A good way Bonnie being a child is used is the episode A Keeper for Keeps, which has her realise what it would mean if her running gag of asking women to marry her brother led to a connection with actual possibilities and thus becoming a point of insecurity for her. Nothing does end up coming of this, but taking a running gag and revolving an episode around it was quite fun and a good way to showcase Bonnie as being a younger sister.
@@ashhabimran239that episode made me cringe on levels ive never been on and further most hope to never be on. lilia was so weird 😭 and clemont was just trying to be nice 😫 she made my head literaly hurt and i now have anxiety from her. What dedennedid to her was w. She deserved it.
@@ashhabimran239exactly!! Like i couldn’t stand her in that ep because she always wanted her brother to marry someone who he wasn’t interested in, but oh sure when clement is finally interested in someone, she is like “no!! He cannot marry her!” Like girl, make up your mind!! 😑
Im so glad Clemont made it into the top 5. He is such an underrated companion. His gags never get old, his development is on point, his gym battle was one of the best in the anime, and I love his close brother-bond with Ash. Clemont: "The future is now thanks to science, clemontic gear on!" Ash: "Science is soo AMAZING!" Lol🤣 But Brock be my favorite
@@oliverorchard6774 Since Brock stayed in the anime for so long, his character development is very spread out. It isnt until DP and Sun and Moon where you get to see how much he's grown. But I agree how they showed Clements development was a lot better. I personally don't care about Cilan.
Brock has always been a beloved character from the #anipoke fandom. I know a lot of people who dislike Goh which I genuinely understand and I respect everyone’s opinions but I personally like him. My biggest gripe is not Goh himself but more so how he is written because I really love the idea of catching every Pokémon and I also loved Project Mew but the execution could have been so better and not to mention that I wasn’t the biggest fan of when it was first introduced because I would of preferred it if they had introduced towards the beginning of the series. Secondly, while I do like Chole overall, I also hated her development and the decision to be a support character like why!?!? 🥶😤
Iris- I was also disappointed that she didn't stick around to see the end of the Masters' 8 Tournament, like all of those tournaments back in BW. They also ruined Wallace (off screen battle, not listening to Ash try to say they're on their way to watch a friend in her first coordinator contest), and not having a chance to talk to the other Masters' 8 characters. An interaction with Steven could have been something like, "Oh, the Greninja trainer. We met in Kalos." "Uh, Hoenn. Do you remember the holes in Granite Cave?" "The holes in... Oh, you're one of Max's friends. My dad still keeps in touch with him."
For me my favorites and best characters by far are: Brock, Dawn, May, Clemont and Lillie, in my opinion these 5 are the most well developed and the ones who really have the best personality in my opinion. Still most of the list you choose really are on my top list! and happy Clemont got recognized too, he is in my opinion the best kalos companion and the one who really got a better development when it come to Gym Leaders Companions.
This was a fun list ^^ My favourite companion is Serena ^^ the XY anime will always be my favourite season in the Pokémon franchise is because of her ^^ Her journey of doing Pokémon showcases, doing other activities such as doing the Pokevision videos and especially finding what she wants to do in life is so relatable to me ^^ The episode A Showcase Debut was the episode that made me adore her character and the ending made me cry every time i watch it but how she got back up by changing her look was so inspiring ^^ In fact i reviewed that episode on my channel and hopefully ill do more Pokemon videos someday ^^
@@brianodonnell4496XY art was consistently beautiful and nothing can top it. Funny that Journeys made it more like XY Kalo's vibe by toning back on Sun and Moon art which I found as a downgraded. Journeys is like a hybrid art between Sm and XY. XY still superior imo
The fact that both the companions of xy reached the top 5 and serena being no 1 just shows how good the series was not just in pokemon battles but also in character development .the undoubted king of pokemon series in every way .if ash had won against alain it would have been perfect (yes i am still salty about that lose even after 7 years sue me if you want 😤)
@@LittleAl016 If going from a nobody girl to finding a true dream and passion to to a performer was not peak character development, IDK what is? Serena probably had the best development.
@@c-a-t-entertinment7075 Serena literally never at any point overcame her most crippling character flaw, her hyper-dependent crush on Ash and how subservient she is to him because of it, on-screen. Which is not in the slightest helped by the narrative treating said flaw as crucial to her character. How is her "development" good, despite that?
Amazing video. Here’s a video idea you should do (that Zac keeps ignoring😒) Remake the master 8, your own match ups, Pokemon used, outcomes, gimmicks and etc. Personally, i would replace the drasna battle with alain. a 3v3 with Ash using Greninja. Anyway the master 8: The match ups are Leon vs Diantha, Steven vs Alain, Cynthia vs Iris and Lance vs Ash
Let’s go bro! What an fantastic video!! Great list, loved to see the changes in the ranking and the comedy was great! Dawn, May, Serena and Brock are more than deserving of being in the top spots!
I love Serena and while I know the amour shipping part of her character is just a cherry on the top of a magnificent sundae that is her, it was what makes me emotionally invested to watch all of the Pokemon XY series, specially at XY&Z, so I just have a higher regard for it and consider as one of the pillars of her strength.
