Masters Eight

rofl

Never forget that Greninja had Cut.
Base power does exist, it's just not a quantifiable statistic like in the games. Ember and Fire Blast are in no way comparable in strength even in the anime, and Hyper Beam and its clones are revered as highly powerful and are arguably the most powerful moves a Pokemon can even use (and they're spammable in the anime).

Base power isn't as static as it is in the games and is entirely unique to the individual Pokemon.
A move is as powerful as the writers need it to be in that battle, so if the scenario dictated that Dracovish was THAT powerful, its Water Gun could be the equivalent of a Full-Power Water Spout or even overpower a weaker Pokemon's Hydro Pump.

>Ember and Fire Blast are in no way comparable in strength even in the anime

Yes, but one Pokemon's Ember could be stronger than another Pokemon's Fire Blast

Tbf Dracovish can't learn Hydro Pump

Isn't this a reference to Sun/Moon?
Does the Pokemon anime have its own internal memes?

It can

>Does the Pokemon anime have its own internal memes?
It wouldn't surprise me, even the localization team had some injokes in the early days, like LIVED EHT ERA SDIK4 DNA TTENRUB OEL

I tried not to be a nerd about the anime’s inaccuracies, but I could never help but be annoyed sometimes by the lame movepools. Are Tackle/Quick Attack just easier to animate or what?

People are forgetting that anime fights are not bound to game mechanics and would actually suck if they would be lol.
Water gun seems fine. A quick, easy to use and spam long-range move for Pokemon that obviously prefers close quarter combat.

This thing is so fucking ugly.

This Crime Against God just needs to gill bite things, other moves don't metter