Post by LUNI_TUNZ on Sept 28, 2015 20:04:29 GMT -4
880: Toki o Kakeru Satoshi! Rotomu no Negai!!
873: Rotom's Wish!!
The twerps are back on the road to Anistar City, but since they're in the middle of nowhere, it looks like they'll be camping out tonight, which depresses Serena because she wanted to take a shower tonight, revealing just how unsanitary these journeys actually are.
But, fortunately for Serena a rain shower comes up, giving her her wish of a shower. Fortunately again, they don't have to stay outside in the rain, and watch as Ash drowns by staring at the rain with his mouth wide open, because they just happen to be nearby the most illogically located hotel in the world.
They book it, and make it in to see that the hotel looks like a run down shithole. They meet the concierge at the desk, who arranges their room. As they head off one of the lights flickers and the old man queries "Rotom?", but says it's nothing and continues on, but not before Bonnie spies a picture of some guy and his Krookodile.
The lowly, paid by the hour concierge tells them that it's a photo from the day the hotel opened, it's also the only real bit of decoration in the entire building, you know, if we ignore that giant busted up statue, which I did, which is why I didn't mention it.
*Ahem*
He leads them to their room and bids them Goodnight.
Afterwhich, they barely get into the room before Ash asks for a Pokémon battle, like a junky waiting for his next fix. But where will they battle? Well, the picture clearly showed a battlefield, so instead of you know, resting, they go to satisfy Ash's fix, and run off the the battlefield, as the lights flicker behind them, making it to the field to reveal...
Wait, what?
I'm sorry, they reveal that - like the rest of the hotel - the battlefield is run down and dirty as well. But they're battling in it, and that's all Ash cares about.
The battlers are the guy from the picture and his Krookodile, and some old gent and his Pangoro. Long battle short, Pangoro loses to Krookodile's Hyper Beam.
The old trainer recalls his Pangoro, and suddenly the younger trainer walks up to the old man and swipes his Pokéball.
Apparently it was the deal they agreed upon before the battle, but the old man is having gambler's remorse, as the guy and a few of his dangerous thugs escort him out of the premises.
Ash doesn't like that shit, he runs up to the guy and demands he give that old guy his Pangoro back right goddamn now. Dude however tells Ash too bad, so sad, but a deal's a deal.
"But it's wrong", sadly these words don't make him reconsider his entire life up until this point, and he still doesn't give up Pangoro, but instead sets his sites on Pikachu. He sets up an agreement upon which if Ash wins he'll give the guy his Pangoro back, but if he loses, he gives up Pikachu.
Ash, obviously refuses, but gets cornered by the A Few Dangerous Thugs, but before they can try anything, Rotom causes a distraction allowing the twerps to run off following it.
The twerps hole up in a storage room as Rotom tries desperately to get the twerps to understand what it's saying, before finally it decides to jump into a television and shows the twerps what happened, switching between non-existent cameras to provide the best angles.
He shows a man named Weston opening his hotel to the public. But who is he? Ash believes he's seen him before, but Bonnie knows she has, he's the concierge they met. But what the hell happened? How did he go from owning the hotel to a worthless peon. As the video continues, the Few Dangerous Thugs show up on screen as well, and he challenges Weston to a battle, that if he loses, he has to give up the rights to his hotel.
After Weston tries to back down from this absurd request he threatens to battle his guests instead and take their Pokémon. Since the hotel exists in a pocket dimension where law doesn't exist Weston has no choice but to battle.
Apparently after Mantle released his Krookodile, Rotom fled in fear, causing Weston to lose his totally legally binding Pokémon Battle.
Apparently Rotom was too yellow-bellied to ever show it's face again. Bonnie asks Clemont if there's anything they can do, and again "CALL THE POLICE" is not put forth as an option instead Clemont bemoans that since they don't have access to a Time Machine all hope is lost.
But fortunately, Rotom has access to a Time Machine. You know those Rotom, always traveling through time. Like a certain Doctor, Who is known for time travel... I forget his name.
Anyway, the Twerps get into Rotom's Time Machine and ride to the "Tenth Basement Floor", landing them in a rather swanky looking Hotel. Clemont checks out a sign that instead insists that this is in fact the Ground Floor.
