
It should be worth noting that, while both Jessie, James and Meowth do have serious moments in previous seasons, those don't overstay their welcome.As such, their Wobbuffet had to remain in Kanto during this series, but would come back for X&Y.

While this is not a bad idea on paper, it was poorly executed in the show. Jessie, James and Meowth have largely discarded their comical personas and have become competent agents, even managing to evade getting the humiliating "blast off" from Ash when their plans fail.Even if Ash was an idiot in Unova, even he doesn't deserve the treatment he goes through. Iris calls him a "stupid kid" over the smallest things, he gets curb-stomped by Cameron and is treated like garbage by Trip, which is not fair. It would also be noted that he's also become a punching bag, too.Ash has been flanderized beyond recognition in this era, going from a strong and caring trainer who gradually matures and learns from his mistakes into a poorly-written, stuck-up, whiny brat who messes everything up and keeps making rookie-level mistakes, which makes this era frustrating for fans.Clearly, the writers of Black & White knew nothing about Pokémon. Yes, Pikachu gave out after Zekrom unleashed a powerful amount of electricity, but that's inexcusable even for Pokémon standards, considering how grass types resist electric moves and Pikachu has many moves that would've gotten around Snivy's grass-type resistance (Iron Tail, Quick Attack, etc.). In the very first episode, Ash loses to a Level 5 Snivy, a battle that his Pikachu, having experience from all of Ash's adventures, should've easily won.No wonder fans label Black & White the " Indigo League rehash". The Black & White anime is a rip-off of the Indigo League season (Season 1), except it doesn't have the same charm as that season.


Unlike the past Pokémon generation eras like Indigo League (Season 1), Adventure on the Orange Islands (Season 2), Johto League (Seasons 3-5), Advanced Generation (Seasons 6-9) and Diamond and Pearl (Seasons 10-13), this Pokémon generation era is a three season-long mess with some of the characters being questionably written, poorly executed stories, mediocre rivals, Ash acting out of character for no reason other than bad writing and many other problems that could have been easily avoided/ignored completely.
