#best rival

This...isn’t so bad. You should’ve gotten yourself a team by now anyway since new Pokemon you catch will be in the party. Sounds like Blue here was absolutely shocked that you still had one Pokemon and was trying to give Red advice. He’s a jerk, but he’s a good friend.

Says the kid who ran up to me before I can get a Pokemon center, but hey, if that was your plan.

The way he says this makes me think he’s worried for Red, but he’s got a weak stomach and is too proud to admit it and would rather get out of there before being barfed on. Which is why he ran away when the captain was sick so it makes sense.

Again, he says something mean then gives advice. But he’s not really insulting you. But then there’s this:

Yes, and at least I stayed to help out a seasick captain while you “smell you later”ed outta there.

The only time Blue actually calls Red a loser or anything. Up until this point all he’s ever called him was “pal” and all that. But this is the champion battle. And when he wins, he likes to gloat. A lot. So now I never have to feel bad about beating Blue again because this would have happened.

Red taught Blue humility, and that’s why he has character development through out the span of games.

#Pokeani Week

Day Four!  Favorite Rival- PAUL/Shinji

This boy. This Edgy Purple Son of a Gun. I LIVED for this boy when Diamond and Pearl first aired. I would skip over filler episodes and Dawn centric episodes (and I loved Dawn!) so I could watch this piece of shit DESTROY Ash. The fact that he was so vicious and absolutely hated Ash made me want to watch every battle he was in. He was so different from any rival we had before and we’ve never gotten one like him since.

None of his other rivals even come close to the level Paul was at. Paul actually got to Ash. His team was so badass (no matter how much he switched out). It took Ash the ENTIRE DP series to finally beat this boy. Like, it took years before we finally got to see Paul actually respect Ash as a trainer and vice versa. Sure, the other rivals annoyed him, but Paul drove Ash nuts. Like, I never really realized just how much until I re-watched DP and saw how Ash acted toward Gary versus how he acted toward Paul.