This is the full story of how Ash's Charizard rose fell and maybe had a big comeback #pokemon #ash #pokemonanime #charizard If you are reading this plz sub :3
I love how Pikachu won the final match against Leon but damn do I wish Charizard had a little arc where he makes up for the Indigo League by either beating Leons Charizard or at least pushed it to the point where we all know Pikachu won because or Charizards efforts to beat Leons.
@@tokyodriftmon2014 yeah but they weren't for the big one. Sure he proved his loyalty and power with said wins and but it would have rhymed like poetry like George Lucas once said. Helping Ash win the championship in a meaningfully way would have accomplished that in a better way in my opinion.
@@trevhart2124 blud u ain't no pokemon fan.....get outta here....find on your own.....and be grateful that you are given the chance to find something on your own in ur whole life 🤡
@@49ersfanMatt It was during the events of Charicific Valley. Charizard ended up in the water below, barely keeping its tail up above water level. It was falling asleep and TR made sure its tail doesn't get submerged by throwing small rocks at it and keeping it awake.
I don't think it was that. If you've never been abused, you cannot understand. If you have suffered that, you don't trust anyone because you don't want to be hurt again, so you push away people that genuinely want to help or care for you, its a vicious circle that some people who have suffered this, sometimes cannot break out of.
@@Sovereign-kh4ng And it never excuses it. There's a difference between there being a reason for it, and it being excuseable. Someone refusing to face up to their own issues, is not an excuse for them fucking over others - Especially not others that helped them, and abusing their trust in turn. I say this as someone with my own life stories, so don't give me that shit. Most of the time it's based in a from of cowardice, refusing to face their own issues. But even if there's some level to it being understandable, it's NOT excuseable. Anyone who thinks it is either eating some gaslighting story, or self-centered to the point of delusion.
A great theory is always the badges. Ash earned most of his badges on technicalities or gifts for helping beat team Rocket. Especially in the early seasons of Kanto. If you consider the badge mechanics in the game it's very likely Charizard didn't even consider half the badges Ash had as earned, making his respect even less. After all if it's about "proving your strength" how much strength is really proven when all you do is lose a match and then have Team rocket interrupt it and then blow them up?
@@kurokamireaper3761I don’t think it could be considered a pity win. Yeah they lost the battle with the gym trainer but they won the battle AND saved countless Pokémon from team rocket. They did win. They just won a different battle.
The thing is, the badges being needed for the player to control their Pokémon is only in the games so to prevent newcomers from being able to steamroll the game by getting their friends to trade them high-level Pokémon. Not to mention, there seems to be no evidence that the anime adapts such a mechanic.
The sad thing is the Charizard arc really made me drop the anime for a long time. It just felt that nothing Ash did ever mattered and the anime would always force him to lose to keep the series going. Other than the Orange Island league, which no one seems to really respect Ash wasn't allowed to win anything for a long long time.
@@redredpanda_2 You have to also remember the theme of the first or so season. It was about becoming a Pokemon master, and the whole theme song was about "Gotta Catch them All". Yet not only does Ash barely catch anything he seemed to constantly let go of his strongest pokemon be it Charizard, Butterfree, Squirtle etc. Add to that Ash basically losing every match it got a bit annoying. But as you say I eventually picked it up again. Watched Johto and such. Sort of dropped off again after they got Iris though, can't remember what season that was.
@@youngf.l.y.1467 One the biggest issues was Ash was the "protagonist". Every time something needed to be explained for people who never played the games (or even watched another episode of the series) Ash had to be the idiot to ask the question. This made him seem really stupid as basic facts he learned in a previous episode never really carried over to the next.
It always annoys me that it literally took like 200 episodes for Ash's Charizard to not be an asshole anymore and respect Ash as a trainer. I personally feel like that's way too long for character development.
tbh in real life.. if you were ever betrayed and abandoned while at your lowest..chances are it would take you at least that long to recover and be able to trust other people again
@@ThunderZoltash didn't actually earn most of his badges up to that point most were given by beating the worst members of team rocket that are extremely easy to beat one of them gets beaten by his own pokemon even
I thought only traded pokemon didn't obey you at certain levels? If I'm guessing, since Damien was the original owner, Ash technically was "traded" Charmander. That might explain how Charmander leveled up so quickly, and also why he stopped obeying Ash.
you are correct. up to black and white that i know it was like that so i was surprised when i played legends and scarlet and the description changed as i got stars/medals at first i thought it was a legends thing.
if thats true y pikachu only know 4 move though out all the seasons or only used 4 different moves in each battle and y some character bring up pps@@natalimoina
@@idontneedher7180 Pokemon generally only know 4 moves in the anime, though they don't bother being too consistent with this except for with Pikachu. When have they brought up pp? And what does any of this have to do with what I said? The badge thing is never mentioned in the show, nor would it make sense logically outside being a game mechanic.
