3:18 "the only reason Gary lost is because he wasn't the main character" SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!!

Gary vs. Paul wouldn't just be a great battle in terms of deciding which one of them is the strongest. I really love the idea of the grandson of a famous Pokemon Researcher (along with spending time gaining experience as a researcher himself) vs. the younger brother of a former trainer (who had A LOT of badges and Frontier symbols)/current breeder. That would be a true battle of analytical thinking. Both trainers have taken a page from Ash's book on more than one occasion by thinking outside of the box. Paul utilized the Counter Shield and Gary used Nidoqueen's tail to jump before attacking with Double Kick like Bayleef used Vine Whip to gain momentum before a Body Slam. It would be a true battle of rival giants in Ash's history!

20 years later, Gary still has teenage girls fawning over him.

kinda wish Gary was the main character instead of Ash "is that treecko a water type" Ketchum

If Gary WAS the main character on top of everything he was then he'd be utterly overpowered.

With that thumbnail the video also could've been "What if Gary Oak turned evil?"

It's a shame he is no longer a trainer. He would've participated in the Pokemon championship.

Man, this was quite informative of Gary's potential. If he had the opportunity, I think Gary would indeed go farther as an active Trainer than he had before. Quite the idea here. Good going, Mystic.

If he stayed he’d be champion.

If I was ever in the pokemon World, I would like to have a character like him. Gary deserves to be champion like his Grandfather.

Come to think of it, his game counterpart Blue served time as Viridian Gym Leader before hanging out with his old pal Red, first at the World Tournament and later guarding access to the Battle Tree in Alola. Boy, do their career paths parallel each other in so many ways...

He would have probably become a champion like his game counterpart

I think characters like Alain and Kukui opened the door for Gary to be a researcher, but also a strong battler like before. (Plus, Journeys seems on track to putting another layer on Ash and Gary's bond. If they decide to have another friendly battle, it'd be a good way to showcase how Gary's researching skills improved his battling. Maybe it plays a role in Ash's match with Leon)

Honestly I guess Garry would be a strong stronger with new Pokémon that he could’ve captured over travelling different regions.

He was that one Jerk rival of Ash being a complete counterpart from the games!

If that happened so, he would be the strongest competitive player in the pokemon franchise. Even we had to struggle defeating his team as we he's team's full of high tierd pokemons, only some like electivire are low tierd

I'd say Ash has more potential. Considering his Aura descendance, he could likely understand his Pokemon on another level and that'd give him an advantage when making calls. Oak is more of a prodigy, and with hardwork, he'd definitely keep Ash on his toes and would make Paul look like dogshit

I would've loved if pokemon journeys had gary instead of goh.

I honestly think that it'd be a nice idea to have Gary to be Ash's rival for Pokemon Journeys mainly because A, I haven't watched the series too much and B, from what I can tell, Ash doesn't really have a proper rival and Gary is Ash's OG rival and having Gary return and join the Tornament would be a fun idea

Yep Gary definitely does have a lot potential for sure. 👍 I could definitely see Gary as an Elite Four Member for sure. What if suggestion: What if Ash evolved Buizel?

My thoughts before watching this video : If Gary had remained a trainer, Ash would've been a much better trainer than he currently is. Reason? Gary most likely won't have that skill and team reset in the beginning of every region(unless the writers try too hard). He'd only keep getting better and better, making Ash work even harder, to keep up with him. The two of them would be like Red and Blue by the time they reach Alola.

Galar Pokémon for Gary: Rillaboom, Hatrenne, Kubfu to Rapid Strike Urshifu, Corviknight, Dragapult and Galarian Slowking

Gary could have been a good companion at one point when he quit being a trainer. He could travel with Ash studying different historical sites in the region

See the anime from Gary’s POV. Ash is a really naive dweeb with barely any knowledge of Pokémon what’s so ever yet is still given a Pokémon after lazily snoozing on his first day. Gary doesn’t respect Ash cause he thought he wasn’t serious about being a Pokémon master.

Gary would be really cool in Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos (Team Flare Arc would make him shine battling Team Flare.) Alola yes, and Galar he is great.

I think that it would be great if that Gary would continue to be a trainer

Do : What if Iris caught a Hydreigon and battle it with Ash in Pokémon Journeys? Please 👍

I think he should be a trainer in journeys but also retain the research passion that he has can easily be a good contender in galar

If Gary remains a trainer then their are lots of chances that he will became the pokémon master earlier that Ash.

I would LOVE to see Gary and Paul battle! I really think Paul could learn empathy from Gary a lot faster since they are more similar in how they battle and Paul would be a real challenge for Gary. I can see Gary being a big brother figure to Serena and helping her with her crush on Ash mainly because he finds it funny that Ash is oblivious and he knows something that Ash doesn't. Having Gary inter the Kalos League would have been very interesting. A Mega Blastoise vs Ash-Greninja battle sounds amazing!

Now let's all take a moment to think how great a match would have been between Gary and Alan & Gary with gigantimax Blastoise vs Leon and his gigantimax Charizard 😍💯🔥

Honestly I think we can get rid of mono type elite 4s, maybe do how Galar does having gym leaders compete, or have elite 4s that focus on specific fighting styles. We have also 18 types now, which would allow each version have special gym leagues (similar to how Galar did for some gyms)

I feel like some other sig pokes for Gary would be Salamence, Grimmsnarl, Bisharp, and Urshifu.

I think Gary would be added to the Serena and Ash flashback. Heck it would be interesting to see a love triangle of sorts

Gary would of stomped Diantha for sure and would of been amazing to see him vs Leon he wouldn't of gotten swept by a Rillaboom 😂😂

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS VIDEO!! THANKS A BUNCH!! I've always wondered and imagined what the anime would have looked like if Gary continued as a Pokemon Trainer instead of persuing Researcher full time! 😁😁😁

It was good seeing Gary in Journeys and now I can't wait to see Dawn return very soon. Also I hope Serena will return speaking of her I love her and Dawn.

Gary would no doubt have been an extremely high-ranking trainer had he continued down that path, but he chose to make his way as a researcher and I respect his character for that. I would like to think that he could possibly catch a Copperajah and/or Toxtricity as well.

Gary would have made it to the master 8 tournament if he stayed a trainer.

You forgot to mention those bad ass brown ugg boots he use to wear

Personally I think changing him from a trainer was a good call. It gave him more personality and not just a rival

I'd reckon Gary is stronger than Paul in the DP series.

Gary being a champion. And Ash has to battle Gary huh? Interesting. It would almost be like the old times. *Kanto champion theme plays*

That would be interesting to seen Gary continue in the Pokemon trainer. What if Ask & Gary swapped rolls. If Ask because the professor and Gary stay as trailer?

I hope that Garry oak returns to the Pokémon series in the future. All Rivas should be like him and Paul

Personally, I think Gary would recognize Serena almost right away, unlike Ash, and it's very likely that Gary went to the very same summer camp that Ash and Serena went to when they were younger.

Gary is such a jerk and he was my first experience with toxic men. I’ve always loved him 🥺

gary : only guy who can match ash

Gary can sweep goh's pokemons with blastoise,umbreon and electravire in 2minutes

Can we get a Gary oak Pokémon series from Pallet town til now. His journey would be 💯 interesting

Gary easily would have surpassed most trainers. He was cocky for a reason. Only thing that changed was his passion.

Narratively it makes sense for Garry to retire, but what if Gary came out of retirement?

Gary would be a very good trainer as he already has very strong pokemon

When will be the playthroughs of everygame with your best team

Gary should be Kanto champion like his game counter part

Main galar mons of Gary can be: Dracozolt That octopus pokemon(forgot) Calyrex(he needed a legend also calyrex has a big head which is like gary's brain) Umbreon(he would take as he loves it too much) Dragapult(cool guy😎)

It would be cool to see Brock as a trainer.

I wish this happened, I liked journeys but it didn’t have nearly enough Gary Also I think his Team would be Gmax blastoise Mega scizor Umbreon with the dark z crystal Arcanine Electavire Nidoqueen Their all Pokémon he uses that all are stronger than most of his others also he could use the three gimmicks on separate matches (as well as mega blastoise)

Imagine the top 8 Pokemon world coronation series such as Satoshi, Shigeru Okido aka Gary Oak, Alan, Dande aka Leon, Shirona aka Cynthia, Daigo Tsuwabuki aka Steven Stone, Carne aka Diantha and Wataru aka Lance The journey would be a lot more fun yah

Gary would have sweeped the floor with ash if ash wasn't the mc

He would be really powerful

I want to see Gary vs. Paul

I think Agatha is Gary's Grandmother.

