Casting a Paul on Barry (652)

[WaterDragon trainer]

This episode was good. It was interesting to see a cool variety of pokemon (Skarmory, Hitmonlee, and Electivire). Also kinda cool to see Spikes done. Both pokemon were quite strong. It was awesome to finally see Torrent. Now for Overgrow. I was a little surprised that Paul complimented Barry on the battle.

[darksteel460]

I thought this episode was awesome, paul as always was a beast and barry is pretty awesome too. I wasn't expecting a close close battle or anything like both down to their last but I wouldve appreciated barry knocking out one of pauls guys that's what I was expecting but o well the battle was good

[Shneak]

Not a bad episode. Barry got annihilated in the battle, but it had to be done to make Paul look unbeatable. Ursaring totally should of fainted though.

It looks like Takuto got a name. Tobias. It kind of fits.

8/10.

[Linkdarkside]

yeah the episode was great,that Skarmory fainted too fast,i agree that Hitmonlee should have fainted Ursaring.

Empolean defeat was sad

the best battle over all was Ursaring vs Hitmonlee.

[yeminied]

I enjoyed the episode very much. My favourite part had to be when Dawn impersonated Paul. Man was that funny. She was spot on with what he would say and how he would do it.

Other than that I suppose the battle was, overall, somewhat of an improvement from last episode. Although, it would be hard to be any worse.

It's good to see Takuto has a decent name. Tobias doesn't seem to bad but it reminds me of that guy from Arrested Development. I'm not going to be go all fan rage on the name because I have been using Takuto for a few months now.

Team Rocket were a gem this episode. I have learnt to enjoy what we have of them because in a matter of weeks they will be replaced with robots. It will be sad to see them go because they really are a great addition to the main cast.

[Articuno_rocks]

Um, somebody explain this to me... HOW did Barry's Empoleon get disqualified? It was still standing, and its eyes were still open!

[randomspot555]

Perhaps I'm a little confused here, but I didn't know trainers were able to look up trainers' data in the conference leagues. I could see the point though, in order for trainers to come up with a strategy, which has been happening each battle really.

They've been doing it since Kanto. Ash's computer even crashed because it got infected with some virus from Gary.

Um, somebody explain this to me... HOW did Barry's Empoleon get disqualified? It was still standing, and its eyes were still open!

He had fallen down by the time Barry had gotten to his side.

[Jorah]

I really liked this episode since Barry got beat pretty handily. I think that Tobias is a pretty good name and I wasn't really expecting a ____son to continue here. I'm glad that we got to see a Fighting-type Pokémon battle since that's a type that really doesn't battle too often in the animé.

[Lance The Champ]

Paul just crushed Barry with 3-0 victory but there was Barry thinking he had given Paul a close match.....The real close match will surely be between Ash and Paul

[Brumrha]

I'm guessing that, whether Ash or Paul winds up facing Darkrai, they'll be defeated. Because, I mean, if you can beat the guy's Darkrai, it's probably all downhill from there.

If we're talking about it going downhill for Tobias, or whoever the hell he is, I'm inclined to agree, as the rest of the team has damn near zero combat experience. The only way that theory can end up being void is "if" his team consists entirely of legendaries.

- Seriously...Why won't the bear go down already?!

The answer for that is really simple: Paul's Ursaring is like an Alpha Grizzly Bear infected with Rabies. That, & the fact that nobody aims for the %^&#ing head/face like a smart person should do...

...But enough of that!

