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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:35:45 No.37381843 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>37381861 >>37381867 >>37381913 >>37381938 >>37382107 >>37382139 >>37382141 >>37382153 >>37382595 >>37382651 >>37384456

>hey pikachu, wanna be improved in virtually every way with no effort on your part whatsoever?
*refuses*

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:36:23 No.37381848 Report

Quoted By: >>37386404

>Hey Pikachu, wanna continue making us billions?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:37:17 No.37381854 Report

Quoted By: >>37381863 >>37381986 >>37382629 >>37386404

Virtually every way except design lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:38:12 No.37381861 Report

Quoted By: >>37381880 >>37381897 >>37386404

>>37381843
>hey pikachu do you want to lose all your cuteness and get fat

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:38:54 No.37381863 Report

Quoted By: >>37383644

>>37381854
raichu has a better tail and you cant convince me other wise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:39:32 No.37381867 Report

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>>37381843
The Peter Pan Syndrome

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:42:57 No.37381880 Report

Quoted By: >>37381945 >>37382167 >>37382264 >>37383203

>>37381861
He already stopped being cute when he stopped being a Pichu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:47:45 No.37381897 Report

Quoted By: >>37382652

>>37381861
I thought people like fatachu though

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:50:48 No.37381913 Report

Quoted By: >>37383182

>>37381843
>in virtually every way
you forget moves that only pikachu or pichu can learn

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:55:45 No.37381938 Report

Quoted By: >>37382009 >>37383612 >>37385288

>>37381843
Not so fast, dude.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:56:43 No.37381945 Report

Quoted By: >>37381956 >>37382103

>>37381880
He was never a Pichu though. Lore-wise, an early episode shows he comes from a family where little Pikachus are a thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:58:36 No.37381956 Report

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>>37381945
its also a show for babies filled with retcons

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:05:06 No.37381982 Report

Quoted By: >>37382472

I know there’s an episode in Diamond and Pearl where Pikachu loses really badly to a Raichu and then Ash pulls out that thunder stone and says that he’s always kept it in case Pikachu ever changed his mind and wanted to evolve. I don’t remember if he got rid of it after that episode or not.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:06:03 No.37381986 Report

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>>37381854
Shit taste

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:11:09 No.37382009 Report

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>>37381938
Raichu fags absolutely BTFO by this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:27:44 No.37382103 Report

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>>37381945

It's also a show that's been on for two decades with no time passing in universe. Early shit mean nothings, in case you forget, TOS had real fish in it and that's never come up again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:27:58 No.37382107 Report

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>>37381843
it's a metaphor for steroids

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:32:12 No.37382139 Report

Quoted By: >>37382810

>>37381843
Doesn't evolution fundementaly change their personality and sense of self? Pretty sure the was something in PMD where a pokemon was saying he didn't want to evolve because the third one has a shitty personality?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:33:11 No.37382141 Report

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>>37381843
>hey pikachu, wanna be improved in virtually every way with no effort on your part whatsoever?

He couldn't be an Alolan Raichu back then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:34:53 No.37382153 Report

Quoted By: >>37382246

>>37381843
Evolution doesn't equate strength in the anime because stats don't exist in the anime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:37:33 No.37382167 Report

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>>37381880
How come we never got Pikachu flashbacks from when he was a Pichu
Do they want to act like Pikachu didn't have a life before Ash showed up or what

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:51:39 No.37382246 Report

Quoted By: >>37383559

>>37382153
>stats don't exist in the anime
That's bullshit. They're referenced many times from the Academy episode through Paul in DP and so on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:53:41 No.37382264 Report

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>>37381880
PIkachu was a never pichu since Pikachu is Ash from the future.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 01:58:24 No.37382317 Report

Quoted By: >>37382325 >>37383627

I never understood the demonization anime always seems to put in evolution, not even induced evolution, but all forms. Pikachu has already learned everything it can learn as a Pikachu and there's no excuse for it not to evolve at this point.

