Board 8 > Anagram rates Pokemon part 7: This is now technically the seventh topic

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No that's actually Isamu Akai, from a boring manga: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pocket_Monsters


THIS is Red, you heathen. From the best Pokemon manga(Adventures) and really the best Pokemon media aside from the games.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Red_%28Adventures%29

Ryo8889 posted...
No that's actually Isamu Akai, from a boring manga: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pocket_Monsters


THIS is Red, you heathen. From the best Pokemon manga(Adventures) and really the best Pokemon media aside from the games.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Red_%28Adventures%29

Yeah, I checked it out earlier on the Bulbapedia after it was mentioned. I would have preferred it being Red, to be honest.

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BNVshark123 posted...
Actually, that wasn't Red, that was this other kid from some other banned Poke-manga. By chance, was the Clefairy talking and acting like an overall dick in the flashback?

Dude that's definately Red.


And yeah, in that movie, Clefairy, Teddiursa, and Ursaring all spoke, while Pikachu only said its name. I have no idea what was up with that.

No, that's Isamu Akai, the main character of another Pokemon Based anime, don't read it, it's really weird.



BTW, THIS is Red:

This also counts as Red I guess:

Edit: Damn, didn't see the other guy post that.

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I was wrong, sorry. Still, it looks like Red.

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The Garden of Eatin'
"Yes! It's big, just the way my gifts should be! Complete with an enormous 'Good Morning' greeting card!"
Score: 3/10

The heroes come to a Slakoth zoo, which boasts of having more Slakoth than anywhere else in the world. Everyone is very excited to visit this place even though Max and May's father trains exclusively Slakoth and its evolutions and this should be really mundane to them.

The zoo is closed but not locked, so the heroes go in because "it couldn't hurt to look around." Nope, it couldn't hurt to break into a place with no supervision and dozens of dangerous animals everywhere.

They run into Marcel, the zookeeper, who is as stereotypically French as his name implies. He explains that the zoo has been attacked by a Snorlax, which ate all of the bananas they grow (you know. Because monkeys) and is now causing trouble. Until something is done, the Slakoth won't come out and the zoo is shut down, which doesn't explain why the gate wasn't locked but hey. This episode, I think, more-or-less confirms that the Pokemon World, for all of its advanced teleportation technology, has no equivalent to our animal control centers.

Ash wonders how this is possible: the zoo is in the foothills, and to his knowledge, Snorlax only live "way up in the mountains." Really? Really. You've met exactly two Snorlax in your entire life, plus a Munchlax, which lived in, respectively, a riverbed, an island chain, and a city. Brock determines that the Snorlax must have been pushed out of its territory recently, and this prompts Marcel to mention that a building project started a month ago in the nearby mountains. I actually thought that this episode would turn into an environmental thing, but nope! It's never brought up again. I find it weird that the episode took the time to justify why a wild Snorlax came to the zoo even though a previous episode, the one in which Ash caught his Snorlax, just had one bopping around without explanation, because it knew it didn't need one: Snorlax like to eat stuff, so they need to roam around to find stuff to eat.

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Ash decides to simply battle Snorlax and catch it, but sadly, Snorlax is immune to all of Pikachu's attacks, and easily defeats the heroes using yawn.

When they wake up, they call Professor Oak for help. He mentions that he's developed a special type of pokeblock that's the size of your eye, but expands once eaten to be three hundred kilograms. Of course this violates the conservation of mass, but you're going to say "Herpaderp, Anagram, it probably uses advanced science that doesn't really exist." Nope: Oak sends Brock the recipe to make using normal kitchen supplies. That still leaves the problem of getting it to stop eating the bananas: they need to defeat Snorlax with a pokemon that's immune to yawn and then catch it. The obvious solution is to make one of the Slakoth evolve and become a Vigoroth. I like how Marcel is like "What? Vigoroth are immune to sleep-related attacks?" even though his entire job is taking care of Slakoth.

Marcel goes out to the Slakoth and begs them to help him, but most of them are like "Meh, I'm not risking my ass against a Snorlax." Luckily, one of them steps forth and volunteers. After a one minute training montage of beating up Grovyle, Torkoal, and Pikachu (who definitely all joined Ash for the purpose of being punching bags for animals in a zoo), Slakoth evolves into Vigoroth.

