Post by LUNI_TUNZ on Apr 20, 2015 17:36:46 GMT -4
859: Baniputchi Panikku! Howaitoauto wa Kōrigōri!!
853: The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!
An MC speaking in a really shitty French accent introduces Serena and Fennekin on a stage in front of hundreds of people. She starts by running and tripping over herself embarrassing herself, and forever being known as "That girl who tripped off the stage, and fucked up her big debut", fortunately she's not suffering the pain of embarrassment, but the pain of pain, because she was just asleep, and falling out of her bed.
While awake, she notices Ash is gone as he's running with Pikachu... it's the day of his Coumarine Gym battle.
wait, I have to say that more excitedly...
IT'S THE DAY OF ASH'S COUMARINE GYM BATTLE!
Let me try that again, that wasn't loud or excited enough
ahem. *Grabs Megaphone*
IT'S THE DAY OF ASH'S COUMARINE GYM BATTLE!
(you know, unless a Rattata trips in the woods or something)
Ash is in the throes of his Kalos Quest and it's all reminiscent of...
Are my puns getting better, or is it just me?
Anyway, Ash is at the Coumarine Gym, and... it's an inordinately large and spacious tree! Clemont says it's exactly what you'd expect from a Grass-type Gym Leader, which is interesting to say because Clemont doesn't battle out of a Power Plant, and Flannery didn't battle challengers in a giant Fire, though Ash did fight Blaine IN THE VERY HEART OF THE VOLCANO ITSELF, so what do I know?
Anyway, Ash sets off running up the side of the tree, until they get to the top, and it's a battlefield. I'm not sure how this all works, but whatever, let's go with it.
Warden Ramos greets Ash, as he announces his plans to have his gym battle... and Ramos wanders off, like a confused old man.
He gives them Tea he got as a gift, he doesn't mention who it came from, it might have been confiscated from his Prison ranch, but whatever, Ash wanted his goddamn battle, not stupid Tea, so he dejectedly drinks his stupid Tea.
After finishing NOW he hopes to have his battle, and let off this pent up desire to battle Pokémons and collect badges in an attempt to become a Pokémon Master... and Ramos thinks it would be just delightful if the Twerps "helped" him tend to his garden.
Work being a thing Ash isn't used to.
The other twerps don't mind being put to doing free labor but Ash is super pissed ripping weeds out of theground anf groaning over his Battle Blue Balls, and Ramos gives Ash another "moral" about calming his mind, or whatever.
Well, now that Ash is thoroughly tired from doing all of Ramos' lawn work, and work in general, he's ready to battle.
Ash has Bonnie hold Goomy (so he doesn't run away again, I assume) and the ref sets the rules. You know them by now, Each trainer only gets to battle with three Pokémon and only Ash can substitute.
Standard rules, you know.
Ash, knowing Ramos' type says he knows the perfect Pokémon to use, because he Eats, Sleeps, and Shits for these moments.
Anyway, Ramos starts with Jumpluff, and despite seeing the goddamn thing like three times yesterday, Serena asks "Who's that Pokémon?", because Ash is rubbing off on her a little too hard (but not as hard as she hopes for), and Ash starts with Fletchinder, who's probably super confused because he's not immediately being told to fuck off and search for somebody.
Brock, er... Cilan... I mean Clemont helpfully notes that Fletchinder being Flying/Fire-type (or Fire/Flying-type) has a HUGE advantage over Grass-types.
Thanks. So helpful.
The battle starts and Ash sends in Fletchinder with Flame Charge, and Ramos "sees" what he's doing, and has Jumpluff use Cotton Guard, but not before brandishing his giant hedge trimmers as a subtle warning to Jumpluff not to fuck it up.
Fletchinder hits the mark, and Jumpluff is like "What now, bitch". Cotton Guard raised it's defenses so high that it completely shook off Super Effective damage, like it wasn't nothing but a thing.
Jumpluff then sets into motion a Sunny Day, as Ash resets and sends Fletchinder in with Steel Wing. Jumpluff's ability increases it's speed in Sunny Weather (but it was already Sunny before) allowing it to dodge.
Ash ain't worried and sets back in with another Flame Charge, but Jumpluff dodges again, and smirks at Ash. Unfortunately, it didn't plan for Ash's other Stratedy, which includes... TURNING AROUND and it Flame Charges Jumpluff's ass.
