Ash Ketchup

## Ash Ketchup

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## Character Info

### **Family**

Mr. Mime (father)
Delia (mother)

## Behind the Scenes

### **Voiced by**

DeWarioFreak

**Ash Ketchup** (or more commonly just Ash) is the main character of the Ketchupverse. He is also most prominently the protagonist of Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged.

Ash is a Pokémon Trainer from Pallet Town in the Kanto region. After receiving a Pikachu from Professor Oak, he started his journey at the age of ten. He has traveled through out various regions with several traveling companions.

## Biography

### **Early Life**

Ash was born from his mother Delia, with his father being Mr. Mime. As such he is half human and half Pokémon (particularly half Psychic-type, half Fairy-type). He grew up in the Kanto region in Pallet Town. Despite raising him, Delia and Mr. Mime quickly grew to dislike Ash and they presumably did not take very good care of him.

### Starting his Journey and Other Travels

At the age of ten, Ash began his Pokémon journey. His first Pokémon was a Pikachu given to him by Professor Oak. Ash and Pikachu initially had their differences, but in the end became the closest of friends; never leaving each other's sides. Shortly into his journey he met Misty and Brock, who joined him on his travel across the Kanto region. The group also encountered three members of Team Rocket by the names of Jessie, James, and Meowth who became obsessed with stealing Pikachu and their other Pokémon. Ash later competed in the Indigo League. It was during this time that Ash met Santa Claus and helped him save Kwanzaa.

Sometime later, Ash traveled to the Johto region with Misty and Brock to compete in the Johto League. He later traveled to Hoenn and met May and Max.

### **Dimaond and Pearl Abridged**

    Some time after his travels through Hoenn, Ash traveled to the Sinnoh region. Shortly after arriving, he reunited with Brock while Pikachu was dressed as an Aipom. He later met Dawn, and apparently had a Piplup with her. Dawn and Ash developed somewhat aggressive relationship with Dawn believing Ash was not doing significant enough work in raising their child.

### **Black and White Abridged**

Ash traveled to the Unova region and took the Gym challenge alongside traveling companions, Iris and Cilan. Not long into his journey he met a girl called Bianca who became absolutely obsessed with him. She would clumsily knock him into water every single time they met. As such, Ash tried to avoid her for the duration of his travels in that region.

During his Gym challenge, Ash fought Elesa, but lost because his strategy involved using only one Pokémon.

Ash later met a Pokémon rights activist named N, who joined the group's travels for a short while.

### **XY Abridged**

After his journey through Unova, Ash began traveling through the Kalos region. This time he was joined by Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena, the latter of which developed strong feelings for him. In spite of this, Ash never reciprocated her love and even assured her that he was "not attracted to Serenas."

At the end of the journey through the region, Serena said that she planned to visit Alola. She decided to take a plane there, and said goodbye to her friends, assuring Ash they would see each other in Alola eventually. However shortly after takeoff, the plane exploded from a bomb (killing Serena and everyone else on board) planted by Team Rocket in a terrorist attack. Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie all witnessed this from the ground.

### **Sun and Moon Abridged**

*See main article, Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged.*
Some time after his Pokémon journey began, Ash was dropped off with Professor Oak to be babysat while his parents went on their second honeymoon in Alola. He very shortly thereafter escaped and met up with his parents in said region. It is currently unknown how Ash arrived in Alola, with the exception that it could not have been by train according to Clemont.

While exploring the region Ash stumbled into a school that he mistook for a McDonald's playpark. Seeing Lillie standing in the courtyard, he dashed off to meet her, and shortly thereafter met Mallow, Sophocles and Lana. Mistaking him for a new student, Mallow offered to give him a tour of the school and dragged him away. During this sightseeing, he ran into his parents and Principal Oak who explained that he was being enrolled in the school. As the tour continued Ash and Mallow witnessed Team Skull having a faceoff in the street with Kiawe. Ash rushed to Kiawe's aid and the duo battled Team Skull, who were defeated by a Z-move performed by Kiawe's Turtonator.

One of the teachers at the school, Professor Kukui, saw potential in Ash and agreed to let him stay at his house. The next morning Ash had a video call with his mother who returned to Kanto with his father. Although initially disappointed that his parents wouldn't be around, he quickly ended the call and ran off to attend his new school.

At the school, Ash and the other students ended up partaking in a hands-on sex ed class in partners. Ash ended up having sex with Lillie, much to the annoyance of Mallow, who instead was partnered with Pikachu.

The next day during lunch, Ash met Tapu Koko who believed he showed great potential as a trainer, and wished to test him. The two then had a battle concluding with Ash and Pikachu using a Z-move for the first time. Although Tapu Koko won the battle, he still saw Ash as powerful, and departed thereafter.

