Will Chimchar evolve?

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Will it or will it stay like cynda? If so will it evolve once or twice?
 
There's too much pointing for it to *not* evolve with Paul's story.

The writers aren't going to make the same mistakes they made back in Johto. Ash actually evolves most of his Pokemon now and doesn't play the lame cutesy games with his Pokemon anymore.

One of the major reasons Ash's Johto roster was abandoned the way it was is because they didn't evolve and they failed to live up to the Kanto classics. So the writers abandoned them since 2002 and never looked back. They didn't make that mistake with the Hoenn team and they won't do it with Sinnoh either.

There's no way Chimchar will get screwed over the same way Cyndaquil was. The writing in Sinnoh is much better than to see some Johto-era mistake happen to the show again.
 
I hope it does.
The main journey is already at 3/4.

I really this team will be awesome to.

And you sure love bringing up Johto much, altrough I agree with you.
Johto is so much wasted potentional.
In that regard, the Johto starters are up there with the rest of the pokemon.

Still, I am worried with the evolution pace at the moment.
What was the Hoenn status at gym six?
 
I'm not ever getting over how badly Ash's team was treated in Johto, ever.

It was almost as if the writers were afraid that if Ash actually evolved his Pokemon and got stronger, kids would lose interest in the series. Or its almost as if they felt everyone loved Bulbasaur/Squirtle/Charizard so much, that they had to sabotage their "replacements" on purpose.

There was no good reason for Cyndaquil not to evolve. Its almost as if the writers loved Charizard so much that they didn't want little Cynda to actually rival it. Totodile did practically nothing and only had 1 Gym battle and did rubbish, Squirtle did so much more. And even though Bayleef was handled well, Bulbasaur was still there for more than half of Johto. Noctowl just didn't get do much at all.

I swear, its like the writers sabotaged Ash's Johto team on purpose. I blame the nostalgia of how much everyone loved Kanto at the time, hence Charizard's epic return in Movie 3, Bulbasaur staying past the 6th Gym, and Bulba/Squirtle/Charizard being reunited for everything at the end of Johto.

What screwed over Johto is it was the first main saga to come after the nostalgic Kanto aside from Orange, and the writers played favorites with the nostalgic Kanto team that their replacements got treated like dirt.

They did not even give them a goodbye in their last ep and abandoned them since 2002. SIX YEARS. Its been 300+ episodes since we've seen them used in battle, and unless there are GS remakes the writers are going to continue ignoring them.

Why the writers purposely sabotaged Ash's team is beyond me, its like they did it in such a way to piss off the fanbase in every way possible.
 
I think I actually understand why people got sick of hearing Riolu4Ash. Ever since that To The Conquering Of Space-Time toy ad came out featuring Monferno, people have been complaining every week Chimchar doesn't evolve. Every. Friggin. Week.

Ash has a good chance of getting Torterra anyway, which along with Gliscor constitutes his counters to Paul's team; there would be no need for Chimchar to evolve to prove Paul's methods wrong. Chimchar evolving to become stronger would only prove Paul right that it couldn't win as is.

I honestly hope he never does evolve, just to annoy some people... kind of like how others derail at least 75% of topics they post in to Johto bashfests.
 
Nando_Chiaki said:
Ever since that To The Conquering Of Space-Time toy ad came out featuring Monferno, people have been complaining every week Chimchar doesn't evolve. Every. Friggin. Week.
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People wanted Chimchar to evolve because now that Sinnoh is practically over, its evolutions are going to get far less screentime. There are only two Gyms left, even though it'll probably stay on Ash's team for whatever arc comes next.

there would be no need for Chimchar to evolve to prove Paul's methods wrong. Chimchar evolving to become stronger would only prove Paul right that it couldn't win as is.
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No, Chimchar evolving would prove Paul couldn't bring out its potential like Ash could.

The Chimchar/Paul storyline is one of the biggest on-going plots of DP, after all the work the writers put into it they're going to follow through.
 
If Chimchar evolves, it will be after he proves himself to both Paul and himself. In fact, I think it's entirely likely. But only in that case.
 
