Is Ash Greninja just Mega Greninja?

Seems like Greninja's the only Ash's pokémon which mega evolved. It's not just Ash's Greninja, even the previous leader of the Ninja village in Kalos was also a Mega/Ash-Greninja. Notice that the Kalos Region found out Mega Evolution and his rivals Alain and Sawyer, both of them had a pokemon which could mega evolve.
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What is the difference between Ash-Greninja and regular Greninja?

When a Greninja with Battle Bond directly causes another Pokémon (including allies) to faint by using a damaging move, unless this ends the battle, it will change into Ash-Greninja. After the battle, the Pokémon reverts to its original form. Ash-Greninja has higher base stats than regular Greninja.
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Why didn't Greninja get a Mega?

Mega Evolution is a special transformation that gives Pokémon a mighty boost in power and even changes their appearance. However, this feature is currently limited to a specific list of Pokémon within the game, and Greninja isn't on that list. So, for now, Greninja stays in its sleek, ninja form without mega evolving.
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Why is Ash's Greninja special?

Like in the anime, this Greninja can transform into Ash-Greninja by defeating a Pokémon in a battle with two or more Pokémon, activating its unique Ability, Battle Bond. Internally, Battle Bond Greninja, before transforming, are treated as an alternate form separate from Greninja with Torrent or Protean.
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Why was Ash-Greninja removed?

Unfortunately, Greninja was likely kept out of Ash's party in Journeys for the same apparent reason the rest of his old Pokémon were left out: the anime wanted to focus on his most recent Pokémon and have him make it through the World Coronation series exclusively with those recently-caught Pokémon.
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Mega Evolutions for Greninja, Delphox and Chestnaught in Legends Z-A

Why did Greninja lose Charizard?

Further, basically Greninja has become a thought controlled Arm Slave, while however close Alain and Charizard were they are still on voice control. As a result, for the most part Greninja ran rings around Charizard, and the firefight is proceeding in its favor.
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Why was Shiny Ash Greninja banned?

While Ash Hat Pikachu is basically a normal Pikachu with a unique Z-Move. Pikachu still can't compete with most VGC-level Pokémon, so it's allowed, while Greninja, who can compete with VGC-level with its normal abilities, is banned because Battle Bond gives it too big an advantage.
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Is Ash-Greninja stronger than Ash Lucario?

From a power standpoint, Greninja wins easily. But Lucario's typing proves difficult for Greninja, so it's a lot closer. Even the transformations don't really help since all it really does is give Greninja a 10 point increase over what the BST difference was already.
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Can Ash feel Greninja's pain?

Despite increasing Greninja's speed and power, it comes with the side-effect; if Greninja was attacked and takes damage, Ash will feel his pain as they shares each other's pulse, so if it is pushed too hard, Ash may collapse from exhaustion.
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Is Ash's Greninja stronger than his Charizard?

With all the facts laid out pretty bare for all to see, Greninja and Charizard are very close contenders to take the top spot, being powerful Pokémon in their own right. However, if one had to give the top spot, it would have to be Charizard who has earned the right to be called Ash's strongest Pokémon.
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Why is Greninja so powerful?

This Greninja used its bond Phenomenon with Ash to transform into a unique and powerful form, Ash-Greninja, which was later released to the games as an empowered form of Greninja accessible to players of the Pokémon Sun and Moon Special Demo Version.
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Why can't i catch another Greninja?

To challenge Greninja, Trainers will need to either complete the postgame events that follow the main story or join a 7-star Tera Raid Battle hosted by a Trainer who has completed those events. This special Greninja can be caught only once per save data.
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Does Mega dragonite exist?

Can dragonite mega evolve? No, it can't, even though it is worthy of one. People suspect it's because the Mega Stone would literally be called 'Dragonite', which just doesn't work as it's already the Pokemon's name, or 'Dragonitite', which is just annoying to pronounce.
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Why did Froakie choose Ash?

Froakie had already rejected a handful of trainers prior to meeting Ash, and only decided to stick with him due to both sharing similar personalities. The strong bond shared between the two led to Greninja to achieve the Ash-Greninja form, differentiating it from any other Pokemon Ash has trained.
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Is Ash Greninja or Protean better?

But, when using other types of moves, we can see that Protean Greninja is just edging out Ash-Greninja in terms of damage. So it looks like the boost STAB gives is more than the stat-boosts Battle Bond gives Ash-Greninja. So when using non-STAB moves, Protean Greninja does in fact deal more damage.
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Is Ash Greninja the most powerful Greninja?

Given their unique bond and its incredible win record, there should be little doubt that Greninja is Ash's strongest Pokémon other than Pikachu.
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What is the weakest Pokémon Ash has?

Pidgeot ended up reuniting with Ash in his final episode, over a thousand episodes later, but that still meant it never got a chance to fight again, making Pidgeot Ash's weakest Pokémon.
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Is Greninja's tongue wrapped around his neck?

The movement of air against the long tongue Greninja keeps wrapped around its neck allows it to sense enemies it can't see. It appears and vanishes with a ninja's grace.
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What is Greninja's tongue?

So where does the scarf come from? It's Greninja's own tongue, that it rips out upon evolution to demonstrate its devotion and willpower. It makes more sense than you'd think - aside from size, the tongue around Grenny's neck matches the stub in its mouth.
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Why doesn t Ash use his old Pokémon?

However, Ash did have his reasons for sticking with new teammates. It's all part of the fresh start he takes every time he enters a new region. He probably could do better with stronger Pokémon, but he wanted to do what he felt was right, even if it was more challenging.
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Is Greninja stronger than gengar?

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A level 51 Greninja with 3037 CP is defeated by a level 30 Gengar with 21207 CP in this battle simulation. The attacking Greninja was using Bubble as its quick and Aerial Ace as its special move. The defending Gengar was using Unknown as its quick and Unknown as its special move.
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Who would win Charizard vs Greninja?

Probably this depends on how much Charizard can slow down Greninja. If it succeeds in grabbing it for a Seismic Toss or two it could take the W. If Greninja can dominate with speed and hit-and-run tactics to avoid getting grabbed, it should be able to nab the W. If it's just base Charizard, I can see Greninja winning.
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Has Ash caught any Shinies?

Ash only caught one shiny, which was Noctowl in the Ilex Forest of the Johto Region. The name of the episode is Fowl play. It's in season 3, the first season of three for the Johto Region.
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Did Ash ever own a shiny?

Ash was the very first character in the animated series to catch a shiny Pokémon, and it was none other than Noctowl. First appearing in the episode titled "Fowl Play!", this Pokémon was the first fully evolved one Ash caught.
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Did Ash abandon Greninja?

Greninja is one of the most powerful pokemon of Ash Ketchum. Probably the most powerful. But he left that pokemon in Kalos in order to protect the entire Kalos from some kind of strange evil vines which can destroy the entire Kalos region.
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