>>36642303>Yeah man it really showed what a shitmon Pikachu is when he made all those building-leveling explosions in the first few episodes>the spearow flock was struck by a lightning bolt>blowing up the Pokemon Center happened with the help of a Pikachu Ball and a bicycle>destroying Onix happened after supercharging Pikachu at an electric damShudo didn't portray Pikachu as a genetic freak, Pikachu had no "feats" in OS anime at all. His biggest wins were against a Ditto (which scales down to his power level) and a heavily weakened Dragonite. Team Rocket was mistaken the entire time.
Keeping it unevolved was a sign of Ash's inexperience as a trainer, and this concept was lost when the writers decided to give Ash's Pikachu a base 157 SpA.