Fletchinder flies Jumpluff into the air, as Ramos orders a desperation Cotton Guard, it and Fletchinder fly into the air and... explode? Well, either way Jumpluff is unable to battle, and Ash is 1/3 of the way to his Gym Badge!
Ramos recalls and thanks Jumpluff, who's getting the hedge trimmers tonight, and sends in his second Pokémon Weepinbell, which Serena's Pokédex helpfully dictates "looks" like a plant.
Looks like? Well, what the fuck is it then?
Well, anyway Ash ain't concerned and even loudly explains that he intends to use Fletchinder to sweep the Gym Battle, which is certainly not hubris.
Ash sends in Fletchinder with another Flame Charge, but Weepinbell dodges as it also has the Chlorophyll ability, and hits Fletchinder with Poison Powder on it's second go round which... surrounds it in purple lightning?
Well, Fletchinder is pretty well poisoned, and the lightning poison will soon drain it of it's energy, but it won't go down easy, and goes back in with another Flame Charge. But Weepinbell dodges again, and swings from some vines, like it's Tarzan or something and finishes Fletchinder with Slam, which is really just is throwing Fletchinder to the ground as hard as it can.
Fletchinder is unable to Battle, and the odds are even again, Ash runs up to check on it before recalling it and sending in his next Pokémon, with a brilliantly timed "WHO'S THAT POKEMON".
That Pokémon is Jumpluff, but Ash's Pokémon is THE REIGNING, DEFENDING, UNDISPUTED FOREST CHAMPION, HAAAAAWLUCHA.
Hawlucha starts and hits with Flying Press, and Ash gets a little over confident and sends him in with Hi Jump Kick, Weepinbell dodges and gives it another face full of Poison Powder, and now it is also covered in purple lightning.
Weepinbell continuing it's Tarzan gimmick then hits it with Razor Leaf, followed by another swinging Slam, and it certainly looks like Weepinbell is going over.
Ash tries to get Hawlucha to do one last Flying Press, but it's so weak coming down Weepinbell catches it with a Grass Knot. Hawlucha gets back up and tries for another Hi Jump Kick, and as they're in the air Weepinbell hits another Slam and just like that, Hawlucha is down like the Brooklyn Brawler.
Ash is down 1-2, and well, down to his final Pokémon and Ash certainly shocks everyone with his final pick.
Frogadier. The Water-type, who as we all know is disadvantaged against Grass-types, and that's just the way Ash likes it.
Ash starts with Water Pulse, that Weepinbell dodges, before it goes in for a Double Team, and while its clones are circling the "Looks Like a Plant" Pokémon, it uses Grass Knot, but not before closing it's eyes and "sensing" which Frogadier is the real one. It's a bit contrived, but whatever, next it's time for Razor Leaf again as Frogadier counters with Water Pulse.
The two moves collide and explodes and Weepinbell goes for another Poison Powder, and now we learn the true reason Ash sent Frogadier out, to use it's Frubbles as a mask to block the powder.
Ash goes for another Double Team, and Weepinbell attempts to trip it up again, except this time Frogadier stops jut short enough to deliver an Aerial Ace, and Weepinbell's short sad pathetic life flashes back before it's eyes.
And Weepinbell is out, it's, 2-2 which means it's time for Ramos' last Pokémon, Gogoat.
Ash opens with Water Pulse, which is quickly dispersed by Vine Whip, as Ash switches to Double Team again. Unlike Weepinbell, Gogoat doesn't sense which is the "real" Frogadier and instead just mows them all down until hitting Frogadier itself with Vine Whip.
Frogadier resets as Gogoat clops back to Ramos to get his approval. Frogadier sets back in with another Aerial Ace as Gogoat uses Razor Leaf... creating a giant tornado of sharp leaves around itself.
Frogadier disperses it with Aerial Ace, but the leaves then change direction and hit Frogadier itself as Gogoat falls from the sky. What it as doing up there, I don't know.
Frogadier goes for another Double Team, this time creating many more clones of itself than before, which is again dispersed by Gogoat using Leech Seed to create a cascade of roots to take out all the clones at once.
Gogoat the hits it with a Horn Leech, which also has the additional effect of healing Gogoat, which Bonnie thinks is unfair.
