Does anyone think that filler episodes can be good?

[danh19]

It seems from what I read on here, nearly everyone hates filler episodes, but I actually think their are some really enjoyable episodes and it is good way to show character's personality away from a episode that is story focused and also it can be nice to have a break from story arc

 

[Rockapheller]

Not every single episode necessarily has to be progressive, especially if this is an all-year-running series we are talking about.

That being said, the filler episodes should at least meet a standard for the audience. That would be promoting a species that is often overlooked so far in an interesting way, or making a character interesting enough for a CotD, or at least give a moral lesson in the end.

There are plenty filler episodes that I love more than many non-filler ones. Hour of the Houndour, The Bicker the Better, A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways! are just some of them that I see worth watching.

 

[Daenerys]

SuMo's fillers are all kinds of awful IMO, but then again the whole saga is lax compared to older sagas, so it gets a pass. Early OS had the best fillers though like the island of giant Pokemon one and the maiden's peak one, courtesy of Mr. Shudo's vision for the show.

 

[Cookies and Creme]

Some of my personal favorites from the show were filler episodes, so there isn't a negative to fillers. On the other hand, SM is basically just a filler arc in my opinion, so too much filler is not great, either.

 

[Flynn]

Fillers are secretly the best part of the show.

 

[Silktree]

Here's my comprehensive list of "good" OS fillers. I am not saying that they're all universally liked, but even if not, there is something special about them.

Good Shudo fillers: The School of Hard Knocks, The Ghost of Maiden's Peak, Xatu the Future

Good Tomioka fillers: The Path to the Pokémon League, The Flame Pokemon-athon, Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, The Battling Eevee Brothers, The Ultimate Test, The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis, Bye Bye Psyduck, Imitation Confrontation

Good Ohashi fillers: The Bridge Bike Gang, Hypno's Naptime, The Song of Jigglypuff, Bad To The Bone, The Crystal Onix, A Shipful of Shivers, Bound For Trouble, Snubbull Snobbery, Foul Weather Friends, Forest Grumps, The Fortune Hunters, Trouble's Brewing, Espeon Not Included, Whichever Way the Wind Blows

Good Takegami fillers: Computer Warrior Porygon, Showdown at Dark City, Princess vs. Princess, A Scare in the Air, Meowth Rules!, Pokémon Food Fight!, The Little Big Horn, Ignorance is Blissey, Chikorita's Big Upset

Good Yonemura fillers: Snow Way Out!, Lights Camera Quack-tion, Hour of the Houndour, Houndoom's Special Delivery, UnBEARable, Just Waiting On a Friend

Good Sonoda fillers: The Double Trouble Header, The Bug Stops Here, A Hot Water Battle

Good Fujita fillers: Pikachu's Goodbye, Illusion Confusion!, Love Totodile Style

Edit: I've removed a few non-fillers. Your mileage may vary about the definition, but mine is any episode that doesn't involve a capture, evolution, gym, league, equivalent companion development, significant backstory, or a major operation by an evil team (and that is not directly tied to any of the above, unlike The Island of Giant Pokemon). An episode can count as a filler even if it features a recurring character (like Jigglypuff and Casey) that is unrelated to the above.

 

[Johtohfiller]

Lots of fillers are good.

 

[Insanish Danish]

Fillers have always, always been my absolute favorite episodes of the show. I don't disagree that there are bad ones, but I'd take a wacky wtf-is-going-on kind of episode over a "Pokemon trains for half the episode and learns a new move!!!" episode any day. Snooze.

 

[danh19]

It seems from everyones posts that most people would say shudo has written the best filler episodes.

Also it seems others have completely different definition of filler than what I have