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Why doesn't Ash release Charizard even though it is his worst pokemon? You
might ask for instances which I prove as follows:

  1. Because of Charizard, Ash lost the Indigo League.
  2. Charizard was not able to defeat Dragonite when a small Pokémon like Pikachu did in Indigo League.
  3. Charizard was not able to defeat Tad's Poliwrath.
  4. Because of Charizard again, Ash lost against Harrison in the final round.
  5. In the banned episode _The Mandarin Island Miss Match_ , because of Charizard releasing flame all around Ash, his reputation in front of Prima decreased.
  6. Ash's Charizard wasn't even able to defeat Chikorita even though Chikorita was tired in _The Chikorita Rescue_.
  7. Charizard, despite being so huge, was not even able to lift Ash.

I think these points are enough to conclude that Charizard is one of Ash's
worst Pokémon, if not _the_ words. I know Ash is also a bad trainer, but
shouldn't Charizard perform well because it is very strong and Ash saved its
life as a Charmander?

**Why doesn't Ash release Charizard if it is so bad?** Why did he leave him
for training instead? Shouldn't he have completely eliminated it from his
team?


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Why didn't Ash release Charizard?


I really don't get 2 things from what you have said:

  1. Why do those points make you believe that Ash's Charizard is his worst Pokemon? Ash had lots of downhills and uphills with his Pokemon. Charizard is one of them. In fact, you forget that Charizard is the one beating Gary at the Johto League, his Blastoise which has a big advantage on Charizard. The fact that he lost against Harrison, is simply due the fact that even in the anime Level system exists - there will be always stronger trainers and stronger Pokemon. Some of your points are not even well explained, some make sense, so it makes me hard to understand your conclusion. (especially the last point, we saw Charizard lifting Ash already couple of times along the series).

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k1qs6.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k1qs6.png)

  2. Ok, let's say that you right, did you ever saw Ash along the series releasing his Pokemon because they are weak? Let's not say that he should be. The fact is, he doesn't. Hence, he releases his **strong** Pokemon than his weak Pokemon. To add to the this point, Ash not only won't release Charizard ever but rather than release, he left him in Charicific Valley to train, while 'till this point Ash usually released his Pokemon, he actually wanted Charizard only to train and get him back when needed later on.

At any rate, I will answer the question with kinda the obvious reason -
Charizard considered in the Pokemon Brand as main mascot figure (yeah even
than Blastoise and Vynasaur), even 'till these days he's still considered,
this fact led the anime production even returning him in the BW series - one
of the reason to give Ash Charizard is because of the fact that Charizard is
Mascot and the fact that his character based originally on Red in the first
game, which we know by 2nd games generation as he had Charizard. But even if
it's not for this reason, fact is that as long Charizard will be recognise as
Pokemon Brand mascot, we will see more of him in the anime, and there's no
reason for the production to make as release him or what so ever, since we
know Charizard and Ash connection, and Ash won't release him because he is
weak (as you may claim).

[Wikipedia - Charizard
Reception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charizard#Reception)


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The premise of your question is flawed. Ash does not release Pokémon due to
their weakness. In fact, in _Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl_ , we can clearly see
that Ash is opposed to this practice. His rival in that series, Paul, does
follow this practice of releasing Pokémon he deems weak, and Ash vehemently
disagrees with him about it. Ash believes in bringing out the strength in his
Pokémon. To make a point of this, Ash even takes one of the Pokémon Paul
releases, Chimchar, and uses it to help him defeat Paul in the Sinnoh League.

When Ash releases Pokémon, he always has the well-being of his Pokémon in
mind, not his own. For instance, he releases Butterfree so that it can find a
mate and migrate. He also considers where they are needed: for instance,
Squirtle joins a fire-fighting squad and Bulbasaur looks after the Pokémon at
Professor Oak's place.

Ash considers his Pokémon his friends, and he won't release them just because
they're weak. He will, however, send them to train with Liza in Charicific
Valley for an indefinite period of time.

Though I have to say, your premise about Charizard being incredibly weak is
also incorrect. A few embarrassing losses do not make a Pokémon incredibly
weak in the Pokémon anime. Ash's Pikachu has lost to a starter Pokémon (Snivy)
in _Black and White_. And Charizard has some impressive wins, including
against Gary's Blastoise and against an Articuno in the Battle Factory. The
anime's battle system is more chaotic and contradictory than the games, so we
can't just take one battle and use that exclusively. And Charizard is
considered by many to be one of Ash's strongest Pokémon.

I used Bulbapedia on some points, but I do remember some of this stuff:
<https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Charizard>


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Investment for in the future when Charizard would eventually listen to Ash.

Not really a Pokemon answer, but if you've invested in a stock that happens to
be declining in price recently, then do you necessarily sell? Or might you
want until the stock goes back up in price? Depends on the stock right?

Ash's decision here is to continue to invest in Charizard. (And well, the
investment did pay off. By
[ep118](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP118), look at how much
Charizard listens to Ash.)


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