I can’t believe that nobody ever thought of this! Anyway this is just out of humor. It may be long but trust me, its enjoyable. Happy reading!
1) Ash is a Role Model
In the first special of the Naruto manga (before chp1) we see Naruto going on a beer round with some painters. In the manga at least, scenes like these are repeated. However with Ash, the situation is far better: he can actually pull off all his crazy stunts and all out whackiness without being on drugs or alcohol!
2) Depth
People say Pokemon is just too kiddy to be compared with Naruto. I give them one word: sacrifice. Ash has the guts to sacrifice anything for others and it takes guts to give up your most powerful Pokemon to a frickin con-artist in red tights and even more guts to sacrifice all his pokemon to retirement everytime he changes regions. When you think of it…that’s all the depth you really need.
3) Shadow Clones? Pfft! Yeah Right!
Just see Ash perform this technique in the Johto Journeys "Illusion Confusion" episode. This came long before Naruto was doing it. Besides, Double Team has already been countered about a zillion times by Ash. Plus the substitute technique debuted way back on 24 Feb 1996 when the Pokemon Red and Green versions were released in Japan. Plus Ash’s genjutsu is far superior when he turned into a Pikachu in "Hocus Pokemon" during Master Quest! Not so original are you Naruto?
4) Ninetailed Fox? All you need is a one-tailed yellow rat!
Everyone knows Ash’s Pikachu is the strongest critter Ash has. How? Just watch the damage caused by its thunderbolt in the opening of Advanced Battle, or the blast Weavile took in the opening of the Lucario movie or the blasts that were exchanged during the battle of Meowth in boots against Pika at the end of the Hoenn League? Still don’t believe it? Well could that fox take a fully charged Volt Tackle? The results would be a re-enactment of Goku’s Dragon Fist technique and trust me , the effects won’t be pretty for the fox! Ash takes full credit for that.
5) Ash…a true action hero
It’s amazing what this 10 year old person has done. Taking the movies alone, he has run into the path of the psybeams of two of the world’s strongest Pokemon, single handedly rode a Lugia while battling THREE birds of prey while trying to steal their treasures, went toe-to-toe with an invincible psychic generated Entei, blown Team Rocket’s finest operative’s devices to smithereens without the help of a useless Suicune, had to evade prehistoric dinosaur Pokemon, face-off against 10X bigger-than-normal-Groudon with nothing but a screeching Flygon, survive a swarm of mad block-bots trying to murder him, being kicked in the lower extremities by a Lucario, turning into something awesome in the Manaphy movie…(explained later), calling a Pokemon (that had just razed an entire town into the ground) stupid in its face and just now took an active part in causing the death of a deranged baddie who tried to merge this dimension with the reverse one.
Impressive resume Mr. Ketchum. Naruto-san, could you match that?
And what about the anime series. Full Credits go to Dodgemasters Tim, Lex and Brandon for the following text about his adventures in the Orange Isles:
Joined by Tracey and dumping Brock, Ash decides to compete in The Orange Islands League despite Professor Oak wanting the GS Ball. Ash later finds himself going to further and further extremes to get what he wants. Whether it's leaping onto moving cars,, leaping off of cliffs, thrown about by exploding Magikarp torpedoes, placating a scared Misty when giant Magikarp's leap out of ponds, trying his hardest to hold his breath forever underwater while being mauled by a Dewgong, going kayaking in a hurricane, climbing a mountain free-style, skidding down the same mountain on an ice-sled and leaping up huge ramps, standing in the path of a lumbering Snorlax, resisting Jigglypuffs song while using it to put a gluttonous Snorlax out of its misery after aiding the monster in causing massive property damage , trying to steal a 300 year old trophy from a couple of ghosts that run a Haunted Ship, bravely challenging a half dead Scyther to a death match, getting his own butt and Charizard’s butt whupped from an Elite 4 member, perpetuating a cycle of self-destruction by helping evil drug-dealers get their shipment in, bravely proclaiming vengeance on a Bulbasaur who lives some sewers and thinks he is a Ninja Turtle, directing his Pokemon to destroy targets in order to do away with a rival to Misty 's affections, leaping to save his Pikachu from a far fall off a huge cliff, climbing free-style up a giant mountain to rescue Pikachu from an overgrown predatorial Pidgeot, leaping down a cliff to track down his Pikachu, leaping dramatically off yet another cliff to save Pikachu from a rampaging Rhydon, posing and throwing out one liners as he desperately attempts to make his Charizard fight a Poliwrath, flying through an underground tunnel on a Charizard's back to save a Poke-Napped Pikachu or engaging in the First Double Poke-battle of Generation one without really knowing the rules,…
…. it's all in the name of impressing a certain red-headed beauty,...Ash is a true Action Hero.
