A Real Rival Rouser! (655)

[RuinsofPoli]

Gliscor facing Drapion... Seems to have mastered Giga Impact. Direct hit on Drapion. Awesome music ensues.

[Pepsi_Plunge]

And that picture was indeed the end of the episode, bah it was a nice episode but im bummed Torterra didnt win.

Gliscor is probably gonna tie, Drapion is oficially the league monster if we ignore Darkrai.

[An00bis]

Wow. I'm up for once? Cool.

- At this point I'm not really surprised to see Buizel suffering.
- Ah. I guess you can say he gave Drapion the slip.
- Or not. Pop goes the weasel.
- Next up is Staraptor. Let's se -
- - oh. That's unfortunate. Staraptor was just a victim.
- Next. Torterra.
- Drapion isn't even breaking a sweat at this point. Seriously.
- ... and down goes Torterra. This is just painful to watch.
- I imagine at this point Paul tells Ash to give up, but he doesn't.
- Instead he sends out Gliscor.
- Paul switches to Ninjask.
- Surprise. It's fast.
- I think Gliscor used Stone Edge. Too choppy to tell.
- BREAK. Gliscor is falling.
- It gets poisoned when it hits the ground, and is recalled.
- Ash sends out Infernape who is promptly poisoned.
- Infernape digs a hole. Why? Who knows.
- Oh. That's why. It's burning away the Toxic Spikes.
- Finally annoyed by that incessant buzzing Infernape slaps the fly and KOs it.
- Infernape is recalled for Pikachu. Paul sends out Frosslass.
- Looks like Frosslass used Hail and has Snow Cloak as its Ability.
- Snow Cloak makes a direct hit with Volt Tackle a miss.
- Pikachu doesn't miss this time. Hail ends.
- After getting frozen we see probably the only instance where being frozen could possibly be helpful.
- Pikachu KOs Frosslass. I don't remember the last time Pikachu got recoil damage from Volt Tackle.
- Drapion returns to the battle. Ash recalls Pikachu for Gliscor.
- It doesn't look like Gliscor's having problems with Giga Impact. At all.
- Then as the battle gets exciting the episode ends.

[dawn hater]

So it was Ash vs Gary once again. The powerhouse gets three wins and also goes on to beat the last Pokemon Pokemon standing.

[Locormus]

Gliscor vs. Drapion:

Some Stone Edge here, some Cross Poison there, Somehow it started smoking, and then there was Gliscor performing Giga Impact and Paul didn't see it coming. Drapion got hurt bad, then some more Pin Missile and Gliscor is lunging in with X-scissor. End.

I really don't know what they were thinking with this episode.

Gliscor vs. Drapion, okay, but why Torterra? Just why? Synthesis and then getting knocked out straight afterwards? What was the point of using Synthesis then? Just for the sake of showing four moves???

Pikachu: Volt Tackle, Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Iron Tail
Infernape: Flare Blitz, Mach Punch, Dig
Staraptor: Aerial Ace, Quick Attack, Close Combat
Buizel: Aqua Jet, Ice Punch, Sonic Boom, Water Gun
Torterra: Leaf Storm, Energy Ball, Synthesis, Rock Climb
Gliscor: X-Scissor, Stone Edge, Fire Fang, Giga Impact

Sheesh, the least they could've done was showing Staraptor's Brave Bird one more time and every pokemon would've had their four moves used. With the possibility of Infernape still using Flame Wheel or Flamethrower against Electivire.

[Ash-kid]

Ash was wrong by sending out Torterra vs Drapion. Poor Torterra, it lost all its battles.

[dawn hater]

Maybe this proves that Ash hasn't perfected that defensive strategy. So this continue to Isshu where Ash might get one more tankish Pokemon like Pokabu evolution\Gigaiasu and successfully use this method.

[Locormus]

Ash was wrong by sending out Torterra vs Drapion. Poor Torterra, it lost all its battles.

Agreed... the only thing it won as a Grotle was versus Candice's Sneasel too.. I guess that evolution really did kill poor Turtwig. The plot points it had were hastely brushed from the table.

Seriously, defence training? Didn't see anything like that. Heck, synthesis should've meant that it could last a bit longer then it did, but it did absolutely nothing besides wasting a turn of Ash. Then we had the Energy Ball swallowing stuff? Momentary plot to get Mamoswine to be an umphed up contestbeast.

What we had left was just a big log that gets KO'd with it's own techniques used against it. Seriously people! Rock Climb backfired thee times on it for Pete's sake!

Vs. Bertha, Hippowdon ran down ramming its Iron Head straight into Torterra
Vs. Volkner, Torterra ran straight into Electivire's Ice Punch
Vs. Paul, ran straight into Drapion's clutches.

[Bubblewrap]

Copy/paste... oh well.


