Post by LUNI_TUNZ on May 3, 2015 21:47:23 GMT -4
861: Mezase Karos Kwīn! Serena, Debyū Desu!!
855: A Showcase Debut!
A weird abbreviated cold open shows Serena showing everyone her new dress, even though they already saw it last week. Ash reminds Serena that it's her first Pokémon Showcase, and she responds "yeah".
That was weird. But there's no time for lengthy exposition as it's time for...
As the twerps walk through the arena, trying to figure out where to go, who should come through but the future Mrs. Serena [No Last Name Given], Shauna.
She announces that they're now Showcase rivals, and to prove all my theories about Shauna. she gIVE HER TEH HNADSHAKE DAT FROM A HART WIF HER HNADS TO BE 2GEVA 4EVA.
Speaking of things that are obvious, why it's Jesse... ahem, I mean Jesselee. She's here to be the Kalos Queen, which should work out fine for her, as she's been the Queen Bitch for awhile. Some have even said Goddess Bitch Queen.
Serena and Shauna peeks into a room of other contestants, and try not to get overwhelmed as the future Kalos Queen (I'm calling it, right now) tells them to overwhelm them instead, which sounds like great advice in a competition that's built upon being the most notable in a large group of contestants.
Oh, noble future Kalos Queen even takes time out of her busy day of being the future Queen of all Kalos to help the little people.
Meanwhile, a limo pulls up with a woman named Palermo, who sounds like she wants to be anywhere but here right now.
Inside the darkened arena, James, Meowth, Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie are waiting for the show to start, as we finally get a face to go with that shitty French accent that keeps popping up. The MC's name is Pierre... which actually reminds me, Kalos is supposed to be France, so is this guy's terrible accent like super offensive to French natives Clemont, Bonnie, Serena, Shauna or Pikachu? Are they just being polite in not telling him they can't understand a word he's saying? Is he the French equivalent to a Weaboo? A Pariaboo?
Well, those questions won't get answered anytime soon as a Key Ring floats toward Pierre, it's a Pokémon, that Ash for some reason thinks he may know. "Klefki, the Key Ring Pokémon. Klefki loves to collect keys and will confront opponents with a fierce jingle of their collection."
The winner of the competition gets a key, the Princess Key. When a performer wins three keys, she gets to go the the "Master Class", at this point they seem to lose the key theme, and the winner will be crowned Kalos Queen.
The first performance's theme is Pokémon Styling, the first three performers are Shauna, The future Queen who loves the spotlight because the spotlight loves her back, "Jesselee" (which incidentally rhymes with key) and who even cares what her name is, because she's not winning.
The performers have 10 minutes to style their Pokémon, no real specifics are giving to what they have to do, like a theme or whatever, so I guess it's just whatever they feel like?
Pierre continues to speak in his garbage nonsense accent, as time expires. First up is the girl who I'm not even going to dignify with using her actual name and her Furfrou. It looks OK, but I mean, not that different than any other Furfrou we've in the show so far.
Next, representing her people who've long had a hold over the fashion industry, and continue to to this day, and therefore has a totally unfair advantage in this competition... I'm talking about the French... also the gays, it's Shauna.
She comes out with her Bulbasaur's bulb covered in flowers, supposedly looking like a bouquet according to Clemont. It's OK, I guess.
And finally, it's the true winner of this competition, the woman who needs no introduction, because she'll soon rule over Kalo with an iron, but graceful fist. It's future Kalos Queen, Jesselee, and her Pumpkaboo, dressed up like some sort of Eldrtich abomination, a dystopian mockery of all the natural reality we've encapsulated for ourselves. An otherness that can't be comprehended by our fragile mortal minds because it shouldn't exist in this universal plane.
What I'm getting at is that it looks cool as all hell.
Anyway, the crowd will vote on the winner, as Pierre instructs everyone in the audience to grab their sticks (In such a public venue? Have some couth) and apparently it'll send a vote to the performer.
As this is happening, somehow Shauna and The One Girl Who Will Not be Named get more votes than Jesselee, as the votes are counted in a key-hole shaped monitor, and they are really going hard on this key theme, and the winner is announced.
It's Shauna.
And I'm sorry, Shauna, but Jesselee had the best entry of everybody else in the Showcase, there's like, no debating it. I mean, really?
Maybe the audience is like fucking racist or something, and couldn't bear the thought of voting for the much more superior non-French lady with the awesome entry, over the native girls with the average entry.
But whatever the reason, Jesse storms off the stage, and Meowth and James know they're going to get it later.
Held cells of other anonymous contestants continue to participate, as Shauna and Serena sit in back and wait for Serena's turn.
