Zac: We will not be counting the evolution of Ash's Pokémon before he caught them. Also Zac: Honourable mentions - Pikachu

Has anyone else realized that Greninja has fought three Bisharps throughout XYZ? That ninja’s Bisharp during the Ninja Village invasion, a Team Flare admin’s Bisharp in that cave when saving Squishy, and Alain’s Bisharp in the Kalos League finals. I do love these two Dark-Type warriors!

one of the best evolution scenes in the entire anime has to be when torracat evolves into incineroar. evolving after beating your long time rival/idol? now that's a big flex right there

I’d say Rockruff’s evolution into Lycanroc was a very memorable moment.☺️

In my opinion talonflame whole evolution was underrated

LYCANROC evolution moment is the most ICONIC/UNIQUE evolution. Change my mind

krabby's and gliscour's evolution was just epic

To add to the Incineroar moment, it worked perfectly symbolically with Torracat basically taking the belt of the champ and thus becoming the champ itself

4:16 Zac says the group want to become hokage😂

Zac: we won't count evolution before Ash gets the Pokémon Also Zac: Pichu makes the honourable mentions Dragonite:

Was having a really shitty day today. Thank you so much for uploading!!!

The fact that Ash’s Krookodile has it’s own special glasses makes it even better

Me watching this video: Number 10 - I saw Kingler, I don't need to watch the rest. Number 9 - What do you mean this isn't #1, WatchMojo? Amazing content as always!

In my opinion Rockruff’s evolution was one of the coolest I have ever seen. The fact that it didn’t evolve into Midday or Midnight was a huge surprise and got everyone hyping it up on what the hell it is. I also loved the sun turning green when it comes downs and it shining on Rockruff’s eyes

Truly waiting to see where any of the Chimchar line would be! 10/10

I'd say my top 3 evolution moments are... 3rd - Grovyle into Sceptile. I found it entertaining seeing Grovyle go Simp-Mode for a Meganium, but got *denied*. But the evolution set up the mini arc to develop Sceptile further. 2nd - Roggenrola into Boldore The battle with Clay was good, and seeing Roggenrola evolve was epic, the low, almost ominous music as it happen, and the visuals alone was epic. I'd dare say it's the best evolution from an animation and spectacle perspective. 1st - Monferno into Infernape. Yes, I'm biased because Infernape is my favourite Pokemon, and Chimchar into Monferno did have a bit more substance behind it in a narrative perspective... but seeing Monferno, under Blaze's power, control itself long enough to save Pikachu, Piplup, Empoleon and even Paul's Electabuzz was cool, and the evolution added to the moment. And the fact Paul watched the Pokemon he abandoned fully evolve before his eyes to rescue the Pokemon that won Paul their first full battle... It was just cool.

Greninja Staraptor Gliscor and infernape are my favorite evolution moments in the anime

Why Ash’s Charizard didn’t like him until Charizard Chills: In “The Problem with Paras”, Ash ordered the proud and newly disobedient Charmeleon to take a dive against such a pathetic opponent (Paras) *effectively costs Ash any remaining respect Charmeleon had left for him.*

Incineroar so deserved the number 1 spot great choices zac

Lucario's evolution was such an amazing moment, is one of my favorite moments in Journeys!

Deja vu? 👀🔥❤️ so many amazing evolution moments. My personal favourites are Sceptile, KOGA and Gliscor 💚💙💜

Best Pokemon anime channel ever.

Yeah I’m convinced that the Anime doesn’t have Levels

my favourites: noivern: stunning animation. sceptile: favourite pokemon, kinda funny with the simp mode. lycanroc: emotional. incineroar: perfect way to wrap up character arc.

He doesn’t evolve his Pokémon because of Charizard. *The obvious reason.*

You know, I’m kinda disappointed that Monferno’s evolution to Infernape didn’t make this list. Not even in the honorable mentions. The way it harnessed the power of Blaze to evolve, in front of its old trainer was amazing.

I thought Infernape's gonna be one I love the episode , how Moneferno was finally able to control his blaze with Ash and then evolved into Infernape to save Pikachu,Piplup and Empoleon Then they are out of a flame wheel! It was freaking amazing 🔥

Sometimes It feels like Ash is just betting on his Pokemon too evolve during an important fight. It's like he has some freaky power's that let him predict when they're going to evolve and clutch. it happens too often lol

I like that that the majority of Ash's Pokemon have been fully evolving in the newer series. Of all the Pokemon he's obtained (so far) in XY, SM, and Journeys, only his Rowlet didn't fully evolve

I love Noiverns evolution, not only because it evolved to beat a legendary but it also evolved to save its friend Hawlucha

So glad Torracat/Incineroar is where it belongs, absolutely perfectly done

Sinnoh really had some of the best evolutions❤️🔥✨

I hope Ash considers to bring back some of his old Pokemon in Journeys he is going to need all the power he can get if he wants to be World Champion.

