Crisis at Chargestone Cave! (723)

[Serebii]

http://www.serebii.net/anime/NextOn/723.jpgJoltik, Galvantula! Chargestone Cave!!

On their way to Mistralton City, Ash & Co. come across the Chargestone Cave. However, when they get within the viscinity of the cave, the Electric-type Pokémon start acting strangely. It appears that the Joltik of Chargestone Cave have appeared and are sucking the electricity out of them. Bianca calls Professor Juniper to appear, but when her Xtransceiver cuts out, things turn out to not be as they seem...

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[playerking]

What happened in the episode

They're traveling along a path and Ash notices Pikachu is sick.

Oshawott comes out to help pull it off and gets knocked out from the zapping.

Iris and Cilan bring out Emolga and Stunfisk to give it energy, but the Joltik suck the power from inside their Pokeballs.

They come out and they are droopy and haggard like Pikachu.

They;re at the Pokemon center and they're all better now.

Ash returns Pikachu and Iris and Cilan return Emolga and Stunfisk.

Bianca rushes in and crashes into Ash.

Ash gets knocked into a pond in the Pokemon Center.

Yep, they contact Juniper and Juniper walks out the cave into a clearing in the middle.

Juniper and her assistants have set up a camp in the clearing.

The communication is cut off and the group see some Galvantula walking around outside.

Team Rocket are in the cave collecting rocks.

James mentions Zager.

Jessie shoes away a Joltik with her Woobat.

The group are walking and Bianca brings out her Minccino.

Some Galvantula heal the Joltik that was kicked out by Jessie.

Cilan and Bianca talk about the trade talks about the trade.

I guess that is why Bianca is here.

Bianca's Minccino knocks out some Galvantula with Thunderbolt and Swift.

Some other Galvantula zap Ash and co. other Galvantula string shot and take away Pikachu.

Some Galvantula shoot some string with electricity running down it and they zap Ash with an electric net.

Exacdrill cuts the net.

Ash and Bianca accidentally run off a cliff.

The Galvantula with Pikachu and Minccino break the string shots around them and then the two see blue eyes in a forest surrounding them and they look worried.

Who's that Pokemon? Dwebble.

Ash falls down a cliff onto some grass.

Bianca comes sliding after and knocks Ash into a pond.

Bianca uses her Xtranciever to follow a Galvantula.

Iris and Cilan run into Juniper and one of her assistants.

Pikachu and Minccino help out by zapping some Joltik to give them power.

Juniper, her assistant, Iris and Cilan have found something mysterious.

Queue Team Rocket in a new mecha.

Cilan brings out Dwebble to battle.

Pikachu and Minccino are having fun with the Joltik.

Iris brings out Excadrill to use dig and Team Rocket's vehicle's front side falls in the hole and they're stuck.

The Joltik and Galvantula lift up the vehicle.

Bianca and Minccino get fired up.

Excadrill and Dwebble get ready.

Woobat and Yamask use Gust and Night Shade.

Pikachu and Minccino use Thunderbolt and Swift.

Dwebble crawls forward so hard he starts to evolve.

Cilan is happy.

Here comes Crustle!

Woobat and Team Rocket are Scared.

Cilan's Crustle learns and uses Rock Wrecker.

Team Rocket lose and they Jetpack off whilst a box/plane carries off the rocks they extracted from Chargestone Cave.

Everyone is happy in the cave.

They walk out into the clearing and Bianca is exited about the trade.

I found it to be cute when Pikachu and Minccino were playing with the Joltik. That's like Oshawott cute.

Speaking of everyones favourite otter. His appearance today...was...not needed? All he did was come out to help pull off that Joltik, got zapped and got healed after the opening only to go back in his Pokeball for the rest of the episode. I guess he wouldn't have been that good against the Galvantula, but still.

[Nacreous]

Uhmmm...from all the moves Minccino could have learned the writers chose Thunderbolt.Isn't that creative?

So I guess Minccino is shoved down our throats like another proud Pikachu copy

[MechaBulba]

Uhmmm...from all the moves Minccino could have learned the writers chose Thunderbolt.Isn't that creative?

So I guess Minccino is shoved down our throats like another proud Pikachu copy

I guess its becoming her equivalent of Pikachu, she was even carrying it around. I smell a Pikachu vs. Minccino battle in the future/league!!!

Anyways, an alright episode more looking forward to next weeks in the Juniper Saga however. Great to see Crustle not only in the anime but also on the main cast, I LOVE Cilans team now! Strange that its rock evolved with it, would have loved to have seen it making a new home. but guess that would have interfered with the battle they was in the middle of. Speaking of which, come on Team Rocket don't just stand there, attack it while it evolves!

