- Joined
- Jun 17, 2006
- Messages
- 14,503
- Reaction score
- 21,140
- Staff
- #1
XY077 - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
Please keep future events in spoiler tags. Thank you.
Please keep future events in spoiler tags. Thank you.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
And did Ash seriously ask if“Pelipper” was okay when Meowth had already been revealed? What is wrong with these people???
If they weren't disqualified until after they were found cheating, it's not illegal or against the rules, let's use common sense, at the worst it's completely immoral.not only was Pumpkaboo's little hitchhiking ploy most likely illegal,
You're assuming three things.And shouldn't Hawlucha have felt that the "Pelliper" was made of steel and not feathers and flesh?
Seriously that's what the dub did, because the only time I remember Ash being worried about Pelipper in the original was asking if there was something wrong with it. But nothing after Meowth was revealed.
If they weren't disqualified until after they were found cheating, it's not illegal or against the rules, let's use common sense, at the worst it's completely immoral.not only was Pumpkaboo's little hitchhiking ploy most likely illegal,
I mean after all a rocket flaming rear end, wasn't enough to be disqualified why would the lesser offenses count?
You're assuming three things.And shouldn't Hawlucha have felt that the "Pelliper" was made of steel and not feathers and flesh?
1. That Hawlucha ever came in contact with a Pelipper prior to this moment
2. That Team Rocket didn't at least try to imitate the feel of Pelipper
3. That Hawlucha, if it actually thought something was off, that it would've had any choice or action it could take to do anything about it. I'm pretty sure Hawlucha wasn't going to stop in the middle of the race, pointing at the Pelipper making weird accusation sounds to alert that something is wrong with it, since that would've disrupted the race.
I wasn't very happy with this episode because first, as most of you already mentioned, it had too many flaws, mainly Team Rocket's obvious attempts to cheat without anybody caring about it and second, the storyline felt too forced if you know what I mean. In general, the timimg of the episode wasn't right for me. Ash just got Noibat in the last episode and just one week later it just so happened that there's a competition that helps his new Pokemon with its training? Really?
Then, the rules required trainers to have three flying types and surprise, surprise Ash just so happens to have three of them. And last but not least, our heroes come across that old man who happens to know quite a lot about that competition and willingly teaches Ash all he needs to know? And now the writers want us to believe this was all pure conincidence? No, from my point of view it just didn't feel right...
However, there's one positive aspect I'd like to mention: Just when I thought that, to make things worse, Ash would of course win this (what else would you expect?), Team Orson won. Sure, I don't want to see Ash lose but in this case Orson's win saved the episode for me because it showed that at least not everything in this episode was forced and predictable.
So all in all, a rather disappointing episode with at least a conciliatory end.