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Nekusagi wrote:

Rocket Grunt wrote:

ker-plop wrote:

Err... No offense, but we've got a better chance of SOVA working than a "bring back Misty" campaign... but if there's a petition somewhere, I'll sign it.

That's the same kinda thing the naysayers say about SOVA, and look at how wrong they are.

Oh, yes. Let's all start a "Save Our Misty Branch" so Kuroshi (or whoever our spy is) has ONE MORE THING to use against us and prove how "delusional" we are. Unfortunately, RG, there's one big problem with the naysayers, and that is that they are assholes who get their kicks tearing down other people. The last thing we want to do is provide them more amusement.

Really, now. The chances of getting Misty back on the show are slim. The guy even said in the WPM interview that to the Pokemon writers, female sidekick characters are more or less fanservice because you can dress them up and that's why they change them every region. Misty was a great character (well, up to Master Quest, IMO- she got a bit Mary Sue-ish that season for my tastes), but she's gone and well, there's not much we can do there. It's best if we just stay focused on the VAs and forget about trying to get back past characters. I mean, I love Professor Sebastian to death and there's probably lots of people who want HIM back, but that's in the hands of the writers, so I'm not going to go starting a petition for him.

(gets off soapbox)

You're right.

I still don't see how wanting Misty back is any more delusional then wanting the VAs back... actually it's asking for the same thing basically. The company made a choice to get rid of Misty just like the choice they made to get rid of the voice actors. PUSA has a mindset that the voices are not a big deal, and PJP has a mindset that female characters are not a big deal, both of them seem pretty set in their ways, but nothing is 100% written in stone on either topic.

But, you are 100% right. SOVA is not the place for this. We don't need to make our job any harder than it is already.

Rocket Grunt wrote:

You're right.

I still don't see how wanting Misty back is any more delusional then wanting the VAs back... actually it's asking for the same thing basically. The company made a choice to get rid of Misty just like the choice they made to get rid of the voice actors. PUSA has a mindset that the voices are not a big deal, and PJP has a mindset that female characters are not a big deal, both of them seem pretty set in their ways, but nothing is 100% written in stone on either topic.

But, you are 100% right. SOVA is not the place for this. We don't need to make our job any harder than it is already.

The main difference between wanting the original cast back and wanting a character like Misty back on the show is that the voice actors is decided by the dubbing studio and company that owns Pokemon, ie PUSA, while bringing a character back is a decision for the writers. I'm pretty sure that convincing a company to bring back the original voice actors would be easier than trying to make writers all the way in Japan to bring back Misty, a character who hasn't been a main character for over five years. From what I read from the interview, female characters do have some importance, in terms of promoting the new games, but they are changed once they reach a new game region. The changing female characters make sense in order to make further tie-ins with the games, which is what Pokemon has been all about since day one.

Besides that, Misty wasn't even that great of a character. Yeah, she was more interesting in Kanto and the Orange Island, but somewhere around Johto Journies or Johto League Champions, she became pretty boring. It didn't help that she rarely battled, had few decent Pokemon on her team and rarely did anything with Togepi other than hold it in her arms all of the time. Even in her Kanto and Orange Island days, she didn't really do that much in comparison to May or even Dawn. After five years, it is still weird to me that people want her back when we've known for years that she would never be a main traveling character again. I'm sure that she will appear again, as most of the former important main characters do, but only for a couple of episodes.

MISTY WAS THE BEST AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!!! She DEFINATELY is a better character than dawn and is along the same lines as May in regards to character development. also most of the older fan love her for nostalgias sake as well as the fact that misty was simply a loveable character for most ppl. She was always able to provide the fans with something to laugh about whether it be her making fun of ash or pulling brock by his ear away from nurse joy or officer jenny
MISTY ALL THE WAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!

Anyways, as we may be coming close to a war here, we mine as well stop while we're ahead.

