According to the Pokémon anime's first head writer, Takeshi Shudo, Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak had a secret goal when they set ...

Pokémon is a massive franchise, and more casual fans often miss out on some of its finer details. This applies not just to the deceptively complex games, but even the relatively simple anime. These ...

However, the closest we really get is when Ash is turned to stone in The First Movie, when he puts himself between a psycho ...