Not On MY Watch Ya Don't!
"But that's not nice!"
Score: 3/10
The heroes have finally reached Jubilee City, and Dawn wants to get a Poketch, which is basically a watch with iPhone aps. I do like how the advertisement for them features Krystal from Crystal, that's actually clever.
Sadly, the Poketch Store is out; a representative from the company took them all back. As Dawn mopes, she runs into a disguised Team Rocket, who are selling counterfeit Poketchs. They give one to each of the heroes, and as they sit at the park admiring their new items, a Shinx angrily yells at them. Shinx's owner, a small child, shows up and tells the heroes that they have fake Poketchs. How did he know? He’s the son of the head of the Poketch Corporation. And I guess he takes them to his father in the headquarters, because his father has nothing better to do than talk to teenagers. He explains that he was the one who recalled all of the real Pokechs, because of the counterfeits in circulation. Uh... I don't understand how that makes sense? Wouldn’t you want at least some real ones out there so your reputation isn’t oh whatever.
He can't sell any more real Poketchs until the fake ones are dealt with, but he does offer to use a poketch to measure how much each of the heroes’ pokemon love them. Pikachu adores Ash, but Croagunk loves Brock even more, and once again, Brock and Croagunk share a moment. I don’t-- I don’t really get what’s up here. Sadly, Piplup only kinda likes Dawn, which surprises even it, and the Poketch kid (he never says his name) taunts Dawn about it.
As the heroes sleep at the pokecenter, they see all of the pokemon, except for their own, exit. Cut to the head of the Poketch Corporation, who's dismantling the fakes. The fake Poketchs have a low-frequency Psyduck voice being transmitted that hypnotizes pokemon, causing them to enter a cage owned by, of course, Team Rocket.
As the heroes and Poketch guy show up, Team Rocket captures Pikachu and Piplup and escape. Buneary tries to stop them, but its ice beam doesn't extend far enough. Dawn has it concentrate for a moment before using it, and this time it hits the balloon, dropping it to the ground. What Ash doesn't tell you is that if it had failed, he would have just had Starly fix the problem in two seconds. Blastingoffaaaaagain, and the Poketch kid compliments Dawn and apologizes for being a jerk earlier, and Dawn gets a real Poketch from his father.
Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy arrive just in time to do nothing (why did Nurse Joy come along?). Brock outdoes himself this time, hitting on both of them. I have to admit, a fifteen year-old trying to get two older women into a threesome? Brock must have enormous balls.
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Started: July 6, 2005