Were you consciously aware this was the first episode not to include Team Rocket since they showed up in the second episode?
Really? Interesting. I must admit, that particular fact escaped my notice.
SCRAGGY - HATCHED TO BE WILD!
"Use thunderbolt, let's go! Maybe a bit more like thunderburp..."
Score: 4/10
Ash's egg is about to hatch when Axew, hopping with joy because it'll soon be a "big brother" (I had honestly assumed it was female) knocks it down a hill, causing it to hatch into a Scraggy.
The rest of the episode is about Scraggy being a douchebag. At the end of the episode, Scraggy and Axew strike up a rivalry over food, and since they both suck at fighting so much, Cilan decides they'd be perfect to battle against each other. A misused dragon rage knocks both out at once, however, proving that they both suck a lot.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket delivers the meteorite to Peuce in the Team Rocket Mobile Research Lab, a helicopter laboratory, built for all of the times you need to conduct research but can’t be bothered with things like “reliable electric systems that don’t need be recharged regularly.” There, they meet Doctor Monocle, whose name is said precisely one time, but I didn't hear it correctly. Doctor Monocle starts scanning it, causing it to glow. This is a good thing, I guess, and they fly off to their next mission.
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Started: July 6, 2005