Before they can wander aimlessly and try to make sense of this, Serena catches on to the Few Dangerous Thugs, setting off Ash's rage leading them back to the Battlefield... except it's an exact recreation of Rotom's vision of what previously happened in the past.
As such the twerps know what's about to happen, Weston is about to enter into a legally binding Pokémon battle in this lawless part of the world, and then Mantle releases his Krookodile and Rotom runs off like a bitch.
Mantle declares that he has won by forfeit, until Ash roars at him that since the battle never started, because Rotom ran from the battle, there's no way that ha can win by forfeit, and everybody in the room agrees with Ash, even though this is the very dictionary definition of a win by forfeit.
Big scary thug Mantle and his big scary thug crew can't take the heat from everyone in the room and decides to grant Ash the 5 minutes he requested to get Rotom back into the battle.
The twerps then take Weston to where Rotom was hiding, with no explanation of how or why they know where Rotom just happened to be.
They encourage Rotom to take up the fight, but Weston reveals that they're not really the battling type, and he knows that Mantle will thrash his ass on a battle, but Clemont comes up with an idea. Rotom in it's current form is super weak to Krookodile, so he suggests using the washing machine.
Mantle is getting impatient, but Weston and the twerps make it back just before the arbitrarily ephemeral time limit.
And the battle begins! Weston starts with an Electro Ball, which doesn't work on Krookodile, and Weston is absolutely shocked at this brand new information that Electric-type moves don't work on Ground-type Pokémon.
He's also apparently completely deviated from the script the twerps wrote up, and they have to remind him. This time he commands Rotom to go through the socket, leaving the battlefield, which should probably be a disqualification.
Rotom then enters the Washing Machine, turning Rotom into it's "Wash" form. Rotom then uses Hydro Pump which is super effective against Krookodile. Mantle's pretty pissed off, because now he's practically cheating, but Krookodile shakes it off, and hits back with Hyper Beam, destroying the washing machine that Rotom was possessing.
Weston then commands Rotom back into the socket, and if Mantle was smart he'd probably destroy the socket right about now.
Anyway, Rotom enters the Refrigerator, that just happens to be stationed next to the Washing Machine becoming Frost Rotom, who can now use Blizzard.
It manages to freeze Krookodile, which only serves to piss it off enough that it uses Crunch and EATS THE REFRIGERATOR.
Rotom then leaves the battlefield again and posses the lawn mower that just happened to be sitting next to the refrigerator that just happened to be sitting next to the washing machine.
It uses Leaf Storm, which manages to finally knock out Krookodile. Weston then declares that he must now keep his promise, but Mantle's all "fuck that" and since Pokémon Battles aren't legally binding contracts, he orders his Few Dangerous Thugs to take the Pokémon by force... with a mop and chair.
Wow, they've lost like SO many intimidation points.
Clemont is ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED that some unscrupulous thugs aren't up for keeping their promise.
Should've pinky swore.
Ash then joins with Weston and gets Pikachu and Rotom to Thundershock the thugs, thus reforming them, as Ash takes a picture with Weston, totally destroying the time line.
And they say that Electroshock therapy is cruel and unusual punishment.
The twerps then ride the Magic Time Elevator back up to the present time, and the hotel still looks intact, the twerps meet up with a Bellboy and... and... IT'S MANTLE!
He and his thugs are now working at the hotel, and according to Mantle they've been doing so for 10 years.
Weston inside thanks all the visitors for visiting the hotel for it's Tenth anniversary, as Rotom babbles happily at the twerps.
Weston then reminds everyone of how and why he still owns the hotel, by explicitly mentioning Ash and the twerps, and as such the previous picture of the hotel has now been replaced by a picture of the twerps taking a picture with Weston
Having seen enough Time travel fiction, I know the timeline is fucked up somewhere, is BiffCo polluting the world as we speak? Clearly Rotom knows how badly he's ruined time, winking at the camera as the journey is...
Pokemopolis Episode Name: Rotom and the Space-Time Elevator!
Dodgyness Rating: 2/5
Animation: 3/5
Story: The twerps go back in time, ruining EVERYTHING.
Team Rocket: Even they know better to mess with time by now.
Moral Learnt: Police? What Police?
