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People always joke about how Ash got his first two badges as pity badges from Brock and Misty, but that's really an inaccurate and unfair assessment of his ability.
He only got 3 legitimate fucking badges out of 8 lol
>only beats Brock by setting off the gym sprinklers: what people often leave out is that this was AFTER Ash also resorted to hooking Pikachu up to a generator and juicing him up with electricity all night
>only gets Misty's badge for stopping a Team Rocket attack mid-match
>His match with Erika gets interrupted by a fire in the gym after she had already dealt with his best option, Charmander. Erika lets him have the badge for aiding in the rescue effort
>gets his ass beat by Sabrina twice, his third battle with her ends without a single pokemon being KO'd because the random Haunter following him around makes Sabrina laugh with a comedy routine and breaks her weird autism spell
>Giovanni kicks the living shit out of Gary but something conveniently comes up right after, so he leaves fucking JESSIE AND JAMES in charge of the gym, the incompetent retards Ash is already 58-0 against
