NEW EP: Playing with Fire
Nathaniel Lind
Harrison's Pokémon are:
1: Kecleon
2: Sneasel
3: Hypno
4: Steelix
5: Houndoom
6: Baziken
Funny-Intersting-Unusual:
1: How Hypno sounded like it was losing! (NOOOOO!!)
2: Hypno's voice was different than the original. (like several other PKMN
throughout the series)
3: How when Harrison was using Kecleon, Delia was worried about getting a
good picture. (BTW: her camera looks simmilar to a Sony CyberShot)
Thoughts
This ep was pretty much all BATTLE!
Of course, TR HAD to make that short appearance!
If they hadn't have shown that TR part, they might have been able to squeeze
the battle into one ep.
Chad
"Nathaniel Lind" <nkl...@smig.net> wrote in message
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> Plot: Ash faces Harrison from Hoenn.
<snip>
> 2: Hypno's voice was different than the original. (like several other PKMN
> throughout the series)
Pokemon aren't supposed to have the same voice. ^^;;; Look at the
episode where they stumble upon numerous Pikachu in the forest. The only
one that sounded like Ikue Otani was Ash's Pikachu.
> 3: How when Harrison was using Kecleon, Delia was worried about getting a
> good picture. (BTW: her camera looks simmilar to a Sony CyberShot)
To me it looked a lot like the Pokedex from R/S.
> Thoughts
> This ep was pretty much all BATTLE!
> Of course, TR HAD to make that short appearance!
> If they hadn't have shown that TR part, they might have been able to
squeeze
> the battle into one ep.
I highly doubt that removing the Team Rocket appearance would let them
put the entire battle in one episode.
Jedah And Sonans
squeeze
> the battle into one ep.
>
>
It lasts half the next ep.
Mark Moore
No, they didn't.
> If they hadn't have shown that TR part, they might have been able to squeeze
> the battle into one ep.
No, but they could have had a BIT more battle.
Really, I'm sick of the "obligatory Team Rocket appearance". They
don't need to be in every damn episode.
If their only purpose in an episode is to have them doing something
that has absolutely no bearing on the main plot, then they shouldn't
appear.
Hell, if their only purpose in an episode is to "try to steal Pokemon
again this week", then they shouldn't appear.
Sometimes, they're defeated only a minute after they show up to
challenge Our Heroes. And they're ALWAYS defeated.
It seems that the Japanese writers don't know of any other way to fill
up an extra few minutes. Couldn't they have Satoshi - I dunno -
challenge someone to a battle for practice and to increase his
Pokemon's levels?
If they don't get rid of Team Rocket, they could at least get rid of
the incompetent jokers that we've seen constantly since episode 2 and
have new Team Rocket baddies every week.
I think the reason (mentioned a long time ago) that Jessie and James
are trying to steal Pikachu is because it's an unusually strong
Pikachu. If this is true, then can't they, um, y'know, just go
somewhere else and steal a Raichu from somebody?
Does anyone know why Jessie and James (I don't know their Japanese
names) are on every week? Do the Japanese viewers demand to see them
or something?
Mark
Joe Klemm
>names) are on every week? Do the Japanese viewers demand to see them
>or something?
My guess of why TR appears in every episode (except the first one) is because
they are supposed the Time Bokane-esque villains (a trio of bad guys who serve
as some sort of comic relief for the series).
Joe Klemm
Jose L. Solano
>challenge Our Heroes. And they're ALWAYS defeated.
>
>It seems that the Japanese writers don't know of any other way to fill
>up an extra few minutes.
I hope you realize that the show itself is rarely deviates from a set formula.
If you're going to complain about Team Rocket appearing, you should also
complain about Ash always meeting some new character lacking in depth who will
never appear beyond that given episode, or the fact that said character often
has a Pokemon that Ash has never seen before or if he has, exhibits some trait
that he's never seen in that Pokemon (i.e. it's a different color, it learns
some weird attack, it wears a hat, etc). You should also complain that Ash has
to whip out his Pokedex every time he sees a Pokemon, whether or not he's seen
it before, or that he spends most of his time traveling a non-descript forest
path "to the next gym town". Don't forget to complain about Pikachu always
finishing off the bad guys (be it Team Rocket or some new character) with a
Thunderbolt (or if Ash is in a different mood, Thunder), or that Pikachu
somehow manages to beat every damn Pokemon it meets, type advantage or not.
Really, of all the stupid crap on the show, you target the most tolerable.
Someone really needs to hit you with a paper fan.
Jose L. Solano
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Adrian Tymes
> This ep was pretty much all BATTLE!
Even though it can be interesting to see the unusual tactics - including
a demonstration of why Ash tends to ignore types. (The answer's not
just because the writers do - Dig hitting a flying pokemon?!?)
> Of course, TR HAD to make that short appearance!
