Golden magikarp!!!

Infernape !!!!

Ash’s Oshawott

I'd say Ash's Gible should be the next to tackle onto even if take Ash this enough to get it evolving into Garchomp the next time it returns he should've took it w/him either Unova or Kalos to become stronger!

Ash's Bayleef

I agree, it's grown on me the past few weeks :)

BATTLE STANDBY

I agree wholeheartedly

Agreed. (Though I’m also partial to “I Need Your Assistance”, “Spotlight”, and “Let’s Get to Work”)

I choose you🔥

Couldn't agree more :D

@@ProfessorAlexSilver why ??? You are also a Karlos fanboy ???

Of course Nicholas! Thanks for watching :) Some of other really developed Pokemon include Sawyer's Sceptile, Alain's Charizard, Gladion's Silvally, Trevor's Charizard, Tierno's Blastoise, & Shauna's Ivysaur. XY was great at developing the rivals

@A Cool YoTooBist noooo! I have so many memories with xy.... First pokemon game I played with friends... And the soundtrack and the battles!!

@A Cool YoTooBist nah your just boring

@@ProfessorAlexSilver You forgot Trip's Serperior

and gladion's lycanroc

Unfortunately so haha! I love when non-major characters like Paul have unique storylines. It makes writing the videos like watching an alternate anime :)

Very true :)

@@ProfessorAlexSilver AHHHH I SEE YOUR NEW VIDEO! Gonna watch it soon!

Why should the anime follow game rules in the first place? Its the anime, not the games. Its supposed to mimic real life as much as possible, and the game mechanics dont do that.

@@Key_Mind "its supposed to mimic real life" And has pokemons

@@monfernosowner7186 Nice strawman. Game mechanics make zero sense in a "real life" medium like the anime. I think you know what I mean when I am talking about "real life". Besides, the anime is what the Pokemon universe would look like if it was real, not the games. The games are created for gameplay, not realism.

I agree about Paul & Electivire being two of the best! It's hard for me to be too mad about Tobias when you compare it to the Unova fiasco with Cameron haha. Even though Ash lost, I think it's awesome that Ash was the only trainer in all of Sinnoh capable of beating Darkrai (assuming Tobias didn't battle Cynthia or the Elite Four).

@@ProfessorAlexSilver yeah you do have a point there

@@ProfessorAlexSilver doesn't the league winner battle the champion?

Yeah no kidding that was just darn ridiculous and unfair

@@ProfessorAlexSilver he didnt just beat darkrai. When pikachu fell he took latios down with him.

You'd have quite a lot haha

You'd be able to afford the ice cream truck!

You’d be rich

You’d make more money than the franchise itself.

Reggie & Paul's dynamic has always been an exceptional part of the character, would have loved to see more backstory in a miniseries

Love it 😀

Thank you! More to come :)

That Spearow actually has a great history haha. It fought Pidgeot and appeared in the manga. I'm planning to branch out to other types of content in the future though

That would be cool

Wow m still shocked to see CZsword comment in these videos. I didn’t know u were a Pokémon fan

@@ProfessorAlexSilver I literally watch the good bye Pidgeot episode yesterday.

CZ your the man!

One of my favorite rival mons for sure

Yep

Paul was the first truly fantastic rival imo. Gary is awesome, but he was hindered by a lack of exposure

I was annoyed at the time but once Paul revealed he had the same amount of experience as Ash, it didn't bother me

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Top-Down Training is one of my FAVORITE episodes! Learning that Ash has a rival who isn't all talk, but someone who has ALL of the same region experiences as him (minus Orange Island/Battle Frontier) so going back to his first battle with Ash, we see him using legit strategies to have Elekid match Pikachu.

@@OurKindofEntertainment pikachu was reset in DP that's why he didn't win even in first gym battle, writers don't want make Ash very OP trainer from start.

Don't forget Pikachu lost to a level 5 Snivy.

Yeah but pikachu fell from like 100 feet prior. I guess that was just a way for them to reset it's levels.

I mainly wonder why Ash used Phanpy during the single elimination round in the Johto League 😄

@@ProfessorAlexSilver 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Almost as random as him using Gible in his battle with Tobias and Darkrai. Yeah, he had 5 other Pokemon to work with but that was just DUMB!

@@OurKindofEntertainment referee has to cancel his decision just in 2 seconds as Infernape activate his blaze showing he still can battle, pretty much like Ash Vs Hau without objection from anyone, even Charizard Vs Articuno has the same thing Noland stop referee.

