>>51614066I don't think people realize that almost everyone called him Ash before Gold & Silver.
Only media between Feb 27, 1996 to Nov 20, 1999 that called him "Red" was in the manga, which they call every character after a game even today. Otherwise, he was Satoshi / Ash since he was representative of the creator himself and "Ash" is his counterpart in the anime as well as one of the 3 name choices in Red and Blue aside from the nickname option. No one would call him "Red" because who would think his name would just be the game he's from, let alone a color.
Yes, this joke in the OP was years after, but still
