Pokémon Episode Guide

What You Seed Is What You Get!

Love At First Flight

Let Bagons Be Bagons!

The Princess And The Togepi!

The title of this episode is a pun on the fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea. Misty returns in a set of two episodes full of mystery and intrigue.

The Togepi Mirage

Misty shows her true colours in this amazing series of episodes. Not only does she handle Brock as an awestruck Max and May look on, but she shows her true Gym Leader potential.

Togepi's surprise evolution and departure from the series is a fitting end to a great Pokémon. At first I thought the hatchling was just a useless runt. But his character was slowly brought out over time and proved to be a powerful Pokémon if difficult to train. Both it's secret powers and its infantile antics were a wonderful source of entertainment. Its evolution was a fitting goodbye gift to viewers. Good luck, Togetic, whereever you are!

Does anyone know where Misty got her Gyarados from?

Candid Camerupt

I Feel Skitty

Synopsis: May gets a Skitty.

Zigzag Zangoose

A fun performance by Meowth reciting Jessie's lines in the TR motto. A great performance by Jessie too.

Maxxed Out!

Synopsis: Max meets a doppelganger, and they can't seem to get on, until they are forced into an alliance.

Pros and Con Artists

Come What May

Synopsis: May enters the Fallabor Town Pokémon contest and wins her first ribbon.

My favourite scene: Jessie's entrance into the contest, especially the laugh.

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble, what's happened is us!
Make it double, with all the fuss!

Cheer Pressure!

Game Winning Assist!

Fight For The Meteorite!

Poetry in Commotion!

Going, Going, Yawn

Synopsis: Ash challenges Lavaridge gym leader Flannery and wins.

An inconsistency in the anime. In the past a sleeping Pokémon was considered unable to fight and therefore lost a battle. In this episode it was allowed to continue.

Going for a Spinda

All Torkoal, No Play

Manectric Charge

Delcatty Got Your Tongue

Disaster of Disguise

Disguise Da Limit

Synopsis: May enters the Verdanturf Pokémon contest and wins her second ribbon.

Take The Lombre Home

True Blue Swablu

Gulpin It Down

Exploud and Clear

Go Go Ludicolo

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble, here's our report.
And make it double, we're cutting this short.
[Later on...]
Prepare for trouble, we'll show you strange.
And make it double, we've got quite a range.

A Double Dilemma

This episode has an interesting plot, full of surprises, and great entertainment with a touch of comedy of errors. At the same time it could be construed as a social commentary, a reflection of how people are infatuated with their idols at the expense of good sense. The narrator sums it up with, "A chaotic afternoon in the throes of Normanmania."

By the way, when Meowth says, "We're in the valley of the norman," is that a pun on something? Anyone got any ideas?

My favourite scene #1: Team Rocket doing a Norman and family impersonation.

My favourite scene #2: The queue of challengers waiting to battle Ash.

Rocket Rhyme:
Bystander: Who are you?
Jessie: Prepare for trouble, you'll find out soon enough.
James: And make it double, things are going to get tough.

Love, Petalburg Style

Note the irony when Kenny says, "You never know who could be around listening."

Rocket Rhyme:
[TR about to catch Vigoroth, Slakoth and Slaking as well as Pikachu.]
Jessie: Prepare for trouble, we don't want you.
James: And make it triple, plus Pikachu.

My favourite quote:
Joy: Besides being a nurse, I'm also a licensed pyrotechnician.

Balance of Power

Synopsis: Ash challenges Petalburg gym leader Norman and wins.

What a great gym battle that was, as indeed it often is. And what a sweet kid Max is. The more I see of Max, the more I like him. It's nice once in a while to see he's human, not just a walking encyclopedia!

Hey, if I recall correctly, TR didn't do their motto.

My favourite scene: Max crying because his dad lost the match.

A Six Pack Attack

My favourite quote:
Jessie: [after vacuuming May's Poké balls] You're a sucker for punishment.
Meowth: You humans fall for this hole trap every time.

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble from our secret base.
And make it double—it's a pretty cool place.

The Bicker the Better

My favourite scene: The tad battle come brawl in which James and Ash are versing Jessica and May.

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble, we're reuniting.
And make it double, we're through with fighting.

Grass Hysteria

Hokey Pokéballs

Whiscash and Ash

My favourite scene #1: The look on Ash's face when Nero the Wiscash swallows his badges.

My favourite scene #2: Nero swallowing the Master Ball.

My favourite quote:
It's a bite to the finish.

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble, since you didn't seem to get it.
And make it double, we've decided to net it.

Me, Myself and Time

I'm a great fan of time travel stories. This was quite a tame offering, but interesting nevertheless. Unfortunately the English title was a spoiler for me.

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble, let us sing you our song.
And make it double, if you care to sing along.
(Is this the first time that TR have sung their motto?)

A Fan With A Plan

Rocket Rhyme:
[After stealing May's and Savana's Pokemon Contest ribbons.]
Savana: Hey, they're not yours!
Jessie: Prepare for trouble, they are today.
James: If you can't win 'em, steal 'em I always say.
Jessie: To protect my entry status from devastation.
James: To alow a certain contestant to win her registration.
Jessie: To denounce the evils of losing, that's true.
James: To extend her winning streak from zero to two.
Jessie: Jessie.
James: And James.
Jessie: Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light.
James: Surrender now, do me a favour or I'll have to fight.
Jessie: This contest will have a cute winner by tonight.
Meowth: That's right.
Wobbuffet: Wobbuffet!

Cruisin' For A Losin'

Pearls Are A Spoink's Best Friend

This episode introduces us to Spoink. It would have been a silly episode if it was not for the performance of the Magikarp salesman who makes an entertaining cameo. Feebas is difficult to catch, while Magikarp are easy to find. Selling Magikarp as Feebas seems an excellent new scam, once people have caught on the original Magikarp scam.

My favourite scene #1: The Magikarp salesman.

My favourite quote:
James: There's something fishy about this.

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble, that's the name of our game.
And make it double, it's our claim to fame.

That's Just Swellow

Take This House And Shuppet

A Shroomish Skirmish

Unfair Weather Friends

Who's Flying Now?

Sky High Gym Battle!

Lights, Camerupt, Action!

Crazy as a Lunatone

The Garden of Eatin!

A Scare to Remember

It's been ages since I've seen a character-gets-amnesia-from-a-knock-on-the-head story, and I was quite pleased with how this one turned out.

My favourite quote:
Pikachu: [When it recognizes Ash] Pi...ka...pi...

Rocket Rhyme:
Prepare for trouble, that's not your concern.
And make it double, things have taken a turn.

Pokéblock, Stock and Berry

Rocket Rhyme:
[After stealing Kelly's Grumpig]
Prepare for trouble, stick to Poké-block makin'.
And make it double, we're bringing home the bacon.

Lessons in Lilycove

Synopsis: May enters the Lilycove Pokémon contest and wins her third ribbon.

Jessie's antics with James's Chimecho had me laughing. James's reactions were superb! Using psychic to turn Combusken's fire spin attack back was a great and original idea, but being able to dissipate the flames with a physical attack was ludicrous.

I don't recall the Rockets doing their motto in this one.

My favourite scene #1: James's reactions to Combusken's attacks on his Chimecho.

My favourite quote:
James: When you're hurting Chimecho you're hurting me.

Judgement Day!