[Missingno. Master]

Uhmmm...from all the moves Minccino could have learned the writers chose Thunderbolt.Isn't that creative?


They needed a reason for the Galvantula to steal Minccino as well as Pikachu. I think you'll agree Toxic or Aqua Tail wouldn't exactly do it.

[gliscor&yanmega]

Saw the pictures, and I'm already loving the episode.

Bianca appearing again.

Dwebble evolving.

Team Rocket's first step to their new plan, I assume something is in store for those rocks they took with them, other wise why take them.

Joltik and Galvantula in the episode.

Some humor with Pikachu, Stunfisk, and Emolga looking all messed up.

Some more humor with Bianca's and Ash's running gag of Ash getting wet.

Team Rocket battling with their Pokemon.

I like how this episode will go perfectly well into the next one too.

[Almighty Zard]

i find it funny how we've got people wanting Jessie to hang for attacking the lone joltik^^; as if Crustle killing her Woobat wasn't enough punishment.

[MetalFlygon08]

The Life-Drained Stunfisk is going to haunt me forever...

Minccino makes a good Mascot Pokemon, it can't naturally evolve, so you can't complain it's weak due to experience (That usually results in evolution for Rivals).

[Venomfang]

Great episode. Dwebble evolved, the animation was top notch, and Team Rocket put up a damn good fight. I also liked that Team Rocket pretty much won in this episode.

[00poke_maniac]

THIS EPISODE WAS AWESOME!!! X333

"It's EVOLUTION TIME" it suprised me he didn't say "shinka" XDDDD Bah Dento can flipping RULE the world with his immortal beast. Zeustle is so awesome, I even forgot the species was called "Crustle" XDDD

Oh man, one of my favorites. Did anyone else think the baby Joltik were going to eat Minccino and Pikachu? No? I guess I watch too many nature programs. XDDD

I got the biggest kick out of Dento having to try to open two doors. Funnier yet, the second time Iris just stood there and didn't help...BOTH times. If I were her, I'd be feeling awkward and just help anyways even if I only the the strength of a fruit fly.

Anything else? Oh yeah, sorry to break it to you guys, but Bianca made Ash fall into the Fountain of Youth. :P


ZOMG JOLTIK ARE ADORABLE. I WANT ONE NAO.

[d4rk_tailed]

Just looked at the episode scans.............did Ash ACTUALLY use the dex AGAIN to scan Galvantula? For fu..........

[TheBattleFrontierAsh1]

Just looked at the episode scans.............did Ash ACTUALLY use the dex AGAIN to scan Galvantula? For fu..........

Again, it's mainly to provoke the games if anything else. An audiencemember might not have meet a Galvantula or Joltic so that's why it's done so frequently.

[Joltik-Kid]

I knew Minccino learned an electric attack...though odd really, since it always loses to that typing...so why not learn an attack that actually hurts them? Like Mud Slap or Dig? Oh well.
Anyway, loved this episode...it had my two favorite electric Pokemon of Unova. Joltik is still adorable :)

[Charmed]

I wasn't impressed. We've already seen Joltik and Galvantula, so I wasn't excited to see them again. I liked how Pikachu, Emolga and Stunfisk looked at the start of the episode, but I was so effing upset that Oshawott got electrocuted! Bianca's antics weren't as funny this time around for some reason, but I did enjoy Cilan, which is a surprise since I usually can't stand him. I didn't care about Team Rocket or Professor Juniper, but I am glad that Dwebble evolved into Crustle. Over all, the episode was average. 5/10.

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

Ooh ooh ooh, maybe Team Rocket wanted the rocks for something to do with the meteonite?

Anyways, what were Team Rocket doing wrong this episode again?

[Caseydia]

Uhmmm...from all the moves Minccino could have learned the writers chose Thunderbolt.Isn't that creative?

So I guess Minccino is shoved down our throats like another proud Pikachu copy

No it's not. We don't get to see Minccino that much unlike Pikachu. However, it would have been nice to see Minccino interact with another Pokemon instead.

However, there has been times where Pokemon like Kakuna, Weedle and Beedrill was seen so often in Kanto. So I guess this is Unova's annoying little bug Pokemon trend.

[Janovy]

Anyways, what were Team Rocket doing wrong this episode again?
They basically forced all the Joltik and Galvantula to leave the cave - they were researching the rocks apparently due some energy, I dunno. :S

[Kariris]

Also Oshawott trying to get Emolga's attention again was pretty cute!

