Shocks & Bonds! (405)

[Jeff Zero]

I saw this episode again yesterday, as YTV reaired it at Pokemon's new timeslot. I heard Morrison say it, but to be honest I had no problem hearing it as "Clark". Morrison's voice can be a bit grating.

One thing I found kinda dumb is one of Ash's group says Ash picked a perfect team (Grovlye and Glailie) against Clark even though he was using fire-type Pokemon, and both of Ash's Pokemon were weak against fire-types (Grovyle being a Grass-type, and Glailie being an Ice-type). Considering right after that another character mentioned the type disadvantage they may have been simply referring to those two being the two strongest Pokemon in Ash's lineup, which I can believe.

[Bliksem]

I hated this episode, but I'll admit a bias. Seeing as Quilava is my absolute favorite Pokemon, seeing it completely owned makes me very angry. Why couldn't it have been a Magmar? I mean, who cares about Magmar? Not my poor Quilava TT_TT

Katie plays the Clarinet. She is full of own and win.

[Jeff Zero]

Remember though, anything written about "Katie" in Brock's book may be made up for the dub-playing the clarinet, enjoying spaghetti with tomato-berries (I especially wonder about this one, considering the anime portrays tomato berries as too spicy for humans to eat). Of course, those who have seen the subbed version can chime in if they know the answer.

I thought her having the nickname "CoolBeauty" was kinda neat. I want to assume that's a referance to the "Cooltrainer" and "Beauty" class of trainer in the games, but that might be giving the dub too much credit considering they had to rename the Team Magma and Aqua members later on when they realized they were in the games with differant names than what they gave them.

[Battra]

A very good episode I am really enjoying the battles in this one. Katie is definitely a good match up for Ash she's managed to shut down his confidence in winning and now is forcing him to think about what he's going to do next. I got a laugh out of what Brock had written in his little book about Katie, that's Brock for ya always concentrating on the girls.

[Psycho Power J]

Remember though, anything written about "Katie" in Brock's book may be made up for the dub-playing the clarinet, enjoying spaghetti with tomato-berries (I especially wonder about this one, considering the anime portrays tomato berries as too spicy for humans to eat). Of course, those who have seen the subbed version can chime in if they know the answer

Only dialogue change was with May's:

http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/compar...uen/ep129.html

This is definitely one of the better episodes I've seen. It's just like how someone would battle against an actual person in the game.

[Igottapoo]

Great episode. I say that mainly because Quilava was in it xD But of course Ash had to beat it.

[(s.i.e)]

glalie is and will remain the most bizarre pokemon for me, i never understanded that thing. it was a good episode nontheless.

[Littlemyuu]

Nice episode...Quilava was strong ^_^
but i just dont like Glalie =p

[Surfer_Dude]

Glalie is kinda...weird...
Anywho, I liked Quilava and Charizard! If only there was a Typhlosion...

[Ash-kid]

Great battle.
I loved the battle Glalie-Charizard, it was great to see Ash's tactic vs the fire pokemon.
And i loved to see Quilava fighting, it was cool.

[Ciccone]

It wasn't my favorite League episode.

Quilava again? It seems to be in every Pokemon League. I did enjoy Charizard mainly because it was Ash's Charizard.

Basically it was decent, 5/10

[Shneak]

Fitting title for a very good episode. Who did Ash fight first? Was it Marth, Mark or Clark? All the voices that said his name blend it together. Ash vs. Katie got off to a great start, with Ash getting destroyed.

9/10.

[Willow's Tara]

Pretty good episode I say, Glalie was pretty good in this battle against Charizard. I would have liked to see Typlosion and Charizard instead though.

Katie is a pretty good match up and could have won, I can't blame Brock for cheering her lol

[Chill92]

Can someone explain to me why Katie didn't switch Dugtrio when Ash choose Glalie? I mean she had used that whole strategy of switching earlier (switching Venomoth to Golduck to counter Torkoal)

[G50]

This episode was good. It was odd to see Ash using Glalie and Grovyle against Quilava and Charizard. It was cool when Glailie used the Ice Pillars it created to gain speed and launch a very powerful Headbutt attack to knockout Charizard. Ash's use of Pikachu vs Dugtrio wasn't very well thought out, especially using Thunderbolt on it. Ash wasn't thinking when leaving Torkoal and Pikachu in against Golduck and Dugtrio.

79/100

[Vern]

I actually liked the tag battle in this episode. Sure, I didn't pay attention that Ash overcame a huge type disadvantage but that's pretty standard for the anime.