The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore! (634)

[dman_dustin]

I love how Dawn pulls out the pokedex. She has only seen Paul's Torterra HOW many times?

Just to point out a few things:

1. Ash scanned Paul's Torterra
2. Multiple dex info
3. This is a new Torterra since Paul's Torterra, it kind of needs to be scanned by another Pokedex.

[Dax]

I don't understand the complains about Leaf Storm. It's a major step up from Razor Leaf. If you think about it, an strategy consisting of eating Energy Ball to power up and then launching Learn Storm seems powerful.

I got scared when Flint fell. He should have died there. No man can resist such a hard fall and his afro got wet. Now whut is he gunna do?~

Team Rocket's plan seems to be competent. I like when they show they can have brilliant plans even if at the end they'll be a waste.

Wow... Brock is really weak.... until Nurse Joy stimulates his adrenaline. O_O

Gible eating the tower, isn't that shocking? He did a powerful Rock Smash. That little guy has some strength hidden somewhere.

I'm really glad Ash got Torterra but it was so random how Grotle evolved. There wasn't even a real purpose... it just did all of a sudden.

Gym battle is postponed. Maybe now people will stop saying the writers are trying to rush Sinnoh. They obviously have time if they are going to put some episodes in between this arc.

The episode was really bland. I actually had to fast forward some parts.I just couldn't handle it. It was a shame since the last two episodes were great.

[BirdStaraptor]

this is the worst evolution moment in this region!!
why didn't they put the gym battle next week instead of the next stupid episode?

[Darkness Angel]

To bad the gym battle isn;t happening before the grand festival.

[Thriller]

Did Grotle evolve during a TR attack?

[Dax]

Did Grotle evolve during a TR attack?

It got out of the pokeball tackled Seviper and Carnivine and started to evolve. It was so exciting~ ...>_>

[Umbilical Noose]

I don't understand the complains about Leaf Storm. It's a major step up from Razor Leaf. If you think about it, an strategy consisting of eating Energy Ball to power up and then launching Learn Storm seems powerful.

Actually many of us were wanting a physical move for Torterra. Even when Leaf storm is powerful(same power as Draco Meteor and Overheat) still it is special and it has already been used by Paul's Torterra. If Paul's Torterra has forgotten this move then Ash's one looks like a new baby compared to Paul's one.

Gible eating the tower, isn't that shocking? He did a powerful Rock Smash. That little guy has some strength hidden somewhere.

Every Pokemon is powerful. It is trainer's job to bring out the inner strength and Ash has been telling the same thing to Paul since the start of DP.

Did Grotle evolve during a TR attack?

Yes, Grotle evolved against TR and its evolution was not that epic. Compared to Monferno's evolution it was ****.

Now Torterra has the most powerful move on Ash's team till Gible masters Draco Meteor or Infernape learns Blast Burn.

[Dax]

I was being sarcastic... we've seen Gible eat TR's mecha since it was introduced. .__.

[Platinum fan.]

Great to see Ash get Torterra even if it was kind of a lame way to evolve against Carnivine and Seviper, how challenging. Never the less it was great to see Ash get A Torterra. He's got three fully evolved Pokemon. To bad there's not going to be a gym battle soon. Also it's okay to use your Pokedex on a Pokemon that you've seen before if your friend is the one who used it. Ash and Dawn using Pokedex's on the same Pokemon is legal.

[Sayho1234]

To be honest I'm kinda glad that the 8th gym battle is taking place after the Grand Festival because it helps DP live up to it's reputation as the most unpredictable saga of the anime ever!

DP being unpredictable also makes the writers look really good, and shows that contrary to popular belief the writers actually KNOW what they're doing. Oh, how I love how the writers have been totally pwning those arrogant know-it-all fans who think that they know how the series is going to turn out, only to get owned every step of the way by the writers with their unpredictable changes that drift away from the traditional, standard, formula to a typical episode/saga; this episode included.

[deathseer]

Man. That episode had everything.New Pokemon, new moves. Torterra evolving was pretty epic, I don't care what anyone says. The music playing just made it work. Plus Leaf Storm is an added bonus. Any other move would just look plain stupid. They aren't gonna make Ash's Pokemon learn a move just so it can get past Light Screen. They would rather show Ash's Pokemon get past it with a team effort. Same as his battle with Flannery with Reflect. They can't keep hiding behind their defenses for long.

Looks like Dawn is headed off to the Grand Festival, meaning Togekiss's capture is in the near future. Meanwhile, Ash has a ton of time left for both his Gym battle and the League. He gets to do a lot of training now.

[Serebii]

Got pics up. Sorry it took so long (Wow, 6 hours after airing is now taking too long. Love it)

[Serebii]

Got pics up. Sorry it took so long (Wow, 6 hours after airing is now taking too long. Love it)

[Kazuki Mirai]

So Ash's Grotle evolved and the gym battle is postponed. Good to know that they aren't rushing this like with Hoenn.

[jolteonjak]

Nice. You shouldn't need to apologize. People just need to be patient, and this is coming from someone who is pretty impatient normally.

[Rizardon]

Heh, that evolution was so random.

Ash: Grotle, use Razor Leaf!
Grotle: RAAAAAAAAH *evolves*
Ash: Eh...okay, evolving is fine too.

And after that, it's like he didnt care about his Grotle being a Torterra now much. It reminds me of Ash dumping Gliscor and not giving a rat's *** about it. xP

[MidnightMelody]

So we have

1.Beach School

2.Shaymin

3.Heatran Ranger

If we go straight to the

GF how will Dawn ever catch her little Togekiss?

[S.Suikun]

Folks, just because Joe double-posts doesn't mean it's okay for the rest of you to do it.

I like this little bonding thing they have going on with Ash and Volkner, from the Pikachu parallels to the whole adventure they have in this episode. Could Volkner be Ash's father? Hahahahaha NO I'M KIDDING DOOFUSES. But it's still nice for Ash to have an adult character that he can identify with.

Heh, that evolution was so random.

Ash: Grotle, use Razor Leaf!
Grotle: RAAAAAAAAH *evolves*
Ash: Eh...okay, evolving is fine too.

And after that, it's like he didnt care about his Grotle being a Torterra now much. It reminds me of Ash dumping Gliscor and not giving a rat's *** about it. xP

Granted, the guy has seen so many doggone evolutions in his life that the novelty is bound to wear off eventually. Not to mention that he was in the middle of a dire crisis when the evolution happened.

So we have

1.Beach School

2.Shaymin

3.Heatran Ranger

If we go straight to the

GF how will Dawn ever catch her little Togekiss?

Please discuss this episode exclusively. You can discuss future episodes in the spoilers forum.

[uber gon]

Would have been nice to see Torterra use Wood Hammer. He could have tackled TR away.

[zeno48]

Sorry if i'm in the minority but i disliked grotle's evolotion and i really don't understand why volkner didn't give Ash the badge if he saved his tower. I don't get why we have to come back and do this again but i guess if we see more of volkner and flint then it's alright.