Staging A Heroes Welcome (545)

[DanChimchar]

This was a great episode. I loved when May was like Crogunk is doing Max's Job because that was what I thought of Crogunk so I started to laugh out loud

[uber gon]

I was kinda hoping to hear the voices of Max, Harley, Drew, and Solidad.

[Shiny qwilfish of doom]

LOL i laughed at Paul's part ''what does he think he's doing?''.

i laughed at that too. that and the fact that jessie did nothing but have wobbuffet knock her into the air lol.

[CHG-Swampert]

Eh, that was b4 she had any good skillz lol. She got them l8r on kinda xD

[Slowking[George]]

May has grown much more stronger and the fact that her pokemon have evolved (at least some of them), means that she will be able to getting more wins easily.

[Genome]

I'd like to see more glimpses of different snacks across Sinnoh.

WHO LET A GYPSY INSIDE THIS FINE FACILITY OF MINE

If he's still a Gym Leader, yet a Master Champion, who does Wallace ever give a badge to?
I'm guessing it's only to tease his other Master friends who wish to relive their days.

Those turtles and their silly accents. WORTURTUL WORTURTUL

Drew and Harley in the same room?

WORTURTUL puts that big sexy tail to use.

What the HECK Jessie, Water Types ONLY. Go steal a barboach and then comeback.

Hey that Wobbuffet Slam looks pretty useful to me.
All those years of TR blasting off have revealed that they learned to land on their feet!

A fish pokemon doing something useful. Good work Zoey

Ash that outfit looks a little..adventuristic.
Ketchum, Ash Ketchum Jr.
No one can stop him but TR always tries,
young Ketchum cuts through each wardrobe of lies,
he learned the game from his uncle James,
now hes heir to the name,
Ash Ketchum (Ketchum, Ash Ketchum Jr.)
I'm sure Paul was thinking something along those lines.

My naked eyes can see Double Hit just fine.

The contestant on the lower right. Fabio is that you?

8/10 For just being Wallace and a bunch of appeals, it sure went nice.

[Insidious_Dreamer]

i loved the voice actor they used for wallace - really suits him don't you think?

[the1stpkmnfan]

Squirtle evolving into Wartortle's pretty cool. I liked how it did Rapid spin on the water. Like throwing rocks in the lakes.

[HoennMaster]

I loved May's outfit. It was actually cool.

[the1stpkmnfan]

Yeah, even the hat was cool. And her whole outfit was eiter Egyption or Arabian.

[CyberCubed]

It was probably based on a belly dancer outfit from the middle east.

I am glad she didn't wear a normal dress, that would have been too plain and too similar to Dawn.

[HoennMaster]

Or a suit like our most hated lesbian coordinator. IMO, May's dress was just amazing, even better then Dawn's various dresses seen in the endings and her fantasies.

[CyberCubed]

Or a suit like our most hated lesbian coordinator. IMO, May's dress was just amazing, even better then Dawn's various dresses seen in the endings and her fantasies.

Sadly, I wish Dawn would wear some of those dresses in the real show.

Dawn's current pink dress was ok in her first few contests but now its gotten boring. Sadly since its based off the one from the games, she's probably going to continue wearing it for the rest of her contest.

I'd much rather Dawn battle in her normal clothes during contests than to see that pink dress constantly reused, but there's nothing that can be done about it I guess.

[wobbanut]

Too bad that Jessie didn't make it past the first round this time around, but I did love her reaction to finding out she didn't advance. LOL

It's been really great seeing May again, and at least we've seen some changes in her pokemon lineup, with Wartortle and Venusaur. And I loved seeing Skitty again! I really wish we would have seen some Johto pokemon, though. After all the time May's been there, she should have gotten some Johto pokemon by now. Ah well, we can hope for future return appearances. At least I enjoyed seeing Max, Drew, and even Harley again. And May and Ash had great contest outfits.

Dawn was pretty funny in this episode. At least she made it into the second round again finally. The part where Piplup bubblebeamed in her face was hilarious.

Overall, good episode.

[lightdash]

Late for this, but I knew the dub episode was not going to be as great as the original. The lack of the various theme songs that was presented in the original version made the dub version look...unlively.

Still, I enjoyed the episode. Still my favorite arc.

[Torpoleon]

I wish I could see Venusaur in action. Like whole battle and not a little part.

[Dark Cacturne]

I wish I could see Venusaur in action. Like whole battle and not a little part.

We all do, Torpoleon, we all do...

I loved this scene:

Ash: Thanks a lot! Thanks for the applause!
Paul: What does he think he's doing! XD

Ash was 'hrmmph' in his suit. But May was kinda sexy in her arabic outfit, great change! XD

[milenadrg]

After Blaziken (of course) Venusaur must be some of the May's main powerhouse. I'm sad because her Skitty didn't evolove...

[Ayra]

I found it funny that when it came Dawn's turn she was at the mirror saying:

Dawn: "Oh man, I can't believe it, even my hair is nervous!"

Too funny.

~Ayra~

[lunarshadow]

I found it funny that when it came Dawn's turn she was at the mirror saying:

Dawn: "Oh man, I can't believe it, even my hair is nervous!"

Too funny.

~Ayra~

No offense to girls out there, but I was face-palming myself the whole time. Dawn just doesn't seem to have that much confidence in herself!

[Gravy]

So I was catching up on episodes that I'd sort of glossed over before, and this was one of them.
Of course, Haruka made a return, which for many was the main draw of this little arc. But, shock and amazement, look who also made it back from the wastebasket of discarded model sheets, in one of her fantasy wedding dresses, no less:

She'd have probably got just as far in her normal get-up. Oh, those super contests and their excessive catering to the fashionably challenged.

Oh, the embarrassing memories that have come flooding back.

Oh, the posts I should probably locate and delete.

[CyberCubed]

LOL, good eye, Gravy!

I wonder if that doctor was in the audience watching.

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

Wait, who is that? :/

EDIT: Oh, Temacu. From the Heartbreak of Brock.

Speaking of background model characters, haven't see Oscar or God in awhile.

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

Well, according to Cybercubed, that was a Johto character, and therefore I shouldn't allow any of my memories' precious space to be taken up by her.

[CyberCubed]

Well, according to Cybercubed, that was a Johto character, and therefore I shouldn't allow any of my memories' precious space to be taken up by her.

I make an exception in some cases, "The Heartbreak of Brock" isn't just one of the best eps of Johto, its one of the best fillers of the entire series. And its a Brock-centered episode no less!

Temacu is/was a great character, I think this is the time when the dub makes a character more enjoyable than the Japanese. Not that I've ever seen the raw episode of this ep, but she was quite funny in the dub that it was done well.