>>47703726It has been portrayed EXACTLY one time, hile every other base stage 'mon is very much treated as a young, carefree little thing. Even the mascot, badass Partner of Ash still acts like a kid at times - even throwing a silly strop as Ash wasn't spending as much time with him, even though he's his only constant team member.
Yeah, sure does prove your point, if your point was to prove that's an exception to how the franchise treats them regularly.