Curbing The Crimson Tide! (443)

[JazzJazz]

Yes, it was interesting, but I still can't get: How Scizor managed to make drawings on Pokemon faces?

Perhaps scizor had jigglypuff stuck up its... um, use your imagination.

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

This episode served its purpose......of introducing a new Intro.

But, the Inzuma was pretty cool and Sceptile rocked. Luckily that cool song played during Squirtle's fight!

[S.Suikun]

Ugh, I was hoping the cloaked individual wouldn't be something as predictable as a Scizor. It's like an insult to one's intelligence when you're expecting something other than the blatantly obvious. The first half of the episode that doesn't have all the cheap fights looks good, though I still need to see the actual episode.

[Flamez]

Good to see sceptile beating down scizor, squirtle taking a beating was just great but the stupid writers had to give a rematch, such bull man. You know something i hope during the grand festival may's squirtle gets its as* handed to him by someone who just mops the floor with it. This would've been a perfect episode in my book if squirtle didn't win.

[V Faction]

The girl seemed a tad young to be handling a Scizor.

[The Big Al]

because the writers were trying to prove that she just relied on that device for it to be strong and never actually trained it. A level 100 dunsparce can beat a level 5 mew anyday the same can happen with scizor too.

Of course let's ignore the fact that Squirtle isn't exactly well trained either. At least Scizor won matches, even if it with the help of that device.

[Heracross]

And just a quick note...look familliar?

Holy shins! o_@

About the last thing I expected was to see something undeniably from the original Kanto.

You know, at first I was glad to see that picture, but now I think I'm feeling even more resentment than before towards the writers. This proves without a doubt that they do remember the original Kanto, yet are completely against making any ties with it.

And uh... are they actually in that house during the episode? Because if they actually went there and there was no trace of the insomniacs I will smash something. 8D

[Geodude]

The return of the Unfailing Squirtle Bias. Figured as much.

Face it guys, it was a good fight. Squirtle got its behind kicked at first, which is how it should be, but when it battled Scizor without its tech, under the traditional conduction of a rookie trainer, a win really isn't that ridiculous. The girl just wanted someone to play/battle with, as far as I could figure out, and was clearly an inexperienced trainer, relying on Hyper Beam and Swift as its only attacks. So pitting her against an experienced coordinator who knows how to think on her feet in battle, what's so hard to accept about Squirtle winning?

May's strategy was simple, but effective. When Scizor dodged the Water Gun and it made a puddle, she noticed this and had Squirtle use Ice Beam. Scizor dodged too, but the Ice Beam froze the ground, effectively killing the speed advantage since Scizor couldn't get its footing. Then Squirtle slid along the ice in a Rapid Spin, powering it up with the extra speed, and won.

I really don't think there's anything to complain about here, once you look at everything.

[Heracross]

Feh, I won't be able to say whether or not I thought it was cheap until I see the episode, but at the end of the day I'll still hate the thing.

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

50.....uh....points for the first person to name the song that played during the fight at the end!!

That was not the Pokemon Fan Club place from Drowzee's Naptime, as that was the girl's house. Yeah, but I noticed the simmilarities alot.

The butler looked famillar as well, as did the girl with the Chansey, and the filler kids.

[Heracross]

It's official. They're trying to p/ss us off.

[.Bambi.]

Woooow. This episode REALLY didn't turn out how I expected it to. Like, AT ALL.

First off, WTF? What's the Point in Scizor disguising itself if it still looks like a Scizor in its costume? I mean, that rather defeats the purpose of it all.

As most people did, I cheered when Squirtle lost. But what do the writers have to do? Yes, they give him a rematch where he totally owns him. That's believable >.>
And it's not like he needed it all that much. Squirtle has already proven itself to be an uber and has gotten plenty of limelight, not to mention it's merely appealing in the next episode, so why didn't Eevee take Scizor on? C'MON!

Other than that, I can't really comment on this episode until I see it in motion. It seems to be kind of jumpy...especially when the girl gets involved and randomly spews "I challenge youz!"

Oy.

[Geodude]

First off, WTF? What's the Point in Scizor disguising itself if it still looks like a Scizor in its costume? I mean, that rather defeats the purpose of it all.

Obviously, so other people wouldn't see the speaker and stuff it had.

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

Does anyone know why the girl has the Scizor like that, and why she was sad.......

Pinetree Missile though....wtf?

[.Bambi.]

Obviously, so other people wouldn't see the speaker and stuff it had.

Wait...what exactly did the speaker do? The little girl talked through it to make Scizor sound like a human, right?

Still, if you want to pass off as a human, it's understandable to have a red mask and some crazy gloves, but spikes protruding from your back?
That's a little obvious... [then again, this is coming from a group who won't recognize Team Rocket if they have different shirts on >.>]

[Geodude]

Yes, but it wasn't just a speaker. The Scizor had some sort of targeting mechanism on it as well. That would explain its reliance on beam/projectile attacks.

Does anyone know why the girl has the Scizor like that, and why she was sad.......

Pinetree Missile though....wtf?

By "like that", you mean set up with that tech, right? As shown in the brief flashback, the girl seems quite electronically inclined.

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

*Still waiting for someone to name the song, been looking all night*

I noticed this episode had a lot of Deoxy Music in it.

Also, I really didn't get how Sceptile "flew". I mean, the wind blew him, but not that hard!

[ash5550]

WTF. This episode is screwed. And I've seen screwed episodes. I was happy when Squirtle got its but kicked. But then, the writers do what they always do. The gang CANNOT lose. I mean, rapid spin shouldn't have done anything to it. Sceptile jumping off buildings is understandable.

[Geodude]

As I have gone over already:

-Scizor is a strong Pokemon, yes, but it was in the hands of a rookie trainer, one who relied on two long-distance attacks that most Pokemon can learn, and who didn't take advantage of anything about Scizor except its speed.

-This rookie trainer didn't have the experience to deal with situations in battle such as a changing battlefield.

-Gaining speed by sliding across the ice powered up Rapid Spin, which has always been stronger in the anime than in the games.

-And the girl learned from it, which was the point.

[V Faction]

She could've learned from a Combusken Fire Spin instead, eh! Who's with me men!?