6) Ash Kicks Tail!
Any casual watcher of any anime has see this over and over: Hero vs Rival. Pokemon and Naruto are no exceptions. But when we peer into Naruto, Sasuke just keeps on ripping Naruto’s butt to shreds everytime they meet best seen when they clash in Episode 134 The End of Tears where the demon fox’s power just can’t keep up with Cursed seals. And all of this over a sicko kiss Naruto gave him back in school! Plus we can see this in nearly every episode of the Naruto series whether it be Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Gaara, Jiraya, Tsunade, etc, etc. The fact remains : Naruto always gets his butt handed back to him (except when he relies on that fox! Which is cheating anyway you look at it!)
Ash does begin in such a way with Gary. He also gets his butt spanked as well. But and a big BUT, Ash has accomplished what Naruto hasn’t: He has dished out enough butt-whupping to make even Pain say “uncle.” Let’s say we ignore the thousand foot blast-offs, the razings of about 30 gyms till date, and the destruction and foiling of numerous plans of countless baddies…
7) Ash is a ladies man
Ash is a real natural when it comes to picking up girls and he doesn’t realize it! Who could resist the idea of going out with a 10 year old heart-throb who’ll be all alone on his journeys. No wonder Misty fell for him! In fact Ash has had three girlfriends two of whom he had DUMPED two of them big time! No matter how much trash he put Misty through she actually shows up at his home after Hoenn waiting for him. And what was she doing in his bedroom….?...oh! eh hum….
Infact no matter how bad Ash has dumped his girls, they just can’t get enough of him. Look at May whom Ash DUMPED TWICE tried to extract revenge by going after Drew. But seeing what a dolt he was see actually returned in Sinnoh with the hottest of hottest dresses wearable on kids TV which actually made Ash compete in the contest! But the fact of the matter is that Ash keeps on picking up hotter and hotter girls all the time. Not to mention that most of the filler in Pokemon involves cute girls begging Ash to help them do what they want! Ash is “da BOMB!” No wonder Brock follows him around.
Tough luck Naruto, Sakura ain’t going to like ya ever!
8) Maybe this is why Naruto can’t pick up chicks:
What self respecting girl would like to out with a guy whom you are’nt sure is a guy at all? Naruto could be using a jutsu all the time just to look like a boy! Well the girls may not care but the guys do. I mean, why would the great Kakashi, who has never passed a single team EVER passed Team 7? The answer is quite simple, he is a dang PERV! Why else would he do it? It makes you wonder what used to go on in those late nights in the woods during the early missions… While Sakura would be after Sasuke, what were Kakashi and Naruto upto? It really makes you wonder.
Then comes another reason why Naruto can’t be even half the ladiesman Ash is…ever wondered why anytime Naruto tried the Nude jutsu on Kakashi later on, the sensei would take a pass? That’s because Naruto can’t live upto peoples expectations!
The same story is repeated with Jiraya, except he enjoyed Naruto for TWO FULL YEARS before kicking the bucket. Plus the chicks in Naruto are’nt even that hot as in Pokemon…
9) Ash is over NINE THOUSAND!!!!!
