General Rival/Recurring Character Discussion

[Mirage25]

He doesn't need Charizard.

His Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Kingler, Snorlax, Tauros, and Muk are great. If done right.

INFERNAPE!!! Have it's Blaze ability kick in and WAM!

[AceDetective]

INFERNAPE!!! Have it's Blaze ability kick in and WAM!

and that shows trip the power of kanto how exactly?

[Mirage25]

It'll show Trip that when you go through several Regions, you do NOT want to be f***ed with and that Ash is no Hillbilly

[The Great Butler]

It'll show Trip that when you go through several Regions, you do NOT want to be f***ed with and that Ash is no Hillbilly

Using a Sinnoh Pokemon doesn't prove anything about Kanto.

[Umbilical Noose]

I believe Trip never said anything wrong about Kanto Pokemon. He just said that was immature cause he was from Kanto. Correct me if I am wrong but he directly insulted the region or Ash not the native Pokemon. Besides he was quite surprised to Pikachu. I don't think he consider them weak.

[Shneak]

He was insulting the region, so why not use the Pokemon that he caught there?

I doubt he will though. I bet he'll use his original Unova Six.

[G50]

I am okay with what Bianca, Stephan and Georgia(and Luke if you count him too, can't say anything for Masaomi other than I expect him to be a league rival(as Smash guys did bother to cosplay as him, in addition to him having lots of promotion from magazines and whatnot for Clubsplosion) and appear in another Club Battle Tournament, win against Trip and lose against Ash, to be basically "I won against the guy you lost horribly lol" ego rubbing(see Paul's wtf reaction for Ash's comment before his battle against Brandon, except this one would be much less powerful of course)).

I think Masaomi is done in this saga, would've been cool to have him in the League and maybe a rematch with Stephen. Plus a chance for Ash to battle him.

[BurningSociety12345543210]

I think Masaomi is done in this saga, would've been cool to have him in the League and maybe a rematch with Stephen. Plus a chance for Ash to battle him.

Ash already battled him. Didn't end too well. I'd rather not see that again..

[red2000]

I think the writers realized that they couldn't capture lightning in a bottle twice, Paul was great, and it seemed as though they tried to reincarnate him in Trip but decided to go in a different direction half way through, I'm glad that Bianca is becoming a bit of a more serious rival I've personally thought she would give a Ash a good challenge at the League. Stephan is cool he just needs a 3rd Pokemon already, Georgia would've been better as Ash's rival, and Burgundy is Casey all over again, no point

[G50]

Ash already battled him. Didn't end too well. I'd rather not see that again..

I meant 3 on 3 or 6 on 6, like a league amount of Pokemon.

I think he'd fare better if he was up against more Pokemon.

[AceDetective]

I think Masaomi is done in this saga, would've been cool to have him in the League and maybe a rematch with Stephen. Plus a chance for Ash to battle him.

if winning the don George tournaments qualifies you for entry into the world tournament then I could see mas there as he did win one

[G50]

if winning the don George tournaments qualifies you for entry into the world tournament then I could see mas there as he did win one

He could probably be there. If that's a qualification then Iris would be able to as well.

[AceDetective]

He could probably be there. If that's a qualification then Iris would be able to as well.

that's my thinking. ash has his past achievements + Cynthia knows how good he can be, cilans a gym leader but I was wondering about iris and whether she would enter or not. winning a don George qualifying for entry would let her enter, as well as Stephen and mas. and if they do a third don battle tournament before the world tournament then trip can win that one

[Caseydia]

He was insulting the region, so why not use the Pokemon that he caught there?

I doubt he will though. I bet he'll use his original Unova Six.

He was talking about his intelligence as well as certain aspects more than the region. Kind of like when I said that the people in the south didn't know nothing. Doesn't mean it's true. But with Ash the way he seemed anyone would have made that assumption.

[G50]

that's my thinking. ash has his past achievements + Cynthia knows how good he can be, cilans a gym leader but I was wondering about iris and whether she would enter or not. winning a don George qualifying for entry would let her enter, as well as Stephen and mas. and if they do a third don battle tournament before the world tournament then trip can win that one

If Iris finds out about Drayden being in the tournament, it could be that she ends up unsure as to whether she wants to enter after all.

[Airi-Chan]

I believe Trip never said anything wrong about Kanto Pokemon. He just said that was immature cause he was from Kanto. Correct me if I am wrong but he directly insulted the region or Ash not the native Pokemon. Besides he was quite surprised to Pikachu. I don't think he consider them weak.

That's right. I think he insults Kanto because of social factor probably O.o
I don't see he insults Kanto Pokemon

[_Taidow_]

I enjoyed that Georgia didn't mind that it's Vanilluxe was floating around unsupervised. Didn't she even jokingly tell Iris to become an Ice Master instead of a Dragon Master?

[G50]

I enjoyed that Georgia didn't mind that it's Vanilluxe was floating around unsupervised. Didn't she even jokingly tell Iris to become an Ice Master instead of a Dragon Master?

I wonder if she would do that with her Beartic as well, if there was an episode where it was needed.

[CyberCubed]

I hope they just drop Trip right after the Unova league. The character bombed in every capacity and nothing can save him now.

I see no reason to keep him after the league either, after Ash has beaten Gary and Paul at the leagues they pretty much were written out. I see no reason for Trip to stay since Gary/Paul didn't.

[zeno48]

I hope they just drop Trip right after the Unova league. The character bombed in every capacity and nothing can save him now.

I see no reason to keep him after the league either, after Ash has beaten Gary and Paul at the leagues they pretty much were written out. I see no reason for Trip to stay since Gary/Paul didn't.

True, and why would they keep him around? as you stated they didn't with paul or Gary so i don't see the problem. I feel that they need to work on providing better rivals. I think with everything the writers are planning they didn't have time to shape Trip to be a successor to both Paul and Gary. Instead we had a trainer starting out and having pikachu lose to his starter to me was over the top stupid. Anyways with the new rival coming in i see that they might just shaft him and provide him with minimal appearances from this point.