Nice animation, nice interaction, nice battles with some rather unorthodox moves...wow, this episode was good!
*James' fantasy includes Pokemon people want Jessie and Ash to get...hmm....
*Damn! Elekid is a *******! But in a good way.
* I really like Kouhei, especially the way he seemed to have everything planned from the getgo. I really think he and Dawn will be facing Ash and Paul in the finals, judging by how the brackets are set up (Brock and Honoka will probably face them prior to that and lose though).
*Koffing suddenly being stopped in mid-air and slowly moving his eyes was major LOL. And Slowking delivering the final blow by slightly moving his finger was the definition of badass. Koffing's trainer was pretty badass as well, he reminded me of a Toriyama character.
*So...um, I'm guessing either Honoka told Brock she was a Lesbian or she had a boyfriend. Either way, it looks like after the battle she didn't care. Brock scored!
*Sudowoodo battling really makes me sad he never does it much. I mean, did you see his One-Hundred Punches attack? That was pure awesome!
*Dawn mentioned Cynthia to Paul, asking him if he forgot what she told him I'm guessing. It seems Paul doesn't take advice that well.
*Hey! Magmar and Rhydon...it's Blaine's lineup pretty much! And Pikachu didn't aim for the horn...but it hit it anyway!?
*I think this is the first time Surf has been used outside of a water battle...somehow Rhydon summoned a big wave outta nowhere...also like how they took in the fact it hits the partner, and had Magmar use Protect.
*Chimchar seemed to get a power up from the heat from Magmar's attack. I think Brock was explaining how Paul's Pokemon get powered up from same type attacks, a la Pikachu powering up Elekid in the flashback.
*Ash taking some lessons seen in Contest is good, especially from a awesome trainer like Zoey. Yeah, you can complain about Ash using "weaker" trainers moves later, but I see nothing bad about Ash starting to use his brain and adapting techniques for his own use.
* Paul seemed to be trying to work with Ash a bit at the end...I mean...Chimchar jumping out in a surprise attack seemed like a great strategy. Besides that, I noticed Ash and Paul were rather independent in battling unlike their opponents, and the other teams. I'm guessing this will hurt them next episode, and they'll have to work better on this.