>>53416828I actually remember seeing that "you and I might get married someday" video on YouTube (I don't recall actually watching that exact episode) and I didn't even know it was a dub change until I saw the comments. In hindsight, it makes a lot of sense why moments like that made Western viewers shippers, or why it seems that Western viewers seem to think Pokeshipping is more likely to be canon than Japanese viewers.
Come to think of it, I think many of the early shipping hints, or stuff like Ash liking Giselle, could be chalked up more to early-installment weirdness than anything. After all, they didn't even expect the anime to last more than a year initially. They though Ash would only be around for one year, not 26.