first off, brock is a massive icon in the pokemon anime, as he was there since the beginning, and was pretty much ash's babysitter. he cared for all the pokemon, was a great advice in whupping the opponents, and was especially desperate to get joy/jenny to like him. he got new pokemon last season (d/p/p) and now they are just cutting him off like a NBA player forced to play on the street court 2 blocks from his mommas house for the rest of the season, which has not even started yet. team pokemon and nintendo made a mistake cutting him from the series, as he has been in EVERY pokemon show, including Chronicles, which is not even about ash, or the main story.