Ash is set to officially leave the Pokémon anime in 2023, but before that happens, the anime needs to bring back one of his most iconic Pokémon.
Warning: Contains spoilers for Pokémon Journeys episode 136.The Pokémon anime is officially retiring Ash, but there’s still one iconic Pokémon of his that needs to be brought back. Following Ash’s victory over Leon in the World Coronation Series, it was announced that the Pokémon anime would officially be retiring Ash as the protagonist of the series.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY With Ash officially leaving the Pokémon anime, there are several things that need to happen so that the new story can start on a clean slate. Some are more important than others, but one thing that certainly needs to happen is the return of one of Ash’s most iconic Pokémon: Pidgeot.
Ash Ketchum has released Pokémon on numerous occasions, but Pidgeot’s release was different because the anime provided a specific idea of when Ash would come back for it, only to never follow up on that. Now that the anime is retiring Ash, however, there’s finally an excuse to bring Pidgeot back: to resolve as many dangling plot threads as possible before moving on to the new story.
Pokémon Journeys’ Butterfree Cameo Makes Pidgeot’s Return More Likely The Pokémon anime bringing back Pidgeot would be great to see, and the idea of that happening is stronger than ever thanks to a cameo from Ash’s Butterfree in Netflix's Pokémon Journeys. Similar to Pidgeot, Ash released Butterfree in the early years of the Pokémon anime, and aside from a few flashbacks, he was rarely ever seen or referenced again.
Butterfree’s return was a great moment for Pokémon, and it gives a lot of credence to the idea of Ash’s Pidgeot coming back. If Pokémon Journeys was willing to bring back Butterfree after so long, if only to tap into people’s nostalgia, then there should also be a willingness to bring back Pidgeot, who’s been absent from the anime for nearly as long.
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