Gogoat then sets off a new Leech Seed, then time striking only Frogadier and draining it's HP... err, energy. Ramos insists that Gogoat uses the move so well, because he believes in his Pokémon 100%.
That's right, Ash doesn't BELIEVE in his Pokémon enough and that's why he's losing. Ash is distraught over this revelation and begins crying, though it sounds like he's constipated.
Same thing, really.
But Pikachu "Pika" and "Pi"'s at Ash restoring his confidence. Ash then tells Frogadier that there's no way they'll lose this battle now since he now believes in him even more.
They set back to fighting with Gogoat going for another Razor Leaf against Frogadier's Aerial Ace. The Razor Leaf cyclones around Frogadier this time, with the occasional leaf firing at Frogadier itself, but it manages to block with it's Aerial Aced arms.
As Ash desperately looks around to see what to do next, suddenly he remembers the thing Ramos said earlier about calming his mind, which gives him the idea to tell Frogadier to not bother with the Razor Leaf and instead concentrate on Gogoat's presence on the other side of the cyclone.
It does this by closing it's eyes, and not bothering to stop the few Leaves that hit it, and once it has a bead on Gogoat's presence it rushes forward using it's arms to cut away at the Cyclone to come out and finally get the attack off on Gogoat. It staggers, and before it knows it, Ash has Frogadier use Double Team again, and Gogoat destroys them all with Vine Whip, but it turns out it was a subterfuge allowing Frogadier to blast Gogoat in the face with Water Pulse.
AND ASH WINS! I guess Ramos didn't believe in his Pokémon as much as he thought he did.
It was quite the hard fought victory, afterwards Ramos is super impressed with Ash's last move. That lame thing Ramos told Ash helped him, Ash also tells him a lame thing about how that lame thing helped him grow his plant.
bluh.
Anyway, Ash now has the Plant Badge, and he immediately tells Serena it's her turn, her first Pokémon Showcase, and he's totally excited.
Hopefully that dream wasn't a bad omen and she doesn't fuck it all up.
Pokemopolis Episode Name: Ash vs. the Warden!
Dodgyness Rating: 3/5
Animation: 4/5
Story: Ash performs forced labor before having a Gym battle.
Team Rocket: Probably still on ice.
Moral Learnt: Don't fuck up dong someone else's job for them or their plants may spit poison in your face.
853: The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!
An MC speaking in a really shitty French accent introduces Serena and Fennekin on a stage in front of hundreds of people. She starts by running and tripping over herself embarrassing herself, and forever being known as "That girl who tripped off the stage, and fucked up her big debut", fortunately she's not suffering the pain of embarrassment, but the pain of pain, because she was just asleep, and falling out of her bed.
While awake, she notices Ash is gone as he's running with Pikachu... it's the day of his Coumarine Gym battle.
wait, I have to say that more excitedly...
IT'S THE DAY OF ASH'S COUMARINE GYM BATTLE!
Let me try that again, that wasn't loud or excited enough
ahem. *Grabs Megaphone*
IT'S THE DAY OF ASH'S COUMARINE GYM BATTLE!
(you know, unless a Rattata trips in the woods or something)
Ash is in the throes of his Kalos Quest and it's all reminiscent of...
Are my puns getting better, or is it just me?
Anyway, Ash is at the Coumarine Gym, and... it's an inordinately large and spacious tree! Clemont says it's exactly what you'd expect from a Grass-type Gym Leader, which is interesting to say because Clemont doesn't battle out of a Power Plant, and Flannery didn't battle challengers in a giant Fire, though Ash did fight Blaine IN THE VERY HEART OF THE VOLCANO ITSELF, so what do I know?
Anyway, Ash sets off running up the side of the tree, until they get to the top, and it's a battlefield. I'm not sure how this all works, but whatever, let's go with it.
Warden Ramos greets Ash, as he announces his plans to have his gym battle... and Ramos wanders off, like a confused old man.
He gives them Tea he got as a gift, he doesn't mention who it came from, it might have been confiscated from his Prison ranch, but whatever, Ash wanted his goddamn battle, not stupid Tea, so he dejectedly drinks his stupid Tea.
After finishing NOW he hopes to have his battle, and let off this pent up desire to battle Pokémons and collect badges in an attempt to become a Pokémon Master... and Ramos thinks it would be just delightful if the Twerps "helped" him tend to his garden.
Work being a thing Ash isn't used to.
