GenesisSaga posted...
Heh. I also enjoyed the "attached to the Spanish accent" line.
That accent is literally so distracting for me and I cannot explain why.
Gettin' Twiggy With It!
"What's mine is mine and what's yours is too!"
Score: 4.5/10
A Team Rocket plan gone awry results in their balloon crashing to the ground next to a lake, at which is a Turtwig. Turtwig quickly decides to help Pikachu, and blasts Team Rocket off so quickly and effortlessly that I question how they captured Pikachu to begin with.
The heroes arrive, so Dawn attacks the Turtwig, hoping to catch it. Turtwig defends itself, accidentally hitting an Oddish, which accidentally uses sleep powder on Pikachu and Ash. Turtwig, assuming the heroes are as bad as Team Rocket but less easy to blast off, grabs Pikachu and runs away, and because the heroes suck, they are literally outrun by a turtle.
They meet an old lady named Clara who revives Ash, and she explains that Turtwig turned up one day, and spends its time helping any pokemon or person it sees in trouble, occasionally settling problems between two pokemon. Wait, so Turtwig is a four-legged wild grass starter that hangs out in a forest, guiding and mediating disputes between other pokemon and defending them against humans? Are you sure I'm not in season one, writers?
The heroes quickly find Turtwig and Pikachu, and knowing all of this, they very slowly walk toward Pikachu and Turtwig without explaining themselves, and are rewarded for this by a tackle. Well, you can't claim that you didn't deserve it, guys. Pikachu explains, and Turtwig apologizes. Next time, why don’t you try wrapping yourselves in meat and explaining to a Houndoom that you’re not food?
A wounded Linoone appears, and Dawn scans it with her pokedex. It helpfully tells her that Linoone hunt their prey by running at them in straight lines, because normal predators... don't take the most direct route possible?
Everyone takes Linoone to Clara's house, and Brock heals it quickly. Good thing you moved a wounded animal when you already had the resources necessary to heal it where it already was. To no one’s surprise, Turtwig begins to really like Ash and starts getting close to him.
After some Team Rocket shenanigans (in which Ash outswims a submarine), Turtwig now falls in love with Ash. It asks to come along, but insists on a battle.
Pikachu wins. Exciting and unexpected, am I right?
Clara makes Ash promise to take good care of Turtwig, and Ash agrees; after all, it's not like he's ever permanently abandoned a grass starter at Professor Oak’s that was utterly devoted to him beyond the ability to express with words.
I want to wait until Dawn’s first contest to give an official opinion of her, so keep waiting.
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Started: July 6, 2005