There is always the argument that Naruto is better skilled, better trained and more effective than whatever Ash is. Let’s just reminisce about what happened not so long ago…In episode "Solid as a Solrock" during Advanced Battle, we remember that Ash had no chance at beating Tate and Liza in there gymbattle. But somehow…someway, like the Legendary moment when Gohan was able to SSJ2 against Cell, Ash made not only one…but two of his Pokemon go Super Saiyan!
Then we see Ash’s Pikachu go SSJ all the time with Volt Tackle…the move that destroyed none other than Mirage Mewtwo!
But, we can argue, Ash wasn’t doing anything! He was just barking out orders while stark raving mad! Well people, Ash may be many things…but he never disappoints.
We all were bored to death while watching the Manaphy movie and how much it sucked to death as May played mommy to a blue glob. The movie may have ended in such a suckie way…but no…some say he hijacked the movie but I say he saved it. After trashing May and Pikachu into a sub and seemingly drowning with the sinking temple with the water, Ash re-emerges to give us the greatest scenes in all of Pokemon since Deoxys had its arms blown off….
Now when anyone finally ascends to that level, you don’t mess with him. Beat that Naruto!
10) Ash has Immortal Eternal Youth
Hardly anyone can claim this. But just as Meowth hinted in the first episode of DP, ten years have passed and Ash hasn’t aged at all. People say that’s bad but in retrospect that is very good. Naruto is growing older and sooner or later, he’ll be a man. Most Shonen animes end at that point. Some go on until a certain point that’s old age. Naruto will stop one day…we all know that. But even if he dies and is reincarnated again…you know what? Ash will still be at it! And in the words of Mr. Hidaka (director of the anime), Pokemon will go on …forever!
So years down the road, when nobody will remember this blond crackpot ninja, the misadventures of Ash and Pikachu will still be on and millions will still love it.
1) Ash is a Role Model
In the first special of the Naruto manga (before chp1) we see Naruto going on a beer round with some painters. In the manga at least, scenes like these are repeated. However with Ash, the situation is far better: he can actually pull off all his crazy stunts and all out whackiness without being on drugs or alcohol!
2) Depth
People say Pokemon is just too kiddy to be compared with Naruto. I give them one word: sacrifice. Ash has the guts to sacrifice anything for others and it takes guts to give up your most powerful Pokemon to a frickin con-artist in red tights and even more guts to sacrifice all his pokemon to retirement everytime he changes regions. When you think of it…that’s all the depth you really need.
3) Shadow Clones? Pfft! Yeah Right!
Just see Ash perform this technique in the Johto Journeys "Illusion Confusion" episode. This came long before Naruto was doing it. Besides, Double Team has already been countered about a zillion times by Ash. Plus the substitute technique debuted way back on 24 Feb 1996 when the Pokemon Red and Green versions were released in Japan. Plus Ash’s genjutsu is far superior when he turned into a Pikachu in "Hocus Pokemon" during Master Quest! Not so original are you Naruto?
4) Ninetailed Fox? All you need is a one-tailed yellow rat!
Everyone knows Ash’s Pikachu is the strongest critter Ash has. How? Just watch the damage caused by its thunderbolt in the opening of Advanced Battle, or the blast Weavile took in the opening of the Lucario movie or the blasts that were exchanged during the battle of Meowth in boots against Pika at the end of the Hoenn League? Still don’t believe it? Well could that fox take a fully charged Volt Tackle? The results would be a re-enactment of Goku’s Dragon Fist technique and trust me , the effects won’t be pretty for the fox! Ash takes full credit for that.
5) Ash…a true action hero
It’s amazing what this 10 year old person has done. Taking the movies alone, he has run into the path of the psybeams of two of the world’s strongest Pokemon, single handedly rode a Lugia while battling THREE birds of prey while trying to steal their treasures, went toe-to-toe with an invincible psychic generated Entei, blown Team Rocket’s finest operative’s devices to smithereens without the help of a useless Suicune, had to evade prehistoric dinosaur Pokemon, face-off against 10X bigger-than-normal-Groudon with nothing but a screeching Flygon, survive a swarm of mad block-bots trying to murder him, being kicked in the lower extremities by a Lucario, turning into something awesome in the Manaphy movie…(explained later), calling a Pokemon (that had just razed an entire town into the ground) stupid in its face and just now took an active part in causing the death of a deranged baddie who tried to merge this dimension with the reverse one.
