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28 May 2016, 6:20 pm

Nearly 20 years ago, Ash Ketchum, protagonist of the Pokémon cartoon, set out on his quest to become a Pokémon master. He's still trying to achieve his goal. He's close to qualifying for the Pokémon League for the sixth time after five previous failed attempts to win it. Even if he does manage to win the tournament this time all that does is earn him a shot at the Elite Four, and beating them earns him a shot at the Champion. At least I think that's how it works, I'm far from an avid Pokémon fan, the cartoon has never held any real importance for me, and I only own the first two generations of the games. The exception though has been when Ash takes a run at the Pokémon League. Which is the culmination of the previous like 3 years worth of episodes at the show's glacial pace. (Which isn't a criticism, it makes it a relaxing cartoon to watch and works for the slow burn character development.)

But he's been going so long now, I wonder, is this the longest quest in television? Close to 20 years and over 900 episodes? I'm interested to know and to hear about other long television quests, even if they don't beat the Pokémon Cartoon's length.



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28 May 2016, 7:22 pm

I don't know. This is not a quest, but I think Doraemon is the longest cartoon ever in all the world. I used to love it as a kid!

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I only own the first two generations of the games.

My childhood! :heart: I have the Yellow, Silver, Gold and Cristal ones. I was sooo hooked on Pokémon when I was about 10...


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29 May 2016, 11:53 am

Does Doctor Who's 53 years count? I guess it isn't really a quest.


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29 May 2016, 12:17 pm

Mulder is still trying to figure out what is going on with dem aliens



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29 May 2016, 1:58 pm

The Star Trek team is still boldly going where no one has gone before, even if there are different characters and different ships.


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30 May 2016, 11:16 pm

lisa_simpson wrote:
I don't know. This is not a quest, but I think Doraemon is the longest cartoon ever in all the world. I used to love it as a kid!
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I only own the first two generations of the games.

My childhood! :heart: I have the Yellow, Silver, Gold and Cristal ones. I was sooo hooked on Pokémon when I was about 10...
I heard The Simpsons were the longest running cartoon.

I only seen the 1st couple seasons of Pokemon. I DLed alot of the series thou. I play Yellow on comp with en emulator but I never beaten it yet because I level up all my Pokemon evenly. The clock in the game stops at 255 hours & 59 minutes. I'm able to rename of save game file & go into Red & Blue to get the Pokemon I can only get in there & I'm able to trade with myself too. I haven't leveled up all my Pokemon yet but the only two I still have to catch is Moltres & Mew2. I caught Mew using a game-shark code.


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31 May 2016, 5:17 pm

nick007 wrote:
lisa_simpson wrote:
I don't know. This is not a quest, but I think Doraemon is the longest cartoon ever in all the world. I used to love it as a kid!
Drake wrote:
I only own the first two generations of the games.

My childhood! :heart: I have the Yellow, Silver, Gold and Cristal ones. I was sooo hooked on Pokémon when I was about 10...
I heard The Simpsons were the longest running cartoon.

I only seen the 1st couple seasons of Pokemon. I DLed alot of the series thou. I play Yellow on comp with en emulator but I never beaten it yet because I level up all my Pokemon evenly. The clock in the game stops at 255 hours & 59 minutes. I'm able to rename of save game file & go into Red & Blue to get the Pokemon I can only get in there & I'm able to trade with myself too. I haven't leveled up all my Pokemon yet but the only two I still have to catch is Moltres & Mew2. I caught Mew using a game-shark code.


Doraemon was consecutively on from April 2, 1979 – March 18, 2005


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31 May 2016, 5:17 pm

One Piece will last at least 10 more years so it will be on for a long time.


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09 Aug 2019, 6:49 am

It's that time again. Just like it says in my OP, it's 3 years later and Ash is trying to win the Pokemon League again! :mrgreen:

We'll see if he manages it this time. Last time he reached the final for the first time ever, but lost.



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09 Aug 2019, 8:32 pm

nick007 wrote:
lisa_simpson wrote:
I don't know. This is not a quest, but I think Doraemon is the longest cartoon ever in all the world. I used to love it as a kid!
Drake wrote:
I only own the first two generations of the games.

My childhood! :heart: I have the Yellow, Silver, Gold and Cristal ones. I was sooo hooked on Pokémon when I was about 10...
I heard The Simpsons were the longest running cartoon.

I only seen the 1st couple seasons of Pokemon. I DLed alot of the series thou. I play Yellow on comp with en emulator but I never beaten it yet because I level up all my Pokemon evenly. The clock in the game stops at 255 hours & 59 minutes. I'm able to rename of save game file & go into Red & Blue to get the Pokemon I can only get in there & I'm able to trade with myself too. I haven't leveled up all my Pokemon yet but the only two I still have to catch is Moltres & Mew2. I caught Mew using a game-shark code.


It's not, not even close, Simpsons keeps claiming length, they keep losing.


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17 Sep 2019, 11:49 am

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Victory.

There are big issues with his win, to do with the level of competition he had to face and the tournament format, but he still won. This post from Reddit will help me explain:

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Alola League does count but it's less satisfaction because

It's first mistake is that it let everyone into the league even team rocket this may not seem like much but it shows that the is less quality of trainers in this league. Badges serve as a way to weed out weaker trainers, trainers who have only 1 Pokemon and have not trained a full team. Like Lilly and team rocket. A long 8 badge region force's trainers to train months on end to become ready for the league

Preliminary was a battle royal not a tournament type. This means it's not based on skill just survivability and luck. Imagine if I just used dig and stayed underground for the battle royal.

Most of the league tournament stages is a 1 on 1 rather than a 3 on 3. A 1 on 1 just means anyone could win just as long as I put up the correct typing purely on luck. A 3 on 3 means the is some coverage I have created.

No 6 on 6 for later tournament match. If we are talking about the semi finals then this always needs to be a 6 on 6 because it shows how well a champion can make a solid team with the greatest coverage. A 3 on 3 and 2 on 2 isn't what a League finals should be that's why.

It's less satisfy because of this.

Ash ends up traveling to a different region and catching new pokemon to take on that region's league and normally has to defeat the region's gym leaders to qualify. The Alola region in story was holding it's first league, so there was none of this structure in place. No Elite Four and no Champion for Ash to earn the right to fight either, he goes straight into being the Alola Champion. It's all just really anticlimactic. I only paid attention for the league, but I've also seen a lot of talk about Ash's team being nowhere near as strong as previous teams that have failed before, so it's not even as if he's reached the highest level yet of his own ability, he just won because of the low level of competition and not even in 6 on 6, which he's always fought at in the latter stages of the other leagues.



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17 Sep 2019, 11:51 am

Star Trek: The Search for a Plot



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17 Sep 2019, 11:55 am

Fnord wrote:
Star Trek: The Search for a Plot

What does that mean?



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17 Sep 2019, 12:04 pm

Drake wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Star Trek: The Search for a Plot
What does that mean?
It means that MisterRogers wore synthetic fabrics.

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What do you think it means?



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17 Sep 2019, 1:21 pm

Fnord wrote:
Drake wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Star Trek: The Search for a Plot
What does that mean?
It means that MisterRogers wore synthetic fabrics.

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What do you think it means?

If I knew, I wouldn't ask.

I am guessing you agree with me about the issues I pointed out.



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18 Sep 2019, 12:01 am

Drake wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Drake wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Star Trek: The Search for a Plot
What does that mean?
It means that MisterRogers wore synthetic fabrics.

:roll:

What do you think it means?

If I knew, I wouldn't ask.

I am guessing you agree with me about the issues I pointed out.


He means in Star Trek there wasn't a plot, nothing more than that.


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