Charizard's story is one of abuse, overcoming abuse and learning to trust others again. As somebody who was abused as a child, it is really hard to trust people that you do end up pushing away people who genuinely want to help you. When you hit your 30's, like I did, you start to embrace yourself again and come to accept what happened to your wasn't your fault, no matter how many times you tell yourself, you should have been "better", "smarter", "stronger". Ash gets a lot of a crap but he really is a GOAT because he accepts that his Pokemon need to find their own place in the world and doesn't force them to stay. True love is accepting that somebody may be better without you and letting them go, for their sake, rather then your own. Very few people can do that.
another thing is that you'll never fully be better. even when you get better you still carry that trauma around with you. you can learn the strength to carry it but you still always have to carry it. that's the case with charizard. he always has that chip on his shoulder. it's tough to ever really let your guard down like that ever again when you face abuse, even when deep down you know it's safe to around certain people. the fear just won't let you
Charizard was an ungrateful pos for aaaaaages. Charmander was so sweet and Ash legit saved Charmander. Unlike Bulba and Squirtle who he mostly helped out.
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess because his former slave owner treated him so badly that he almost died. - And pretty obvious Charizard specifically was never a slave to Ash, he did whatever he wanted. He could have easily flown off and never came back.
when I first played Pokemon Blue edition around the time when Pokemon Season 1 would air in Germany on TV I started with Charmander too. I remember I had problems beating Misty for the second Arena medal so I trained a lot but then Charmeleon had a too high level for me so it would just do what it wanted instead of listening, too :D
He never mentions when he flys across the world pretty much to save Pikachu an ash in the movie an he never says anything about that this peris right you may need to watch the video again
If charizard didn’t disobey ash in the indigo league, ash might’ve actually won. At the very least, ash would’ve gone so much farther in the league than he did. I don’t really understand how the pokemon league actually works in the anime. If somebody wins the league tournament, do they fight the elite four and the champion? If so, I don’t know if ash could’ve won had charizard been obedient to him because the elite four and lance feel like an end goal for ash. I’m kinda bummed we never got to see ash fight against the elite four back then, the way we do in the video games. Instead in the anime the Pokémon league is like a tournament, it’s confusing. A good way that ash could’ve dealt with charizard/charmeleon being disobedient was if ash had used his other pokemon. That’s another thing I thought was weird about the anime. Ash ended up winning all these badges while having many first stage pokemon. His squirtle and bulbasaur never even evolved. His squirtle and bulbasaur were very strong despite never evolving. I wish that they got as much focus as charizard did, especially because he obtained all three of them around the same time. They could’ve at least became a wartortle and ivysaur at some point and he could’ve relied on them a little more. The anime did that with other trainers too. Many of them were competing in the Pokémon league despite not having fully evolved Pokémon. Ritchie is a good example of this because his team was very weak but there was also that girl that fought ash in the Pokémon league that had a bellsprout on her team. How are we supposed to take the Pokémon league seriously when her ACE was a bellsprout and it was fighting against ash’s muk? I mean, were we supposed to believe that was an even matchup? I think the anime focused on charizard so much because of how popular charizard became and they wanted charizard to be the starter pokemon associated with ash. I think a lot of the popularity charizard got came from his portrayal in the anime. The anime gave him personality and characterization that weren’t given nearly as much to the other Pokémon ash had. I loved the indigo league anime but it didn’t feel like it had much of a plot and it was very episodic. A lot of the focus should’ve been on ash fighting the elite four and building them up as characters/trainers. I wished it was more true to how things worked in the video games. I think it was because they wanted the anime to go on for as long as they could but it made it feel like it was full of filler.
Evolution does not inherently mean gaining power, that's only a game thing. Also, there isn't actually filler in pokemon. The whole of the journey is very important to Ash and everyone and the story.
Technically most if not all of the anime is filler, with the non-filler parts being when a player-insert character from the games (For example May) fights a gym leader
Funny enough i knew Ash wouldnt make it to the elite four for the whole fact Gary was eliminated earlier. Meaning they didn't plan for that to happen given the rival is always a step ahead in the games to build up for the final fight of first gen games. I thought the anime would end with Ash winning the league and his final opponent would be Gary, just like the game making me believe the game spoiled me the ending and i was hyped to see it happen on the show, where Ash would finally prove he's better than him but once that premise popped up I guessed they planned to make him lose in one of the brackets. Also in the version i played which we all at school bought after the anime one of the names you could pick was Ash and Gary for the rival, so we never realized that Red and Green around our friend's group actually were different people. Where Red was a completely skilled and talented natural at being a trainer unlike Ash and that Green despite having an ego flaunting issue was still kinda more respectful on Red at the end and not a full on jerk like gary.
