#ash in paldea

[ominousvibez]

hyperfixating on pokemon again, and thinking of an ash journey in paldea. obviously, a lot to think about-- where does his journey start? how much of the game plot does it follow, and how original does it get.

most importantly, what is his team like?

well, i've done my research (AKA extensive bulbapedia deep dives). and going off previous "trends" of ash's journeys, i think i can put together a likely list of pokemon that i could see on his own team-- and possible character arcs involving those pokemon-- with maybe a bit of creative liberties, of course.

1. PIKACHU

i think this is an obvious one. like, duh, of course he has pikachu. they're besties. they'd kill for each other, and they probably have before. they'd die for each other, and have multiple times.

2. SPRIGATITO -> FLORAGATO

i know this is a weird one, but hear me out.

throughout most of the series, ash gets between 1-3 of the starter pokemon. in earlier seasons when it's him, misty and brock, he's gotten all three, with the only exception being notably unova (he has the starter trios in kanto, johto, and unova). in other seasons, he's only gotten 1-2, with the 3rd going to the Region Girl, usually the more feminine one.

but. but!! he's gotten the grass type starter the most often-- bulbasaur, bayleef, sceptile, torterra, and snivy. and rowlet. so i feel like this gen would follow a similar trend, where through shenanigans ash ends up catching a sprigatito (or Sprigatito goes after him).

i'd like to imagine that this starter ends up somehow getting their hidden ability Protean, which if you didn't know, changes the user's type to whatever move it uses. which isn't handy in tera battles because the pokemon will keep their tera type but in normal battles, having a sprigatito go from grass type to, like, fairy or something would be fun! it would shake up a few gyms, for sure.

i'd also like to imagine this sprigatito evolves into floragato and decides, yep, that's enough, and doesn't want to evolve further. not all of ash's starter pokemon fully evolve.

only like six of the thirteen starter pokemon ash catches ever fully evolve. capping it at a overpowered floragato seems like it'd be in character for the classic seasons of the anime. idk plot reasons i guess

3. ROOKIDEE -> CORVIKNIGHT

Paldea is a very interesting region in the Pokemon world because it deviates just like Johto did and it doesn't have a typical regional bird pokemon. Wattrel and Kilowattrel fill in the void, but they're more like the Hoothoot/Noctowl sort of vibe. but I don't see ash catching a Kilowattrel; he's never had an electric-type other than Pikachu, and i doubt that they would try it with that

so, i offer up the alternative: his first official paldea catch is a lil' rookidee.

in this canon, ash never traveled through Galar in the "typical" way. everything with goh & the world champions still happens, and ifso factso plot stuff happens and ash ends up enrolled in the paldea schools.

rookidee fills in the "bird" pokemon slot for ash. he's caught just about every other regional bird (including a shiny Noctowl, how cool), so it makes sense that this one would end up in his care. i think it'd be cool to see ash train up a corviknight. they're cool pokemon. i had one in my shield game and her name was poe (quoth the raven evermore) and she was a BAMF. give ash a BAMF bird, as a treat.

4. NYMBLE -> LOKIX

along with the trend of ash catching the regional bird, he usually catches at least one bug-type, and i think a nymble -> lokix would really fit well into his team. they're an atypical bug-type (bug/dark) but i think it'd be cool to explore an arc where ash catches this poor little nymble who is afraid of everything to eventually help it get over its fears and evolve into a powerful lokix.

there's always at least one Problem Pokemon on ash's team, and i think a lokix that wins enough battles that it gets too cocky would be a good continuation of an arc, and cause inner team conflict.

plus i think lokix looks a little bit like mothman and i think he's cool

5. FINIZEN -> PALAFIN

finizen is a very interesting pokemon. not just the first dolphin pokemon, but the evolution is convulted in the game. you gotta be in a union group and get it past level, like, 35 to technically evolve, but nothing really changes with it until it's in battle and it transforms into it's hero form.

but a palafin just fits to me! ash is a very heroic character, and palafin is the hero Pokemon. the palafin is probably a bit of a reckless dummy like ash, who gets into fights too easily, but training with ash (despite his own reckless streak), helps mellow the pokemon out a bit. boom! character arc.