- Episode starts with the score board and a flashback between Pikachu/Aggron/Drapion/Buizel/Gastrodon/Staraptor etc. etc.
- Opening song
- Buizel is trapped by Drapion, inflates its ring to escape from the evil clutches of claws and uses watergun.
- A strange James head shot into field.
- Drapion uses some kind of poison attack which poisons Buizel... a pin missle type attack... and, it faints!
- Ash recalls Buizel and sends out Staraptor.
- A shot of Reggie looking ever so evil.
- Drapion seems to send out many white missles, and Staraptor flies above Drapion and uses arial ace. Drapion uses cross poison (unless this was the previous attack, I just heard Paul shout it).
- Drapion grabs Staraptor and throws it away. Staraptor is out!
- Torterra is sent out, and it's poisoned pretty quickly. Torterra uses Rock Climb.
- Drapion seems to catch torterra (what). They clash with leaf storm and whatever Drapion's white move is. Torterra synthesises.. but drapion throws needles or long arms at torterra and torterra is out. (This pretty much confirms gliscor two wins... poor Torterra, never getting redemption..)
- Paul returns Drapion. Ash only has three pokemon left, Paul 4.
- Ash sends out his final pokemon, Gliscor! Paul sends out his Ninjask. This bugger is quick and circles Gliscor to confuse. Gliscor uses stone edge at Ninjask. Either Ninjask is too fast (impossible!) or has high defense and doesn't really get hurt. Ninjask creeps up behind Gliscor but Gliscor uses Fire Fang and a large smile on its face.
- Brock eyecatch, lol.
- Gliscor dives to the floor, and Ash recalls Gliscor because it's poisoned or something.
- Infernape is sent out (OK, if Infernape gets three wins, I will not be happy!)
- Infernape has a deathly scream and does some kind of firey move (flame wheel? I couldn't see).
- TR are cheering and Reggie is off his seat.
- Ninjask turns into green plasma and circles Infernape giving it a halo.
- Infernape is overcome by green plasma and kills Ninjask with Mach Punch. (I knew it! 3 wins.. from the fact Gliscor isn't getting two now.)
- Infernape returns.
- Froslass is sent out. Pikachu jumps in, charged up.
- Froslass sounds very ghostly and lets out a haze that covers the field. Pikachu is very confused.
- Ah, it's Hail (should have known..) and Pikachu is battered about by the hail.
- Froslass throws a ball of energy at Pikachu.
- Pika pika pika pika pika pika! Volt tackle at Froslass.
- Froslass seems to counter headbutt and Pikachu uses Iron tail which kills Froslass... wait, what? I thought Pikachu got frozen.
- Alright, apparently Froslass didn't faint. My silly computer! Well, whatever happened just then Froslas fainted anyway.
- So Ash has Infernape, Gliscor & Pikachu left. Paul has Drapion and a secret pokemon (we know who it is).
- Drapion and Gliscor are sent out.
- I actually missed this bit, but something collides in the sky and Gliscor uses Giga Impact.
- Gliscor is sent somersaulting in the sky, but this is all a plan, apparently, as Ash seems happy.
- Either Giga Impact or some fire move hits Drapion right on the back.
- Wait, what? It's over? The pastelly shot with Gliscor/Drapion marks the end of the episode today! Huh.
- This ending song is very sad, still. To think we only have... 4 episodes left!


Good episode, whilst I couldn't see it very well. Shame Staraptor (awesome pokemon) and Torterra who deserves redemption were the fall guys here.

[Pepsi_Plunge]

Agreed... the only thing it won as a Grotle was versus Candice's Sneasel too.. I guess that evolution really did kill poor Turtwig. The plot points it had were hastely brushed from the table.

Seriously, defence training? Didn't see anything like that. Heck, synthesis should've meant that it could last a bit longer then it did, but it did absolutely nothing besides wasting a turn of Ash. Then we had the Energy Ball swallowing stuff? Momentary plot to get Mamoswine to be an umphed up contestbeast.

What we had left was just a big log that gets KO'd with it's own techniques used against it. Seriously people! Rock Climb backfired twice on it!

Locurmus seriously i though you werent on the bandwagon(since you are one of the few person who can still have a good racional opinion on the forum), its not about the evolution, like i said this is the 3 time, they just dont care we notice this things but writers dont they dont ****ing remember what they did 30 episodes ago or wtv and that is just sad but its not justification, they wanted to make Drapion a beast and didnt even remember Torterra needed a win thats just it, no really space for specualtion since there not much to speculate when thing are obvious, they dont give two shits about the fans and the consistency of the show.

[Gaiash]

Now I'm hoping Torterra will be the Sinnoh Pokemon for Ash's battle with Darkrai's trainer.

[KingMinun]

So did Torterra actually win a fight against Paul at all?
The episode after Ash caught Turtwig, it fought him and lost, the episode it evolved, it lost, the full battle, it lost. And the league battle it lost. Every other pokemon (except Gliscor but might win against Drapion) has knocked out one of Paul's pokemon.

Now I'm hoping Torterra will be the Sinnoh Pokemon for Ash's battle with Darkrai's trainer.