20:08 I could not agree more with this statement. All my reasonings for liking Serena have nothing to do with the shipping and she really has a lot more to offer then just that imo that you explained here
Clemont is my favourite character ever. Second is probably Max and Lillie. Tied. They're both hilarious. *Proceeds to rant for 12 hours about Favourite companions*
My favorite list is 18:Chole. The weakest written and as a trainer. She has nothing really memorable to me. 17: Sophacles. Really didn't need to be there. Not helped in that he has so much in common with Clemont, but nothing that feels unique when comparing them. 16: Goh. God I hate his goal. His pokemon never feel like characters, or even a part of his development. 15: Tracey. Fine. I mean I don't hate him. 14: Cilan. A funny and charming man, but dosen’t add as much to the group dinamic for me compared to others 13: Max. Now I go back and forth between him and Cilan a lot. While I do think Max at his best is better, at his worst Max is much worse. So for now I'm gonna put everyone at their best. 12: Mallow. That episode with her mom just shoots her above everyone else, but not much else I can say. 11: Lana. Has cute scary moments and funny goal. That's about it. 10: Clemont. I love him. Maybe gets a bit side lined later on, but that final scene with clembot makes up for it. 9:Iris. I think she was a unique format on a rival, and having a girl who they never really ship tease with Ash really helped with her backstop of not fitting in and feeling the world was againster. Seeing that girl would become the Unova champion is just inspiring. 8:Kiawe. I love his freak outs and rivalries with Ash and Gladion. A character who is both a great source of comedy and emotion hooks. Impressive. 7:Lillie. I loved her in seasons 1 and 2, and while she also gets a bit side lined in season 3, I always love watching her and snowy. A fun and cute, but always developing person. 6: Bonnie. Too pure to put any lower. And squishy. 5: Misty. A great first companion, that while maybe not the most developed I always felt had the most impact on Ash. I just really can't put her any lower. 4: Serena. A well developed character with some great flaws and obstacles. Only reason she's not higher is I like the other 3 more. 3: Dawn. I liked her story of her trying to live up to her mom, but finding her own love of contest. A great team, to the point to where I associate her with Piplup more than I do Pikachu with Ash. Would actually be higher, if her returns didn't always fall flat. 2: May. Nailed it in this video I have nothing more to add. 1: Brock. He's Brock. May also not be the most developed, but if Misty had the biggest impact on Ash out of all his companions, then Brock had the most impact on the other companions of them all. Also Rotom dex is above all. Not just companions, but everything ever made by humans he is better than.
Hit the nail on the coffin with Iris; she is my all-time favorite champion (I am so happy she won in the anime :O ) and one of my favorite companions that Ash had (I started watching anime in best wishes and played the games in black and black 2 later rewatched the series) but they did her so dirty in journeys. Like having her lose to ash in a DRAGON BATTLE is so annoying, man, like she is a DRAGON CHAMPION! At least you should have let them tie so that neither of them is a setback. Her loss with Cynthia should meant something, but we knew that Cynthia wasn't going to lose to anyone but Ash (let's be real) so we had no hope for Iris. People bitch and moan about Alan but not speak about iris?!?! She was brought back to be a stepping stone for Ash!
I personally very much agree about her losing to Ash when the 2 battled again in Journeys: sure, it proved how strong Ash had become, but given that Iris was now officially a champion, giving her the win would have been not only a great way to show how much she's improved and validate her status as a champion, but it also would've been a great way to push Ash to become even stronger. I think that having him lose to a former companion of his that's also competing in the tournament like Iris instead of a new character like Bea would've been far more impactful because of their dynamic they had. But then again, Journeys writing as a whole was a bit sloppy, and giving Ash a bit more focus would've been much more satisfying since we often don't get to see him train with his Pokemon in the series, and it's a big part of the reason why I feel less enthusiastic about his Journeys team than any other that he had during the series to date. I also wasn't really fond of the way Ash beat Iris: after she encouraged his Dragonite to learn to have fun while battling, Dragonite suddenly learned Draco Meteor by turning Haxorus's attack against it out of nowhere. Not only is there no build up to this moment, but the fact that Dragonite's development in that instance was tied to Iris rather than by undergoing some kind of experience with Ash to get his encouragement made me feel like they just rushed that so that they could do other things with the series rather than putting more attention on focusing on giving the characters better plotlines. Speaking of not giving the characters of Journeys better plotlines, I feel this video did a pretty decent job at covering why Goh and Chloe were both not handled as well as they could've been, but I'm not going to to go into great detail about that right now other than that they could've done more with the 2 of them in the series rather than including so much pointless filler
Thumbnail gives away who your number one is. But Misty not even being in the top 10? WOOOOOOOOW. And there's a reason they kept bringing Brock back. He's the best.
That was a very good list of the companions here's mine. 18: Sophocles 17: Chloe 16: Max 15: Mallow 14: Bonnie 13: Lana 12: Goh 11: Tracey 10: Cilan 9: Lily 8: Kiawe 7: Clemont 6: Iris 5: May 4: Serena 3: Misty 2: Dawn 1: Brock
Oh really!! , common sorry to say but it look likes you don,t have any sense P.S : I am not amour shipping fan and also I am not any shipping fan ok so don,t say another amour shipping fan spotted , that,s the fact because of her character development, serena is more than amour shipping@@LittleAl016
@@kartiktomar1405 Serena has no "character development". And that's in spite of the show itself trying to fool you into thinking that she's developing until the last episode of the XY anime, where it's shown that her "development" is nothing but a sham.
I didnt watched Jurney's because of Goh Selfish nature in first episode for me he could dont exist to be honest (also COME ON they give him like 4 legendaries if I heard so yea)
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Here is my ranking of Ash’s companions 18, Chloe 17, Sophocles 16, Max 15, Iris 14, Goh 13, Lana 12, Tracey 11, Mallow 10, Cilan 9, Kiawe 8, Misty 7, Bonnie 6, Lillie 5, Clemont 4, May 3, Dawn 2, Brock 1, Serena who is my Favourite Ash companion.
@@HamzaCric_11 I did, Misty was a mentor to ash also. It seems you didn’t watch the original series. Misty also came back a bunch of times bc she’s so beloved.
