Git 'em

Oh Suteipafuto-san, why you gotta be so kawaii?

...
Get out of my bathroom.

Mines boring Start a gang with Starfox...not gonna happen he has one already...now if that meens I join his gang already in progress Im all in..Arwing here I come

I'd play it.

That's why you always wear a helmet.

...what? You too?!

...

...well, I guess we're up to three members, then.

Incidentally, by the look of things, that image could have started its own thread.



Yeah, but they broke up.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

It all makes perfect sense.

Except for why someone would want to remain a prepubescent boy forever...

Oh, there are reasons.

Makes it easier to find and enthrall virgins?

Also Pikachu is his demonic familiar. The unholy pact he made to gain his powers included the clause when he turned thirteen Pikachu would evolve and devour him.

He hired Jessie and James clandestinely to try and kidnap Pikachu to finally free himself of his curse, but so Pikachu doesn't get suspicious has to act like he's completely loyal and unfortunately thwarts Team Rocket every time.

Alternatively, Ash has a severe growth disorder similar to what Konata's mom had. As a result of this disorder, he doesn't age as fast as he should; although he's getting into his late teens, he's physically still only 11 or 12. This may have been something he inherited from his mom, who is repeatedly shown as looking a lot younger and a lot more attractive (up to and including winning a beauty pageant against girls half her age) than she should be given how old she likely is.

As far as Ash is concerned, his life is a living nightmare. On one hand, he'd love to have a girlfriend and a reasonably normal existence; this is why his first act upon going some place is to find the cutest girl who's presently available and convince her to travel with him. On the other hand, he's afraid that if they stay together for too long, his condition will manifest itself, resulting in ever-increasing awkwardness as a teenage, and later adult, woman is keeping company with what appears to be a much younger man. Given this, Ash inevitably chickens out and ditches his latest squeeze, even leaving the continent to justify doing so. The only reason why he stayed with Brock for so long was because Brock, given his (limited) degree of medical knowledge, understood Ash's situation and wasn't bothered by it.

On the other hand, the mon of the series don't particularly care how young he looks. Hence why Ash is so close with them - he can love them without the public asking questions. In exchange, his mon have picked up on his self-doubts and so make it a point to love him back once they've gotten to know him better. That's how it is that his mon, who are often barely even trained, can so frequently squash much more competent warriors. In that sense, Ash lives to battle not because he truly wants to be the champion, but because it gives him an excuse to hang out with something that isn't embarrassed by him. What's more, if he becomes the champion, that'll give him all the opportunity he needs to go public with his condition without fear of a public backlash: he's the champ, and so who can second-guess him then?

Until then, Ash keeps traveling and keeps leaving an ever-increasing string of girls (Misty, Duplica, Dawn, May, Iris,...) who would gladly be his wife if he'd only man up and tell them the truth.

Stop killing humor.

Those god damn hugging probes!

I seriously hugging love that game so much. SO MUCH

OOH! DO ME NEXT! DO ME NEXT!

That or the Vux. The Vux ruled.

Unless you're in Gears of War. Then a helmet is a death sentence.

Those guys are probably the only example where I actually prefer Star Control 3's interpretation.

HeHeHeHe... The zot, the Fot, the Pik and the zebranksy...

This is a bunch of weird aliens...what's going on?

Huh, female tentacle monster, Not seen one of those in a long time...

Unfamiliar with the third. Nutshell, please?

As and "FYI," Star Control and Total Annihilation both are out at GOG.com and on sale this weekend.

Isn't -Wait, no, you mean the ORIGINAL SC, not the Ur-Quan Masters, right?

From the sales page, it looks like 1, 2 and 3.

But SC2 is open-source. Free.

Scott McNeil!