But then it would probably have one extremely rushed battle which by the looks of it, will get wiped out easily. Besides there are more pokemon that haven't been used yet.

[Pepsi_Plunge]

Now I'm hoping Torterra will be the Sinnoh Pokemon for Ash's battle with Darkrai's trainer.

And get destroyed? i hope he comes back in Ishhu league and has some awesome performances if the writers pay attention to time and arent obliged to rush things i think there nothing left to do now.

[Locormus]

Locormus seriously i though you werent on the bandwagon(since you are one of the few person who can still have a good racional opinion on the forum), its not about the evolution, like i said this is the 3 time, they just dont care we notice this things but writers dont they dont ****ing remember what they did 30 episodes ago or wtv and that is just sad but its not justification, they wanted to make Drapion a beast and didnt even remember Torterra needed a win thats just it, no really space for specualtion since there not much to speculate when thing are obvious, they dont give two shits about the fans and the consistency of the show.

Well, I don't necessarily mind the evolution part, but yeah, just talking about it's trackrecord it has been crud ever since it evolved from Turtwig.

When it was fighting I was literally screaming at the computerscreen for it not to go down at that moment and when it used Synthesis I was a bit rest assured, but then it got that knock out and I thought 'not again'... So it's more that it just didn't get a victory then the evolution having a part to do with it. It's just that this losing streak is worse then the one people were critizing Buizel for, not considering Bertha or Palmer, since they are just too strong... I guess..

Eitherway I'm far more upset that the plotpoints it had weren't even addressed in its last battle. Probably due to being overshadowed by Gliscors return and Infernape being there. That 'Evolution did kill Turtwig' was just a spur of the moment thing..

[JD]

Did Pikachu really need that win over Torterra or Gliscor? Man this episode didn't impress me at all first of all Ash shouldn't of used Synthesis that's what made Torterra lose he should've recalled it. Second of all Pikachu didn't need that win over Froslass It already got a win at the Sunyshore gym when Torterra didn't. Third of all Infernape taking out Ninjask don't even get me started on that one the writers really must like Infernape and Pikachu but this episode wasn't good at all to me. 3/10

[Pepsi_Plunge]

Well, I don't necessarily mind the evolution part, but yeah, just talking about it's trackrecord it has been crud ever since it evolved from Turtwig.

When it was fighting I was literally screaming at the computerscreen for it not to go down at that moment and when it used Synthesis I was a bit rest assured, but then it got that knock out and I thought 'not again'... So it's more that it just didn't get a victory then the evolution having a part to do with it. It's just that this losing streak is worse then the one people were critizing Buizel for, not considering Bertha or Palmer, since they are just too strong... I guess..

Eitherway I'm far more upset that the plotpoints it had weren't even addressed in its last battle. Probably due to being overshadowed by Gliscors return and Infernape being there. That 'Evolution did kill Turtwig' was just a spur of the moment thing..

Lol yeah the Synthesis part i though good hes gonna heal and Ash will recalled it then Pin Missiles ko and i was OH SHIFT, i kind laughed at myself while being annoyed at what hapened.

[KingMinun]

I kept hoping Ash would recall Torterra, then saw him actually doing pretty well, and then Synthesis, I thought, YAY, he can last longer! BOOM, he's down for the count :O
Well I've calmed down a bit now.

[Locormus]

I kept hoping Ash would recall Torterra, then saw him actually doing pretty well, and then Synthesis, I thought, YAY, he can last longer! BOOM, he's down for the count :O
Well I've calmed down a bit now.

And there still is that hollow feeling inside you, am I right? Well, I feel that way.. I feel as if Torterra had so much potential but then just got passed up on in favour of Infernape. I don't see the reason why the writers made it take out Ninjask in particular. All it took in the end (from what I saw, dunno if Stone Edge hit) was that one Mach Punch. Couldn't there have been a more imaginable end to that battle then that?

[KingMinun]

And there still is that hollow feeling inside you, am I right? Well, I feel that way.. I feel as if Torterra had so much potential but then just got passed up on in favour of Infernape. I don't see the reason why the writers made it take out Ninjask in particular. All it took in the end (from what I saw, dunno if Stone Edge hit) was that one Mach Punch. Couldn't there have been a more imaginable end to that battle then that?

Yes you are. Back as a Turtwig, it was amazing, its win against Rampardos was great. It had losts of wins back then, thanks to its speed. Then it evolved, got slower and began losing. But had a new strategy, its defense. And its Swallowing Energy Ball tatic. And they made out Rock Climb would be useful. But in the 2 full battles against Paul, they failed on him, and against Volkner and Bertha too. And in both battles it never got the chance to use its Energy Ball tatic and so much for its defense too. A few hits and its down, even after Healing itself!!!

[Cazak]

I predicted this battle to be like the one between ash and Gary, and seems that its still the case again. I really hope Gliscor takes out Drapion instead of a tie. If Drapion draws, it'll really get me mad.