Pokémon: A Roundup of Ash's Eight Masters' Peak Battles!

However, Ash did not develop any negative feelings towards Charmeleon because of its behavior.

Instead, they were constantly comforting the other person.

This behavior also caused some inner struggle for Charmeleon.

Strength doesn't seem to be that important.

For the next period of time, Ash continued his journey with Charmeleon.

In the events that follow.

Ash and his friends experienced the resurrection of the fossil.

In this incident, Ash was unexpectedly captured by the resurrected Aerodactyl.

The fossil pterosaur even provoked the Charizard.

This action successfully enraged Charmeleon.

While worrying about Ash, Charmeleon was once again conquered by power.

The desire for power and the rage successfully caused Charmeleon to evolve once again.

This is the end.

The living dinosaur successfully evolved into a fire-breathing dragon.

The Charizard, soaring through the sky, successfully rescued Ash and also taught a lesson to the Aerodactyl that dared to make a face at it.

The audience had expected a heartwarming family scene to follow.

The little AI and the evolved Charizard coexist peacefully.

Then they realized they were wrong.

And it's so wrong.

After evolving into Charizard, Charizard once again lost its way in its own power.

Ash's Trainer level is too low.

As a result, Charizard no longer obeys Ash's commands at all.

Even when challenging the Crimson Lotus Gym.

Charizard chose to simply give up.

This behavior shocked the audience.

One second I was feeling sad about what happened to Charmander.

The next second, I felt a surge of anger burning within me.

Charizard is going too far!

[Dan Di: Sigh, this is a bit awkward for me. I was just praising Charmander's perseverance, and now it's turned out like this.]

[Sonia: This isn't your fault; Charmander just didn't understand. This behavior in Charizard is academically known as Power Syndrome, which occurs when a trainer gains a large amount of power in a short period that the trainer cannot match.]

Professor Oak: Ahem, Sonia is right. These symptoms do exist, but Charizard's symptoms are more pronounced.

Because of its past experiences, Charizard has developed a strange obsession with power. It not only wants to become stronger, but also wants its trainer to become stronger.

Ash mentioned this to me too, and I explained it at the time. It's likely that Charizard's "playing it off" was just a way to motivate Ash, but it was a bit too extreme.

[Red: That's really going too far. While Ash was indeed weak at the beginning of the journey, Charizard's behavior was very wrong. I've decided, when I get back this time, I'll send my Charizard to Charizard Valley and teach it a lesson.]

Ash's Charizard, far away in Charizard Valley, sneezed violently.

In this scorching fire-breathing dragon valley.

Ash's Charizard stepped on the back of his aura.

what happened!

I have a feeling that something bad is about to happen!

Ash: Forget it, Red. It's my fault too. I didn't know anything when I first started my journey. I made a lot of mistakes, not only in type-reversed battles but also because I didn't know the moves my Pokémon knew.

If I had listened to you and studied hard before leaving the house, this situation might not have happened.

[Dalmatian: You're still too gentle. Sometimes you need to be a little tougher on your Pokémon.]

……

In the picture—

Due to Charizard's inactivity.

Ash almost lost the battle against Blaine.

Fortunately, Charizard slowly stood up at this moment.

Faced with Blaine's Magmar, Charizard still chose to attack.

As a Fire-type Gym Leader.

Blaine is quite powerful.

In this battle.

Charizard repeatedly ignored Ash's commands and acted on its own instincts.

Charizard's strength is comparable to that of Magmar.

But Charizard also put on a memorable scene.

That is to push the large-character fireball of the duckbill dragon into the sky, change it from a large-character fireball to a medium-character fireball, and then turn it into a small-character fireball and disappear.

Ultimately, Charizard defeated Blaine's Magmar with a single move, Seismic Overdrive, helping Ash win the Crimson Badge.

After this battle.

The audience thought Charizard's situation would improve.

however.

But things turned out quite the opposite.

Charizard has become more extreme.

The scene of the Quartz Conference Round of 16.

Ash battles Hiro, who also has Pikachu.

In this battle, Ash chose to send out Charizard as the final Pokémon.

However, what happened next surprised everyone.

Charizard displayed formidable power upon its first appearance.

However, after realizing that Hiro's strength was not enough to arouse his interest.

Charizard simply lay down on the ground and gave up.

Such behavior resulted in the referees of the Indigo League declaring him unconscious.

Yes.

And so, Ash fell in the Round of 16 of the Indigo League.

The reason is simply that Charizard felt its opponent was not strong enough to arouse its desire to fight.

After this incident...

Viewers felt that Ash's Charizard was a bit too much.

How can you just give up on the battlefield!

And it happened at the Indigo League, which was extremely important to Ash!

What's the difference between this behavior and simply admitting defeat?

and.

Anyone with eyes could see that Charizard at that time would have won the championship if it had gone all out.

At least they won't fall to the round of 16.

After seeing the disappointed look on Xiao Zhi's face, the audience...

For a moment, I didn't know what to say.

The reversal came too suddenly.

As a result, most people were not prepared.

She was so cute when she was a little dragon.

How did it change so quickly?

Dr. Kukui: It's probably due to evolution. I just noticed that only a few days passed between Charizard's evolution into Charizard.

The time was too short, causing Charizard to receive too much power in a short period, which severely affected its emotions, leading to this situation.

[Lillie: Poor Ash, he had a chance to win the championship, but he was eliminated in the round of 16 because of Charizard.]

[Adeke: Life is like that, always full of unknowns and uncertainties.]