>>43175161Why not have the pomkemon's moves and general strength in battle fluctuate as the plot demands? Like, if Pikachu needs to know Volt Tackle in this episode let him use it, and if you don't need it for the rest of the arc don't use it? Sure, some autists might go "Why aren't you using Volt Tackle you dumbass Pikachu?!?" whenever Pikachu is losing and Volt Tackle would save it, but maybe that was a battle Pikachu was supposed to struggle with and that's why the writer didn't have Pikachu use Volt Tackle? That would make more sense to me, have the plot determine what the characters can do, rather than having what the characters are supposed to be capable of determining how the plot goes. Makes sense to me anyway.