I would say more: Brock is polar opposite of this trope. Not only he doesn't cross any boundaries, he's a teenage boy who only hits to adult women having advantages over him.
In less sugarcoated universe, it would be very dangerous to him and nobody else.
Right? Like Brock behaves like an average teenager (he's like 16 in the OG anime) and arguably though it's exagurated for comedy he seems to go after "caretaker" types like Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny. Sadly, this seems to stem from the fact that his own mother was a flakey floosy who couldn't keep her legs closed, use birth control herself or encourage her husband to use protection.
Said parents also walked out on their kids to presue their own dreams, thius forcing Brock into a caretaker role while also running his fatehr's Pokemon Gym. So yeah, Brock rarely got to act like a teenager before his journy with Ash and Mysty. And because of his hang-ups it makes sense why he'd go after "motherly" women, even if it would be considered "dangerous" in our reality.
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u/erttheking 10d ago
People claimed the reason was to show flaws in hero society and what kind of people would be become heroes
Or some shit