Pokemon Company Airdate: August 30, 2001 Summary: Our heroes make it to Yellow Rock Isle, but there is really nobody in the streets as they walk around, very Yaz/Kaz gym style. They walk into a Corsola art shop, inspiring Misty to finally get a Corsola. Psyduck pops out of its ball, and runs to theContinue reading “Pokémon 215: A Corsola Caper!”
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The Old Man and the Sea-Ernest Hemingway
Published: 1952 (Charles Scribner’s Sons) Ernest Hemingway’s novella is a small story of epic proportions. Santiago, a grizzled and down-on-his-luck fisherman breaks a months long streak of futility by venturing out to the Cuban Gulf Stream to meet his fate, death or otherwise. Hemingway starts and ends his novel with Santiago and his young assistant/friendContinue reading “The Old Man and the Sea-Ernest Hemingway”
Pokemon 208: The Joy of Water Pokemon
Pokemon Company Airdate: July 12, 2001 Summary: Our heroes stumble upon Lake Lucid and the Nurse Joy there is holding a Goldeen, Misty is in heaven. Nurse Joy invites our heroes to the Pokemon Center, but she seems a bit discontented with her job. Brock explains how Nurse Joy’s grandmother and mother are authors ofContinue reading “Pokemon 208: The Joy of Water Pokemon”
Pokemon Movie 4: Pokemon 4Ever-Celebi Voice of the Forest
Pokemon Company Release date: July 7th, 2001 Box Office: 40.8 Million Director: Kunihiko Yuyama Summary: This movie starts with a long montage chronicling Ash’s journey, suddenly Celebi erupts on the screen being chased through a forest by a Houndoom and a Scyther. A young man walking through the forest talks to a woman with greenContinue reading “Pokemon Movie 4: Pokemon 4Ever-Celebi Voice of the Forest”
Pokemon TV Special: Mewtwo Returns
Pokemon Company Airdate: December 30th, 2000 Summary: This hour-long tv special starts with Mewtwo reviewing the key events from the first Pokémon movie (see “Movies” section for that review). Mewtwo acknowledges after this review that Giovanni has been looking for him ever since that movie ended. One of Giovanni‘s henchman alerts him that they found MewtwoContinue reading “Pokemon TV Special: Mewtwo Returns”
Pokemon 187: The Light Fantastic
Airdate: February 15th, 2001 Summary: Our friends are walking through a desert and they have run out of water. Team Rocket is in the same situation, Jessie draws the short straw of the water situation. Our friends see beautiful lights in the distance, our friends head for it, so does Team Rocket. Our friends findContinue reading “Pokemon 187: The Light Fantastic”
Pokemon 137: Grin to Win
Airdate: February 17th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are tired and thirsty, once again. Brock tells them of a place close to where they are, Bloomingvale. A young woman is working on a drain pipe, and she offers our gang some water. This place is a solar haven, and Sonrisa has a bevy of Sunflora. OneContinue reading “Pokemon 137: Grin to Win”
Pokemon 121: A Sappy Ending
Airdate: October 28th, 1999 Summary: Our friends are walking through a forest, when they notice Heracross sucking the sap from trees, with some trees having no leaves left. Misty dusts off her old bug Pokémon prejudice for this single-horned beetle. A ranger named Woodrough walks up to them, and he explains the circle of lifeContinue reading “Pokemon 121: A Sappy Ending”
Pokemon 31: Dig Those Diglett!
Airdate: October 28th, 1997 Summary: It’s been a few months since our journey began, and our gang is headed to the Fuchsia Gym. Meowth is doing some crunches while an explosion rings in the distance, spoiling Team Rocket’s lunch. A drove of cars is moving towards the damn, and the project manager has a vendetta againstContinue reading “Pokemon 31: Dig Those Diglett!”
Pokemon 30: Sparks Fly for Magnemite
Airdate: October 21st, 1997 Summary: The gang hits up a stink-filled industrial hellscape, and Pikachu is feeling blue. Team Rocket is equipped with some deep-water diving equipment, and cooks up a plan. Ash looks good in his pink gloves, and Nurse Joy is unfeeling, but thinks Pikachu will be fine. The Grimer block the energy generators’Continue reading “Pokemon 30: Sparks Fly for Magnemite”