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One particular characteristic about Ash that has not changed over the course of the series aside from his determination and his passion for raising and training Pokémon is that he is incredibly selfless. He will often (and this has happened for just about every one of his Pokémon) go to extraordinary lengths to earn a Pokémon's trust and respect; and he will often go out of his way to better understand a Pokémon that he sees as troubled. He is also very fair-minded and trusting, a true testament to his good-natured character. | One particular characteristic about Ash that has not changed over the course of the series aside from his determination and his passion for raising and training Pokémon is that he is incredibly selfless. He will often (and this has happened for just about every one of his Pokémon) go to extraordinary lengths to earn a Pokémon's trust and respect; and he will often go out of his way to better understand a Pokémon that he sees as troubled. He is also very fair-minded and trusting, a true testament to his good-natured character. | ||
Ash is shown to have a strong sense of justice, especially when it comes to Pokémon. If a Pokémon is in trouble he will go out of his way to help them, even if he has no prior connection to them. If they are the cause of trouble, he will stop them, and then try to understand them, with almost all such occasions being a case of the Pokémon (or their trainer or friend(s)) having a problem which can't be resolved normally. In those cases, he will selflessly volunteer to help them. Should the problem be caused by a person, such as a {{TRT}}, [[Pokémon poacher|Pokémon thieves, hunters or poachers]], Ash resolves to do anything in his power to stop them. | |||
Despite this, and previous dealings with [[Villainous teams|evil organizations]], Ash has retained remarkably optimistic and naïve outlook, a trait his companions seem to share. He is quick to praise and has an unshakable trust in both his Pokémon and his [[Ash's friends|friends]]. He is unable to see through the disguises of the Team Rocket trio, and will try to see the best in everyone and everything. An example would be Team Rocket's frequent 'sudden appearance' that coincidentally coincides with their needs at that time, and Ash never questioning it until it is too late. Another example would be how he easily praises [[Clemont (anime)|Clemont]] for his 'genius' inventions, no matter their high failure rate, and the near inevitable explosion, or [[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]] for his other varied 'connoisseur abilities,' even if they are ridiculous. Furthermore, even though almost all of his friends have large dreams, Ash fully supports them and has never doubted their ability to accomplish them, possibly due to his own highly ambitious goal. He also encourages Pokémon to do the best they can, even if they aren't his own, and has even helped train wild Pokémon. | |||
In the [[Original series]], though Ash actively took part in [[Pokémon battle|battles]], he was rarely seen independently training his Pokémon. However, since the [[Advanced Generation series]], Ash is shown to train more noticeably, having mock battles with his friends and focusing on [[Move|moves]], techniques and strategies with his Pokémon. A noticeable trait is his willingness to learn from both his victories and defeats in battle. For example, after winning in a [[Gym]] battle against [[Winona]] in a ''[[AG085|Sky High Gym Battle!]]'' and witnessing her Pokémon's powerful [[Aerial Ace (move)|Aerial Ace]], Ash was motivated to have his [[Ash's Swellow|Swellow]] learn it, which it did during ''[[AG090|Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry]]'' and ''[[AG091|Lessons in Lilycove!]]''. Even after he lost a battle, and witnessing a powerful [[Ice Punch (move)|Ice Punch]], as seen in ''[[DP159|Short and To the Punch!]]'', Ash was inspired to teach his [[Ash's Buizel|Buizel]] it. He even believes in using serious battles as an opportunity to help train the move, even if he loses, like during the [[Double Battle]] in ''[[AG041|What You Seed is What You Get]]'', when he was trying to teach [[Ash's Sceptile|Treecko]] [[Bullet Seed (move)|Bullet Seed]]. | |||
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