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That’s actually a really good criticism that I don’t see brought up about this episode. Even if they couldn’t fit them in the game for time and budget reasons, they could drop a few other names when Kukui and Ash are watching the game on t.v.why is the rest of this guy's team... Not mentioned, as far as I can tell?
Actually baseball’s always existed in the Pokémon world, it’s just it’s never involved Pokémon to this extent. Ash had a rival in the Johto saga that loved baseball with a mad fervor, especially Team Electabuzz (which is the team Olu Olu plays on) The whole reason Meowth went to Hollywood and met Meowzie was because some baseball players were a**holes about him knocking over a basket of baseballs and hung a poor kitten from a tree. Honestly my biggest criticisms with this episode are;why is PokeBase even a thing in the Pokemon world
First of all, hi fellow ATLA fan! I love that show and I love Zuko! Who’s your favorite character?But they still should make sense, and best fillers are the ones that do impact something, either the world or the characters.
Here's an example: The Great Divide from Avatar the Last Airbender. We're introduced in the episode to two diffirent tribes who'se existence was not mentioned ever before, and who'se stories have nothing to do with the main plot.
So what does the episode do? Because the two tribes, and the war they wage is irrelevant to the story, the episode instead focuses on the main character, Aang. He is forced to be the mediator between those two tribes, which is pivotall to him growing as the Avatar, because he learns during the course of that episode what are the Avatar's duties, and by calming down the hatred between those two tribes, Aang lives up to those duties.
Yeah, you’re right about that, sorry. But even “Tales of Ba-Sing-Se” added to the series. It was a tribute to Mako Iwamatsu (Iroh’s first voice actor) and it expanded the characters of the main cast by showing what they get up to when off the clock and showing interactions we normally don’t get to see a whole lot of (Katara and Toph’s day out together for example).First, I'm going to adress what you said here about ATLA: I brought up the Great Divide because that episode, whilst hated, did develop Aang as a person and as an Avatar, whereas I wasn't seeing any signs of development in the baseball episode. Funny you should mention Ember Island players as a more accurate analogy, as they serve completelly diffirent purpose. Great Divide was just a simple (arguably) filler episode, much like the baseball episode in question was. Ember Island Players, on the other hand, was a goofy recap episode which showcased not just how Fire Nation viewed the story of ATLA and the characters, but also, the writers were showcasing their self awarness by poking fun at themselves and the flaws in their own writing. Self awarness is something that I'd argue not only Pokemon anime, but Pokemon franchise in generall, severly lacks, a lot.
This was an episode that both fitted the world where the story was set, and expanded the viewers view on that world, and showcased how much ATLA writing stuff cared about its show and recognized it's missteps.
It was a nice addition to the Avatar world, but also, a love letter to people who spend their time watching the show, and that's why it's liked.
I'd argue the only episode that had no signifance to the plot, the world or the characters was fan favourite 'The tales of Ba-Sing-Se'. This episode could serve as a better analogy to the baseball episode.
I've actually created a personal article based on Suede's show on Bulbapedia, if you're interested.
User:FinnishPokéFan92/Suede's Pokémon Journey - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia