Ash fucking cheats period.
He's a black hole where the rules of the universe don't apply. He never learns a God damned thing, and no one ever calls him out on his shit.
He takes down a motherfucking RHYDON with an electric attack, and everybody thinks it's cool that he just broke physics.
BROCK, a registered and well known GYM LEADER, fucking yells out what he should do during the Indigo Plateau, and Ash isn't disqualified for having a blatant outside source run his match for him. This asshole goes on to become an established champion in like, two regions, but still doesn't understand basic type advantages, and continues to disown every strong Pokemon he has just because.
He's either an idiot-savant, or some sort of God with amnesia.