>Before heading into the episode my thoughts were "probs gonna be filler with the odd gag sprinkled in."
>Me about 4 mins in: "Hang on, Skwovet's going to evolve here isn't it?"
So yeah, I'm not surprised it evolved given the premise of the episode.
Going in-depth into the review, "What even is a Snorlax? (smile)" were my thoughts after seeing Ash get eliminated Round 1. I didn't even think Dragonite would be a light eater to be fair, but it is a Go episode, so we can sideline Ash here. I will say though, I was more shocked that Skwovet has Bullet Seed rather than it evolving tbph, and honestly using Bullet Seed in Round 1 was a decent strat. When Team Rocket came in with the cookies, my immediate thought was "They're gonna rig this aren't they? Getting the contestants to fill their bellies before the next round." and that almost backfired on them, which I thought was amusing, as was watching Glalie screw itself by freezing a hot dish and then being unable to eat it. I do wonder if the Torchic Manjus were Team Rocket's idea (answers on a postcard please), though seeing Blaziken refuse to eat them, wrapping them in a napkin and gracefully leaving is worthy of winning an Oscar. Morpeko going into full belly mode during the final was such a "Yeah, that'll do it." moment and of course as soon as the insert music started playing, it immediately telegraphed "Yup there's the evolution I was expecting." into my thoughts, but I will appreciate that the prize immediately rolls over to the next episode and we haven't had a Unova episode in a hot minute.