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Does Anyone Else Think...

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thunderblade12

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That there is going to be an 'episode drought' between the 7th badge and the 8th?



I can easily see there being about 30-40 episodes in between Candice and Volkner. And no, it's not just so that Monferno can be around for a while and still have time to evolve during the league.


- The new season in the dub is called "Galactic Battle" which makes me think PUSA has some inside info about a few Team Galactic episodes that are on the way. Jupiter's solo mission, which will probably be DP133/134, and the finalle for example.

- Dawn last contest will probably be placed into this cluster of episodes

- Why have Dawn release Ambipom unless she was going to catch a new pokemon in Sinnoh? It is widely speculated that she will get one of the Johto starters. May caught Bulbasaur on the day FRLG was released, ya think they'll do the same with HGSS? If so, the Sinnoh saga will probably run until HGSS are released this fall.
 
I can see an episode where Dawn's going to catch some new Pokemon(possibly some Johto starter), I am sure that is going to happen, she needs another Pokemon on her team(wich isn't Normal type)...
 
Indeed. By the time Ash reaches the final gym he might have a nearly fully evolved team.
 
I can see for Ash's team during this "drought"; -
Monferno-Infernape
Buizel-Floatzel
And maybe I'm being a bit too optimistic and hopeful here but I can see Grotle-Torterra here as well.

As for Brock: -
Happiny-Chansey

Dawn: -
Buneary-Lopunny
And maybe a Leafeon or Chikorita capture as well.
 
I hope so, but mainly so that Monferno, Grotle, Staraptor and Gliscor get some battles between now and the league. Plus we've had a hell of alot of intense non fillers, so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they put off the next gym. It would also make the build up to the FINAL GYM BATTLE more epic, and leave a bigger gap between Ash and Pauls two full six on six battles, so that it doesnt feel so repetitive.
 
Most likely a Johto capture for Dawn here. That, and contests, evolutions (possibly) or any other capture for her or Brock.

I'd rather see Dawn with a Cyndaquil and/or Chikorita.
 
i think when they go to johto dawn well either get a chikorita or cyndaquil since dawn dosent have a fire and grass type yet
 
Contests, Chimchar's evolution , galactic stuffs , hmm yeah maybe a long one before the gym, and also ambipom coming back ( yeah , i'm still expecting it be returning especially in the GF) and also catching a johto pokemon this early hmm maybe...
 
crawdauntpro said:
I can see for Ash's team during this "drought"; -
Monferno-Infernape
Buizel-Floatzel
And maybe I'm being a bit too optimistic and hopeful here but I can see Grotle-Torterra here as well.

As for Brock: -
Happiny-Chansey

Dawn: -
Buneary-Lopunny
And maybe a Leafeon or Chikorita capture as well.
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So basically everyone evolves in the course of 30 episodes? YEAH that's optimistic alright.

Besides, we don't want Monferno's evolution to be similar to Piloswines and Charmeleon's.

I doubt Grotle, Buneary, and Buizel will evolve at all. Not sure about Happiny. That's beside the point though, I don't want this to be closed for being a "capture" thread.
 
I guess it all depends on what you mean by drought. During this span of no gyms, contenst or what have you, one can speculate that the writers may do some internal construction here. What I mean is that one might see some evolving, some explanation on why some people call Dawn Dee-Dee, etc.

Supposedly if this does happen, one can summarize that some of the partners in the game will appear in this Drought. Isn't the anime missing two of them anyway? Nonetheless one can see some new pokemon that haven't made an anime appearance, some captures, evolutions, training, flashbacks, etc.

So the anime won't have some Gym / Contest for while, w/e it could mean that the Volkner arc, if you will, will be ... ... quite the show.
 
thunderblade12 said:
So basically everyone evolves in the course of 30 episodes? YEAH that's optimistic alright.

Besides, we don't want Monferno's evolution to be similar to Piloswines and Charmeleon's.

I doubt Grotle, Buneary, and Buizel will evolve at all. Not sure about Happiny. That's beside the point though, I don't want this to be closed for being a "capture" thread.
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30-40 episodes should be enough to do all that wouldn't it? That's what I was trying to get across, apologies if I've made the thread seem like the Capture Thread...
 
By drought I just mean a cluster of episodes between two gyms. Whether those episodes are helpful to the plot is not the question.


I would count important episodes like Paul vs Brandon, Ash vs Paul, Dawn's 5th ribbon, and the Team Galactic stuff part of the drought.

All I'm saying is that there could be a long wait between Snowpoint and Sunnyshore so the Sinnoh saga could run longer than we expected.