@@HamzaCric_11 Even if you watched XY(Z), Serena doesn't compare to Dawn, and outright pales in comparison to Misty. In all seriousness, instead of deluding yourself into thinking that Serena's "good" or "well-written", it's much better to talk about how the showrunners can AVOID TRYING TO WRITE another character like her.
I always knew that Serena is the #1 companion for Ash and I'm glad! What you forget is that Serena has a secret crush on Ash since their childhood she started to fall in love with him and then years later in the XY Saga, Serena and Ash reunited and she's still in love with him. I know that all of you think that Ash is obvious to Serena's love for him, but don't jump to conclusions because I think that even though that Ash didn't know that Serena is in love with him, but deep down inside of him, he is because of his heart. I am sure that both of them are in love deep inside of them (Ash and Serena).
Well, interesting ranking of Ash's companions, I'm sure is your opinion but I don't like Serena at Number 1, sure she has some great episodes, but being simp to Ash is not so good for me, Pokemon Showcases was fun to watch but underdeveloped and rushed, so I think Serena is so mid for me (also I don't like the Amourshipping community). I guess I have an unpopular opinion, or not?
Misty deserves top 5…..she is literally iconic ALSOOOO it’s absolutely disgusting to put Serena at 1 over Dawn and Brock. It deserves jail time 😂 but seriously v out of pocket opinion lol
@@Alzilla09 ahhh I see you’re crying bc I don’t value a random character who did nothing and had a useless weak team over one of the original trio that made the show popular….you Serena obsessed children have no merit or facts to back up their infatuation. I understand if you like Dawn at least she was strong and won contests and was brought back to journeys a lot bc people actually love her. But no you pick that random girl who barely had any development and a lot of plot armor to back her up.
Thank You for putting My Main Man "Tracey Sketchit" so high up on the Food Chain ! TV Tokyo & Nintendo highly UNDER UTILIZED HIM. He should have gotten at least two to three more Seasons of usage !
Serena is a trash character, but is your opinion, easily one of the worst of Ash's companions. Brock, Misty, Dawn and May are best ones in any sense. I like Serena, but honestly she didn't add anything to the show outside of the shipping.
Honestly, I’d place Goh lower than Chloe. From worst to best: Goh, Tracey, Sophocles, Iris, Max, Chloe, Cilan, Mallow, Lana, May, Dawn, Bonnie, Lillie, Clemont, Kiawe, Misty, Serena and Brock
That's because the ones making them either started out with XY, or because they project themselves onto Ash. It has nothing to do with how good her character is.
@@blomst1277 yah me too...Serena never stood out to me that much as far as I have watched the series.Her only role was only to have a crush on Ash throughout the series with some performances in between episodes...I have never seen her showing any interest in pokemons that much compared to May,Misty and Dawn....I feel like her performances acted as filler scenes in the series(it's not that I am against such performances since I loved it when May and Dawn had taken part in those things)
Serena truly is a great character but one thing you got to remember, like when you gain a person with kids for more shipping is part of a character so it's a package deal. Keep in mind I'm saying it's part of a character not her entire character.
Random, but Goh reminds me of Masamune from the Beyblade Metal Saga. The energetic co-protagonist that's really divisive amongst fans. On the flipside, Serena's fanbase is kinds like Ryuga's fanbase from that series. If anyone is familiar with Beyblade Metal
I honestly disagree with the placement of Goh and Chloe, also Goh’s main goal is mainly catching Mew, him saying he will catch all Pokémon is just a secondary goal for him.
Here's the real ranking for each character here. #1 Misty #2 Lillie #3 May #4 Iris #5 Clemont #6 Sophocles #7 Mallow #8 Lana #9 Brock #10 Tracy #11 Cilan #12 Goh #13 Kiawe #14 Max #15 Bonnie #16 Dawn #17 Chloe #18 Serena
Ayaanic Bond, the fact that you have sariena #1 just tells me you LACK OBJECTIVITY! Anyone & everyone who thinks CLEARLY knows that she DESERVES to be ranked near the bottom or at the bottom of the list.
Woah, chill my guy. It's literally just an opinion, and she is definitely better than like 90% of Ash's companions in terms of growth and development. For me she's 3rd favourite.
@@oliverorchard6774Based. Dawn, then her, then May. This is why the toxic shipper/fan of pokegirls are giving PKMN anime community a bad name. Stay out of it, its not healthy lol
If they could have made it The Masters 16, then Iris could have battled and beaten Lance then lost to Cynthia plus we could see Cynthia be even more hyped with an extra victory
I consider Dawn to be the best because she had great character development who experienced realistic failures, like not passing 1st round of contest few times, and using those loss to be better coordinator. May somehow passed 1st round of contest all the time and she never really learned new things like Dawn did. Unlike May, Dawn also influenced Ash to try new strategies. Ash was able to develop spinning and counter shields thanks to Dawn. Furthermore Dawn was the one who personally saw Ash become the very best like no one ever was
the pokemon DP movies pushed Dawn to number 1 for me, and she returned the most out of all of ash's female companions mostly for good moments, and even returned to cheer for Ash in the masters 8 in the final battle. Ash and Dawn learn from each other, without Dawn, counter shields, Ice Aqua jet, and a lot of things Ash learned from Dawn to use in his battles that became extremely useful would've ceased to exist. They are the only pair to have an official duet song performed by their seiyuus Matsumoto Rica and Toyoguchi Megumi, and used as the 2nd opening for the original japanese version of the Pokemon DP anime, the song is called "High Touch".
Serena/May/Max/Kiawe are my favourites by far, so it's awesome to hear you like them all too! Great video, and welcome back to RUclips!
Thank you!
I wouldn't agree with Max necessarily, but the others I can agree with.
@@oliverorchard6774 Amy Birnbaum?
