>>29599347Once she got Togepi, she was no longer an active member of the group. She couldn't do anything beyond holding and Togepi for the rest of the time she was in the series. She was reduced to that of a cheerleader and babysitter
I'm OK with the concept of Shouldermon, but Togepi couldn't do anything because it was a 'baby'. All other 'baby' pokemon (eg. Pichu, Magbaby, etc.) were still capable pokemon, but Misty's Togepi was nothing more than a boat anchor and rendered Misty unable to really do anything active with the group.
Each of the other girls in the series never had as helpless a pokemon as Togepi. Even when they did, it was typically for the 'pokemon of the week'. Closest example was Manaphy for May. Thankfully, that was only for the length of the movie, and even the Manaphy 'grew up' by the end of the movie.
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