Serena's so nervous, she's practically vibrating on the bench, probably still wondering if that dream she had was a premonition or not. Shauna takes notice and calms her down by telling her she'll do great. Fortunately for her, she's going against two anonymous goobers, so her chances are pretty high, I'd say like 99.99% of her winning.
While Serena's fumbling around putting clothes on Fennekin, including a ribbon and a cute little hat, she remembers the wise words from Ash (no, really) about how nothing they ever do is a waste of time, from that time where he broke his ankle in a crevasse.
Time's up, and first is Anonymous goober number 1, Blanche who's just dying to tell everyone of her sex life in her old age. Next it's Clarissa, who's going to explain it all, and finally it's Serena and Fennekin, they walk down the runway to cheers and applause... until Fennekin trips over it's little bow.
Serena's dream has come true, but not the good one, the bad one she had before the competition.
In the back poor Fennekin is tore up over costing Serena the competition, apparently the audience is quite ruthless about mistakes, and I guess she lost votes over it. Serena tries to cheer up Fennekin, as Shauna does the same for her. Shauna is also clearly broken up over Serena not advancing because of a minor hick-up. Clearly she was rooting for her to do better than the first round, and hoped to actually meet her in the second round.
It's time for the next round, the Performance Round. More held cells dance around until it's Shauna's turn, and at some point she caught a Flabébé.
She has Flabébé use it's Fairy Wind and circle her and has Bulbasaur use Petal Dance as she ribbon dances through it as Serena, who by the way hasn't rejoined the rest of the twerps and is actually just standing in the mezzanine, looks on kind of depressed.
Shauna finishes by having Bulbasaur use Solar Beam, which it does without taking an eternity first, as the Fairy Wind is dispersed and Bulbasaur is standing... ugh, vine-whipping tall over Shauna, with Flabébé resting on it's head.
Well, it's time for the final vote, and they all fly at the contestants, and the winner is... Blanche the Golden Girl and her Meowstic.
HA! Just kidding, it's Shauna. Of course it was Shauna. Who'd you think was going to win the girl with the Vileplume?
Serena notes that Shauna is now one step ahead of her as Palermo is so ready to get the fuck out of here.
The twerps say their customary good-byes to Shauna, and she's just so excited to tell Tierno and Trevor about... wait a minute, where the hell were they? Their best friend is having her first big performance in front of an arena of thousands, and they couldn't drag their asses to town to see her?
Wow, what awful friends.
Anyway, Serena offers to take the twerps to the Pokémon Center for dinner. Dinner that she's not paying for, but Clemont wonders if she'll actually be alright, but Ash thinks she'll be fine because she's pretty strong.
As the twerps head to free dinner, Team Rocket show up and are determined to show the racist people of Kalos who's the real Queen. Even Meowth volunteers to be in the competition, which is probably just Meowth's way of backdooring himself into the competition to get some attention on himself for once.
At the Center, Serena points out that Ash's fifth Gym battle is next, which means he'll be facing Clemont, becasue he took the "must have 4 gym badges" suggestion seriously, then again, he did get thrown out of the damn Eiffel Tower to his death for not having 4 badges last time, so maybe he's just being careful.
Meanwhile, in some hotel Palermo is just stoically talking on the phone about how she didn't care about a single contestant, and is just ready to get out her already.
As the sun rises Serena stands at the harbor thinking about the horrible accident that resulted in her loss, and breaks down and cries. Fennekin and Pancham try cheering her up and jump into her to console her, just as Palermo's car speeds to a stop at a Red light.
Serena apologizes to her Pokémon saying it was her fault, I mean it really wasn't - it was just an accident but I see what she's going for, and says that now that she's a performer, she's at the starting line to the race to her dream.
She runs to the edge of the dock she's standing on (which appears nowhere near the street) and cuts her hair Undertaker at Wrestlemania 28 style. It seems a little impulsive, but hey, I'm not going to tell her how to sort her feelings.
Back at the Pokémon Center the twerps prepare to shove off, and notice Serena's nowhere to be found, as Ash goes to look for her... suddenly she shows up... and has a brand new look.
The twerps are shocked, but Serena thinks it looks cute, and so does Ash...
D'aaawwww.
Serena's also wearing the ribbon that Ash gave her (double D'aaawwww), even though we didn't know it was a ribbon last week, becasue she didn't open the box, and with Serena's new look, she has a new attitude and decides to race Ash to Lumiose City, apparently forgetting that Clemont's the leader Ash is challenging, and therefore waiting for him to run to Lumiose will take a little longer to get that Gym battle.
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Pokemopolis Episode Name: Serena's First Time!
Dodgyness Rating: 3/5
Animation: 4/5
Story: Serena is ashamed and embarrased after her first time.
Team Rocket: Subject of terrible race relations.
