Episode Guide #089 - #096

Stage Fight!
Bye Bye Psyduck
The Joy of Pokémon
Navel Maneuvers
Snack Attack
A Shipful of Shivers
Meowth Rules!
Tracey Gets Bugged

Stage Fight!

Pokémon seen:  

Mr Mime, Chansey, Pikachu, Togepi, Hitmonchan, Clefable, Machoke, Abra, Jynx, 
Raichu, Meowth, Victreebel, Weezing, Marill, Squirtle, Psyduck, Staryu

Story:  

The group watch a play on a showboat, and are surprised that the Pokémon there 
appear to talk; but they don’t actually, they open and close their mouths 
while human voice actors speak for them.  
They meet the people and a girl called Kay who works on the showboat, but 
Kay’s Raichu is having problems.  
Ash is asked to stay to help out with this during the ride to the next port 
since he has a close relationship with Pikachu, but it doesn’t work, Kay’s 
Raichu senses her fear of being shocked which makes it nervous.  
Team Rocket attack and trap everyone, and plan to make off with the Pokémon, 
but they fight back, and with Kay and her Raichu’s faith restored, she and Ash 
battle and defeat Team Rocket.  
Even though the Rockets are gone, trouble strikes, as an earlier Smokescreen 
attack has hindered one of the voice actors, so Kay, Ash and the other Pokémon 
fill in so that the show can go on.  

My favourite Quote:  

Ash:  “To get along with a Pokémon, the first and most important thing you 
have to keep in mind is that Pokémon’s personality, you see, every Pokémon is 
different from every other Pokémon, just like people are all different.”  
Tracey:  “Wow, Ash sounds like he really knows what he’s talking about.”  
Misty:  “That’s because he’s repeating what Brock used to tell him.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

The episode’s title pun is from the concept of Stage Fright.  

Ash states the fact that Meowth isn’t the only Pokémon who can talk; it’s kind 
of true though, even if the showboat Pokémon aren’t the genuine item.  
By this I’m talking about the Gastly that talked long ago, and let’s not 
forget Mewtwo and Lapras.  

The poem Kay tries to recite with Raichu is part of the “Rime of the Ancient 
Mariner”.  

When Meowth shouts at Raichu, his voice is actually joined by that of his 
Japanese counterpart that speaks and then screams over him.  

Even though the story says it’s the voice actors talking on behalf of the 
Pokémon, aside from Raichu, the voices we hear when the Pokémon speak are 
obviously the true voice actors who talk for the Pokémon on a regular basis, 
some of which are the English production crew.  

Could be a mistake, or not, but after Hitmonchan strikes James with a Fire 
Punch, there’s a delay before his head bursts into flame, surely there should 
have been a little fire shown on him before his head was engulfed.  

Again Jessie overrules James and takes control of his Weezing, but when did 
she snatch the Pokéball from James? Off screen while Victreebel was biting his 
head?  
Clearly Weezing isn’t picky about who it takes commands from, unlike its 
partner Arbok.  

Oak once again has a colour error in that his eyebrows are grey instead of 
black, unless he dyes it that colour and Ash caught him off guard.  
Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Golduck

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

As far as planned; no.  

Bye Bye Psyduck

Pokémon seen:  

Staryu, Togepi, Lapras, Pikachu, Psyduck, Tentacruel, Goldeen, Marill, 
Squirtle, Poliwhirl, Kingler, Poliwrath, Horsea, Wartortle, Krabby, Seel, 
Seaking, Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite, Tentacool, Meowth, Golduck, Starmie, 
Arbok

Story:  

The group take time to relax, but Psyduck gets lost, he’s found by a Water 
Pokémon Trainer called Marina, who Misty gets friendly with and soon has a 
Pokémon Battle against.  
Marina’s Tentacruel beats her Goldeen, but Misty’s Staryu beats it, Marina 
uses a Psyduck of her own and beats Staryu with it.  
When Misty attempts to use Psyduck, her bag is accidentally dropped into the 
water, when she recovers it, a Golduck pops out, to Misty’s surprise.  
Its attitude is very different to Psyduck, it poses, it’s quick and Very 
powerful.  
Team Rocket skip the motto and get the jump on Marina’s Pokémon, Golduck plays 
the hero and saves Marina and her Pokémon.  
The two Water Trainers aim to finish their battle, Golduck battles Starmie and 
wins, but when Misty uses her Pokéball to recall Golduck, Psyduck comes out 
instead.  
It turns out that the Golduck is a wild Pokémon who likes to impress girls, 
but Marina is still impressed as Misty battled with an uncaught wild Pokémon.  
Misty is once again stuck with Psyduck, but leaves Marina on good terms, and 
promises a battle with her if Psyduck ever really evolves.  

My favourite Quote:  

Misty:  “Everybody used to yell and say all kinds of bad things about Psyduck, 
but nobody’s gonna say bad things now, right Golduck?”  
Golduck:  “Gol-Duck!”  
Ash:  “The one who said most of those things was Misty.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

At the start of the episode when Psyduck sleeps, a mistake occurs as his 
breathing in snores occur when he’s breathing out, and vice versa, was this 
mistake supposed to be on account of Psyduck’s slowness, or the voice 
actor’s?  

Ash seems to have studied at last, he knows that Psyduck evolves into Golduck 
before the Pokédex is activated, if only he could stop using the Pokédex on 
Pokémon he’s already seen, maybe then I could believe he’s making progress as 
a trainer.  

If Misty is true to her word about Golduck being her favourite Pokémon, why 
did she not want Psyduck in the first place? If she honestly wanted a Golduck, 
she should have made more effort at training her Psyduck, and she shouldn’t be 
trying to trade it off when she had apparent knowledge it would evolve soon.  

Jessie uses her long hair for good use as a nifty whip to punish Meowth in 
this episode while James manages to duck it, this won’t be the last time her 
hair is used this way and James isn’t so lucky in the future.  

During the Pokémon Battle, Marina’s white tights temporarily disappear between 
the first and second battle, and don’t anyone e-mail me with the feeble 
excuse “She adjusted them between battles.” because this is an animation error 
that can’t be covered up for.  

For two so-called great Water Pokémon Trainers, their Pokémon aren’t that 
great today, it’s almost a one hit knockout contest until Golduck gets into 
it, as Misty’s Goldeen, Staryu and Marina’s Tentacruel all use one or two 
attacks, but are beaten on their first hit.  
Misty and Marina may claim it’s because they’re tired, but come on! Even basic 
Pokémon can take more than one hit before the fatigue kicks in; my written 
battles sometimes stretch out to 3 or 4 pages.  
It’s even worse when Psyduck can’t free itself from Team Rocket’s net, all it 
did was use two Confusion attacks and was hit zero times, why is it too weak 
to escape?  

When Golduck rides the wave made by Psyduck, it comes off as what looks to be 
a Surf attack.  

Team Rocket don’t really care much for Arbok today, it got blasted skyward 
alone, so unless they end up in exactly the same place as Arbok fell, they’re 
gonna have to look for it.  

A true fact is stated at last, but not fully, when Tracey says Golduck can use 
Hyper Beam while it couldn’t as a Psyduck.  
It’s because the majority of Pokémon on lower stages can’t use Hyper Beam, but 
almost all Pokémon at their highest stage of evolution and those that don’t 
evolve at all can be taught how to use it (with the exception of Pokémon like 
Scyther and Onix, whose evolutions were only added during the second set of 
Pokémon games).  
Still, Tracey’s slightly off, as Hyper Beam for a Golduck has to be taught, 
but since we know eventually that it’s not Misty’s Golduck/Psyduck, the one 
she uses could have picked it up by itself at some point.  

Brock is mentioned for the first time since his departure, but only in Misty 
comparing the girl-crazy Golduck to him.  

What happened to Psyduck’s glowing tail? Why did it stop? The false 
information from Marina about it being a sign before evolution turns out to be 
useless, whoever did she hear this from?  

I disagree with Ash, as he’s contradicting himself! He claims the battle 
shouldn’t have counted because Misty wasn’t using her own Pokémon, but over 
the series, the group have lent each other Pokémon to use in battles, like 
back in the Princess Festival Tournament for example (“PRINCESS VS. 
PRINCESS”).  
More to the point, Ash used an uncaught Haunter during his battle in the 
Saffron Gym (“Haunter Versus Kadabra”). 
I know that in my stories, Tetsubo has occasionally used Pokémon that although 
weren’t his at the time, they obeyed him fully (and later became his own).  
Provided the wild Pokémon listens to the trainer’s orders and adheres to the 
rules, caught or uncaught, the battle should count.  

Finally, at the end of this ranting list, did Misty leave any contact details 
with Marina? If she truly wanted another match in the future, she should have 
done so.  

Why is it that the episodes I like the most, are the ones that have a lot of 
criticisms, so far this series, this episode and “Pikachu Re-Volts” are my 
favourites, but I have a large list of criticisms in the Things I’d like to 
point out column, probably because without these flaws, the episodes would be 
pretty much perfect.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Mewtwo

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

A huge yes, as Marina and her brother Seamus (not a TV series character) are 
Gym Leaders in Aquamarine Town, they take on Scott, Abby and Chad in their Gym 
Battles.  

The Joy of Pokémon

Pokémon seen:  

Lapras, Pikachu, Togepi, Chansey, Magikarp, Kingler, Sandshrew, Spearow, 
Poliwag, Vileplume, Onix, Mankey, Bulbasaur, Gyarados, Jigglypuff, Shellder, 
Dewgong, Squirtle, Marill, Staryu, Psyduck, Meowth, Seel

Story:  

During another trip between islands, the group see a very strong Nurse Joy and 
pursue her until they can catch up.  
This tanned and muscular Nurse Joy travels around many of the small islands 
treating Pokémon because there are no Pokémon Centres.  
The group joins her in order to help and see her in action, and during the 
experience, they discover a huge Magikarp that Joy has long been friends 
with.  
Joy sets out during a storm to help out some Seel and Tracey gets the group to 
join her in order to help.  
Team Rocket traps the group but are attacked by the gigantic Magikarp, their 
sub is too tough for it and it ends up evolving to save Joy and the others.  
Ash and the group are directed to an island where another of the Orange Crew 
operates, and continue their journey there.  

My favourite Quote:  

Meowth:  “Well it looks like we got us a ‘net’ gain of two Pokémon!”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Calcium tablets are available in the games, they are pricey but permanently 
raise the Special stat of the Pokémon it’s given to (Special Defence only in 
the second games onwards).  

One would think this Nurse Joy has a tan because she works outdoors rather 
than in a Pokémon Centre, but in the flashback, even as a little girl Joy has 
a tan while her family doesn’t.  
She must have disobeyed the rules of not staying in the sun too long as she’s 
developed a seemingly permanent tan.  

The Dewgong that grabs Ash underwater is really careless; it’s not nice to 
hold onto air breathers when they’re desperate for air.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Geodude

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None.  

Navel Maneuvers

Pokémon seen:  

Lapras, Pikachu, Togepi, Meowth, Nidoqueen, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Machoke, 
Scyther, Geodude, Electrode, Squirtle, Victreebel

Story:  

The group reach Navel Island, and meet Danny along the way, who guides them 
towards the place where Ash will compete.  
The first test is to climb a huge mountain without assistance from Pokémon, on 
the way up, Team Rocket try to steal Pikachu, but Danny stops them with ease.  
At the top, Danny reveals himself to be the Gym Leader, and the climb was just 
a test to weed out the weaker trainers.  
The first test is to freeze a geyser, but Ash’s Lapras fails to freeze it 
quicker than Nidoqueen.  
The next test is to carve the ice into a sled, and Charizard actually comes 
through for Ash on this rare occasion and beats Danny to it.  
The last test is a race to the shores of the island, on the way Team Rocket 
attack again but also lose again, and because of Danny once more.  
The race continues, and Ash’s flukiness comes into play, and he just takes the 
victory and claims his second badge, the Sea Ruby Badge.  

My favourite Quote:  

Jessie (referring to Danny):  “I don’t like that guy’s attitude, it’s too 
positive.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Who that watched the episode figured out that Danny was the Gym Leader as soon 
as he arrived? It was just too obvious I’m afraid, and once again, Ash is just 
too stupid to realise that until the last possible moment.  

Oh come on Danny, just how old is Misty? 12? 13? 14 at most, why is such an 
older guy hitting on her?  
This is the first time Misty openly has a crush on someone, she does like Ash 
but hasn’t revealed it just yet.  

When Danny lifts the rock for Meowth to catch with the rod, it’s very much 
like a different sort of cartoon, but what was Meowth trying to do exactly? 
Catch Danny and hurl him off the cliff?  

Since when did Charizard get so accurate? A few flames and the ice is shaped 
like a sled, but how exactly did Charizard burn the centre away from its 
position without melting the sides?  

“Is that your final answer?” is a phrase used by hosts in game shows like “Who 
Wants To Be A Millionaire?”  

The ‘cave in’ comment comes from nowhere, Ash complains that he’s too busy to 
deal with Team Rocket and then gets accused of wanting to cave in, which leads 
to the literal meaning and the falling down the pit part.  
What did the ‘cave in’ comment (in any sense of the word) have to do with 
anything; it’s just a cheap and not really thought through way to fill in a 
few Team Rocket lines I’d say.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Exeggcute

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None; to have Tetsubo compete against Danny would just be an almost exact 
story (except he’d probably figure out Danny was the Gym Leader much sooner), 
so he’s instead taken on four original members of the Orange Crew.  

Snack Attack

Pokémon seen:  

Lapras, Pikachu, Togepi, Jigglypuff, Butterfree, Snorlax, Bulbasaur, Staryu, 
Meowth, Squirtle, Goldeen, Arbok, Lickitung, Victreebel, Psyduck

Story:  

The group wind up in the Grapefruit Islands, and meet Ruby, who grows the 
grapefruit along with many others, and are alerted to a thief who is stealing 
the grapefruit.  
The thief is revealed to be a Snorlax, who is too powerful to be moved away, 
or be defeated.  
The Snorlax eats everything and moves to the next island, where Team Rocket is 
also stealing fruit, but Snorlax steals their cache and gets them mad.  
They attempt to put Snorlax to sleep but fail utterly, and Ash and the group 
must attract Jigglypuff to get Snorlax drowsy so that it can be caught.  
They succeed, the island’s remaining grapefruit is saved, and Ash now has a 
new Pokémon.  

My favourite Quote:  

(Snorlax wants to get across the ocean to another island and is waving its 
arms in the air)  
Ash:  “Do you think Snorlax is getting ready to fly to another island?”  
Misty:  “Not unless it has a ticket on a jumbo jet.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

It’s a big coincidence that all the grapefruit is ripe enough to be picked off 
the trees, not that it works in getting the fruit away from Snorlax.  

Surely the cartoonists exaggerate a little, did Snorlax really eat All the 
grapefruit on one island?  

Snorlax either actually swims in this episode or it knows the Surf technique, 
which Snorlax can learn in the games.  

Are Snorlax really meat eaters? Would it have eaten Goldeen had Misty not 
recalled it in time?  

When Misty instructs Togepi to use Metronome, how is she even aware it knows 
it? The entire group is totally ignorant of Togepi’s powers and so Misty 
should only have asked Togepi to attack without listing a move it knew.  
And Tracey sure changes his tune, a while ago he was moaning that Togepi 
should have learned an attack, and now he just agrees with Ash who thinks 
Togepi is incapable of attacks.  

How slow is Ash? To think of putting Snorlax to sleep only after James 
attempted it, couldn’t he have thought of that when the group thought Snorlax 
was going to go to sleep of its own free will?  

When Tracey suggests massaging Snorlax to relax it, the hand that’s holding 
his bag isn’t detailed and looks like he only has one finger and a giant stub 
on his hand.  

Why were Team Rocket trying to put Snorlax to sleep? To save the island fruit 
for them to steal or to capture Snorlax? It’d have made a powerful Pokémon for 
the Boss and I doubt they could handle it as one of their own Pokémon since it 
requires so much food and they’re always on ends meat for meals.  

Misty claims that only Jigglypuff could have put all the workers to sleep and 
drawn on their faces, but technically anyone could have drawn on them, it’s 
only because Jigglypuff has a reputation for doing it that she comes to this 
conclusion, I know this isn’t so much a criticism as it is a technicality.  

Not that it’s particularly important, but what happens to the tree bark that 
got absorbed into the Pokéball with Snorlax? He’ll probably eat it or use it 
as a toothpick.  

With the new trees growing immediately wherever Snorlax went, there’s not 
really that big an explanation, unless Snorlax ‘fertilised’ the land as he 
went (Ewwww...).  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Ivysaur

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

Chapter 29 is somewhat similar to this one, but it’s Scott that catches the 
Snorlax, and my theory on how Snorlax can be caught when they’re forced asleep 
is a logical one.  

A Shipful of Shivers

Pokémon seen:  

Lapras, Pikachu, Togepi, Meowth, Marill, Staryu, Haunter, Gastly, Bulbasaur, 
Victreebel, Arbok, Beedrill

Story:  

The group arrive on Morell Island, where a trophy found in a sunken ship is on 
display at the local museum.  
Before they can see it, Team Rocket steal it during the night, and are quickly 
discovered in the morning and chased into the ocean, they end up on a 
mysterious abandoned ship, as do Ash and the others.  
Team Rocket are scared off by ghosts, while Togepi gets lost but is taken care 
of by Gastly and Haunter, who mean no harm to it but will not let the trophy 
be taken.  
They are able to communicate through Meowth, and explain that they were loyal 
Pokémon to the trainer that raised them and won the trophy.  
Their ship sunk hundreds of years ago and their master passed away, and when 
the trophy was taken away recently, they raised the ship in order to get back 
their trophy.  
Ash and the group decide to let the ghosts keep the trophy with them, and the 
ship floats away so that the master’s treasure can be kept safe with his loyal 
Pokémon.  

My favourite Quote:  

James:  “And once we have that trophy, we’ll all be big celebrities, maybe 
I’ll even get my own television series, wouldn’t that be exci-”  
Meowth (after striking James with a mallet):  “Oh yeah?! Don’t ya think if we 
go on TV wit’ the trophy they’ll know we were the ones who stole it?!”  
James (on the floor):  “Pos... sibly...”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Unless the title is based off a film or book, I think it’s meant to be a pun 
on “A Shipful of Seamen.”  

In the newspaper article many of the divers that retrieved the trophy bear 
likenesses of the main characters but older.  

There’s a huge mistake, as at a certain point of the episode, Tracey’s lips 
are moving, but no words are coming out, the fact that the waves can be heard 
proves this isn’t because of my copy of the episode, and the fact that Misty 
agrees with whatever he said proves that he was meant to have said something.  

Avoiding Tackle by becoming intangible is feasible for Ghost-types, but not 
Razor Leaf, at least, not when compared to the games.  

Doesn’t Ash realise that he cannot challenge the captain when he’s been long 
dead, did Ash forget so soon that what they were watching was a vision of the 
past?  

