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I remember watching the Pokemon anime when I was a kid, and I was absolutely
obsessed with Ash, Brock, Misty, and Pikachu. I remember when Brock left, and
then there was Tracy, and then Brock came back. After a while, I stopped
watching, but then resumed a few years later, to see that both Brock and Misty
were gone, and they were replaced with May and Max (I think this is correct).

I must have missed what happened to Misty and Brock during my brief absence
from the Pokemon franchise. I'll leave Brock for another question (or maybe
bonus points if you know about what happened to him too), but what happened to
Misty? What was her reason for leaving the original team? Separate from that
reason, what was the executive reason for deleting Misty? For example, when
the writing staff got rid of Brock the first time, they said it was due to his
flirtatious manner, and were worried he would not be well received. Was there
any reason similar to this for Misty's disappearance? Could she ever return,
like Brock did?


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Why did Misty leave the Pokemon anime?


Misty left at the end of the original Pokemon series because her sisters won
the lottery and wanted to travel around the world, so they asked Misty to stay
at the gym to be the gym leader. This is in episode 273 of the anime. Of
course, Misty didn't want to and wanted to travel more with Ash, but
eventually she left to become the gym leader after a battle with a nasty kid
along with Ash, who was showing signs of unwillingness (which made her feel a
tad bit better).

As for Brock, he needed to go home and visit his family, and he pretended he
forgot about this until the very last minute. So Brock, Misty and Ash each
went back to their home and that was the end of the little team. Then, when
Ash got home, Gary left as well, so he got bored and decided to go to Hoen
where he meets Max, May, and reunited with Brock.

P.S. it was at the end of the anime too so they needed to find a reason to
finish the series.


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