Wow, I thought Kricketina Kylie was going to be Goh's rival and now she's battling Ash.
Nice to see Ash reward Pikachu with the first official battle following the jealousy arc.
I expected her to send out a Gen IV bug to battle Pikachu, not a Heracross
Pikachu makes quick work of Heracross as expected
Kricketina Kylie is almost as in love with Pinsir as Lana is with Incineroar
Just realized something that I forgot to ask till now: why do Team Rocket always say the Pokédex classification ("the ______________ Pokémon") when they open the gacha? It's kinda weird in-universe (and tbh out-of-universe too, bc idk how or to whom it is helpful)
Wow Pinsir's falling in love with Heracross smh
Yeah the reaction to the PWC is extreme lol, it sucks pikachu is being used but damn people are mad. I liked that it was koromi though coz i adore her, she was a cutie. Hope we get to see her once again in a vespiquen themed episode in sinnoh
So basically I think these Pikachu battle are better than having none at all, which is basically the only logical alternative.. having no small battles like this at all would make the WCS goal self-contained to the major battles, which would do it a disservice for what's supposedly a global competition - it would seem unrealistic for Ash to never receive random battle challenges throughout his travels
I agree as in the other thread that Kricketina Kylie (and Shane Seeker) should become recurring. They don't seem like COTDs anyway, but I guess so far they officially are.
Pretty convenient that Goh manages to catch a 2nd Pinsir to trade. And another boring Ash battle.
What a dreadful episode
Go had a perfectly fine pinsir he never uses and would probably be fine being manhandled by the creepy bug queen who loves getting touchy-feely with her pokémon
But nah, random pinsir in the last ten seconds so Go doesn't have to grow or change as a character
10/10 Typical Go Episode
Not sure if you realized the whole goal of the episode was for Goh to help Kylie Jenner catch a Pinsir? How was it "convenient" or "random"?
What happened to it? It only appeared in 2 episodes? It seemed like they were setting it up to be recurring.