Gettin' The Bugs Out! (146)

[AquaMilotic]

I'm surprised nobody's picked up on the glaring error in the dub department - right after Chikorita is defeated, Brock says something to the effect of Ash having two choices, Cyndaquil or...Pikachu. Ash grits his teeth and says, "Alright, I'll save Chikorita for later." Well...Ash...it just lost...

I did notice, but never mentioned here. It's not the first time, against Drake (Orange Islands), Ash said the same when Lapras was defeated. In the games, revives are fine, but in the anime, if it would be possible, it would be really unfair!

[Calamity™]

It's Elekid!
I really liked the Bugsy battle. The Spinarak using its String Shot to dodge moves was smart! Getting beaten by a Metapod is just shameful on so many levels. I think Bugsy should have won that battle. Ash had already used Cyndaquil and called it back just when Bugsy was going to KO it with Poison Sting. For that reason I don't think it's fair that Ash got to use it again. This battle would have been so much easier if he still had Charizard. When Misty said "aren't we forgetting something?" I thought they were talking about a Team Rocket appearance, seeing as they didn't really do much at all in this episode! But we saw them at the end anyway! lol

[AquaMilotic]

It's Elekid!
I really liked the Bugsy battle. The Spinarak using its String Shot to dodge moves was smart! Getting beaten by a Metapod is just shameful on so many levels. I think Bugsy should have won that battle. Ash had already used Cyndaquil and called it back just when Bugsy was going to KO it with Poison Sting. For that reason I don't think it's fair that Ash got to use it again. This battle would have been so much easier if he still had Charizard. When Misty said "aren't we forgetting something?" I thought they were talking about a Team Rocket appearance, seeing as they didn't really do much at all in this episode! But we saw them at the end anyway! lol

I agree with you that Bugsy deserved to win this battle, but Cyndaquil wasn't defeated. Sure, it was definitely going to be defeated, but it wouldn't be fair to consider Cyndaquil defeated while he wasn't.

[Calamity™]

I agree with you that Bugsy deserved to win this battle, but Cyndaquil wasn't defeated. Sure, it was definitely going to be defeated, but it wouldn't be fair to consider Cyndaquil defeated while he wasn't.

Yeah but then is it fair to recall your Pokémon back just as it's about to be KO'd, just so that you can use it later? If that was the case most trainers wouldn't need to train a Pokémon's evasive skills much, they'd just need to recall them before they faint. The way Ash recalled Cyndaquil was similar to forfeiting that Pokémon in my opinion, that's why I think it's unfair he got to call it back. And I know the games shouldn't be compared with the animé, but even in the games you have to be hit before you can recall!

[Angel~]

A good episode, Misty being afraid of bug pokemon was hilarious. I'm glad Misty retorted Bugsy when he called her ignorant. The battle was good especially with Cyndaquil & Scyther, Ash used a smart move. Lastly I'm glad Ash & Misty got their lure balls, & Brock got his heavy ball from Maizy

[7threst]

I'm someone that steadfastly believes that Pokémon gyn battles since Kanto can't be boring to watch. Therefore, I enjoyed this episode and Bugsy only deserved one epiosde, because this was the third episode in Azalea town. Enough in my opinion.

Also, I enjoy seeing Ash using more and more his Johto Pokémon and considering how Ash's original Kanto Pokémon have been reduced, this is a good transmission to seeing more of Ash's Johto Pokémon in action.

[Demon Kitsune Yoko Kurama]

I wish Bugsy and Misty went at it a little more. But, yea, they were both ignorant to be honest. I can't believe I just said that about Misty Well, yay. Ash got the Hive Badge.