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themattress · 5 years ago

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The Myth Arcs of the Pokemon anime

Which one is your favorite? More details about them under the cut.

Diamond & Pearl: The Sinnoh Time-Space Legend

In which the Legendary Pokemon trio of Sinnoh’s great lakes choose Ash, Dawn and Brock to be their human champions and protect Dialga and Palkia from the clutches of Team Galactic.

DP001: Following a Maiden's Voyage DP004: Dawn of a New Era DP036: A Secret Sphere of Influence DP040: Top-Down Training DP060: Journey to the Unown DP069: Enter Galactic DP078: Pruning a Passel of Pals DP096: Losing its Lustrous DP097: Double Team Turnover DP110: Steeling Peace of Mind DP111: Saving the World from Ruins DP130: Frozen on Their Tracks DP133: Uncrushing Defeat DP136: Gateway to Ruin DP150: Unlocking the Red Chain of Events DP151: The Needs of Three DP152: The Battle Finale of Legend

Best Wishes: The Heroes of Truth and Ideals

In which Ash and Pikachu gain the power and position of the Black Hero of Unova, meet N the White Hero, and fight Team Plasma who seek to use the Hero legend for their own plan.

BW001: In the Shadow of Zekrom BW002: Enter Iris and Axew BW007: Snivy Plays Hard to Catch BW009: The Bloom Is on Axew BW023: Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma (Part One) BW024: Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma (Part Two) BW066: Explorers of the Hero's Ruins BW111: New Places...Familiar Faces BW112: The Name's N BW114: Team Plasma's Pokemon Power Plot BW116: Saving Braviary BW119: Team Plasma's Pokemon Manipulation BW120: Secrets From Out of the Fog BW121: Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry BW122: Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals BW123: Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony BW124: What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals

XY: The Power of Mega Evolution

In which Professor Sycamore of Kalos and a bunch of characters connected to him seek to understand the power of Mega Evolution and where it came from, for noble or ignoble ends.

XY001: Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin XY002: Lumiose City Pursuit XY009: Clemont's Got a Secret XY010: Mega-Mecha Meowth Madness XYSP1: Mega Evolution Special I XY028: The Bonds of Evolution XY030: Mega Revelations XY031: The Cave of Trials XY032: The Aura Storm XY033: Calling From Beyond the Aura XY034: Bonds of Mega Evolution XY043: Origins of Mega Evolution XYSP2: Mega Evolution Special II XYSP3: Mega Evolution Special III XY068: Garchomp's Mega Bond XY092: Cloudy Fate, Bright Future XY093: All Eyes on the Future XYSP4: Mega Evolution Special IV XY094: From A to Z XY095: Love Strikes! Eevee, Yikes! XY096: A Giga Battle with Mega Results XY098: Dream a Little Dream from Me XY101: Meeting at Terminus Cave XY102: A Cellular Connection XY106: A Meeting of Two Journeys XY107: An Explosive Operation XY111: Unlocking Some Respect XY116: The Synchronicity Test XY118: Championing a Research Battle XY119: A Full-Strength Battle Surprise XY121: Seeing the Forest for the Trees XY123: A Diamond in the Rough XY129: Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare XY130: Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted XY131: Down to the Fiery Finish XY132: A Towering Takeover XY133: Coming Apart at the Dreams XY134: The Right Hero for the Right Job XY135: Rocking Kalos Defenses XY136: Forming a More Perfect Union XY137: Battling with a Clean Slate XY138: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life XY139: Facing the Needs of the Many XY140: Till We Compete Again XYSP5: The Legend of X, Y, and Z

Sun & Moon: The Mythical Secrets of Alola

In which Ash comes to Alola and is chosen by Tapu Koko to get involved with all of the region’s legends, myths and secrets as they emerge into reality and endanger its inhabitants.

