But in Ash's defense it was kind of similar to Ho-oH's design so it was an easy mistake for him to make back then. ^^;
I think he caught a good enough glimpse of Ho-Oh so there's no excuse for messing up like that lmao..
But in Ash's defense it was kind of similar to Ho-oH's design so it was an easy mistake for him to make back then. ^^;
I think he caught a good enough glimpse of Ho-Oh so there's no excuse for messing up like that lmao..
So I've wondered for ages was the Goldeen Misty's or did she just grab a random Poke Ball??
Misty shines much more here than she did in the first episode, even though her introduction was great. She really has it out for Ash in this episode for ruining her bike, yet she has a soft spot for Pikachu and genuinely worries about it (meanwhile chastising Ash for being careless). I don't understand why it was she was holding herself back from fighting against Team Rocket like that, she should've been really embarrassed for sending out Goldeen, and yet she remained calm and collected. Rather unusual, to be honest. You'd think she'd have shown off her skills as a trainer especially in front of Ash, but I guess they wanted to keep her identity a secret? Odd choice.
Awkwardness of the voices aside, Jessie, James and Meowth are rather villainous in this episode than they are in later episodes (for obvious reasons). They really do have that mysteriousness about them, and a dark side. However, I couldn't help but giggle over how James was a bit narcissistic about the wanted picture. He really wanted his "good" side taken xD. Meowth I swear sounds like Kraang. It wasn't him, but it's probably because they tried to make sure he had a verbal tic like he does in the original. Personally, I'm glad they got rid of that verbal tic later on, it got rather annoying pretty quickly. Back to Team Rocket, they can get violent if they wanted, they really destroyed the Pokémon Center before Ash and Pikachu blew it up (though technically it was because of Koffing). However, I think they put on more of a show of being threatening than they did in acting upon it. They're not comedic villains at this point, they are just doing their job, but they mostly stood there proclaiming "we'll steal the Pokémon" and making insults. And even then, I think they just let Ekans and Koffing go wild, they hardly gave them orders. Which is not a bad thing. At the end when they're talking about how strong that Pikachu was for its evolution, it's a bit odd how they didn't seem to care for the other Pikachu that were there. And the power was because Ash was powering up the blinker on Misty's charred bike, so that was where the power was coming from. Anything to make them obsessed with Pikachu, I guess.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that. They actually don't really put up much of a fight here. The Pikachus jolt them and that's the start of them in butt monkey mode for four regions. There's actually many episodes where they are in bumbling mode and have way more of a tense battle with Ash. It was a good foreshadowing of how things would turn out for them really, their supposed sinister composure just being a load of hot air (that popped and blasted them off in the end). XD
Team Rocket seemed so much more sinister in this episode then how they are now it's amazing!
I didn't notice this when I watched the episode the first time, but when Ash's mom tells him she loves him, he responds with "me too". I thought that was pretty weird, but I got a chuckle out of that for some reason.
I liked this episode, but it wasn't great. I felt bad for Pikachu in the emergency room and Team Rocket broke in and caused havoc even when Pikachu was hurt, it seemed wrong. Team Rocket seemed so much more sinister in this episode then how they are now it's amazing!
and they would've succeeded in stealing all the Pokemon in the Pokemon Center if Satoshi hadn't charged up his Pikachu with the help of those other Pikachu.
I still don't get why the Pokemon Center even kept those Pikachu in reserve.
I also believe that Delia doesn't want to reveal that Ash's father is really the boss of Team Rocket, Giovanni, because she is ashamed of this fact.
If this turns out to be the case, then a lot of things would change - you don't steal from the boss's kid for instance.