>>27546587Still, you can't really pretend that that's good writing when it was clearly only done because it would result in more people in Japan watching the show which means more money for Toei and The Pokemon Company.
Honestly it made sense for Jessie and James to learn from all their failures and get their act together after being so close to catching Ash's Pikachu
which is as strong as the plot demands it to be by the way, its competitive status only serves to make the duo look like idiots for constantly trying and failing to capture it 