Meanest rival in the anime

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For me it is Gary (only because silver never made an appearance besides a cameo) Although he has changed for the better, he was still a big jerk to Ash and his friends in the beginning
 
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But I would have to say Paul is the obvious choice, especially since Gary has really softened up.
 
ha I totally forgot about Paul you guys are right he is the biggest jerk
 
Eh, there's always the fact that Shigeru actually went out of his way to actively mock Satoshi, while Shinji for the most part doesn't want anything to do with him.

Sure he's softened up now, but his Kanto iteration could probably count as "meanest rival". Depends on what you put in "mean", really.
 
Shinji is a jerkwad to anyone who isn't older than he is and even when they're older than he is, he wouldn't necessarily respect their advice. Even if Gary was an arrogant twit who went out of his way to mock Ash at first, I don't think he got to Ash nearly as much as Shinji's crappy attitude does.
 
Well, if you're going by true cruelty, then Paul is definitely the answer. We've had real jerks for rivals before, but never one like Paul. He's cruel and beyond mean.

Gary was mean too, but he was more of an arrogant jerk to Ash than an asshole.
 
PEOPLE.

HARLEY.

Paul may be distant and cold, put on the guise of wanting nothing to do with Ash (despite how obvious it is that he's fascinated with the boy), and look at his Pokémon primarily as chess pieces, but it's not like he's going out of his way to harm anyone, despite how extreme his training methods appeared were in the case of Chimchar.

But Harley was an absolute bitch to May. XDDDD And that's why we love him. Sure, he mellowed out starting with the Kanto Grand Festival, but he went out of his way time and time again just to screw with May, once even resorting to explicit cheating.

Or were we just talking about Ash's rivals and no one actually said so?
 
At least Harley loves his Pokemon. Shinji doesn't AND induces rage in others for his jerkitude without even trying.
 
I would say Harley definately. I mean Paul isnt really mean, more that he is rude. Unlike Harley, he doesnt go around trying to sabotage his rivals chances at stardom. He plays by the books. Harley is creepy and mean, and for the dumbest reasons. I mean it wasnt even May...
 
Lil Brother said:
PEOPLE.

HARLEY.
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Who? How can people remember a character not from Kanto or DP? Its not the original and not the current saga, the whole middle of Pokemon is a blur to me.

j/k.

I love Harley. :p

But I wouldn't say he was as cruel as Paul. Harley didn't treat his Pokemon like dirt, Paul is only interested in power and his treatment of Chimchar was the most brutal case of human-to-Pokemon cruelty in the show.
 
As far as Gary goes, I never really thought of him as "mean". Sure, he'd tease Ash alot, and he'd always act a bit superior sometimes, but that's just something guys do with each other. It's not like he ever played dirty or anything.
 
Harley definitely beats out Paul; the former is manipulative and only cares about himself. The latter just wants to prove that he is better than his brother.
 
People must be out of their damn mind to say Harley was the meanest because he wasn't,he might have been a mean little jerk to May but he was nothing like Paul who is like the son of satan,and that is because Paul don't care about anyone else but himself and he treat his pokemon like crap and care only about strong pokemon, he is also ruthless as the time he put Chimchar life in danger without a care inorder to make it strong,he is not nice at all either and he only care about powerful pokemon which is not good,to me Paul is the most meanest rival the anime ever had.
 
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