Frozen on their Tracks (598)

[S.Suikun]

I have somehow managed to take a break from rewatching the trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2 in order to watch something else. I doubt this episode has Yoshi, thereby automatically making it the inferior product of the two, but maybe some nice bullet-points will spice things up:

- Train time! Let's hope Nintendo gets their plugs for Spirit Tracks in this episode.
- New animation director also! This AD seems to have fun with turning the contrast up really high.
- It's Looker! Or, if you prefer, "Handsome". Argue all day about which name is better; I think they're both dumb. So I'm going to call him "Layton", because I haven't crammed enough Nintendo references into this review already.
- New AD also likes kart-racing games, because he's an obvious fan of shortcuts. Har har.
- It's Ampharos! OMG! JASMINE'S GOING TO APPEAR IN THIS!
- The train has stopped. Suspicious...
- Handsome/Looker/Layton goes the other way of the conductor or whatever job on the train that guy has. Seriously, the only train job I know is conductor.
- Wow, when did Brock catch a Happiny and a Sudowoodo, guys? Come to think of it, since when was Brock part of the group again?
- TR doing stuff. Stuff happens. Yeah.
- Oh look, more Looker. The plot I actually care about. He's at the end of the line.
- Cut back to another 10 minutes of random Pokemon antics. I'd watch it, but I'm afraid the inevitible cuteness will make me vomit rainbows and sunshine.
- Fearows, boulders, and pitfalls. I take it I'm not missing much by advancing four minutes?
- Handsome apparently didn't return the 3-D glasses from when he went to see UP. Featuring some detective-y BGM I'm not familiar with. Having not wasted my money on Pokemon Pigeon Version, I cannot compare this to Handsome's Platinum theme.
- Usokki: "Look at me! I exist!"
- The train has left, and thus ends...OH SNAP! A Galactic Fun Sticker! And it's totally scratch-and-sniff!

When you take away Handsome from this episode, you still have 20 minutes of tired formula. As if he was thrown into a generic episode randomly, I'm rather disappointed with his debut role. Let's hope they do more with him, as Cram Time is coming with Galactic.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to rewatch the Galaxy trailer another 100 times before bed.

[Champion Jared 14]

Oh, funny how Ash's screaming being pyched for his battle with Paul made Looker stumble...that was pretty funny...
Hmm, I think TR has used those disguises before...
Yay, Ampharos is one of my favorite pokemon!! And signal beam's animation during this episode was very cool.
Everyone has a missing pokemon to claim...Now Brock can "actually" get involved.

Looker doing his thing during the episode, I was hoping to hear his game theme remixed...Oh well, maybe next time!!
Lol, Piplup throwing all those attacks at that boulder, and Happiny moves it aside carelessly, showing off again...Brock lives yet again...smh...

Another battle with TR? Ok, but make it quick....
Oh, what's this? Sudowoodo wants to battle?? Okay, go get em!! Brock is now relevant AGAIN, wow the writers are seriously giving him a chance...

What's that?? Huh? A glowing fist tree branch?? Oh, Hammer Arm is it? Oh, that's nice...not that Brock is gonna battle that much at all....Wait, isn't that his 5th move?>?

Pretty nice episode, I've been waiting for it...And to see Looker on the trail for "Ginga-dan", with that symbol in his hands...Epic...Hope to see him again, really soon...Next up...the full battle....oh will that be a good one...

[BM14murph]

I was so happy when sudowodo learned hammer arm :

they're finally gonna use him now

[ElectiCrow]

thts just a running gag in the series tht somethin small was so powerful and strong but still glad 2 c sudowoodo is getting better. With Hammer Arm he'll probably become Brock' main battler

[Juputoru]

Episode? There was an episode? Oh right, there was an episode.

And now for more bullet points. Disclaimer:Reading more than one set of bullet points for a given episode may cause a fatal overdose. Please read S. Suikun's and Juputoru's posts responsibly.

