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Was Misty the writers least favorite Pokemon girl?
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--- Quote from: Angelic Lapras King on June 30, 2013, 13:16 ---And what did Dawn do exactly in those 9 episodes? As much as I love Dawn, her cameo in Unova was kind of wasted. She was only really there to see Ash and a bit of fanservice for the fans. That's about it.
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I think the only reason Dawn got as much screentime as she did was because of Piplup. Since Piplup is marketable and popular in Japan its why Dawn stayed a little longer. Remember all those damn Piplup fillers we had in DP? The writers actually started focusing more on Piplup than Dawn herself at a certain point, and that's why the rest of Dawn's Pokemon got very little screentime.
Honestly I thought May's cameo return was the best, due to her being involved in Dawn's story and actually having new pokemon and development. Arguably on to this topic, it always did seem to me that the writers cared what they were doing with May more than Misty, given May is like the only female lead to get a proper story closing...Dawn didn't even get to beat Zoey and only stayed for one arc.
--- Quote --- Often, I don't think the writers even have long term future ideas they stick with. I remember Misty's VA said she'd return in Sinnoh and that never happened. Remember all those hints of a Marina cameo in Sinnoh? Scrapped as soon as HGSS were announced and lacking Marina.
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I don't think Misty's VA meant she was going to appear in episodes, just that the fishing lure would appear in the ep Dawn captured Buizel. Remember this was said back in 2007, at the time the writers knew they were bringing May back in 2008...I doubt a Misty cameo was ever planned much less so close to when May was going to return.
--- Quote from: Clairefable on June 30, 2013, 13:34 ---They could easily have plucked another gym leader from obscurity to replace Misty for the start of Johto.
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The female Gym leaders of Johto were too old. Misty and Iris look younger and around Ash's age so its obvious why they were chosen. I definitely couldn't imagine Whitney, Jasmine or Claire as Ash's female lead, they're too old. Only the male sidekick character like Brock/Tracey/Cilan is usually the oldeest one.
sylar:
well theres this thing called misogyny see...
Angelic Lapras King:
--- Quote ---Arguably on to this topic, it always did seem to me that the writers cared what they were doing with May more than Misty, given May is like the only female lead to get a proper story closing...Dawn didn't even get to beat Zoey and only stayed for one arc.
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Yes, but Sinnoh only ever had 1 main story arc. It didnt go off into filler arcs like say, the Kanto Battle Frontier or the current Black and White filler arcs, because it did not have to kill a whole season in a filler competition/region till the next bunch of games came out. It would be utterly pointless introducing a new BBF for Ash during those filler arcs (Bar Tracy, who was meant as a Brock replacement but failed) when he'd be getting new ones for the new main region, hence why May and Max, and Iris and Cilan stuck around/went to Kanto. As for proper story closure, maybe, but Dawn was pretty much like a female Ash anyhow and she did get as far as the final at least.
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Dawn got a lot of screentime but she still only got 1 Contest quest overall compared to May's two. I counted the number of Contests in AG and May competed in 15 Contests and two Grand Festivals while Dawn competed in 11 Contests and 1 Grand Festival. But Dawn got to do more in other areas like tournaments so it evens out.
I've notice the girls who lack a ongoing quest like Misty and Iris got less screentime than May and Dawn. I guess doing type specific Gym leaders limits your potential.
Angelic Lapras King:
There's not a lot Misty and Iris could do other then cheer Ash on and have the odd episode to themselves.
Way I see it, May got 1 main Contest quest and 1 filler Contest quest, much like Ash only winning filler leagues (Orange and Frontier). Call it what you will but in Japan, Battle Frontier was still under the Advanced Generation name, much like the Best Wishes filler arcs (Only with either a 2 or subtitle).
Or are we going to start counting their off-screen contest quest too (Hoenn and Johto.)? XD
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