Of course. And, depending on how the next eps come out, I can actually
see a possible point for TR's seemingly pointless appearance: building
up success to pay off their debt, so as to give them a different
recurring reason to be on Ash's trail when he goes to Hoenn.
Jedah And Sonans
"Mark Moore" <sailo...@naturecoast.net> wrote in message
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>
> Does anyone know why Jessie and James (I don't know their Japanese
> names)
Musashi (w/(Arbok), (Berolinga), Sonans, Habunake, Dokukeiru), Kojirou
(w/(Matadogars), (Koiking), (Utsubot), Sabonea) and Nyarth (w/koban)
>are on every week? Do the Japanese viewers demand to see them
> or something?
>
THEY'RE THE WHOLE F'N SHOW (n. Rob Van Dam)
Roketto Dan popularity knows no limits. Forget the Japanese viewer, _every_
viewer in the world demands TR be in every ep.
In fact, it goes further, Sonans is now obligatory in every episode. The
whole of AG, he's never been missing from an ep (though 45 was a close one).
Mark Moore
> Nathaniel Lind wrote:
> > Of course, TR HAD to make that short appearance!
>
> Of course. And, depending on how the next eps come out, I can actually
> see a possible point for TR's seemingly pointless appearance: building
> up success to pay off their debt, so as to give them a different
> recurring reason to be on Ash's trail when he goes to Hoenn.
I don't follow you. How is Team Rocket's debt their current recurring
reason to be on Ash's trail?
Mark
Jose L. Solano
>reason to be on Ash's trail?
>
>
>Mark
You need to shut up. I think I should warn you that I really dislike you.
Saber
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> Does anyone know why Jessie and James (I don't know their Japanese
> names) are on every week? Do the Japanese viewers demand to see them
> or something?
Welcome to 1999.
How can you hate Team Rocket? They're the best part of the show. Would
you enjoy the show more if every episode was 24 minutes of Ash acting
like a retard (i.e. normal)?
Also, nice email address, you fucking queer.
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Ashco occasionally stumble across places that can be looted. The
writers wanted a bit of variety from just stealing Pikachu every episode
- not that they don't still do that too, it's just not 100% of their
activities.
But, regardless, the point would be to retire Jessie's & James's debt
as a plot device, to coincide with the end of their Johto adventures.
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> I think I should warn you that I really dislike you.
>
OH NO YOUR LIFE WILL ENDE@#%$^
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Mark Moore
> You need to shut up. I think I should warn you that I really dislike you.
Have you ever considered writing a novel? You seem to be a master at
creating well-written, Pulitzer-winning dialogue.
Mark
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Mark Moore
> My guess of why TR appears in every episode (except the first one) is because
> they are supposed the Time Bokane-esque villains (a trio of bad guys who serve
> as some sort of comic relief for the series).
What's Time Bokane?
Mark Moore
> I hope you realize that the show itself is rarely deviates from a set formula.
I do realize that.
> If you're going to complain about Team Rocket appearing, you should also
> complain about Ash always meeting some new character lacking in depth who will
> never appear beyond that given episode, or the fact that said character often
> has a Pokemon that Ash has never seen before or if he has, exhibits some trait
> that he's never seen in that Pokemon (i.e. it's a different color, it learns
> some weird attack, it wears a hat, etc). You should also complain that Ash has
> to whip out his Pokedex every time he sees a Pokemon, whether or not he's seen
> it before, or that he spends most of his time traveling a non-descript forest
> path "to the next gym town". Don't forget to complain about Pikachu always
> finishing off the bad guys (be it Team Rocket or some new character) with a
> Thunderbolt (or if Ash is in a different mood, Thunder), or that Pikachu
> somehow manages to beat every damn Pokemon it meets, type advantage or not.
Valid points, all.
> Really, of all the stupid crap on the show, you target the most tolerable.
I wouldn't call Team Rocket the most tolerable of all of the stupid
crap on the show.
> Someone really needs to hit you with a paper fan.
That might be fun. I have a paper fan fetish.
Mark Moore
> Musashi (w/(Arbok), (Berolinga), Sonans, Habunake, Dokukeiru), Kojirou
> (w/(Matadogars), (Koiking), (Utsubot), Sabonea) and Nyarth (w/koban)
Okay, now, who's who in that list?
> THEY'RE THE WHOLE F'N SHOW (n. Rob Van Dam)
No, they're not.
And who is Rob Van Dam?
> Roketto Dan popularity knows no limits. Forget the Japanese viewer, _every_
> viewer in the world demands TR be in every ep.
Who is Dan?
> In fact, it goes further, Sonans is now obligatory in every episode. The
> whole of AG, he's never been missing from an ep (though 45 was a close one).
Who is Sonans?
Mark Moore
> Welcome to 1999.
I think you're confused, son.
> How can you hate Team Rocket? They're the best part of the show. Would
> you enjoy the show more if every episode was 24 minutes of Ash acting
> like a retard (i.e. normal)?