Meowth’s ability to communicate with humans tends to be abused by other 
Pokémon with the ability to take control of others, the Ghost Pokémon do it in 
this episode and somehow the giant Tentacruel from “Tentacool & Tentacruel” 
was able to do it too.  
Meowth can translate what Pokémon are saying without these weird mind links, 
and tends not to deny humans the knowledge of what a Pokémon is saying even 
though he’s a bad guy.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Gastly

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None.  

Meowth Rules!

Pokémon seen:  

Meowth, Lapras, Pikachu, Togepi, Squirtle, Nidoking, Onix

Story:  

Team Rocket are stranded and down, while Meowth is surprisingly happy.  
Team Rocket see and attack Ash, but are blasted off again, but separate from 
Meowth, who ends up on an island that praise the great Meowth of Bounty, and 
gets mistaken for it.  
Meowth is treated like royalty and must lie in order to keep Ash’s group and 
even Jessie and James off the island so that they don’t expose him.  
It all goes wrong when Meowth is expected to use Pay Day to bring wealth to 
the people, but Meowth can’t use that attack because he used up his experience 
points learning how to talk.  
He’s put in almost impossible battles, until Pay Day is seemingly used, but 
it’s just Jessie and James doing a good thing for their friend and using up 
their money.  
Later on, Meowth recognises James’s bottlecaps in the bounty, and feeling 
guilty, he runs back to his friends and leaves the worshippers.  
Ash and the group wonder about what was on the island, while Team Rocket get 
ideas into their head and cruelly have Meowth fight in order to learn Pay Day, 
not that he will...  

My favourite Quote:  

Jessie (to James):  “Haven’t you ever heard of positive thinking? Try looking 
on the bright side for a change!”  
Meowth:  “Ahhhh, I’m so happy, I’m gonna have three clams fer dinner...  I’m 
the happiest Meowth in the whole world.”  
Jessie:  “I’m all for positive thinking but Meowth seems to be stretching the 
concept a little too far.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Another Team Rocket focussed episode, sort of.  
Funny how both the episodes with less focus on the good guys focus more on 
Meowth than the human bad guys.  
Even the story begins from their perspective and they aren’t even preparing a 
trap for the group or anything.  

Team Rocket are angry that Meowth can’t learn Pay Day, in the games, Pay Day 
attacks with money which is collected by the winner of the battle.  
Unfortunately, the cartoon needs to show where the Meowth get their money from 
before we ever see this attack visually, unless they steal it first, hold onto 
it and use it in battle, I don’t see how Meowth could get money from out of 
nowhere.  

It’s way too coincidental that Meowth ended up on an island that worships a 
Meowth, that’s cartoons for you, at least they didn’t try to sacrifice him 
like virtually every other cartoon does in this scenario.  

It’s revealed in this episode that Meowth has used up his Experience Points to 
learn how to talk instead of learning higher attacks, which explains why he’s 
never evolved into a Persian.  

Aren’t the worshippers a bit optimistic about the Pokémon they have Meowth 
fight against, I know the Meowth they worship is supposed to be great and all, 
but a Normal-type would normally not stand too big a chance against a part 
Ground-type like Nidoking, or a Rock/Ground-type like Onix.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Magnemite

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None.  

Tracey Gets Bugged

Pokémon seen:  

Lapras, Pikachu, Togepi, Venonat, Marill, Beedrill, Caterpie, Pinsir, Scyther, 
Meowth, Weedle, Venomoth, Paras, Metapod, Chansey, Arbok, Weezing, Lickitung, 
Victreebel

Story:  