They challenge Snorlax again, and with its immunity to yawn, Vigoroth attacks Snorlax head on using scratch. Of course, Pikachu's equally powerful attacks did nothing to it earlier, but whatever. Vigoroth defeats Snorlax and the Slakoth celebrate. What the episode doesn't show you is that later, Vigoroth realizes that it no longer has any proper friends, because it simply lives its life on a faster pace than the Slakoth are capable of keeping up with, and it slowly slinks into a depression, ultimately wasting away its life on hookers, booze, and cocaine, until it finally blows its brains out in its bathtub without leaving a suicide note.

Also: Marcel decides to open up an additional section for the zoo: a Snorlax relaxation room.


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Snorlax is a bear!? I thought it was a fat cat!!

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Why would a pokeblock that expands, ignoring the obvious scientific flaws, to 300 KG, EVER be useful or worth spending time making except for the f*** of it? Like, the only practical application.... well, hell, Snorlax is the ONLY Pokémon that could eat that without dying, assuming its vital organs don't get pushed aside by it. The only use for that Pokéblock for ANY other Pokémon would be killing it. So unless this is something Oak has spent tons of time on solely for the purpose of feeding Snorlax cheaply...

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Well, Ash's Snorlax probably does try to eat all of Oak's food. It's also been a plot point before that Snorlax can cause big problems due to how much they eat. I have no trouble believing this is something worth being invented.

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GenesisSaga posted...
Snorlax is a bear!? I thought it was a fat cat!!

Me too, but Bulbapedia says it's a bear. Then again, they didn't list Washibon (Japanese Rufflet) as being inspired by Washington, so who knows?


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Why would a pokeblock that expands, ignoring the obvious scientific flaws, to 300 KG, EVER be useful or worth spending time making except for the f*** of it? Like, the only practical application.... well, hell, Snorlax is the ONLY Pokémon that could eat that without dying, assuming its vital organs don't get pushed aside by it. The only use for that Pokéblock for ANY other Pokémon would be killing it. So unless this is something Oak has spent tons of time on solely for the purpose of feeding Snorlax cheaply...

In complete fairness, it's possible Oak created pokeblocks that can expand to other sizes, and the 300 KG version is the largest one, used only for the likes of Snorlax and Wailord. But still, it implies that Snorlax was such a problem that Oak had to resort to such an insane idea to deal with it.

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A Scare to Remember
"You've been denouncing the evils of truth and love since you was just teeny and long before you could say 'truth and love!'"
Score: 7.5/10

In one minute and thirty-three seconds (a large part of which was the opening theme), Team Rocket captures Pikachu in a giant robot. At least they aren't wasting any time this episode. When the robot inevitably explodes, it sends everyone flying in different directions: the heroes and Team Rocket go flying in opposite directions, but Pikachu and Meowth together in another one. Once they land, Ash is of course intent on finding Pikachu.


You might be thinking that this is yet another "Meowth and [Insert Pokemon Here] are lost together and need to work together to survive," a plot that's been used at least three times by my memory but possibly many more. But you're being unfair. Just because the writers work for a kid's show doesn't mean they're going to resort to tired clichés we've all seen a thousand time before in this and every other show. You shouldn't be so judgmental: Pikachu hits its head and gets amnesia, so Meowth (the villain) convinces Pikachu (the hero) that it works for Team Rocket. Now don't you feel silly for assuming the writers would just bust out clichés for lack of talent?

Also, I get a new reaction image.


While wandering, Pikachu and Meowth come across a Zigzagoon and a Beedrill, the latter of which is attacking the former. Pikachu attacks Beedrill on the grounds that it has no idea what's happening. I'm serious, maybe this Zigzagoon attacked a Weedle or stole some food or something, what the hell does Pikachu know? Anyway, this scene is to show that Pikachu is kindhearted and brave. No, I'm not interpreting that: Meowth has an internal monologue about how this shows Pikachu is kindhearted and brave, those are his exact words. This is... this is how they teach you not to write. Futurama even made a joke about this.


