Obedience

If a Pokémon listens to its trainer, it is called an obedient Pokémon. But there are cases when a Pokémon doesn't listen to its trainer, this is called disobedience.
==In the games==
The Pokémon won't obey the trainer if the Pokémon is at a very high level and the trainer doesn't have enough badges to train it. This is done so that players won't transfer a high-leveled Pokémon from another game and beat the game. Having all eight badges makes all Pokémon obey a trainer. In the generation three games, Mew and Deoxys which were not met in a fateful encounter will always disobey the trainer, regardless of the number of badges they have.
==In the anime==
This is also carried into the anime as well. The main cause of Pokémon disobeying a Trainer is different for each, but it mostly stems from a Trainer being unable to control their Pokémon, most notably Ash's Charizard because it evolved at a rapid pace which would be hard for a new Trainer to control.
Pokémon which weren't or aren't obeying their trainers:
*Ash's Pikachu
*Ash's Charizard
*Ash's Primeape
*Ash's Snorlax (because it is mostly sleeping due to its nature)
*Misty's Psyduck (not purposefully)
*Misty's Gyarados
*Otoshi's Marowak
*Ash's Corphish
*Guy's Exploud
*May's Munchlax (not purposefully if its obsession with food)
*Dawn's Buizel (obeyed Ash)
*Ash's Infernape (Blaze activated)
*Dawn's Mamoswine
*Iris' Excadrill
*Iris' Emolga
*Luke's Zorua
*Bianca's Escavalier
*Iris' Dragonite
*Ash's Froakie (before joining Ash)
*Korrina's Lucario (in its Mega Evolution)
*Jessie's Mimikyu (unless if its fighting Ash's Pikachu)
*Ash's Lycanroc (before learning on how to control its rage)
Category:Game Mechanics