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Review JN060: Aim to Be a Scallion Master! Charge with Chivalry!!

VetProf said:
If this episode was like the Korrina episode or the first Bea episode where Gou just unceremoniously gets some new entries added to his Pokedex without any actual development for his character or his Pokemon (while simultaneously taking up time that could've been spent on a 2v2 battle), then yes, I agree that the usual Gou complaints would apply for this episode. And yet, even though the focus of the short scene in this episode was Grookey (a Pokemon that was caught in the previous episode), and the main focus of this episode was a 1v1 that I feel had ample time dedicated for it, some people still felt like Gou was "stealing" screentime away from Ash in this episode.
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In all honesty, it doesn’t matter if the episode is a 2 v 2, 1v1, or even a battless episode, Ash’s episodes should be dedicated to Ash and Ash alone. Go gets more than his fair share of episodes in which the writers don’t allow Ash to interfere with Go’s spotlight so why is it that Go should be allowed to do the reverse? To deem this either a necessity or even remotely fair is like saying that the glutton who eats well every day of the week should be entitled to a portion of their friend who only gets to eat lunch twice a week’s food while they never offer the same in return. This is where the issue lies.
 
Kurolegacy said:
In all honesty, it doesn’t matter if the episode is a 2 v 2, 1v1, or even a battless episode, Ash’s episodes should be dedicated to Ash and Ash alone. Go gets more than his fair share of episodes in which the writers don’t allow Ash to interfere with Go’s spotlight so why is it that Go should be allowed to do the reverse? To deem this either a necessity or even remotely fair is like saying that the glutton who eats well every day of the week should be entitled to a portion of their friend who only gets to eat lunch twice a week’s food while they never offer the same in return. This is where the issue lies.
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TBH, I’m getting tired of saying the same thing every week now, which I guess is very worrying that the show keeps doing the same thing, over and over...

But, what else is there to talk about? This episode kind of felt empty, and the battle felt flat with all the breaks. As people have said, there’s no way Ash would have won if Rinto didn’t allow time for Farfetch’d to pick up the shield - it lacked intensity for what’s supposed to be a fierce battle, with the way they built up Gallade in its initial appearance.
Many things felt out of place, with Goh’s shouting at Ash and Rinto, Bellsprout capture, and its kind of a reoccurrence. Overall, this epsiode, whilst fine, kind of disappointed me.
 
Now that I thought it a bit more thoroughly....
I think that this episode could have worked the same if Gou wasn't there.
Starting with Satoshi and Kamon battling another trainer, a PWC Match.
He wins, goes to the Pokemon Center, heals Kamon and then meets Rinto again.....
 
SlyGecko said:
Here's some questions. What does the scene contribute to the episode? Besides showing off Grooky's personality, what does it have to do with the episode? What does the random Bellsprout who will most likely just be a background element have to do with the episode? If the Bellsprout or Grooky had a major role on the episode, then I wouldn't have a problem with it. But they don't. So the scene just feels out of place in the episode.
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I do agree that the scene itself felt a bit out of place in the episode. With that said, considering that Grookey literally just joined the main cast in the previous episode, I think it's fine for the writers to show it off for a bit in this one. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's normal for newly-caught Pokemon to be shown off for a bit in the episode after its capture, even if the Pokemon isn't directly related to the episode's plot itself. For example, Dragonite had a short scene in the episode after its capture, even though it had absolutely nothing to do with the Gengar plot of the episode. This was probably more common in past seasons, back when the series wasn't super episodic.
Kurolegacy said:
In all honesty, it doesn’t matter if the episode is a 2 v 2, 1v1, or even a battless episode, Ash’s episodes should be dedicated to Ash and Ash alone. Go gets more than his fair share of episodes in which the writers don’t allow Ash to interfere with Go’s spotlight so why is it that Go should be allowed to do the reverse? To deem this either a necessity or even remotely fair is like saying that the glutton who eats well every day of the week should be entitled to a portion of their friend who only gets to eat lunch twice a week’s food while they never offer the same in return. This is where the issue lies.
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Again, I agree that this is definitely an ongoing problem with this series in general, but I just feel like it's not a big issue with this episode in particular. Grookey got a couple minutes of screentime to show it off after it joined the main cast last episode, and a decent amount of time was left for the battle right after, so I really don't think the Grookey scene detracted from the battle's focus at all. Frankly, even with the Grookey segment taking up like 10% of this episode's time, the battle still felt a bit padded with all the breaks and conversations during the battle that some people here have noticed.
 
