For Want Of A Nail

Yoshi-san said:
1) What if Tracey continued to follow Ash to his Johto journey?
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I imagine that they would have closed Brock's story in some way or another.

And fans would be complaining that Tracey is worn out as a character and would be wanting Brock back. It shows that you can never please this fandom.

2) What if May caught that Swablu?
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I would've been happy For one thing, May might've actually had an easier time with contests if Swablu evolved into an elegant Altaria. And there might have been a couple of episodes focusing on it.

That's all I can think of since it was only in one episode.

3) What if Max caught his Ralts that day?
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Umm...I don't kmow how he would've captured it unless Ash caught it for him. But I would expect Brock/Ash/even May constantly teaching Max about Pokemon and breeding and training skills.

For my what if:
What if all three girls met in a normal episode?
 
1. The group will feel out of place somehow (and Brock leaving again may be one of them).
2. I'd like that. The group would have an extra searcher (Flying Pokemon have been used as searchers since Ash's Pidgeotto).
3. It'd probably show Max's experience with Pokemon despite his age.
 
May should have captured that Swablu, at least in a later ep.

pokefan38 said:
For my what if:
What if all three girls met in a normal episode?
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Nothing much. Misty/May didn't interact much in the eps they were together in, and I doubt May/Dawn's interactions would be that different from what we've seen in the Wallace Cup eps. Misty/Dawn is the only interaction we don't know about yet, but it may not be anything special.
 
Yoshi-san said:
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Basically this is a "What if" thread for the Pokemon anime. Here's a couple of thoughts I had lately.

1) What if Tracey continued to follow Ash to his Johto journey?

2) What if May caught that Swablu?

3) What if Max caught his Ralts that day?

What do you think?
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1) Is Scyther would be a Scizor now
2) She would probably be the first character with a dragon type instead of Ash.
3) His character wouldn't feel uneeded so much
 
Yoshi-san said:
1) What if Tracey continued to follow Ash to his Johto journey?
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I think he and Misty would have both left at the end of Johto, cause Tracey can't seem to carry plot very well.

2) What if May caught that Swablu?
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Swablu would have become May's favourite pokémon, causing combusken to slowly sink in a depression that would have led him to become a drug addict. He would have died from an overdose in early Kanto... or... you know... not.

3) What if Max caught his Ralts that day?
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Urgh... we would have gotten more Max focus episodes... which... no thanks...

pokefan38 said:
What if all three girls met in a normal episode?
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In the episode: The three girls would fight to death to know who gets Ash Probably nothing spectacular, they have very little in common.

In the forum: WORLD WAR EFFING 3 that's what would happen, well... that and a lot of Misty fans wetting their digital pants.

Primal Darkrai said:
My what if: if the anime had actually followed the game plot in Kanto and Johto.
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Team Rocket being actually menacing, Giovanni getting closure... count me in.

The League just being the Elite 4 with Gary being the Champion... no, just no.

My what if: What if Dawn and Ash hadn't traded Aipom and Buizel ?
 
Here are some more:

- What if the Johto saga was actually good?

- What if Misty actually battled more often?

- What if Brock actually had a subplot for once?

- What if the Groudon/Kyorge eps were actually done well?

- What if Jessie had Arbok and Seviper at the same time?

- What if Misty never got Togepi, therefore not having her personality toned down?

- What if Ash never release Gliscor?
 

What if you stopped posting? Forever?

I know I'd be happy.
 
-What if Misty stayed?

-What if 4Kids never stopped dubbing?

-What if Johanna never knew about contests?

-What if Dawn's Togekiss was the Evil Togepi?

-What if Porygon or its evos ever appeared (again)?

-What if Takeda created a Tamagawa and reappeared out of nowhere?
 
TG Jessibelle said:
-What if Misty stayed?
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She's be exactly the same as she was in Johto. Or she'd be like Brock is now.

What if 4Kids never stopped dubbing?
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Then some people wouldn't have stopped watching.

What if Johanna never knew about contests?
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Dawn wouldn't be a coordinator.

What if Dawn's Togekiss was the Evil Togepi?
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Togekiss would be evil.