30-40 episodes should be enough to do all that wouldn't it? That's what I was trying to get across, apologies if I've made the thread seem like the Capture Thread...
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Oh, yeah. I thought you meant like a few episodes from now we'd have an Infernape on the main team. Sorry about that
 
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thunderblade12 said:
Oh, yeah. I thought you meant like a few episodes from now we'd have an Infernape on the main team. Sorry about that
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No no, my fault, I should have worded it better, lol.
 
I could see a drought happening I mean there are less Frontier Brains this time so they can spend a little more extra time in the Sinnoh Region, even it feels like the Sinnoh Saga series goes on forever.

I'm just not sure what they'd add to the drought, and I mean original as they can get it. Because they may just repeating DP episodes with different Pokemon. How many Pokemon have not been seen yet, I'm sure they could easily create 10 episodes for 10 Pokemon that haven't been seen like Tangrowth and have a jungle monster like episode.

Or maybe have some episodes where Ash, Brock, or Dawn get separated with all their Pokemon and they only have one Pokemon, like for Ash it could be Monferno, Brock Happiny, or Dawn and Mamoswine, and they basically have to go through some sort of maze thing with many challenges and they have to find the other characters. Oh man it would be boring if Ash got stuck with Pikachu and Dawn with Piplup. I would say Croagunk and Brock but Croagunk hasn't battled all that much and is usually only seen poison Jab"bing" him.
 
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Ahh, I see what you mean now. Well, after counting the number of droughts between contest and gyms, its not that much, say 5 - 12 episodes before a gym or contest appears.

However this being the final badge for both Ash and possibly Paul, I can see why the writers might extend this drought. Besides, isn't Volkner the strongest Gym leader in Sinnoh?
That to me is a good enough reason to make viewers wait for it. They'll throw in some teasers in there for some fun and probably will make Ash and or Paul make Volkner like battling again before the actually gym match.

Heck and I'm sure you noticed but Dawn usually has a contest before Ash has a Gym Battle, so her fifth badge is surely on the way along with Ash's last badge.

If you don't mind me asking, but wouldn't the real drought begin when Ash and Dawn have their final requirements for each respective Tournament?
 
I sure hope Happiny evolve either by the end of Sinnoh or in Johto BF also I presume that by the end of Johto BF it will be Blissey and will give it to a Nurse Joy. Brock should get maybe an egg to add to his roster, in Kanto and Johto he use to have 4 pokémon. But a lot can happened in 30-40 episode, evolution, more rivalry hopping for some surprise along the way.
 
^ Yes writers please keep Happiny till BF OR E4. I actually hope we get a lot of episodes, excluding countless fillers. Sinnoh is too good I don't want it to end.
 
I don't think it would be THAT big of a drought, 30-40 episodes seems like a bit much. We only had that 30 episode drought from Eterna to Veilstone because Lucario was in Brawl that same week it debuted in the anime (more than a coincidence), and its the longest stretch between gyms in any of the games, going back to R/B/Y.

I think something like 15-20 episodes would be good, since I don't think they'll do all that much with Galactic a two parter to wrap everything up, and 3 episodes before leading up to that point. Then a few fillers, then Dawn's last contest (two parter as well), then one more filler after that, then Sunnyshore, which would have Flint and the Gym Battle, so around 4 for Sunnyshore.
 
yes i think ther will be a long gap.
As we are STILL expecting

-Some fillers
-Jupiter Solo Mission
-Bertha debut
-By the time they reach the top of Coronet id say atleast 3 episodes
-2 Part Galactic showdown
-Episode where they release the pixies like in the games.
-Distortion world i could see 2 episodes on
-A Cyrus battle episode as a finale
-few fillers before Volkner
-2 episodes in Sunnyshore before getting to the gym
-Flint Debut episode
 
There are still pokemon that need to appear and I doubt there are going to be many episodes between the 8th badge and the Grand Festival/Sinnoh League. Two or three of them may appear as an opponet for Ash or Dawn during their competitions but I'm expecting most of them to appear before Ash battles Volkner.


Pokemon that have yet to appear:
Infernape(Will probably appear with Flint before Ash vs Volkner)
Gible
Magnezone
Rhyperior
Tangrowth
Togekiss
Leafeon
Gallade
The dragon trio(Team Galactic)




Pokemon that haven't gotten any focus:
Krocketot/Kricketune
Cherrim
West Shellos/Gastrodon(May not appear at all)
Mantyke
The pixie trio

I only listed the ones that have any sort of chances of appearing in the span of the next 40 episodes.
 
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