Sorry, but this is beginning to bug me.  If Ash beat the elite four, 

he

would have to have the earth badge, seeing as he cant even get to them
without the first eight badges.  Right?  And the earth badge makes all
pokemon obey you.  Right?  So why is Charizard a Renagade?  I dont
understand.
Just some Random rambling...

I dunno, how could he control Charmander in the first place if he knew 
the Flamethrower attack?  For that matter, why was Charmander still a 
Charmander? A Charmander learns Flamethrower at level forty-something, 
last time I checked.  Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle could evolve 
anytime they wanted in the series, and Charmander did, twice.  The show 
itself has disreprencies with the game.

My thought on this is that the story was more closely related to the 
anime continuity than to the game continuity. Thus, the badges give 
little tangible power in controlling pokemon--their main value is in 
gaining the respect of humans, not pokemon. I base this jusdgement on 
the point that, in the game, Brock/Takeshi and Misty/Kasumi do not 
become Ash's/Satoshi's traveling companions. In the anime, a pokemon has 
all of the techniques for that evolution--a Charmander would have  all 
techniques available to a Charmander right from the start.


Phil

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