6. CETODDLE -> CETITAN

every few seasons ash gets ahold of an egg, which evolves into a really strong teammate. i think it'd be funny if ash was given an egg that hatches into this nearly 4 foot tall toddler who likes to bite things. i think it'd be really funny. c'mon.

ice is not a type ash commonly gets. he usually gets the pseudo-legendary or something equal in power to it, some sort of dragon-type. heck, in the last season, he has two dragon-types, a dragonite and a dracovish. i think it'd be a cool juxtaposition to have him come out of a season where he got so many cool dragons and give him this giant literal toddler who will eat anything it sees and is an ice-type.

and, sure, cetitan looks a lot more Mature and Serious. but it is still a toddler, deep down inside, and still bites things. ash needs a comic relief team mate, and cetoddle/cetitan fits pretty well

TRAVELING WITH: KORAIDON

this au that's forming in my brain is a mix of scarlet & violet -- idk how the school works with this, but basically, koraidon and miraidon exist together, as do the paradoxes, and both of arven's parents are emotionally distant professors who focus on research in area zero. poor guy. twice the parental trauma.

anyway, i think i see ash taking care of koraidon a lot more than miraidon. again; he's never had another electric type on his team other than pikachu. and while it'd be cool to see how a "ride" miraidon would interact with pikachu, i think koraidon's past vibes vibes better with ash's more wild nature.

i know ash has caught more than a team's worth of pokemon each generation, and i think there's still definitely room for one more wild card of a pokemon, but i can't think of any that would fit atm.

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anyway yeah that's what i think ash's paldea team would be like!

#pokeani #ash ketchum #ash in paldea #paldea ash ketchum #pokeani au #pokemon anime #ominousposts #wild treasures au #<< tis the name for this

[charlesoberonn]

#pokemon #tweet #pokemon anime #ash ketchum #ash ketchum's daughter #paldea #pokemon violet and scarlet

[mister-leonn]

So it's all over uh? Im going to hecking cry, this boy built my entire childhood and the way I play and love my Pokémons, it's so hard to say goodbye as some song would say. At least Team Rocket won't give up on their everlasting dream of catching Pikachu.

Thanks Rica Matsumoto, you were the very best.

#pokemon #pokemon team #pokémon #pokemon scarlet and violet #anipoke #ash pikachu #ash ketchum #pokemon journeys #pokemon ultimate journeys #kanto region #unova region #alola region #galar region #hoenn region #paldea region #sinnoh region #johto region #kalos region #hisui region #pokemon brilliant diamond

[destinywillowleaf]

this might already exist (and if it does please send it my way i want to read it) but XY AU where language barriers exist.

Ash is fluent in Japanese and has decent Galarian (Iris and Cilan helped fill in a lot of gaps from school).

Serena is Kalosian but went out of her way to learn Japanese after that summer camp.

Clemont is fluent in Kalosian, has passable Galarian, and knows enough Paldean and Japanese for challengers (but usually uses a translation tool anyway. which is currently stuck in the gym thanks to Clembot).

Bonnie only knows Kalosian and a couple random Galarian phrases.

i might make loose comic thoughts on it but like. ash shows up in kalos with 0 knowledge of the language aside from MAYBE a few basic things from Alexa like "hello" and "i want to battle". two people with wildly different accents trying to speak the same secondary language until serena shows up and can more effectively communicate some thoughts that get lost in translation. bonnie and ash half-miming to communicate early on but still getting equally excited about pokemon things. an extra layer of "ash does not know miette is flirting with him" cause she thinks he knows at least some kalosian. do you see my vision

#pokemon #anipoke #pokemon xy #ash ketchum #ash pokemon #serena pokemon #gym leader clemont #clemont pokemon #bonnie pokemon #i think gym leaders are probably required to know at least a few basics in other languages just in case foreign trainers show up #maybe not emphasized as much in kalos but somewhere like galar or paldea?? very much so. #there's totally more things that would be fun with language barrier stuff but i haven't watched most of kalos #(ash does pick up some in the end. it will not stop him from butchering the language later though.) #(still debating if galarian should be the default like english is in our world or if japanese could be the “common” language in their world

[blueikeproductions]

I was working on how to approach James’ Tandemaus becoming Maushold anyway, but @reshrom inspired me with their nice note they sent me~!

Jessie: No he’s not! That means I’m the grandma and I refuse to accept I’m old!

Meowth: So what does that make me? Dexter: Second cousin once removed.

Wobbuffet: Wooooobba~! -puts a cigar in everyone’s mouth-

———

As for the joke the occurs in Maushold’s, ah, Evolution…

-Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet are walking through the Arborliva Forest, having spotted Ash and Alfie training there, until Jessie hears something…-

Jessie: …Say, does anyone else hear that song they play a lot in Fast Times At Celadon High, only muffled?