SM001: Alola to New Adventure SM002: The Guardian’s Challenge SM003: Loading the Dex SM004: First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style SM009: To Top a Totem SM010: Trials and Tribulation SM019: A Guardian Rematch SM020: Partner Promises SM027: A Glaring Rivalry SM031: The Island Whisperer SM036: Trials and Determinations SM037: Rising from the Ruins SM044: A Dream Encounter SM045: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t SM046: Deceiving Appearances SM047: A Masked Warning SM048: Night of a Thousand Poses SM049: Mission: Total Recall! SM050: Faba’s Revenge SM051: Family Determination SM052: Revealing the Stuff of Legends SM053: Rescuing the Unwilling SM054: 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight SM055: The Professors’ New Adventure SM061: A Mission of Ultra Urgency SM067: Love at First Twirl SM069: Rise and Shine, Starship SM073: Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime? SM074: Tough Guy Trials SM075: Some Kind of Laziness SM076: A Battle Hand-Off SM077: Guiding an Awakening SM078: Twirling with a Bang SM079: Showering the World with Love SM084: The Shape of Love to Come SM085: The Long Vault Home SM087: Filling the Light with Darkness SM088: Full Moon and Many Arms SM089: The Prism Between Light and Darkness SM090: Securing the Future SM095: Sparking Confusion SM100: Battling the Beast Within SM101: Parallel Friendships SM104: That’s Some Spicy Island Research SM105: Showdown on Poni Island SM106: Evolving Research SM107: Run, Heroes, Run! SM108: Memories in the Mist SM109: A Grand Debut SM114: Beauty is Only Crystal Deep SM116: The Secret Princess SM124: Living on the Cutting Edge SM127: Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams SM140 - SM146: Ultra Legends

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wild-battlebond · 1 year ago

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kalos league notes 👍

125

well trevor's getting eliminated first round. rip.

i do think the angsty badgeless guy is interesting just because it's the first time the perspective of someone who didn't get all their badges in time hasn't really been shown before. even if he is kind of a footnote (unless it happened in os or something and I forgot)

and paralleling ash's battle against that guy with trevor's battle is fun

this has nothing to do with the battle & it's also not really utilized by the anime but it's interesting to think about how draco meteor is kind of an attack associated with friendship… it doesn't rely on it like moves like Return, but typically it can only be taught in the games once you have high friendship with a dragon-type. so when someone used it, it kind of implies a lot about their friendship with their pokémon

oh the stronger-stronger mantra is back. also i guess it's fitting since others already tossed out mega evolution but it's still kind of suprising he leans on bond phenomenon so early into the tournament

ofc they describe ash as a "star trainer". this poor kid's never getting out of the limelight in the kalos region

126 (tierno)

using malva's news report as a recap + to fill in the audience on some other stuff is fun

what do you think leagues do when they don't have an even amount of trainers registered. do they just kick out the odd-numbered trainer

first trevor then sawyer… why does everyone have a "secret weapon". did someone think cameron's secret weapon was really compelling or something

why does it move onto the semi-finals so quickly… well it's a lot of full battles so i guess it makes sense. since a full battle takes up a whole episode

anyways i remember tierno's battle being a lot of fun to watch so I'm looking forward to this!! i still feel bad he can't be a performer 'cause he would sweep

ace king tierno's blastoise - wait wait wait what did clemont just say

but tierno's raichu was also male…?? gay king tierno's raichu??? (i looked it up & bulbapedia counts this as an error & apparently the episode is edited on at least hulu of japan to take a notch out of raichu's tail. so it's simultaneously gay king raichu AND trans queen raichu??? that's awesome. people need to post about this instead of pikachu with a heart tail from the theatre troupe episode)

so knowing blastoise was on its last legs, he had it use a set-up move for his next pokémon (raichu, I'm assuming it's set-up for thunder). awesome (i was right about thunder. here's the thing… mega sceptile's ability is lightning rod… ←knows this very well from raising a mega sceptile just to try and make SOS chaining dedenne easier (←it did not get easier)) why does mega sceptile have lightning rod in the first place though… it already has double resistance to electricity as a grass- and dragon-type. oh, right, it's because VGC is doubles. you can use it to defend a teammate.

i like goodra but it's so mean that they point out he has the option of transferring in a lab pokémon

127 (sawyer I)

i still love this guy's garchomp's nickname. garchoo. i gotta name one that one day

sycamore keeps staring at alain sadly & it's like. maybe if you weren't such a loser your weird son/nephew/unrelated research assistant wouldn't be such a loser either. you ever think about that

cute pep talk :) why does ash always seem so nervous his pokémon will leave if he messes up tho

