Post by Ryu Taylor, Dub Lover on Sept 5, 2015 18:35:36 GMT -4
880: Fierce Battle in the Monster Ball Factory! Pikachu VS Nyarth!!
873: A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!
A timely arrival at the Pokéball factory sends Clemont into a fanboy tizzy. Yep, that’ll happen to tech fanboys. However…
With guides like these three, it’s sure to be…
So the twerps are shown into the factory by totally-not-Team-Rocket, and get to witness an assembly line.
No human workers? Guess technology really is the number 1 cause of layoffs.
Soon after Clemont pines to see it up close, totally-not-James says the red flag-raising statement of the day.
“We’ll need to inspect all of your Pokéballs.”
I don’t know why, but I suddenly got an Indigo League flashback for a moment there.
This protocol is explained as being a routine checkup for damage to the ball and the Pokémon inside. It even doubles as a healing service. Best of all, it’s free!
Not being able to resist free stuff (and Ash also doesn’t remember this plot from the Indigo League), the twerps take it hook, line, and sinker, and fill the briefcase with their Pokéballs, not suspicious of the fact that there’s exactly enough spaces for all of them. However, Pikachu is still Pokéball-claustrophobic, so Mister Convenient asks Ash to place Pikachu inside…
Common sense sure isn’t for Pokémon Trainers…
…and neither are good judgement skills.
Ash reassures his trapped pal that “it’ll only be for a little while.”
I project forever if by some curse this heist succeeds. But considering Team Rocket’s track record, I’d say less than five minutes. Or maybe a minute or so will be added since they asked for Pikachu’s Pokéball, too.
I’ll forgive you if you forgot that thing existed.
With this part of the plan successful, totally-not-Team-Rocket invites the twerps to a special exhibit that’ll simulate what the inside of a Pokéball is like.
Here’s where one ought to invoke the “customer is always right” clause, take back their belongings, and tell them to keep the change. But this was a free tour, so scratch that last part.
But once again, the bait is taken, and Team Rocket has caught the twerps!
“Prepare for trouble, we’ve done it again!”
“And make it double, your gullible times ten!”
You preach to the choir there, James. Anyway, continue.
“To protect the world from devastation!”
“To unite all people within our nation!”
“To denounce the evils of truth and love!”
“Fooling you twerps fits us like a glove!”
Oh ho ho hooo yes it does! Anyway…
“Jessie!”
“And James!”
“Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!”
“Surrender now, or prepare for a Pokémon-less fight!”
“Meowth, that’s right!”
Jessie makes a brilliant remark that only the twerps could be so clueless. Pikachu’s attempt to shock his way out of the glass fails, but jostling works.
Who’s clueless now?
So a fight is on, which Wobbuffet gains an upper hand with a timely Mirror Coat, smoking the hall up, giving Meowth a chance to quote a certain memorable SA1 line while using Pikachu’s Pokéball to recall it.
But Pikachu is a speedster, so of course it fails. Jessie and James send out some backup, and the resulting battle ends up with…
Oh gee. I guess Team Rocket finally captured Pikachu. The twerps have—yeah, I hate that sarcasm doesn’t travel through written text. So, exactly how long will we be kept in suspense?
Well, they sure try to when we cut to the trio bagging up some Pokéballs fresh off the assembly line.
Anyway, the episode decides to come clean after only about a minute to reveal…
Yep, called it!
Yep, Pikachu Solid Snake’d his way out of that mess earlier. Pikachu then goes to break the twerps out of the “Pokéball simulator room”, which alerts Team Rocket to their failure.
Coulda caught Pikachu by surprise there. Guess common sense really isn’t for Pokémon trainers. And neither is pragmatism, for that matter. Ash notices Team Rocket doesn’t have the Pokéball case with them, and tells Pikachu to go find it. And so, the chase is on. Pikachu sidelines Inkay for the moment and gets into the Assembly Line room, where the case is.
And where Meowth waited to reverse the conveyor belt. And then he speeds it up later, leading to a big fight/chase.
Which ends pretty brutally for Meowth.
Gotcha!
But soon enough, things start looking not good again. After these messages, we’ll see if they escape safely.
And now, after a brief check-in with the trapped twerps, we get our earlier question answered.
They escaped, but not safely. More machinery picks them up, giving Pikachu a quick paint job.
Much to Meowth’s amusement. But if cartoons have taught me anything, it's that those who laugh at misfortune...
