>>367989971) Way too many fucking filler//Pokemon of the day episodes that have nothing to do with the plot
2) Ash oaking Heracross while barely using it.
3) Ash not oaking Bulbasaur around the same time as the others, which forced Heracross to be oaked instead.
4) Rivals got little to no development.
5) Ash barely trained his Pokemon; his strongest Pokemon were trained by others or trained themselves.
6) The GS Ball subplot was completely dropped because of Celebi's role in Movie 4.
7) Misty and Brock barely did much of anything, even worse so now than in Kanto.
8) James didn't catch a single Gen II Pokemon.
9) Many of Ash's Johto Pokemon got little to no development; only Bayleef and Cyndaquil got some focus.
10) Casey, Ritchie, and Sakura didn't compete in the Johto League.
>>36799995Heracross - Absent-minded, selfish, gluttonous
Bayleef - Headstrong, determined, wears emotions on sleeves
Cyndaquil/Quilava - Absent-minded, forgetful, somewhat lazy, cowardly
Totodile - Joyful, expressive, happy
Noctowl - Stoic, intelligent, pulls pranks, resourceful (albeit those traits were dropped after its debut)
Phanpy/Donphan - Playful, curious, friendly