Meowth: I don’t hear nuttin’.

Jessie: Hmm it stopped. Must’ve just been my imagination…

#pokemon anime #blueike productions #blueike #pokemon oc #anipoke #pokemon scarlet and pokemon violet #ash ketchum #rotom phone #jessie and james #team rocket #pikachu #fuecoco #maushold #tandemaus #paldea

[luna--dragon]

please be okay please be okay please be okay please be okay

#pokemon #pokemon anime #pokemon sv #pokemon scarvi #pokemon scarlet #pokemon violet #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon scarlet and violet anime #pokemon arven #pokemon mabosstiff #arven mabosstiff #pokemon litten #pokemon stoutland #alola region #paldea region #ash ketchum

[alolanrain]

the concept of ash in Paldea is so hysterical to me. I hc that he has just a really forgettable face (or maybe every single person in the Pokémon universe has propagnosia given some of team rocket’s more. interesting disguises.) because it would be so funny if he enrolls in Paldea’s all ages academy bc ‘he actually had a lot of fun in Alola in school’ and nobody has any idea that Ash, the young adult Kantonese trainer who doesn’t understand basic math but WHIPS ASS in battle studies 101 is actually Satoshi Motherfucking Ketchum, World Monarch

also I want Iono to be the one to recognise him but only bc he’s Raihan’s boyfriend and she and Raihan have influencer beef

Nemona: WHY IS HE SO GOOD!?!?

Arven: good??? The dude is literally failing almost every class.

Nemona: NOT GYM

#ash ketchum #arven pokemon #nemona Pokémon #paldea

[duckapus]

Ash: *somehow hears about all the mad science time travel bullshit and the four sealed gods of ruin*

Ash: On second thought, let's not go to Paldea. It is a silly place.

Pikachu: *nods seriously* Pika.

#pokemon anime #incorrect quotes #pokemon sv #ash ketchum #ash's pikachu #after all those years he needs a fucking BREAK from saving the world every month or so #and paldea's legendary situation would push ALL of his buttons

[4kumatora]

Happy launch day to Scarlet and Violet!

#Pokémon #anipoke #pokeani #pokémon journeys #pokemon journeys #Goh pokemon #gou pokemon #trainer Gou #trainer Goh #ash ketchum #pokemon #paldea #old art

[bulbasaurfan]

I have not played SV but can we talk about how the scenes where you give the legendary a sandwich feel like something straight out of one of the pokemon movies? Like you know Ash sharing/getting his food stolen by a legendary he's befriending..

#If we ever get a movie of these games they BETTER include those scenes but with Ash #or pull a bonnie and make him go around the region with his new legendary friend without knowing it's. a legendary. #SV have a lot of issues but they definitely make you do some things that feel totally in character for Ash #it would be nice to get at least a short with him in Paldea if this really is the end of his journey #ash ketchum #anipoke #pokemon journeys #pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet

[chaoticdazefire-new]

HE DID IT HE REALLY DID IT

#25 years and he finally became world champion #I'm so happy my childhood is complete #I'm excited to see what he does in Paldea if his story isn't over yet #ash ketchum #pokemon #pikachu #pokemon journeys #pokemon ultimate journeys

[dailaz]

Pokémon. The Master 8. Ex version.

#pokémon #pokemon anime #anipoke #pokeani #ash ketchum #champion iris #champion cynthia #champion steven #champion leon #champion geeta #champion diantha #champion lance #pokémon masters #pokémon masters ex #my edit #alola #galar #kanto region #johto region #sinnoh #hoenn region #unova region #kalos region #paldea

[mister-leonn]

Im so so sad it's over for Ash I can't believe it... he was my inspiration

Credit: @anjohink twitter

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[perenlop]

