Wow, what an embarrassing and appauling mistake on 4kids part. Looks like someone is going to be fired next week.
As for the episode, I thought it was great. It was a very nice set-up episode, and the mother/daughter combo was pretty interesting.
Was it just me, or was there a LOT of blushing in this episode? Ash blushed, May blushed, Drew blushed, Brock blushed, the Mother blushed, the fans blushed...the hell?
The animators must have really liked blushing in this episode, whenever someone said anything a character blushed. Brock's fantasy was hilarious though.
I also really liked how Dustox and Wobbufett were used in this episode, they were neglected for awhile. Snatching the ribbons instead of the pokemon was a nice change of pace as well. And anyone find it hilarious that Jessie wanted to attack the daughter? Bulbasaur using Vine Whip to wrap around the daughter and pull her back put a dirty thought in my head. And the mother saying she "likes Vine whips"? LOL?
Pretty good episode, and I like how May is still nervous about her contests.