@@oliverorchard6774 I like Max more than Bonnie
YO, POKEFERLEX
A good way Bonnie being a child is used is the episode A Keeper for Keeps, which has her realise what it would mean if her running gag of asking women to marry her brother led to a connection with actual possibilities and thus becoming a point of insecurity for her. Nothing does end up coming of this, but taking a running gag and revolving an episode around it was quite fun and a good way to showcase Bonnie as being a younger sister.
I actually hated Bonnie in that episode, her attitude just annoyed and rubbed me the wrong way
@@ashhabimran239that episode made me cringe on levels ive never been on and further most hope to never be on. lilia was so weird 😭 and clemont was just trying to be nice 😫 she made my head literaly hurt and i now have anxiety from her. What dedennedid to her was w. She deserved it.
@@ashhabimran239exactly!! Like i couldn’t stand her in that ep because she always wanted her brother to marry someone who he wasn’t interested in, but oh sure when clement is finally interested in someone, she is like “no!! He cannot marry her!” Like girl, make up your mind!! 😑
I can't tell if I love or hate the episode...
@@BlueBerr3 Get help
I came from lumiose trainer zac's channel
Same
*N O*
Me too
@@Amo9680me three
Same
You forgot 3 companions. The ones that have travelled with Ash since Kanto and still do even if the series has ended.
I guess you should say he should Prepare for trouble, and make it double.
@@tarabotelho6692As his companions will protect the world from devastation, and unite all people within their nation
We'll count them once Giovanni fires their asses.
Im so glad Clemont made it into the top 5. He is such an underrated companion. His gags never get old, his development is on point, his gym battle was one of the best in the anime, and I love his close brother-bond with Ash.
Clemont: "The future is now thanks to science, clemontic gear on!"
Ash: "Science is soo AMAZING!"
Lol🤣 But Brock be my favorite
Yeah for sure, and unlike Brock and Cilan (the other 'responsible' companions), you could actually see Clement's growth as a person.
@@oliverorchard6774 Since Brock stayed in the anime for so long, his character development is very spread out. It isnt until DP and Sun and Moon where you get to see how much he's grown. But I agree how they showed Clements development was a lot better. I personally don't care about Cilan.
for me celemont gag were pretty annoying along with Brock while cilan was has diversity in his gag but those 2 lack any flavour to make them likeable
Brock has always been a beloved character from the #anipoke fandom.
I know a lot of people who dislike Goh which I genuinely understand and I respect everyone’s opinions but I personally like him.
My biggest gripe is not Goh himself but more so how he is written because I really love the idea of catching every Pokémon and I also loved Project Mew but the execution could have been so better and not to mention that I wasn’t the biggest fan of when it was first introduced because I would of preferred it if they had introduced towards the beginning of the series.
Secondly, while I do like Chole overall, I also hated her development and the decision to be a support character like why!?!? 🥶😤
@@ashelygordon669 Eric Stuart was better for Brock.
Iris- I was also disappointed that she didn't stick around to see the end of the Masters' 8 Tournament, like all of those tournaments back in BW.
They also ruined Wallace (off screen battle, not listening to Ash try to say they're on their way to watch a friend in her first coordinator contest), and not having a chance to talk to the other Masters' 8 characters. An interaction with Steven could have been something like, "Oh, the Greninja trainer. We met in Kalos." "Uh, Hoenn. Do you remember the holes in Granite Cave?" "The holes in... Oh, you're one of Max's friends. My dad still keeps in touch with him."
For me my favorites and best characters by far are: Brock, Dawn, May, Clemont and Lillie, in my opinion these 5 are the most well developed and the ones who really have the best personality in my opinion.
Still most of the list you choose really are on my top list! and happy Clemont got recognized too, he is in my opinion the best kalos companion and the one who really got a better development when it come to Gym Leaders Companions.
This was a fun list ^^ My favourite companion is Serena ^^ the XY anime will always be my favourite season in the Pokémon franchise is because of her ^^ Her journey of doing Pokémon showcases, doing other activities such as doing the Pokevision videos and especially finding what she wants to do in life is so relatable to me ^^ The episode A Showcase Debut was the episode that made me adore her character and the ending made me cry every time i watch it but how she got back up by changing her look was so inspiring ^^ In fact i reviewed that episode on my channel and hopefully ill do more Pokemon videos someday ^^
Missed the old look, don't you?
Hope to see Serena again. First Pls come back and visit time to time Ok ASH?@@brianodonnell4496
I'm sad that Ash journey ended. Hope we could see a proper reunion with Ash and Serena as well as with May someday
@@brianodonnell4496XY art was consistently beautiful and nothing can top it. Funny that Journeys made it more like XY Kalo's vibe by toning back on Sun and Moon art which I found as a downgraded. Journeys is like a hybrid art between Sm and XY. XY still superior imo
@@Lazaすし Even May could have Snorlax and Blastoise.
The fact that both the companions of xy reached the top 5 and serena being no 1 just shows how good the series was not just in pokemon battles but also in character development .the undoubted king of pokemon series in every way .if ash had won against alain it would have been perfect (yes i am still salty about that lose even after 7 years sue me if you want 😤)
Except it's not good in regards to character development. Clemont and Bonnie were the only characters who developed there.
@@LittleAl016 If going from a nobody girl to finding a true dream and passion to to a performer was not peak character development, IDK what is? Serena probably had the best development.
@@c-a-t-entertinment7075 No she didn't. She actually has the worst development.
I got to disagree man@@LittleAl016
@@c-a-t-entertinment7075 Serena literally never at any point overcame her most crippling character flaw, her hyper-dependent crush on Ash and how subservient she is to him because of it, on-screen. Which is not in the slightest helped by the narrative treating said flaw as crucial to her character. How is her "development" good, despite that?