Moral Learnt: If you have a dream you're going to screw up in your big contest debut, it'll probably totally happen. OMEN!
855: A Showcase Debut!
A weird abbreviated cold open shows Serena showing everyone her new dress, even though they already saw it last week. Ash reminds Serena that it's her first Pokémon Showcase, and she responds "yeah".
That was weird. But there's no time for lengthy exposition as it's time for...
As the twerps walk through the arena, trying to figure out where to go, who should come through but the future Mrs. Serena [No Last Name Given], Shauna.
She announces that they're now Showcase rivals, and to prove all my theories about Shauna. she gIVE HER TEH HNADSHAKE DAT FROM A HART WIF HER HNADS TO BE 2GEVA 4EVA.
Speaking of things that are obvious, why it's Jesse... ahem, I mean Jesselee. She's here to be the Kalos Queen, which should work out fine for her, as she's been the Queen Bitch for awhile. Some have even said Goddess Bitch Queen.
Serena and Shauna peeks into a room of other contestants, and try not to get overwhelmed as the future Kalos Queen (I'm calling it, right now) tells them to overwhelm them instead, which sounds like great advice in a competition that's built upon being the most notable in a large group of contestants.
Oh, noble future Kalos Queen even takes time out of her busy day of being the future Queen of all Kalos to help the little people.
Meanwhile, a limo pulls up with a woman named Palermo, who sounds like she wants to be anywhere but here right now.
Inside the darkened arena, James, Meowth, Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie are waiting for the show to start, as we finally get a face to go with that shitty French accent that keeps popping up. The MC's name is Pierre... which actually reminds me, Kalos is supposed to be France, so is this guy's terrible accent like super offensive to French natives Clemont, Bonnie, Serena, Shauna or Pikachu? Are they just being polite in not telling him they can't understand a word he's saying? Is he the French equivalent to a Weaboo? A Pariaboo?
Well, those questions won't get answered anytime soon as a Key Ring floats toward Pierre, it's a Pokémon, that Ash for some reason thinks he may know. "Klefki, the Key Ring Pokémon. Klefki loves to collect keys and will confront opponents with a fierce jingle of their collection."
The winner of the competition gets a key, the Princess Key. When a performer wins three keys, she gets to go the the "Master Class", at this point they seem to lose the key theme, and the winner will be crowned Kalos Queen.
The first performance's theme is Pokémon Styling, the first three performers are Shauna, The future Queen who loves the spotlight because the spotlight loves her back, "Jesselee" (which incidentally rhymes with key) and who even cares what her name is, because she's not winning.
The performers have 10 minutes to style their Pokémon, no real specifics are giving to what they have to do, like a theme or whatever, so I guess it's just whatever they feel like?
Pierre continues to speak in his garbage nonsense accent, as time expires. First up is the girl who I'm not even going to dignify with using her actual name and her Furfrou. It looks OK, but I mean, not that different than any other Furfrou we've in the show so far.
Next, representing her people who've long had a hold over the fashion industry, and continue to to this day, and therefore has a totally unfair advantage in this competition... I'm talking about the French... also the gays, it's Shauna.
She comes out with her Bulbasaur's bulb covered in flowers, supposedly looking like a bouquet according to Clemont. It's OK, I guess.
And finally, it's the true winner of this competition, the woman who needs no introduction, because she'll soon rule over Kalo with an iron, but graceful fist. It's future Kalos Queen, Jesselee, and her Pumpkaboo, dressed up like some sort of Eldrtich abomination, a dystopian mockery of all the natural reality we've encapsulated for ourselves. An otherness that can't be comprehended by our fragile mortal minds because it shouldn't exist in this universal plane.
What I'm getting at is that it looks cool as all hell.
Anyway, the crowd will vote on the winner, as Pierre instructs everyone in the audience to grab their sticks (In such a public venue? Have some couth) and apparently it'll send a vote to the performer.
As this is happening, somehow Shauna and The One Girl Who Will Not be Named get more votes than Jesselee, as the votes are counted in a key-hole shaped monitor, and they are really going hard on this key theme, and the winner is announced.
It's Shauna.
And I'm sorry, Shauna, but Jesselee had the best entry of everybody else in the Showcase, there's like, no debating it. I mean, really?
Maybe the audience is like fucking racist or something, and couldn't bear the thought of voting for the much more superior non-French lady with the awesome entry, over the native girls with the average entry.
But whatever the reason, Jesse storms off the stage, and Meowth and James know they're going to get it later.
Held cells of other anonymous contestants continue to participate, as Shauna and Serena sit in back and wait for Serena's turn.
Serena's so nervous, she's practically vibrating on the bench, probably still wondering if that dream she had was a premonition or not. Shauna takes notice and calms her down by telling her she'll do great. Fortunately for her, she's going against two anonymous goobers, so her chances are pretty high, I'd say like 99.99% of her winning.
