Ash's Torterra not getting any spotlight

E

Elite Four Will

Femme Fatale! WOHOO
Joined
Apr 5, 2010
Messages
542
Reaction score
1
After watching few episodes lately I noticed how poorly Torterra is treated. Right after its evolution it seems Torterra has gone weaker. He loses most of the battles he participates in. It really bugs me because as a Turtwig and a Grotle he seemed to get alot of spotlight but lately it seems the spotlight went to Infernape. Torterra barely lasts a minute on field. It feels like the writers don't care about him any more and care much more on Infernape which I dont mind btw but still give some little light to Torterra he deserves it.

So do you guys feel the same way as I do? Post your opinions...
 
Bad.

Torterra was my favourite starter of D/P.

Too bad, Torterra's mouth is not that easy to give many expressions, nor it has any interesting story anymore besides his dislike towards Paul's Honchkrow which was scrapped whatsoever.

Eh, I hope he will at least beat Paul's Ninjask.
 
*picks up a flashlight and shines it on Torterra* There spotlight!

Seriously, can we at least wait until the Paul battle is over to throw our arms in the air and scream, "X pokemon was mishandled, the writers are jerks"
 
Gible said:
Seriously, can we at least wait until the Paul battle is over to throw our arms in the air and scream, "X pokemon was mishandled, the writers are jerks"
Click to expand...

If I can whine as much as I want, sure why not?
 
Torterra evolved very late into the region. It was right close to the point where Dawn was competing in the Grand Festival. This is where the anime was focusing on the pokemon belonging to Dawn and her rivals. Ash was briefly seen training his Gible, and afterwards sat in the audience for the remainder of that tenure.

After the Grand Festival ended, we immediately got to the Sunyshore Gym. Here, although Torterra was used, it was the fall guy so that Pikachu and Infernape can get their wins. and then to the Suzuran Conference. It is impossible to give Torterra all that much screentime since Ash is using his Oaked pokemon as well.

Torterra was used in a few filler episodes, however, such as the Shaymin episode, battle against Bertha, the Meowth in love episode, and the Buck episode.

In addition, we don't know when, but Torterra will be used in the battle against Paul.
 
Last edited:
The only thing that I don't like when it comes down to Torterra's treatment is this:

wtfjump.png
 
Last edited:
Personally, I kind of wanted it to stay as a Grotle.
 
Well, I just found Grotle to be the cooler looking of the two, plus I felt one final Starter Evolution was good enough.

Also, sort of a thematic...Piplup, Grotle, and Infernape in the group. Y'know, moving on up the evolutionary ladder.
 
if torterra could learn new moves such as stone edge, earth power, wood hammer, and earthquake hed be much more powerfull
 
Yeah, ever since it evolved, it hardly got the spotlight. Its was also one of the starters I did not hate or want to ignore (KILL THE PIPLUP, IGNORE THE MONKEY!). It honestly needs more time onscreen since it can be a really good powerhouse on Ash's team. Hopefully, it will have a better chance to show its skills by the time the Ash VS Paul battle starts. It should get atleast one win. If it goes down that easily like in the Volkner battle, that is really going to be a disappointment.
 
Gible said:
*picks up a flashlight and shines it on Torterra* There spotlight!
Click to expand...

There, now are you happy? It's only still the battle round of the Sinnoh League, we have Paul and the legendary trainer to wait for. I will be really upset if it doesn't do anything in the battles.
 
Mijumaru said:
It's only still the battle round of the Sinnoh League, we have Paul and the legendary trainer to wait for. I will be really upset if it doesn't do anything in the battles.
Click to expand...

My point is, it'll do something in the Paul battle and it seems the writers aren't making it easy for it by having Torterra get a win against Gastrodon solely based on type advantages. Let's all take a chill pill and watch the battle, cause I'm sure Torterra'll shine. I think it'll take out Ninjask... in a mirrored battle of Gliscor v Paul's Torterra in the last battle. Except with Ninjask actually being a threat to the Torterra.
 
Ya I have been exaggeration a little its just that I was expecting to much from Torterra. Guess I will wait for the Paul battle.
 
We will always have Torterrapult.

torterrapult-1.gif


torterrapulverize.gif


wtfjump.png
Click to expand...
This is the greatest thing ever!

Anyway, yeah, wait till the Paul battle. The shenanigans aren't over with yet.
 
V Faction said:
This is the greatest thing ever!
Click to expand...

Noooo! It wasn't using Rock Climb in that pic, so I'm a bit mift about the defensive style seemingly being less focused on. We didn't really see anything of it against Volkner or that wild Claydoll either, so I hope we see it during the Paul match.
 
define spotlight for me here.

in terms of seeing the pokemon, Ash has used it quite a bit.

in battle terms, it hasn't done anything of mortal value, and not being able to hurt a random Claydol at all (that went on to get it's butt kicked by it's pre evolved form no less...) kinda killed my expectations of it after it's other battle failures.

thing should've stayed as a Turtwig, it seemed more capable in that form than it's evo's did.
 
Chaosblazer said:
in battle terms, it hasn't done anything of mortal value, and not being able to hurt a random Claydol at all (that went on to get it's butt kicked by it's pre evolved form no less...) kinda killed my expectations of it after it's other battle failures.
Click to expand...

Why DOES anyone count its battle with Claydol? Seriously if Buck wasn't being a dick at the time (like the writers make characters sometimes) I'm sure we would've seen something come from it like doing serious damage.

I cannot believe anyone would count that one attack being countered as a negative to Torterra. Since right after the countered attack, Buck had to be a dick and take the glory. Sort of like all those other times when COTD's get involved and blast off Team Rocket. This is no different. It was one tiny leaf storm being blocked by rapid spin. That's all it was, Torterra didn't even have a chance to do anything else because of Buck.

So I have no idea why vs Claydol is even counted considering Buck was the one to take the glory.
 
^doesn't matter if Buck was a dick or not, Torterra was not able to hurt that claydol at all, and Buck's Baltoy beat the daylights out of it which is downright sad.

I mean come on, Leaf Storm was blocked by Rapid Spin!
 
Please note: The thread is from 16 years ago.
Please take the age of this thread into consideration in writing your reply. Depending on what exactly you wanted to say, you may want to consider if it would be better to post a new thread instead.
Back
Top Bottom