I'm not so sure Pikachu even had an excuse with Snivy. Despite not having electricity, it still had Quick Attack and Iron Tail to work with. Honestly a single Quick Attack should've been enough to end the match, unless Juniper feeds her Pokemon nothing but steroids or something.
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