- What?! Round two is already over?!! Damn, these writers are hitting that fast-forward button on us!
- Afterward, we get a glimpse of who's fighting against who; Paul is fighting Barry, & Ash fights against Conway.
- Back outside the War-zone TR are having trouble selling their inventory. That's when James gets a brain-wave: Model merchandise as the Pokémon that fought in the previous war. They get to sending the order to TR HQ.
- Now, we get to the next event, Paul VS Barry!
- Magmortar VS Skarmory. FIGHT!!
- Skarmory laid out a bed of Spikes at Paul's side of the war-zone, but unfortunately, that's all it did before getting instagibbed by Magmortar's Flamethrower...
- Barry sends out Empoleon, which lands an impressive hit with Hydro Cannon on Magmortar. It also provokes a switch from Magmortar to his Ursaring.
- Ursaring flings a Focus Blast straight towards Empoleon, but it wound up getting sent back to him hard.
- Barry switches out, & then...
- Ursaring VS Hitmonlee. FIGHT!!
- This fight ends up being a straight out brawl, with hitmonlee landing some solid hits on Ursaring. Of course, Ursaring isn't taking these things lightly...
- Another Blaze Kick, & Ursaring gets burned. Big mistake, as that activates Guts Man on Ursaring. That gives it the power to maul Hitmonlee to death... literally...!
- Barry's Empoleon is forced back in, & right away, Paul switches with Electivire. Looks like those spikes aren't stopping him from doing the switcheroo.
- Electivire gets going with the killing, meeting some resistance with Empoleon. It attempts to beat it down with, what else? A Giga Impact!
- After some more punishment, Empoleon's Torrent ability activates! Off goes his Hydro Cannon...
- ...But it's stopped by Electivire's Coward's Shield! Now you know why I've labeled Protect as the Coward's Shield.
- Electivire Shocks Empoleon to death with one last Thunder, & Barry suffer a humiliation.
- Surprisingly, Paul thought that it was a great fight, & gives Barry his compliments.
- After this fight, TR's inventory gets cleaned out once more by the mobs of customers, as if I need to know that.

Well, in this fight, Paul was the pimp, & Barry was his @$%#^!! Paul raped him & Barry just screamed like a little girl. It was that bad. Talk about a one-sided fight...

[Tyranitar Rules]

So Barry used Skarmory as his first Pokemon while Paul used Magmortar.
Then Paul used Ursaring which got hurt by Skarmory's spike while Barry was using Empoleon.
Barry switched for Hitmonlee.

Barry's Electivire has learned Giga Impact.

Empoleon seems to have got really hurt by Electivire's Thunder.
Paul wins.
Barry is impressed by Paul's battling skiils and gives him a thumps up.
Conway tells that Ash's next match is against him.

Barry's Electivire?
Isnt it Pauls? O.o

[Articuno_rocks]

He had fallen down by the time Barry had gotten to his side.

Oh oops, I didn't see it.

[BigDaddy D]

I really loved how paul admitted that it was a good battle.

[Rebeccag]

Poor barry but I could see it coming really doesnt stop Barry worshipping him hehe. And glad to see hes still sticking around to cheer for Ash. I like Tobias name for Takuto it kinda suits him in a strange way. I like the way they can look up data on the computers it shows they dont just go in one sided they have to think of a stratedy. And good to see that Pauls Electrabuzz evolved as well. Good episode. Oh and loved how Team Rocket were good buisnesspeople as well they should so go into that

[Callum Bailey 4 life]

It was kind of lame really.

3-0 Win by Paul. Hitmonlee should have made Ursaring faint, Empoleon was fail. It didn't even do anything, and Paul just messed around with Barry. Barry thought he gave Paul a good match, while Paul agreed!

Overall, it was a horrible battle. I am looking forward to Ash vs Paul the most, that will be a good battle.

[zerowing]

I really liked this episode.

[Lance The Champ]

It was kind of lame really.

3-0 Win by Paul. Hitmonlee should have made Ursaring faint, Empoleon was fail. It didn't even do anything, and Paul just messed around with Barry. Barry thought he gave Paul a good match, while Paul agreed!

Overall, it was a horrible battle. I am looking forward to Ash vs Paul the most, that will be a good battle.

You are right.... Paul did play around Barry and it wasn't a close match as Barry thought.... but I think Paul agreed just to end the talk or something

[firestar319]

Overall it was an impressive battle. The best part definitely had to be Ursaring vs Hitmonlee. Still can't figure out why they wouldn't let the bear drop. Ursaring probably started taking some of Infernape's steroids >=D

I was actually surprised at how Paul actually said it was a good battle. Go Barry!

And of course, this epsiode truly proves how creepy Conway really is. Seriously he popped out of nowhere like 10 times the entire episode. Dawn has a special creeper....

Overall 8/10

Factoring in Conway's creepiness 9.5/10

[Torpoleon]

I can't believe I forgot to comment on this battle. Well, I did like the battle. It does suck that Barry didn't even beat one of Paul's Pokémon, but if Empoleon's Hydro Cannon hit Electivire, that would have dealt a lot of damage. Hitmonlee did seem close to beat Ursaring as well. Hitmonlee VS Ursaring & Empoleon VS Electivire were my favorite parts of the battle. Barry having Skarmory & Hitmonlee instead off Rapidash & Snorlax was quite the surprise.
10/10

[Typhlosion Trainer]

I liked this episode. I liked Barry's team because he used Hitmonlee and Skarmory.