>doesn't show up for the World Coronation arcIs it because the writers knew Tobias would fucking mollywhop everyone, and thus steal Ash's thunder?
* Pikachu's thunderFTFY
>>59109909Goddammit. I hate a missed pun opportunity.
>>59109897Because he never mattered in the first place. He existed solely to show up, steal Ash's win, and then disappear into the ether forever. No buildup, no foreshadowing, just a come-and-go bull to Ash's cuck, and his bitch was the tournament win.It's implied he's weaker than Cynthia anyway based on the fact she remained Sinnoh's champion, because obviously someone who wants to be challenged (one of his sole characteristics is that he actually ENJOYED that Ash was putting up a fight, something he hadn't experienced in the entirety of his Sinnoh shitstomp prior) would try for the championship to see what the absolute strongest trainer in a given region can do for him.
>>59109928Tobias had a better showing in the few episodes he was featured in than Alain, and Alain kept returning.
his planet needed him
>>59109897>Wipes the floor with the Sinnoh League>Refuses to elaborate on himself and how he got that powerful>Leaves
>>59109933Ash also didn't have an OC Donut Steel Special Snowflake form for one of his mons at the Sinnoh League that should have narratively promised him the win, only for that OC Donut Steel Special Snowflake form to mean jack shit, not net him a win, and then get retconned out of the continuity entirely for how fucking embarrassing its existence was.Alain showing up was purely to give Ash the "I beat Leon, who beat Alain, and they both use a Charizard as their ace, so me beating Leon is basically like beating Alain in spirit" mulligan as an apology for the Kalos League shitshow, the same way him winning the Alola League was an apology that didn't land because it was an "irrelevant boonie league that's less significant than the Orange League".
>>59109928He probably didn't even challenge Cynthia when one considers how much of a one-off plot device he is.
>>59109897>writers
>>59109897No its because he is a shit oc
>>59109897Tobias never existed. He was a figment of Ash’s imagination. Ash was fighting a regular trainer that had regular Pokemon, but was losing hard because that regular trainer was using actual basic strategy like type advantages. So Ash had to imagine this main character ahhh design using legendaries that also had better stats than they did normally. When his Heracross used Sleep Talk Megahorn on a Darkrai, it wasn’t a Darkrai, it was actually just a Drifblim using Hypnosis.
>>59109897I love the idea of this straight out of fanfiction guy showing up, stomping with 2 (presumeably 6) legendaries and then leaving. In any other anime he'd be the villain of the next season and we'd be following him to see what the hell his deal is.
>>59109943I feel like I'm the only person that rooted for Ash to lose in the Gen 6 anime. Ash-Greninja is revolting.
>>59109897He died due to AIDS
>>59110675Nah, you're not alone. XYZ Ash was one of his most boring incarnations, and the fanfic frog was genuinely horrible.
Didn't show up because he's Mew transformed, and Mew was busy stalking Goh for laughs.
>>59110675Nah, this place was very happy with ash losing in kalos
>>59109897Tobias was just poorly written answer to the dilemma that always happened with Ash at the end of every series. One could argue that it was even worse than Ash's fight with Ricky in Kanto league because that at least played on Ash's biggest at that time flaw and a Dragon-shaped elephant in the room. Tobias just appeared out of nowhere with his two legendaries, trashed Ash ans then disappeared with no answers and no explainations.
>>59110634>>59110669>>59110840On one hand, I think he was presented surprisingly well without making him feel like a cringe OC edgelord, relatively speaking. On the other hand, his lack of recurrent appearances or even mentions afterwards ultimately made him into a "fuck you" plot device. A missed opportunity, but probably for the best. They wouldn't have been able to do justice with the character.