I wish he replace goh

Let remember in the game gen 2, he was the 8th gym leader *either was permanent or temporary trainer until they found a suitable person to be the gym leader* And hus Pokémon was 😘 . It made a challenging opponent.

He could have a foriniter brain or elite four because if Paul became a gym leader and Garry has been a trainer for longer

i just saw this vid, saw ur name and subscribed and hit the bell and liked. my fave pokemon is umbreon and hes not to popular. so someone with a youtube channel about pokemon and their mascott is umbreon makes me so happy.

I hope we see more of his pokemon in pokemon journeys

Since Gary never got the earth badge from viridian, he actually has 3 mystery badges, not 2

Red : Yeah that's my friend

I actually think Gary and Bonnie would try to set up Ash and Serena and maybe even encourage Serena to tell Ash her feelings sooner

gary would use in galar inteon or rillaboom these are the starter that fits him most a corviknight as a regional bird a obstagooon probably coalossal is next this is the kinda nidoking of galar or the golem o fgalar which are definitley gary type pokemon. dragupult i mean just look at it its bassicly gary if he where a dragon pokemon,sirfetched self explanatory by its design it looks at you like its better then you which is exactly how gary and his blastoise look at ash in there battles,toxctricty seems like a gary pokemon with good type diversity,duraludon is another nidoking esk pokemonthat im sure that gary would catch if we see more of him in galar.thats all i can see him catching though

So their growth it's like Goku and Vegeta.

I wanna see Gary and Ash battle again

I was literally thinking where is mystic

Jsi jeden z nejšikulinkaťoulinkatějších šikulků z celého Šikulkova na celém šikulkovském světě. :)

Is there a Hyper Like option?

@mysticumbreon , do a "my version of Ash's teams , it would gr8 to see wt u think of his team's, lumiose trainer zac did that ,n he did it well, so plz do that video it would be cool

Gary was what Ash and Paul where but better I mean he had the drive, the determination and the love for his pokemon he was the best of both worlds It's just a shame he didn't stay with it he could've became the true Pokemon master.

Gary fucking Oak is the 🐐

Gary vs Paul and Gary vs Alan would be very sick to see a full on 6 on 6 match. P.S. I would love Gary Oak in Journeys with Ash and Goh to be honest.

If Gary Oak stayed a trainer I’d hope we would have followed him and the Pokémon anime would have been way better Gary was always the guy I wanted to be Ash was weak jerk and just not cool

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WAY BETTER THAN WORLD CORONATION SERIES

For galar, It would be cool and fitting if Gary had Corviknight. but not just a dynamax one a Gmax Corviknight, because blue in the games had a Pidgeot that he use the second most out of his team and in Pokémon Master EX, he had a mega Pidgeot and Corviknight would be in my opinion the best bird Pokémon for Gary to have in galar. It would also be cool if he his blastoise gmaxed, it fit and in my opinion the best out of the gmax kanto starters.

Gary is dope

I can't be the only one who thinks Gary would have a Pyroar.

Gary shouldve mentored ash

Gary >>> Ash. The defeat in the League was ridiculous.

What if Gary met Paul?

3:04 3 unknown badges right He did not battle giovani before did he?🤔🤔

He would have became a champion long ago.

Man, Mystic, I sure do miss the outro themes at the end of your old videos.

Gary the ladies man

Gary will win over ash in johto because it has a umbreon 😂😂

I wonder what a mega evolved charizard would look like in giagantamax. How powerful would the inferno overdrive z move be from a mega evolved giagantamax charizard be.

what if ash was oaks and delia s son unofficial and gary was giovanni oak favoring gary more because he isnt born through delia nad him

What if Jessie James and meowth the quit team rocket

Do not give hope to Gary fan's . Please sir

They would have been more like naruto and sasuke or goku or vegeta ngl

And in this what if ashbecomes a Pokemon proffesorresearcher