[Serebii]

They basically forced all the Joltik and Galvantula to leave the cave - they were researching the rocks apparently due some energy, I dunno. :S
They weren't researching them. They were harvesting them for some reason, and they succeeded, escaping with the rocks...one of the few times that Team Rocket actually succeed. Am really surprised there isn't more discussion of that

[d4rk_tailed]

Again, it's mainly to provoke the games if anything else. An audiencemember might not have meet a Galvantula or Joltic so that's why it's done so frequently.

I'd buy that answer for something like the double Torterra check in Sinnoh which were hundreds of eps apart. This though is what, a twenty ep gap between this Galvantula and the last? Either the writers think their viewers are leaving after watching just 10 episodes or what? I understand that the animé is nothing but a marketing tool, but checking Galvantula again so SOON is a da*n cynical ploy.


Ooh ooh ooh, maybe Team Rocket wanted the rocks for something to do with the meteonite?


They weren't researching them. They were harvesting them for some reason, and they succeeded, escaping with the rocks...one of the few times that Team Rocket actually succeed. Am really surprised there isn't more discussion of that

I don't think theres anything to discuss about them succeeding.........given that ep 23 and 24 were missed, all we have seen is Jessie and James handing over suitcases, taking suitcases and hunting around in caves for 'stuff.' If they keep succeeding in attaining random objects, but we have no idea if there is an endgame with what they are collecting, there's not much to say right? And given the writers' history of having the main characters collect or find objects and then forget about them for many episodes at a time....

[Shneak]

Looks like a funny episode with some great expressions from Ash and Bianca, judging by the photos. And I can't complain because Bianca didn't exactly lose a battle and Team Rocket finally succeeded in something. I hope it's for a bigger plan.

[Draco-123]

I'd buy that answer for something like the double Torterra check in Sinnoh which were hundreds of eps apart. This though is what, a twenty ep gap between this Galvantula and the last? Either the writers think their viewers are leaving after watching just 10 episodes or what? I understand that the animé is nothing but a marketing tool, but checking Galvantula again so SOON is a da*n cynical ploy

I don't see why it really matters. I completely forgot what the pokedex said the first time he scanned it, hell I don't even remember when he scanned it.

[_Taidow_]

This episode was fantastic.

I'll separate my opinions on the characters

Ash and Bianca
I guess I guessed correctly when I said Minccino might have learned Thunderbolt or Thunder Wave. I liked that Ash and Bianca had some alone moments. Not like that you pervs. I really think Mincinno is mascot status liek some other people think.

Iris and Cilan
I'm glad their other pokemon all goth a bit of screentime. I have to say that I laughed at Oshawott flirting with Emolga again. Excadrill was really excited seeing Dwebble evolve. I don't know but I found that cute. Crustle is a beast. I hope he never has a loss in the show. Even Team Rocket was afraid of it.

Juniper and the Ele-Spiders
I always like it when the professors actually do something in the region and sheesh those X-Transceivers have amazing definition. I wonder why Juniper hasn't given Ash or Cilan one. Seeing the Joltik play with Pikachu and Minccino was so adorable. We finally found some Galvantula that were on the twerp's side for a change.

Team Rocket
Okay Jessie deserves to have her face bit by a Galvantula after attacking that poor Joltik. It's always fun seeing Yamask and Woobat be awesome and actually pose a threat. They actually succeeded and took back a few rocks. Although i do wonder how they will activate them with electricity again. Cue speculation of Jessie catching an Eelektrik.

[The Great Butler]

I find it incredibly hard to care about this episode. It had little point or direction until Dwebble evolved out of nowhere.

Bianca is a tired joke whose time is up. If she improved at all from her humiliating appearance last time, she was at best as good as she was in her debut, meaning with all her appearances she has not grown at all. The water gag is becoming so contrived and forced to happen that it isn't funny anymore.

TR isn't doing anything with the rocks. We've seen time and again that when they do things by their own accord, it has no relevance and never gets mentioned again. Cottonee, Elgyem, Litwick, Audino, Archen... everything they did in those episodes could have been called part of a 'larger plot' at the time and was never referenced again.

And then Dwebble. Once again, one of Cilan's Pokémon learns a new move for no reason/offscreen, and once again, it's considered okay because Cilan did it. I don't even have to point out the hypocrisy here.

[G50]

This episode was ok... It was cool to see Ishizumai evolve into Iwaparesu, although I do like Ishizumai better. A lot of comical parts in this episode. The gang's electric Pokemon were all droopy looking after getting their electricity drained. Bianca again knocked Ash into the water, this time twice. Ash's reaction was priceless. It was interesting to see them talking a little bit about the trade evolution of Chobomaki and Karuburumo. Mijumaru made an unneccessary appearence, and flirted with Emonga for a moment. It was funny when he got zapped by Bachuru. It was cute seeing Chillarmy and Pikachu playing with the little Bachuru. Chargestone Cave looked astounding. It definitely had the look that I had hoped it would have.