Please keep going with this level of introspection man. You have a real gift for bringing this stuff together and to life. Keep going despite any adversity you might have on the personal. You have a new subscriber in me
i love Charizard so much❤ its a shame he became a brat lol 😂 i nearly cried in the reboot movie i choose you, when he runs back to his primary trainer and the guy kicks him off his leg into the dirt and then Ash saves him 🙏 the look of realization on Charizards face made me tear up😢🥲
OMG.. this filled in a lot of gaps for me.. I never seen the Indigo Battle ending to this day (because I was shipped off,) and to see the rest of his story made me cry.. thank you for your service. ❤️❤️❤️
Ash never got 2 gym badges legitimately (Brock and Misty) and they were given to him out sheer pity due to how poor he was at battling. It's no wonder Charizard never listened to him.
I was aging out of Pokémon when Ash lost the the League because of Charizard's apathy. When the Ash lost, I was pretty much done. I was also annoyed that I watched this Charmander get brought in from abandonment only to grow up and repetitively bite that hand that feeds.
He was at that time inexperienced trainer and he got a lot of badges because of plot armor. Later in pokemon journeys he attracts pokemon that would previously make fun of him or refuse to listen to him like dragonite or gengar. It probably the reason why bulbasaur and squirtle never fully evolved. Cause they wouldn t listen to him too. Even in black and white he didn t have fully evolved team. First region with fully evolved team was kalos. That when ash became experienced trainer and made big progress.
Charizard threw hands with Drake's Dragonite as well. He lost obviously lost but weakened it enough for Pikachu to finish him off. One of the few times I enjoyed Pikachu getting the final KO.
Yup. It likely would have turned out different if the first thing Ash sent him out on wasn't to throw a fight against the weakest pokemon ever. Though, likely better for Charizard in the long run.
9:08 tbh i believe its because mewtwo messed with their memories at the end of the movie and everybody lowkey forgot bout what happened , its not just because ash just revived and charizard returned to bein a brat.
Whats funny is when i was like 8 or 10 forgot my age but i remembered this episode and never abandoned pokemon in my red and blue version after this lol.
Ash didn’t betray Charizard it cared for it and had to say his goodbyes so he could train in Charisific Valley. If anything Ash was an infinitely awesome trainer to him. Unless you’re talking about his Previous owner Damian then yea he was betrayed. I’m referring to the thumbnail btw.
That charizard episode is crazy because ash cared for him since day 1 and literally begged him to at least try to get a win. As an adult that hits different
6:27 I think it’s interesting you show some Charmeleon scenes from movie that recreates a new journey for Ash… As in that one of the major and a surprise difference in it is, his Charmander in it, even after evolution still obeys him… Unlike the show..
My issue with Pokemon and ash beating leon is the timeline factor and that ash didn't bring back Pokemon he has left with others for training. Like how cool would it have been is ash had his primeape back and just when it might lose it evolves reveal annihilape for the very first time and just goes on a tear and it would be his and ash's bond that gave it the rage to prove itself that makes it evolve
Meowth is my favorite Pokemon, but Charizard's story did win me over. But would it be interesting to see a human being battle Pokemon in multiple tournaments, wearing battle armor and dodging attacks?
I think Ash being eliminated from the Indigo League was fitting for where he was at. He is a trainer that got lucky his whole way there, most of his badges were given to him, he happened to catch a lot of strong Pokemon despite not using them much like Muk and Kingler, and he happened upon a very strong charmander. He was very inexperienced at this point, he should have been weeded out long before that point. Charizard deciding to take a nap and costing him the match was a fitting end for his league run
A permanent move set for Charizard should be flamethrower, seismic toss since that move was iconic, steel wing to counter its 4x weakness to rock, and dragon tail since Charizard made really great use of it.
Why is this called "The Complete Story of Charizard" if it cuts anything after Charicific Valley? There are numerous appearances that are more than just "cameos" in Johto alone. The Battle Frontier he battles a legendary or two. In Unova he gets added back to Ash's team for a series. At the very least, don't say they're just "cameos" when you know that's not true.
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Charmelion was acting like your typical teenager
He was going through his rebellious age
Charmeleon is literally the awkward teenager phase haha.
Spelling is hard.
