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[miscellaneousmao]

Made a silly Snorlax peek-a-boo cake for my birthday the other day, wave hi! 🎂

I'm still jet-lagged from my trip so I thought I'd just have fun and make a random idea...which ended up much messier than I'd imagined, but still cute I think!

[aliasjuno]

💤

[angeloftheodd]

Mentally, I’m here: The Snorlax Igloo in Pokémon Sleep. 🤍

Happy holidays, Pokémon Sleep. 💤❄️🥰

[shinemon311]

[tobiasdrake]

Orange League, Episode 14 - Gluttonous Snorlax! Huge Panic!

Today's adventure brings us to the seven Zabon/Grapefruit Islands. Ash and Misty want to check them out because it's pomelo season and that sounds yummy.

These pomelo farms are being run by a woman named Nana/Ruby. Ruby's dealing with a rash of pomelo thefts that leave her trees destroyed.

If you thought Team Rocket was behind this, you are... Wrong, surprisingly. Nope, the culprit is a displaced Snorlax out of its appropriate ecosystem, trying to satisfy its intense dietary needs. This episode is about the harm that invasive species cause to an ecosystem!

Snorlax's ravenous hunger completely destroys one of the seven islands. The group breathes a sigh of relief that at least they can't reach the other six. But reality has some bad news for Ash and Nana: This Snorlax knows the HM move Surf. That's how they got here in the first place.

(This is definitely somebody's trained Snorlax that they carelessly released.)

Everybody tries to fight Snorlax. Even the Rockets try to fight Snorlax. Problem is, Snorlax is a beast. Their HP is tied with Onix's Defense for the third-highest stat in the game, and they're no slouch on Attack either. Wild Snorlax is hard enough to deal with, but since this is somebody's released Snorlax, that means EVs too.

This challenge is far above Ash's level. Snorlax's Body Slam oneshots everything that anyone tries to throw at them. Even Pikachu barely does more than chip damage. He might as well be fighting Mewtwo again.

Attempts to put Snorlax to sleep with outside-the-box methods go just as poorly, with Team Rocket ultimately making their exit courtesy of an agitated Mega Kick - Another TM move that proves Snorlax's history with a past Trainer.

It takes the enchanting powers of Jigglypuff to finally put Snorlax to rest. And Ash takes this opportunity to chip their impressive HP down a little more with a solid hit from Thunder, then capture them.

Snorlax has a new Trainer, the islands are safe from any further harm, and Ash walks away with what is easily the most formidable Pokemon he's ever caught - And with a catch rate of 25; This was genuinely hard! He's moving up in the world!

[pregretting]

Are those pictures of relatives? This is amazing.

Lazy night in with Snorlax.

[9823678]

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[jadeazora]

Some new Project Voltage art by Chie_Rico! (Man, can't believe it's been 16yrs for Rin and Len. Time sure does fly.)

Our next new Project Kabigon art, sleeping with Clodsire and Paldean Wooper 🥺

And today's TCG Instagram art drop, the theme is definitely sweets!

[z-moves]

Official artwork of Red's Snorlax battling Ethan's Typhlosion on Mt. Silver, part of an illustration series entitled Standing Kabigon

Art by Lownine (Twitter/X: Lownine)

From Project Kabigon

[pregretting]

SO COZY

Snorlax is eepy

[ejbcya]

Snorlax’s Dream Gourmet & Character Introductions Project Kabigon collaboration manga by Kuwabara Taku.

[angeloftheodd]

A scoop of Snorlax is exactly what I needed for Yule! ❄️🍦 Thanks, Chelsea! 🩵

[amelikos]

Some character notes and episode notes for HZ043, writing them down for future reference.

