Butch and Cassidy have got away with all the Pokéballs at the lab, but now they are surrounded. As Ash's Bulbasaur steps forward to battle, Professor Oak says this:
"If it's a battle you want, then it's a battle you're gonna get. All right, everybody. Let's go and get those Pokéballs back. Let's see, I think I'll choose... Ah, yes, of course. Bulbasaur, one of my oldest companions. Let's fight together. I choose you, my friend."
This tells us one or more of the following:
1) The Chronicles team is crazy.
2) Professor Oak is going senile.
3) Professor Oak knows something we don't know.
Bulbasaur, of course, had only gone to the lab a season before to deal with the fighting after Tracey and Oak had failed to solve it. Oak later showed that he couldn't even keep the peace for even a day while Bulbasaur was with Ash in Hoenn. So unless it teaches May's Bulbasaur a thing or two then, thanks to Oak, Ash won't be using Bulbasaur again.
But that isn't the only negative thing we can say about the world's foremost authority on Pokémon. For one thing, he wasn't exactly thinking in episode one. Granted, had Ash not overslept he would have got his Squirtle, but then it would have been Gary who ended up Pikachu. Professor Oak knew that four trainers were going to start their journey that day. Why wasn't he prepared?
Tracey is probably a big help, but Oak didn't look for him. Tracey came to Oak.
Anything else? Well, a herd of Tauros almost demolished his lab. This being quite a while after they broke a fence.
So he isn't as good as he looks on the surface. But with all that said, he is still highly respected for the work he does. His heart is in the right place, and he is very hard-working. Right now, one of his projects is researching Pokérus in order to work out and prevent whatever Team Rocket are planning with it.
In the first generation of games, Oak has three Pokémon left: Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. Interesting, then, that the only Pokémon we know he had as a trainer was a Charmeleon. Is it now a Charizard very close to Ash's Charizard? Who knows, but what of Bulbasaur? Did he have one but then left it to protect some Pokémon in a reserve between Cerulean and Vermillion City?
When you think that his childhood rival is now a member of the Elite Four, it is likely that he was a very powerful trainer at one point. But for some reason, all his Pokémon are gone now. Dead or nearby? It's an interesting thought.
"If it's a battle you want, then it's a battle you're gonna get. All right, everybody. Let's go and get those Pokéballs back. Let's see, I think I'll choose... Ah, yes, of course. Bulbasaur, one of my oldest companions. Let's fight together. I choose you, my friend."
This tells us one or more of the following:
1) The Chronicles team is crazy.
2) Professor Oak is going senile.
3) Professor Oak knows something we don't know.
Bulbasaur, of course, had only gone to the lab a season before to deal with the fighting after Tracey and Oak had failed to solve it. Oak later showed that he couldn't even keep the peace for even a day while Bulbasaur was with Ash in Hoenn. So unless it teaches May's Bulbasaur a thing or two then, thanks to Oak, Ash won't be using Bulbasaur again.
But that isn't the only negative thing we can say about the world's foremost authority on Pokémon. For one thing, he wasn't exactly thinking in episode one. Granted, had Ash not overslept he would have got his Squirtle, but then it would have been Gary who ended up Pikachu. Professor Oak knew that four trainers were going to start their journey that day. Why wasn't he prepared?
Tracey is probably a big help, but Oak didn't look for him. Tracey came to Oak.
Anything else? Well, a herd of Tauros almost demolished his lab. This being quite a while after they broke a fence.
So he isn't as good as he looks on the surface. But with all that said, he is still highly respected for the work he does. His heart is in the right place, and he is very hard-working. Right now, one of his projects is researching Pokérus in order to work out and prevent whatever Team Rocket are planning with it.
In the first generation of games, Oak has three Pokémon left: Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. Interesting, then, that the only Pokémon we know he had as a trainer was a Charmeleon. Is it now a Charizard very close to Ash's Charizard? Who knows, but what of Bulbasaur? Did he have one but then left it to protect some Pokémon in a reserve between Cerulean and Vermillion City?
When you think that his childhood rival is now a member of the Elite Four, it is likely that he was a very powerful trainer at one point. But for some reason, all his Pokémon are gone now. Dead or nearby? It's an interesting thought.