40/100

[Demonsead]

Nice, Cilian's got Crustle now. And the animation was incredible.

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

TR isn't doing anything with the rocks. We've seen time and again that when they do things by their own accord, it has no relevance and never gets mentioned again. Cottonee, Elgyem, Litwick, Audino, Archen... everything they did in those episodes could have been called part of a 'larger plot' at the time and was never referenced again.

Archen is an overarching plot stemming from BW06 which I believe will slowly develop over time. They first needed Dream energy, and then they needed data from the revival machine. They will do something with all of this.

And wasn't Cottonee, Elgyem, and Audino just capturing Pokemon for da boss? No overarching plot. And Litwick they weren't after, they were just being attacked by for invading their mansion

[00poke_maniac]

And then Dwebble. Once again, one of Cilan's Pokémon learns a new move for no reason/offscreen, and once again, it's considered okay because Cilan did it. I don't even have to point out the hypocrisy here.

Zeustle grew to level 59! Zeustle wants to learn the move Rock Wrecker, should a move be forgotten? Zeustle chooses for himself.


Yes, it's perfectly fine because Dento learned Rock Wrecker for Zeustle. :P

Seriously now, judging by his expression I don't think he planned any of this.

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/00poke_maniac/16.png

JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE!!! XDDDD He's clearly very happy that his Pokemon evolved and learned a new move (the pic-y I got is after Zeustle learns Rock Wrecker). I laughed, if you look just a second before Ash uses his Dex, Dento's heart is beating so hard. XDDDD

[The Great Butler]

Archen is an overarching plot stemming from BW06 which I believe will slowly develop over time. They first needed Dream energy, and then they needed data from the revival machine. They will do something with all of this.

The Dream Energy was originally introduced to help them look for the Meteonite. They just had a chance to reuse the concept thirty episodes later once that first mission was over.

Personally I think this fossil thing is just a hint at Genesect that's going to end up long forgotten, just like when Arceus was hinted at when Nando told the Original Story in DP036, but besides, even if they do bring it back again, Dr. Zager still appeared in the Archen episode to actually provide narrative to that whole thing. That didn't happen here.


And wasn't Cottonee, Elgyem, and Audino just capturing Pokemon for da boss? No overarching plot. And Litwick they weren't after, they were just being attacked by for invading their mansion

I remember that they mentioned something about why they wanted Cottonee and Elgyem, but Audino was supposed to be for a radar system Zager was developing (which was never mentioned again) and in the Litwick episode they were trying to establish a new base of operations for Team Rocket, which was also never mentioned again.




Yes, it's perfectly fine because Dento learned Rock Wrecker for Zeustle. :P

Seriously now, judging by his expression I don't think he planned any of this.

It has nothing to do with being planned, it has everything to do with him continually pulling new moves out of his *** - Dwebble's Rock Slide, Stunfisk's Scald, Pansage's Rock Tomb, now Crustle's Rock Wrecker - and getting a free pass for it when people cried foul when Axew and Boldore did the same thing.

[~Upsidedown 403~]

Why wasn't it Team Plasma in this episode causing trouble instead of Team Rocket??

[00poke_maniac]

It has nothing to do with being planned, it has everything to do with him continually pulling new moves out of his *** - Dwebble's Rock Slide, Stunfisk's Scald, Pansage's Rock Tomb, now Crustle's Rock Wrecker - and getting a free pass for it when people cried foul when Axew and Boldore did the same thing.

I never realized people complained about Boldore. :/

I don't think Crustle's Rock Wrecker was that bad as for the other three he commanded, Rock Wrecker is pretty much on the same level as Outrage.

Just be happy he's not as bad as Kaitou! Pokemon Phantom Theif 7. He pulled Pokemon out of his. XDDDD

[Joltik-Kid]

It has nothing to do with being planned, it has everything to do with him continually pulling new moves out of his *** - Dwebble's Rock Slide, Stunfisk's Scald, Pansage's Rock Tomb, now Crustle's Rock Wrecker - and getting a free pass for it when people cried foul when Axew and Boldore did the same thing.
I'd say it's because Cilan is accepted by almost everyone here over Iris...but then you had to go including Ash's Boldore...I actually thought is was legit in that battle and now that I think about it and hate to admit...Axew had every right to pull Outrage out of thin air. Still it's kinda odd that random moves coming from no where is becoming the norm now

[uber gon]

Now I want to put my Crustle back in my party.

