[Jurinjo]

I'm not so sure about my position on the older cartoon as to the newer ones. I do remember that Ash's voice in the early part of the old cartoons make me cringe. I couldn't go further than 5 minutes into rewatching the 1st episode just because of that.

One episode that still sticks out for me is when Butterfree leaves. ;^;
Then there's his Pidgeot as well...were any other pokemons he let into the wild?

Mudkip has always been my favorite. Admitedly it's partly because I don't have to worry about electric attacks anymore xD My 1st pokemon is always the water type.