-Why exactly is Handsome handing out lunches for free to everyone? Is this going to turn into a murder case where one person he dislikes ends up having a poisoned lunch? Have I been reading too many mysteries lately?
-AN ELECTRIC POKEMON? ON WHAT'S PRESUMABLY AN ELECTRICITY POWERED TRAIN? Shock and awe!
-Why yes, it makes perfect sense to rely on a pokemon to power the train instead of using some normal method.
-The train stops for no apparent reason. And according to the conductor, there's trouble afoot! (As opposed to all the non-trouble reasons for suddenly stopping a train)
-Instead of, you know, helping, AshnCo have some lunch outside. Honestly, the one time you might have a legitmate reason to help a random person, and you don't? I don't know you guys anymore!
-Looker contemplates something, accompanied by Omnious Music(tm).
-You know it's a completely irrelevent scene when they let members of Brock's team other than Croagunk exist.
-Oh hey, Team Rocket is randomly stealing the gang's Pokemon. Wake me up when we're not in a plot straight out of Johto.
-Welp. Two completely pointless minutes of episode and counting.
-Looker's creeping around some old building. Time to start paying attention agai...goddamn it, TR's balloon. False alarm, everyone.
-And the Pokemon are seperated from the gang and encountering random trouble. Yawn. I liked this episode better when it was the Canalave one. Or the island of giant pokemon one. Or the nuzleaf one...well, not that one so much.
-I have to admit, I almost like Piplup in these scenes. Mostly because the writers are forced to remember that is has a personality.
-Looker does detectivey stuff. But only for 30 seconds.
-This is the worst eight minutes of DP ever. And it's still going.
-It just keeps going and going and going without ANYTHING INTERESTING HAPPENING. AAAAAAAAAAAA
-Looker's doing mysterious detectivey stuff right at the end. What's the point of having him in this episode when he got maybe 50 seconds of doing stuff?

In conclusion, this is the worst episode of DP ever(yes, even moreso than the cake-making Raichu ep) and if you're going to watch it, you might as well just watch the two scenes with Looker in it because nothing else is remotely interesting or important.

[cloudk]

Watching this episode in Japanese is a waste of time for me.
An average idoit like me won't know what they're doing or saying.
The only thing that stood out to me was sudo using Hammer Arm, Signal Beam's animation and that Galactic sticker(because stickers are cool. Not)

I don't even understand Happiny's immense strength. Nothing in it's pokedex entries state anything about it. It looks like it's just thrown into the anime for fun. Gah.

[starliteevee]

LOL at S.Suikun and Juputoru's posts

It was nice seeing Piplup strain and suffer for a change instead f Dawn holding it and cuddling it like she always does. The little penguin brat needs to be reminded occasionally it can't do everything. Only Happiny can do that.

Mukuhawk gets another 30 seconds of screentime to look for the Pokemon and save them from Team Rocket again.

Looker was kinda...odd. He just goes off to do his detective work and returns with a Team Galactic sticker left in a plastic bag. Why would they be carrying around stickers wrapped in plastic?

I didn't think this episode was that bad, it was actually nice seeing The Tree getting some screentime and learning a new move, but it wasn't a great episode.

[RageKaiser]

So uh yeah...I couldn't really tell what the plot focus was on in this episode. It didn't really have anything to do with the Ampharos train OR Looker. >_> (outside of like 2 minutes of Lookerness)

The only real comment Is....Isn't it just a bit convenient that that nearly perfect spherical rock just happens to be blocking the path needed?

[BogleDominic Crazy Anime]

Good job! Sudowoodo learnd Arm Hammer! :P
Looker's nose is weird. Animes always look weird like that.
It looks like Looker is going after Team Galactic! He might want to find out what thay diong.

[ijea4444]

LOL at S.Suikun and Juputoru's posts

It was nice seeing Piplup strain and suffer for a change instead f Dawn holding it and cuddling it like she always does. The little penguin brat needs to be reminded occasionally it can't do everything. Only Happiny can do that.

Mukuhawk gets another 30 seconds of screentime to look for the Pokemon and save them from Team Rocket again.

Looker was kinda...odd. He just goes off to do his detective work and returns with a Team Galactic sticker left in a plastic bag. Why would they be carrying around stickers wrapped in plastic?

