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What it says in the title: come up with a title and a plot synopsis for your own episode of the Pokémon anime! Be creative and place it in whichever region or series you want!
What it says in the title: come up with a title and a plot synopsis for your own episode of the Pokémon anime! Be creative and place it in whichever region or series you want!
So I'm going to create an episode right now. Let's call it...
Hoenn Region! Contest Spectacular!
In the episode, Satoshi and Go visit Hoenn to watch a contest... and Satoshi has no idea what a contest is. It needs to be explained to him by a character-of-the-day, it bears no resemblence to the contests of the past, none of the familiar judges appear and Satoshi never once mentions that he's travelled with two coordinators.
Oh, and Go captures a random Hoenn Pokemon because why not.
That's pretty much what all the episodes are now, titles that tease continuity but don't deliver a scrap of it. Satoshi has gone through a mind wipe since he got back to the Kanto, to the point I was genuinely surprised that he remembered seeing Ho-oh in the first episode.
The episode itself was the same as the last few weeks... an absolute utter chore. We're in the opening episodes of a series, we should not be getting dull fillers yet. We have a whole slew of new Pokemon, and they're not getting used. Also, Satoshi is so sidelined by now I actually believe he was intended to be dropped after SM but someone higher up insisted he remain.
Some other episodes I'm excited to see:
- Look Out! The Worst Togepi in the World!? where Satoshi and Go travel to an unnamed city in Sinnoh, Go attempts to catch a wild Togepi that has a bad attitude. It takes him 22 minutes to do so.
- Fierce Fighting! The Orange League! Satoshi and Go travel to a recently-discovered archipelago off the coast of southern Kanto after hearing rumors of a rare Pokemon. Arriving, Satoshi is amazed as he has never been to an area quite like it before. They take part in a generic tournament called the "Orange League". Satoshi wins, of course, and Go captures about a dozen Kanto and Johto Pokemon.
- Musashi and Miyamoto! Reunification! Satoshi and Go hear word of a Mew being spotted in some mountain range in northern Isshu(?) and chase after it. The Rocket trio follow and Musashi is separated from the rest in a snowstorm. She befriends a wild Pinpuku and is only in the episode for 4 minutes. Go catches a herd of wild Shikijika and Satoshi slips on some snow.
- The Legend of Hiwada Town! The Prized Monster Ball! Satoshi and Go travel to the Johto region and meet Minoru (based on a Fisherman trainer on Johto Route 42), an eccentric man who specializes in crafting unique Monster Balls. Satoshi and Go use these unique Monster Balls to head into an unnamed nearby forest (does not look like the Ubame forest but isn't explicitly contradicted) to try and catch a lot of Pokemon. Go is given a special golden Monster Ball that was passed down through Minoru's family for generations.
- Decisive Battle! Gekkouga vs Gaburias! Satoshi and Go travel to the Kalos region to research a new phenomenon known as "Mega Evolution". Once there, they find a wild Gekkouga who is being bullied by a Gaburias who can Mega Evolve. Satoshi and Go help the Gekkouga train to beat the Gaburias. Satoshi still only has Pikachu on his party.
- Let's Go to Poni Island! The Strongest Pokemon!? Satoshi and Go travel to the Alola region's Poni Island. They meet a local unnamed trial captain who needs help finding his lost Gyarados. Go catches a herd of wild Gyarados in the process. The Rocket trio haven't been seen for twenty episodes.
But of course, it will be the entitled older fans expecting too much and reading too much into things. No one explicitly said that Miyamoto would appear, or Satoshi would reunite with his Gekkouga, and the fans are ridiculous to even think this might happen, episode titles be dammed. Oh sure, there was promo art of Satoshi holding what looked like the GS Ball, but to even think the show would bring that up again is ludicrous.