what the fuck was his problem?

He was an ADD twat until he got his ass handed to him by Team Galactic near Snowpoint and subsequently mellowed out, learned self control, and went on to be a fairly decent rival.

>>27425753
He was an actually well developed rival. Sucks that multiple rivals really killed that.

>>27425776
Nah, single Rivals remain the greatest rivals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI2WzOONl7w
Related, the last well developed and believable rival.

>>27425728
Literally retarded

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>>27425728
Takes after his dad too much.

The pressure of having to follow in the footsteps of a frontier brain and all.

Same problem as every rival that isn't Blue or Silver, he's just some nice kid I don't give a shit about beating

Beating Blue in Silph Co is probably the single most rewarding rival moment in the franchise because he was a douche and he was tough

>>27425971
>Barry
>Not being the second best rival
Dude was a good mix between annoying asshole and cool friend. Silver was literally Blue 2.0 but worse.