im bored rn, here's what i'd have liked ash's gen 8 team to look like

#kinda ehhhhh on rillaboom cause i actually think cinderace would work better for him #but we're assuming that goh still exists in this au and he gets scorbunny still cause i love their relationship #anyways rillaboom and corviknight are the starter and bird he typically gets #(even aside from that i just think corviknight is SO good for him #alcremie is so he can get one fairy type cause i hate the mimey retcon. pussy move #he could also have another mon on here that he had to release for some reason but he'd done that two gens in a row beforehand #so it's probably fine #also its the same alcremie he had in that one episode #falinks is mostly just cause i think it'd have had GREAT episode potential. like it'd make for a good mini arc #maybe ash only meets the captain one at first and its all sad cause it has no troops so ash has it tag along #to find some. and once they do then they let him capture them #though im open to sirfetch'd coming back here #and ofc he actually had a dracovish in the show and it works as like the weird one you wouldnt expect on his team #cause i really feel like sm was missing an oddball not as popular pokemon #may do one for chloe too cause she was done dirty. not doing one for goh cause his team flucuates and i like it like that #hes building a sanctuary and he's got some common guys that keep coming but its all up to chance #oh and ill do a paldea one too #i kinda wanted to leave one mon unevolved but eh its fine

[blueikeproductions]

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet anime adaption Ash version.

After another adventure with old friends and foiling Team Rocket’s schemes yet again, the young Champion Ash Ketchum gets an invite to visit the illustrious Orange-Grape Academy in the Paldea Region. He is offered a student teaching position to speak of his experiences in Pokémon Battling as well as get offered a chance to compete in the Blueberry League and fight the local Elite Four.

After being seen off by his current traveling companions, who decide to stay in Kanto to surprise visit their little cousin Liko at Indigo Academy, Ash enrolls at Paldea, starting fresh once more with Pikachu at his side.

Team Rocket, overhearing the matter, decide to infiltrate the school disguised as the RAs of Ash’s dorm in an attempt to get Pikachu, and if possible, nab every Pokémon at the facility.

Ash’s students include Nemona, Arven, Penny, and new character Alfie, an exchange student from Galar who looks up to Ash. These two share a big brother-little brother dynamic and form a duo. Completing the trio is Iono, another student teacher and popular streamer of Paldea. She handles the school’s audio visual arts, and helps fund the school with her videos.

Ash quickly finds Champion life isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, as Iono has made it her mission to document the life of the new World Champ, and films him every waking moment no matter what he’s doing, while Nemona is a teacher’s pet, and as a fellow Champion herself, desperately wants Ash to be her rival. While Ash and Iono manage to get along after finding a compromise (as well as being forced to room together), Nemona proves to be the more annoyingly persistent one that even Team Rocket (disguised or not) has had to step in between on occasion. Nemona openly hates Team Rocket, mostly because of how they interfere in her quest to get Ash to be her rival, and her Pawmo has sent them flying off with a single punch more than once.

Ash works under Director Clavell, who in this universe is a little more eccentric and tries to be more openly “with it” to appeal to the children of the academy. He’s not particularly good at it: he seems somewhat stuck in the 90’s, but he means well and is respected, and someone Ash can go to for advice when unable to talk to his father figure Kukui. When Team Star causes trouble on the school grounds, Clavell often turns to Ash and his friends to “set them straight”. Team Rocket form a rivalry with Team Star and find them tacky and annoying. Like with Team Skull, they often clash with a trio of younger grunts that are analogous to Jessie, James and Meowth. There has at least been one clash between them that involved a weaponized Starmobile and weaponized Meowth balloon mecha.

Team Rocket is instructed to take Giovanni’s teenage nephew Lorenzo under their wing to teach him the ropes. He is functionally the Amethio equivalent, only far less rigid but not any less goal oriented. While he finds TR bizarre, he develops a begrudging respect for the trio. He has some deep rooted issues that see him exploited by the Four Disaster Pokémon. He isn’t a permanent fixture of the group and attends the Academy to learn about Paldea and its Pokémon to benefit Team Rocket while Jessie and James scheme to get Pikachu and the school’s Pokémon.

Goh and Gary meanwhile have reunited and form a research team investigating sightings of the Paradox Pokémon. A running gag is they tend to get distracted by other matters, and often miss the Paradox who is standing right behind them, wondering what they’re doing before wandering off. They host segments on Paldean Pokémon at the end of the episode and are occasionally joined by Professor Oak offering his own opinions and comedic timing to the proceedings. It’s stated on occasion Gary has worked with Friede of the Rising Voltekkars in the past on Pokémon research. Later on in the story, Ash’s group and Team Rocket start having their own experiences with the Paradox and Titan Pokemon, leading to a team up with Goh and Gary to get to the bottom of the matter. Ash’s Orthworm is actually a Titan Pokémon that has an addiction to Herba Mystica, and is a little pathetic, but with Ash’s help, it slowly quits the habit and becomes a capable battler. It had a rivalry from fellow Titan, Klawf, that Team Rocket egged on as a means to be able to control a Titan for their purposes, if temporarily.

