Airdate: April 27th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are walking through the Ilex Forest and Brock turns into a delusional old detective trying to find the way out. Team Rocket is hungry and tired, and our crew run into a boy with a Farfetch’d who won’t listen to him. The boy, Sylvester, gets advice from ourContinue reading “Pokemon 147: A Farfetch’d Tale”
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A Wild Sheep Chase-Haruki Murakami
Published: 1982 (Kodansha) Setting: Tokyo, Hokkaido, Niigata Summary: In the third book of the “Trilogy of the Rat”, Murakami decides to blow it all up, in a good way. Our unnamed protagonist, I, meets a beautiful part-time call girl with magic ears, the secretary of the underground Boss of Japan, as well as the SheepContinue reading “A Wild Sheep Chase-Haruki Murakami”
Pokemon 146: Getting’ the Bugs Out
Airdate: April 20th, 2000 Summary: Ash is ready to battle the Azalea gym leader, and Misty remarks that he does not have Charizard, his ace, anymore. The gang walks into the gym, and Misty gets scared by a bevy of bug Pokémon. A boy is in the tree, calls Misty ignorant, and accepts Ash’s gymContinue reading “Pokemon 146: Getting’ the Bugs Out”
Pokemon 145: Going Apricorn!
Airdate: April 13th, 2000 Summary: Our friends show Kurt the GS Ball, but Kurt has no idea what the ball is. They call Prof. Oak and explain the situation, and he tells them that Kurt makes specialty Pokeballs. Ash runs into Kurt’s process but his granddaughter, Mazie, tells him to be quiet. Our friends goContinue reading “Pokemon 145: Going Apricorn!”
Pokemon 144: A Shadow of a Drought
Airdate: April 6th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are lost in the heat, and so Squirtle and Staryu use their Water Gun, Squirtle goes too hard and knocks Ash out. Team Rocket doesn’t have any water when Meowth uses the last in the canteen. Our friends spot a well and dig for water by using aContinue reading “Pokemon 144: A Shadow of a Drought”
Pokemon 143: Good ‘Quil Hunting
Airdate: March 30th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are lost in the forest, when a guy runs up on them and asks if they have seen any Cyndaquil. Team Rocket talk about all of the work they had to do to get their latest invention, specially made to catch Pikachu. They pop into Misty and Brock’sContinue reading “Pokemon 143: Good ‘Quil Hunting”
Pokemon 142: Wired for Battle
Airdate: March 23rd, 2000 Summary: Our gang is followed closely by Team Rocket who uses their patented pitfall plan. Team Rocket gets offered the chance to battle a Scizor, not a good choice. Our gang hears their screams, and meets Muramasa, who takes the gang to his training dojo where many students come from allContinue reading “Pokemon 142: Wired for Battle”
Pokemon 141: Mild ‘n Wooly
Airdate: March 16th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are walking in a beautiful valley, surrounded by snowy mountains, when a Mareep tackles Pikachu to zap a bit of its energy so that its fleece would be on fleek. Pikachu struggles in a growing herd of Mareep who all feed off of Pikachu. A young girl, Mary,Continue reading “Pokemon 141: Mild ‘n Wooly”
Pokemon 140: The Superhero Secret
Airdate: March 9th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are walking in the forest when they spot a Gligar. Ash wants to catch the Gligar (foreshadowing…..) but the gang falls into a pit that Team Rocket fills with water, trying to drown them. This show took a dark turn. Gligar Man and his Gligar show up toContinue reading “Pokemon 140: The Superhero Secret”
Pokemon 139: Foul Weather Friends
Airdate: March 2nd, 2000 Summary: Ash and his friends are on the way to Azalea Town, and spot our favorite grass Pokémon. They run into a Hoppip; a cotton weed Pokémon. This Hoppip is as high as the wind, and the gang follows it. The run into another cute woman that Brock falls for, Mariah,Continue reading “Pokemon 139: Foul Weather Friends”
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