Some callbacks to HZ008 (which was also written by Naruki Nagakawa) with the shopping at the beginning. Roy and Friede getting sidetracked by a line for sweets, neglecting their shopping in the process. Mollie was in a better mood than usual thanks to the cheap stuff she found so she didn't scold them, but she was kind of judging them. Also, Friede is trusting Roy to do his shopping by himself since he was willing to split to go faster. Usually, Friede watches over the kids and stay with them in an unknown city, but now they are growing and can buy groceries by themselves.

As they finish their shopping, Liko notices (thanks to Mibrim) an old man who seems to need help but she finds his expression intimidating so she isn't sure what to do... Roy immediately understands that the old man threw out his back because he is used to his grandpa or Landau scowling when it happens. Loved this casual show of Roy's perceptiveness since he pays a lot of attention to his surroundings usually. Liko and Roy end up helping the old man and Nyahoja gives him a back massage (casual show of Nyahoja's relaxing abilities too, which is nice). The old man is the manager for the store selling the Umidigda sweets so he gives Liko and Roy a box for free to thank them for their help.

In the meantime, Onyx and Sango come to town as well. Onyx is not impressed (but he still tagged along with Sango in the first place). Sango disguises herself to not attract attention and came to town specifically for the sweets. She stood in line like everyone else, but didn't get a box since they were limited... she made a scene but is thrown out of the store. She ends up seeing Liko and Roy with a box of the sweets and gets pissed that they got one despite not waiting in line like everyone else, so she swears revenge (and somehow managed to stick a letter on Hogator's back to tell them to meet at the Kabigon Rock).

Back in the ship, Kanuchan wants food but Dot is busy so she goes where the other Pokemon are to get some. She ends up dropping her plate of food as she tries to go back to Dot's room so Terapagos leads her to Nuoh who shares berries with her. Liked this little moment of Terapagos acting more like a "big sibling" now, especially since he used to be the baby who didn't know anything on the ship. I feel like lots of Pokemon are growing lately (like Mibrim who had responsability over Terapagos a few eps ago, etc). And I just generally like seeing the way different Pokemon interact with each other. Kanuchan went back to Dot's room to share food with Kuwassu and Dot praised her for it (the whole message of sharing and kindness in the ep in opposition to Sango etc).

Liko and Roy meet up with Sango after reading the letter of challenge. They banter back and forth because Sango is asking them for the sweets and feels entitled to them, while Roy thinks she is spouting nonsense. Liko offered to give one to her to appease her, but Sango got angry that she opened the box at all. She revealed herself as being from the Explorers (introduces herself to both of them and reveals her name) and Onyx joins her since he was wondering what was taking her so long. Liko wanted to contact Friede to let him know about their situation but Roy was more willing to jump into action (I keep liking the way they react differently about things: Liko thought it was best not to go to the meeting spot while Roy wanted to know what the letter was about, etc). Sango and Onyx challenge Roy and Liko respectively to a battle. Sango felt offended by Roy so she singled him out as an opponent, and Onyx asked Liko politely to be his opponent. When Sango was revealed as a character back in ep 16, I thought she could maybe be a good opponent to Roy, so it's fun that they took this path now (and Roy and Liko both have the type advantage with Sango and Onyx, so).

The battle was nice and highlighted different sides of Liko and Roy. Even though Roy was willing to accept the challenge and battle (while Liko was more cautious), I feel like he gets overwhelmed in these kinds of situations? While Liko performs well and "sees" more clearly under pressure and situations like that, which is interesting to me (in comparison at the beginning of the episode, she was stressing out when the old man scowled because of his back pain, while Roy easily reached out to him). Liko and Roy were on their own this time and managed to hold out despite who their opponents are. It felt like Roy was overwhelmed and paralyzed at some points because he didn't think of using Stomping Tantrum to do something about the ice, but then he remembered it. I like that he has moments of hesitations, too. Liko was shown thinking and tried to strategize too. She used what she learned during her training against Diana back in HZ033 too (that there is always a way to battle against a bigger or stronger foe, with Nyahoja using the fact she is smaller to her advantage to attack her opponent from its blind spot). While Onyx and Sango weren't going all out (from their own admission), Liko and Roy used their knowledge to do what they could and stood their ground and their opponents acknowledged that.