Meowth's internal monologues keep restating how brave Pikachu is. I seriously have no idea why this is in the episode. Pikachu's bravery and kindheartedness have already been established. This wouldn't even be necessary for someone who had never seen an episode before. Pikachu saves Meowth's life when he almost tumbles off of a cliff, and Meowth begins to feel guilty. He feels even guiltier when Pikachu keeps acting incredibly kindly to him. Meowth starts to wonder if he's a horrible person, and keeps thinking about how brave Pikachu and how horrible he must be to take advantage of it like this. You might be thinking that this is going to lead to like Meowth's last speck of internal goodness and honor forcing him to admit the truth to Pikachu, which isn't completely unprecedented (he once defended a Miltank from Jessie and James and wanted to win that balloon race legitimately instead of cheating), but nope. It never comes up again and has no effect on anything except to underline that Pikachu is a good guy and Meowth is a bad guy.

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Cut to Jessie and James. They reach a cabin in the woods and argue about whether to stay or go search for Meowth.

Meowth and Pikachu also find the cabin, but so does Swellow, who returns to Ash. Meowth whispers to Jessie and James what's happened to Pikachu, who "explain" to Pikachu that they're best friends. Of course, right at that moment, the heroes show up. Pikachu doesn't recognize Ash and runs to Meowth. James (why James?) orders Pikachu to use thunderbolt, and this somehows makes Brock realize Pikachu has amnesia, because nothing else would make it attack him. Because the heroes have never, at any point, encountered mind control effects. Team Rocket tells Pikachu that the heroes are trying to trick it into thinking it has amnesia even though they, moments before, told it it had amnesia. This entire sequence is so bizarre.

They attempt to escape in their balloon, but Pikachu blows it up accidentally, blasting Team Rocket off and falling to the ground with Ash-- did I say ground? Apparently they were over a fast moving river. Of course they clearly weren't over a river, but nevermind that, we have to watch Ash grab Pikachu in midair and tumble into the river with it to protect it, which somehow restores its memories.

This episode could have been a lot better. With just a few tweaks, it could have been a 9/10 or something, but it falls significantly short of that. First, its strengths: Team Rocket characters are usually more interesting than the heroes, and this episode features Meowth more heavily than anyone else. It also has a solid moral that it doesn't shove in your face, the standard "to thine own self be true." But it undermines itself with Meowth's unnecessary and pointless monologues that do shove in your face what Pikachu is: brave and kindhearted, and the ending isn't as good as it could have been. Pikachu just kind of regains its memories when Ash does something heroic and stupid. It should have been like Pikachu shocking Ash over and over while Team Rocket orders it, and thinking it feels familiar except something is flipped around, or something other than what happens.

It's still a good episode, though.

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From: Anagram | #062

How did May's backpack even get stuck on that branch without her being skewered?

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Actually, going back to the "Garden of Eatin'" episode, was Team Rocket even in that episode?

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yes, they've been in every episode since episode 2. Until Best Wishes, that is

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mnkboy907 posted...
From: Anagram | #062

How did May's backpack even get stuck on that branch without her being skewered?

No idea bro.


Azp2k32 posted...
Actually, going back to the "Garden of Eatin'" episode, was Team Rocket even in that episode?

On occasion, I don't mention Team Rocket when their role is too small.

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Pokeblock, Stock, and Berry
"'Scuse me, coming through! Watch where I'm going, 'cause I'm sure not!"
Score: 5/10

At Lilycove City, the heroes come across a poster for another pokemon contest, and May declares her intent to enter it. Whew, I was afraid there for a second that she was just going to pass by it and be all "Nah."

While walking in the city, they come across a berry salesman, who specifies "strawberries" as a type of berry even though it's actually not. Yep, they've reached "Lilycove's famous berry market." I'll be honest. I never thought that could be a thing. Don't get me wrong: there are two different stores within ten miles of me that sell nothing except calendars, so I can believe it, I just never thought of it before.

They meet an obnoxious (meant to be lovable, but she's just obnoxious) girl named Kelly and her Grumpig, the two of which will be entering the contest the next day. After about three minutes of talk, Ash declares that "Well, looks like they're rivals now!" No doubt for two episodes, like all of the contest rivals except Drew.

