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Am I the only one who hates Blaine?; Pokemon Gym Leader in the Anime
Topic Started: 1 Apr 2015, 05:10 PM (894 Views)
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Okay, I know that this is a weird place to talk about this, but I have to have some way to express this. And since this is a Pokemon site, I think this is a proper place to talk about it.

First things first, I'm completely neutral to the Blaine from the video games. Once upon a time I was new to the Pokemon games, liking them mostly because I was a huge fan of the anime. It took me forever to figure out how to get out of Viridian Forest, so needless to say, I wasn't very good. The only Pokemon I would train was my Pidgeot, and I was just barely able to sweep Gym Leader after Gym Leader with only my Pidgeot as a real support. Well, that was, until I reached Blaine.

But at the same time, once I figured out how Training Pokemon worked, Blaine was one of the easiest Gym leaders to beat, especially if I had a reliable Water-Type like Squirtle. So he wasn't that big of a threat to me.

The only place I despise him is in the anime. Oh, his antics with the quizzes are fine, but it's his battle strategies that really get on my nerves. So anyone who knows anything about Blaine knows that he uses Fire-Type Pokemon. So he beats Squirtle, fine. Charizard doesn't wanna battle something that isn't a Fire-Type. Gee, haven't seen that before. It isn't until Pikachu comes into battle that things get bad.

So Pikachu does that thing that will eventually do the exact opposite of what it does here, and that seems to be the only thing anyone notices in this episode. But do you know what I notice besides that? How about the fact that he almost killed Pikachu? I mean, I can see why people can't stand Paul, but at least he wouldn't try to kill any Pokemon just to win a battle. So, instead of the mature Gym Leader frofiting the match because he sees that things have gone too far (like Pryce did in his Gym Battle), Ash had to quit the match AGAIN.

I know Blaine wasn't the only one who took his strategies to far and didn't take responsibility for it, but he has to be the worst. No other Gym Leader actually came as close to killing a Pokemon as he did, and no other person in the anime aside from Team Rocket and a few other villains. And yet this guy does it not once but twice. When Charizard finally decided to fight Magmar, he just allows his Pokemon, who seems to be on a murderous rampage, to drag the should be dragon under the lava. It was clear that Blaine had no idea that Charizard would survive, so he almost let Magmar flat out kill it!

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Look! Doesn't his face look like he's out to kill someone? And you know what the icing on the cake is? This gym battle was the one time that Ash's Pokemon being at risk of getting seriously injured is not his fault. And do you know what he has the gall to say after nearly KILLING Ash's Starter?

(Totally overreacted version) "Hey! Guess what? After I nearly killed your Pikachu just to win a stupid battle, I'm now going to tell you that if you haven't quit the battle and let me win, you would've probably been disqualified as a Pokemon Trainer. I kill the dreams of ten year olds on a daily basis. And I'm a Pokemon murderer. Sue me! I dare you."

Yeah, instead of saying you would've lost your non existing Pokemon license, how about you say, "That was close. Oh, I'm sorry for almost killing your Pikachu! Man, I could've lost my job." Ever thought of that, Blaine? Yeah, how about that? I actually think it would have been better if he was at least a little concerned over the fact that he almost brutally murdered an innocent Pokemon, if only for the fact that he doesn't want to lose his job.

Okay, I'm done ranting. For those of you who took the time to read this, please tell me your opinion about Blaine and let me know why you agree or disagree with my opinion. I'm okay with other people liking Blaine. I like Paul, so it's not that big of a deal. Thanks for letting me rant!
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Oh my god ahahah. I couldn't stop laughing. I love this rant.

Unfortunately I haven't kept up with the anime and honestly my only super vivid memory that my brain allows me to go back on is during the episode of The Squirtle Squad, and how Ash got Bulbasaur and Charmander. Man I loved the olden days - that and a few other absurdities I watched (i.e riceball doughnuts and thunder armour...)

I didn't quite get it so - so what happened between Ash vs. Blaine was that Ash only won because he surrendered like any actual human beings with feelings? And that Blaine practically beat Ash's pokemon to a bloody pulp? If so good freakin lord.

I liked Blaine only because I read him through Pokemon Adventures Manga with Red instead of Ash.

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BUT DUDE
REMEMBER WHEN CHARIZARD SEISMIC TOSSES THAT MAGMAR
THAT WAS COOL
but yeah he was an idiot when it came to battling
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I never said I hated the battle. As far as the battle as a whole? I totally agree with you. That was awesome. I just don't like how he tries to kill other people's Pokemon.

Sooooo, yeah, Totally agree with everything you just said.
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