Amazing video!!! It was so insightful and really well edited :)
Glad you liked it!!
"Insightful"? Serena's at the top of the list, dude.
Mallow was so messed up by her mother's death that she was a 13 year old alcoholic
FIRST.
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww nice
The first time I respect someone saying first
How do you feel that max and Tracy aren’t at the bottom of the list? Lol
My favorites were: Serena, May, Dawn, Misty, Brock, Kiawe, and Clement. I just liked their character and who they want to be in their future.
What about May?
@@brianodonnell4496 check the list. And she's great
@@FD15989 Maybe, She should have a new voice, even a Snorlax and Blastoise.
Serena and Brock continue to be my 2 favorite companions! Missed your videos bro! Welcome back!
Amazing video. Here’s a video idea you should do (that Zac keeps ignoring😒) Remake the master 8, your own match ups, Pokemon used, outcomes, gimmicks and etc. Personally, i would replace the drasna battle with alain. a 3v3 with Ash using Greninja. Anyway the master 8: The match ups are Leon vs Diantha, Steven vs Alain, Cynthia vs Iris and Lance vs Ash
Cool idea!
Let’s go bro! What an fantastic video!! Great list, loved to see the changes in the ranking and the comedy was great! Dawn, May, Serena and Brock are more than deserving of being in the top spots!
I love Serena and while I know the amour shipping part of her character is just a cherry on the top of a magnificent sundae that is her, it was what makes me emotionally invested to watch all of the Pokemon XY series, specially at XY&Z, so I just have a higher regard for it and consider as one of the pillars of her strength.
What's the flavor of the sundae? 💩?
20:08 I could not agree more with this statement. All my reasonings for liking Serena have nothing to do with the shipping and she really has a lot more to offer then just that imo that you explained here
Fantastic Video, really cooked up one of the best rankings for his companions!
My favourite is bonnie in xyz
Btw great video man❤️
when we needed him most.. he returned.
THE LONG AWAITED RETURN!!! 😭😭😭
Instant "like", due to your placement of Goh. Lol. (Though, I would have placed Sophocles above him in the list).
Bonnie is way to high. 😬
Misty is way to low. 🥺
I am happy to see some Tracy love tho. 😌
Clemont is my favourite character ever.
Second is probably Max and Lillie. Tied. They're both hilarious.
*Proceeds to rant for 12 hours about Favourite companions*
Stupid toxic Gou midoriya stan fan losers is here
My favorite list is
18:Chole. The weakest written and as a trainer. She has nothing really memorable to me.
17: Sophacles. Really didn't need to be there. Not helped in that he has so much in common with Clemont, but nothing that feels unique when comparing them.
16: Goh. God I hate his goal. His pokemon never feel like characters, or even a part of his development.
15: Tracey. Fine. I mean I don't hate him.
14: Cilan. A funny and charming man, but dosen’t add as much to the group dinamic for me compared to others
13: Max. Now I go back and forth between him and Cilan a lot. While I do think Max at his best is better, at his worst Max is much worse. So for now I'm gonna put everyone at their best.
12: Mallow. That episode with her mom just shoots her above everyone else, but not much else I can say.
11: Lana. Has cute scary moments and funny goal. That's about it.
10: Clemont. I love him. Maybe gets a bit side lined later on, but that final scene with clembot makes up for it.
9:Iris. I think she was a unique format on a rival, and having a girl who they never really ship tease with Ash really helped with her backstop of not fitting in and feeling the world was againster. Seeing that girl would become the Unova champion is just inspiring.
8:Kiawe. I love his freak outs and rivalries with Ash and Gladion. A character who is both a great source of comedy and emotion hooks. Impressive.
7:Lillie. I loved her in seasons 1 and 2, and while she also gets a bit side lined in season 3, I always love watching her and snowy. A fun and cute, but always developing person.
6: Bonnie. Too pure to put any lower. And squishy.
5: Misty. A great first companion, that while maybe not the most developed I always felt had the most impact on Ash. I just really can't put her any lower.
4: Serena. A well developed character with some great flaws and obstacles. Only reason she's not higher is I like the other 3 more.
3: Dawn. I liked her story of her trying to live up to her mom, but finding her own love of contest. A great team, to the point to where I associate her with Piplup more than I do Pikachu with Ash. Would actually be higher, if her returns didn't always fall flat.
2: May. Nailed it in this video I have nothing more to add.
1: Brock. He's Brock. May also not be the most developed, but if Misty had the biggest impact on Ash out of all his companions, then Brock had the most impact on the other companions of them all.
Also Rotom dex is above all. Not just companions, but everything ever made by humans he is better than.
>Serena
>A well-developed character
Pick one.
Nice List
My List:
1. Brock
2. Dawn
3. May
4. Lillie
5. Clemont
6. Misty
7. Kiawe
8. Iris
9. Cilan
10. Serena
11. Lana
12. Mallow
13. Bonnie
14. Tracey
15. Max
16. Sophocles
17. Chloe
Sophocles definitely in my top 10
Hit the nail on the coffin with Iris; she is my all-time favorite champion (I am so happy she won in the anime :O ) and one of my favorite companions that Ash had (I started watching anime in best wishes and played the games in black and black 2 later rewatched the series) but they did her so dirty in journeys.
Like having her lose to ash in a DRAGON BATTLE is so annoying, man, like she is a DRAGON CHAMPION! At least you should have let them tie so that neither of them is a setback.
Her loss with Cynthia should meant something, but we knew that Cynthia wasn't going to lose to anyone but Ash (let's be real) so we had no hope for Iris.
People bitch and moan about Alan but not speak about iris?!?! She was brought back to be a stepping stone for Ash!
