#banbadoro

[inbarfink]

[spookysheepart]

Big boy.

[sunglasses-kitaro]

[pokeaniepisodes]

You don’t wanna get Hapu mad, or her Mudsdale will High Horsepower your fears! Just look at Team Skull’s Pokémon...poor babies (ﾟДﾟ;)

[smilingperformer]

Says the person who just had a fun day with her new friends from Melemele Island’s Pokémon School. God. Hapu’u has been growing quite a bit during the arc, I love it.

[multiscales]

I don’t think anyone expected Pikachu to be used against and succeed so well against a Ground-type specialist like Hapu. Especially when he was already defeated by her Goloog before she and Satoshi even formally met. I get the message behind it and what they wanted to convey. The episode was about not just Hapu’s inauguration as an Island Queen but subtly Satoshi and Pikachu’s bond in a more battle-related light. Hapu said she would be fighting with her partner Pokemon, Banbadoro. It would be very easy to counter with Mukuroh as Kaki already noted. Satoshi chose Pikachu because he’s putting full faith in his most precious partner Pokemon like how Hapu does throughout the battle with her own Pokemon. Satoshi has been a catalyst toward Hapu’s development throughout the Poni arc. and using Pikachu who she commented twice already as being a gutsy choice was the most fitting way to wrap this up. It wasn’t just a Pokemon vs. Pokemon battle. It was trainer / Pokemon vs. trainer / Pokemon.

Hapu was extremely impressed by the innovation Satoshi and Pikachu brought as a team to her battle, from using Electro Web to save Pikachu from a Z-Move KO, to the usage of the surrounding seawater and terrain for a makeshift Soak attack (which Satoshi was inspired by while ironically enough playing and enjoying time with Pikachu), to using Quick Attack to maneuver around the field. The inability to use Electric-type moves also added the tension of putting Pikachu in an unfavorable position right from the start while allowing Hapu the opportunity gain control of the affair rather quickly. The entire match would have been too easy with Mukuroh’s being able to easily avoid ground-based attacks, a type advantage and a wide array of attacks to take the horse down and Mukuroh has nothing to prove. Pikachu does. This fight allows Hapu to fully respect and understand Satoshi’s ways as a trainer. It was only fitting that Satoshi finish this trial with the very first Z-Move he had ever performed, GigaVolt Havoc alongside his starter and partner Pokemon. 

The reward scene seals it, Satoshi allows Pikachu the agency of having a voice in what Z-Crystal he’ll be claiming from Hapu. He picks out the Steelium-Z, this means that Pikachu has a Z-Crystal for each of his moves. Electrium-Z, Satopika-Z, Normalium-Z and now the Steelium-Z  and he was naturally able to play a role in the earning of each of these new crystals that function for his entire move set. The Poni arc. was about each of the classmates and their Pokemon working together through their struggles and developing in their own way. Kaki/Lizardon surpassing their former selves, Suiren/Ashimari evolving and gaining more resolve, Mamane/Denjimushi evolving and Mamane being brave, Mao finally confronting her deceased mother with Amajo, Lillie/Gladion working alongside their Pokemon and discussing their damaged family network and missing father, Hapu opening up, learning and fighting to protect her friends. Satoshi and Pikachu ending the arc. on such a strong victory and communicating their relationship in an honest way through their actions made this episode a perfect one for me.

The episode manages to convey itself well with both Hapu and Satoshi testing one another alongside their Pokemon. It does so without undermining Hapu’s own strength as a newly-appointed Island Queen too. It wasn’t just about the battle, it was about the storytelling behind and around and leading up to the battle through the arc. itself which gave the battle a good amount of weight and worth outside of just another generic throwaway fight. Look at the past episodes, we have “Lychee’s Grand Trial! The Hardest Pokemon Match!!” “Will the Z-Move Work! Challenge the Grand Trial!!” “Kuchanashi’s Grand Trial! Lugarugan Awakens!!” I understand now why this episode was called, “An Island Queen is Born! Satoshi’s Grand Trial!!” because it was a trial of not just Hapu seeing if Satoshi could overcome her but also Satoshi showing Hapu who he and Pikachu were.