Brock mentions that they're going to an omelet restaurant, but Kelly awkwardly insists that that particular restaurant is awful (I know what you're thinking, but it doesn't come up again) and takes them to her mom's home/shop, where they sell pokeblock. After eating, Ash goes off to train Swellow to learn aerial ace, something that he has shown absolutely no interest in in previous episodes.

Swellow tries, but it's really bad at it. Fortunately, Ash bumps into "Vladimir the Attacker," an old man who goes by "Ralph" now, who can "teach any pokemon any attack." He takes them to his home, where he has a training course set up specifically to teach pokemon aerial ace. Imagine if Ash had wanted to learn an obscurer move, one that Ralph didn't happen to have a course set up for. He shows Ash and Swellow how to do it using his Pidgeotto (that sounds nothing like Ash's Pidgeotto did). After some training, we cut back to what's really interesting:

May learns how to chop berries in the pokeblock shop and mix them up. Her attempts are awful, but they're cut short when Team Rocket steals Grumpig. Combusken stops them with such ease and efficiency that May decides to use it in the next contest even though she has never put it through any training at all. Come on, May, Combusken is great and all and it's probably the second or third most powerful pokemon and of the heroes have (after Grovyle and Pikachu), but you haven't trained with it at all.

Jessie also learns of the contest and bullies James into letting her use Chimecho for it. Why does she want to use Chimecho? Because she thinks that Dustox is too overused, and she needs something new. Hey, I have an idea. How about you use Meowth? He'd be guaranteed to ace the first round of the contest, and while he can't fight at all, he can still fight better than Chimecho, which knows healing bell and like nothing else.

Cut to... the contest? Well that was fast. Ash dodges having to watch the contest by wanting to go teach Swellow aerial ace, but I bet he just didn't want to watch.

In the locker room, May and Kelly wish each good luck, while Jessie presses Chimecho again a wall and insists it win.

The episode ends on a cliffhanger: May sends out Combusken in the first round of the contest, but its fire spin rages out of control and is about to hit her when the episode ends. Well that's what happens when you don't train it at all and then have it use a complicated move, you dumb piece of crap.

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Lessons in Lilycove
"Going down faster than a sinking Snorlax!"
Score: 5/10

We start off the episode with a recap of the previous episode, ending with Combusken almost killing May. "Maybe she'll be the toast of the town!" Jesus Christ, narrator. Jesus Christ.

Combusken leaps in front of May and pecks at the fire spin, dispersing it. It then shows off for a bit before the judges give her 23.6 points on the grounds that losing control at any point is worthy of docking points. Don't worry, May. There are only three named characters in this contest, you can't fail to reach round two.

Kelly's Grumpig uses psychic to juggle some pokeblocks, which is vastly less impressive than May's performance but still earns 27.7 points.

Next contestant: "The mysterious Jesephina!" Chimecho's heal bell impresses everyone, but Jessie complains right in front of the judges that it's not as exciting as powerful, mysterious, wild, or crazy attacks, so she orders Chimecho to use astonish while grabbing it, which is an incredibly unpleasant sound that... scores a perfect 30 because apparently changing from soothing to searing sounds is brilliant because no one expects it.

Jessie, Kelly, and May all reach the second round (May just barely squeaks in), and each of them is put against a nameless extra. We then get a montage of the named characters beating the unnamed characters, until we learn that the third round is May versus Jessie and Kelly versus Nameless Man. No points for guessing who wins in Kelly's battle.

May starts winning against Jessie, when Jessie remembers that Chimecho knows double edge. This is treated as a huge deal, but Combusken dodges it and knocks it out, so it really didn't matter what attack Chimecho was using because it didn't ultimately end up using it.

May versus Kelly now. May wins. I could explain how, but it's not really interesting and it's kind of complicated to explain.

All throughout this episode, Ash trains Swellow to learn aerial ace. He eventually succeeds. I didn't mention it because it's not really funny.

This is probably the worst contest episode so far. Only Chimecho's parts are interesting.

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Judgment Day!
"They say luck is an important skill too!"
Score: 2/10

The heroes just barely reach the boat to Mossdeep Island, which is good, because who wants more filler? Get to the damn gym episodes, am I right?

Naaaaaah, I'm just screwing with you. They get on the wrong boat, one that's going to "Bomba Island." How did they board the wrong boat when boats generally require tickets? Well the answer is shut up.

