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Protagonist of the Pokémon anime and various other related media

Ash Ketchum
Pokémon character
Ash Ketchum as seen in seasons 23 and 24 of the anime
First appearance	"Pokémon, I Choose Y'all!" (1997)
Created by	Satoshi Tajiri
Based on	Red
Designed by	Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida (video games) Sayuri Ichishi (Seasons i–8) Toshiya Yamada (Flavor 10–nowadays)
Voiced by	Japanese Rika Matsumoto Hana Takeda (PJ 001; historic period 6) English Veronica Taylor (Seasons one–8)[one] Kayzie Rogers (Flavor ix pilot/test dubs) Sarah Natochenny (Flavor ix–present)[2] Korean Choi Deok-Hui (Original series, original dubs of M01–M02) An Hyeon-Seo (original dubs of M03–M05) Lee Seon-ho (Advanced Generation series–nowadays, M06–nowadays, redubbed movies)
In-universe information
Allonym	Satoshi (Japanese name)
Species	Homo
Gender	Male person
Title	Champion of the Orange League Champion of the Manalo Conference Pokémon Champion of the Orange Islands Pokémon Champion of the Alola Region
Occupation	Pokémon Trainer Member of the Ultra Guardians (during his time in Alola) Pokémon Champion (Orangish Islands & Alola) Inquiry fellow at Professor Cerise's Laboratory
Affiliation	Ultra Guardians of the Aether Foundation
Family unit	Delia Ketchum (female parent) Unnamed male parent Unnamed grandfather
Home	Pallet Boondocks, Kanto Region

Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi ( サトシ ) in Japan, is a fictional grapheme in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo. He is the protagonist of the Pokémon anime and certain manga series also as on various merchandise related to the franchise. In Japanese, the character is voiced by Rika Matsumoto, and Hana Takeda. In the English language dub, he was voiced by Veronica Taylor in the start viii seasons and has been voiced by Sarah Natochenny since flavor 9. In the Korean dub, he was voiced by Choi Deok-Hui in the starting time five seasons and first two films, An Hyeon-Seo in Pokémon films 3 through five, and has been voiced by Lee Seon-ho since season six and the sixth Pokémon film.

His English language proper noun is derived from the Japanese proper noun (as the letters 'ash' are included in 'Satoshi') and his English motto is derived from the Japanese motto (as the messages 'Gotta grab ém all!' are included in 'Pokémon getto da ze!'). Ash's dream is to become a Pokémon Chief. He is loosely based on Red, the thespian graphic symbol from the Generation I games Pokémon Ruddy, Greenish, Blue and Yellow also as the Generation III games Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen versions.

Ash Ketchum was start mentioned in a video game at the dialogue of Pokémon Play It!, and his showtime advent in a game was in Pokémon Puzzle League. Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon, with whom Ash shares his Japanese name, has stated that Ash represents the 'man aspect' of the series, and that Ash reflects what he himself was like as a kid.^[3]

As the protagonist of the Pokémon anime, Ash has appeared in all but one episode of the anime, all the films, and several of the television receiver specials.

Due to the huge popularity, success, and longevity of the Pokémon anime serial around the world since its debut,^[four] Ash has gone on to become ane of the most well-known and recognizable fictional characters of all-time^{[5] [half-dozen]} due to his condition as the protagonist of the Pokémon anime.^[7] Withal, he is oftentimes overshadowed in series representation by the franchise mascot, Pikachu. Despite this, Ash, along with others from the serial,^[8] is considered a pop culture icon, and a figurehead character of the moving ridge of anime in the late 1990s; which is credited by most anime fans every bit having popularized anime in the due west, alongside others such as Goku of Dragon Brawl Z, Yugi of Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Sailor Moon of the show of the same name. He is too considered a major icon for Japanese popular culture in the Us.

Ash has been criticized for being stuck in a 'floating timeline', likewise as for his inability to win any major Pokémon leagues until the 22nd flavor of the anime.^{[ix] [10]} However, his longevity and persistence take too been positively received by major news outlets such equally CNN and the BBC, as they are seen to stand for that it is never too tardily to accomplish one's dreams.^{[xi] [12]}

Ash'due south outfits through the anime,^[13] particularly his various hats, are besides considered to exist just as iconic as him,^[xiv] and also have skillful reception,^{[15] [16]} in detail, his get-go costume from the original series.

