Groucho Mark? What are you doing in Pokemon? In this episode we meet a Wacky Pokemon Watcher, see Team Rocket suffer from Gyarados...again and someone gets a new pokemon! Then Ash finally makes it to the Orange League Champion where he gets to finally participate in a 6 vs 6 Pokemon Battle over the course of 2 episodes!!!! And it's awesome!
And in the Manga we begin the final conflict on Cerise Island. Yellow and Blaine face off with Lance who is a force to be reckoned with. Good thing one powerful companions was brought along to play. And we start wrapping up the conflicts down in the rest of the caves. But do they have any chance to actually defeat Lance and stop the Elite Four's plans to get rid of all humans? And better yet, will the Elite Four be able to see their own hypocrisy?
Then, in Mt. Moon, we have a chaotic meeting of this mysterious new girl and Violet and...it ends in pain. And what has happened to Midori!? Things are heating up in our Penultimate Episode of Routes Through Pokemon Season 1.
What is covered:
Pokemon Adventures Manga Vol. 6
Chapter 79: Airing Out Aerodactyl
Chapter 80: Draggin' in Dragonair
Chapter 81: Aerodactyl Redux
Chapter 82: Eradicate Raticate
Chapter 83: Bang the Drum, Slowbro
Chapter 84: Clefabulous Clefable
Anime Episodes:
Episode 229: The Wacky Watcher
Episode 230: Stun Spore Detour
Episode 231: Hello Pummelo
Episode 232: Enter the Dragonite
Ending theme is Pokemon Red/Blue - "Pallet Town" (Relaxing, Lo-Fi Hiphop Remix) by Franz Fritz and can be found here - https://youtu.be/aFaY8VcXVn8?feature=shared
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