...get a comeuppance. As I thought. Too bad the machine didn’t finish its job. This sight is what Jessie and James walk into, informing Meowth that all the Pokéballs have been sorted. And so, they go to help Meowth by taking control of the machinery.
The paint fumes really should be making Pikachu trip Pokéballs right now.
Jessie’s controlling of the machinery isn’t working out well, sending Meowth seat-first into a Pokéball shiner.
Pikachu is soon to follow. Meanwhile…
Clemont has finished a door-prier machine. And door-pry it does not. Door-explode, it does.
Meanwhile, where it matters…
Pikachu has Mega-Kicked Meowth in the face.
It might as well learn that move now.
By now, Jessie and James have noticed the twerps have escaped, so they tell Meowth to take the case to the parking lot. Meowth decides to settle his score with Pikachu.
Pikachu uses a Luxury Ball on Meowth.
Shoot! It was so close, too!
Then again, Unova’s champion couldn’t catch him. What chance did Pikachu have? And by the way, feel free to ponder about Pikachu owning Meowth via Pokéball capture, as I’m sure many a viewers’ fanfic idea lightbulb got switched on by now.
This attempt infuriates Meowth, but he finally swallows his pride and takes the case. At this time is when Ash catches up to Pikachu. Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie find and rescue the factory’s real workers as Team Rocket drives off in their getaway vehicle. It quickly gets stopped by a Thunderbolt. Meowth challenges Pikachu to a duel for the case. One move only is the rule.
Meowth immediately breaks his word and makes an attempt to return Pikachu to the Pokéball. Again, failure. Pikachu’s Iron Tail connects and Meowth loses the Pokéball, which falls into Ash’s hands. Pikachu wins! Just as a full battle is about to break out, the Pokéball statue next to them rolls after them, sending them blasting off again.
So all the Pokéballs have been rescued, and so are all the Pokémon. Everyone congratulates Pikachu on all his work today as the twerps get to go on a real tour. Once the tour ends, the journey is…
________________________________________
Pokemopolis Episode Name: No OSHA Compliance!
Dodgyness Rating: 1/5
Animation: 5/5
Story: The twerps get their Pokéballs and Pokémon stolen. Pikachu and Meowth duke it out over them.
Team Rocket: Try to pull off another Pokéball heist. Meowth dukes it out with Pikachu!
Moral Learnt: Never let your Pokéballs be inspected.
873: A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!
A timely arrival at the Pokéball factory sends Clemont into a fanboy tizzy. Yep, that’ll happen to tech fanboys. However…
With guides like these three, it’s sure to be…
So the twerps are shown into the factory by totally-not-Team-Rocket, and get to witness an assembly line.
No human workers? Guess technology really is the number 1 cause of layoffs.
Soon after Clemont pines to see it up close, totally-not-James says the red flag-raising statement of the day.
“We’ll need to inspect all of your Pokéballs.”
I don’t know why, but I suddenly got an Indigo League flashback for a moment there.
This protocol is explained as being a routine checkup for damage to the ball and the Pokémon inside. It even doubles as a healing service. Best of all, it’s free!
Not being able to resist free stuff (and Ash also doesn’t remember this plot from the Indigo League), the twerps take it hook, line, and sinker, and fill the briefcase with their Pokéballs, not suspicious of the fact that there’s exactly enough spaces for all of them. However, Pikachu is still Pokéball-claustrophobic, so Mister Convenient asks Ash to place Pikachu inside…
Common sense sure isn’t for Pokémon Trainers…
…and neither are good judgement skills.
Ash reassures his trapped pal that “it’ll only be for a little while.”
I project forever if by some curse this heist succeeds. But considering Team Rocket’s track record, I’d say less than five minutes. Or maybe a minute or so will be added since they asked for Pikachu’s Pokéball, too.
I’ll forgive you if you forgot that thing existed.
With this part of the plan successful, totally-not-Team-Rocket invites the twerps to a special exhibit that’ll simulate what the inside of a Pokéball is like.
Here’s where one ought to invoke the “customer is always right” clause, take back their belongings, and tell them to keep the change. But this was a free tour, so scratch that last part.
But once again, the bait is taken, and Team Rocket has caught the twerps!
“Prepare for trouble, we’ve done it again!”
“And make it double, your gullible times ten!”
You preach to the choir there, James. Anyway, continue.
“To protect the world from devastation!”
“To unite all people within our nation!”
“To denounce the evils of truth and love!”
“Fooling you twerps fits us like a glove!”
