Japanese Episode 3

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Japanese Episode 3

Japanese Episode 3: "Pokemon GETTO da ze!"

("I Got a Pokemon!")

Satoshi throws his Monster Ball at the wild Kyatapii from the previous episode and succeeds in capturing it! Satoshi rejoices over his first pokemon catch and becomes confident in his skills as a pokemon trainer. But Kasumi isn't too happy, revealing that she hates bugs. He tries to capture the next pokemon he sees, a Pijon, but he proves his poor battle skills by releasing his Kyatapii to fight the bird pokemon. After a humiliating defeat, Satoshi finally uses Pikachu to capture it, but Kasumi still scolds him for not thinking about the safety of his pokemon. Suddenly, the Rocket-Dan appear and announce that they're out to capture Pikachu because of the awesome powers it displayed in their previous encounter. Pikachu is put out of commission, and Pijon is quickly overwhelmed by the Rocket-Dan's Dogasu and Arbo. So Satoshi sends out his last pokemon, the weakened Kyatapii. Despite the odds, Satoshi's Kyatapii wins and sends the Rocket-Dan packing. Satoshi is happy about Kyatapii's victory and watches with excitement as it evolves into a Trancell! Now Satoshi and Kasumi continue through the forest to capture more pokemon.

Thoughts
This is the last of the three-episode beginning of the series, and for some reason, I found more joy watching this episode for comparison purposes than I have the others. Really not that outstanding an episode, though.

Kyatapii keeps its Japanese voice.

Side Note
Sometimes I wonder about the sizes of pokemon. I mean, Pikachu and Kyatapii are almost exactly the same size! If I saw a caterpillar the size of a mouse, I'd freak. I mean, Pikachu's extremely large for a mouse itself, but Kyatapii's huge compared to the animal it's based off of.

Paint Edit
After the moon scene (a scene I'm sure made many a parent go "So this is what pok-AY-man's all about?"), Kasumi yells at Kyatapii, telling it that it should stay in its Monster Ball. Then Kyatapii makes a sad face as the katakana for "Ga~n" (an all-purpose Japanese sound effect) moves across the screen behind it. In the dub, the "Ga~n" is erased, leaving only the background. They did a good job of erasing it--you really couldn't tell anything was done, even if you were looking for it. The only thing is that on the left side of the screen, there's a slim vertical black bar, as if the scene couldn't be restored to its original size after they went in and put all that digital paint to work.

Cut-1sec
Right before Kasumi's speech about using strategy to fight battles (Kyatapii's a bug, Pijon's a bird, birds eat bugs), she slaps Satoshi for his putting his pokemon in danger needlessly. The slap is cut for the dub, but you can still hear the last half-second of the slap in the dub.

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