Some of the visual glitches are used for comedic purposes, like Ash’s Fuecoco falling into a lake, or Team Rocket getting buggy eyed when a situation goes hairy. The creepy stretched out Player avatar is seen as a sculpture in Brassius’s art class as well.

The Paradox/Titan Pokémon and Arven’s plot are the first major story arc, followed up by the Teal Mask DLC and confrontation with the Four Disasters as the second major arc with the Blueberry League and a related final confrontation with Team Star closing out the series. While the Teal Mask DLC is the main focus, Indigo Disk material outside of the Blueberry League is partly dependent on what Horizons does with Terapagos and if Liko and Ash meet canonically at all.

Ash and James are a major part of Arven’s arc, the three bonding over food and shared love of dog Pokémon. (James doubly so because of Greavard and Growlie.) Greavard is also the return of the loving Pokémon that injures James archetype, accidentally draining his life force when it happily pounces on him. It once slept on top of James during the night and almost killed him. It returns life force by giving James a big sloppy lick in the face.

Partner Pokémon (* designates Evolution):

Ash: Pikachu, Fuecoco, Frigibax*, Wattrel*, Orthworm, Primeape*

Alfie: G-Slowpoke*, Quaxly, Toedscool, Eiscue, Fidough*, Chewtle*

Iono: Bellibolt, Porygon*, Toxel*, Sandy Shocks, Jolteon

Jessie: Wobuffet, Scovillain, Lechonk*

James: Tandemaus*, Poltchageist, Greavard

Lorenzo: Maschiff*, Spidops, G-Meowth, Charcadet*

Supporting Pokémon: Miraidon: A Legendary Pokémon Ash befriends. Ash, Alfie, and Arven nurse it back to health during the early Paradox plot, and it becomes loyal to Ash, sticking with him to the end of the adventure. It has a bit of a Speed Buggy type personality and speech impediment, and drives Ash around campus and later to the Kitakami Region.

Bombirdier: A new courier employed at Team Rocket taking over Delibird’s job. It’s strongly suggested it did a hostile take over of the position… Besides Delibird, it also hates Iron Bundle, mistaking it for Delibird. It has a cruel personality and enjoys dropping heavy deliveries on Team Rocket.

Scream Tail: A little weirdo who pesters both factions. Analogous to the original Jigglypuff, and first encountered by Goh’s group. Seems to have found camaraderie in Team Star.

Iron Bundle: Encountered by Goh’s team, but more properly encountered by Team Rocket. It seems to want to help out people, but also doesn’t abide nonsense, blasting people and Pokémon that anger it with its blaster bag. Seems to have found a place at the Academy’s school store. It has a personality and mannerisms similar to Bubo the robot owl from Clash of the Titans.

Tinkaton: The Bewear equivalent that harasses Team Rocket and occasionally Ash’s group. Its primary motivation is to get James’ bottle caps to bling its hammer, and appears in all manner of crazy ways to acquire them. It once led a squad of its own family of Tinkatuffs riding Cyclizars after Team Rocket during the middle of a Pikachu operation to accomplish this. Team Rocket also once made the mistake of piloting a Corviknight mecha in its presence unknowingly….

Gimmighoul: Another weirdo that took residence in Team Rocket’s dorm room and started playing havoc with their finances and that of the school’s. It takes a fancy to James’ bottle caps also, and forms a friendship with Tinkaton. Its various Gimmighoul Coins are scattered around Paldea, with Ash, Iono, Alfie, Meowth and others having found at least one in passing not knowing what it was but kept it. Gimmighoul, after experimenting with James’ bottle caps, manages to collect its G-Coins and evolve into Gholdengo. Iono affectionately nicknames Gimmighoul/Gholdengo “Earl” after a particular video game character she likes. Has mannerisms and speech patterns similar to Digit the Cockroach from An American Tail as Gimmighoul.

Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti: The mysterious, mildly eccentric Pokémon of the Kitakami Region. They choose Ash, Team Rocket, Alfie and Iono to assist in preventing a coming disaster that threatens Paldea and Kitakami. Ogerpon’s role is pending further DLC information.

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[precure-stuff]

I can't be the only oone who finds the writing in Pokemon Horizons so subtle and mature. Even without dialogue the scene conveys their emotions and relationship

#ash fans are missing out #pokemon HZ #paldea diaries