The next day Kukui gave Ash a present: a Pokédex. They then proceeded to have the Pokémon Rotom enter and possess it. Now known as the Rotomdex, it followed Ash in his adventures around Alola. Shortly thereafter, Ash and his friends encountered Team Rocket in a forest, with Ash remembering them from prior encounters, and his friends meeting them for the first time. As the kids were about to lose to the villains, a mysterious Bewear appeared and snatched Team Rocket. Ash and his friends then left to go home for snacks.

A few days later while on a date with Mallow, Ash suddenly sensed a Pokémon falling from the sky and caught it in the nick of time. This Pokémon is revealed to be Rowlet. After a fight with Team Rocket, Rowlet joined Ash on his journey.

One day during Pokémon school, Professor Kukui surprise revealed that Ash and Lillie were parents. They had made a Pokémon egg from their hands-on sex ed class. Now in the care of Lillie, she brought it home and also introduced Ash to her butler Hobbes.

Shortly after that, Ash met Kahuna Hala, who was helping Officer Jenny clean up a road accident. Hala invited Ash to his home and offered him the chance to battle in exchange for his help in ridding the island of rodent pests. To solve the problem, Ash enlisted the help of Totem Trump after successfully defeating them in their cave. They ran the Rattata out of town, and Hala took Ash out for ice cream.

On the day of Ash's Grand Trial, Officer Jenny arrived to collect the bill for the ice cream that Hala and Ash forgot to pay. She then offered to drive Ash and Kukui to the trial. Ash went to meditate before the battle with Hala and then the two proceeded to the battlefield. In a fierce battle Ash clutched victory by using Pikachu's Z-move. Hala rewarded him with the Electrium-Z crystal. Afterwards they held a celebratory party and Ash invited all his friends.

### **Journeys Abridged**

Sometime after his adventures in Alola, Ash returned to the Kanto region and befriended Goh. The two worked as research buddies at Professor Cerise's lab.

Ash and Goh visited the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City, where they met Master Ryu, who introduced Ash to Bea. After accidentally insulting her, Bea nearly killed Ash. After a harsh two week recovery, Ash later traveled to re-meet with Chuck, a Gym Leader he met during his travels in the Johto region. By chance, Bea was there again, and in a violent rematch beat up Ash once again.

## Characteristics

Ash is a ten year old boy from Pallet Town. Although many years have passed since he began his Pokémon journey, he has not aged one minute.

Ash is formally defined as having mania, a psychological condition that makes him lack intelligence, but also enhances his abilities as a trainer. His behavior can seem silly or unattentive to those around him, but he usually becomes more serious and confident during battles.

Ash tends to be naive, frivolous, and a bit selfish. He often decides truth and facts for himself, even if he makes them up. An example of this would be him believing women cannot biologically have kidneys.

Ash has expressed high levels of sexual activity for someone his age, even going so far as having a sexual relationship with Lillie as seen in Episode 2 of Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged. He also shows good relationships with all of his other female friends. Ash has even at times expressed signs he has sexual feelings towards his own mother, citing her attractiveness on multiple occasions.

His outfits have changed over time, but he is generally seen wearing clothing that are red, white, and blue or black. He is also almost never seen without a baseball-style cap featuring some prominent symbol on the front.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Delia Ketchup

Ash has a non-reciprocated love for his mother, Delia. Although he would do anything in the world for her, she seems to hate him; most likely due to his mischievous and unintelligent nature. Ash has at times even gone so far as to express that he finds his mother attractive.

#### Mr. Mime

Mr. Mime is Ash's biological-father who he has a relatively unknown relationship with. How the two deal with each other has not been established clearly yet in the abridges.

### Friends and Supporters

#### Professor Oak

Ash's relationship with Professor Oak is relatively unexplored in the abridges, but he overall does seem positive towards him. He even went so far as to agree to babysit Ash, and gave him a chocolate Easter egg.

#### Misty

Ash's relationship with Misty is relatively unknown, but it seems to be, at least in part, passive-aggressive.

#### Brock

Ash and Brock have a warm-hearted friendship. Ash was happy to see Brock when he met him in Sinnoh, and Brock was as well. Brock does not seem bothered by Ash's antics or troublesome nature.

#### May

Ash and May's relationship is relatively unexplored in the abridges, but it is confirmed Ash wanted her to "give it" to him (perhaps implying sex). May was overly cautious, implying that she did not yet fully trust him.

#### Dawn

Ash and Dawn seem to have a rather aggressive relationship with each other. Dawn and Ash parented a Piplup together, so it seems that they must have liked each other to some degree.

#### Iris

Ash and Iris seem to have a mostly friendly relationship. Although Iris seems aware of Ash's over-the-top antics, she rarely calls him out for them.

#### Cilan

In contrast to Iris, Cilan seems to have a much more aggressive relationship with Ash, constantly calling out his stupidity and often getting angry at him for what he does.

