I like to say all this please, first of all
A. those Muku jokes are now just getting watered down, more watered down than Jessie and Jame's blasting off bit or more repatative than May's winning bit in the old advanced series.
B. I think Gligar suits him perfectly, it basically matches his old Muk that sadly we never got to see, and people said the same thing about Torkoal.
C. Who says Turtwig might not evolve? Snorunt went through the exact deal of trying to learn Ice Beam and finally when he did he evolved. I predict a Turtwig evolution might be coming soon....maybe not for this gym battle but maybe the next.
D. All I can say is that I have a feeling that Ash will beat Paul eventually, this might be actually Ash's time to win.
E. Anything can happen in this saga, I mean we have soo many twists and turns happening it's unbelievable.