They reach Bomba Island, but sadly, there's no direct route to Mossdeep Island, so they'll have to go island hopping. If this sounds familiar, it's because this was the entire Orange Islands arc and also the Whirl Cup arc. Somewhere in Japan, there is a professional writer who, upon hearing the word "island," always thinks to himself "Yes. This is good for at least seven or eight episodes of pure filler."

They come across a guy named Jimmy, and his Wartortle, Charmeleon, and Ivysaur. He's going to the Pokemon Battle Judge Training Institute school. Wait, there's a school for that? Brock has judged over legitimate gym matches before, was he unqualified for the job?

No time to ask questions, upon learning that the heroes are trainers, the school's principal, Professor Serena, asks them to help her out by battling each other in a double battle. Corphish and Swellow versus Lombre and Mudkip while Jimmy judges. Jimmy makes some bad calls during the match, which by the way we don't get to see the end of so we'll never know who won.

At night, Jimmy pouts to himself and his pokemon, so the heroes come up to him. He tells the heroes the story of how he caught his pokemon while he was still a regular trainer: he was given a Squirtle, he fed an Ivysaur, and he traded a shiny Magikarp for a Charmeleon. He's worried that he'll never be a good trainer or a good judge, and that while he's lucky, he's nothing else. Professor Serena shows up and tells him that he's wrong: he has a good, kind heart. Well, that's definitely relevant.

Team Rocket attacks and steals Jimmy's pokemon.

They try to escape in their giant robot, but Jimmy attacks them. They defeat him easily, and then the weirdest scene takes place.

Serena tells Jimmy that "Luck didn't bring your pokemon to you! It was your destiny that brought you all together!" Now, aside from the utter insanity of that statement, and the fact that it was indeed pure luck that he ran into Ivysaur and caught a shiny Magikarp, it has nothing at all to do with the fact that Team Rocket is stealing his pokemon.

Well, whatever. Seeing Jimmy fail to stop Team Rocket causes Wartortle to evolve into Blastoise. With his new, stronger pokemon, Jimmy blasts them off. Serena then expels Jimmy out of the institute and tells him to be a trainer instead, because his good, kind heart will no doubt do him well in that.

Jimmy takes the boat back to Lilycove City. You would think the heroes would go too, since there's another boat to Mossdeep and they could just avoid the island hopping adventure, but nope. Nope, it's time for more filler.

This is an awful episode by its own merits, but don't forget that it's also the season finale. We get an irrelevant character who gets more character development and screen time than the actual heroes and who never shows up again after this episode, and the only relevant thing we do get is set up for filler.

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Brock has judged over legitimate gym matches before, was he unqualified for the job?

Brock is a Gym Leader. That could double as qualification to be a judge as well.

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All throughout this episode, Ash trains Swellow to learn aerial ace. He eventually succeeds. I didn't mention it because it's not really funny.

and it shows Ash doesnt give two ****s about May's contests too

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Brock is a Gym Leader. That could double as qualification to be a judge as well.

You have to go to school to be a judge. There's no way there's a special gym leader school where you also learn the particulars of judging. There's no way Lt. Surge is qualified to oversee gym matches.


htaeD posted...
and it shows Ash doesnt give two ****s about May's contests too

Heh, yeah. She always sits respectfully and watches his stuff, too.

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bumpe

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badump

I'll continue this tonight or tomorrow. I'm playing VtMB.

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... And he never came back...

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Clamperl of Wisdom
"I was afraid we'd been breathing fumes too long!"
Score: 4/10

This is a decent new opening theme song, but it's still nothing compared to the original, and that's not nostalgia talking. The original is just better.

The heroes are going to Macy Island, and oddly, even though May makes jokes about going clothes shopping every time they reach a city, no pun is made about the clothing store. This show will take any excuse to make a pun, but apparently, it's too good for Macy's puns. Who knows.

While en route, they come across the Spoink that lost its pearl from a while back. Why is it floating on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean? You will never get an explanation. Anyway, it loses its pearl when it drops it into the water, and despite the best efforts of Mudkip and Corphish, it's just plain gone. Lombre refuses to help on the grounds of... no reason. It's never been disobedient before, but now it is. Who knows.