I wasn't like that as a teenager
@@user-gu8yk9cu9i then your not typical that's good I guess
Ash leaving Charizard was the only episode that made me cry more than Bye Bye, Butterfree
Which episode is that?
Charizard makes a Return during the Johto region.
+ashes butterfree comes back in master juournears
So true 😢
I was so disappointed when he parted ways with Charizard because by that point in the show Charizard became my favourite Pokémon in the entire anime
I love how Pikachu won the final match against Leon but damn do I wish Charizard had a little arc where he makes up for the Indigo League by either beating Leons Charizard or at least pushed it to the point where we all know Pikachu won because or Charizards efforts to beat Leons.
Yeah your 100% spitting would’ve loved to see charizard have a get back
He beat Gary's blastoise and Noland's articuno
@@tokyodriftmon2014 yeah but they weren't for the big one. Sure he proved his loyalty and power with said wins and but it would have rhymed like poetry like George Lucas once said. Helping Ash win the championship in a meaningfully way would have accomplished that in a better way in my opinion.
@@tokyodriftmon2014dont remember noland but Gary was anoying even when i first watched the anime
Yeah I thought Charizard will come
“Who needs a weak charizard anyway.”
Felt that line
That made me cry 😭😭
We all did.@@rahulbarick3366
@@rahulbarick3366 preach brother, it still hits my heart and soul when I watch that episode 😭
Pokemon fans: "frfr"
Also Pokemon fans: "terrible nature. Release. "
Another thing thst hits hard is that this is literally the exact same things charizard's old owner said when charizard was a charmander
Team rocket truly the unsung heros of all of anime
Plot drivers fr
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They saved the studio millions of dollars. Every episode would have at least 2 minutes of screen time recycled to do their intros lol.
They suck
YOU FORGOT TO MENTION HOW TEAM ROCKET STAYED UP ALL NIGHT TO MAKE SURE CHARIZARDS FIRE WAS NEVER PUT OUT!
Damn
What episode? I need to see the moment at least
Yes...true
@@trevhart2124 blud u ain't no pokemon fan.....get outta here....find on your own.....and be grateful that you are given the chance to find something on your own in ur whole life 🤡
that was ash that did that not team rocket lol lol
@@49ersfanMatt It was during the events of Charicific Valley. Charizard ended up in the water below, barely keeping its tail up above water level. It was falling asleep and TR made sure its tail doesn't get submerged by throwing small rocks at it and keeping it awake.
After everything Ash did for Charmander it was sad to see how much charmeleon/charizard disrespected him.
I don't think it was that. If you've never been abused, you cannot understand. If you have suffered that, you don't trust anyone because you don't want to be hurt again, so you push away people that genuinely want to help or care for you, its a vicious circle that some people who have suffered this, sometimes cannot break out of.
@@Sovereign-kh4ngtwo things can be true definitely suffered trauma but charizard was very disrespectful and horrible to ash
@@Sovereign-kh4ng And it never excuses it. There's a difference between there being a reason for it, and it being excuseable. Someone refusing to face up to their own issues, is not an excuse for them fucking over others - Especially not others that helped them, and abusing their trust in turn.
I say this as someone with my own life stories, so don't give me that shit.
Most of the time it's based in a from of cowardice, refusing to face their own issues. But even if there's some level to it being understandable, it's NOT excuseable. Anyone who thinks it is either eating some gaslighting story, or self-centered to the point of delusion.
@@Nyarlathotep_Flagg everyone has their personal opinions so sleep with it
@@doctorsagro-vetltd.2795 Sense. Start making some.
A great theory is always the badges. Ash earned most of his badges on technicalities or gifts for helping beat team Rocket. Especially in the early seasons of Kanto. If you consider the badge mechanics in the game it's very likely Charizard didn't even consider half the badges Ash had as earned, making his respect even less. After all if it's about "proving your strength" how much strength is really proven when all you do is lose a match and then have Team rocket interrupt it and then blow them up?
Charizard hates plot armor..
@@aSmolGothyou dont think someone would help? I absolutely do. The world is filled with people who wouldnt leave another person to suffer.
@@TheCronotrigger1212 That is different. Helping is good, but getting the badge from helping is not it. Give him something else, but not a pity win.
@@kurokamireaper3761I don’t think it could be considered a pity win. Yeah they lost the battle with the gym trainer but they won the battle AND saved countless Pokémon from team rocket. They did win. They just won a different battle.
The thing is, the badges being needed for the player to control their Pokémon is only in the games so to prevent newcomers from being able to steamroll the game by getting their friends to trade them high-level Pokémon. Not to mention, there seems to be no evidence that the anime adapts such a mechanic.