I personally very much agree about her losing to Ash when the 2 battled again in Journeys: sure, it proved how strong Ash had become, but given that Iris was now officially a champion, giving her the win would have been not only a great way to show how much she's improved and validate her status as a champion, but it also would've been a great way to push Ash to become even stronger. I think that having him lose to a former companion of his that's also competing in the tournament like Iris instead of a new character like Bea would've been far more impactful because of their dynamic they had. But then again, Journeys writing as a whole was a bit sloppy, and giving Ash a bit more focus would've been much more satisfying since we often don't get to see him train with his Pokemon in the series, and it's a big part of the reason why I feel less enthusiastic about his Journeys team than any other that he had during the series to date. I also wasn't really fond of the way Ash beat Iris: after she encouraged his Dragonite to learn to have fun while battling, Dragonite suddenly learned Draco Meteor by turning Haxorus's attack against it out of nowhere. Not only is there no build up to this moment, but the fact that Dragonite's development in that instance was tied to Iris rather than by undergoing some kind of experience with Ash to get his encouragement made me feel like they just rushed that so that they could do other things with the series rather than putting more attention on focusing on giving the characters better plotlines. Speaking of not giving the characters of Journeys better plotlines, I feel this video did a pretty decent job at covering why Goh and Chloe were both not handled as well as they could've been, but I'm not going to to go into great detail about that right now other than that they could've done more with the 2 of them in the series rather than including so much pointless filler
Thumbnail gives away who your number one is.
But Misty not even being in the top 10? WOOOOOOOOW.
And there's a reason they kept bringing Brock back. He's the best.
It literally has every companion…
@@AyaanicBond But the best companion out of all of them is at #11 at this list. That's his point.
That was a very good list of the companions here's mine.
18: Sophocles
17: Chloe
16: Max
15: Mallow
14: Bonnie
13: Lana
12: Goh
11: Tracey
10: Cilan
9: Lily
8: Kiawe
7: Clemont
6: Iris
5: May
4: Serena
3: Misty
2: Dawn
1: Brock
Who missed the old Pokemon anime, before Gen. 9 comes?
You have some fun videos AND you put Tracey high, so ill sub!
My favorite characters are: May, Brock, Serena, Tracey and Iris.
I just noticed from Zac and man your video content is very interesting out there
I hope we will see them in Horizons. And i also had a crush on May in my childhood years❤️
4Kids have rights with Hoenn.
CHloe i can agree. shes my least favorite pokemon. MY favorite companion is serena. shes helped me through alot, GOh is very close
My top 5:
5) Lily
4) May
3) Misty
2) Brock
1) Dawn
100% agree
The fact that Max is above Goh is honestly crazy 😅😅😅
Not as crazy as Serena topping this list.
What's crazy is that out of 18 companions only Serena interests you @@LittleAl016
Oh really!! , common sorry to say but it look likes you don,t have any sense
P.S : I am not amour shipping fan and also I am not any shipping fan ok so don,t say another amour shipping fan spotted , that,s the fact because of her character development, serena is more than amour shipping@@LittleAl016
@@LittleAl016sorry for my bad english
@@kartiktomar1405 Serena has no "character development". And that's in spite of the show itself trying to fool you into thinking that she's developing until the last episode of the XY anime, where it's shown that her "development" is nothing but a sham.
HE'S BACK
HE SAID THE THING, HE SAID THE THING!!! As for me it’s the goat Brock
I didnt watched Jurney's because of Goh Selfish nature in first episode for me he could dont exist to be honest (also COME ON they give him like 4 legendaries if I heard so yea)
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Here is my ranking of Ash’s companions 18, Chloe 17, Sophocles 16, Max 15, Iris 14, Goh 13, Lana 12, Tracey 11, Mallow 10, Cilan 9, Kiawe 8, Misty 7, Bonnie 6, Lillie 5, Clemont 4, May 3, Dawn 2, Brock 1, Serena who is my Favourite Ash companion.
Ngl when you mentioned Tracey, I had to think for a second on who he was
Who?? 😂😂
Dawn and Serena are best girls!!
Dawn and Misty ***
@@abraham__810only to get roasted. Serena is better companion if you watched xy (z)
@@HamzaCric_11 I did, Misty was a mentor to ash also. It seems you didn’t watch the original series. Misty also came back a bunch of times bc she’s so beloved.
@@HamzaCric_11 Even if you watched XY(Z), Serena doesn't compare to Dawn, and outright pales in comparison to Misty. In all seriousness, instead of deluding yourself into thinking that Serena's "good" or "well-written", it's much better to talk about how the showrunners can AVOID TRYING TO WRITE another character like her.
I always knew that Serena is the #1 companion for Ash and I'm glad! What you forget is that Serena has a secret crush on Ash since their childhood she started to fall in love with him and then years later in the XY Saga, Serena and Ash reunited and she's still in love with him. I know that all of you think that Ash is obvious to Serena's love for him, but don't jump to conclusions because I think that even though that Ash didn't know that Serena is in love with him, but deep down inside of him, he is because of his heart. I am sure that both of them are in love deep inside of them (Ash and Serena).
Ash only sees Serena in the same way he sees Clemont and Cilan.
Well, interesting ranking of Ash's companions, I'm sure is your opinion but I don't like Serena at Number 1, sure she has some great episodes, but being simp to Ash is not so good for me, Pokemon Showcases was fun to watch but underdeveloped and rushed, so I think Serena is so mid for me (also I don't like the Amourshipping community). I guess I have an unpopular opinion, or not?
Misty deserves top 5…..she is literally iconic ALSOOOO it’s absolutely disgusting to put Serena at 1 over Dawn and Brock. It deserves jail time 😂 but seriously v out of pocket opinion lol
Dude it’s his opinion! Also being iconic is not enough to be top 5 when Misty didn’t do anything! Seriously, you Serena hater’s are so annoying!
