>>41836365In OS he genuinely didn't know what they were. In Johto he was still new to pokemon. In Hoenn he still recognized pokemon he had encountered before. The anime writers used to be very good at using the new travelling companions to identify Kanto pokemon because obviously Ash knew what they were.
It wasn't until Sinnoh when he started developing brain damage and couldn't remember what a Koffing was. Then later he had to pokedex a Charmander in Unova.
Maybe it would be forgivable if he looked up pokemon he only ever encountered by rarely, like Dragonite, but forgetting mons he spent a lot of time with or around is embarrassing.
>>41836508wew lad.........
