I get a lot of feelings from these scenes!
WHOA, HOLD UP, WHAT?!
Yeah, Oak was the kid in the Celebi movie.
Meaning that he also probably had more pokemon available when Ash first started his journey, but he deliberately tricked Ash into accepting a rowdy and untamed pikachu because that was Ash’s partner back during their adventure together.
We stan
Samuel Oak
That means his verbal savagery toward Ash early on was friendship, which puts a whole different spin on it.
*Ash rushes in, dead last among the kids of Pallet Town*: Professor Oak! Is it too late for me to get a Pokémon?!
Samuel Oak, Anticipating this moment for decades and saving a very special Pikachu from the local breeding program for just this occasion and trying very hard not to laugh: Oh boy, we’ll see what we can do…
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