The other twerps don't mind being put to doing free labor but Ash is super pissed ripping weeds out of theground anf groaning over his Battle Blue Balls, and Ramos gives Ash another "moral" about calming his mind, or whatever.
Well, now that Ash is thoroughly tired from doing all of Ramos' lawn work, and work in general, he's ready to battle.
Ash has Bonnie hold Goomy (so he doesn't run away again, I assume) and the ref sets the rules. You know them by now, Each trainer only gets to battle with three Pokémon and only Ash can substitute.
Standard rules, you know.
Ash, knowing Ramos' type says he knows the perfect Pokémon to use, because he Eats, Sleeps, and Shits for these moments.
Anyway, Ramos starts with Jumpluff, and despite seeing the goddamn thing like three times yesterday, Serena asks "Who's that Pokémon?", because Ash is rubbing off on her a little too hard (but not as hard as she hopes for), and Ash starts with Fletchinder, who's probably super confused because he's not immediately being told to fuck off and search for somebody.
Brock, er... Cilan... I mean Clemont helpfully notes that Fletchinder being Flying/Fire-type (or Fire/Flying-type) has a HUGE advantage over Grass-types.
Thanks. So helpful.
The battle starts and Ash sends in Fletchinder with Flame Charge, and Ramos "sees" what he's doing, and has Jumpluff use Cotton Guard, but not before brandishing his giant hedge trimmers as a subtle warning to Jumpluff not to fuck it up.
Fletchinder hits the mark, and Jumpluff is like "What now, bitch". Cotton Guard raised it's defenses so high that it completely shook off Super Effective damage, like it wasn't nothing but a thing.
Jumpluff then sets into motion a Sunny Day, as Ash resets and sends Fletchinder in with Steel Wing. Jumpluff's ability increases it's speed in Sunny Weather (but it was already Sunny before) allowing it to dodge.
Ash ain't worried and sets back in with another Flame Charge, but Jumpluff dodges again, and smirks at Ash. Unfortunately, it didn't plan for Ash's other Stratedy, which includes... TURNING AROUND and it Flame Charges Jumpluff's ass.
Fletchinder flies Jumpluff into the air, as Ramos orders a desperation Cotton Guard, it and Fletchinder fly into the air and... explode? Well, either way Jumpluff is unable to battle, and Ash is 1/3 of the way to his Gym Badge!
Ramos recalls and thanks Jumpluff, who's getting the hedge trimmers tonight, and sends in his second Pokémon Weepinbell, which Serena's Pokédex helpfully dictates "looks" like a plant.
Looks like? Well, what the fuck is it then?
Well, anyway Ash ain't concerned and even loudly explains that he intends to use Fletchinder to sweep the Gym Battle, which is certainly not hubris.
Ash sends in Fletchinder with another Flame Charge, but Weepinbell dodges as it also has the Chlorophyll ability, and hits Fletchinder with Poison Powder on it's second go round which... surrounds it in purple lightning?
Well, Fletchinder is pretty well poisoned, and the lightning poison will soon drain it of it's energy, but it won't go down easy, and goes back in with another Flame Charge. But Weepinbell dodges again, and swings from some vines, like it's Tarzan or something and finishes Fletchinder with Slam, which is really just is throwing Fletchinder to the ground as hard as it can.
Fletchinder is unable to Battle, and the odds are even again, Ash runs up to check on it before recalling it and sending in his next Pokémon, with a brilliantly timed "WHO'S THAT POKEMON".
That Pokémon is Jumpluff, but Ash's Pokémon is THE REIGNING, DEFENDING, UNDISPUTED FOREST CHAMPION, HAAAAAWLUCHA.
Hawlucha starts and hits with Flying Press, and Ash gets a little over confident and sends him in with Hi Jump Kick, Weepinbell dodges and gives it another face full of Poison Powder, and now it is also covered in purple lightning.
Weepinbell continuing it's Tarzan gimmick then hits it with Razor Leaf, followed by another swinging Slam, and it certainly looks like Weepinbell is going over.
Ash tries to get Hawlucha to do one last Flying Press, but it's so weak coming down Weepinbell catches it with a Grass Knot. Hawlucha gets back up and tries for another Hi Jump Kick, and as they're in the air Weepinbell hits another Slam and just like that, Hawlucha is down like the Brooklyn Brawler.
