Edit: Yanno, the more I watch this episode, the more I'm liking it. Yay for me and my changing opinions.
I originally thought this one would suck, but that's the advantage of being pessimistic - when you're wrong it's a good thing. XD Instead of ranting about stuff, I'll just list my likes and dislikes.
Bad:
-Thanks to the dippy, happy music used for much of the first half resulted in it being more like a Pikachu short than an episode.
-The entire thing was basically a conglomeration of recycled plot devices from other episodes.
-All of the featured pokémon have had plenty of lime-light.
-Takeshi seems to have caught Satoshi's amnesia as he makes no mention whatsoever about owning an Iwaaku or an Ishitsubute.
-To add insult to injury, Takeshi hardly even does anything as I assumed he would.
-Yet another god damned Spear chase scene, only three episodes after the last one. --;
Good:
-Holy hell, Mizugorou actually does something!
-Gomazou gets a pretty good role itself.
-Heigani is always funny, and his fight with Zenigame was amusing, but the award for funniest pokémon in this ep goes to Gonbe, not for actually being funny, but for getting it's a*s handed to it by that Ishitsubute. Take that.
-The Juputoru vs Iwaaku battle was actually very nicely done, and it was quite exciting to watch. Though it really makes you wonder why the Datsura battle was so lousy.
-Kojirou. ^_^ He was totally awesome in this episode. He captured Pikachu-tachi all by himself, and was damn cool while doing so. The music used during the scene just makes it that much better, and really makes him look evil and nasty. Just for the record, I am straight, but I thought he was downright sexy in that scene. Seriously.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/Heracross/Team Rocket/sexy_Kojirou.jpg