He is the winner of the Orange League and also the Alola Region'south Pokémon Champion receiving the title later winning its first Pokémon League Conference.^[17]

Concept and cosmos

Named after creator Satoshi Tajiri,^[18] Satoshi, whose name tin can be taken to mean "wisdom" or "reason", was designed past Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida,^[xix] and intended to represent how Tajiri was equally a child, obsessed with catching bugs. During localization of both for Due north American audiences, the character'southward proper noun was changed in the anime to "Ash Ketchum", the first name taken from i of the possible default names players could select for the player grapheme in Pokémon Red and Blue, and the surname tying into the former tagline (and equally of Pokémon XY revived) for the series, "Gotta catch ém all!" ("ポケモンGETだぜ!", "Pokémon getto da ze!").^[20]

Tajiri noted in an interview that between Japanese and United states reactions to the series, Japanese consumers focused on the graphic symbol Pikachu, while the US purchased more items featuring Ash and Pikachu, his Pokémon, together. He stated that he felt the character represented the concept of the franchise, the human aspect, and was a necessity.^[21] The grapheme was given a rival named Gary Oak (Shigeru Okido in the Japanese version, after Tajiri's idol/mentor, Nintendo fable Shigeru Miyamoto), loosely based on Red's rival Blue. In an interview Tajiri noted the contrast between the characters' relationship in the games and anime; while in the games they were rivals, in the anime, Shigeru represented Satoshi's master. When asked if either Satoshi would equal or surpass Shigeru, Tajiri replied "No! Never!"^[18] Ash's character design was initially overseen by Sayuri Ichishi, replaced by Toshiya Yamada during the Diamond and Pearl storyline arc. Ash received a redesign in the Best Wishes! series, which included larger brown irises. In the XY series, he received pocket-size changes, such every bit a decrease in the size of the 'birthmarks' on his cheeks. Ash received a major design overhaul for the Dominicus and Moon anime series, which started airing in Japan on Nov 17, 2016.^[22]

Voice actors

In Nippon throughout the anime media, Rika Matsumoto has ever provided the original Japanese vocalization of Ash, and Hana Takeda. For the English dubbing, Veronica Taylor provided the voice of Ash in the beginning eight seasons of the English language adaption of the Pokémon anime, which was dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment. At the time of her audition, Taylor stated that the grapheme was temporarily named Casey, which was the proper noun afterward given to a recurring character in Johto. Later on the script was translated from Japanese, the lines were adapted to fit the movements of the character'due south mouth (chosen lip flap). All the voices were recorded separately, so Taylor was the only 1 in the booth when she recorded her lines, which took approximately 6 to eight hours per episode. Taylor was often the first person to record, then she had to "imagine how the previous line will be said". "Luckily, I work with a slap-up managing director who helps with the interpretation of the line, matching of the lip flap, and consistency of the vocalism". Taylor enjoyed playing Ash because of his "depression, husky voice" and "free energy and excitement".^[23]

Taylor commented that Ash and the other characters "loosened up" after the first ten episodes of the anime; she believed the writers were more relaxed and no longer felt the force per unit area of making sure everything was done correctly. Taylor commented: "I enjoy playing Ash now much more than I did in the very showtime considering I tin can take fun with him more, and we kind of know him and can work out how he actually would react. We have the classic Ash responses and things similar that."^[23] Sarah Natochenny replaced Taylor in season ix when The Pokémon Company International (known at that fourth dimension as Pokémon USA) took over the licensing, prompting a shift in recording studios.^[24]

For the Korean dubbing, Choi Deok-Hui provided the voice of Ash in the first five seasons and first two movies of the Korean adaption of the Pokémon anime, which was dubbed by Seoul Broadcasting System. An Hyeon-Seo replaced Deok-Hui in Pokémon movies 3 through five. Lee Seon-ho replaced Hyeon-Seo in season 6 and in the sixth Pokémon motion picture.