Oh ho ho hooo yes it does! Anyway…
“Jessie!”
“And James!”
“Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!”
“Surrender now, or prepare for a Pokémon-less fight!”
“Meowth, that’s right!”
Jessie makes a brilliant remark that only the twerps could be so clueless. Pikachu’s attempt to shock his way out of the glass fails, but jostling works.
Who’s clueless now?
So a fight is on, which Wobbuffet gains an upper hand with a timely Mirror Coat, smoking the hall up, giving Meowth a chance to quote a certain memorable SA1 line while using Pikachu’s Pokéball to recall it.
But Pikachu is a speedster, so of course it fails. Jessie and James send out some backup, and the resulting battle ends up with…
Oh gee. I guess Team Rocket finally captured Pikachu. The twerps have—yeah, I hate that sarcasm doesn’t travel through written text. So, exactly how long will we be kept in suspense?
Well, they sure try to when we cut to the trio bagging up some Pokéballs fresh off the assembly line.
Anyway, the episode decides to come clean after only about a minute to reveal…
Yep, called it!
Yep, Pikachu Solid Snake’d his way out of that mess earlier. Pikachu then goes to break the twerps out of the “Pokéball simulator room”, which alerts Team Rocket to their failure.
Coulda caught Pikachu by surprise there. Guess common sense really isn’t for Pokémon trainers. And neither is pragmatism, for that matter. Ash notices Team Rocket doesn’t have the Pokéball case with them, and tells Pikachu to go find it. And so, the chase is on. Pikachu sidelines Inkay for the moment and gets into the Assembly Line room, where the case is.
And where Meowth waited to reverse the conveyor belt. And then he speeds it up later, leading to a big fight/chase.
Which ends pretty brutally for Meowth.
Gotcha!
But soon enough, things start looking not good again. After these messages, we’ll see if they escape safely.
And now, after a brief check-in with the trapped twerps, we get our earlier question answered.
They escaped, but not safely. More machinery picks them up, giving Pikachu a quick paint job.
Much to Meowth’s amusement. But if cartoons have taught me anything, it's that those who laugh at misfortune...
...get a comeuppance. As I thought. Too bad the machine didn’t finish its job. This sight is what Jessie and James walk into, informing Meowth that all the Pokéballs have been sorted. And so, they go to help Meowth by taking control of the machinery.
The paint fumes really should be making Pikachu trip Pokéballs right now.
Jessie’s controlling of the machinery isn’t working out well, sending Meowth seat-first into a Pokéball shiner.
Pikachu is soon to follow. Meanwhile…
Clemont has finished a door-prier machine. And door-pry it does not. Door-explode, it does.
Meanwhile, where it matters…
Pikachu has Mega-Kicked Meowth in the face.
It might as well learn that move now.
By now, Jessie and James have noticed the twerps have escaped, so they tell Meowth to take the case to the parking lot. Meowth decides to settle his score with Pikachu.
Pikachu uses a Luxury Ball on Meowth.
Shoot! It was so close, too!
Then again, Unova’s champion couldn’t catch him. What chance did Pikachu have? And by the way, feel free to ponder about Pikachu owning Meowth via Pokéball capture, as I’m sure many a viewers’ fanfic idea lightbulb got switched on by now.
This attempt infuriates Meowth, but he finally swallows his pride and takes the case. At this time is when Ash catches up to Pikachu. Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie find and rescue the factory’s real workers as Team Rocket drives off in their getaway vehicle. It quickly gets stopped by a Thunderbolt. Meowth challenges Pikachu to a duel for the case. One move only is the rule.
Meowth immediately breaks his word and makes an attempt to return Pikachu to the Pokéball. Again, failure. Pikachu’s Iron Tail connects and Meowth loses the Pokéball, which falls into Ash’s hands. Pikachu wins! Just as a full battle is about to break out, the Pokéball statue next to them rolls after them, sending them blasting off again.
So all the Pokéballs have been rescued, and so are all the Pokémon. Everyone congratulates Pikachu on all his work today as the twerps get to go on a real tour. Once the tour ends, the journey is…
________________________________________
Pokemopolis Episode Name: No OSHA Compliance!
Dodgyness Rating: 1/5
Animation: 5/5
Story: The twerps get their Pokéballs and Pokémon stolen. Pikachu and Meowth duke it out over them.
Team Rocket: Try to pull off another Pokéball heist. Meowth dukes it out with Pikachu!
Moral Learnt: Never let your Pokéballs be inspected.