[Durian Seed]

The way Dento reacted with such joy and excitement at seeing his new Godstle, I think this may be his "new vintage."

Just like Moolando replaced Mebukijika as Cabernet's vintage, as she said in the DBTournament.

Dento's "New Vintage" or not, Godstle is clearly his strongest/best pokemon for the foreseeable future.

[Raptor_Crow]

I didn't realize Bachuru were chubby as well as cute and fuzzy. I love them even more now. Even though there's nothing cute about draining electrics of their electric energy, nothing will stop the Bachuru themselves from looking cute in my eyes.

Ah I was wondering when we would see Mijumaru flirting with Emonga again, I really missed seeing that and was hoping it wasn't just a one-time thing. Mijumaru's crush on Emonga is one of my favourite things about his character. Hopefully it'll appear more often now after this episode, though not too much so other people won't get tired of it. I won't because, as I never look too much into what I watch, I can never tire of gags (even ones I don't care about).

And finally.... "It's evolution time!" Dent had the best reaction ever to his Ishizumai evolving, he was just so goddamn happy and I loved his constant fanboying over his newly evolved Iwapalace. Dent was acting like a child who got the present he always wanted for Christmas and was savouring this moment of pleasure. I also loved it because it's a different reaction from the usual "trainer stares in awe as their Pokémon's appearance changes" that we have so seen many times before with every other character.


And then Dwebble. Once again, one of Cilan's Pokémon learns a new move for no reason/offscreen, and once again, it's considered okay because Cilan did it. I don't even have to point out the hypocrisy here.
Wait what? I'm really confused with what you're trying to say here.

I understand people being bothered about Dent's Pokémon learning a move off screen (likely from off screen training). Even though we've seen plenty of Pokémon learn moves off screen, people are only bothered by this because Dent is a main character travelling with Satoshi. In fact I also really want to see Dent own a Pokémon that he has hard time training, causing him and it to struggle while training his Pokémon so that we'll actually see Dent training his Pokémon and the Pokémon learning a new move on screen instead of off. But this is all completely different; First - like 00poke_maniac already pointed out and as you can tell by Dent's reaction towards it - Dent didn't cause Iwapalace to learn Rock Wrecker, Iwapalce learned it because it's strong, being strengthened from the battles Dent's had it participate in it and that's it. Second Pokémon learning a new move after evolving has happened many times before- People are okay with it because of that, because it's something they've alredy witnessed, not because it happened to a Pokémon belong to Dent. So I don't see why it's a problem that it happened this time.

Edit: I saw your other post after posting this, but I'll still keep it up because I think it explains extra.

[Moltanic]

I don't what episode you guys watched but I thought this was a great episode. I loved the interactions between Bianca and the rest of the gang. Joltik and Galvantula have always been two of my favorite Pokemon (ever) so any episode featuring them earns instant respect from me.

Dwebble putting up so much resistance to Woobat's Gust was one of the most heart warming scenes I've ever seen on this show. You've really gotta admire that little guy's spirit. Cilan's face when it evolved was priceless. Also,

"HOLY ****! WHAT HAPPENED TO DWEBBLE'S VOICE!?"

Dwebble had this puny little voice but Crustle's voice sounds downright demonic. I like the new voice, but holy crap, if I didn't know better I'd say that thing was voiced by Glen Benton.

[XXD17]

Awesome crustle made the episode for me...that thing is just as boss as it is in the game...I love crustle

also...

Let's see...anyone else notice that mincinno was affected by night shade and yamask was affected by swift?

[_Taidow_]

Awesome crustle made the episode for me...that thing is just as boss as it is in the game...I love crustle

also...

Let's see...anyone else notice that mincinno was affected by night shade and yamask was affected by swift?

Yes that was so annoying. People can't say that Tranquill wasn't hit via Shadow Ball before either.

[Durian Seed]

Yes that was so annoying. People can't say that Tranquill wasn't hit via Shadow Ball before either.

They may have hit the targets, but we aren't sure if they had any effect, or were effective or not.

[beebop1099]

some of the episodes are kind of pointless unless it was a gym battle or some one evolves
charge stone cave will be cool

[Dax]

An average episode at the verge of being plain bad. The story was extremely boring until the end when Dwebble evolved randomly. Add to that how mediocre the animation was.

What was the point of Oshawott? Why didn't Emolga and Stunfisk have bigger roles instead of Mincinno who's not an electric type? An opportunity wasted for Stunfisk to do something, since he's Cilan's underused pokemon.

Also I agree with The Great Butler about Cilan but I admit, he was entertaining.

