Let's be real here...Pokemon was once a good series. I liked Pokemon all the way up to Johto, I mean back then the plot was good and there seemed to be a lot going on... I just feel like the series is just copying the new episodes after the older ones... with the same type plots. Ash always loses to one gym leader, trains is butt off, then beats that gym leader and he NEVER comes in first place or second in any of his league matches... Not to mention the fact the in every new season he catches the same type of pokemon. It was my understanding the a Pokemon master catches ALL Pokemon, much like what Gary was doing in the start of the series, but Ash... he has been on TV for YEARS and I am sure that he doesn't even have 50 Pokemon at the least. The show had a good run, but it is just getting random and old and I think it is time for it to end...

not 50 eh?

pikachu caterpie - metapod - butterfreepidgeotto - pidgeot bulbasaur Squirtle Charmanader - charmeleon - charizard Krabby - Kingler

RaticatePrimapeMuk Tauros Lapras SnorlaxHeracrossChikorita - Bayleef Cyndaquil totodile noctowl beedrill seaking

Phanpy - donphantailow - swellow Treecko - grovyle - sceptile corphish torkoal snorunt - glalie Aipom starly - staravia - staraptor

turtwig - grotle - torterra chimchar - monferno - infernape buizel gligar - gliscor gible

ash has captured 52 pokemon (larvitar and haunter were never captured)

Lol, someone is a real Pokemon fan . Okay, you got me there! Still... Pokemon has been on since I was 7 or 8 and now I am 19... Ash should have more Pokemon than that :/... I mean really... Anyways, back to the question, do you think Pokemon should end?

well like you said

you're 19

but there are children who werent even alive when you were 9

so the show still runs because more and more kids are being born therefore the people who were kids grew up and stopped watching

more younger children come along to watch it

and the cycle repeats

Um, many of those Ash got through evolving his Pokemon, not catching them.

Technically, if you're talking about species alone, Ash has caught 28. But if you're talking about individual, then Ash has caught 57. Confused? Well here's a break down:

Butterfree (evolved from Metapod who evolved from Caterpie)(Species: 1 | Individual: 1)
Pidgeot (evolved from Pidgeotto)(Species: 2 | Individual: 2)
Bulbasaur (Species: 3 | Individual: 3)
Squirtle (Species: 4 | Individual: 4)
Charizard (evolved from Charmeleon who evolved from Charmander)(Species: 5 | Individual: 5)
Primeape (evolved from Mankey)(Species: 6 | Individual: 6)
Kingler (evolved from Krabby)(Species: 7 | Individual: 7)
Muk (Species: 8 | Individual: 8 )
Tauros (Remember, Ash has 30 of these)(Species: 9 | Individual: 38 )
Snorlax (Species: 10 | Individual: 39)
Lapras (Species: 11 | Individual: 40)
Bayleef (evolved from Chikorita)(Species: 12 | Individual: 41)
Cyndaquil (Species: 13 | Individual: 42)
Totodile (Species: 14 | Individual: 43)
Heracross (Species: 15 | Individual: 44)
Noctowl (Species: 16 | Individual: 45)
Beedrill (Species: 17 | Individual: 46)
Sceptile (evolved from Grovyle who evolved from Treecko)(Species: 18 | Individual: 47)
Swellow (evolved from Taillow)(Species: 19 | Individual: 48 )
Corphish (Species: 20 | Individual: 49)
Torkoal (Species: 21 | Individual: 50)
Glalie (evolved from Snorunt)(Species: 22 | Individual: 51)
Aipom (Species: 23 | Individual: 52)
Staraptor (evolved from Staravia who evolved from Starly)(Species: 24 | Individual: 53)
Torterra (evolved from Grotle who evolved from Turtwig)(Species: 25 | Individual: 54)
Infernape (evolved from Monferno who evolved from Chimchar)(Species: 26 | Individual: 55)
Gliscor (evolved from Gligar)(Species: 27 | Individual: 56)
Gible (Species: 28 | Individual: 57)

Incase you're wondering (and I know you are):

* Pikachu was Ash's starter and therefore given to him
* Donphan evolved from a Phanpy who hatched from an Egg given to Ash
* Buizel was traded to Ash for Aipom
* Raticate was traded for Butterfree which was then traded back
* Haunter was never caught
* Larvitar was never caught
* Other Pokemon Ash didn't own but belonged to another trainer or group.

But things only get complicated from here if you're talking about Pokemon Ash has access to, because several Pokemon like Charizard and Squirtle can return but not so easily. So factoring this in along with the Pokemon Ash has released/given away, right now Ash has 22-24 different Pokemon species and 51-53 individual Pokemon (though Ash only ever use one Tauros when he does use one).

BUT back to the main point of this post, should Pokemon end?

Well first off, we must keep in mind Pokemon will probably not stop as long as it remains one of Nintendo's biggest cash cows (or should I say Miltanks?). Pokemon is Nintendo's 2nd best selling franchise, only behind Mario but the gap between the two keeps on closing with each new Generation. Also it sounds like you're only talking about the anime, not the franchise itself, so therefore I will only discuss about the anime and not the games.

No with that said, I don't think Pokemon needs to end but rather it has to "refresh" itself. Ash has been a main character of a show for more then 10 (TEN) YEARS! No other anime character that I know of has been a main character for that long, some animes themselves ended before getting close to 10 years! And while it's not like Ash hasn't gone through any character development (Ash right now is very different from when he started out, even having moved onto a mentor role to May and Dawn and even Max), his character development is rather slow due to the fact he's been a main character for so long, and it doesn't help that they made Ash into an never-aging character (yes, after 13 years, Ash is still 10 like when he started his journeys).

Personally I think they need to wrap Ash's story up: they need to have him win a league, settle rivalries, and then have Ash obtain some position of power (personally I think Ash would make a great Frontier Brain, and being that he was offered to become one and that offer is still open further proves my assumption). Then what they need to do is a "generation jump" and then focus on a new beginning trainer who acts entirely different from Ash but not too different so we can still relate to him.

What's a "generation jump"? It's when a certain series ends but then it has a spin-off series which takes place a number of years after the original series storyline. A good example of a show which does this is Yu-Gi-Oh! or the second season of Digimon (though Digimon season 3 and beyond has been doing "dimension leaps", which is when they do to an entirely different dimension which has no relation to the previous series other then the basic theme of the show).

So to finish off, I don't think Pokemon needs to end but rather wrap up Ash's story and move on to a new trainer. And from there they can either have that trainer be the main character for several generation or (and this option I think is a better one) with each new region focus on a new trainer, so that way the series doesn't get boring with the same main character like it is now.

I dont' think it needs to end. but theyit does seemthat the same kind of episodes do air. and i think it's stupid thathas has been 10 for 12 years or that he's only cuaght 28 pokemon. Maybe if the show starts with totally new charecters for the next season things would start to look better.

I doubt this will ever happen. But they need to have a girl as the main character. And this is coming from a guy! And maybe have her travel with two other girls, or travel with a boy and girl. Like a reverse of Ash's party. Or hell, just have her go on the journey by herself, I think that could be quite nice to see for once.

if we post here I think it pretty much means we like it...

>_>