The sad thing is the Charizard arc really made me drop the anime for a long time. It just felt that nothing Ash did ever mattered and the anime would always force him to lose to keep the series going. Other than the Orange Island league, which no one seems to really respect Ash wasn't allowed to win anything for a long long time.
Yeah, same. I eventually went back but the Charizard thing was hard to get through.
Because ash is stupid lmao like alotta things are sheer luck and plot armor
@@redredpanda_2 You have to also remember the theme of the first or so season. It was about becoming a Pokemon master, and the whole theme song was about "Gotta Catch them All". Yet not only does Ash barely catch anything he seemed to constantly let go of his strongest pokemon be it Charizard, Butterfree, Squirtle etc.
Add to that Ash basically losing every match it got a bit annoying. But as you say I eventually picked it up again. Watched Johto and such. Sort of dropped off again after they got Iris though, can't remember what season that was.
@@youngf.l.y.1467 One the biggest issues was Ash was the "protagonist". Every time something needed to be explained for people who never played the games (or even watched another episode of the series) Ash had to be the idiot to ask the question.
This made him seem really stupid as basic facts he learned in a previous episode never really carried over to the next.
@@JustaGuy_Gaming Yeah, I Also just dropped off in journeys after dropping of in sun and moon and then picking sun and moon back up a few years later.
It always annoys me that it literally took like 200 episodes for Ash's Charizard to not be an asshole anymore and respect Ash as a trainer. I personally feel like that's way too long for character development.
That's just Japan's writing for you...great animation...The writing and character development not so much...
tbh in real life.. if you were ever betrayed and abandoned while at your lowest..chances are it would take you at least that long to recover and be able to trust other people again
@@burningflamesofdivinedragonwhat are you yapping about, you just generalized every single japanese shows out there. Dumb opinion
Your right ngl@@workdesu
@@applepie1835Japan’s anime style is just, “don’t think about it, just go with it,” and it does get annoying after awhile.
*charizard is loafing around*
*charizard got enough and shot you with a gun*
*Charizard pretended not to notice*
Charizard won't obey
Charizard pretended not to notice
Charizard fled.
They didn't want Charizard to obey as he would have won the league
In journeys, infernape challenged Charizard to a fight and lost so badly he left to ranch to cope 💀
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He went to Therapy. 🤣🤣
Man, you completely forgot how Ash's Charizard beats Gary's Blastoise.
And the greatest victory of charizard defeating an articuno
That was completely wild
Yoooo we need more of these at least for the first generation of Ash's Pokemon
Will do man, I’ll do the complete story for more of Ash’s Pokémon’s
@@ThunderZoltash didn't actually earn most of his badges up to that point most were given by beating the worst members of team rocket that are extremely easy to beat one of them gets beaten by his own pokemon even
did you do pikachu? he has an interesting backstory shown in journeys@@ThunderZolt
nevermind i just saw it in the recommended list for the next video XD i'm 100% watching it@@ThunderZolt
@@dk4kja8 Thanks a lot dropping littens backstory tommorow soon!
I thought only traded pokemon didn't obey you at certain levels? If I'm guessing, since Damien was the original owner, Ash technically was "traded" Charmander. That might explain how Charmander leveled up so quickly, and also why he stopped obeying Ash.
Hmm, that’s a good theory
Great catch (pun intended)
you are correct. up to black and white that i know it was like that so i was surprised when i played legends and scarlet and the description changed as i got stars/medals at first i thought it was a legends thing.
Really good theory.
well in season one remeber ashe was mostly given his badges not earned so his over level charizard wont obey him is normal
this is the anime though, not games
if thats true y pikachu only know 4 move though out all the seasons or only used 4 different moves in each battle and y some character bring up pps@@natalimoina
@@idontneedher7180 Pokemon generally only know 4 moves in the anime, though they don't bother being too consistent with this except for with Pikachu. When have they brought up pp? And what does any of this have to do with what I said? The badge thing is never mentioned in the show, nor would it make sense logically outside being a game mechanic.
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you said the game and show is differnt than why even bother following the games rule if that the case.@@natalimoina
If it was me, Charizard would’ve gotten taken to the woods and got that old yeller send off 😂
I actually wrote a fic when I was a teenager about that lol I was so angry after I saw that episode that it was my way of venting off my rage.
@@aaron90omar Pokémon should’ve picked that episode up 😂
@@aaron90omar it could’ve been one of those forbidden/banned episodes 😂
@@rio6524Lol Let's just say that I went overboard with making Ash taking revenge on Charizard and Team Rocket xD Guy was out for blood!