I FORGOT HAWLUCHA DRESSES UP FOR THIS MATCH!!!! so awesome aw he wasn't even in the battle for more than a few minutes. sad & fail. so yeah as an adaptation of its ability slaking is essentially a "charge attack"… it sits around for a while, but when it does finally attack, it's extremely strong.

it is kinda wild how everything sawyer does is a counter to ash's pokémon. it makes for an interesting battle for sure, but it's also kinda like… this kid needs to get a hobby…

pikachu brings the first fun usage of the battlefield terrain

everybody idolizes this kid so badly. can you guys please find your own ideal rather than patterning yourselves after ash's every word and action

128 (sawyer II)

so to prevent pikachu from using the battlefield in a fun way, he chops down every tree. that makes sense. (i wonder if the battlefield shows up again in the finals… it probably does but it also seems like a huge pain to repair)

hellll yeah classic pikachu jumping around on floating tree stumps

it's the kind of battle that's incredibly fun to watch but not a lot to say. they put all the animation into this part of the battle.

they should have had sawyer be the XY rival who showed up in the world championship instead of alain. altho maybe not because it's hilarious that alain instantly lost to cynthia

129 (intermission)

ah it's the league intermission episode of course pancham and chespin having a little spat is the inciting incident oh but mairin is here so it's kind of important

hooray the famous pokémon league computer room

it's a throwaway line but that is actually interesting… it makes sense gyms would close during the league since you don't really want people picking up badges until the next circuit starts

i do like that after All Of This pikachu becomes extremely suspicious of eerie businessmen in the future

130 (alain I)

immediate clever usage of the battlefield to neutralize sandstorm

crunch not phasing pikachu when it makes contact with iron tail is an example of type match-ups affecting moves? (does steel still resist dark?)

are diantha and sycamore just making conversation or are they supposed to be commentating for TV or something

oh he's got a weavile. he shouldn't be allowed to have such a cool pokémon

HAWLUCHA POPPED OUT JUST TO CHECK ON IT [NOIVERN] 🥲 and then he lets it get revenge on the pokémon that knocked out its kid. poetic cinema hooray hawlucha sweep also im not sure what hawlucha glowing red is. just a metaphor/a way to show it's getting heated up? (i thought it could be an ability, but none suit what's happening. also seems like bide, but hawlucha doesn't know that iirc?)

AND A BISHARP… we need to ban alain from cool pokémon speaking of hawlucha's ability, it definitely isn't limber. because it got paralyzed.

AND THEN HE EVEN HAS A POKÉMON THAT'S ONLY COOL TO ME (UNFEZANT) CAN WE KICK THIS GUY OUT OF THE LEAGUE. at least it's only unfezant M tho that one's not as cool as F oh yay a birds battle

alain slowly learns the definition of "having fun"

classic close-quarters thunderbolt hooray pikachu sweep 👏👏👏 that was fun to watch

hitting charizard with so many moves in rapid succession… it brings to mind trying to rush a kill in a fighting game. like trying too hard to grab your opponent because you know they're damaged enough that ness's back throw will be an insta kill. he knows charizard is alain's last pokémon, so he's rushing to take it down as fast as possible, while possibly not paying enough attention to everything else.

131 (alain II)

don't take pikachu out in the first minute of the second part. that's sad. oh wait disregard what i said about charizard being alain's last i forgot about bisharp oh ash also has two left. well i forgot about goodra

alain's clearly saving charizard for greninja

that thing's guillotine is way too accurate

now it's greninja time for the rest of the battle

haha it instantly KO'd bisharp (which had already taken a lot of damage)

wow he actually set up the battlefield with rain for greninja's sake. that's a first

now it's the big bond phenomenon VS mega evolution battle

here's the part where alain starts mirroring charizard's movements. oh wait that was also the end of the battle. this was more anti-climatic than i remembered

a lot of people point out that water shuriken had the type advantage in the last exchange of moves, but that's entirely untrue due to mega charziard X being part dragon-type. it was a neutral match-up on both sides.

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