I did not like that episode much at all. <_>
Now I will never look at the traditional Japanese bow of apology the same way again. Thanks Anna.
No problem, broseph.
A VENIPEDE STAMPEDE!
"I couldn't care less about your REASONS."
Score: 4/10
Ugh, Trip is awful.
Remember when Team Rocket was in this show? Neither do I! Well, the writers do, bizarrely enough, and Team Rocket, Peuce, and Doctor Monocle are in their laboratory-helicopter looking for another meteorite under the Desert Resort.
Cut to the heroes reaching Castelia City, and Cilan insists they go to the Castelia Cone, a famous ice cream shop. However, Ash insists that there’s no time for ice cream (bastard), they must go to the gym first. On the way, they bump into Burgh, who informs them that he can't battle now because the wild bug pokemon in the city are restless, which generally happens when "something bad is gonna happen."
Pikachu feels something wrong with the sewer, and Burgh confirms that the sewer runs into a river nearby, so they all go to investigate, and soon find a trapped Venipede (and Ash uses the correct pronunciation of "antennae"). Burgh tells Ash not to touch it because its skin is poisonous, but he does so anyway because dammit, that’s how we roll in Japan. Amazingly, Ash is poisoned, but luckily, Cilan heals him instantly. Wow, what drama we have in this show.
A colony of Venipede stampede by, and Burgh questions why they're here, since Venipede normally live outside of the city. As they leave the sewer, they see thousands of Venipede are swarming the city. I love how Officer Jenny comes and warns only Burgh and the heroes to leave - all of the helpless civilians she does nothing for, but Burgh, the pokemon expert who can survive days in the forest with no problem? He needs to be warned for his own safety. We also learn that Professor Juniper is trying to determine why the Venipede are freaking out. Well, that’s actually pretty simple: Unova needs a “freaky bug swarm” pokemon and the Beedrill are all busy in Japan.
An explosion occurs near the pokemon center (except when they get there, there’s no sign of it), and the heroes see several trainers defending it with fire pokemon, including Trip, who now has a Lampent. Ash tells them not just attack the Venipede because Professor Juniper is trying to figure out what's happening, and when the mayor appears, Burgh and the heroes convince him to let them drive the Venipede into the city’s park and keep them there rather than just attacking. Burgh knows that Venipede leaders usually hang out at high points to watch out for danger, so they look for a completely anonymous high building in a city of nothing except high buildings and successfully locate the identical Venipede (among tens of thousands) in twenty seconds.
After a lot of filler, during which Trip joins the heroes temporarily and Ash’s Pidove evolves (and if you think I’m unfairly skipping over the significance of a pokemon evolving, it’s only because the episode does too), the Venipede are all in the park.
Trip leaves, saying the gym won’t be open for a while so he’d rather go on ahead. Professor Juniper arrives at this point, telling everyone that she’s located two enormous energy sources coming from the Desert Resort, which freaked out the Venipede and sent them into the city. Well, this looks dangerous, so let’s send only a noncombatant professor and Officer Jenny, who, like all American cops, is armed only with green hair, to investigate, while Burgh and the heroes stay in the city.
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Started: July 6, 2005