Ash Ketchum voice actors

Linguistic communication	Role player	Notes	Ref.
Japanese	Rika Matsumoto		[25]
	Hana Takeda	Flavor 23, Episode 1; age 6
English language	Veronica Taylor	Seasons one–8
	Kayzie Rogers	Flavour 9 airplane pilot/test dubs	[26]
	Sarah Natochenny	Seasons 9–present	[25]
Hindi	Prasad Barve	Flavour i–xiv (Cartoon Network dub) Season 10 (Disney dub)
	Nachiket Dighe	Season i–ix, 11–present (Disney dub)
Korean	Choi Deok-Hui	Seasons 1–5; Movies 1–2
	An Hyeon-Seo	Movies 3–five
	Lee Seon-ho	Seasons half dozen–nowadays; Movies 6–present
Dutch	Christa Lips
French	Sébastien Reding	Canadian French
	Aurélien Ringelheim	European French
German	Caroline Combrinck	Seasons 1–three, 11–xiii
	Veronika Neugebauer	Seasons iv–eleven
Hebrew	Daniel Magon	Seasons iv–13
	Yehonatan Magon	Seasons 1–three
Hungarian	Csongor Szalay
Italian	Davide Garbolino
Portuguese	Fábio Lucindo
Russian	Anna Levchenko	Seasons ane–ii (ORT dub)
	Marina Tarasova	Movies i–3
	Larisa Nekipelova	Seasons 6–9, 12–present; Movies viii-x, 12–23
	Irina Poladko	Season 10 (TNT dub)
	Marina Bakina	Season xi, Movie 11 (Jetix dub)
Spanish	Adolfo Moreno	European Castilian
	Rafael Alonso Naranjo Jr.	European Spanish
	Gabriel Ramos	American Spanish
Swedish	Dick Eriksson
Danish	Mathias Klenske
Greek	Voula Kosta

Appearances

Prior to the show

In episode 28 of the nineteenth flavour (Pokémon the Serial: XYZ), "Seeing the Wood for the Copse!", it reveals the true story of why Ash Ketchum loved Pokémon. When he was a piffling boy, Ash went to the forest to look for wild Pokémon. However, during the trip in the forest, it started to rain, and Ash got lost and was and so scared to the point of bursting into tears. Ash was forced to take shelter under a hollow tree. However, he noticed a group of Pokémon who were besides seeking shelter from the rain. So, he invited them inside the tree and the Pokémon kept him safe and warm.^[27] This made Ash then happy that he wondered how much he wanted to become a Pokémon trainer to travel across the entire world with his Pokémon friends.

In the beginning episode of the 20-third season (Pokémon Journeys: The Series), Ash at the age of six asked his female parent if he can get to Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Army camp which she happily signed him upwardly. Even so, Ash missed the camp due to breaking his alarm clock and overslept.

In episode seven of the seventeenth flavor (XY serial), "Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!", Ash attends Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Camp, where he had previously met his childhood friend Serena.^[28] At one indicate during the camp, Serena had hurt her knee from falling over after existence startled by a Poliwag. Ash had used his handkerchief to wrap up her injury, which she had kept, and returns to Ash in this episode.

In episode 58 of the fifth season (Master Quest), "The Ties That Bind!", Ash started his rivalry with Gary, Professor Oak's grandson, afterward they both fished out an sometime PokéBall then broke information technology in half. After that, Ash and Gary kept both half equally a reminder of the solar day they started their rivalry.

In the anime

The serial starts with the episode "Pokémon, I Choose You!", with Ash'due south tenth birthday, which co-ordinate to Pokémon trainer registration bylaws allowed him to go a full-fledged Pokémon trainer and obtain a starter Pokémon. Every bit a ten-year-old hailing from Pallet Town in the Kanto region, Ash was offered a pick between three Pokémon equally his starter: Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander. While he was planning to cull Squirtle, he received the electric type Pokémon Pikachu from Professor Oak instead in this episode, considering he woke up late and all the other starter Pokémon had been taken by other trainers. After receiving Pikachu and a Pokédex, Ash left Pallet Town to outset his journeying. Since then Ash has traveled the world of Pokémon, competed in many challenges and caught newer Pokémon. He has met many companions, such as Misty and Brock.

