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FabuVinny

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What exactly is a Pokémon Ranger? All we know is that they go around protecting nature and Pokémon from evil do-ers. Hmm...Sound like anyone we know? :rolleyes: The two that we have seen are older than most trainers. They can also use any wild Pokémon for a short time with their capture styler.

The question has come up recently of who in the anime could be a Ranger. Here are my ideas:

Ash - It does seem to be the next step up for him. After all, he certainly has the experience for the job. It would also give him a more specialised goal, and I doubt it would stop him doing the Gym Quest. I wouldn't be surprised if he was offered the role after completing the Battle Frontier.

Misty - She is a Gym Leader, but I think her only real motivation is a sense of duty and a need to keep Daisy away from the badges. Pie noted that something is missing, and I think being a Ranger would fulfill that. She prefers Water Pokémon, but AG Misty would definately be ready to do what it takes.

Brock - You need to be caring for Pokémon, and Brock fulfills that easily!

Tracey - He has his hands full with Oak and Daisy at the moment.

May - She seems more concerned with being a Coordinator than a Ranger. That wouldn't stop her travelleing with Ash, of course, but being a Ranger isn't where I see May going.

Max - Too young, no Pokémon. (I assume that Plusle does belong to Hinata, along with the use of the capture styler.) He seems more likely to be a researcher, but who knows what the future will bring for him... Still, unless we jump forward a few years, I don't see Max doing it.

Team Rocket - If they weren't needed as the evil do-ers, I could see ths happening.

Gary - Last time we saw him, he didn't know what to do. He is questioning whether he should have become a researcher, so the writers could have anything happen. I suppose this depends on whether you want him to be Ash's rival again.

Ritchie - The perfect Ash does seem more qualified for the job. He has brains, and seemed to get as far as Ash when they met up in the Lugia arc without the help Ash got. Yes, I can definately see Ash meeting Ritchie already a Ranger.

Casey - She seems a little immature for the job. Though her hairstyle is similar to Hinata's. (j/k)
:251: What? It's possible!

Thinking about this, I wonder if Rangers have different specialities. Brock the healer, Ritchie the mystery solver, etc.
 
Oh, is this what you meant when you pointed to the new Ranger thread? My mistake, thought you were talking about the movie one. =P

I've always seen them as sort of a Park Ranger type, maybe with a mix of Pokémon Activist and Scout. If your description is true to the games, then I'd say the developers had a similar view to mine, which is pretty cool.

Ash would make an awesome Ranger, seriously. When I noticed Rangers and Breeders were sort of set apart from the other Trainers in the games, I thought it'd be a neat idea if they got some importance much like the Breeders being represented by Brock, and Ash would make a pretty good one, already having the hat and all...

(No, I'm not making this up. I gotta get me one of those tinfoil hats - this stuff seems to happen to me on a regular basis.)

And now, that they are becoming important? It has gone from a little "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if..." idea to something I'm really hoping will happen!

I agree with pretty much all your thoughts, except perhaps the Brock one - while he is certainly capable of becoming one, I imagine he'd rather stick to his current role of being a Breeder. Although there was that thing he mentioned about being inspired to battle again... did they ever reveal what exactly he meant by that, or was it less important than we all thought?
 
Well, Brock isn't doing much as a breeder at the moment, is he? I think you've mentioned that a couple of times. :p

Just as being Gym Leader was how the writers saved Misty, this is could be how they save Brock.
 
FabuVinny said:
Well, Brock isn't doing much as a breeder at the moment, is he? I think you've mentioned that a couple of times. :p

Just as being Gym Leader was how the writers saved Misty, this is could be how they save Brock.
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But... but I like seeing him as a breeder! One of the main reasons he's not doing much as a breeder at the moment is because he's not doing much in the way of anything at the moment. If they actually, I dunno, remembered he exists more often...

Bonsly should definitely help in the breeding department, I think. While not as much as a cutefluffythingtobebrushedandadored as Vulpix, it seems to me like it will fill that void the 'pix left.

But I guess, failing that, he could be a Ranger. *sigh* But really, Ash is so much more suited to becoming a Ranger, and it would be so cool if he did...
 
Well, it is part of "What is a Ranger?"

I think being a breeder can still be part of being a ranger, and it would give the writers motivation to push him out of the background. If anyone becomes one, then Ash seems to be a given, but I do think Brock is possible as well.
 
How recent is it? Because no brand-spanking-new-just-released-today-omg Ranger-related news jumps to mind, no.
 
I meant the title and pictures of the Ranger episode but I don't watch the anime so I don't know what is old and what isn't.
 
Yeeeah, we've known about the episode for quite a while. Thanks, though.
 
The title is usually revealed a while before the episode. We then get a short preview a week before the episode airs. And we know the pictures are coming, anyway.
 
I agree with pretty much all your thoughts, except perhaps the Brock one - while he is certainly capable of becoming one, I imagine he'd rather stick to his current role of being a Breeder. Although there was that thing he mentioned about being inspired to battle again... did they ever reveal what exactly he meant by that, or was it less important than we all thought?
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Brock has rescued and rereleased more injured wild Pokemon than he's ever bred or raised any baby Pokemon. If a Pokemon Ranger IS just like a park ranger - someone who protects the enviroment and wild Pokemon - well Brock fits that description better than he does a breeder.
 
If I had my way with the show, Pokemon Rangers would be like the U.S. Army Rangers: elite, deadly, swift, and surgical. They would primarily use Pokemon for para-military operations. :D
 
I'm actually with Zeta on this one as far as helping injured wild Pokemon. He also seemed to have interest in healing, which is probably an aspect of breeding but isn't quite the same thing. Breeding has more to do with genetics, I think, and selecting for pattern, color, strength, and maybe even a standard appearance. Like, if the Pokemon world has something equivalent to dog shows, where animals are judged on physical appearance as well as obedience and even agility, that seems more what a breeder does. Brock has shown more interest in being a doctor, what with the Sharpedo and the Stantler and even helping Taillow and Pikachu, I think. Unless, of course, I'm completely mixed up about what breeding is. But I thought Vulpix was not really trained for battle but more to appear in shows. Oh, and Brock was shopping for medicine with May to stock up on supplies, as well as Pokemon food ingredients.

I think healing is a more sympathetic and empathic pursuit, while breeding is generally done to make money and I think breeders stick to one breed of animal. I know Brock's expressed love of raising Pokemon, but he doesn't seem the type to sell Pokemon and I can't quite see him manipulating who mates with who to get the right look for the offspring. But what would he do with so many extras if he didn't get them to good homes when they were old enough to leave their parents? Seems like being a healer suits him better even character-wise. Heck, if he likes to raise Pokemon but doesn't want a lot of extras, being a gym leader or battler and capturing the ones he wants is better, since he's done a fine job raising all his Pokemon to date.

Brock would make an awesome ranger just because he loves nature and knows a great deal about it. However, would he condone the temporary borrowing of a Pokemon's powers without their express choice? I mean technically, can't a Pokemon that belongs to him choose to refuse to battle? I'm not sure if the Pokemon caught with a styler have a choice to allow their use. If they don't have the choice, then perhaps being a Ranger wouldn't go with his caring heart.
 
Recently released movies from the game show that the Pokémon don't have a choice there. Of course, it is probably different in the anime, (where there is a lower emphasis on trading, for example,) but I haven't heard an attempts to justify the ethical issue in canon yet.
 
well looking at the Pokemon Ranger site we do see 3 new rangers (it looks like) the question is, who are they?
 
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