BEST QUOTES:
Mantle: Electric-type moves, won't work on my Krookodile.
Weston: AHHH!
873: Rotom's Wish!!
The twerps are back on the road to Anistar City, but since they're in the middle of nowhere, it looks like they'll be camping out tonight, which depresses Serena because she wanted to take a shower tonight, revealing just how unsanitary these journeys actually are.
But, fortunately for Serena a rain shower comes up, giving her her wish of a shower. Fortunately again, they don't have to stay outside in the rain, and watch as Ash drowns by staring at the rain with his mouth wide open, because they just happen to be nearby the most illogically located hotel in the world.
They book it, and make it in to see that the hotel looks like a run down shithole. They meet the concierge at the desk, who arranges their room. As they head off one of the lights flickers and the old man queries "Rotom?", but says it's nothing and continues on, but not before Bonnie spies a picture of some guy and his Krookodile.
The lowly, paid by the hour concierge tells them that it's a photo from the day the hotel opened, it's also the only real bit of decoration in the entire building, you know, if we ignore that giant busted up statue, which I did, which is why I didn't mention it.
*Ahem*
He leads them to their room and bids them Goodnight.
Afterwhich, they barely get into the room before Ash asks for a Pokémon battle, like a junky waiting for his next fix. But where will they battle? Well, the picture clearly showed a battlefield, so instead of you know, resting, they go to satisfy Ash's fix, and run off the the battlefield, as the lights flicker behind them, making it to the field to reveal...
Wait, what?
I'm sorry, they reveal that - like the rest of the hotel - the battlefield is run down and dirty as well. But they're battling in it, and that's all Ash cares about.
The battlers are the guy from the picture and his Krookodile, and some old gent and his Pangoro. Long battle short, Pangoro loses to Krookodile's Hyper Beam.
The old trainer recalls his Pangoro, and suddenly the younger trainer walks up to the old man and swipes his Pokéball.
Apparently it was the deal they agreed upon before the battle, but the old man is having gambler's remorse, as the guy and a few of his dangerous thugs escort him out of the premises.
Ash doesn't like that shit, he runs up to the guy and demands he give that old guy his Pangoro back right goddamn now. Dude however tells Ash too bad, so sad, but a deal's a deal.
"But it's wrong", sadly these words don't make him reconsider his entire life up until this point, and he still doesn't give up Pangoro, but instead sets his sites on Pikachu. He sets up an agreement upon which if Ash wins he'll give the guy his Pangoro back, but if he loses, he gives up Pikachu.
Ash, obviously refuses, but gets cornered by the A Few Dangerous Thugs, but before they can try anything, Rotom causes a distraction allowing the twerps to run off following it.
The twerps hole up in a storage room as Rotom tries desperately to get the twerps to understand what it's saying, before finally it decides to jump into a television and shows the twerps what happened, switching between non-existent cameras to provide the best angles.
He shows a man named Weston opening his hotel to the public. But who is he? Ash believes he's seen him before, but Bonnie knows she has, he's the concierge they met. But what the hell happened? How did he go from owning the hotel to a worthless peon. As the video continues, the Few Dangerous Thugs show up on screen as well, and he challenges Weston to a battle, that if he loses, he has to give up the rights to his hotel.
After Weston tries to back down from this absurd request he threatens to battle his guests instead and take their Pokémon. Since the hotel exists in a pocket dimension where law doesn't exist Weston has no choice but to battle.
Apparently after Mantle released his Krookodile, Rotom fled in fear, causing Weston to lose his totally legally binding Pokémon Battle.
Apparently Rotom was too yellow-bellied to ever show it's face again. Bonnie asks Clemont if there's anything they can do, and again "CALL THE POLICE" is not put forth as an option instead Clemont bemoans that since they don't have access to a Time Machine all hope is lost.
But fortunately, Rotom has access to a Time Machine. You know those Rotom, always traveling through time. Like a certain Doctor, Who is known for time travel... I forget his name.
Anyway, the Twerps get into Rotom's Time Machine and ride to the "Tenth Basement Floor", landing them in a rather swanky looking Hotel. Clemont checks out a sign that instead insists that this is in fact the Ground Floor.