[XXD17]

They may have hit the targets, but we aren't sure if they had any effect, or were effective or not.

It's pretty obvious that mincinno was cringing from the night shade: http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/723/DP312.jpg

[Janovy]

This was a great episode!

Iris and Dento both get solid roles, Bianca was competent for a change and her throwing of Ash into the water just led towards some hilarious reactions from Ash. Dento's "IT'S TASTING TIME!" was pretty amazing since he seemed really excited and overwhelmed by the whole thing, it fit his character.

I also like the way they set up the plot for the next episode, they rarely do that. :D

Also, here's hoping for the cave rocks to have some meaning in terms of possible plot. <.<

[Bisharp]

This was a great episode!

Iris and Dento both get solid roles, Bianca was competent for a change and her throwing of Ash into the water just led towards some hilarious reactions from Ash. Dento's "IT'S TASTING TIME!" was pretty amazing since he seemed really excited and overwhelmed by the whole thing, it fit his character.

I also like the way they set up the plot for the next episode, they rarely do that. :D

Also, here's hoping for the cave rocks to have some meaning in terms of possible plot. <.<

I'll just give my two cents.

Here's hoping for the cave rocks to have some meaning in terms of possible Team Plasma appearance.

[Haunter227]

This episode was actually really enjoyable!

I liked Oshawotts little flirt with Emolga at the start haha, seems like the Pokemon version of Brock!

The gag of Ash getting pushed into the water is getting old now -.- it's happening to frequent.

Dwebble evolving was quite random but at the same time worked really well, it was pretty sweet!

The soundtrack to the episode was great aswell, the movies theme and the B/W game ending theme were used perfectly.

8/10.

[Shneak]

Okay, I watched it. Same opinion as my previous post, it was good, but it kind of felt like a complete set up and hype for the next episode, with the constant reminders and all.

Also, when did Minccino turn awesome? It learned Thunderbolt and Swift! Maybe Bianca trained hardcore and beat Elesa and Clay.

[Durian Seed]

Okay, I watched it. Same opinion as my previous post, it was good, but it kind of felt like a complete set up and hype for the next episode, with the constant reminders and all.

Also, when did Minccino turn awesome? It learned Thunderbolt and Swift! Maybe Bianca trained hardcore and beat Elesa and Clay.

Chillarmy first used Speed-Star/Swift vs Kamitsure's Zebra pokemon….

But Thunderbolt was a nice level-up for his power. Albeit it was weaker than Pikachu's….

[_Taidow_]

Chillarmy first used Speed-Star/Swift vs Kamitsure's Zebra pokemon….

But Thunderbolt was a nice level-up for his power. Albeit it was weaker than Pikachu's….

HUR HUR it doesn't receive STAB. :P

So i wonder if its moves now are Attract, Hyper Voice, Thunderbolt, and Swift?

[BurningSociety12345543210]

Also, when did Minccino turn awesome? It learned Thunderbolt and Swift! Maybe Bianca trained hardcore and beat Elesa and Clay.

I don't think Thunderbolt and Swift will do much against Elesa or Clay.

Albeit it was weaker than Pikachu's….

Well, of course. :D

[Joltik-Kid]

HUR HUR it doesn't receive STAB. :P

Someone should have told that to Tyson's Meowth...

[Supersonicbro]

anybody else love that crazy smile crustle gave woobat when he evolved? It was like "oh ho ho you're all in trouble now >=D"

[ChaosMage]

I really liked this episode, especially because Crustle is just so darn awesome. I never thought Dwebble or Crustle were anything special for the franchise, but the anime has done a great job with their personalities and I look forward to seeing him more. Joltik and Galvantula are cool pokemon too, and I won't get tired of seeing them turn up. Bianca is fun as always and Juniper is too- it's good that she's one of the more frequently showcased professors, and I'm looking forward to meeting Cedric.

One thing which really struck me was that Woobat and Yamask, despite my expectations, are STILL unevolved, and with all of the trio now armed with at least one evolved powerhouse I'm wondering how much longer we can buy them as any sort of threat. This isn't like Arbok and Weezing, they can't be one-shotted like the old school Team Rocket always were. They can't be too far off, surely?

[Mr.Munchlax]

I'd say it's because Cilan is accepted by almost everyone here over Iris...but then you had to go including Ash's Boldore...I actually thought is was legit in that battle and now that I think about it and hate to admit...Axew had every right to pull Outrage out of thin air. Still it's kinda odd that random moves coming from no where is becoming the norm now

That's happened before, even in the original series. Like the time Squirtle learned Hydro Pump when battling Rudy's Starmie at the Trovita gym. Anyway, out of all the moves that have been pulled out of thin air, the only one that I have a problem with is Pansage's Rock tomb. Boldore's was ok because it evolved, & Stunfisk's was acceptable because it could've known Scald when Cilan caught it but never used it

[sSerenity]

I loved this episode, especially the end with Cilan :D

[gliscor&yanmega]

Finished watching the video version of this episode, and I loved it.

