-Team Skull grunts vs. Gladion right off the bat! And once again the Team Skull grunts got their butts kicked.
-"We're getting outta here. FULL THROTTLE!"... Ugh, that dialouge was terrible!
-It's cool to see Ash is training by himself.
-Darn, Gladion's battle with the fisherman was badly ruined by unfitting Goldfarb music...
-Now Ash wants to battle Gladion. Let's see how'll this turn out.... oh, here comes Lillie and Hobbes!
-Gladion wasn't really interested in battling Ash until he found out about the Tapu Koko connection. He's kinda like a nicer version of Trip.
-The whole "Pikachu zaps Ash to wake him up" gag is getting old by now.
-Shut up, Team Rocket.
-Okay, it's battle time! And it looks like Gladion has the upper hand...
-Ugh, not again! Darn it, Team Rocket interrupted yet another interesting battle. Y'know, it's stuff like this why I can't stand those morons anymore. The less they appear, the better.
-Take that Continental Crush! Aaaand Team Rocket is blasting off agai... or maybe not. *sigh* I wish Pikachu had used Thunderbolt to blast
both Beware and Team Rocket off for good. I'm tired of seeing Beware saving them every single time they get blasted off.
-Welp, looks like it's the beginning of Ash and Gladion's not-so-glaring rivalrly.
-Aw, Lillie's poutface was derpy and cute at the same time.
7/10
Music kept in dub (6)
- Team Skull Enocounter Theme
- Alola Wild Pokémon Battle Theme
- Title Card Theme
- A battle theme from BW (played during Ash and Gladion's battle)
- Team Rocket Danger Theme (played when Team Rocket throws the net.)
- Team Rocket's Alola Motto Music
Music-wise, the dubbed version of this episode was better than the last episode. The groovy Team Skull Encounter theme was kept in the dub this time around. In addition, a BW battle theme that we haven't heard in the dub since early BW episode "The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue", was kept as well. I hope the next episode's dub will keep some unusual tracks from the Japanese version again.