Yah most of the time, the fainted pokemon that lose get up a second after the battle ends anyways... I don't know about exact rules

Same, I've always been a big fan of Elekid in particular

It's definitely in my top 3 Pokemon rivalries :D

Agreed 👍

Sawyer is awesome as well. I think Alain might be my second favorite, simply for the fact that his 4 episode special was beyond amazing. I loved how he and Steven saw each other as equals too

Paul was best rival with Gary being second. Later rivals can't even match up to them. Trip was just Paul wannabe and Ash lost to him because for some reason, his skills went back to amateur. I liked Alain as he had his own story before meeting Ash. He was therefore a crossover rival. I liked Gladion too because despite his serious demeanor he had good friendship/ rivalry with Ash. And let us not forget Leon, the main rival in Journeys whom Ash had to overcome to become the very best like no one ever was.

​@@ProfessorAlexSilver Alan Shinji Shota Shooti Shigeru are his best rivals for sure. *Honorable mentions* *Hiroshi* *Gladio* *Jun*

Hope it's worth the wait 😎

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Certainly was!

Paul in general is just awesome

Ash even picked up on the habit. “Intercept it with Quick Attack!”

Same here!

@@ProfessorAlexSilver I just wish it was a mixed attacker, not a physical attacker

@@joshfarmer8408 same

That'd be awesome -- I'd be very interested to see how they interact with each other. Hopefully, it's a battle of two champions.

@@ProfessorAlexSilver could happen. Paul wants to be the Stdongest Trainer. And the PKMN World Coronation is the best place

It did come back

Perfectly encapsulates Paul imo

Time to get on it!

@@ProfessorAlexSilver you bet, I'm working on it

Definitely one of my favorite rivals in all the anime :-)

It's evidence he's a skilled trainer on top of a strong trainer

Agreed! His treatment of Chimchar was less than friendly, but overall, he proved a really dynamic character

I agree, Paul was perfect for Ash

Agreed 👍

Grreat line!

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Would love to discover Paul is the champion of literally any region haha

Great to hear! Thanks :)

Definitely the opposite of paul

@@ProfessorAlexSilver it’s surprising he tolerated electabuzz giving its personality as a prankster. 😂

That's what I was thinking :)

Thanks! You'll likely enjoy the Infernape class I have planned in a few weeks

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Aw sweet!! Looking forward to it!! ^_^

Agreed! I love the Infernape storyline so it was great for it to get some much deserved closure

I always loved Ursaring as well, I need to revisit some of its episodes to see if there's enough content to pull a narrative

@@ProfessorAlexSilver I can’t wait for that Ursaring video down the line at some point! It may be a challenge to find a narrative though! Keep up the great work! I really enjoy your videos!

Very true, two peas in a pod

Haha I was just thinking about that while checking the upload

@@ProfessorAlexSilver lol

That's why it's the best :)

@@ProfessorAlexSilver also his ursaring i would say

My boy Infernape has to take it home :)

I always wondered why. Maybe he stayed in Kanto with Reggie?

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Yeah i think reggie said paul started in kanto because he wanted to observe reggie fighting brandon.

alain is dope too!

Thank you Asief. It makes me very happy to read this :)

Mamoswine should be in the next month or two :P

@@ProfessorAlexSilver what about paul other pokemon tottera , it's his first starter and travel other region

That'd be awesome if he returns

XD

Hmm, I'm not sure my favorite electric-type but Elekid is definitely up there

Doing this video made me want to cover Ursaring in the near future. It's going to be a much shorter video, but it's too cool of a character to pass up.

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Yes you definitely should. Ursaring was interesting too. Caught because of its strength but still quite useful.

Good choice :)

Thanks man! That's great to hear :) I'm thinking of covering Ursaring soon as well. It doesn't have as tight a narrative, but it has some great battles

I hope to do Pikachu some day :)

I need to work on it, it's been on my mind a while!

@@ProfessorAlexSilver I'm excited for ittt! :3

Hahah Love it

Awesome, hoped it lived up to the hype :D

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Yup can’t wait 4 the next video. Hopefully Infernape or Gilscor

Haha very true

Thankfully, Paul mellowed a bit after getting humbled by Brandon. He was pretty nice to Barry after their League battle

Electivire is a proud warrior who has full confidence in both himself and Paul. The dude just wanted a real 100% legit victory against Infernape and his trainer rival.

Electivire was as arrogant as Paul. He was jealous of Paul's obsession to make Chimchar stronger

I always like the Pokemon featured from the show as well

I always thought it a cool catch phrase :D

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Me too!

Interesting points!

Totally 💯 agree but unova was actually cool 😎 and so were the Pokèmon the problem was how the writers wrote ash during that arc

You're comparing Paul entire team to just Sinnoh one, Paul travel as many regions as Ash if Ash use all of his strongest Pokemon Paul would've zero chance even with if he use different Pokemons, Ash can't force his pokemons to evolve, they don't evolve with some kind of stones except Pikachu who don't need it. If you're going to say about Paul is better as trainer than don't forget that Paul is a failure who can't bring Chimchar special blaze but Ash not only made Chimchar activate his special blaze more than once but master it too.

