O'er the Rampardos We Watched! (486)

[Momogirl]

i think the part where the theme played WOULD have been epic...of the theme were actually cool XD

I liked the ep, i beat roark with a turtwig so really I wasnt surprized ash could do it, even if it was a rampardos XD he used some good strategy by going under. he must have some good communication with his pokemon in order to have them do specific things like that, he totally did good training.

I also liked how pikachu blew away the rocks too, hes tottally bad-a. the hurting the onix with the thunderbolt was odd..but then again it was prolly just stunning it more than hurting it.

[G4Pokefan]

I enjoyed this episode. Still loving those battle animations like Double-edge and Screech.

I'm really liking the whole Pikachu/Buneary thing the writers got going on. After 10+ years of just being on Ash's shoulder and blasting off Team Rocket nearly every eppy, the writers are giving it a little life of it's own. It'd be cool to see how far this thing goes this generation!

The scenes with Croagunk and Team Rocket were hilarious! Croagunk is now another one of my favorite Pokemon in the anime!

[ShinyManafi]

heheh, Croagunk scene again. I love it.

[uncutpokemon]

The DP intro theme - "Together".

i figured as much! in which case, i will say that in addition to PUSA replacing the song with a slightly better song (during the climax of a battle rock & rollish music >>> whatever tybe of music "Together" even falls under the category of), i also think that this is a sign that the dub is starting to be handled more like the way it was handled during the 1st season (back when most of the music was kept, and the Japanese openings were simply replaced with their crappy English equivalents) i wonder if this is a sign?

[Medea]

-Very clever with the title pun yesterday. It only works if it's the day before Independence Day and you live in the U.S.
-Croagunk! You've got to love it! Whether it's beating Team Rocket or supplying comic relief!
-Dawn in the cheerleaders outfit made me have some ugly flashbacks! You know the ones:
"Gary, Gary, he's the best"
Yeah, those ones!
-The battle was great, all the way up until Rampardos vs Turtwig and they played that bullcrap theme song. Found it WAY TOO ANNOYING!

[Wynaut?]

Croagunk's scenes were great, I loved how Brock didn't even notice it was gone

Great battle, especially Turtwig v Rampardos. Would've liked Sudowoodo to join in with the cheerleading though.

9/10

[wagnerelli]

Good episode, only one problem:
Is it just me or does Roark's voice sound terrible? It sounds so forced and strange.

[Anko]

It surprised me when the opening music started. It was distracting.

[spongeaud]

I know a lot of people hate to hear this but Asah can battle I like how he adated to the situation hes getting a lot better and crouank seems like a powerful pokemon that know one knows about taking out team rocket without doin much and without needin brock it makes me laguh.

[Venusaur Master]

The episode was good, I thought the battle between Aipom and Geodude was very short, the US theme song at the last battle was too loud I could barely hear the battle commands it would have been better just to here the japanese tune.

[CabbyFish]

For another gym battle episode, I suprised less original music made it in. I pretty sure I heard more original music in DP16 than this one. Oh well...

The episode itself is good (you just gotta love Turtwig throwing its weight around if you catch my drift). The whole thing in which Ash learns a lot from what Dawn did, that's great. Suprised how Rampardos falls so easily from Turtwig, yet Pikachu struggles just to inflict damage. I mean, come on. Pikachu's way more skillful than that.

[Geodude]

Against Rampardos you mean? Have you forgotten that Pikachu had already taken heavy damage from the first round? -_-

The Croagunk/TR scenes almost stole the spotlight from the rest of the episode. Good thing the battle was so good.

[CabbyFish]

Against Rampardos you mean? Have you forgotten that Pikachu had already taken heavy damage from the first round? -_-

The Croagunk/TR scenes almost stole the spotlight from the rest of the episode. Good thing the battle was so good.

No, I didn't forget.

I think Pikachu only got what, 1 attack in? Even when Pikachu's weak, it's usually able to last longer in tough matches (like against Piloswine and Regice for example).

It's just when Turtwig came out, it seemed like Ash was running along easy street. I guess the writers wanted to showcase how strong Turtwig could be (which would make a lot of sense, but still...).

Yeah, the Croagunk part was good. The best thing about it... Brock never even noticed Croagunk dissappeared to face Team Rocket.

[cassius335]

i figured as much! in which case, i will say that in addition to PUSA replacing the song with a slightly better song (during the climax of a battle rock & rollish music >>> whatever tybe of music "Together" even falls under the category of), i also think that this is a sign that the dub is starting to be handled more like the way it was handled during the 1st season (back when most of the music was kept, and the Japanese openings were simply replaced with their crappy English equivalents) i wonder if this is a sign?

The Bidoof/Steelix ep is going to be interesting, just to see if they play some form of the Battle Frontier theme.

(*snickers imagining Piplup contest-battling Prinlup to the tune of "I Wanna Be a Hero"*)

[scissorX]

This episode is one of my favourites so far. More Rampardos screentime, and Ash battling to the best of his abilities. Seeing him utilise a move he learnt from Dawn was so good, it was nice to see him incorporate this into his battle.

Turtwig owned, the little thing can pack a punch. And having the opening theme music was brilliant, went really well with the battle. Great episode.

[Reign G]

(*snickers imagining Piplup contest-battling Prinlup to the tune of "I Wanna Be a Hero"*)

Actually, they sometimes seem to keep the Japanese Openings when it's just the music. They kept Advance Adventure when Ash battled Paul in the forest.

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I must be the only one here who LIKES the DP Dub Theme and was glad to hear it in the fight. Also, the best line was Roark's: "Between battles I don't just sit around reading comic books, Ash."

[Pearl's Perap]

A much better episode than the previous two, I actually enjoyed Ash's strategies, unlike his first battle against Roark.

Rampardos, well, what can I say, it is amazing, though at one point, I noticed something...odd...so I went back and discovered some wrong colouring

The music was good up until near the end where they played the dub theme, it was cheesy and unneeded in my eyes.

Croagunk makes me love it more and more each time it is shown, though it doesn't really even DO much, it's whole persona is great.

7/10

[Knight_Ram]

The battle wasn't too bad. They also had good explanations to why Ash was having those little tricks up his sleeve. It was great. The worst thing that could have happened was the intro music being played during the epic battle.

That killed the whole episode for me. The battle - 8/10 The intro music during the battle - 3/10

[TheBuddyBud]

When the intro played, I laughed so hard.

[uber gon]

When the intro played, I laughed so hard.

It can't be THAT bad, can it?