What if Takeda created a Tamagawa and reappeared out of nowhere?
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The anime would explode.
 
Here are mine:
-What if Misty returned?
-What if contests were never introduceed in this show?
-What if Brock have left?
-What if Ashs Pikachu evolved?
-What if Ash won a league?
-What if Gary stayed being rival?
What if Dawn Ambipom never left?

Gliscor'd said:
- What if Misty never got Togepi, therefore not having her personality toned down?
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The only thing which was toned down after geting Togepi was not being explosive to same extent.In other parts she was more or less the same.

Her personality was fine,and i dont find almost noone complaining about her persona,except you.If you dont like the way she has developed,thats your opinion.

She's be exactly the same as she was in Johto. Or she'd be like Brock is now.
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Thats invalid thing to say,considering that anime is being improved constantly as time goes on.While both Misty and Brock were on cast,female part received more screntime than he did.One of examples would be Ashs pokmon team being handle better compared to Johto ones both in Hoenn and DP,he got proper rivals,group and their pokemon are getting more screentime,writers gave Jessie more of a role,gillers were reduced and replaced with more arcs etc.

So in short anime has gotten better in writing,but to you that wouldnt apply to Misty being exception."Yep,that certainly makes sense"(sarcasm).

Nevertheles its very unvalid to compare Misty with Brock,seeing how they have different goals with Mistys being more connected with battling.Part of reason why Brock received less screentime than those who are more into taking partake in competitions like Ash,May,even Misty(it wasnt to same extent but uts notabl she for some reason got more focus on) is coming from nature of his goal not having much to do with action.

Math is quite simple,if said character got more of focus back than when both were in show,and if anime is geting better in handling things and writing,its quite obvioius how Misty would be handled better than it was the case in Johto days,receiving more than Brock did with her goal of becoming water master being expanded more.If writers wanted her to stay,they would give he more of a role with time.
 
here is a mine:

1) what if Jessie Duxtox defeated May Beautyfly in "I Feel Skitty", Would meowth dream of a skitty being abused by Ash ad Co. have become reality, and how would jessie getting Skitty affected the rest of the Advanced (and Diamond and Pearl) series?
 
Gliscor'd said:
- What if the Groudon/Kyorge eps were actually done well?
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Rayquaza would probably have been much more involved. There would be a 3 or 4 part episode instead of 3 part episode. Rayquaza being awakened and descending from the skies while awesome music played in the background.

I would be very happy.
 
What if AdvanceShipping became canon

No more shipping wars. HURRAH *gets killed*

What if May met Paul?

What if Ash evolved Pikachu?

What if all 3 girls started to travel with Ash?
 
IMO the biggest for want of a nail in the story is:

What if Ash actually got up on time and got Squirtle as he had planned?
 
Gliscor'd said:
- What if the Johto saga was actually good?
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You mean, what if the Kanto saga was actually good?
Thank Arceus Johto fixed Kanto's mistakes!

- What if Misty actually battled more often?
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She battled more than any other sidekick character... while Misty's character and story could've been done better, I really think that she's the best out of the 4 sidekicks...

- What if Misty never got Togepi, therefore not having her personality toned down?
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Togepi turning into part of Misty's outfit did nothing to her personality... you're dreaming about your fanfic world
If anything, Togepi probably ate your brain... that would explain a lot

- What if Ash never release Gliscor?
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Then you wouldn't turn into a Misty fan... oh wait, you acted like one anyway...
 
Piplup said:
You mean, what if the Kanto saga was actually good?
Thank Arceus Johto fixed Kanto's mistakes!
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While Kanto had its mistakes,i liked it actually.Its one of my favorite regions to this day.

She battled more than any other sidekick character... while Misty's character and story could've been done better, I really think that she's the best out of the 4 sidekicks...
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With this i agree.Misty had her moments but its a shame writers nevr expnded more on her character,backstory and her goal of becoming water master.After that she got replaced(mistake if you ask me) with no build up or closure,leaving her story unresolved,with gym and incompetent sisters being used as excuse to ditch her out.

In other words she was "put on a bus" like TV tropes like to say.

Regarding whole sidekick thing,better term would be protagonist with smaller role but eh.
 
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