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This scene from Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! hits harder than you remember.
Cross’s treatment of Charmander isn’t just “bad trainer behavior”—it’s straight-up cruelty, built on power, control, and false hope. Kicking Charmander aside and abandoning it because it wasn’t “strong enough” turns a familiar Pokémon storyline into something genuinely uncomfortable.

In this short clip from The Pokémon Snapshot, we break down why this moment works so well emotionally, how it reframes Charmander’s story compared to the original anime, and why Cross might be one of the most quietly disturbing human characters in Pokémon history.

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