Talk:Upcoming ERB suggestions/@comment-114.77.101.157-20140316095327/@comment-5264252-20140320182244

Charles Darwin would be a much better opponent, as Noah is too religious-associated. Pokemon itself has had a whole lot of controversy surrounding it in terms of "forcing" evolutionism onto kids. They've done controversial religious characters in the past, but none were THAT offensive. Pokemon vs Noah would basically be evolutionism vs creationism. Yes, I get the main connection is both Ash and Noah gather animals, but looking deeper into it, that's what you'd get. That'd be a really bad route for ERB to go.

And I highly doubt Red would make it in. Red doesn't have as much of an impact on the series as Ash has had. Ash is far more famous and recognizable than Red is. Plus, Ash is based directly on Red (in fact, comparing him to Red in the original, the only difference is a blue jacket instead of a red one, marks on his cheeks, and a different hat design), so technically, using Ash IS using Red.