OR MAYBE SO
SHISHISHAW
THE LONELY SNOVER!
"Isn't that just like a twerp, to be in denial? When it comes to Snover Berries, we're masters of guile!"
Score: 3/10
Ash stops for some training in a forest, during which he tells Grotle to dodge a flamethrower. Even though Grotle had an entire episode about how it can't dodge and needs to just tank things. As they train, a wild Snover freezes everyone at once, but Chimchar escapes the ice and frees everyone else. No one sees Snover, however. The heroes continue on, and Snover uses grass knot from behind a bush to make everyone trip. They try to approach it, so it traps them all in vines using ingrain. Ash has Grotle free everyone, so it just uses grass whistle to put everyone to sleep. Then it wakes everyone up and offers them some of the berries that grow on its body, called “snover berries,” which are apparently delicious. Brock decides that Snover forced everyone to stop using its moves to ask them to try out the food.
Snover decides to hang out with the heroes for the rest of the day, and at night, it celebrates being part of the gang the same way the rest of the gang does: by getting kidnapped by, and rescued from, Team Rocket. I especially like how the heroes wake up as Snover is kidnapped; they’re in their pajamas, but in the next shot, they’re in their regular clothes, so apparently, they decided that getting dressed was more important than immediately acting to help Snover. By the way, it’s Grotle who saves Snover here, and we get a little scene as they strike up a friendship.
The next day, Grotle has sprouted nuts on its back, and wild pokemon come start having some. Don’t worry; this has no significance at all. Team Rocket shows up again and steals Snover, so Grotle up and learns rock climb to jump three hundred feet into the air and pop their balloon.
As the heroes continue on their path, a teacher and some kids show up and start playing with Snover. Snover gives them one of the berries (split literally six ways) and they fall in love with it, so everyone decides it would be a great idea if Snover stays with them. The teacher tells the heroes that a contest is taking place in Sandlestraw Town, conveniently located only one episode out of their way, so they decide to stop there before advancing the A-plot.
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Started: July 6, 2005