GOlducks rule!
I mean, the OI one, the Oscar one, the Hoenn League one, and this one all own.
Now that you mention it, Golduck
has been a pretty awesome character in almost all of it's appearences.
...Screw it, that guy is going on my favourites list.
The high pitched Runpapa. Just...ugh! If anyone doesn't know which one I'm talking about, it's the only one going "Runpa! Runpapa!" when Musashi-tachi see them behind the grass. Heaven knows I just wanted to kill that thing when I heard it. x-x;
...You've got it all wrong Shigeru-kun, all wrong. The one you mentioned was easily the best of the three, while the worst happened to be the rather duck-esque sounding one. The poor thing sounded like it had a bicycle horn shoved down it's throat.
This was one of the most entertaining episodes in a long while. And when I look back at last week's thumbs-up material, as well as next week's bucket o' froggy fun, it seems like the DP series is
finally gearing itself up to be just as good as early AG was. I'll admit, the likes of the Subomi ep and Naetle's capture had me a little worried, but now I can see that those fears will have (hopefully) been nothing to get flustered about.
-As an animation director, Shinjo is definitely one of my favourites now. And dare I say it's, he's almost on the same level with the almighty Tokuda infact. I love how expressive the characters are under his guidance, and the very cartoony squash and stretch animation is really something to savour once you realise you have crap like Shimura around the bend. I found myself re-watching numerous parts of this episode, just to catch some to those really funky movements that were going on. A personal favourite of mine being when Team Rocket all dive into the Magikarp sub when Pika tries to sic a Thunderbolt on 'em, with Wobbuffet slamming the fin/hatch down being the cherry on the cake xp Ahh, hell. Pretty much everything Team Rocket did was gold. From biting themselves in the arm, to sinister group shots of utter disturbance, to wacky boss fantasies that would never, ever happen: It was all good.
And don't even get me started on Golduck, because I'd be blabbing for hours about how that thing completely owned, pwned and all other internet jargon that denotes superiority over another.
-I like the fact that Team Rocket actually
did get something out of all this. Y'know, other than their inevitable defeat at the hands of the usual shock treatment and flying through the air to unimaginable heights via jets of water.
THEY GOTS TO EAT DAT FOOD STUFFS!. And in the end, isn't that all they really wanted? To stuff their faces with food they found lying on the ground in a dirty, dirty, DIRTY marsh area?
-God, Hikari is boring the absolute faecal matter out of me. When the hell is the girl going to do something that
isn't about as dull as a stripe less Kecleon in a room painted grey? All she ever seems to do is gasp like a goon, give
~The Obligatory Speech o' Confidence~ and shout out 'Pochama!' or 'Satoshi!' in times of dread. The fact that her own pokémon seems to have more of a character in it's steely eyed gaze than she does in her entire body is pretty dern awkward in this humble Gravy's opinion.
-And speak of the devil: Pochama is an awesome pokémon for sure. I rather like Pottaishi and Empelt, and look forward to the day we see them worm their way onto the show. But for now, I'm hoping Pochama sticks as it's delightfully ickle self, and remains a little blighter that thinks it can do anything for a long while to come. It's not the sort of formula I'd like them to mess with
too soon, as it's far too entertaining to waste. And this episode just went to prove that. For example, when Pocha was attacking the Ludicolo with it's rather futile glowy peck attack. After being swatted away by the likes of growl (lol) and water gun, you had to love it's look of embarrassment when it realised it was still being watched by it's comrades, only to quickly rush into that pompous pose of snootiness. Ahh Pochama, don't ever change.
-And as a note, I'd like to add how much I love Pochama's signature 'POCHAMAAA!' screech whenever it uses Bubblebeam. It's like a cry of victory for all poncho wearing aquatic fowl everywhere.
-For today's obligatory fanboy comment: Jessie looked drop-dead
sexy (if not a little too melodramatic
) during the motto. Seriously, just watch the damn thing and see for yourself. Lord knows this world needs more moderately sane Jessie fanboys...
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