Throughout the series, Ash's primary enemies are a criminal organisation called Team Rocket, specifically the ii comical and bumbling members, Jessie and James, and their talking Meowth, who is essentially the tertiary fellow member of the group. Always since beingness defeated by Ash's Pikachu in the 2d episode, "Pokémon Emergency!", the 3 of them take obsessively never stopped chasing subsequently them to steal Ash's Pikachu, maintaining the mirage that Pikachu is abnormally powerful and presenting it to their criminal boss would make them very rich. Equally the enduring comical villains of the series, the Squad Rocket trio occasionally bear witness signs of goodness, such as care and friendship with their Pokémon and each other, and despite their constant animosity, they occasionally put their differences bated and piece of work together with Ash confronting a mutual threat, such as in Pokémon: The Film 2000, where they aid Ash in retrieving the 3 treasures in order to salvage the earth.

During his travels, Ash yet had a lot to learn as a trainer. He caught his Pokémon by merely befriending them, knew admittedly nothing about battling, and many of his gym badges were earned rather controversially. In fact, the only legitimate victories were over Lt. Surge, Koga, and Blaine, while the others were earned on technical convenience or given to him out of gratitude. Ash too shows a deep love for Pokémon in the series, protecting wild Pokémon or his own from getting injured or trying to help them, despite getting significantly hurt himself. He honed his skill as a Pokémon trainer and was able to become all viii badges, enabling him to compete in the Indigo League. Ash was able to go to the 5th round, and achieve the Summit 16 — i round further than his competitive rival Gary, who finished in the Peak 32. However, due to his inexperience in treatment his more powerful Pokémon, Ash was eliminated from his offset Pokémon League competition in a very unflattering style, which greatly disappointed him just he got over it and vowed to not make the same mistake in a league again.

Ash traveled to the Orange Islands with Misty and Tracey Sketchit, a Pokémon watcher, obtained all 4 badges and competed in the Orange League to battle Drake, the Orangish League Champion. Ash was able to win his boxing confronting Drake, giving him his first League Championship as a Pokémon trainer. This particular Pokémon League exists merely in the anime serial, and not adjusted from the video game series.

He then traveled on to the Johto region with Brock and Misty, hoping to meet with Gary and finally defeat him in the Johto League. He won 8 badges and competed in the Johto Conference. Ash beat Gary once more, in the 1st round of the briefing, and was able to make it to the quarter-finals, and achieve Top 8. However, he lost in the second round.

Ash and then moved on and traveled through the Hoenn region, along with Brock and 2 new characters: May, an aspiring Pokémon coordinator, and her younger brother Max, and together they concluded up bringing down the rival teams Team Magma and Squad Aqua. He was able to get all 8 badges and then competed in the Hoenn Conference and lost in the 3rd round.

Having gone through several leagues and gotten a lot stronger, Ash decided to challenge the Kanto "Battle Borderland" and its vii Brains (leaders). Brock, May, and Max accompanied him. Ash defeated all of the Brains and acquired all the vii Battle Frontier symbols, becoming a "Strong Battle Borderland champion" and qualifying for becoming a Frontier Brain himself. However, Ash, wanting to larn more about Pokémon and get fifty-fifty stronger, decided to continue his journey, not equally a Frontier Encephalon, simply equally a trainer. However, having acquired all 7 symbols, he left with the privilege of becoming a Borderland Brain if and when he wants in the future.

Ash, along with Brock, traveled to Sinnoh, befriended a new traveling companion, Dawn, and also found a brutal new rival in Paul; and through their journeying they encountered and defeated Team Galactic. Ash won all 8 Sinnoh gym badges and competed in the Sinnoh conference at the Lily of the Valley Isle. He somewhen faced Paul in the quarter-finals of the Sinnoh League Festival and finally defeated him, marking the showtime time Ash has ever made it into the semi-finals in a Pokémon League. Later, however, Ash was matched against Tobias, a trainer who famously swept all eight Sinnoh League gyms and all other opponents with just his legendary Pokémon Darkrai. Ash was somewhen defeated by Tobias, but not without having defeated his Darkrai, as well every bit his Latios, which is also a legendary Pokémon, whom Ash also defeated in a draw with his final Pokémon, making Ash the only known trainer to accept defeated two of Tobias' legendary Pokémon. Ash concluded his participation in the Sinnoh League with an impressive new ranking. He bade bye with Dawn in Twinleaf Town, and parted means with Brock for the last fourth dimension.

