Chim-Charred! (549)

[Mario-Sonic]

I feel bad for Gligar since it hasn't gotten much battling experience yet. It sure has a long ways to go if it always gets knocked out before even getting a chance to attack.

[csisps_26]

It was awesome! Poor Chimchar... or rather poor Ash. Big. Gigantic. Bite. On. Shoulder. *Ouch!* Anyway, I agree with ash_forever.
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What also pleased me a lot, was Paul's reaction: Have you realized this!? Those were the first "friendly" words Paul spoke to Ash since they first met.
He said: "Do you think, you'll be able to handle that?" But he didn't say that in his usual, derogatory way, but with an hidden undertone of admiration for Ash and Chimchar! The way he said that as well as his proposal for a rematch nearly made me jump for joy!

Gligar almost got to attack Gliscor with Steel Wing, but Gliscor's OHKO Guillotine whacked it. Ursaring vs. Chimchar - Chimchar almost lost, but due to determination, he activated Blaze and defeated Ursaring using a Flame Wheel. And couldn't control it, and nearly (yes, I said nearly) fried Paul. Paul dodged though. *Phew*... Then Ash got bitten, then hugged Chimchar, then back to normal. Great episode!

9/10 if you'd ask me!

[Genome]

Sudowoodo is everybody's perch (now we just need Darkrai to blurt it out). And Staravia is the crudely drawn brother in the family.

Guess which one is going to juvy.

Ash in an argument sounds unusually gratifying.

And Gliscor's voice continues to rise to alarming levels of awesomeness!

You could MSPaint a sword and shield here. Gligar is now a little gladiator.

Uh, even gladiators have bad days.

Might be just me, but that is not BERSERK Chimchar music.

They told me to raise this Chimchar by the book, BUT I'M ILLITERATE MOTHERF****R

Raise your hand if you just got mauled by a chimp. *raises hand*

8/10 We got Paul, Gliscor, and Ursaring, can't forget who just Chimchar'd all butts. Scariest battle if I ever saw one. However a freakin' sweet Halloween episode.

Let's hope we get a liberal bash for next week.

[Mickydv]

Chimchar really rocks in this episode!

[Linkdarkside]

that ursaring was pretty awesome

chimchar was awesome too.

[Red Jr.]

Good episode, one of the best so far in BD

[Bliksem]

I'm surprised that with the rage comments, people don't realize that Chimchar attacked Ash before he attacked Paul.

[the1stpkmnfan]

I loved this episode.



It shows Chimchars real power, and some more info on why Paul is just plain...Paul. I think Paul might be chaning for the better. He just so far gave Ash a statement about battling another time, and Ash did feel satisfied. This might begin showing the good side of Paul, and he'll be a better rival.

Anyone agree or disagree?

[Torpoleon]

Like what Brock said. When Chimchar released it's true.(lol Naruto).

[Kenpachi]

Paul didn't seem like he had a point or any direction in that little feud of theirs.
I knew about Blaze, but I didn't know it meant going into a berserk state.
Can't wait to see Chimchar's development, and I thought I saw some
envy from Paul. (I know I'd feel regretful)

[the1stpkmnfan]

I couldn't imagine how Chimchar got his power so easily with that stronger Hammer Jack, or whatever.

[HoennMaster]

????huh?????

[Dark Cacturne]

When Chimchar will be able to control his true power, I bet Paul will come back to ash and ask for a trade. Or maybe he'll even be stubbern to do that.

[Torpoleon]

In the Turtwig episode did Chimchar control it's power?

[the1stpkmnfan]

????huh?????

What I mean is that I wanted to know how he got his true Power by a strong attack that made contact with Chimchar, and suddenly he got his Blaze ability.

[AstralEon]

Talk about uncontrollable fire power. Chimchar just tell out an all out berserk attack.... not much to say....only it was a great episode

*lost in thoughts*

8/10

[Ayra]

Hmmmmm. I'd give it, an 8.5/10. It was strange how uncontrollable that flame was. But, the dub title was just flat out lame. That's how I see it.

~Ayra~

[CyberCubed]

I loved this episode because it reminds me of what Cyndaquil tried to do in that old Johto ep with Skarmory's debut, but it never went this far.

Chimchar seems to be done better.

[Cobalt_Latios]

I loved this episode because it reminds me of what Cyndaquil tried to do in that old Johto ep with Skarmory's debut, but it never went this far.

Chimchar seems to be done better.

Didn't quite make that connection. Of course, this was before any of these "abilities" existed, so that would attribute it.

To think, I just watch this episode about an hour ago. Good lord, I really gotta rethink my schedule....

Anyways, before I go into my mild talk about the eppy in question, my first little thing that, I never thought would occur:

Brock: "Guillotine's a move that, if it heads, is always going to be an instant KO".

Now, look back at every other time a OHKO move has been used in the past; was it ever a real OHKO? Morrisson's Gligar? Ash's Tauros (okay, screw that, Fissure was actually "hit" anything, but that's beside the point)? Is it just me, or are the writers thinking, "oh, wait a sec now that the game's have gotten a bit more deeper, it'll be harder to cover up on these game mechanic transitions". So, they're actually putting more effort into this. Good for them.

Now that that's outta the way, I guess I could talk a bit more about this episode.

Now, I dunno why, but it actually took me a few seconds to realize that when Paul mentions "coordinator" it was actually towards Ash, not Dawn. Oh yeah, my mind isn't really working the way it should. Glad to see he at least makes mention of it. Although, I find it funny that Paul makes a big deal about it; contests battles and tag team battles are nothing alike, so why would he even consider using those as an excuse? I know it's still battling, but geez, I'm starting to think Paul is making excuses about his hatred of Ash's ways.

I thought Pikachu's mild "hi!" towards Electabuzz was a bit of a nod towards the fact that they've settled things.

I remember telling CC a while back that I found it ironic that Paul was solely focusing on getting Chimchar to go into "Hyper Mode", yet once in Ash's possession actually accomplished that, I'm glad they made mention of that in this episode; proves that the writers aren't going to make the characters as dense as they once were. Oh, and I thought about this: Paul asks Ash if he can "handle that power". The real question is, could Paul himself control it? It's like he knows he can do anything and questions others about their skills. It's eventually gonna bite him back. It would be gold if it were literally.

And the classic Cynthia article. Now that we know that Paul simply didn't really care much about it, we know that when not in the presence of a major persona, he goes back to his old ways. And we thought Ash was stubborn. Look who's the real mule.

Now, the airing of this episode being just prior to that of the Riolu special is very ironic; at one point in both episodes, we get a forest fire. Wow.

Which reminds me, I gotta head over there in a sec and get my opinions out.

~C_L~

[firelovindocker]

9/10
chimchar is so awesome his blaze was so cool
gligar is so cuteand funny and how did gliscor pull of gulliotine after a sand attack LUCKY