The group arrive on Murcot Island, where Bug-type Pokémon are rampant, and 
find a wounded Scyther, which Tracey captures in order to get it healed.  
Meanwhile, Team Rocket are nearby but crash land and are attacked by a group 
of Scyther.  
Nurse Joy explains that the Scyther must have been beaten by another Scyther 
in a battle for leadership, and if that happens, it can’t stay with the 
swarm.  
Team Rocket escapes the Scyther but not without losses (Jessie’s hair is cut 
down to size) and they aim to capture all the Scyther to get some sense of 
revenge.  
Tracey tries to help Scyther regain confidence in its abilities, and Ash 
suggests it should try to battle the new leader.  
It takes off, but not to battle the leader but rather to save the swarm from 
Team Rocket.  
Together with the one who beat him, Scyther manages to do away with all of 
Team Rocket’s Pokémon and save its swarm.  
Scyther is still not able to return to its swarm, but it’s happy to remain 
with Tracey.  

My favourite Quote:  

Jessie:  “I’ve been robbed of my crown and glory, my resplendent hair...”  
James:  “Resplendent?”  
Meowth:  “Must mean big.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Tracey says Bug-element instead of type, I’d use the phrase element if a 
Pokémon type was or was similar to an element like Fire, Water, Ground/Rock, 
Grass, Flying, etc.  

Why does Ash want Another Caterpie, surely he should go for a completely new 
Bug-type, if he wants to be a Pokémon Master, he really should broaden his 
range of Pokémon whenever he gets the chance.  
And when Tracey is viewing the Pokémon, he refers only to one Caterpie when 
there’s clearly a group of them.  

Misty feels safe because she thinks Marill and Venonat aren’t Bug-types, I 
guess ignorance is bliss for her, because Venonat is part Poison-type, part 
Bug-type, can’t she see that?  

The Pokédex is fairly accurate, in that Scyther are rarely seen and rarely 
captured.  
In the games Scyther are only available in the Safari Zone, or the Bug 
Catching Contest in the sequels.  

Ash is so ignorant, he just saw that Scyther doesn’t want help from Pikachu 
yet he instructs Pikachu to assist Scyther.  
On the other hand, Tracey isn’t far off, I know he technically caught Scyther, 
but to tell him what to do in battle is almost as rude as Pikachu helping; 
still, they needed a way to bond so that Tracey could keep it afterwards.  

Tracey should be more specific, he says that Lickitung and Victreebel are 
going to double team Scyther (as in attack together), and then instructs 
Scyther to use the special move Double Team.  
If Scyther wasn’t aware of the move, or too aware, then the two could easily 
have been mixed up.  

Jessie shouldn’t be calling Poison Sting attack ‘Poison Needle’, it’s what the 
move looks like but not its official name, and so Arbok shouldn’t have done 
it.  
In a future episode “A Farfetch’d Tale”, a boy learns the importance of 
learning the correct names for the attacks he wants his Pokémon to use.  

This is a common cartoony gag, in which plasters are immediately pasted onto 
characters when they’re hurt.  
In this particular situation, it’s even more farfetched, as the Pokémon 
shouldn’t have had access to plasters, nor enough time to put them on before 
landing on the floor.  
On the other hand, this is a children’s cartoon, so the true results of a 
Slash attack would be considered too violent or disgusting.  

Finally, the joke of cutting Jessie and James’s hair into Mohawks, in the next 
episode, it’s all grown back, no real need for an explanation, as several 
cartoons do all sorts of things to their characters only to have them come 
back perfect in the next episode or scene.  
Finally, what right does Ash have in telling Tracey how to pose with a new 
Pokémon? Everyone has their own style, and Ash’s isn’t anything really 
spectacular, I’m kind of bored of it myself, as I am with the reused Ash 
Pokéball throwing clip that remains exactly the same as the early episodes.  
And Misty has no right to moan about Tracey being converted into another Ash, 
the series would get boring with two people who know very little about 
Pokémon, and copying a pose doesn’t mean Tracey’s personality will change, he 
hasn’t even gotten a new Pokémon since this episode.  
And if I remember correctly, Misty stole one of Ash’s poses a while back when 
she got Horsea (“Tentacool & Tentacruel”), so she’s being a right hypocrite 
now.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Pinsir

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None.  

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