While Serena's fumbling around putting clothes on Fennekin, including a ribbon and a cute little hat, she remembers the wise words from Ash (no, really) about how nothing they ever do is a waste of time, from that time where he broke his ankle in a crevasse.
Time's up, and first is Anonymous goober number 1, Blanche who's just dying to tell everyone of her sex life in her old age. Next it's Clarissa, who's going to explain it all, and finally it's Serena and Fennekin, they walk down the runway to cheers and applause... until Fennekin trips over it's little bow.
Serena's dream has come true, but not the good one, the bad one she had before the competition.
In the back poor Fennekin is tore up over costing Serena the competition, apparently the audience is quite ruthless about mistakes, and I guess she lost votes over it. Serena tries to cheer up Fennekin, as Shauna does the same for her. Shauna is also clearly broken up over Serena not advancing because of a minor hick-up. Clearly she was rooting for her to do better than the first round, and hoped to actually meet her in the second round.
It's time for the next round, the Performance Round. More held cells dance around until it's Shauna's turn, and at some point she caught a Flabébé.
She has Flabébé use it's Fairy Wind and circle her and has Bulbasaur use Petal Dance as she ribbon dances through it as Serena, who by the way hasn't rejoined the rest of the twerps and is actually just standing in the mezzanine, looks on kind of depressed.
Shauna finishes by having Bulbasaur use Solar Beam, which it does without taking an eternity first, as the Fairy Wind is dispersed and Bulbasaur is standing... ugh, vine-whipping tall over Shauna, with Flabébé resting on it's head.
Well, it's time for the final vote, and they all fly at the contestants, and the winner is... Blanche the Golden Girl and her Meowstic.
HA! Just kidding, it's Shauna. Of course it was Shauna. Who'd you think was going to win the girl with the Vileplume?
Serena notes that Shauna is now one step ahead of her as Palermo is so ready to get the fuck out of here.
The twerps say their customary good-byes to Shauna, and she's just so excited to tell Tierno and Trevor about... wait a minute, where the hell were they? Their best friend is having her first big performance in front of an arena of thousands, and they couldn't drag their asses to town to see her?
Wow, what awful friends.
Anyway, Serena offers to take the twerps to the Pokémon Center for dinner. Dinner that she's not paying for, but Clemont wonders if she'll actually be alright, but Ash thinks she'll be fine because she's pretty strong.
As the twerps head to free dinner, Team Rocket show up and are determined to show the racist people of Kalos who's the real Queen. Even Meowth volunteers to be in the competition, which is probably just Meowth's way of backdooring himself into the competition to get some attention on himself for once.
At the Center, Serena points out that Ash's fifth Gym battle is next, which means he'll be facing Clemont, becasue he took the "must have 4 gym badges" suggestion seriously, then again, he did get thrown out of the damn Eiffel Tower to his death for not having 4 badges last time, so maybe he's just being careful.
Meanwhile, in some hotel Palermo is just stoically talking on the phone about how she didn't care about a single contestant, and is just ready to get out her already.
As the sun rises Serena stands at the harbor thinking about the horrible accident that resulted in her loss, and breaks down and cries. Fennekin and Pancham try cheering her up and jump into her to console her, just as Palermo's car speeds to a stop at a Red light.
Serena apologizes to her Pokémon saying it was her fault, I mean it really wasn't - it was just an accident but I see what she's going for, and says that now that she's a performer, she's at the starting line to the race to her dream.
She runs to the edge of the dock she's standing on (which appears nowhere near the street) and cuts her hair Undertaker at Wrestlemania 28 style. It seems a little impulsive, but hey, I'm not going to tell her how to sort her feelings.
Back at the Pokémon Center the twerps prepare to shove off, and notice Serena's nowhere to be found, as Ash goes to look for her... suddenly she shows up... and has a brand new look.
The twerps are shocked, but Serena thinks it looks cute, and so does Ash...
D'aaawwww.
Serena's also wearing the ribbon that Ash gave her (double D'aaawwww), even though we didn't know it was a ribbon last week, becasue she didn't open the box, and with Serena's new look, she has a new attitude and decides to race Ash to Lumiose City, apparently forgetting that Clemont's the leader Ash is challenging, and therefore waiting for him to run to Lumiose will take a little longer to get that Gym battle.
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Pokemopolis Episode Name: Serena's First Time!
Dodgyness Rating: 3/5
Animation: 4/5
Story: Serena is ashamed and embarrased after her first time.
Team Rocket: Subject of terrible race relations.
Moral Learnt: If you have a dream you're going to screw up in your big contest debut, it'll probably totally happen. OMEN!