@@aaron90omar ….good
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Charizard's story is one of abuse, overcoming abuse and learning to trust others again. As somebody who was abused as a child, it is really hard to trust people that you do end up pushing away people who genuinely want to help you. When you hit your 30's, like I did, you start to embrace yourself again and come to accept what happened to your wasn't your fault, no matter how many times you tell yourself, you should have been "better", "smarter", "stronger". Ash gets a lot of a crap but he really is a GOAT because he accepts that his Pokemon need to find their own place in the world and doesn't force them to stay.
True love is accepting that somebody may be better without you and letting them go, for their sake, rather then your own. Very few people can do that.
I feel this fr.
I too was abused so ik how you feel. As you said hard to trust people and push them away when they try to help. Been there done that.
another thing is that you'll never fully be better. even when you get better you still carry that trauma around with you. you can learn the strength to carry it but you still always have to carry it. that's the case with charizard. he always has that chip on his shoulder. it's tough to ever really let your guard down like that ever again when you face abuse, even when deep down you know it's safe to around certain people. the fear just won't let you
Ash was Charizards side trainer... we've all been a back up before. Damian broke charmander emotionally, and mentally.
The throwback man...thank you for bringing back that piece of childhood
Damian = average pokimon go player
Wtf?
lmao
Accurate 💀
Yo fr accurate 💀!
You just compared Charizard to luka. Bro your such a legend ☠️
Charizard had a Vegeta moment 😂😂😂
Charizard was an ungrateful pos for aaaaaages. Charmander was so sweet and Ash legit saved Charmander. Unlike Bulba and Squirtle who he mostly helped out.
By ages if you mean a few episodes,then yeah
Why should charizard be grateful for being a slave
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess because his former slave owner treated him so badly that he almost died.
- And pretty obvious Charizard specifically was never a slave to Ash, he did whatever he wanted. He could have easily flown off and never came back.
when I first played Pokemon Blue edition around the time when Pokemon Season 1 would air in Germany on TV I started with Charmander too. I remember I had problems beating Misty for the second Arena medal so I trained a lot but then Charmeleon had a too high level for me so it would just do what it wanted instead of listening, too :D
How you left out charizard saving ash and Pikachu in Pokémon the movie is wild.
pretty sure he included the movie check again
@@radgamez738 he added 3 seconds of the clip without even saying he saw ash on tv at the valley and showed up to save him and fight entei
He never mentions when he flys across the world pretty much to save Pikachu an ash in the movie an he never says anything about that this peris right you may need to watch the video again
Many things were left out and I don't even watch the anime lol Charizard made several come backs
Charizard should have been made into steaks after that disrespect at the Indigo League.
Oh heeeell no
If Brock would have kept Charmander i feel like he wouldn't have been a moody teenager.
He would have been a horny one lol
If charizard didn’t disobey ash in the indigo league, ash might’ve actually won. At the very least, ash would’ve gone so much farther in the league than he did. I don’t really understand how the pokemon league actually works in the anime. If somebody wins the league tournament, do they fight the elite four and the champion? If so, I don’t know if ash could’ve won had charizard been obedient to him because the elite four and lance feel like an end goal for ash. I’m kinda bummed we never got to see ash fight against the elite four back then, the way we do in the video games. Instead in the anime the Pokémon league is like a tournament, it’s confusing.
A good way that ash could’ve dealt with charizard/charmeleon being disobedient was if ash had used his other pokemon. That’s another thing I thought was weird about the anime. Ash ended up winning all these badges while having many first stage pokemon. His squirtle and bulbasaur never even evolved. His squirtle and bulbasaur were very strong despite never evolving. I wish that they got as much focus as charizard did, especially because he obtained all three of them around the same time. They could’ve at least became a wartortle and ivysaur at some point and he could’ve relied on them a little more. The anime did that with other trainers too. Many of them were competing in the Pokémon league despite not having fully evolved Pokémon. Ritchie is a good example of this because his team was very weak but there was also that girl that fought ash in the Pokémon league that had a bellsprout on her team. How are we supposed to take the Pokémon league seriously when her ACE was a bellsprout and it was fighting against ash’s muk? I mean, were we supposed to believe that was an even matchup?
I think the anime focused on charizard so much because of how popular charizard became and they wanted charizard to be the starter pokemon associated with ash. I think a lot of the popularity charizard got came from his portrayal in the anime. The anime gave him personality and characterization that weren’t given nearly as much to the other Pokémon ash had. I loved the indigo league anime but it didn’t feel like it had much of a plot and it was very episodic. A lot of the focus should’ve been on ash fighting the elite four and building them up as characters/trainers. I wished it was more true to how things worked in the video games. I think it was because they wanted the anime to go on for as long as they could but it made it feel like it was full of filler.
