[Music]
choose your team and get your game face
on because it's time for a Pokemon
battle begin
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
Pokemon battles from the animated show
for this list we've chosen the most
action-packed and fan pleasing Pokemon
battles that Ashe and company have taken
part in over the course of the
long-running series
[Music]
as you may have guessed battles from the
actual games won't be included in the
list and there will be a few spoilers
here and there so alert number 10 Ashe
versus Brandon what's worse than facing
a gym leader a gym leader who's packin
Legendary's I see Joe facing off against
the last of the frontier brains Ashe
took on Brandon in a four versus four
Pokemon battle what was great about this
fight is not only did Ashley squirtle
and Bulbasaur make a reappearance they
both took down top opponents despite
both taking a heavy beating stage is
finally set now regice focused punch yet
the climax of the battle was when
Pikachu took on one of the legendary
golems regice that yellow Mouse sure has
come far
rejoice
hi sis unable to battle number nine
Charizard vs. from YouTube this is easy
you're all I've got left to count on
taking a quick break from ash we turn
our attention to the pokemons origin
special that tipped the hat to fans the
game's this floor is where we honor and
record the valiant efforts of the
Pokemon League champions and their
Pokemon in this four-part series we
follow red as he travels around the
region of Kanto earning badges and
catching pretty much every Pokemon he
comes across you know that thing ash was
meant to be doing
but this series wasn't just a nostalgia
trip it had its fair share of kick-ass
fights and what's more kick-ass that
chars are taken on YouTube with fast
paced action
beautiful visuals and a mega evolution
to boot for fans to get pumped for
Pokemon X&Y this is a must watch fight
for Pokemon fans everywhere
number eight Ashe versus Jeanette yeah
Jeanette she should win the good old
days of the Indigo be back when a
Bellsprout could actually kick ass as he
makes his way towards the final Ash's
Bulbasaur almost makes a clean sweep of
Jeanette's bug Pokemon until an
unexpected final choice turns the battle
around I don't think any of us were
expecting Pikachu to be defeated
especially by a Bellsprout of course ash
manages to snatch victory from the jaws
of defeat in a somewhat hilarious twist
well that's a nasty way to go that muck
can really smother you with affection
number seven
Charizard vs. Articuno it's really
beautiful
back to the battle frontier as well as
the return of the old favorite just as I
expected
Charizard the match even burn Articuno
careful don't count your victory just
yet fans had gone quite a while without
seeing ash's charizard but their
patience was rewarded when he came back
for a solo battle against the one and
only Articuno despite having the type
advantage the fearsome dragon quickly
realized that Articuno isn't a legendary
pokemon for nothing yet he still manages
to snag a win for his trainer despite
the odds number 6 the fern eight versus
electivire Alexa fire stand by for fat
[Music]
during his journey through the Pokemon
regions of diamond and pearls I found a
new rival in the pragmatic yet cynical
Paul power these two battled on multiple
occasions ultimately leading up to their
final bout in the quarterfinals of the
sino championships
[Music]
as you'd expect it leads up to last
pokemon standing between paul's
electivire and ash's in Fernie
Reggie once called them two sides of the
same coin mirrors of thunder they may
have the same goals but they've always
taken different paths three filled with
flames and Thunderbolts it's an intense
match that pushes both Pokemon trainers
to their limits
[Music]
number five Charizard versus Blaziken
strong yes a battle like this one could
only take place between two very
high-level Pokemon oh yeah
expect Charizard to be showing up a lot
here
right back with Blanco after finding his
way into another championship ash ended
up taking on an opponent who had a few
tricks up his sleeve
namely in the form of Blaziken Blaziken
is unable to battle good sure that might
not mean much nowadays but when this
episode premiered this was the first
time fans of the show hit Cena Blaziken
and it did not fail to impress right on
[Music]
when you managed to bring down ash's
charizard with fire type moves alone
it's worthy of recognition and it also
showed that the Hoenn region had some
damn strong pokemon waiting to be
discovered
Charizard is unable to battle
and Blaziken wins number 4 ash vs. Drake
don't you just love it when the underdog
comes out on top after battling his way
through the various orange islands ash
goes head-to-head against Drake a
champion with six powerful Pokemon of
his own
there are a lot of highlights here
Lapras versus Gengar Taurus vs van Yasur
but the highlight of the battle has to
go to pikachu versus Dragonite
[Music]
amazing how one little mouse can bring
down a dragon but then again most mice
can't bring the Thunder like Pikachu can
[Music]
number three Charizard versus magmar
[Music]
nothing beats the classics battling for
his penultimate gym badge ash found
himself in hot water went up against the
riddle spouting Blaine and his magmar
after nearly barbecuing Pikachu his last
hope came in the form of chars arm who
by this stage was still something of a
rebellious douche
[Music]
that changed when he found magmar to be
a worthy opponent or at least another
Pokemon he wanted to take down maybe his
Charizard saw how strong Magpies he
wants to test its strength as you can
imagine the fight is intense and filled
to the brim with flames it also showed
why Charizard is such a badass I mean do
you know any other Pokemon that can
catch a fire blast
[Music]
number two Pikachu versus right.you we
all know that Pikachu is a powerhouse in
a pint-sized body but back in the first
season that wasn't always the case
though it right you give it the body
swim while trying to earn another gym
badge our favorite electric Mouse gets
the Thunder kicked out of him by his
evolutionary counterpart
Raichu it was the big finale right Jo
it's then the ash has to make a tough
decision on whether to forcefully evolve
Pikachu to make him a match for Raichu
or find another way to win
Raichu needless to say
ash chooses the ladder and with balls is
Rocky Balboa the Pokemon version before
we choose you our number one pick here
are a few honorable mentions
[Music]
you stick down
number one Ashe versus Derry Charizard
versus Blastoise good morning two
talented trainers two fully evolved
Pokemon and one childhood rivalry
leading up to one epic Pokemon battle
that was four years in the making
that'd be the same squirtle that Gary
originally received from Professor Oak
yeah that's the one our top pick goes to
the final confrontation between ash and
Gary the two trainers from Pallet Town
now find themselves battling at the
silver conference
[Music]
their rivalry comes full circle as the
to show just how far they've come since
the first episode and fans are treated
to a whole host of intense battles the
pinnacle of course being Charizard vs.
Blastoise
[Music]
again ranma's been through the strong
defense this time again chars are
painful yet despite Charizard having the
type disadvantage the burning lizard
still proves why he's the king do you
agree with our list what's your favorite
animated Pokemon battle for more of your
favorite top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com it's
hard but it's not impossible
[Music]