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Her purpose was ostensibly to get Ash to replace her [[bicycle]], which he had accidentally destroyed when they first met. However, Misty often seemed to have forgotten about the bicycle, indicating that her real reason for following along was that she simply wanted to remain with her friends. In the Orange Islands, evidence that she has [[PokéShipping|romantic feelings for Ash]] surfaced as well.

After Ash competed in the [[Johto League Silver Conference]], however, her bicycle is repaired and returned to her by the [[Viridian City]] [[Nurse Joy]]. Misty was shown to be sad that she no longer had the convenient excuse to travel with Ash. In addition, her sisters [[Daisy (anime)|Daisy]], [[Lily (anime)|Lily]], and [[Violet]], called Misty at this time to tell her they were going on a world tour, and needed her to return to Cerulean and watch the Gym in their absence. Misty wanted to stay with Ash, but felt it was her responsibility to take over the Gym, which would be shut down if left unattended.

Misty leaving the main cast caused a great amount of controversy among the fanbase with many extremely upset with her leaving.  This led to many of Misty's fans leaving the fandom and a lot of hate being directed towards May in her early years.  Misty naturally comes up as a candidate whenever there is speculation on the main characters of a future saga, with opinions on whether she will ever return divided.