[waves around a giant flag with a picture of Bayleaf on it]
ベイリーフ、ベイリーフ、戻れベイリーフ!ベイリーフ、ベイリーフ、戦えベイリーフ!
Beiriifu, Beiriifu, modore Beiriifu! Beiriifu, Beiriifu, tatakae Beiriifu!
(Bayleaf, Bayleaf, you can come back, Bayleaf! Bayleaf, Bayleaf, you can kick some a**, Bayleaf!)
As you can see, I really want Bayleaf to make a comeback. She's my favorite of Satoshi's current reserves, and much like Gravy, I will be extremely POed if that friggin frog with a pre-pubescent plant on its back comes in and upstages her again. As if it didn't show off enough when Satoshi recently returned to Ookido's lab, both Housou specials featuring the reserve Pokemon, the Shirogane tournament, not to mention all that time it was in Satoshi's party. With Pokemon XD, maybe they should get Bayleaf to learn Frenzy Plant, show up Fushigidane and his fancy-a** Solar Beam for once. But if Bayleaf manages to be properly showcased at all in this thus-far-crappy saga, I'll be extremely pleased.
I really hope that the Battle Frontier doesn't end up just being another opportunity to over-showcase Satoshi's Kantou batch, much like the Shirogane tournament. Sadly, those possibilities are high, seeing as the writers STILL want to advertise Fire Red/Leaf Green so badly, and the fact that Satoshi hasn't been making much use of his current team since this arc started (much like how his Jouto team kept being pushed aside in the end) is another frightening factor.