@@inamdaryasin Paul also already gone to another region as well maybe he has more pokemon that has yet to be seen just like gary who own more than hundred pokemons & what i'm saying that ash need to force his pokemon to evolve is that he need to do same thing as paul like attack one of his pokemon using other pokemon on his team so they can become stronger & the way ypu saying paul is a failure just because he can make chimchar master his blaze is same as saying that "you don't need to train hard,you don't need to work hard to achieve your dream just belive in the miracle" the anime making the most realistic trainer like paul look like a jerk & making pathetic trainer like ash become a hero,they should stop that they ruined children's mind with ash way of training that only depend on that word "i belive in you,together we can,blah blah blah" & never train hard because you just need to wait till miracle happens,ash is really a clown in term of training his pokemon & yey he won't soo many battle with that,the writter need to be more realistic

@@thejamesdiamonds Ash had shown training his pokemons soooooo many times on screen while letting them battle each others, if he wins battle with miracle than Ash would've been world champion at the end of OS, he always work hard and trained his pokemons to get stronger that's why in every series Ash got more stronger than past series (except BW because of reboot), some of Ash Pokemons don't evolve because they don't want to but still are powerful like look at Bulbasaur and Rowlet who beat/tie against fully evolved grass starter, You called Ash a pathetic trainer in what basis? If Ash had power of miracle than he wouldn't lose a league, only reason Paul win most of battles against Ash because Paul use his old Pokemons while Ash was severally handicap with completely new team or reset Pikachu, look at Paul Vs Brandon where Paul Pokemons was faaaaar weaker than TORKOAL, if Ash use his old Pokemons throughout DP series like Paul most of time than Paul would've zero wins against Ash. WTH Paul did to make him more competitive trainer than Ash? Ash had trained his pokemons everyday as well, so many times he uses moves like competitive players in real life like using Pikachu and Swellow abilities to gain advantage, using sleep talk to counter sing and dark void and many more. Paul proven a failure as he can't bring out chimchar special powers while Ash also trained his pokemons everyday, team them new moves and techniques, you seen Paul doing training only few occasions but Ash shown doing so many times, in what basis you saying Ash don't work hard?

It's an awesome storyline, Charmander and Butterfree may have that effect on me as well 😄

Always cool when they have multiple rivals (like Greninja with Sceptile & Charizard)

@@ProfessorAlexSilver 100%

Electivire would be an awesome Vegeta

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Who’d win in a battle, Alain or Paul? Is it just me or does Electivire have a physical appearance similar to that of Dr. Eggman?

Agreed!

Torterra was the one that came out and smashed anything on his way. I always liked him for being very independent. He really doesn't give a frick about what his trainer thinks (I remember him helping Grotle and then Paul telling him something like "I really don't understand you" with the most resigned tone ever). I think he's just used to his trainer is and ignores him

No argument here :)

I love him as a character

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Thanks for watching! Hope it lived up to the hype :D

Gary's is very cool as well!

Thanks! I love when side characters get fleshed out, it makes their battles more satisfying

Awesome to hear!

Thanks! It's a fun labor :)

Hope it lived up to your expectations then :)

Thanks Darth Sicko! Awesome to see you've stuck with it :) It's only going to get better as it grows and I can dedicate more time to it :)

Yeah me too

I'd love to see that as well - I would've liked to see Paul talk to Ash about beating two legendries

For me, it would be most exciting to see if Paul's attitude has changed all that much since his loss to Ash. It seemed like Paul was finally beginning to truly respect Ash as a rival and trainer at the end of their last battle, which would make it very interesting to see how their dynamic would have changed if Paul does indeed return one day. Who knows, maybe they could even start to become friends for a change?

Let's hope!

Same here, I've always been a huge fan of the Electabuzz line - I especially like Elekid :)

Very true!

Agreed :)

@@ProfessorAlexSilver Oh My You replied😯

Haha I always mean to sneak more jokes in, but it's not my strong point in writing

Definitely my favorite Electivire of the three :)

Thanks, glad to be of service :D

The days of yesteryear, I remember them well

Likewise haha

I appreciate it!

Thanks Wai ❤️

Would've love d to see it. Hopefully, it wouldn't end up like his fight with Brandon XD

I feel like Gary would win against Paul since he's the OG rival, but I'd much rather Paul take the victory :D

Yup! And a great one at that :)

@@ProfessorAlexSilver OMG YOU REPLIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!