Evolution does not inherently mean gaining power, that's only a game thing. Also, there isn't actually filler in pokemon. The whole of the journey is very important to Ash and everyone and the story.
Technically most if not all of the anime is filler, with the non-filler parts being when a player-insert character from the games (For example May) fights a gym leader
Funny enough i knew Ash wouldnt make it to the elite four for the whole fact Gary was eliminated earlier. Meaning they didn't plan for that to happen given the rival is always a step ahead in the games to build up for the final fight of first gen games.
I thought the anime would end with Ash winning the league and his final opponent would be Gary, just like the game making me believe the game spoiled me the ending and i was hyped to see it happen on the show, where Ash would finally prove he's better than him but once that premise popped up I guessed they planned to make him lose in one of the brackets.
Also in the version i played which we all at school bought after the anime one of the names you could pick was Ash and Gary for the rival, so we never realized that Red and Green around our friend's group actually were different people. Where Red was a completely skilled and talented natural at being a trainer unlike Ash and that Green despite having an ego flaunting issue was still kinda more respectful on Red at the end and not a full on jerk like gary.
Please keep going with this level of introspection man. You have a real gift for bringing this stuff together and to life. Keep going despite any adversity you might have on the personal. You have a new subscriber in me
i love Charizard so much❤ its a shame he became a brat lol 😂 i nearly cried in the reboot movie i choose you, when he runs back to his primary trainer and the guy kicks him off his leg into the dirt and then Ash saves him 🙏 the look of realization on Charizards face made me tear up😢🥲
I vaguely recall Ash having 8 badges and still getting ignored by Charizard. Lizardwings deepfried his own career.
Charizard is me fr!
Fighting low elo and gets demolished by better elo
100% me to😂
Stop saying such relatable things I feel while gaming. You burnt s sore spot.
Getting some of those NBA references in. I see you my G, I love it. :D
Dude nice vid.. just walked me down memory lane then updated me on how it ended. Thanks pal
Anytime man thanks for watching!
OMG.. this filled in a lot of gaps for me.. I never seen the Indigo Battle ending to this day (because I was shipped off,) and to see the rest of his story made me cry.. thank you for your service. ❤️❤️❤️
Ash never got 2 gym badges legitimately (Brock and Misty) and they were given to him out sheer pity due to how poor he was at battling. It's no wonder Charizard never listened to him.
I was aging out of Pokémon when Ash lost the the League because of Charizard's apathy. When the Ash lost, I was pretty much done. I was also annoyed that I watched this Charmander get brought in from abandonment only to grow up and repetitively bite that hand that feeds.
Im not crying through multiple key points in my chilhood through out this video. Just got something in my eye is all
This lizard would been off my team lol 😂.
He was at that time inexperienced trainer and he got a lot of badges because of plot armor. Later in pokemon journeys he attracts pokemon that would previously make fun of him or refuse to listen to him like dragonite or gengar. It probably the reason why bulbasaur and squirtle never fully evolved. Cause they wouldn t listen to him too. Even in black and white he didn t have fully evolved team. First region with fully evolved team was kalos. That when ash became experienced trainer and made big progress.
10/5 video
5 because it’s an overall good recap
5 because it uses Undertale music
Still loved when ash’s charizard beat iris’ dragonite . There are different levels to this thing we call pokemon 😂
Charizard threw hands with Drake's Dragonite as well. He lost obviously lost but weakened it enough for Pikachu to finish him off. One of the few times I enjoyed Pikachu getting the final KO.
To be fair to Charmeleon though he probably felt excited to have evolved and tells him to throw a fight.
Yup. It likely would have turned out different if the first thing Ash sent him out on wasn't to throw a fight against the weakest pokemon ever. Though, likely better for Charizard in the long run.
9:08 tbh i believe its because mewtwo messed with their memories at the end of the movie and everybody lowkey forgot bout what happened , its not just because ash just revived and charizard returned to bein a brat.
My inner childhood thanks you! 🙌🏿
At the end the onions were kicking in.... 🤧
LETS GO CHARIZARD! . . .
CHARIZARD:...FUCCKKKK THHHIIIIISSSSSHIHHHHIIITT.!!! 🐉
I just realized Damian is just an early and unimportant Paul
Whats funny is when i was like 8 or 10 forgot my age but i remembered this episode and never abandoned pokemon in my red and blue version after this lol.
I remember getting a called a nerd by my family for watching Pokémon. I was 10 toes down bout this! 2024 here I am revisiting childhood memories 😂
Congratulations on 18k subscribers🎉🎉🎉
Thank you man!!!!