At Macy's, a scientist named Isaea takes them to his Clamperl. His research indicates that Clamperl create the pearls on top of Spoinks' heads. Of course, we've seen that Spoink sometimes live in forests, and very few Clamperl live in trees, but whatever. Isaea also shows them his extremely rare blue pearl, and mentions that he has no idea how they're formed. Because it's so valuable and rare, there is absolutely no security around it and it is right next to an unlocked ground level window.

The moment the heroes leave, Team Rocket tries to steal the pearl, only for Spoink to steal it from them and put it on its head. They disguise themselves as janitors and tell the heroes and Isaea that Spoink stole it, so... that's not even a lie. Spoink starts derping around the island with its new pearl, and accidentally exchanges the blue pearl for a regular pearl that a random wild Clamperl had. The heroes find Spoink a few minutes later and conclude that it must have switched its pearl with a regular pearl. Really? You're making that leap from that evidence?

They go to the Clamperl, who agrees to give the blue pearl in exchange for its original pearl, but Team Rocket shows up. Jessie orders Seviper to use bite,

And they escape with Clamperl. Sadly, however, Clamperl clamps up and won't let them take the pearl, and it stalls them for so long that the heroes show up and blast them off.

Clamperl gives the blue pearl back to Isaea and Spoink gives the regular pearl back to Clamperl. Upon realizing that it needs it more, however, Clamperl gives Spoink back its original pearl and everyone ends up happy.

I'm a little confused, honestly. Was Spoink really so popular as to warrant another episode? Were there people writing into Nintendo asking for more Spoink action?

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In its defense, Spoink is awesome.

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Some_Character posted...
In its defense, Spoink is awesome.

I disagree. It's passable, I guess.

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So sad... so sad...



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The Relicanth Really Can
"We'll be rich! We'll be famous! We'll wear silk pajamas!"
Score: 4/10

Did you know that in Britain, they spell it "pyjamas?" Those guys are nuts.

The heroes are at a beach when they meet a dude named Adam. He boasts of being a treasure hunter, and just discovered something underwater. The heroes guess it's like gold or jewels, and here I expected something clever, like he just discovered an ancient map to an ancient pokemon habitat. But nope. It's jewels, they were right on their second guess.

He invites them to his shop, Bounty of the Sea, where he sells stuff he finds in the ocean. Adam's wife inspects the jewels, and tells him that they're just green shards, which are worth more than his usual finds of useless junk like seashells, but still not very valuable. Wait-- Adam lives on an island surrounded by other islands and he sells ocean memorabilia? Everyone else on the island sees the ocean constantly, and tourists are going to be attracted to other shops, so how does he stay in business?

Adam is disappointed, but he hopes the shards are from an old wooden sailing ship named the King Neptune that sunk a century ago, and is rumored to have been carrying priceless treasure. It sank during a storm, but the entire crew made it out alive. Okay, let's go through what's wrong with this story.
- Ships are traditionally female, but this ship is called the "King" Neptune
- A century ago would have been the early 1900s. A ship back then would have had a list of its cargo, so you would know precisely what was on it, and even if it didn't, the crew survived, so its cargo would still be remembered
- Did they even use wooden sailing ships for cargo transport in the early 1900s?
- Back then, the captain traditionally went down with the ship, but Adam specifies that everyone survived

In any case, Adam tells the heroes that he saw a Relicanth near where he thinks the ship is, so he agrees to let the heroes come with him in his submarine. How does a guy who sells seashells and ocean junk afford a submarine? He does it by shutting up.

In the submarine, they quickly locate the Relicanth, but Team Rocket attacks them with missiles. Since Adam is basically a normal guy and he owns a civilian-grade submarine, he of course continues even though if I was attacked by missiles owned by the mafia, I would probably turn back unless something major was on the line, and don't you think you'd be braver than that.

Eventually, Team Rocket is defeated and the heroes follow Relicanth to an underwater cave where they find the King Neptune, in which live dozens of Relicanth. Adam goes into the ship and tells the heroes to guard the submarine even though nothing could possibly come after the submarine. In approximately one minute of searching the large, dilapidated ship that should by all rights be a death trap the moment you enter it, Adam locates a treasure chest, but Team Rocket shows up again and steals the chest, escapes, and destroys the only exit. The Relicanth show the heroes another way, and they eventually catch up to Team Rocket at a beach. Pikachuthunderblastingoffaaaagaaaiin.