Joltik and Galvantula are my 2nd favorite Pokemon(Tied with some others). Seeing them is automatically a plus.

Whenever Cilan is being Cilan, that too is a plus. "It's evolution time", I don't remember the last time he did his time thing, feels like forever so I'm glad to hear it again. Loved how he was so excited over Dwebble evolving. Crustle also looks pretty awesome, looks like it strikes fear into it's enemies as well.

Bianca is another plus. She seemed pretty clever in this episode, using Minccino's Thunderbolt to distract the Galvantula then using Swift to knock them out with Berries. As well as using her Live Caster to get Galvantula to come to them so they could find Pikachu and Minccino.

Team Rocket appearing is another plus for me. Succeeding in their mission is another plus.

Also enjoyed the humor in the episode, and again, I love how this episode flows perfectly into the next one.

A favorite for sure.

[A writer]

I liked the episode a bit,it was at least better than the Gym Battle episode.Seriously the gym battles in BW are bad <.<

[G4Pokefan]

Wow i'm the first to comment this morning about the dub version?

But i liked this episode. Galvantula, one of my fav Pokemon made another appearance. Love its dub voice. But sometimes the writers get to me. We all know Ash saw it before so why did they have him say who it was? SMH

Ash/Bianca combo, one of the best things about the B/W series. Wouldn't mind her being part of Ash's traveling company.

I was surprised Dwebble evolved in this ep. I thought it was a few eps down the road.

8/10 for this episode

[AuraChannelerChris]

It was a good episode all in all. I found it funny that Oshawott randomly got out just to be zapped and ignored by everyone worried about how hobo-looking Pikachu looked. Also, Cilan getting a big orgasm seeing his Dwebble evolve.

[stanleysmith]

I rather like this episode. What made it for me, though, was Oshawott hitting on Emolga at the Pokemon Center. It was nice to see the writers still implementing things that seemed to be forgotten.

[Orton155]

A good episode but the highlights for me were Ash and Bianca's clumsy moments (Out of the way, Out of the way, Out of the way :P) and Cilan's face when it was Evolution Time! He then continued to be so excited about the new move Crustle learning it just made the evolution absoutely fantastic!

Now time for a team rocket discussion. Now, they have a new plan involving electrically charged stones which are being used as an energy source, hmmm what have Zeiger got up his sleeve this time. I enjoyed the battle between TR's pokemon and the gang because we don't see them very often but once again I thought they were going to blast off but instead they fly away with a small proportion of what they tried to steal and effectively they won.

Anyway, on to the next one with the Evolution exchange! Ooooooooooo

[WaterDragon trainer]

I enjoyed this episode and the fact that Cilan got himself a new pokemon. Despite the fact that I hate Bianca's endangerment of Ash, I was actually amused that there's always some fountain or body of water present for him to be knocked into.

[SmartD]

It was a good episode. Bianca was being funny as usual, always knocking Ash into the water. And Dwebble evolving into Crustle was neat.

[TheMaster327]

Minccino is unaffected by Night Shade, a Ghost-type move, and Yamask is unaffected by Swift, a Normal-type move. Why did they receive their respective damage?

[R?IDDl3R]

it was a good episode and i love how when iris calls ash a kid ash was all like "okay knowitall!! u tell me what it is!' that part was my favorite... made iris feel lik S**t

[G50]

Minccino is unaffected by Night Shade, a Ghost-type move, and Yamask is unaffected by Swift, a Normal-type move. Why did they receive their respective damage?

It happens sometimes.... they won't always follow that

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Ash's response to being smashed into the lake at the bottom of the hill was more funny than in the original version

[Battra]

It's a filler episode, TR being TR, a Pokemon evolving & learning a super effective move to win out the episode same old same old. So apparently Joltik can drain the electricity of an electric Pokemon through a Pokeball, we've seen these things take alot of abuse in the series but a single Joltik is able to harm a Pokemon through all those layers. How about a little consistency writers. Also how did Pikachu, Ash, Cilan, & Iris not notice Joltik climbing on them? Cilan makes an off hand comment about Bianca noticing a Joltik on her arm but you never noticed them.

[Janovy]

It's a filler episode, TR being TR, a Pokemon evolving & learning a super effective move to win out the episode same old same old.
It's not a filler episode because a Pokémon evolved.

