"I'm afraid Excadrill's acting a bit Chili!"
Score: 3.5/10
Cilan cooks up some lunch, only for Ash and Pikachu to fall down a sudden hole in the ground (without his pokeballs), which instantly collapses into itself so Cilan and Iris can’t follow. Thus, they send out Pansage and Excadrill to dig through the collapsed dirt-- but Excradrill won’t help and a wild Ducklett steals Cilan’s silverware, so Iris goes after it while Cilan digs through the hole.
We learn that the hole was dug by Sunglasses Sandile, which wanted to battle Ash by separating him from the rest of the heroes: it desperately wants to battle Pikachu for… some reason, I guess. It’s followed Ash like fifty miles on foot, I assume its desire is pretty intense. When was the last time you walked fifty miles? Freaking never is when. Ash has Pikachu lead with thunderbolt because he's an idiot, and the battle commences, but it's interrupted by a wild Derplett.
I find that image absolutely hilarious for some reason. It's like... "I don't even know why I exist." Ducklett actually only pretends to be a derp and puts its head in Sandile's mouth to examine it, but soon reveals its true colors: blue. Then it steals Sandile’s sunglasses and flies off.
Sandile is cowardly without its sunglasses, so Ash agrees to help it retrieve them... only for another Ducklett to steal Ash's hat. Ash does track down the Ducklett and defeat them, but then the one that stole Cilan's silverware appears, rescues its friends, and they then trap Pikachu in an umbrella while it uses thunderbolt, which I guess damages Pikachu’s ability to use electricity? It’s… not really clear? But in any case, Pikachu can no longer use thunderbolt.
Ash tries just asking for the sunglasses back, but the Ducklett just pretend to give them back before attacking again. Pikachu can no longer use electricity, so it’s a three-on-three battle (Ash helps fight the Ducklett), but Ash, Pikachu, and Sandile all lose handily.
Somehow, Pikachu learns electro ball, it’s not really clear how, and defeats the Ducklett. Iris and Cilan appear again, as do the Ducklett, so Pikachu volunteers to fight them again, and can now use thunderbolt again I guess, it’s not really explained. After being defeated again, the Ducklett just kind of leave. At the pokemon center, Nurse Joy tells everyone about the annoying Ducklett that live around here and that’s that, I guess. No further explanations.
Sandile wants another battle with Pikachu, and here we learn Pikachu's known moves are now iron tail, quick attack, electro ball, and thunderbolt. Phew. Good thing you gave up that nasty, useless volt tackle in favor of electro ball. During the battle, Sandile evolves into Krokorok, and... I don't really know why, but Krokorok gets blasted off into the sky or something, I guess. I don't know. It’s not really clear how it happens.
Nothing at any point in this episode is clearly explained.
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Started: July 6, 2005