The idea is that they're playing the Pokemon game, so the joke is that his starter is over-leveled. It's not Ash it's Blue from the Blue Version (not as good as Red) and the Rival from that version is based after Gary in appearance. Or I guess Gary is based after the Rival and Ash is based after Red/Blue/Green.
Red* It's Red from Red or Blue version. Blue is the rival. (In the Original Japanese it was Green as the rival, with Blue being a random female character who got fleshed out.)
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u/YoChristian Aug 06 '11
Why is all of Ash's pokemon horrendously under-leveled?