Was he Ash's dad

Was he Ash's dad

No he's your rivals dad in GSC/HGSS/Manga

No he was this guy's dad.

Anime isn't canon you dumb retard

they confirmed it in a Celebi event for the games too in HGSS, but I think the english text removes references of him being his father for some reason
There's still that reference from the Rocket Scientist in Sevii Islands in FRLG about Giovanni's kid having red hair though

No, he was ???'s dad.

No, he was Dick McFag's dad in my game.

Post your rival names

So who was he, really.

Are you dense? He was PKMN TRAINER RED. It said so when the battle started.

>literally named him ???

Red's Pokemon became so powerful that he became completely disinterested in life. He was the One Punch Man of Pokemon.

How did the Japanese decide to use an Italian name for their villain? There a story behind it?

This was the saddest post-game lore Ive ever seen, knowing that your character on RBY had turned insane after the end of the game and reclused in a cave.

And yet he still got completely whooped by Ethan.
Ethan confirmed for strongest trainer in pokémon canon.

>Ash and Gary's dads died fighting with Lt. Surge in a war over the newly created pokemon
>this causes Prof. Oak to dedicate his life to understanding pokemon, to avenge his dead son
>everyone is trying to rebuild from the war, which is why criminal organizations are everywhere and nobody cares that children are out adventuring

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Well user I saw Pokemon LIVE and I can confirm that with my own eyes, I saw him and ash's mom admit the truth live.

is this canon

Actually yea

Well, at least they chose my named based on hard-earned stereotypes and some Bible stuff.

He was you.

Help me figure this out Sup Forums

>red is the name of the character
>ash uses Pikachu
>red uses Pikachu in yellow
>but red from Pokemon special uses Pikachu
>in G/S, red has Pikachu
This is all correct?

So then is red based off of red special or is red based off ash/toshi?

And he's only like 14.

>Red comes first
>Ash is based on Red
>Pikachu becomes mascot
>Pokemon yellow is based on anime
>Red has Pikachu because it's the mascot and Red is the most iconic player character

B2/W2 protags beat everyone in the previous games in the world tournament though. If anyone is the strongest, it's them.