I guess this sorta proves that there is a possibility for multiple legendary pokémon. Heh I'd love to see a nest of Zapdos or some other legendary at some point.
Aside from what's already been said...you can effing BREED PHIONE AND HATCH THEM FROM EGGS. Oh sure, you only get more copies of the crappy all-80-base stat thalidomide baby Pokemon from it, but you can still breed it. It's the one legendary that can you can get multiples of without trading from other carts or using AR! Some people...
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing, frankly. 'Cause that wasn't a 4Kids decision, to my knowledge - it's a law stating that real-life children's merchandise can't be depicted on kids' shows in America, since it's interpreted as a form of advertising. Does that not apply anymore?
Is there any real merchandise remotely like this, though? I thought all the plushies and crap were of cute, marketable Pokemon like Pikachu, Piplup, and Probopass.
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BUY PHIONE MERCHANDISE.
-God all those dolls and things have soulless eyes. I'm scared, mommy!
-Am I imagining things or does this saleman sound exactly like Professor Oak? Oh wait, Japan has as many different VAs as the States do :x
-Oh no! Team Rocket! I bet they're planning on stealing all the wild Phione that nobody owns!
-This episode is brought to you by All Those Stupid Fish Pokemon That The Writers Can't Showcase Without Making Excuse To Put People Underwater.
-That one Phione seems to like what it sees! I'm not sure why since Buneary is a fuzzy land bunny and Phione is a...water......thing......, but hey. TRU LUV!
-I have no clue what's going on in today's Meowth Acid Trip, but I'm lovin' it.
-Sadly for Phione, love between land rabbits and water mutants was never meant to be, and the episode ended on a tragic note...oh, wait, sorry, Pokemon.
-And those two Phione just ditched the one that was so star struck by Buneary. Can't really blame them.
-Oh no! Team Rocket caught a wild Pokemon! WHERE IS ASHNCO?!
-AshNCo makes its bonds even tighter by doing morning stretches together. Huh.
-I think one of the writers bumped his head, since we're seeing Pokemon of Dawn's that aren't Piplup, and they have their old traces of personality!
-Wait, TR put Phione in a cooking pot? NO, NO EATING SEA MUTANT! BAD TEAM ROCKET!
-Oh god it's entered the water system. WE ARE ALL DOOMED! DOOMED TO DRINKING SEA MUTANT!
-And the lady in the kitchen reacts to a sea thalidomide baby coming out of the faucet in the only proper way: Screaming
-Of COURSE the one time AshNCo rides a bus somewhere is the one time they're being followed by a sea monster.
-Look! Pokeball seals! And you know how YOU can get some of those! Buy Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum, and you can make your POkeballs as cool as Dawn's!
-That's right Ash! Team Rocket CANNOT be allowed to catch a wild Pokemon!
-And Phione simply cannot approve of Buneary favoring Pikachu. Although Pikachu doesn't really give a damn I mean really everything here is one-sided.
-PHINE! PHINE! PHINE! is going to haunt my dreams tonight.
-I'm not one of those freakish superhumans who can tell who animates what just by glancing at a scene, but even I can tell that whoever drew TR near the end is hilariously bad.
Pretty cute episode overall, but thank
god we got Phione over with so that the next filler can showcase an interesting Pokemon. Like...uh...anything else, really.