My boy Kingler finally got some love.

Zac :we won't be counting Pokemon that evolved before ash got them Also Zac: (puts Pikachu as an onerabl menshon )

Technically Pichu wasn’t Ash’s when it evolved

My fav evolution is the lycanrock as it was so unique from other forms. I loved the sun and moon series because of these evolutions and fight scenes are pretty cool👍😎

Gekkouga's evolution always guves me the gosebumps

The Village was attacked by people who wanted to be hokage best line of the century that part got me

I was waiting for that #1! Great list bro 😁

I was able to guess the number 1 slot. Torracat evolving after beating Kukui’s Incineroar was such a great moment for me and caught me off guard when the episode came out. I think another thing people need to realize about Ash “not evolving his Pokemon” is that he usually gives his Pokemon the choice on whether they want to or not. Example: Pikachu. Ash doesn’t evolve Pikachu because that’s not what Pikachu wants, also it’s the mascot but in universe, Pikachu just doesn’t want to evolve.

The evolutions is one of the best things of the anime.

I just love Staraptor's because of the moment where it just goes to town with Paul's Honchcrow with it's newly learned Close Combat.

Idk why Lycanroc evolution wasn't in the list when it seem waaay better than most in the list, two episodes building up to him evolving where Rockruff going through so much to evolve which he want to since he see Gladion's Lycanroc, the evolution scene was beautiful, his rival Gladion's Lycanroc and midday form was there to witness and together all 3 forms of Lycanrocs howling make it such a great moment, I don't think any other evolution had this much things going through.

My top 10: Honorable mentions to Pikachu, Donphan, Talonflame, Gliscor and Noivern! 10. Sceptile (after Hoenn League I didn't think they would let Grovyle evolve but I'm glad they did) 9. Charizard (Funny moment, nice to get to know where the Togepi egg came from, iconic) 8. Quilava (after Johto I didn't think they would let Cyndaquil evolve but it deserved it really bad imo) 7. Krookodile (Just like you said, iconic to win and take the spot as strongest Unova pokémon of Ash) 6. Melmetal (Funny but also really cool to see how they would implement it and fully evolved a real mythical) 5. Sirfetch'd (Great little arc, real champion redemption for Farfetch'd and nicely paced, nice to see Wikstrom) 4. Incineroar (Great final for it's development, finally beating it's master & evolving, sad to didn't see it in action after league) 3. Lucario (The moment I was waiting for from M08 onwards, it was a long time but it finally happened in what a way!) 2. Lycanroc (This reminds me of my dog that sadly passed away on December 5th just after SM099 who was a Beagle) 1. Greninja (My favorite pokémon and the moment the first evolution I saw in the anime, also it was the most hyped moment for me because (Ash-)Greninja is my favorite pokémon, Ash-Greninja reached even bigger heights after this..)

Fun fact - Ash didn't believe on his 64kg gligar he believed on a 42kg gliscor😂🤣

i thought glaile would be an honorable mention since ash never gave up on it trying to learn ice beam.Underrated moment

great video Zac

I really liked Boldore's evolution scene, the first time I saw it was so epic (I know he lost all battles after this, but still)

"Ash doesnt evolve his pokemon" They evolve by THEIR will,not Ashes.

Way to post a video right when I start my vacation, Zac! (I’m still waiting on my Infernape vs Incineroar moment.)

To me monferno evolving into Infernape is my favorite, the fact that ash took in the Pokémon Paul abandoned and helped it fully evolve into an infernape made me really enjoy it. That and infernape is my favorite Pokémon :3

Great list man. I'm just glad my all time favorite Charizard was on the list. I'm a Charizard person as much as you are Greninja lol. Hey does anyone else love it when Zach does the Ash-Greninja voice or is it just me lol.

I feel Chikorita’s evolution deserves a mention too, as her whole reason for evolving was to protect her beloved trainer - poor little thing was in tears as she watched her trainer get beat up for her! 😭 But from those tears, came the most precious Bayleef❣️

Zac I didn't know you read minds. I wanted to see this video since very long. Thanks a lot man. You are amazing

Too me, Ash's Krokorok to Krookodile evolution was the best because the music that accompanied it was the icing on the cake to what was an already fantastic moment.

Yay another cool video

Rip boldore, man defeated excadrill despite having the disadvantage.