The only way I will ever expect to see Pikachu be evolved is if there's a considerable time skip or we see Ash as an older person. It won't happen though. It'll be a Pikachu and never ever evolve even if they did show him as old.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 02:00:22 No.37382325 Report

Quoted By: >>37382363 >>37383237

>>37382317
Don't watch the anime, at what point do they demonize evolution? Almost all Raichu being dicks is the only thing I know of and that's just to make sure kids will want the mascot to stay as the mascot

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 02:06:22 No.37382363 Report

Quoted By: >>37382427 >>37382458

>>37382325
Pretty much every single time that evolution stones are introduced into the plotline of an episode it is presented as borderline animal abuse. The specific episodes I can pinpoint easily are The Eevee brothers episode, vs Lt. Surge episode, and even the Bulbasaur's evolution ritual episode.

It is also implied several times that Pokemon are not the *same* Pokemon after they evolve. This is only ever really apparent when Charmander first evolves into Charmeleon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 02:19:14 No.37382427 Report

Quoted By: >>37382560

>>37382363
>It is also implied several times that Pokemon are not the *same* Pokemon after they evolve. This is only ever really apparent when Charmander first evolves into Charmeleon.
No, it's not. The only time pokemon change emotionally during evolution is when they re already going through some phase, like the episode where the guy's Loudred became unruly and evolved into an Exploud. And the reason Charmander became a disobedient Charmeleon was because its level exceeded what Ash could handle. This was stated in the episode after it evolved.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 02:25:39 No.37382458 Report

Quoted By: >>37382492

>>37382363
Just like how you weren't a disgusting waste of flesh when you were child, you're a whole new person now no one wants to even look at you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 02:31:01 No.37382472 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381982
Team Rocket stole it, sold it, and nobody missed it. One of their only solid victories against Ash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 02:36:22 No.37382492 Report

Quoted By:

>>37382458
go to bed dad

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 02:51:46 No.37382560 Report

Quoted By: >>37382836

>>37382427
Nah, there's plenty of pokemon in the anime whose personalities changed after evolving.
Brock's Ludicolo fell in love with a Mawile he had no interest in as a Lombre.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 03:00:30 No.37382595 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381843

>loved pokemon for its catch-monsters-and-trade-them jrpg insane inovation back in the 90s concept and played the games for that 6-month gap before the anime even came to the west.
>anime arrives
>wWf why is pikachu the starter?
>what the hell is with all this favoritism over this generic rodent from the game?
>at LAST it will evolve!
>why the FUCK is it not evolving
>Pokemon YELLOW ANNOUNCED
>decades later, LET's GO PIKACHU ANNOUNCED

fuck this rodent and fuck its fans.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 03:02:23 No.37382603 Report

Quoted By: >>37382872 >>37383175 >>37383679 >>37384455

>loved pokemon for its catch-monsters-and-trade-them jrpg insane innovation back in the 90s concept and played the games for that 6-month gap before the anime even came to the west.
>anime arrives
>wtf why is pikachu the starter?
>what the hell is with all this favoritism over this generic rodent from the game?
>at LAST it will evolve!
>why the FUCK is it not evolving
>Pokemon YELLOW ANNOUNCED
>decades later, LET's GO PIKACHU ANNOUNCED

fuck this rodent and fuck its fans.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 03:06:49 No.37382629 Report

Quoted By: >>37385280

>>37381854

This is the only pikachu design that surpasses raichu. Otherwise Raichu is always cooler

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 03:11:02 No.37382651 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381843
>with no effort on your part
Is the problem

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 03:11:16 No.37382652 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381897
Pikachub you mean

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 03:52:28 No.37382810 Report

Quoted By: >>37383682

>>37382139
Then how come almost none of the other Pokemon seem to care about it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 03:59:54 No.37382836 Report

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>>37382560
That's not a personality change, that's just puberty.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 04:07:05 No.37382872 Report

Quoted By: >>37383175

>>37382603
I have both a Raichu and Pichu plush but no Pikachu in sight.
Raichu is the cooler pika while Pichu is the cutest; I prefer their individual selves rather than sucking Pika dick all day while trying to have both in one pokemon

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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 05:36:03 No.37383175 Report

Quoted By:

