258: Here's Looking At You, Elekid
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Well then....
Here's Looking at You, Elekid!
As Ash looks the little yellow Pokemon with his Pokedex, it stomps forward with the bravado of a schoolyard bully and promptly eats Larvitar's food. Misty is shocked, but like all good bullies it pretends to be best buds with its victim, slapping the Emo Pokemon on the back roughly. Larvitar is horrified, and Pikachu jumps to its defence, Elekid delighted at the chance for a rumble as it starts pinwheeling its arms like a ferocious retard. For some reason though, Ash decides to play peacemaker and jumps in the way, getting shocked in the process. As Pikachu realises its mistake, Elekid cocks an asshole-ish look Larvitar's way and approaches to show some more rough bravura comradeship..... and a net falls onto them!
Team Rocket!
Yes Larvitar and Elekid are being hauled up in a net by Team Rocket in their Happy Buddha Face Meowth Balloon. Ash tries to cut them free by using Bayleef's Razor Leaf but the net is some kind of steel-reinforced fibre, and then a Smokescreen from Weezing covers their escape.
With victory assured, James checks out their catch, and comes face to face with Elekid! It promptly shocks him, blasting a hole in the base of the balloon's basket that Elekid and Larvitar fall through. Jesse is infuriated and roars at James for letting them escape, while Meowth shouts at James' ass.
Oh like you wouldn't.
On the ground, Larvitar looks around at the alien landscape with EMO I CUT MYSELF despair, and once again is greeted with bravura comradeship from Elekid, a schoolyard bully assured of its own dominance.
Back with the twerps, they're on the lookout for Team Rocket, worrying about whether Larvitar is going to end up locking up emotionally again as in the past. They hear more rustling in the bushes (always with the rustling, these bushes) and out pops.... a Meganium!
Oh... and Casey.
Shit.
Yes the annoyingly exuberant young baseball fan is back, and she instantly notices that Ash's Chikorita has "only" evolved into a Bayleef and starts talking up the greatness that is Meganium, while Ash insists that he is happy with Bayleef as it is.
This is the Ash that fought Casey's Chikorita with a Charizard the first time they met.
Having played her game of one-up-manship with Ash, Casey explains that she is tracking an Elekid that she is hoping to catch so that they can cheer for her Electabuzz team together. Ash explains that they saw Elekid, but it got kidnapped by Team Rocket along with Larvitar.
Speaking of which, Elekid has dragged Larvitar to an apple tree where it pinwheels its arms wildly again before knocking down a couple of apples. It scoffs down its apple and Larvitar mimics it. As they eat, Team Rocket are looking for the two Pokemon, Meowth sure once again that THIS is the scheme that will finally get him back into Giovanni's good books, as we're treated to another patented Crazy Meowth Giovanni Fantasy. We see Giovanni using Elekidís power to do various things like shaving (it's da best shave I ever had! Giovanni proclaims in Meowth's voice) and using the blow dryer on his hair while Larvitar peeks from behind a doorframe like a tiny reptilian version of Edith Bunker. Then Giovanni sits down to sip on brandy, and watches Larvitar peeking from behind a doorframe and proclaims in a Meowth voice, "Larvitar, you are an oasis in a sea o¹losers!"
James isn't entirely convinced by this bizarre tale of Pokemon powered appliances and battered wife syndrome, but Jesse doesn't care about any of that, she just wants them looking for the two missing Pokemon!? Flying over the top of the forest, they spot Larvitar and Elekid and use another net to capture them, this one electric-proofed so Elekid can't blast them out. Larvitar lets rip with a massive screech, heard far in the distance by the twerps and Casey. Spotting the Happy Buddha Face Meowth Balloon again, Ash cries out to Larvitar which hears him and stops screeching, and Casey's Meganium cuts through the net with Razor Leaf. Jesse is horrified, why did the rope snap? Well as James points out, you can have a steel-reinforced net or an electric proof net, but you can't have both!
Brock calls out Forretress, which uses Rapid Spin to puncture through the balloon, which makes it.... EXPLODE!?!?!
The twerps look for the fallen net and find it draped over the side of a cliff, and there is no sign of Larvitar and Elekid!
Meanwhile..... MEXICAN MAGIKARP SALESMAN!
Yes the wily old shyster is wandering along the road when Team Rocket land on him! The Mexican Magikarp Salesman is infuriated, then takes a close look at James and declares that this might be his lucky day, he can sell him a Magikarp! James - dazed from his fall - stares at the Magikarp with great interest, then suddenly clears his head and lets out a roar... it's THE MEXICAN MAGIKARP SALESMAN!