In one case again, Ash connected his journey to the Unova region, with only his Pikachu. Hither, he met and traveled with ii new companions: a female trainer named Iris, and a Pokémon Connoisseur named Cilan, who, like Brock earlier him, is a gym leader. Throughout Unova, Ash met and competed against more rivals than earlier, including Trip, Bianca, Stephan, Cameron, and Virgil, about of whom he befriended. Unlike previous seasons, Ash notoriously displayed a drop in skill and competence, and instead regressed back to a beginner, showing niggling of his previous expertise and relearned many of the basics of catching Pokémon (though this may have been due to over-excitement of inbound a new region with exclusive Pokémon, and slowly wore off as the seasons went on). Withal, Ash withal managed to win all viii gym badges in Unova and so entered the Unova League, where he defeated his arrogant rival, Trip, in the showtime friction match, but was defeated by Cameron in the quarter-finals, 1 lucifer below his previous Pokémon League ranking. Cameron was and then defeated by Virgil, who went on to win the League with his squad of Eevee evolutions. As well unlike previous seasons, Ash battled confronting a much more malevolent Squad Rocket, as well every bit the evil Squad Plasma. After his latest endeavour to compete in the Unova League, and foiling both Team Rocket and Team Plasma'south attempts to enslave Pokémon to conquer the globe, Ash's friends traveled with him back to Kanto, where they parted to go own their means and bade each other farewell.

Ash then ventured to the Kalos region to challenge the Kalos League, also as learn more about Mega Evolution, a transformation that can accept certain fully evolved Pokémon to a more than powerful temporary form. While in that location, he began traveling with the siblings Clemont and Bonnie, forth with Serena, whom he had met during a Pokémon summer military camp in Pallet Boondocks when they were much younger. Ash gained new rivals similar Sawyer and Alain. While in Kalos, Ash befriended and acquired new Pokémon, including Froakie, which afterwards evolved into a powerful Greninja. Although Ash did non yet have a Pokémon that can mega-evolve (at least not in his current political party), the group discovered that his Greninja was capable of "Bond Phenomenon", a transformation where Ash and Greninja connect mentally and Greninja'south body changes to a color scheme resembling Ash. Like Mega Development, the transformation is temporary and makes "Ash-Greninja" much more powerful and well capable of defeating mega-evolved Pokémon. Currently, no other known Pokémon in existence is capable of Bail Phenomenon, and several rivals took great involvement in competing with it in the Kalos League with their own mega-evolving Pokémon. Like before, Ash earned all viii gym badges qualifying him to compete in the Kalos League, and with his newest Pokémon, Ash defeated many opponents and their mega-evolved Pokémon, advancing all the way to the finals, breaking his previous highest ranking, but was defeated by Alain.^[29] After the tournament, Ash and his friends got involved in Team Flare, the local evil arrangement, concluding performance to take over Kalos. During the crisis, Ash and his Pokémon were captured by Team Flare, who unlike Squad Rocket and the previous evil organizations, Team Magma and Team Galactic, he dealt with in the by who captured him and so he wouldn't meddle in their plans or used him as a hostage, as their leader, Lysandre, wanted to employ him alongside Greninja for his plans. Ash's other Pokémon were used past Team Flare as hostages in an effort to get Ash and Greninja to cooperate. Team Flare used a mini version of their device, capable of decision-making Zygarde, in an attempt to control Ash along with Greninja for their Bond Miracle while Pikachu and the rest of Ash's Kalos Pokémon watched in shock. However, Ash, who was able to hear Pikachu's vocalisation, and Greninja resisted Team Flare'southward command as they couldn't interruption their fighting spirit and the bail they share for their friends and each other then used Bail Phenomenon to pause complimentary from their restraints. After Alain freed Ash'due south Pokémon from their restraints, Ash and his Pokémon were ready to terminate Squad Flare in one case and for all with Alain, who was once a Team Flare member, but decided to help cease them as he saw through his mistakes and due to his friendship with Ash as well, helping. In one case Team Flare was stopped, Ash released Greninja to help protect Kalos from other threats. Ash and Greninja also wanted to go on themselves and their friends, especially Pikachu and the rest of the Kalos members, out of harm'southward mode knowing that someone like Squad Flare would not simply try to utilize their abilities for evil, but would also utilize anyone shut to them as hostages in an endeavor to get what they want. Ash then bade farewell to his friends, before returning to Pallet Town once again.

