FalconPain posted...
Metagross is forced to blast them off instead of murdering them brutally
To this day, I have trouble with this episode for that reason. The best I figure, aside from the characters misjudging the threat, is that it's some kind of Last Action Hero-esque plot point that once the three members are back together, they qualify as comic relief and thus can survive a vicious attack.
On the brighter side, a TR episode I enjoy more will build upon some of the minor plot points in this episode (at least if you overthink it), so it's satisfying continuity-wise.
No, because Jessie and Meowth have been blasted off without James multiple times, and James has been blasted off without them. I guess you could claim that Metagross just misaimed and the explosion propelled them away instead of connecting directly, but since Team Rocket is the group that frequently breaks the fourth wall ("We've been after Pikachu since before you were born" to Dawn, eleven seasons into the show), the real explanation is that they're blasting off agaaaaaaaaain.
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