@@Alzilla09 ahhh I see you’re crying bc I don’t value a random character who did nothing and had a useless weak team over one of the original trio that made the show popular….you Serena obsessed children have no merit or facts to back up their infatuation. I understand if you like Dawn at least she was strong and won contests and was brought back to journeys a lot bc people actually love her. But no you pick that random girl who barely had any development and a lot of plot armor to back her up.
Nah misty honestly sucks
@@The_Chunk_of_Sulphur No she doesn't. She's the greatest of all time.
@@LittleAl016 eh you mean misty?
Appreciate not slandering Max. Not take: I found Bonnie to be more of an annoying brat
If team rocket was included, they'd surely end up on top 5
James should be Peak than even Brock
I feel so bad for Goh, Chloe, and Lillie.
Those three get the most hatred
Yes
Nah man my favourite us the one, the only, true giga chad, Brock. Brock has just been there for ash through, OS, AG, DP, a bit of JN and ATBAPM
Even for OS and AG, Eric Stuart was better.
Here is my rankings of Ash's companions from the Alola region below.
1. Lillie
2. Kiawe
3. Mallow
4. Lana
5. Sophocles
Thank You for putting My Main Man "Tracey Sketchit" so high up on the Food Chain ! TV Tokyo & Nintendo highly UNDER UTILIZED HIM. He should have gotten at least two to three more Seasons of usage !
Serena is a trash character, but is your opinion, easily one of the worst of Ash's companions. Brock, Misty, Dawn and May are best ones in any sense. I like Serena, but honestly she didn't add anything to the show outside of the shipping.
Agree to disagree bro, but I love the companions you listed very much as well!
Serena added the annoying ass Pokémon fans who get mad when she’s nowhere to be foubd
Same can be said for Dawn and Misty and their fans
@@TheOctoJulesstupid toxic Gou midoriya toxic stan fan loser is here
Iris and Cilan?
I feel bad for Chloe’s two VAs who had to deal with her bad writing. Then again if they paycheck is fat enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Chloe's writing was better than Serena's.
@@LittleAl016in your dream
@@christ5431 It's reality, not my dreams.
@@LittleAl016 Chloé's writing is just a repetitive concentration of the same questions and same themes
@@christ5431 And Serena's isn't? At least Chloe's writing has a better idea of what should be done in order to flesh her out.
Maybe the most based ranking I’ve seen of these characters ever. 10/10 100% agree
you have good taste
More like the most biased.
Zach sent me u got a new subscriber
Favorite companion dawn
I would place Goh in last place,thisbguy disgusted me so much and i got PTSD and did not want to see his face
The future is now thanks to science. My favorite is clement😊
Especially when his inventions blow up 😅😅
Honestly, I’d place Goh lower than Chloe.
From worst to best: Goh, Tracey, Sophocles, Iris, Max, Chloe, Cilan, Mallow, Lana, May, Dawn, Bonnie, Lillie, Clemont, Kiawe, Misty, Serena and Brock
Iris is nowhere near "worst", Serena is nowhere near "best".
I like how literally every single companion list I've seen has Serena at No. 1
I say Brock > everybody else. For female, it can be Dawn or Serena or May
That's because the ones making them either started out with XY, or because they project themselves onto Ash. It has nothing to do with how good her character is.
I prefer Misty, Dawn and Brock over Serena.
@@blomst1277 yah me too...Serena never stood out to me that much as far as I have watched the series.Her only role was only to have a crush on Ash throughout the series with some performances in between episodes...I have never seen her showing any interest in pokemons that much compared to May,Misty and Dawn....I feel like her performances acted as filler scenes in the series(it's not that I am against such performances since I loved it when May and Dawn had taken part in those things)
Chloe is even more sad case when you realize she is voiced by the Legend Kana Hanazawa herself… still like her though
She's still better than Serena, though.
hey man, I was 13 when i had a crush on May;)
Serena truly is a great character but one thing you got to remember, like when you gain a person with kids for more shipping is part of a character so it's a package deal.
Keep in mind I'm saying it's part of a character not her entire character.
It consumes most of her character. And that's a big problem.
Random, but Goh reminds me of Masamune from the Beyblade Metal Saga. The energetic co-protagonist that's really divisive amongst fans. On the flipside, Serena's fanbase is kinds like Ryuga's fanbase from that series. If anyone is familiar with Beyblade Metal
Thank you! Goh...Really was not good at all. He was one of the most poorly executed characters in the entire series.
Yea, took all the screen time than even ash and yet worse than Dawn and May
Don't compare goh with cutie dawn. Dawn is most devloped charactor than ash in entire anime
Serena is my least favorite ever tbh
She's easily the most overrated character in the Pokémon Anime alongside Ash.
I honestly disagree with the placement of Goh and Chloe, also Goh’s main goal is mainly catching Mew, him saying he will catch all Pokémon is just a secondary goal for him.
He came back to me🥹
Here's the real ranking for each character here.
#1 Misty
#2 Lillie
#3 May
#4 Iris
#5 Clemont
#6 Sophocles
#7 Mallow
#8 Lana
#9 Brock
#10 Tracy
#11 Cilan
#12 Goh
#13 Kiawe
#14 Max
#15 Bonnie
#16 Dawn
#17 Chloe
#18 Serena
In your delulu era
@@christ5431 Nope.
@@LittleAl016 If you are
@@christ5431 That doesn't even make sense.
@@LittleAl016 still delulu 🤭🤭
18:05 "look in their eyes" Brock does not have eyes what are u on about?