Charizard is was and always will be my most beloved starter then very closely followed by infernape and sceptile
The chacific valley has such mature themes that flew over my head
Low key charizard deserved that first trainer. He wouldve listened to him which is insane.
Ash didn’t betray Charizard it cared for it and had to say his goodbyes so he could train in Charisific Valley. If anything Ash was an infinitely awesome trainer to him. Unless you’re talking about his Previous owner Damian then yea he was betrayed. I’m referring to the thumbnail btw.
Yeah of course I was talking about Damian in the video I make it clear ash cares for him
That charizard episode is crazy because ash cared for him since day 1 and literally begged him to at least try to get a win. As an adult that hits different
Yeah 100% watching these as an adult make me see the deeper theme
Haven’t seen some of these clips since the show n movie first aired back then … Dam this shii hit hard.
Stories and plot during early seasons was best.
I wanted to know the whole story since 2001
Thanx a lot ❤
6:27 I think it’s interesting you show some Charmeleon scenes from movie that recreates a new journey for Ash… As in that one of the major and a surprise difference in it is, his Charmander in it, even after evolution still obeys him… Unlike the show..
My issue with Pokemon and ash beating leon is the timeline factor and that ash didn't bring back Pokemon he has left with others for training.
Like how cool would it have been is ash had his primeape back and just when it might lose it evolves reveal annihilape for the very first time and just goes on a tear and it would be his and ash's bond that gave it the rage to prove itself that makes it evolve
team rocket has a heart afterall
Charizard is the true hero of the Law.
The storytelling is top notch 👌
3:53 for me this scene is so cute i watched it many times..
Story was done well. Charizard deserve this level of story.😊🔥
Yo I watched this as a kid and it gave me memories
Charizard truly was able to overcome his emotional abuse and became so incredibly strong, one of my favourite memories from Pokemon.
Great explaining,but can you do Scorbunny next?
The one thing in Journeys I felt as a waste was Ash not using Charizard at all.
Ash and Charizard were legit brothers. Coming to each other rescue in times of need.
lol my guy Charizard the epitome of daddy issues xD
“Ash and brock being the only sensible ones in the room”
-true words
What if Charizard betrayed Ash and locked him in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?
It’s been so many years later and it still pisses me off! A long with him Brock and Misty splitting. Love the video though.
Charizard broke me in the indigo league . That shit was dramatic as a kid😂
Meowth is my favorite Pokemon, but Charizard's story did win me over. But would it be interesting to see a human being battle Pokemon in multiple tournaments, wearing battle armor and dodging attacks?
Love how I'm watching my childhood 90s cartoon being narrated with Gen Z lingo. Brock pressed Damian lololol ..
Interesting and honest view
Ash abandoned his charizard because the show believed the Pokemon had ran its course, and wanted to make room for new ones in the story.
It sad almost the while video. But the end reminded me of something good idk what tho?
I think Ash being eliminated from the Indigo League was fitting for where he was at. He is a trainer that got lucky his whole way there, most of his badges were given to him, he happened to catch a lot of strong Pokemon despite not using them much like Muk and Kingler, and he happened upon a very strong charmander. He was very inexperienced at this point, he should have been weeded out long before that point. Charizard deciding to take a nap and costing him the match was a fitting end for his league run
We’re not gonna mention the single greatest anime comeback when charizard stood up to entei?
And that's why every charizard card is expensive ❤
……… am I the only one who thinks letting Charizard join a cult was a good idea???
Talk about a literal dragon dance.
I feel like it's not complete without the return for the articuno fight
Charizards performance is kinda reminiscent of its performance in actual competitive play. Pokemon Anime being quite accurate once in a while.
Ash charizard could've been his champion pokemon to the point where he mega evolve it.
Beautiful
He showed up in Unova too, to help train Iris’s just-as-punk-Dragonite 😂
😂😂😂 im here because of the meme! Lmaoo!
A permanent move set for Charizard should be flamethrower, seismic toss since that move was iconic, steel wing to counter its 4x weakness to rock, and dragon tail since Charizard made really great use of it.
Hey let's not forget that he went on to beat an articuno in the hoenn battle frontier.
I believe this is a perfect example of people that come in your life is not always meant to stay in your life
Much like Pikachu, Charizard should have accompanied ASH in every season. Charizard is my favourite Pokémon
6:27
Charmeleon casually flicking off Arodactyl
Why is this called "The Complete Story of Charizard" if it cuts anything after Charicific Valley? There are numerous appearances that are more than just "cameos" in Johto alone. The Battle Frontier he battles a legendary or two. In Unova he gets added back to Ash's team for a series. At the very least, don't say they're just "cameos" when you know that's not true.