Ash Ketchum (Pokémon the Series: Black & White)

Ash Ketchum is the main protagonist of the Pokémon anime, and has traveled to every region so far, his loyal Pokémon by his side is Pikachu. While Ash Ketchum himself is a great and likable character, his character wasn’t so likable once he was flanderized for the Best Wishes Seasons just like he was in the Johto Seasons. He is voiced by Rica Matsumoto in the Japanese dub and Sarah Natochenny in the English dub.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He is a very bad trainer unlike he was in the previous and modern generations before and after Best Wishes.
 * 2) His voice is much more lackluster than usual.
 * 3) His character is barley well written and instead he comes off as pretty bland.
 * 4) He made the most stupid mistakes in Best Wishes, the most notorious example being the moment where he couldn't beat an newbie's inexperienced Snivy with a Pikachu, and it doesn't help that this is the series that came after the last series where Pikachu managed to tie with Latios.
 * 5) He also brought only one Pokemon to a gym battle confident that he was going to win, unaware that he really should have 6 Pokemon on him at all times if he owns at least six Pokemon. He even left the battle after Palpitoad fainted to get more Pokemon, when he should have been automatically deemed the loser or disqualified.
 * 6) He can also be rude towards his traveling companions at times.
 * 7) The problem with his team is that he arguably caught too many Pokemon, and not many of them evolved fully, not even any of his starters. And some of them are very infamous for losing many battles, such as Unfezant and Palpitoad, the former of which lost to a Riolu.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Ash Ketchum himself is still a likable character (unlike he was in Season 3), it’s just that his Best Wishes counterpart isn’t as well written unlike his other counterparts, including Sun and Moon.
 * 2) He still cares deeply about his Pokémon.
 * 3) His character started to improve much better in the XY anime.
 * 4) Some of the Pokemon he owned in Best Wishes were actually great, such as Leavanny, Scraggy, Snivy, arguably Oshawott, Boldore (being his first rock type) and of course Krookodile.