How Ash got Charmander.
I was thinking of adding trivia "This is the only episode where Ash steals a Pokémon", but I wanna discuss it on the talk page first. In my opinion he did steal it.
Yeah, of course the trainer is so damn selfish, but still. Even if the trainer didn't really care about the Charmander it still belonged to him. So technically Ash is stealing it since he got it without the trainer's permission.
But there could be objections to that trivia that Ash stole the Pokémon. So I wanna discuss this. TheBlazikenMaster 01:25, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
- This was probably a later retcon, but Dawn couldn't capture Pikachu because it was already imprinted (or something) with Ash's Poké Ball. So I assume that Damien just released Charmander, told it that he'd come back, and walked off so he could have more space for Pokémon. That's why Charmander could go into Ash's Poké Ball. TTEchidna 02:55, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with TTEchidna, Most likely the Trainer released it and said that he'd come back for it. I mean, even IF you don't count what happened when Dawn tried to capture Pikachu, it was implied in that very episode that he did actually release it. Damian, when Shouting "Charmander, Return" used the exact same animation as someone who is catching a pokemon, and the way to call back a pokemon is through that Laser that's emitted from the Button on the Pokeball, thus implying that he actually released the Charmander from it's pokeball (most likely with the Blue beam option that was used in D/P.).
- Weedle Mchairybug 15:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)Weedle_McHairybug