I didn't think this episode was that bad, it was actually nice seeing The Tree getting some screentime and learning a new move, but it wasn't a great episode.

I think you are just so angry at the episode that you aren't making sense, of course they aren't walking around with stickers wrapped in plastic. He is supposed to be like a crime scene investigator so he apparently has the plastic bag so that he can get crime scene evidence without getting his dna/fingerprints on it ( I know this is pokemon but they wan't to make him look like a real detective)

And who said it was a sticker? That was just an easy way to portray what it was, but handsom never said it was an actual sticker. Its their emblem they have it on their equipment, for all we know its a metal insignia that fell off a gun.


I know its something stupid to rant about but, somepeople are so distracted when they post that they don't even know what they are writing.

[starliteevee]

I think you are just so angry at the episode that you aren't making sense, of course they aren't walking around with stickers wrapped in plastic. He is supposed to be like a crime scene investigator so he apparently has the plastic bag so that he can get crime scene evidence without getting his dna/fingerprints on it ( I know this is pokemon but they wan't to make him look like a real detective)

And who said it was a sticker? That was just an easy way to portray what it was, but handsom never said it was an actual sticker. Its their emblem they have it on their equipment, for all we know its a metal insignia that fell off a gun.

That's true, I didn't think they would have guns or stuff like that though. It does make sense, I suppose, I just hadn't thought Pokemon would have anything like guns again, not after the Dratini episode. But yeah, it could be on other equipment.

I know its something stupid to rant about but, somepeople are so distracted when they post that they don't even know what they are writing.

My apologies. I should have realized that, I just couldn't truly think of what else it could be. I'm sorry for going on a rant like that, I get crazy after I watch the episodes. It wasn't really a bad episode, but with Looker there I just thought there might be a bit more revealed about Team Galactic instead of having the Pokemon get lost and such. I'm sorry about my rants, I truly am.

[STICKTOPIA]

Yay looker!

[A_Merry_Snowrunt]

Just a heads up; the episode airs tomorrow at 9:30 rather than 9:00 in the morning. I'm hoping Looker sounds the way I want him too, he's too handsome to have such a bad voice.

http://www.pokemon.com/#news_/XML/news_414.xml

[STICKTOPIA]

Just a heads up; the episode airs tomorrow at 9:30 rather than 9:00 in the morning. I'm hoping Looker sounds the way I want him too, he's too handsome to have such a bad voice.

http://www.pokemon.com/#news_/XML/news_414.xml

thx for the heads up!

[A_Merry_Snowrunt]

thx for the heads up!

Actually forget what I said, it could have been a slip up. Direct TV says its on at 9:00, not 9:30....but...which is which I wonder? Hmmm.....I'll stay up to date if I watch it early tomorrow morning. It could be an error on PUSA's part.

[the1stpkmnfan]

Today was quite good episode. I was excited to see Looker appear in the dub anime and his VA is pretty nice.

I thought the ending at the end, I mean the ending at the WAY end, was pretty interesting. Leading up to the Galactic Arc and that one episode before that.

Cant wait for the epic 6-6 battle next week!

[Dattebayo]

Jason Griffith's voice didn't suit Looker that much, which kinda annoyed me throughout the whole episode. Ampharos was good in this episode, too bad it's a NU Pokemon. I've noticed that Piplup is being true its Pokedex entry about how they have pride. Let the battle against Paul begin, next week.

[GalladeRocks]

Ha ha, Looker rocks! He wasn't quite as funny as he is in the games, but he's still pretty awesome.

[Torpoleon]

Great episode! Looker's voice made him seem younger. I liked how Sudowoodo learned a new move. It would have been great if Team Galactic had SLIGHTLY more involvement, but this was good.

8.5/10

Looker's voice actor was not that great. The episode was pretty good, but not the best.

[ryodragonite]

Well I kind of liked this episode and it wasnt the best but it was better than I thought. Piplup is fuuny in this episode when happiny moved the boulder and his face was like!!!!.