what ever happend to dexter

[watermaster]

ash's pokedex (dexter) was like a person in the first season
what i mean is it didn't just show a pokemon's data and the gang called him dexter, but after awile about the time togepi showed
up it's just been called a regular pokedex no extra info, no refrence to calling him dexter. has anyone else have a opinion
on what happend?

[ILikePokemonP]

Dexter was abandoned after Ash left for Johto and got his new pokedex.

[Blue Hiker]

Firstly, ILikePokemon is right, Ash did get a new Pokédex at the start of Johto.

Of course, you can't expect 4Kids to remember that, right? Ash called his Pokédex "Dexter" in at least one Master Quest episode...

[BenRG]

I'm not sure if Ash got a new Pokédex, BH. However, I do know that he had its' database and other software upgraded before he went to Johto.

Perhaps, as a consequence of the upgrades, Dexter's cache files and the unique 'quirks' that made it like a person in the gang's eyes were lost. So it wasn't really Dexter anymore, just a Pokédex sqatting on his EPROM chips. :P

[Hanada Tattsu]

Yeah, but the dubbers still made Ash call him "Dexter" in a recent Master Quest episode.

The reasoon I didn't say "the writers" was because Dexter is a name made up by the dubbers. In the original, Satoshi-tachi just call it the Pokemon Zukan, or the Pokedex.

[Entropy]

Really?

In 'PokeDex', What does 'dex mean? Is 'PokeDex' a translation of 'Pokemon Zukan?'

[Hanada Tattsu]

Originally posted by Entropy
Really?

In 'PokeDex', What does 'dex mean? Is 'PokeDex' a translation of 'Pokemon Zukan?'

No, I think they called it the Pokedex for some other reason.

I think Pokemon Zukan means "Pokemon Encyclopedia" or something like that, Pokedex is not a direct translation of that word.

[Pewter City Geodude]

Pokedex is just a contraction of "Pokemon Index".

[Hanada Tattsu]

Originally posted by Pewter City Geodude
Pokedex is just a contraction of "Pokemon Index".

Yeah, and Pokemon Index or Pokemon Encyclopedia translate directly to Pokemon Zukan in Japan, so I think it is kind of a direct translation.

In the Japanese, they just refer to it as Zukan, BTW.

[Legends-Kuja]

Annie: I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!

Oakley: MEMEMEMEME!

Both: DEXTER GOT A LAME *** VOICE AFTER THE INDIGO LEAGUE AND ASH NEVER LIKED IT!

(You go, girls)

[Oddish17]

Zukan refers to a collection of pictures, but I guess in the world of pokemon its definition has been expanded upon.

I miss Dexter :(

[Hanada Tattsu]

Yeah, Dexter had a freaky voice after Oak upgraded it during the episode where Misty gets Togepi.

I hate its new voice, I'm glad it gets a new voice during Advance.

[Pewter City Geodude]

I wonder what May's Pokedex will sound like...maybe it'll have a female voice, wouldn't that be funny? :P

[Gravy]

Originally posted by Hanada Tattsu
Yeah, Dexter had a freaky voice after Oak upgraded it during the episode where Misty gets Togepi.

I hate its new voice, I'm glad it gets a new voice during Advance.

This new voice during AG you speak of.......is it a female voice? I know for a fact its that way in the japanese version.
Unless thats another thing 4Kids decided to change, along with the music.

[Hanada Tattsu]

Yeah, both Ash and May's Pokedex-es have new, upgraded, female voices.

I remember it was that way in the original, but it's been a while since I saw the dubbed sneak peeks, so can anyone remind me?