>>52711358>Episode: Gotta Catch Ya Later>Misty thinks it was by coincidence she met Togepi>Ash interjects and states to her bluntly, he doesn't believe it was a coincidence that he met her of all people, that they were meant to meet and become friends.>Brock follows up with that he agrees, they all been through so much together, and he considers them best friendsObviously this sequence was written years ago, so when taken with a grain of salt, it may have been something the writer Hideki wanted to write that sounded nice at the time or that they actually meant it. Either is a possibility.
But then you have the new mini series preview.The main thing that has yet to be learned is if its just a call back to the first episode, or if its a mix and acts as a callback to the first and last episode of the original series.