He's slowly closing the gap, though, having finally become the winner of a major League at the end of the Alola series, after which he moved on to the loftier goal of entering the World Coronation Series as his next step in his quest toward becoming a Pokémon Master.

Adaptational Wimp: Unlike his game counterpart who became the Champion at the end of his Kanto journey and was recognized as a Pokémon Master by Lance, Ash was kept by the writers as a skilled but not Champion-level trainer for most of the series' duration in order to prevent him from becoming overpowered against most opponents, and to justify him visiting the many regions of the Pokémon world, always challenging the next Pokémon League after losing in the last one.

Since the beginning of the series, however, the two incarnations began to diverge more in appearance and personality.

It was around the second generation that his Canon Name was cemented as Red. note Although players could give him any name, with both 'Red' and 'Satoshi'/'Ash' being among the default names, and early Japanese official sources alternated between the two when referring to him.

Adaptation Name Change: While he's the anime's counterpart of the trainer protagonist from Pokémon Red and Blue, this one goes by Red in the games (and adaptations unrelated to the anime).

He returns to this in full force during Journeys, which makes sense, given that he is coming off of his win in the Manalo Conference.

Winning the Manalo Conference, becoming Alola's first League Champion, and beating both Professor Kukui and Tapu Koko in a well-fought 6-on-6 battle cements his status as this, crowning himself Alola's most powerful trainer.

Sun and Moon tones down this characteristic a fair deal, though he's still often this in regards to his expertise in battling and bonding with Pokémon.

It's downplayed in that he is still Book Dumb and doesn't master everything right away, but this series is still by far the smartest and most mature he's ever been. He is a much more powerful trainer than they are, is by far the one who handles things best in a crisis, large or small, and is in much better shape than them.

Ash is this during the XY series, at least in relation to his traveling companions (one of which happens to be a Gym Leader).

Ash is nevertheless quite naïve and immature in many regards, but that won't stop him from being the best. On his journey, Ash is joined by several Pokémon and human companions whose friendships help him grow and mature as a trainer. Hailing from Kanto region's Pallet Town, Ash is a brave young boy full of energy and passion who lets nothing stand in the way of his dream To Be A Pokémon Master.

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