He is back
May is best in fiction, no one can compare to her goddessness in everything, Everything else in fiction is TRASh in front of her, She is BEST.
Veronica Taylor's May: Classic.
Michelle Knotz's May: Garbage.
@@brianodonnell4496 lol, the voice is fine!
I already like May after AG ep20 than Misty in her entire run of OS
Lol she's great but I will put Brock and Dawn in front of her
@@FD15989 Even when Misty was in her prime?
@@LittleAl016 Yes, Misty maybe the first female lead I watch on this show, she's my least favorite back in 2000s
Chloe, Lillie, Serena, Brock, Bonnie, May, Kiawe and Clemont are my favorite Ash companions.
Guys. What happened to bonnie and clemonts mom?? I literaly cant find out what happened to lil bro
Ayaanic Bond, the fact that you have sariena #1 just tells me you LACK OBJECTIVITY! Anyone & everyone who thinks CLEARLY knows that she DESERVES to be ranked near the bottom or at the bottom of the list.
How dare I lack objectivity on an opinionated list
Woah, chill my guy. It's literally just an opinion, and she is definitely better than like 90% of Ash's companions in terms of growth and development. For me she's 3rd favourite.
@@AyaanicBond Serena's not actually good.
@@AyaanicBond Decent list actually
@@oliverorchard6774Based. Dawn, then her, then May.
This is why the toxic shipper/fan of pokegirls are giving PKMN anime community a bad name. Stay out of it, its not healthy lol
How is lana under max
My top favs are
Serena, the entire Alola gang, Clemont and Bonnie, Max, May,Dot, Roy,Brock and my absolute favorite….. DAWN
Awwww Brock so close to #1
honestly so hard to choose, i haven’t watched all the anime’s but sm, xy and the first season were some of my favorites
If they could have made it The Masters 16, then Iris could have battled and beaten Lance then lost to Cynthia plus we could see Cynthia be even more hyped with an extra victory
Been saying that for a while. Masters 16 would have been amazing
I think iris and black and white in general was why I stopped watching. Which sucks cause game wise might be my favorite gen at this point.
Which shows that you either, 1, are racist, 2, are sexist, 3, you project yourself onto Ash, or 4, any combination of the previous 3.
Really only reason why I like goh is because he is voice by zeno robinson
The release of ambipom just for fuc**ng ping pong omg the worst decision ever 😢😢😢😢😢😢
I love all of the companions except for Max .
I wish max was the bottom of the list cause of most people hate him alot
Most, but not me. 😎
18. Max
17. Sophocles
16. Tracey
15.Goh
14. Cilan
13. Kiawe
12. Dawn
11. Misty
10. Iris
9. Bonnie
8. Chloe
7. Clemont
6. Lille
5. Lana
4. Mallow
3. May
2. Serena
1. Brock
These simps always putting Serena over Brock 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
Of course they do brock has no character development and is ass compared to her lmao
Brock and other companions like Clemont have better development than Serena also.
Yeah unfortunately for Brock I prefer Cilan and Clemont over him. Misty too she's also just that bit better
@@stampoulisrafael5262 You have that backwards. It's Serena who has no character development and is ass compared to Brock.
It's been 3000 years...
I haven’t even watched the video. But Serena is number 1 isn’t she?
Of course she is
I consider Dawn to be the best because she had great character development who experienced realistic failures, like not passing 1st round of contest few times, and using those loss to be better coordinator. May somehow passed 1st round of contest all the time and she never really learned new things like Dawn did. Unlike May, Dawn also influenced Ash to try new strategies. Ash was able to develop spinning and counter shields thanks to Dawn. Furthermore Dawn was the one who personally saw Ash become the very best like no one ever was
@@jetguy128Dawn is so far better written than Serena, Change my mind.
@@nicolasvaras8964 Agree, she is much better and better written.
@@nicolasvaras8964Ahe isn't, you're just biased but tbh so am I
Journeys really loved to have great ideas, only to do nothing with them and instead focus on Go, which didn't lead to much
Totally agree
I love all of the companions except for Max
Who remembers Amy Birnbaum?
17:03 Finally got a Guy to Accompany me😅
I don't blame Misty, water-type pokemon 🌊 💧 💦 are the best.
90s: Okay.
2020s: Not okay.
@@brianodonnell4496 What are you talking about?
@@tyronewashington7074 People missed the old anime about Ash and Veronica Taylor.
@@brianodonnell4496 Is it because Ash been replaced by the duo named Liko and Roy?
@@tyronewashington7074 What if, Team Rocket get replaced by new antagonists?
I came for Zac
the pokemon DP movies pushed Dawn to number 1 for me, and she returned the most out of all of ash's female companions mostly for good moments, and even returned to cheer for Ash in the masters 8 in the final battle. Ash and Dawn learn from each other, without Dawn, counter shields, Ice Aqua jet, and a lot of things Ash learned from Dawn to use in his battles that became extremely useful would've ceased to exist. They are the only pair to have an official duet song performed by their seiyuus Matsumoto Rica and Toyoguchi Megumi, and used as the 2nd opening for the original japanese version of the Pokemon DP anime, the song is called "High Touch".
also the fact that I rewatched all of Pokemon DP in japanese
You realize how long DP is right? Yea, as female lead, she definitely deserve top spot!
@@FD15989 Not really.
@@LittleAl016 Definitely YES!
@@FD15989 No. She's a static character in DP.
I only disagree with Tracey being to high and I might re order the top 4. But aside that Goated list.
Max deserve to be last of the list
I am surprised how high Tracey gets
he's underrated
@AyaanicBond not top half underated. He is overhated sure but i have a hard time believing he passed bottom 7. Or even bottom 3-4.
18:47: SEREEENAAA!!!!
Brock Dawn May Clemont I also like misty