
MidnightMelody
Hopeful for Gen 8
It was for the kids not Ash....It shocks me on how stupid some of the fanbase is and complains about this stuff
Caseydia
Ace Trainer
So? There are pokemon that even they didn't know about at first, so don't make it like their perfectionists or anything. Besides, Ash still holds his pokedex and he is supposed to be experienced too.
*~Silver*~
Well-Known Member
Misty and Iris didn't get their first Pokemon from a lab, they just had a Pokemon, and went on a journey with it. Notice that they didn't actually have a starter Pokemon? They didn't have a reason why they didn't have an official starter either, like Ash did.
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