Impressive resume Mr. Ketchum. Naruto-san, could you match that?
And what about the anime series. Full Credits go to Dodgemasters Tim, Lex and Brandon for the following text about his adventures in the Orange Isles:
Joined by Tracey and dumping Brock, Ash decides to compete in The Orange Islands League despite Professor Oak wanting the GS Ball. Ash later finds himself going to further and further extremes to get what he wants. Whether it's leaping onto moving cars,, leaping off of cliffs, thrown about by exploding Magikarp torpedoes, placating a scared Misty when giant Magikarp's leap out of ponds, trying his hardest to hold his breath forever underwater while being mauled by a Dewgong, going kayaking in a hurricane, climbing a mountain free-style, skidding down the same mountain on an ice-sled and leaping up huge ramps, standing in the path of a lumbering Snorlax, resisting Jigglypuffs song while using it to put a gluttonous Snorlax out of its misery after aiding the monster in causing massive property damage , trying to steal a 300 year old trophy from a couple of ghosts that run a Haunted Ship, bravely challenging a half dead Scyther to a death match, getting his own butt and Charizard’s butt whupped from an Elite 4 member, perpetuating a cycle of self-destruction by helping evil drug-dealers get their shipment in, bravely proclaiming vengeance on a Bulbasaur who lives some sewers and thinks he is a Ninja Turtle, directing his Pokemon to destroy targets in order to do away with a rival to Misty 's affections, leaping to save his Pikachu from a far fall off a huge cliff, climbing free-style up a giant mountain to rescue Pikachu from an overgrown predatorial Pidgeot, leaping down a cliff to track down his Pikachu, leaping dramatically off yet another cliff to save Pikachu from a rampaging Rhydon, posing and throwing out one liners as he desperately attempts to make his Charizard fight a Poliwrath, flying through an underground tunnel on a Charizard's back to save a Poke-Napped Pikachu or engaging in the First Double Poke-battle of Generation one without really knowing the rules,…
…. it's all in the name of impressing a certain red-headed beauty,...Ash is a true Action Hero.
6) Ash Kicks Tail!
Any casual watcher of any anime has see this over and over: Hero vs Rival. Pokemon and Naruto are no exceptions. But when we peer into Naruto, Sasuke just keeps on ripping Naruto’s butt to shreds everytime they meet best seen when they clash in Episode 134 The End of Tears where the demon fox’s power just can’t keep up with Cursed seals. And all of this over a sicko kiss Naruto gave him back in school! Plus we can see this in nearly every episode of the Naruto series whether it be Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Gaara, Jiraya, Tsunade, etc, etc. The fact remains : Naruto always gets his butt handed back to him (except when he relies on that fox! Which is cheating anyway you look at it!)
Ash does begin in such a way with Gary. He also gets his butt spanked as well. But and a big BUT, Ash has accomplished what Naruto hasn’t: He has dished out enough butt-whupping to make even Pain say “uncle.” Let’s say we ignore the thousand foot blast-offs, the razings of about 30 gyms till date, and the destruction and foiling of numerous plans of countless baddies…
Ash has defeated his rival.
Not in just a fluke or in a random battle or in some twisted plot device…he did it in a official, rules applying, un-interfered in, self-done single battle with no cheating. Makes you wonder…not many anime heroes have done that. Ash is special: he has technically “layeth the smacketh down” upon Gary fair and square and that with only a Charizard against three opponents. Don’t forget to add the defeats of Articuno and Regice to the list as well. 7) Ash is a ladies man
Ash is a real natural when it comes to picking up girls and he doesn’t realize it! Who could resist the idea of going out with a 10 year old heart-throb who’ll be all alone on his journeys. No wonder Misty fell for him! In fact Ash has had three girlfriends two of whom he had DUMPED two of them big time! No matter how much trash he put Misty through she actually shows up at his home after Hoenn waiting for him. And what was she doing in his bedroom….?...oh! eh hum….