During a holiday with his mother on Melemele Island in the Alola Region, Ash had an encounter with Tapu Koko, one of the local Island Guardian Pokémon, who gave him a Z-Band, an particular that allows a Trainer to bring forth super-powered attacks from their Pokémon. When Ash used the Z-Ring for the first time with Pikachu, it produced a massive surge of energy that overloaded and shattered the Z-Crystal that powered it, making Ash realize that he needed to acquire to control it. In lodge to principal the power of the Z-Ring, Ash then decided to stay in Alola and enrolls at the Pokémon Schoolhouse, living with Professor Kukui and studying with his new classmates: Lana, Mallow, Lillie, Sophocles and Kiawe while contesting against Team Rocket & Team Skull. During his stay in Alola, Ash not only encountered many new varieties of Pokémon, some of which became office of his new Pokémon team, just also competed in the Alolan Isle Challenges, each of which led to a Grand Trial confronting each of the Island Kahunas; emerging victorious in both the Challenges and Trials, Ash received dissimilar Z-Crystals. With the discovery of Pokémon from other dimensions, known as Ultra Beasts, emerging through wormholes, Ash and his classmates became part of the Ultra Guardians team, charged with capturing the Ultra Beasts and returning them to their ain dimensions. Ash later participated in the Alola League, resulting in his first Pokémon League conference championship win in his career equally a Pokémon Trainer and breaking his last League ranking.^[9] After the League was done, Ash decided to go back to Pallet Town once again to continue his journeying then bid farewell to his friends before setting off to his hometown.

Ash went to a grand opening of a new enquiry facility in Vermilion City with Professor Oak and his mom. After coming together Lugia and befriending a new Trainer named Goh, Ash accepted the caput professor of the new inquiry facility's offer to be a special banana alongside his new friend. After accepting the offer, Ash decided to stay in Vermilion City as he and Goh will exist traveling all over the world to gather data on Pokémon. During his journey, Ash learns about Dynamax and even received a Dynamax band from the electric current earth champion Leon, who is likewise the Galar Region champion. After seeing that his Pikachu can Gigantamax and losing an unofficial battle confronting Leon, Ash decided to compete in the World Championships so he can climb up the ranks and have an official boxing against the electric current world champion one day. Later on climbing the ranks, Ash sought out Mega Evolution as he went to Kalos for a Central Stone and Mega Stone, which increased his Aura abilities.

Ash has considerably improved his abilities as a trainer over the course of the series. Even so, his earnestness and determination remain the aforementioned. During the first flavor of the series, Ash trained to catch more Pokémon than his childhood rival, Gary Oak, although he was always shown to exist the stronger trainer. He presently began to focus more than on each of his Pokémon's abilities. Ash has shown to have the ability to sense and control Aura, which was mainly used with either with Riolu or Lucario. Likewise, Ash can use Bail Phenomenon, which he used with 1 of his Pokémon. Through his love for Pokémon, Ash seems to sympathise the feelings of them equally he sometimes shares a link with them as he senses their pain, encounter their thoughts, memories, accept them announced in his dream equally a manner of asking for his help for various reasons and hear what they are saying, although the abilities are unremarkably shown mainly with Legendary Pokémon but it was once shown with a Mythical Pokémon. Also, Ash has shown to sometimes sense a Pokémon presences or when ane is coming.

Although he got involved and ended up getting captured past Team Rocket and an evil organization from his by journeys for various reasons, Ash did avert getting captured or gotten away from a couple of evil organizations, Team Aqua, Team Plasma and Team Skull.

