I remember when Ash's Pikachu was getting cooked by a Cubone, and then Ash told just told Pikachu to throw hands and whooped his ass

The first pokemon to use play rough 🤣

Ash got outplayed, called cheating many times on an opponent who played completely fair, and when he couldn't take it, told Pikachu to ignore the rules, dislocate Cubone's skull, and f*ck it up. And we're supposed to be rooting for Ash here?

That rat fought dirty and desecrated the skull of Cubone's dead mother and I'm supposed to root for him?

Mfer did a combo from Bite to Fury Swipes to Jump Kick to Recoil

Ash telling any other trainer that they’re using “cheap tricks” is WILD 😭😭😭

OG battles are so chill and creative, love their interpretation

Pikachu used "Can of whoop ass" Its super effective!!

God, remember when anipoke battles were this small and simple and scope? Going from this to Ash Greninja vs Mega Sceptile in XY&Z is insane

Fun Fact: Giselle is the only named character Ash was overly attracted to

It pulled the Goku special of tail biting

This was probably the moment when the switch flipped in Ash's mind and he realized he could do whatever the hell he wanted.

Ash thinking outside of the box! Despite Misty calling Ash’s win a fluke, it is because he thought outside of the box and trusted Pikachu, like he did with Caterpie vs. Jessie and James in the Viridian Forest and how Caterpie managed to do his best and won, even when exhausted!

The more I watch OG Pokemon the more I realize, it's based off of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 🤣

He’s out of the type matchup, but he’s never out of options.

Pickachu use close combat

“That’s not fair!” “It’s still a cheap trick!” Says the guy who completely ignored Ground’s immunity to electric and used the sprinklers during his fight against Brock. 🤦‍♀️(not to mention all the other cheap tricks and plot armor bullshit he pulled later on in the series)

Season 1 battles were something else

lol

i really like it when trainer battles are depicted as these dorky little playground-scale affairs

Bite, fury swipes, low kick

Can we talk for a minute about the fact that Cubone could have just taken that shock to the face and be fine, but decided to deflect it with his bone club just to flex?

Wow

The irony of ASH calling someones tactics cheap.

I got this I got I got the anime invented play rough

ash taught Pikachu taunt, then Pikachu autoed acrobatics, bite, and fury swipes😆

"FUCK THE MOVES SHIT,THROW HANDS!"