[fy-dr-janefoster]

by Sleepyblue_Kitzune

Just when things were beginning to settle down throughout the universe, a freak storm sweeps an Infinity Stone and an injured god into the realm, dropping them in the laps of a vacationing Jane Foster and friends, bringing along new problems she and the others aren’t ready to deal with just yet. So much for a peaceful getaway vacation. Now what are they going to do?

Words: 49525, Chapters: 10/10, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of A Tale of New Beginnings

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Devil May Cry, InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale, Tales of Series, Tales of Xillia, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, Gen, Multi

Characters: Jane Foster (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Darcy Lewis, Nero (Devil May Cry), Lady (Devil May Cry), Higurashi Kagome, Higurashi Souta, Alvin (Tales of Xillia), Jude Mathis, Elize Lutus, Teepo (Tales of Xillia), Lugia (Pokemon), Kyogre (Pokemon), Manaphy (Pokemon), Zeraora (Pokemon), Rayquaza (Pokemon), Celebi (Pokemon), Nyula | Sneasel, Livolt | Manectric, Rentorar | Luxray, Lucario (Pokemon), Zoroark (Pokemon), Absol (Pokemon), Laplace | Lapras, Waruvial | Krookodile, Redian | Ledian, Kirikizan | Bisharp, Lugarugan | Lycanroc, Pikachu (Pokemon), Original Non-Human Character(s), Bangiras | Tyranitar, Sirnight | Gardevoir, Roselia (Pokemon), Bohmander | Salamence, Flygon (Pokemon), Onvern | Noivern, Kojondo | Mienshao, Boober | Magmar, Jugon | Dewgong, Floazel | Floatzel, Bakugames | Turtonator, Hellgar | Houndoom, Graena | Mightyena, Lepardas | Liepard, Banbadoro | Mudsdale, Nagetsukesaru | Passimian, Ootachi | Furret, Emonga | Emolga, Fiarrow | Talonflame, Swanna (Pokemon), Glacia | Glaceon, Leafia | Leafeon, Airmd | Skarmory, Muma | Misdreavus, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Marshadow (Pokemon), Victini (Pokemon), Ebony Maw

Relationships: Jane Foster/Loki

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Fusion, Family Fluff, Humor, Angst and Feels, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Half Human-Half Spirit Jane, Kagome and Souta Are Tony's Children, Jane is an Aunt Figure, BAMF Jane Foster, BAMF Darcy Lewis, Semi-Crackish, Mentions of Malekith and Algrim, Mentions of Other Avenger Characters, Mentions of Other Devil May Cry Characters, Mentions of Other Tales of Xillia Characters, Mentions of Other Black Order Members and the Chitauri, Mentions of Other Legendary and Mythical Pokemon

via AO3 works tagged 'Jane Foster/Loki'

[dennysinnoh]

Pokémon Nicknames: Mudbray and Mudsdale

Pokémon Nicknames: Mudbray and Mudsdale

Mudbray (in Japanese: ドロバンコ  “Dorobanko”) is a GROUND-type Pokémon first found in the Alola Region. It is termed the “Donkey Pokémon”. It appears to us as a donkey (aka a “jackass”) or mule. Mudbray evolves into Mudsdale — the “Draft Horse Pokémon”  (in Japanese: バンバドロ  “Banbadoro”) at level 30, where it remains a GROUND-type. (Bulbapedia reference here.)

Could Mudbray be a mule too? Not…

[pokemonblog]

Mudsdale, #750 – Draft Horse Pokémon It spits a mud that provides resistance to both wind and rain, so the walls of old houses were often coated with it.

[autobottesla]

バンバドロ | Banbadoro | Mudsdale

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[sunglasses-kitaro]

[pokeaniepisodes]

“Have you no concept of what a Grand Trial is?” 

An angry Hapu towards Ash wanting to challenge Tapu Fini (Sun & Moon episode 105)

[pokeaniepisodes]

Pikachu with an Electro Web landing to break his fall 🕸⚡️ (Sun & Moon episode 109)

[sunglasses-kitaro]

[pokeaniepisodes]

It’s time for the Poni Island Grand Trial! (Sun & Moon episode 109 preview)

[pokeaniepisodes]

Hapu brings out her trusty Mudsdale! (Sun & Moon episode 104)