>>55173419A counterpoint is that she inexplicably was already calling Ash her "friend" ("best friend" in the dub) when introducing herself in JN098, the circus episode, which was 14 episodes before she went to Alola and found out Ash's celebrity status. Her coming across as a golddigger was certainly unintentional, and chiefly caused by sloppy and inconsistent character writing, but that doesn't make it any less funny.