Achievements

Badges obtained

Over his journeying and then far, Ash has collected 8 badges from each of the major regions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos. In addition, he has also obtained 4 badges from the Orangish Archipelago and defeated the Orange Islands Champion to gain the Winners' Trophy.^[30] He has also nerveless all seven Frontier Symbols from Generation III's Battle Frontier, and has been offered a position as a future Frontier Brain, which he declined. In the Alola region, he has completed all the Island Grand Trials, Melemele, Akala, Ula'Ula and Poni Island.

In the video games

Ash Ketchum was first mentioned in a video game at the dialogue of Pokémon Play Information technology!,^[31] and his get-go appearance in a game was later on in Pokémon Puzzle League, both of which were never released in Japan. He has also appeared in Japanese educational video games Pokémon: Catch the Numbers!, I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!, and Pico for Everyone Pokémon Loud Boxing! for Sega Pico, as well as a role player graphic symbol in the English-linguistic communication Windows games Pokémon Team Rocket Blast Off, Pokémon Poké Ball Launcher, and Pokémon Seek & Find, distributed past Perdue Farms.

In Pokémon Ruby, Blueish, Yellow, and the remakes of Cherry and Blue, a character very similar to Ash (named Red) appears as a playable character every bit well equally in cameos in Pokémon Black 2, White 2, Gold, Silver, their remakes, Dominicus and Moon. The anime re-imagined Red as Ash Ketchum, the same way it re-imagined Red's rival Blue as Gary Oak and Ethan (the protagonist of the second generation Pokémon games too as their remakes) every bit Jimmy. Although they are counterparts, they are not the same characters considering they originate from different canons and thus adult from dissimilar experiences. Though Pokémon Yellow has certain plot aspects that were inspired by the anime series, the histrion grapheme is however named Red rather than Ash.^{[ commendation needed ]}

In Pokémon Sun and Moon's demo, the player character, Sun, receives a letter from Ash, along with his Greninja, which is capable of assuming its "Ash-Greninja" form through its ability Battle Bond. Ash also makes a cameo in Ghost Trial of the full game, where ane may see a blurry photo of him and his Pikachu in the back room.

Printed adaptations

The portrayals of Ash in the manga The Electrical Tale of Pikachu, and Ash & Pikachu, are very like to the 1 in the anime. There are central differences in the manga, though. The Electric Tale of Pikachu is based on Ash's journey up until the end of the Orange Islands travel. Ash is usually seen traveling past himself during the course of this manga although he is joined past Misty and Brock in Indigo sometimes. Misty is the only one to join Ash in the Orangish Islands. The Ash & Pikachu manga is like, although it has the episodes from the anime similar "The Fortune Hunters" and "A Goldenrod Opportunity" combined, simply with a couple of changes. Manga author Toshihiro Ono cited Ash as i of his favorite characters to draw for the series, stating, "I want to go on a trip with Misty merely like him! (And forget about job, hire, etc.)".^[32] In Pokémon Adventures, Cerise depicts his appearance from what he wore in the games.

In other media

Although non parodied quite as often every bit the franchise mascot Pikachu, Ash still has many parodies and appearances in various other media, ranging from an unofficial fan-fabricated film to several representations in web media, including many parodies on the YouTube aqueduct Smosh.^[33]

Ash makes a brief cameo in the animated series The Simpsons, when, in the episode "Postcards from the Wedge", the character Bart Simpson is watching Television while doing his homework, and a parody of the Pokémon anime appears on TV, starring Ash (in what appears to exist a loose parody of his Diamond & Pearl outfit) and Pikachu. Bart remarks "Wow, how does this show stay so fresh?", which is both a reference to the length of the anime, also as referencing the length of The Simpsons itself in an ironic way. In the episode "The Perspiration Implementation" of the Tv set evidence The Big Blindside Theory, Ash is mentioned by the character Sheldon Cooper when he attempts to enquire a girl out by proverb "And as Ash Ketchum said to Pikachu, I cull yous.",^[34] which specifically references how Pikachu was Ash'southward first Pokémon. In the episode "Chinpokomon" of the animated prove Due south Park, a parody of Ash makes an advent, along with a parody of Team Rocket's James, every bit characters in a Television receiver show parodying Pokémon. The title itself is a reference to Pokémon.

