

Geez, why did Tierno keep attacking the Biding Goodra who clearly wasn't taking that much damage from Raichu's attacks? For a second, I thought Goodra's Bide would OHKO them. Anyway, moving on to the battle, I though it was pretty cool how Ash pretty much dominated the entire thing.

I love how James basically sent out Inkay just to get blasted. I also liked how when Team Tierno came across that giant rock, Sliggoo started repeatedly slamming the rock with his body like when Pikachu was trying to free themselves from TR's cage in XY55. Anyway, I did like Dedenne reuniting with Sliggoo. Then of course she decides to attack the cage resulting in them being freed. I lol'd majorly when he dowsed Jessie with his attack. I liked how Wartorle jumped in front of Raichu protect him from being captured and when TR was talking about Raichu. You'd think she'd be the one to go off with her running in the wilderness when looking for the Pokemon, rather than some dude they really don't know that well. Ok, am I only one who thought it was odd Bonnie went with Tierno to look for the Pokemon? I mean, Clemont entrusted Bonnie's safety to Serena (and Ash, but more to Serena).

I also like how they showed that he'd battled Clembot for his badge.Īw Sliggoo is sooooo cute! Anyway, I wonder why Tierno didn't introduce Raichu with the rest of his dance crew. Moving on, I loved Tierno's reaction to Serena's new do. And damn that Gothitelle cleaning invention trying to suck him up was hilarious. I liked how the group was on the phone with Clemont at the beginning of the episode and how once again Serena was holding Bonnie. I haven't much enjoyed the group dynamics without him! I can't wait for them to be reunited with Citron. I (obviously) loved the Rocket trio in this episode, particularly their speculation about whether Pikachu had evolved and the way they came to the correct conclusion! Also Musashi's unwarranted hair rage harked back to the good old days :-D More of this please! Nice to see that their pokemon (including Sonansu) had been slyly recalled during the fire. What was the point of that fire breaking out? Well obviously I know the point but it felt so lacklustre and non-threatening that for me it really downplayed the evolution. Have we ever had a Raichu portrayed positively on the show before? I wonder if they'll take that anywhere with Pikachu. Tierno is so great, I only wish he'd actually had a bit more to do in this episode! The inclusion of Raichu on his team is interesting. Wow who knew Numelgon would appear so quickly! If Satoshi doesn't end up doing a Pigeot after the gym battle then I'll eat my hat.