Nailed it with number 1 bro. Great job

It feels so good to see another one of your to 10s

Honestly Rockruff into Lycanroc was my prediction for first so to see it only in the honourable mentions was a shock

Great list, Incineroar, Gligar and Noivern are my personal favorites

I love your comedy timings 😂😂

Another awesome video🔥🔥

Damn swellow atleast deserved an honorable mention considering you also added staraptor. My bird is so underrated Also technically Pikachu doesn't Qualify in this list since it wasn't under Ash's ownership

#10 - this guy was surprising but I see why they were added. #9 - definitely one of my favorites. I expected this a little higher but still good choice. #8 - this moment was great. Very fun moment and well executed. #7 - I freaking love this guy. This was the best Pokemon Ash owned in this generation. I love him. :D

I saw someone talk about cool evolution moments on Twitter didn’t know you were going to make it

I completely agree with this video. My favorite evolution moments were 3. Swellow (it might have been Staraptor but Swellow evolved how he did first) 2. Charizard 1. Greninja

This was a fantastic video and served as a wonderful trip down memory lane. I must say I’m very surprised that Gekkouga didn’t make The Top 5. But these were all great picks. I’m especially glad that Talonflame & Noivern made the list. And Torracat deserves number one!

Lycanroc and Pikachu should be in the list but still this is awesome

What I also like about Torracat's evolution is that is goes really well with the wrestler motif that Incineroar is based on. By beating Kukui's Incineroar the undisputed champion of Alola he won the "championship belt" and evolved into Incineroar.

great vid

I was going into this list not knowing what to expect, which made every single entry a cool surprise. And I was like, damn, what will be on the top? And when you mentioned Incineroar, it hit me... OF COURSE. This is THE best evolution in the entire anime!

Noibat is cutest Pokemon in the anime. ❤️

Awesome list

I was not expecting this video

My best evolution episodes are the Fletchling into Fletchinder and Fletchinder into Talonflame ones, since both are pretty important in the long run, since they were kinda a set-up for Torracats evolution as well, as it never happened that a Pokemon who defeated its fully evolved form has went fully evolved, but Talonflame started it, with Incineroar following.

best channel ever

Can't wait to see the missed opportunities video

dude ash's torracat evolving after defeating incineroar is the pokémon equivalent of teabagging

Wait, I thought it doesn't count if it didn't evolve while it was under the ownership of Ash, so why is Pikachu in the honorable mentions?

Why isn’t Swellow in the Honorable Mentions? Staravia evolved in the same way Tailow did, and Tailow’s was because of its pure determination. I really don’t understand why it isn’t also on the list

Love ur videos

man I reber as a kid watching my first ever pokemon seires black and white, and I was already hyped into the battle Dragonite vs krocorock, until krockorock evolved and I was even more hyped.

Incineroar is my favorite evolution. Personally, I would've had Lycanroc instead of Lucario, in no particular order.

seeing the evloutions and xy scenes bring back the nostalgia , xy was so good and the storyline , i hope journeys can live up to it

Zac I love your video

My top evolutions: 10: Noibat/Fletchinder into Talonflame and Noivern 9: Frogadier evolution 8: Charmeleon Evolution 7: Krokorok Evolution 6: Chimchar into monferno 5: Meltan Evolution 4: Farfetch'd Evolution 3: Lycanroc Evolution 2: Riolu Evolution 1: Torracat Evolution

In my case, no.1 was obviously grovyle to sceptile 😅

Let's be honest: the best évolution was swadloon to leavanny.

Treecko to Grovyle and loudred to Exploud . NOW THAT WAS EPIC

awesome topic awesome pokemon and awesome video

I still like Grovyle's into Sceptile. Evolving to protect a love interest despite just being heartbroken. That's pure dedication and loyalty there, Grovyle/Sceptile. Maybe one day... You'll find another...

I honestly thought both evolutions of Litten were amazing. It's nice to see different colors when evolving and they both had the same energy of Litten/Torracat wanting to become stronger to beat Kukui's Incineroar. I also loved Rockruff's evolution, the scenery, the music, the fact that the other two forms of Lycanroc were there. Plus wasn't this the way of Nintendo introducing Dusk Lycanroc or did we get him in the game first? I can't remember

Sirfetch'd evolution was just epic!!!!

Now a video like that would make for a fabulous top 10 video like top 10 moments they went into the past or the future

Talonflame has to take the number 1 spot

Calling it now. Greninja and Sceptile is on the list

Ashs Talonflame had two of my favorite evolutions. Both are worthy on being on this list but I'm with one

Talonflame's evolution gave all of us chills(or burns i guess)🔥🔥