Adam opens the treasure chest only to find it has nothing but hundreds of green shards. His wife tells him that they can turn the shards into jewelry, so it all works out, even though you would think that if this ship is as legendary as he claimed, the green shards would still be valuable. Pieces of Eight weren't that valuable back when they were made, but they're certainly valuable now, and these shards are from a legendary sunken ship!

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man better spend those green shards before Pokemon Heartgold comes along and makes move tutors ask for BP instead

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A more accurate way (at least historically and without the exaggerated versions of fiction) to phrase the whole "captain" thing is that he should not be leaving the ship as long as there's someone else on it. Basically, he should be the last one off.

If everyone got off, there's no problem. Why waste captains like that for no reason?

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htaeD posted...
man better spend those green shards before Pokemon Heartgold comes along and makes move tutors ask for BP instead

Don't worry. They're going to be made into jewelry, that's a much nobler purpose than... purpose.


FalconPain posted...
A more accurate way (at least historically and without the exaggerated versions of fiction) to phrase the whole "captain" thing is that he should not be leaving the ship as long as there's someone else on it. Basically, he should be the last one off.

If everyone got off, there's no problem. Why waste captains like that for no reason?

Look, I would be lying if I said I knew anything about captains that can't be derived from Star Trek or my dad's stories about his service as a sailor in Vietnam (he joined the Navy because he was afraid of being drafted into the Army, since the Navy was much safer).

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The Evolutionary War
"Prepare for trouble, you should be scared! When we come around, no pokemon's spared!"
Score: 3/10

Have you ever herped so hard you derped? This episode did. The only notable thing in the entire episode is that Professor Birch mentions that he hates teaching, which explains why he sought a professorship.

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hates teaching wat

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Azp2k32 posted...
hates teaching wat

Nurse Joy asks him to teach some nameless kids about pokemon, and he just mutters that he dislikes teaching. He does it anyway, but only because he gets bombarded with questions.

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Cheer up man, only 28 more episodes to go!

Aww yeah only 28 episodes until one of, if not, the best seasons yet-- oh yeah, next up is Battle Frontier. =/

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28 episodes to go until what?



Training Wrecks
"Prepare for trouble, this is no pleasure cruise! Make it double, you gave me a bruise! To protect the world from getting fat! To unite all peoples or crush 'em flat! To run on the treadmill of truth and love! To shine with sweat like the stars above!"
Score: 2.5/10

The heroes reach Muscle Island, an island of bodybuilders who believe that by being strong yourself, your battling technique will improve. When the heroes ask questions like "how does improving my cycling speed improve my battling skill?", their answers are things like "you can keep up with your pokemon in battle," even though most battles are stationary for the trainers and superior perception would be more important. Despite this making no sense, the heroes decide to train for a bit, and we learn Max can't lift thirty pounds with both hands. Come on, I know he's seven, but I could have lifted thirty pounds at seven and I was a lazy, scrawny white kid who did nothing except play video games and fight with my sister.

The main bodybuilder, Rocky, challenges Ash to a double battle, and I have to admit, I expected like a Machoke or something, so his choice of Walrein and Quagsire caught me off guard. This is the only clever thing in the entire episode. Ash counters with Pikachu and Grovyle. During the battle, Rocky acts like a huge dick and keeps insulting Ash, but after Ash wins, the show still treats him as sympathetic for some reason.

At the end of the episode, an explosion during a battle between Team Rocket and Ash launches both parties in opposite directions, delaying them yet more from reaching Mossdeep City because if you don't like filler, this is not the show for you.

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Oh, it's about 27 episodes until the Hoenn League, and around 36 episodes until AG ends.

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and again Hoenn League feels like the weakest league
alltho Kanto's League is objectively worse

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No, Kanto league is way better than the Hoenn league.

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Hoenn league has at least one battle I like tho

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Kanto League had the Bellsprout battle, and Kingler being all awesome.

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The Kanto league has like three and a half battles, among them the worst of the whole lot. There's no way it's anything but dead last.

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The only good thing about Hoenn League is Meowth in Boots.

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