I predict Chimchar will go Monferno at some point within the next few episodes, seventh gym at the latest, and then again into Infernape in his League match against Paul; likely against Torterra.
 
It and Mukkubird will evolve before July. People just need to be patient.
 
I'm starting to wonder if Scott85 is a robot or something. He keeps mentioning Johto in 95% of his posts. 94% of the time, they really are not warranted. And when he does bring it up, it's the same thing over and over and over again, in the exact same words. Let.It.Go. If you are letting Johto having that much effect on you, than I feel sorry for you and people whon obsess over old things like you.

On the thread topic, I can see Chimchar evolving in the Snowpoint gym, and again while facing Paul. Though I doubt it will change much of anything.
 
I hope it never evolves, and beats Paul's Torterra as is. Because ever since that stupid toy came out, people have been going apeshit (ha, pun) for an evolution every fucking week.

Hell, even if it doesn't evolve, its pretty strong. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a Monferno or Infernape to actually be seen in their home region (sorry Blaziken and Typhlosion), but if it doesn't happen, then I guess Chimchar will be on level with the psycho stuff Pikachu, Squirtle and Bulbasaur pull.
 
Duckgon Z said:
I hope it never evolves, and beats Paul's Torterra as is.
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Oh, God, no. Don't even suggest it. We've gotten past that bullshit and I never want to go back.

Chimchar will evolve as will Staravia. We just have to be patient.
 
Lethal Carnivine said:
I'm starting to wonder if Scott85 is a robot or something. He keeps mentioning Johto in 95% of his posts.
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The thread starter did mention Cyndaquil in the opening post. :p

I am just saying that I disliked it that the writers never used the Johto starters to their full potential, and because of that Ash has 4 Pokemon at Oak's lab that never amounted to anything. Unless a Pokemon can prove its tough in its base form (like Corphish) I hope Ash evolves everything he gets now.

Chimchar will evolve because as others have said, we are past that point, so I don't want to see past mistakes repeated. The writers have done too much good with the Sinnoh region to blow it all in the end.
 
Let's just fully evolve everything in the next episode. That should make everyone happy.
 
There is plenty of time for Chimchar to evolve into Monferno and also there is no real reason for it to evolve into Infernape during the sinnoh league when it can evolve before the pokemon league there is a lot of time left in sinnoh this is not hoenn are the advence saga were every thing went fast. I also want to say something about the johto team just because they did not evolve does not mean they were sabotaged are abandoned are even fail. They did not have to evolve to prove a damn thing they were great and strong just like the other pokemon Cyndaquil was a classic bettler he did fine in battle to prove he did not need to evolve,Totodile was also great he battle really well in the whirl cup battles and that johto league battle he had, the fans always bring up crap that's not even true specialy scott.
 
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Well, I actually didn't know people were going really strongly about Chimchar evolving. Interesting.

Anyway, I personally don't mind either way. All I'm hoping for is that during the Sinnoh League, Ash faces Paul and Chimchar takes down Paul's last Pokemon. Whether or not it evolves doesn't matter to me as long as there can be a sense of poetic justice in such a match like that. While I do think evolution would be the best way for Chimchar to take control of its Blaze ability, there could also be other ways of doing so.

Don't get me wrong. I would totally love the idea of a Monferno and an Infernape on Ash's team. But I also don't think that it is completely necessary either for that to happen. I'll just be happy if Chimchar is the Pokemon Ash uses to finally beat Paul. Besides that, it's already seriously strong and I could see it in the rank of Pokemon like Pikachu, Bulbasuar, Squirtle and Corphish who are strong enough without reaching their final evolution stages.
 
i definately want it to evolve

and scott i agree with his Johnto team being underdevoloped but it wasnt that bad. Bayleef was excellent and well used

As for cynda, pity it didnt evolve, but rememeber it won alot of good matches especially for Ahs battle vs Steelix and Pryces Dewgong so it was still good without evolving. Noctowl was not amazing but it did well vs ghost pokemon in the 4th gym battle
 
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