Leave it to Brocko! (482)

[Shadow XD001]

The only thing I liked was the evolution, but I'm surprised Nurse Joy was clueless on how to help Nuzleaf when she should actually know.

[Ash-kid]

Good Brock episode.

Sudowoodo was very strong.

And i loved how Croagunk defeated Seviper so easily. it was very funny.

10/10.

[KGB13]

I like how this episode focused on Brock and I like how he's so caring and knowledgeable about pokemon. He helps out a lot more than people give him credit for. I like that Bonsly evolved and I thought it was really funny how Croagunk fainted with no emotion, it made me laugh. This was a really nice episode.

[saar]

I think Brock should have captured that Nuzleaf.. Too bad he didn't .
It was amazing to see all the Grass pokemon living there as a big family.

[~Platinum~]

Sigh. Writers are still cramming everything important into the beginning of this saga. And I'm still not happy about it.
Ok, positive part of the post. This was the first episode of the DP saga that truely revolved around Brock (and might I add one of the only episodes this saga that revolved around Brock). Bonsly evolved in this episode, which was foreshadowed by it learning Mimic in the previous episode. To be honest, I wasn't expecting it to evolve so soon. I would have thought that the writers would keep it as a Bonsly a little longer considering that this is the fourth gen and Bonsly is a fourth gen pokemon.
There were two parts of this episode I really liked. The first was the twerps using the Pokedex to see through TR's Shiftry disguise. The second was Croagunk smashing Seviper's head in. XD Good episode.

[Painkiller2001]

Finally we have an episode that dosen't focus solely on Ash's adventure. I don't know the last time I saw an episode where the episode was entirely Brock focused.

Glad to see that Bonsly evolved into Sudowoodo!

[Lance The Champ]

Team Rocket just go crazy when it comes to food

[G50]

This episode was good. It was cool to see Bonsly evolve into Sudowoodo. It was cool to see a Nuzleaf again. Those 2 became very good friends as the episode went on. It's great that Sudowoodoo is a lot more mature now than it was as a Bonsly. It will stick to eating regular food now.

70/100

[Dawn and Piplup]

I loved this episode. Brock rules and so does bonsly/sudowoodo!

[BurningSociety12345543210]

zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz....*wakes up* Oh, wha? What?

This episode wasn't all that great. For me the only thing that was good was Bonsly evolving. Also, Croagunk must be very weak for losing against Team Rocket. ._.

[wind21]

Usohachi's evolution method is a bit lame (Breaking a cage? Meh.), but Usokki actually gets some good development here with the whole water fear thing, especially since it's currently the dryest of his Pokemon personality-wise. I also felt the BGM in this episode was stellar. The plot sticks to a relatively basic pattern but does nothing that wrong. On the whole, non-Takeshi fans won't get the most out of this episode but will still find some enjoyment in it, even if it's not as good as the Ralts episode which had a similar plot.

B-

:> I actually found using the cage breaking as the stimulus for the evolution a real strength of the episode because of its simpleness; I thought that scene flowed much more naturally than the one where Starly evolved last episode, which was a moment picked simply for dramatic effect and not necessarily on timing. Having Sudowoodo already in place worked well with the water scene you mentioned since we got to see Sudowoodo be strong and independent on its own, w/o Brock's urging; that scene would not have worked if Sudowoodo wasn't already evolved, and overall I think the two scenes were well coordinated.-ghost of wind21 talking to ghost of S Suikun

I'm really impressed with this episode. It starts off a little shaky, but then I really got into it. after the Starly episode, I was starting to get the feeling I often get that I maybe overrate the Sinnoh region, but this one picks up the rhythm to right where the series was in the first 6ish episodes, in terms of scenarios, characterization, and even battling (taking into consideration this is Brock's episode, and he's working with Sudowoodo and Croagunk).