Those rocks are also foreshadowing something.

[R?IDDl3R]

cilans face was priceless hahaha

[BurningSociety12345543210]

it was a good episode and i love how when iris calls ash a kid ash was all like "okay knowitall!! u tell me what it is!' that part was my favorite... made iris feel lik S**t

Best part of the episode.

Then again, Bianca episodes don't have many good parts. *shot*

[R?IDDl3R]

Best part of the episode.

Then again, Bianca episodes don't have many good parts. *shot*

your kinda right but i think bianca is funny alot of times , shes barry's sister or cousin.. there soo alike

[vipsoccermaster]

Good episode. There were some funny moments. Nice to see Dwebble evolving into Crustle, as well.

[DeLaw]

I was so excited to see Dwebble evolve into a Crustle!

[the1stpkmnfan]

This episode, we had Ash finallly catch up on stuff. So proud of his progress. He calls Iris a know it all, and is getting tired of all the times that Bianca knocks him into water filled areas.

Plus this episode was really cool to have a TR plot, because their plot in the Trio episodes just went crash and burn. And they got victorious from this one.

Dwebble evolves, which was a really cool point in time to. Crustle was a beast. Cilan was in awe. ITS EVOLUTION TIME. Sadly I think that's the only time we'll get that out of Cilan.

Pikachu's face at the beginning of the episode completely scared me. Way to give us goosebumps, writers! Plus the Joltik were very cute.

[gliscor&yanmega]

I enjoyed the dub version, although I prefer the Japanese version of Cilan's scene when Dwebble evolved. I thought Crustle's dub voice was nice.

[CupidKirby]

This was an alright episode though I remember chanting in my head over and over "Please don't be team rocket...please don't be team rocket...ple-and it's team rocket" through the first few minutes. Seeing them succeed though makes me curious so I guess it wasn't that bad. I would've preferred it if the episode fooled us into thinking it was them just for the twerps to run into / solve something else, then see team rocket run off with the stones undetected.

Is it just me or did Ash's IQ go down a few notches? Not as bad as against the match with Elesa but his IQ's always been inconsistent this region I suppose; I'm no fanboy so I didn't really mind it and he was funny with Bianca anyway.

Dwebble evolving was random but I still enjoyed it. He deserves it after all those wins. I would agree with those that an episode of Dent actually struggling to train a pokemon would be interesting though I'm in no position to say that now being so behind.

[ZelkeDark]

Anyways, what were Team Rocket doing wrong this episode again?

I don't think they were doing anything wrong. I also can't stand Ash's need to stop them from capturing WILD Pokemon. Although they should just use PokeBalls.

[CupidKirby]

I don't think they were doing anything wrong. I also can't stand Ash's need to stop them from capturing WILD Pokemon. Although they should just use PokeBalls.

It's just his hero instinct telling him that taking all the wild pokemon isn't right...or something.

Now that you mention it, I really don't know.

[ForgottenPearl]

Man, when the episode started, I was freaked out to see poor Pikachu in such bad shape. But it was funny when they were all better and Oshawott hit on Emolga. :) And I wasn’t expecting Bianca to show up, so I got excited when she charged in and managed to get Ash wet indoors. But he deserves it for being so forgetful: using the Pokédex again on Garvantula? Really?

It was kinda nice to see Team Rocket, even in a low-stakes situation. They seemed to have traces of personality in this episode! 0_o I’m surprised Jessie didn’t catch that Joltik.

Bianca was hilarious, as usual. She was actually pretty clever at times, and I loved the line, “Aren’t I a genius? Of course I am!” :D Not to mention she managed to get Ash soaked twice. I also liked her “yippee yay!” at the end of the episode.

Dwebble’s evolution seemed kinda random to me. The stakes didn’t seem all that high, and this is the second evolution episode in a row. But Cilan getting a nerdgasm over it made it okay. :)

The animation quality often floundered, but it was a fun episode overall.

[Swagsire]

When I heard of Dwebble evolving a long time ago, I thought it might have been something dire but...it felt almost like it was just...there because. Its not a bad thing but, consistency is nice sometimes...Qwaa ;195;

[wobbanut]

Man, that was creepy animation when Pikachu, Emolga, and Stunfisk were drained by the joltiks. o_O Apart from that, I did love having more of Team Rocket (especially since we wouldn't see them again for 13 episodes!), and Bianca is always a treat. :D And at least Crustle has proven to be more awesome since it evolved.

7/10

[Zoruagible]

I loved this episode. I liked Team Rocket's plan and it was nice to see Dwebble evolve.