If I may say, I believe Misty was a great Pokemon character as she did bring joy and excitement as well comedy to our lives, but let's also keep in mind she has yet to make another appearance since Pokemon Advanced Challenged. We can always hope for her return, but we will never know until that day comes. Also, her Japanese voice actress did infact state she would one day make an appearance, so maybe she will return sometime in the Diamond and Pearl saga. Now, if she was talking of that Misty Lure, than I would be kinda' sad that that would be her appearance.

And Hidden Mew is correct, the ones who dub the anime; i.e Pokemon USA will decide who will voice Misty if she is to return, and has nothing to do with the fact as if she will even return. That is truley based on the Japanese Writing Staff.

But anyways, back on track... Have we heard any word from her in a while? Maybe MistressPuff knows of something?

- Aipom Fan

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yet to make another appearance since Pokemon Advanced Challenged.

Advanced Battle, you mean.

Oops! Haha...yeah. I totally forgot that she appeared right before Ash left with Brock, May and Max to the Battle Frontier arena. I was only thinking about her main focus in Advanced Challenged where she met the Togepi Princess and her Togepi evolved and stayed behind to protect the rest of them.

But, still no word from Rachael Lillis?

alright i think there's enough about Misty on here now....i guess it was partly my fault for starting this debate on Misty....

anyways, we need to continue working to get the VA's back if not this season, then next season.

We get to hear her voice next Saturday on Pokemon again

It's next weeks episode? Awesome, I'll be sure to tune in.

I'll get my DVD Recorder ready

I can't wait!!! One more week...

Good. I will tape it.

It feels like this week is taking forever, despite that is has only been two days. I really want to see that episode!

Yeah. I hope this week moves along fast, so we can see Rachael.

I bet she'll be credited as Rachael Lillis!!

There's no way Rachael would use a pseudonym. LOL. XD

She better be credited as Rachael Lillis, one of the only episodes of DP I'm going to record. I'll post it when I'm done recording it.

Rachael please no pseudonym

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS SO FREAKING AWESOME!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I'm so stoked for the Maylene saga now! :]

That's weird, my friend says Rachel Lillis has HIV and isn't capable of doing any more voice acting from now on Well, this just proves that's not true (I don't know about the HIV part though).
Anyway, I gotta say I'm excited because that's getting the VA closer to their original characters, but it still doesn't satisfy me much (well, it shouldn't completely satisfy anyone here) because I don't watch any of the new shows (I will at some point), and it just doesn't relax me that it's not Misty or Jessie or any others she's played. Of course I don't really need to say that, I'm guessing everyone feels that way, but still...

Well, the bright side of this is bigger(maybe?) than the dark side, so I should stay chirpy ^^. And maybe, just maybe, the reactions of this will make "them" think about putting her, maybe even the rest of the cast, back were they belong. But I know better than to get my hopes up too high like that.
And I might try to pull myself together and catch that episode just to hear her voice again. And at least it's a some what big character.

People spread some pretty weird rumors.

meowthmaster wrote:

That's weird, my friend says Rachel Lillis has HIV and isn't capable of doing any more voice acting from now on Well, this just proves that's not true (I don't know about the HIV part though).

What a load of bull. Like, wtf, even, that's ridiculous. Even if she was HIV positive, that wouldn't prevent her from voice acting, I mean, Jesus. I don't understand wtf is up with all these HIV rumors lately. First Ashley Tisdale a few weeks ago, and now this? People can be absolutely retarded. Ugh.

Now, back on topic. I love Rachael dearly and always will, but despite my adoration for her voice and her as a person, I can't get myself to watch the upcoming episodes, and so, I won't force myself. I am happy for Rachael's role, but unless she's voicing Jessie again, I won't be watching. Heck, I will continue to not watching PERIOD unless the original VAs return to their original roles.

o.O People are weird.


I hope she blows this performance out of the water. I can't watch due to prior obligations, but I am counting on someone to put it on Youtube!

I'll be uploading it Sarah!

Yeah i know her performance will blow the others out of the water and all fans will be shown that we shud never settle for less. I cant wait to hear it

even if i can see it, i will tape it so i can take a photo of the credits.

darkblade09 wrote:

I'll be uploading it Sarah!

AWESOME! I will be camping, so I'll be looking for it when I get back! *excited*