>>37382603
>>37382872
My niggas. Pikashill is the only Pokémon I actively dislike, and it’s because it’s 7/10 design does not warrant the spotlight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 05:38:03 No.37383182 Report

Quoted By: >>37384649 >>37385476

>>37381913
Wasn't a thing in those days

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 05:47:40 No.37383203 Report

Quoted By: >>37384451

>>37381880
Pichu is ugly

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 05:53:45 No.37383220 Report

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Pikachu was retconned to be a Pichu at some point. He's of one of the few species that don't require an incense, hence the need for a retcon. And unlike the others (Clefable, Magmar, Electabuzz), Pikachu is a weak species that doesn't need a baby form.
Pikachu's entire justification for refusing to evolve doesn't make sense unless he's a literal racist and thinks Raichus are dumb niggers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 05:56:35 No.37383226 Report

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>evolution is a metaphor for growing up
>ash never grows up

woah . . .

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 06:00:43 No.37383237 Report

Quoted By: >>37385544

>>37382325
>Not all Raichu

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 08:05:50 No.37383559 Report

Quoted By:

>>37382246
I'll never not be annoyed by DP and no game since for not having the stats shown by the Dex as Paul said they were.

I don't even care about that shit on a playthrough like some but it'd still be a good thing in the post game if you could just analyze them during the battle without fucking around with Trace and whatnot.

That'd be QoL as fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 08:22:54 No.37383612 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381938
Oh boy, a partner Raichu must be really good then. Better evolve it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 08:27:59 No.37383627 Report

Quoted By: >>37384682

>>37382317
The anime explicitly shows over and over that evolution changes a pokemons personality drastically. They are basically a new person, and evolving means losing a friend. It's like Doctor Who regenerating.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 08:36:57 No.37383644 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381863
Correct

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 08:49:42 No.37383679 Report

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>>37382603
What 6 month gap? In the US at least (first Western country it arrived in, most others didn't get it until 1999) the anime came out a couple of weeks before the games did.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 08:51:08 No.37383682 Report

Quoted By:

>>37382810
Bulbasaur definitely did too. Depends on the pokemon I guess.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 14:21:42 No.37384451 Report

Quoted By:

>>37383203
Not as ugly as Pikachu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 14:23:07 No.37384455 Report

Quoted By:

>>37382603
>loved pokemon for its catch-monsters-and-trade-them jrpg insane innovation back in the 90s concept and played the games for that 6-month gap before the anime even came to the west
Unless you imported those games from Japan you're full of shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 14:23:24 No.37384456 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381843
Based pikachu. He wants to get good on his own indeed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 15:39:03 No.37384649 Report

Quoted By:

>>37383182
Yes it was retard. As soon as you evolve Pikachu, it never learns any other moves by level up in Gen I, meaning you can never learn Quick Attack or Agility, which was the entire point of not evolving it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 15:40:48 No.37384656 Report

Quoted By: >>37384797

I'm gonna say it!

Raichu >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pikachu

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 15:51:17 No.37384682 Report

Quoted By:

>>37383627
So its a child undergoing puberty basically.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 16:34:00 No.37384797 Report

Quoted By:

>>37384656
based and raipilled

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 18:54:44 No.37385280 Report

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>>37382629
Nope, worst pikachu design. The artist was 'tarded

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 18:56:22 No.37385288 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381938
Lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 19:48:40 No.37385476 Report

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>>37383182
this has always been the case with most non-eevee stone evolvers, particularly in gen 1

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 20:04:36 No.37385544 Report

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>>37383237
not all raichu

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Jan 2019 22:55:36 No.37386404 Report

Quoted By:

>>37381848
>>37381854
>>37381861
From what I've seen in fanarts, Raichu can be designed in a way that can be seen as adorable and appealing to young children (just like Pikachu's design was done over the years), but for some reason, they design him as some tough looking mouse without any of the adorable aspect in most cases (or at least not as focused on it as with Pikachu), not to mention that fucking lightball available only for Pikachu. It's quite tiresome to see an evolution get cucked by it's previous stage, I blame the ashnime for it.

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