There's a lot I want to unpack in this episode, so there's going to be a bit of an essay. The first thing I want to bring up is that I was astonished that the writers remembered Tracey existed, given the last time he appeared was back in 2013 during the latter parts of Best Wishes, and he's still affiliated with Oak. Second thing I want to mention is that, whilst I disliked that Gary's Cheerleaders looked completely different than they were in the Original Series, in retrospect, having them with a more youthful appearance was the better call imo, and on the subject of flashbacks, this is the second time that the battle between Ash and Gary was reanimated, having said that the flashback from Ash's battle with Paul compared to the original scene was pretty much similar (when I saw the comparison shots on a facebook group, which unfortunately was a spoiler for me given I scrolled past it earlier before watching the episode). Another thing I want to mention is that I'm disappointed that Charizard didn't use Flamethrower on Ash upon greeting like every other time the two reunited, its standards are slipping, though I liked it when all of Ash's pokemon that were there (Some of those who weren't included most of Ash's Hoenn 'mons, and this is the second time that Corphish is the only one of Ash's Hoenn 'mons to appear since the end of Best Wishes, the other time being SM042) darted off when Ash's Tauros ran Ash over. If Gary doesn't call Ash "Ashy-boy" when the dub of this episode airs, I will be disappointed. His dialogue when he appears from behind Blastoise seems perfect for that, and it's nice to see him with the banter that he possessed in the Original Series when addressing Go. One thing I will say about Infernape vs Moltres was that I legit thought Infernape had gone back to using Flame Wheel because the animation looked more akin to Flame Wheel than Flare Blitz in the sense that the flames weren't coloured blue as it sometimes is when Flare Blitz is used, and whilst I'm on the subject of the battle, Blastoise got beaten by a Fire-type AGAIN. That being said, I didn't think Gary would be involved with Project Mew, but I suppose they had to integrate it into the plot without introducing Tsurugi and Asahi from the off, yes Asahi appeared at the end speaking to Gary, but that was after the Project Mew thing was mentioned.