Makes you wonder what if Morrison went full on at the beginning. He basically went even in a 4 v 6 match.
Ehhhh, Corphish is one of Ash's better pokemon, it might have managed the same thing anyway.
I know the show wants to make every important match come down to the last pokemon, but it wouldn't hurt anyone to have Ash win with 2 pokemon remaining.
I know, the only match I can think of like that was when Kingler defeated that one dude in the Kanto League.
GenesisSaga posted...
Ash's Torkoal seriously sucks Donphan dong. Which will make it all the more stupidly surprising when he brings it out of Oakville for a later match... in which it continues to suck Donphan dong.
I know, I know. It's one of his worst, there's no doubt about it.
At the End of the Fray
"I need to get me some boots!"
Score: 6/10
Glalie and Sceptile knock each other out with their attacks. You know, given how incredibly rare they are in the games, simultaneous knockouts sure seem to happen a lot in the anime.
Torkoal defeats Shiftry, but it takes a lot of damage. Meanwhile, TR Meowth looks the battle over, waiting for when Tyson's Meowth will emerge. Tyson sends out Hariyama, and its thick fat ability makes it near immune to fire attacks. Well that's-- surprisingly correct. Ash sends out Corphish, which gets knocked out in one attack, haha, loser.
Ash throws out Swellow to fight Hariyama, which, again, makes sense. Dammit episode, I'm supposed to be making fun of you, give me some material to work with! How can I make a joke about Swellow defeating Hariyama.
Tyson's Donphan's rollout proves quite powerful, but it doesn't expect insanity.
Tyson sends out his Metagross, and while Swellow loses, it manages to create a small crack in its armor. Grovyle loses, but deals an enormous amount of damage by focusing its attacks on the crack, and Pikachu finishes the job.
Tyson sends out his final pokemon: Meowth, and TR Meowth celebrates, cheering for it. Meowth counters Pikachu's thunderbolts with its own thunderbolts to defend, even though you would have to assume Pikachu's thunderbolts are stronger and would overpower Meowth's. Meowth and Pikachu battle it out for several minutes with thunderbolts and iron tails. Eventually, both score direct hits with their iron tails at the same time, and both pokemon go down. Meowth stands back up, Pikachu doesn't. Cut to Tyson winning the entire tournament, the episode not even bothering to show us the second place winner.
Wait, the Meowth hating Persian subplot goes completely unresolved?!
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Started: July 6, 2005