The con-artist tries to cheese it, but James grabs him and holds him down belly first, jumping on top of him (hehehe) and demanding a refund. But the Mexican Magikarp Salesman is no fool, he points out that he can't give back money for nothing, he'd need to get the Magikarp back first. James remembers all the way back to the St Anne and kicking the Magikarp off the raft they were on, which means no refund. However, like all good conmen, the Mexican Magikarp Salesman has got a deal for him! Why he has a Weepinbell with a sweet scent that will draw any Pokemon in the area instantly to them! Jesse is instantly very interested and Meowth agrees, leaving James appalled that they could fall for such a scam despite being forearmed with knowledge. The Mexican Magikarp Salesman settles down to have a drink of ....water.... yeah, that's it, while Team Rocket debate amongst themselves which of their Pokemon to trade for the Weepinbell. Their first suggestion is Meowth, but for some strange reason Meowth isn't too keen on this idea. Jesse suggests Weezing, but James notes that (even if it is a hideous abortion and abomination) it is useful for using Smokescreen (plus it used to be Koffing!). Meowth suggests Wobbuffet, but Jesse sticks up for the Pokemon that annoys her by noting it has a useful Counter-Attack ability. James suggests Arbok, and rather than defend it by pointing out its virtues, she gives James a smack and says she is too attached to Arbok to drop it from the team. That only leaves Victreebell, and despite James horrified refusal, Jesse and Meowth point out all it ever does is try to swallow his head
STELLA!
Jesse is already bored of James' tears, telling him to get to and call out Weepinbell. He calls the odd looking Pokemon out and Jesse and Meowth admire it, while James blubbers and moans and flashes back to the (previously unseen!) memory of how he caught Victreebell. He saw a Weepinbell in a field and was instantly caught by its eyes, and used Weezing to catch it. He took it straight to a Breeding Centre (he didn't know it was run by Butch and Cassidy) where it evolved into Victreebell and tried to eat him for the first time. They slept together, bathed together (oh!) and ate together.... though usually it tried to eat him! Jesse - who already made clear her own attachment to Arbok - tells him to get over it and use Weepinbell's Sweet Scent. He makes the order while still crying, and Jesse and Meowth start waving their fans while James sobs and waves despondently with his own.
Elsewhere in the forest, Elekid becomes enraptured by the scene and starts walking towards it as Larvitar tries desperately to hold it back. Meganium and Pikachu catch the scent as well and start heading towards the source, followed by the confused twerps.
Elekid falls into a pit-trap, taking Larvitar with it. Pikachu and Meganium come out of their Sweet Scent induced trance at the sight of Larvitar and Elekid falling in, but the twerps promptly fall into ANOTHER pit-fall. Team Rocket prepare to cut and run with Larvitar and Elekid in a net, but Meganium gets the twerps out of the pitfall with Vine Whip, so Jesse turns back and sends Arbok into battle. Meowth tells James to send in Weepinbell, and when he does he instantly screams at Victreebell not to eat him, before realising that it won't, because it isn't with him anymore. Ash sends in Phanpy as Casey orders Meganium to use Razor Leaf, but Arbok dodges the move and headbutts it hard while Phanpy tackles Weepinbell, knocking aside Razor Leaf with its trunk. It tries a Rollout next, but Weepinbell uses Vine Whip to block it and..... it evolves!
And tries to eat.... Jesse!
Furious, Jesse drops her net (which Brock breaks open using Forretress' Rapid Spin) and roars at the newly evolved Pokemon that she won't stand for anyone eating her (strange, most ladies are desperate for it) sends in Arbok to attack their new Pokemon, sending it blasting off! James is horrified, having lost two Victreebell in one day, and then he and the rest of Team Rocket get blasted off themselves by the twerps.
Meanwhile, the Mexican Magikarp Salesman is enraged with his new Victreebell as it continuously tries to eat him, and with a roar he boots it, sending it blasting off! It flies through the air and crashes into the other Victreebell, and the two bizarre screeching plants stare into each others eyes, screech insanely at each other and then form a heart with their vines as they head off into the sunset in the most bizarre departure scene in Pokemon history!
Back in the forest, Ash has been reunited with Larvitar and is politely thanking Elekid for looking after it for him, but then Casey leaps in and demands a battle with it. Once again it is eager to fight, and instantly kicks off with an electrical attack, only for Meganium to dart aside and try a Razor Leaf. Elekid tries a Thunder Punch, but Meganium tackles Elekid instead and then blasts it with Solar Beam as a horrified Larvitar watches this bizarre bee-like girl beating the shit out its new yellow plug friend with her giant green flower dinosaur.
I love this show!
Casey throws her Pokeball and sucks in Elekid, the Pokeball beeping and shaking for a second before signalling a successful capture. Larvitar is horribly depressed, but Casey assures it she is heading straight for a Pokemon Centre to heal it up, then she'll train it to be a winner. She checks with Ash on his progress, telling him she only has four badges so far, but is sure she'll get her eight badges any second now and make it to the Johto League Silver Conference.
Holy shit, someone taking even longer than Ash to get through Johto!
Ash tells her that he is on his way to the Silver Conference and she declares that she'll be sure to cheer him on with the Electabuzz song. He gasps that this isn't necessary, but she isn't interested in what he wants, only on what she can do. Thus, the episode ends with Casey singing the Electabuzz song, in case anyone forgot what an atrociously annoying bitch she is.
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 "You're a lame excuse for a poke-pedler."
"But Jess, I've got a certain fondness for that man-eater."
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