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Remember the Karate King?
He had a hard life
>Was the Gym Leader of Saffron City
>Sabrina beats him thanks to her psychic type advantage and takes over as Gym Leader, something no other gym leader ever had to go through
>Doesn't get to open a new Gym somewhere else
>Gets beaten by a 10-year-old
>10-year-old takes away one of his precious Pokemon after he made a foolish bet
>Has to leave his dojo in shame
>Goes to train for 2 years in a mountain by himself
>Training proves ineffective, his Pokemon's levels actually go DOWN
>Gets beaten by another 10-year-old
>His dojo has been taken over by his former Gym Leader comrades and the 10-year-old
>His dojo is used for tournaments he isn't invited to
>Doesn't get invited to the PWT despite a former gym leader that's an unrepentant crime boss going
>Goes to Kalos broke, with hope of starting a new life
>Nobody cares about Karate, is forced to teach dancing
>Is the only Generation I character in Kalos, nobody notices
>Whenever he shows up in other media (which is rare), he's a joke
More tragic than Zinnia and AZ combined