A graphic symbol wearing Ash's League Expo hat makes a cameo in the 4th episode of the 4th season of Rick and Morty.^[35]

Ash also makes appearances in several segments of the show Robot Chicken, including "Poké Ball High Life" and "Pokémon Tennis". In the testify The Norm Prove, the character Tommy thinks that he is Ash, and faces off against the character Norm in the episode "Artie Comes to Town".^[36] In the Japanese light novel serial High School DxD, the character of the familiar chief Zatouji is a articulate parody of Ash, even his catchphrase existence "Gotta catch 'em all!"^[37] Ash also features in an ADHD Brusque segment chosen "Pikachu Gets Pokémon Rabies".^[38]

A man wearing Ash'southward original outfit also appears in a few Taiwanese Subway ads teaching passengers basic safety procedures.^{[39] [40] [41]} A man wearing Ash'due south original League Expo lid is also shown in the tertiary episode of season 4 of the testify Metalocalypse. In the episode "Johnny'mon" of the cartoon show Johnny Test, the graphic symbol Nail Ketchup is a breathy parody of Ash Ketchum. The title is also a parody of Pokémon.

A boy wearing Ash'due south attire from the original serial tin can be seen in the episode "Performance: A.R.C.H.I.V.East." of Codename: Kids Next Door.^[42] Ash also appears in the Captain Tsubasa (2018) series as a spectator, in his Sun and Moon attire.^[43]

In the game Overwatch, the character Hanzo says the line "I cull you, spirit dragon", which is a reference to the phrase Ash often uses when sending out one of his Pokémon to battle, such as "Pikachu, I choose yous!"^[44]

Ash also made a brief appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he has a 'Pokémon battle' against Cartoon Donald Trump with Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.^{[45] [46]}

Reception

A person wearing Ash's iconic original series attire. Due to its recognizability and good reception, information technology is a popular cosplay wait.

The volume The Japanification of Children's Pop Civilisation cited Ash equally an case of cultural identification, with the character going through similar motions players of the games had to in social club to progress through them.^[47] It additionally emphasized the character'due south growth and evolution as the anime series progressed.^[48] UGO.com noted his lid equally iconic and 1 of the coolest headgear in gaming, while Jian DeLeon of Complex praised him as "stylish," particularly his very first design.^{[49] [50]} The Guinness Volume of World Records 2011 Game Edition lists Ash equally coming 37th out of 50 in a readers' poll of their favorite video game characters.^[51] However, he has been criticized by IGN for staying the same age, his lack of success, and the ambivalence almost his father.^[52]

Ash has also garnered praise for serving equally a role-model to children, and for his persistence despite being an underdog by Business concern Insider Commonwealth of australia.^[53] He has also been cited as a character that incentivizes trying to be the all-time person you lot can be, rather than the strongest, or near qualified by the BBC.^[54]

Ash's Manalo Conference win has been compared to basketball player LeBron James winning his first ring and flick director Martin Scorsese winning his first Oscar.^[55]

Kalos League controversy

On Baronial 18, 2016, the XYZ episode Kalos League Victory! Satoshi's Greatest Decisive Boxing ( カロスリーグ優勝！サトシ頂上決戦 , Karosurīgu yūshō! Satoshi chōjō kessen ) (Down to the Fiery End! in the English dub) faced criticism from fans when Ash lost the Kalos League against Alain. The fans specifically criticized the episode due to misleading trailers that suggested that Ash would win the boxing and considering Ash had lost all of the Pokémon Leagues in past seasons.^{[29] [56] [57]} Fans as well disliked the outcome because they believed that Ash'southward Greninja had many advantages over Alain's Charizard, including the fact that H2o-type Pokémon are capable of critically defeating Fire-type Pokémon,^[58] and that the rare Bond Phenomenon Ash'southward Greninja was subject to was said to be far more powerful than a conventional Mega Evolution. Several animators of the series also expressed thwarting that Ash had lost.^[59] TV Tokyo's YouTube upload of the teaser of the side by side episode received an overwhelming number of dislikes as a event of the outcome.^[58]

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External links

• Ash Ketchum on Bulbapedia
• Ash Ketchum on Serebii

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