#### Clemont

Clemont seems to share a very calm and friendly relationship with Ash. Due to his general anxiety, he often seems a bit unsure of Ash's ideas, but usually follows along anyways.

#### Bonnie

Bonnie's relationship with Ash is relatively unexplored in the abridged series, but it seems to be friendly overall.

#### Serena

Serena has an infatuated, almost obsessive, relationship with Ash. She has made multiple attempts to make Ash reciprocate her love, but they have always fallen flat. Ash seems mostly uninterested in her. When she confessed her feelings directly, Ash even went so far as to indicate that he didn't know she was female.

#### Goh

Goh seems to have a very friendly relationship with Ash, supporting him as a friend in any need.

### Pokémon

#### Pikachu

Pikachu has always been Ash's closest friend. The two have traveled over a long period of time over multiple regions. Ash seems Pikachu as one of his prime battling partners and has won many badges and trials with him.

Pikachu seems to be relatively supportive of Ash and not bothered by his antics, although he will not be afraid to correct or criticize him when needed.

#### Rowlet

Ash and Rowlet have a friendly-bond, and work well as a team. Ash rescued Rowlet when he fell from the sky, and since adding him to his team, has trained him to be one of his prime Pokémon.

Rowlet is very obedient to Ash, always listening to his battle commands. Although he sometimes can be lazy and fall asleep mid-fight.

#### Charizard

Ash had a difficult relationship with his Charizard. Raised from a Charmander, it slowly became less obedient over time; much to the dismay of Ash, who would often have to bribe it to get it to obey his orders.

#### Emperor Palpitoad

Ash and Emperor Palpitoad seemed to have a good relationship, with the latter being eager and obedient in battle under Ash's command.

#### Riolu

Ash had a friendly relationship with his Riolu who seemed to also be fond of him as his trainer.

### Others

#### Bianca

Bianca (for unknown reasons) has a very obsessive desire for Ash, and wants to be in a romantic relationship with him. Ash however, does not feel similar, finding her very irritating, and even be afraid of her to an extent.

Bianca has a recurring tendency to knock Ash into bodies of water whenever she sees him, much to the annoyance of Ash.

#### Elesa

When Ash first met Elesa, he did not have a very high opinion of her, believing her to be popular solely for her attractiveness. However, after Elesa offered to take Ash and his friends to Burger King, Ash was seemingly slightly infatuated.

Elesa seemingly had some attraction to Ash, noting that she loved men who used electric-type Pokémon.

The two later battled in a Gym Battle, where Ash left mid-battle when he ran out of Pokémon.

#### Miette

Ash had a friendly-casual relationship with Miette. He possibly liked her as he was excited to ask her to the Annual Kalos Queen Ball.

#### Chuck

Ash seemed to have a very cordial relationship with Chuck; often calling him up whenever he needed practice against fighting types.

#### Ash's Clone

Ash has a clone of himself that he met briefly. The two seemingly had a hostile relationship as he turned Ash into a Primeape and then attacked him. Further details remain unknown.

## Pokémon

These are Pokémon confirmed to have been owned by Ash Ketchup, that have appeared or been mentioned in abridges. He likely has more beyond these, but they have not been confirmed yet.

* Pikachu
* Riolu
* Charizard
* Emperor Palpitoad
* Rowlet
* Butterfree (mentioned)
* Lapras (mentioned)
* Greninja (hinted)

Ash's has been seen owning other Pokémon in non-canon abridges.

## Appearances

### Canon Appearances

The following are all of Ash's appearances in videos that are considered canon within the Ketchupverse.

### Non-canon Appearances

The following are all of Ash's appearances in videos that are not considered canon within the Ketchupverse.

## Behind the Scenes

Ash Ketchup is voiced by DeWarioFreak.

Since the first abridged series produced by DeWarioFreak was Pokémon Generations Abridged, Ash himself did not appear until Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged. DeWarioFreak was considered as the voice actor for the role since the beginning; the voice uncertain however. DeWarioFreak's original intention was to imitate the original voice of Ash by 1KidsEntertainment. However he later confirmed once he saw the redesign of Ash in the Sun and Moon anime, he immediately had the intention of giving him a much sillier voice. When DeWarioFreak was recording Ash's first lines in Episode 1, he claims the voice came out naturally.

Influences for Ash's personality and character include SpongeBob Squarepants, Cosmo, and Homer Simpson.

## Trivia

* Because Ash Ketchup's last name is a parody of "Ketchum", it has lead to many confused comments on abridges; thinking the title is actually incorrect.
	+ DeWarioFreak has addressed this multiple times.
* DeWarioFreak has performed the Ash Ketchup voice multiple times during livestreams on YouTube.
* Ash is diabetic, as mentioned occasionally in Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged.

## See also

* Ash's clone, a clone of himself that turned him into a Primeape.
* Ash Ketchum, a different iteration of the character that appeared in the 2017 April Fool's special.