I notice the only big mission in Unova you left out is Milos Island, which I can understand. TR barely did anything there since their presence in the story was really just a glorified set-up piece for Operation Tempest. I really like those two episodes, but not for Team Rocket's role, since it was very inconsequential to those episodes' story.
Unlike you and many others, I was never convinced that Meowth had been fired from Team Rocket and always figured it was an act. That said, I almost find that regrettable, since the two-parter makes even more of an impact if you were as fooled as Ash and the others were.
I agree with what you said about the Twist Mountain mission though, especially Zager's characterization in it. I always found the "respect for a fellow academic" part really interesting, since it shows that Zager's scientific obsession makes him just as capable of great civility as it does great cruelty.
I'm still holding out hope that we'll see TR vs. TP someday, maybe even someday soon now that BW is ending and there are two open weeks before X/Y starts (and if not on the air, then through some sort of special release; lost episodes of shows tend to be "found" eventually, and with the hype these two got it would be bizarre if they were never publicly seen).
I still kind of wish Operation Tempest HAD been Team Rocket's finale, because I doubt it will be topped.
Agreed 100% on Mewtwo Returns. The bashing it sometimes gets for "trying to do too much at once" or "having too many messages" is really stupid when you consider it was the last big thing Takeshi Shudo wrote before becoming just a regular writer on the staff (who ended up leaving before the OS was even finished) and he wanted to go out with style, which I think he succeeded at since I like all the things it does and all the messages. And Domino is freaking awesome.
Unlike you and many others, I was never convinced that Meowth had been fired from Team Rocket and always figured it was an act. That said, I almost find that regrettable, since the two-parter makes even more of an impact if you were as fooled as Ash and the others were.
I agree with what you said about the Twist Mountain mission though, especially Zager's characterization in it. I always found the "respect for a fellow academic" part really interesting, since it shows that Zager's scientific obsession makes him just as capable of great civility as it does great cruelty.
I'm still holding out hope that we'll see TR vs. TP someday, maybe even someday soon now that BW is ending and there are two open weeks before X/Y starts (and if not on the air, then through some sort of special release; lost episodes of shows tend to be "found" eventually, and with the hype these two got it would be bizarre if they were never publicly seen).
I still kind of wish Operation Tempest HAD been Team Rocket's finale, because I doubt it will be topped.
Agreed 100% on Mewtwo Returns. The bashing it sometimes gets for "trying to do too much at once" or "having too many messages" is really stupid when you consider it was the last big thing Takeshi Shudo wrote before becoming just a regular writer on the staff (who ended up leaving before the OS was even finished) and he wanted to go out with style, which I think he succeeded at since I like all the things it does and all the messages. And Domino is freaking awesome.