Ash is down 1-2, and well, down to his final Pokémon and Ash certainly shocks everyone with his final pick.
Frogadier. The Water-type, who as we all know is disadvantaged against Grass-types, and that's just the way Ash likes it.
Ash starts with Water Pulse, that Weepinbell dodges, before it goes in for a Double Team, and while its clones are circling the "Looks Like a Plant" Pokémon, it uses Grass Knot, but not before closing it's eyes and "sensing" which Frogadier is the real one. It's a bit contrived, but whatever, next it's time for Razor Leaf again as Frogadier counters with Water Pulse.
The two moves collide and explodes and Weepinbell goes for another Poison Powder, and now we learn the true reason Ash sent Frogadier out, to use it's Frubbles as a mask to block the powder.
Ash goes for another Double Team, and Weepinbell attempts to trip it up again, except this time Frogadier stops jut short enough to deliver an Aerial Ace, and Weepinbell's short sad pathetic life flashes back before it's eyes.
And Weepinbell is out, it's, 2-2 which means it's time for Ramos' last Pokémon, Gogoat.
Ash opens with Water Pulse, which is quickly dispersed by Vine Whip, as Ash switches to Double Team again. Unlike Weepinbell, Gogoat doesn't sense which is the "real" Frogadier and instead just mows them all down until hitting Frogadier itself with Vine Whip.
Frogadier resets as Gogoat clops back to Ramos to get his approval. Frogadier sets back in with another Aerial Ace as Gogoat uses Razor Leaf... creating a giant tornado of sharp leaves around itself.
Frogadier disperses it with Aerial Ace, but the leaves then change direction and hit Frogadier itself as Gogoat falls from the sky. What it as doing up there, I don't know.
Frogadier goes for another Double Team, this time creating many more clones of itself than before, which is again dispersed by Gogoat using Leech Seed to create a cascade of roots to take out all the clones at once.
Gogoat the hits it with a Horn Leech, which also has the additional effect of healing Gogoat, which Bonnie thinks is unfair.
Gogoat then sets off a new Leech Seed, then time striking only Frogadier and draining it's HP... err, energy. Ramos insists that Gogoat uses the move so well, because he believes in his Pokémon 100%.
That's right, Ash doesn't BELIEVE in his Pokémon enough and that's why he's losing. Ash is distraught over this revelation and begins crying, though it sounds like he's constipated.
Same thing, really.
But Pikachu "Pika" and "Pi"'s at Ash restoring his confidence. Ash then tells Frogadier that there's no way they'll lose this battle now since he now believes in him even more.
They set back to fighting with Gogoat going for another Razor Leaf against Frogadier's Aerial Ace. The Razor Leaf cyclones around Frogadier this time, with the occasional leaf firing at Frogadier itself, but it manages to block with it's Aerial Aced arms.
As Ash desperately looks around to see what to do next, suddenly he remembers the thing Ramos said earlier about calming his mind, which gives him the idea to tell Frogadier to not bother with the Razor Leaf and instead concentrate on Gogoat's presence on the other side of the cyclone.
It does this by closing it's eyes, and not bothering to stop the few Leaves that hit it, and once it has a bead on Gogoat's presence it rushes forward using it's arms to cut away at the Cyclone to come out and finally get the attack off on Gogoat. It staggers, and before it knows it, Ash has Frogadier use Double Team again, and Gogoat destroys them all with Vine Whip, but it turns out it was a subterfuge allowing Frogadier to blast Gogoat in the face with Water Pulse.
AND ASH WINS! I guess Ramos didn't believe in his Pokémon as much as he thought he did.
It was quite the hard fought victory, afterwards Ramos is super impressed with Ash's last move. That lame thing Ramos told Ash helped him, Ash also tells him a lame thing about how that lame thing helped him grow his plant.
bluh.
Anyway, Ash now has the Plant Badge, and he immediately tells Serena it's her turn, her first Pokémon Showcase, and he's totally excited.
Hopefully that dream wasn't a bad omen and she doesn't fuck it all up.
Pokemopolis Episode Name: Ash vs. the Warden!
Dodgyness Rating: 3/5
Animation: 4/5
Story: Ash performs forced labor before having a Gym battle.
Team Rocket: Probably still on ice.
Moral Learnt: Don't fuck up dong someone else's job for them or their plants may spit poison in your face.
