Ash-Greninja Is Returning - Here's Why It's Ash's Best Pokemon
The 100th episode of the Pokemon Journeys featured a new opening title sequence that teased a number of upcoming plot points and Pokemon that will be appearing during what is presumed to be the final stretch of the series. Among the Pokemon that appear in this new intro is Ash’s Greninja, a fan favorite Pokemon who hasn’t been seen in the anime in almost six years. We only get a brief glimpse at Greninja so it’s impossible to say what role it will play, but just knowing Ash’s Greninja will return is reason enough to be excited.
Greninja was the first Pokemon that Ash caught when he arrived in the Kalos region. Froakie sees Ash and Team Rocket fighting and jumps in between Wobbuffet and Pikachu to protect Pikachu from an attack. Ash rushes the injured Froakie to Professor Sycamore’s lab and learns that it has been abandoned by its trainer for being uncooperative. It turns out the Froakie has had multiple trainers but could never get along with any of them. After another row with Team Rocket, Froakie decides to let Ash be its new trainer, and the two were inseparable for the next 138 episodes.
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Like most of Ash’s Pokemon, Froakie took some time to find its true power. It took a few bad beats early on from Penelope’s Sylveon, Sanpei’s Frogadier, and Ash’s Hawlucha, who later became its closest friend. It lost against Grant’s Tyrunt at the Cyllage Gym, but in a rematch against Sanpei, finally evolved into Frogadier.
From there, Frogadier became one of Ash’s most prolific fighters. It practically single-handedly won Ash the Plant Badge at the Courmarine Gym, it defeated Sawyer’s Treecko even as it evolved into Grovyle mid-battle, and it took out
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