Reborn Talonflame said:
Can you elaborate why? I’m fine if you thought that, but please don’t just leave me with the puzzling thought of why I may be wrong. I would like to learn if there’s things I need to consider.
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To me, the breaks in the battle felt necessary for developing Farfetch'd, and the actual battle scenes were very fluid and full of nice action.
 
As clunky as the animation was for the most part, this episode did have some great bits. Farfetch’d and Gallade ballet fighting, Farfetch’d evolving and Gallade striking Sirfetch’d with its Justified boost all looked very smooth.
 
I rather enjoyed this episode. The battle was good, with some development for Ash's Farfetch'd and now Sirfetch'd.

FinnishPokéFan92 said:
I liked how Goh's catch of the day, as minor as it was, involved him bonding with the Pokémon before actually catching it.
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That certainly makes it better than previous Goh catches of the day.
 
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. We got the long awaited Ash focus and the episode also concentrated on what Ash is most famous for: Believing in his Pokemon and giving all he's got in battle while his Pokemon are responding to his emotions by having an intense fight, evolving and eventually winning the battle. That's the kind of Pokemon episode I love most! A great battle from the beginning to the end, which was then perfectly summed up by that idea of Ash protecting his Pokemon and the latter protecting him in return. Simply a great and motivating episode!

And still... that Grookey and Go part was totally unnecessary and a waste of valuable screen time that could have been used for the battle itself instead. Why does that damn Go have to interfere every single time? I bet he will easily become one of the most hated characters of the show if it continues like that.
Kurolegacy said:
Ash’s episodes should be dedicated to Ash and Ash alone.
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Couldn't have said it better myself!

Still, I won't let that totally random Grookey/Go scene ruin what was a great episode.Glad to see Farfetch'd being rewarded for his hard work! Or as the show put it: "That's chivalry"
 
I wonder where Sirfetch’d is in terms of brute power when it comes to Ash’s all-time Pokemon. I’d imagine the only ones that may have more brute force would be Infernape (Blaze Only), Charizard and Ash-Greninja, and two of those need extra incentives to outmatch it.
Dragonite may be close, and I’m not sure about Snorlax, Melmetal and Tauros
 
Reborn Talonflame said:
I wonder where Sirfetch’d is in terms of brute power when it comes to Ash’s all-time Pokemon. I’d imagine the only ones that may have more brute force would be Infernape (Blaze Only), Charizard and Ash-Greninja, and two of those need extra incentives to outmatch it.
Dragonite may be close, and I’m not sure about Snorlax, Melmetal and Tauros
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Considering Snorlax knows more than 4 moves and Tauros had a tie with a Psuedo, i say they are up there.
 
Max1996 said:
That certainly makes it better than previous Goh catches of the day.
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Honestly though, I fail to see any "Goh bonded with Bellsprout" element here? I don't have much problem with the capture just being here, but Grookey operated independently from Goh. Goh didn't even know his healing ability works on Pokemon.
 
LazySpy said:
Honestly though, I fail to see any "Goh bonded with Bellsprout" element here? I don't have much problem with the capture just being here, but Grookey operated independently from Goh. Goh didn't even know his healing ability works on Pokemon.
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True...But it's still something better than Goh just throwing a Ball straight away.
 
I feel like it’s pretty clear at this point that there are always going to be ones he interacts with first and ones he doesn’t. I personally don’t really mind either way since most of his catches don’t play particularly prominent roles later on anyway.
 
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