It would be better than Team Rocket acting like retards (i.e. normal).
> Also, nice email address, you fucking queer.
Love of hot anime girls as opposed to love of anime retards. I think
that you should reconsider who you call what.
Joseph William Dixon
> > Roketto Dan popularity knows no limits. Forget the Japanese viewer,
> > _every_ viewer in the world demands TR be in every ep.
>
> Who is Dan?
'-dan' = 'group', so 'Rocket Group' = 'Team Rocket'.
> > In fact, it goes further, Sonans is now obligatory in every episode. The
> > whole of AG, he's never been missing from an ep (though 45 was a close
> > one).
>
> Who is Sonans?
Wobbuffet. [also romanized as 'Soonansu']
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> > Musashi (w/(Arbok), (Berolinga), Sonans, Habunake, Dokukeiru), Kojirou
> > (w/(Matadogars), (Koiking), (Utsubot), Sabonea) and Nyarth (w/koban)
>
> Okay, now, who's who in that list?
Well Jim Neidhart isn't on the list, but he is himself, yes.
>
> And who is Rob Van Dam?
>
No, again, not Jim Neidhart.
> > Roketto Dan popularity knows no limits. Forget the Japanese viewer,
_every_
> > viewer in the world demands TR be in every ep.
>
> Who is Dan?
Not Jim Neidhart. He's the Saikyo-ryu fighter from Street Fighter Alpha.
>
>
> Who is Sonans?
>
How dare you call god Jim Neidhart.
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> "Jedah And Sonans" <hayama...@hotmail.com.betsuni> wrote in message
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> > Musashi (w/(Arbok), (Berolinga), Sonans, Habunake, Dokukeiru), Kojirou
> > (w/(Matadogars), (Koiking), (Utsubot), Sabonea) and Nyarth (w/koban)
>
> Okay, now, who's who in that list?
>
Musashi is Jessie, Sonans is Wobbuffet, Kojirou is James, Matadogars is Weezing
(I think), Koiking is Magikarp, Utsubot is Victreebel, I think Sabonea is
Cacturne, Nyarth is Meowth, and a koban is the charm on his forehead. I'm not
sure who everyone else is.
> > THEY'RE THE WHOLE F'N SHOW (n. Rob Van Dam)
>
> No, they're not.
>
> And who is Rob Van Dam?
>
A professional wrestler, formerly of ECW but now in the WWE (formerly WWF). Rob
Van Dam ofter refers to himself as the "Whole F'n Show" because he's that damn
good (a phrase, ironically, already taken by fellow pro westler Triple H).
> > Roketto Dan popularity knows no limits. Forget the Japanese viewer, _every_
> > viewer in the world demands TR be in every ep.
>
> Who is Dan?
>
"Roketto" is how you say "Rocket" if you're from Japan (as opposed to "Rocket"
in Japanese), and as stated in another post the suffix "-dan" means "group."
Thus Rocketto Dan is Team Rocket.
> > In fact, it goes further, Sonans is now obligatory in every episode. The
> > whole of AG, he's never been missing from an ep (though 45 was a close one).
>
> Who is Sonans?
>
Wobbuffet! Wobbuffet! Wabba, wabba!
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>> Welcome to 1999.
>
> I think you're confused, son.
Saber is never wrong HTH HAND
>> How can you hate Team Rocket? They're the best part of the show.
>> Would you enjoy the show more if every episode was 24 minutes of Ash
>> acting like a retard (i.e. normal)?
>
> It would be better than Team Rocket acting like retards (i.e. normal).
If you are an idiot maybe
>> Also, nice email address, you fucking queer.
>
> Love of hot anime girls as opposed to love of anime retards.
Please explain this.
> I think
> that you should reconsider who you call what.
No, he's right, fag
Nathaniel Lind
group on that show called Team Rocket!
However, the Big N hasn't trademarked Team Rocket, so I guess Nick is safe
for now...
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Saber
> Saber <s-m-...@saturn.com> wrote in message
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>> Welcome to 1999.
>
> I think you're confused, son.
I think you are. My point is that you're a bit late to the party. Or
perhaps it really took you 200+ episodes to realize that Team Rocket are
mostly comic relief, and have been such for 99% of the series.
>> How can you hate Team Rocket? They're the best part of the show.
>> Would you enjoy the show more if every episode was 24 minutes of Ash
>> acting like a retard (i.e. normal)?
>
> It would be better than Team Rocket acting like retards (i.e. normal).
O rly. I would like to dispute this point. Ash is a stupid, shitty,
boring protagonist. Team Rocket are at least entertaining. But then,
I'm arguing with someone who likes Sailor Moon, so I guess this diatribe
is falling on deaf ears.
>> Also, nice email address, you fucking queer.
>
> Love of hot anime girls as opposed to love of anime retards. I think
> that you should reconsider who you call what.
If you only knew the truth.