Before they can wander aimlessly and try to make sense of this, Serena catches on to the Few Dangerous Thugs, setting off Ash's rage leading them back to the Battlefield... except it's an exact recreation of Rotom's vision of what previously happened in the past.
As such the twerps know what's about to happen, Weston is about to enter into a legally binding Pokémon battle in this lawless part of the world, and then Mantle releases his Krookodile and Rotom runs off like a bitch.
Mantle declares that he has won by forfeit, until Ash roars at him that since the battle never started, because Rotom ran from the battle, there's no way that ha can win by forfeit, and everybody in the room agrees with Ash, even though this is the very dictionary definition of a win by forfeit.
Big scary thug Mantle and his big scary thug crew can't take the heat from everyone in the room and decides to grant Ash the 5 minutes he requested to get Rotom back into the battle.
The twerps then take Weston to where Rotom was hiding, with no explanation of how or why they know where Rotom just happened to be.
They encourage Rotom to take up the fight, but Weston reveals that they're not really the battling type, and he knows that Mantle will thrash his ass on a battle, but Clemont comes up with an idea. Rotom in it's current form is super weak to Krookodile, so he suggests using the washing machine.
Mantle is getting impatient, but Weston and the twerps make it back just before the arbitrarily ephemeral time limit.
And the battle begins! Weston starts with an Electro Ball, which doesn't work on Krookodile, and Weston is absolutely shocked at this brand new information that Electric-type moves don't work on Ground-type Pokémon.
He's also apparently completely deviated from the script the twerps wrote up, and they have to remind him. This time he commands Rotom to go through the socket, leaving the battlefield, which should probably be a disqualification.
Rotom then enters the Washing Machine, turning Rotom into it's "Wash" form. Rotom then uses Hydro Pump which is super effective against Krookodile. Mantle's pretty pissed off, because now he's practically cheating, but Krookodile shakes it off, and hits back with Hyper Beam, destroying the washing machine that Rotom was possessing.
Weston then commands Rotom back into the socket, and if Mantle was smart he'd probably destroy the socket right about now.
Anyway, Rotom enters the Refrigerator, that just happens to be stationed next to the Washing Machine becoming Frost Rotom, who can now use Blizzard.
It manages to freeze Krookodile, which only serves to piss it off enough that it uses Crunch and EATS THE REFRIGERATOR.
Rotom then leaves the battlefield again and posses the lawn mower that just happened to be sitting next to the refrigerator that just happened to be sitting next to the washing machine.
It uses Leaf Storm, which manages to finally knock out Krookodile. Weston then declares that he must now keep his promise, but Mantle's all "fuck that" and since Pokémon Battles aren't legally binding contracts, he orders his Few Dangerous Thugs to take the Pokémon by force... with a mop and chair.
Wow, they've lost like SO many intimidation points.
Clemont is ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED that some unscrupulous thugs aren't up for keeping their promise.
Should've pinky swore.
Ash then joins with Weston and gets Pikachu and Rotom to Thundershock the thugs, thus reforming them, as Ash takes a picture with Weston, totally destroying the time line.
And they say that Electroshock therapy is cruel and unusual punishment.
The twerps then ride the Magic Time Elevator back up to the present time, and the hotel still looks intact, the twerps meet up with a Bellboy and... and... IT'S MANTLE!
He and his thugs are now working at the hotel, and according to Mantle they've been doing so for 10 years.
Weston inside thanks all the visitors for visiting the hotel for it's Tenth anniversary, as Rotom babbles happily at the twerps.
Weston then reminds everyone of how and why he still owns the hotel, by explicitly mentioning Ash and the twerps, and as such the previous picture of the hotel has now been replaced by a picture of the twerps taking a picture with Weston
Having seen enough Time travel fiction, I know the timeline is fucked up somewhere, is BiffCo polluting the world as we speak? Clearly Rotom knows how badly he's ruined time, winking at the camera as the journey is...
Pokemopolis Episode Name: Rotom and the Space-Time Elevator!
Dodgyness Rating: 2/5
Animation: 3/5
Story: The twerps go back in time, ruining EVERYTHING.
Team Rocket: Even they know better to mess with time by now.
Moral Learnt: Police? What Police?
BEST QUOTES:
Mantle: Electric-type moves, won't work on my Krookodile.
Weston: AHHH!