The battle was eventually called off since Onyx got a call about his mission. Onyx prioritizes the mission over the battle so he left and brought Sango with him even though she wanted to stay and finish the battle. They play off each other nicely, honestly. Sango revealed the Explorers' plan to summon Rayquaza before leaving. Onyx was revealed to have a second Pokemon too (a Ptera, which stroke me as curious since it's an ancient Pokemon while the Explorers seem more futuristic given the technology they use in general).

Liko collapsed on the ground after Onyx and Sango left, it felt like the stress left her and she was trying to keep it together the whole time. I love how things like that affect her and that they show the kids get scared but try to be courageous nonetheless. Liko immediately reassured her Pokemon too, even though she was scared, she still makes sure to let them know things are okay.

At the end, Friede meets up with Liko and Roy and they tell him what happened and what the Explorers said about summoning Rayquaza. He makes the connection between the island they mentioned and the strange tower they saw in the pictures of Irukaman in the previous episode. Friede decides to go investigate. Roy gives Cap and Lizardon some sweets before they leave (which was really nice of him). Liko feels uneasy about the Explorers' plan and wonders what they are up to.

[superlucaria64]

That's so cute!! Happy birthday!

Made a silly Snorlax peek-a-boo cake for my birthday the other day, wave hi! 🎂

I'm still jet-lagged from my trip so I thought I'd just have fun and make a random idea...which ended up much messier than I'd imagined, but still cute I think!

[shinemon311]

New record!

[tobiasdrake]

Orange League, Episode 27 - Get Fired Up! Snorlax!!

Kunenbo/Butwal Island, surrounded by rough seas. Ash, his friends, and their Pokemon have been stranded for a week and now everyone's starving. But a Trainer NPC pops up and you can't back out of Trainer matches so Ash goes forward with it anyway.

The battle is a farce. Ash is too hungry to select the right Pokemon or call attacks well. He winds up trying to use Charizard against an opposing Gloom but accidentally sending out Snorlax instead, and damages Snorlax's Ball in the process.

This is a setup for another "How do we get Snorlax to do a thing?" plot. We've done "How do we wake Snorlax?" We've done "How do we make Snorlax stop eating?" And now we have to move Snorlax over a mountain to get to a Pokemon Center and fix Snorlax's Ball.

This makes the first half of the episode quite a lot of fun. Ash, Tracey, and Misty all work together in equal measure to accomplish their task, spreading out the cast effectively.

Second half is Team Rocket's worst plot yet, both ethically and sensibly. They steal an air-drop of food from the Pokemon Center and threaten to make a huge crowd of gathered people starve if they don't surrender Ash's Pikachu. But there's like thirty Pokemon Trainers here so I don't know why everyone doesn't dogpile on the Rockets.

In any case, they make the mistake of igniting Snorlax's fighting spirit. I said when Ash got them that Snorlax is by far the most formidable Pokemon he's ever caught, and I meant it.

You might not know it just from looking at their stats. Snorlax isn't topping the Most Powerful Pokemon in Kanto charts. But that's only because they dump-statted Speed. Snorlax is comfortable with going second and having poor Defenses because their HP is the #3 strongest stat in the game, tied with Onix's Defense and beating out even Mewtwo's Special. And their Attack is through the roof too.

Snorlax does two things: Hit very hard, especially with STAB Body Slam, Mega Kick, or Skull Bash, and refuse to go down no matter what you throw at them. They're incredible, and the only thing balancing Ash's Snorlax is that their predilection for sleeping all the time has kept him from thinking of Snorlax as a viable competitive Pokemon.

This Rocket fight is where Ash learns of his mistake. Snorlax destroys Team Rocket because obviously, sending them sailing with a 225 Power STAB Hyper Beam.