Infact no matter how bad Ash has dumped his girls, they just can’t get enough of him. Look at May whom Ash DUMPED TWICE tried to extract revenge by going after Drew. But seeing what a dolt he was see actually returned in Sinnoh with the hottest of hottest dresses wearable on kids TV which actually made Ash compete in the contest! But the fact of the matter is that Ash keeps on picking up hotter and hotter girls all the time. Not to mention that most of the filler in Pokemon involves cute girls begging Ash to help them do what they want! Ash is “da BOMB!” No wonder Brock follows him around.
Tough luck Naruto, Sakura ain’t going to like ya ever!
8) Maybe this is why Naruto can’t pick up chicks:
What self respecting girl would like to out with a guy whom you are’nt sure is a guy at all? Naruto could be using a jutsu all the time just to look like a boy! Well the girls may not care but the guys do. I mean, why would the great Kakashi, who has never passed a single team EVER passed Team 7? The answer is quite simple, he is a dang PERV! Why else would he do it? It makes you wonder what used to go on in those late nights in the woods during the early missions… While Sakura would be after Sasuke, what were Kakashi and Naruto upto? It really makes you wonder.
Then comes another reason why Naruto can’t be even half the ladiesman Ash is…ever wondered why anytime Naruto tried the Nude jutsu on Kakashi later on, the sensei would take a pass? That’s because Naruto can’t live upto peoples expectations!
The same story is repeated with Jiraya, except he enjoyed Naruto for TWO FULL YEARS before kicking the bucket. Plus the chicks in Naruto are’nt even that hot as in Pokemon…
9) Ash is over NINE THOUSAND!!!!!
There is always the argument that Naruto is better skilled, better trained and more effective than whatever Ash is. Let’s just reminisce about what happened not so long ago…In episode "Solid as a Solrock" during Advanced Battle, we remember that Ash had no chance at beating Tate and Liza in there gymbattle. But somehow…someway, like the Legendary moment when Gohan was able to SSJ2 against Cell, Ash made not only one…but two of his Pokemon go Super Saiyan!
Then we see Ash’s Pikachu go SSJ all the time with Volt Tackle…the move that destroyed none other than Mirage Mewtwo!
But, we can argue, Ash wasn’t doing anything! He was just barking out orders while stark raving mad! Well people, Ash may be many things…but he never disappoints.
We all were bored to death while watching the Manaphy movie and how much it sucked to death as May played mommy to a blue glob. The movie may have ended in such a suckie way…but no…some say he hijacked the movie but I say he saved it. After trashing May and Pikachu into a sub and seemingly drowning with the sinking temple with the water, Ash re-emerges to give us the greatest scenes in all of Pokemon since Deoxys had its arms blown off….
Ash had become a Super Saiyan!
Nobody can believe it …even the guys in the movie…in fact they can’t bear to say the name and just call him the King of the Sea. Then we see again role model Ash…how generous he is…. He makes everyone into a Super Saiyan!!!!!!! Now when anyone finally ascends to that level, you don’t mess with him. Beat that Naruto!
10) Ash has Immortal Eternal Youth
Hardly anyone can claim this. But just as Meowth hinted in the first episode of DP, ten years have passed and Ash hasn’t aged at all. People say that’s bad but in retrospect that is very good. Naruto is growing older and sooner or later, he’ll be a man. Most Shonen animes end at that point. Some go on until a certain point that’s old age. Naruto will stop one day…we all know that. But even if he dies and is reincarnated again…you know what? Ash will still be at it! And in the words of Mr. Hidaka (director of the anime), Pokemon will go on …forever!
So years down the road, when nobody will remember this blond crackpot ninja, the misadventures of Ash and Pikachu will still be on and millions will still love it.
