"Misty crush" refers to the strong romantic feelings Misty, a main character in the Pokémon anime, has for Ash Ketchum, her traveling companion, though Ash often remains oblivious, creating a popular fan pairing known as PokéShipping. Her crush is shown through jealousy of other girls, deep concern for Ash's safety, and hints in songs, while Ash generally views her as a close friend, leading to a bittersweet dynamic as they part ways.
Misty is clearly shown to have a crush on Ash, but when they finally part ways Ash says they're best friends before separating. As she bikes away she says "I finally know how ash feels about me", as in as a friend and not romantically like she felt.
Misty's crush on Ash is reciprocated but Ash is simply oblivious to his own feelings and treats Misty as a friend, even if he actually has romantic feelings for her. Many fanworks depict them as adults, where Ash finally matures and recognizes Misty's feelings for him.
As the Magical Mermaid, Misty has an aqua colored mermaid tail, with a yellow star on her left hip. She wears a pink seashell bra, a periwinkle beaded necklace, and a set of red earrings.
Despite being one of fans' most beloved ships in Pokmon, Ash and Misty have proven not to be one of the series' long-term couples. Over the years, the anime has presented the main hero with numerous companions.
While Pokémon has many queer-coded characters and fan headcanons, confirmed, explicit LGBT+ characters are rare, though recent games and manga have introduced more inclusive options, with figures like Wallace, Ball Guy, Akari (manga), and characters in Scarlet & Violet (like Drayton and Penny) often cited for queer representation or gender fluidity, alongside popular queer readings of characters like Jesse & James, Erika, and Gym Leader Hassel.
She is a stubborn tomboy who trains Water Pokémon and has three older sisters, Daisy, Violet and Lily.
Ash's rarest Pokémon are widely considered to be Melmetal (a Mythical Pokémon formed from a group of rare Meltan) and Naganadel (an Ultra Beast), alongside his unique Shiny Noctowl and the special Ash-Greninja form, as these possess traits (Mythical status, Ultra Beast origin, shiny coloring, unique battle phenomenon) making them exceptionally hard to find or replicate.
But in general it's safe to assume that Serena is the most popular pokegirl in the west too.
By mirroring how it was handled with Serena, and considering it's canon Goh blushes on a regular basis and that he admires Ash, the scene can be interpreted either as no kiss took place (after all Goh blushing/admiring Ash is nothing new) or one did.
Misty was 12 when Ash was 10. Serena was roughly the same age as Ash. Cooper Dunn Misty is explicitly said to be 10, same as Ash.
Ash discovers and catches a Caterpie—his first Pokémon capture!
Sometimes May implicitly expresses her interest or feelings for Ash, not only by the fact that she worries about him a lot from battles to dangers, but also expressing their deep relationship and bonds, and some romantic undertones.
Then after a lot more training, Misty loves Psyduck. The relationship between the two slowly grew over time. All I could see, even as a child, was misty being constantly aggressive to a pokemon of her own because it couldnt do what she wanted.
The name Misty originates from the word "mist". Her Japanese name, Kasumi, is literally 霞 (kasumi, mist). However, it may also include 海 (umi, ocean), 水 (mizu, water) and 泉 (izumi, fountain).
Yes, several Pokémon cards have sold for over $1 million, with the most famous being the Pikachu Illustrator card, a PSA 10 version of which was valued at over $5 million by Logan Paul in 2022, making it the most expensive Pokémon card ever sold and setting a Guinness World Record. Other extremely rare cards, like signed Ishihara GX promos or Trophy Pikachu, also command prices well into the millions, though the Illustrator remains the benchmark.
Canonically his first kiss from a human is Jessie and James. First Pokemon was Pikachu right at the end of the first episode.
Pokémon number 1 in the National Pokédex is Bulbasaur, the Grass/Poison-type starter Pokémon from the Kanto region (Generation I). It's the first of the original 151 Pokémon and is known for being the first creature encountered in the game, often symbolizing new beginnings in the franchise.
Misty (Japanese: カスミ Kasumi) is a major character in the Pokémon anime series. She is the one of Ash's first traveling companions (alongside Brock) and the current leader of the Cerulean Gym.
During its sole broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1997, multiple scenes with flashing lights induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in children across the country.
In the original Japanese, his name was Satoshi, after the creator of Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri. He based Ash/Satoshi on his childhood self; his early fascination with catching bugs inspired the premise of Pokémon.
Jessie was technically the first woman to kiss Ash. This was in Abra and the Psychic Showdown.
At the beginning of Ash's journey through the Kanto region, Ash catches a glimpse of this Legendary Pokemon, and it is believed that he never ages physically, because this is what he considers to be his eternal happiness.
Anabel's revealed to have feelings for Ash at the end of Second Time's the Charm!. She and Brandon are the only Frontier Brains whom Ash had to battle against more than once in order to finally beat them -- it took Ash two tries to beat Anabel while it took him three tries to beat Brandon.