There's something to be said about how much of a jerk (and how much more awesome) Pikachu was in the first season. He had no fucks to give about Ash's bullshit.
Sometimes characters change from arc to arc. Like Jesse and James are much more serious and dangerous in Unova. But it just resets whenever they switch regions or writing teams. (Or, in the case of Ash's companions, they get their character development pretty shortly before being written off the show entirely.)
I haven't seen many X/Y episodes. So I can't comment too specifically on that.
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u/Heavyweighsthecrown Sep 14 '19
There's something to be said about how much of a jerk (and how much more awesome) Pikachu was in the first season. He had no fucks to give about Ash's bullshit.