Geek Addicts - Episode 57: Discussing The Pokemon Anime!

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[00:00:41] Hello everybody and welcome back to Geek Addicts, the pop culture podcast where we run across the rain with our drying pans. Hopefully no one's...

[00:00:50] I lost where I was going with this. Anyways guys, how's it going? I'm Bill, this is Matt.

[00:00:54] How you doing man?

[00:00:56] Uh, I've been drinking. You can already tell this is going off to a great start.

[00:01:02] Yeah, I could use a drink right about now. Although I literally, I was just telling you, uh, before we started recording, I had to put my daughter down to sleep beforehand. And if I had had any drinks before that, there's no way I would have fucking made it to this point. I would have been passed out.

[00:01:19] See, right, right before you texted me about recording tonight, I had just made this like really alcoholic shit like drink. And then I was like, you texted me, I was like, oh, this is gonna go well.

[00:01:29] And I just kind of...

[00:01:32] Hey, you know, whatever.

[00:01:34] It's been one of the worst weeks in a while.

[00:01:37] So it's...

[00:01:37] Yeah, agreed.

[00:01:40] I mean, this is gonna come out like mid-December, so people aren't gonna... It's a little bit past everything, but...

[00:01:46] Yeah.

[00:01:48] This was, uh...

[00:01:50] This was a stressful week for a lot of people.

[00:01:53] Mm-hmm.

[00:01:54] I don't know, it must be something in the air. Maybe it was like a full moon or something, I don't know, but...

[00:01:58] Yeah. An event happened this week, and, uh...

[00:02:01] Yeah. That's all I'm gonna say on it, but, uh, yeah.

[00:02:05] So...

[00:02:06] Oh, yeah, I wasn't even thinking of that.

[00:02:07] Yeah.

[00:02:08] I had so much of my own shit going on, I wasn't even thinking about that.

[00:02:11] Yeah.

[00:02:13] We're recording this early November, so people who want to fill in the dots, you can fill in the dots.

[00:02:18] Yeah.

[00:02:19] Yeah.

[00:02:21] Um...

[00:02:21] So, yeah, it's been, uh...

[00:02:23] It's been a week.

[00:02:24] I, um...

[00:02:25] I finally got around to watching Kaiju number eight this week.

[00:02:29] Nice.

[00:02:29] What'd you think of that?

[00:02:31] I thought it was pretty cool.

[00:02:32] Uh...

[00:02:33] Doesn't it end right when you want it to get better?

[00:02:36] Doesn't it end right when you're like, fuck, I want more?

[00:02:39] Yeah, kinda.

[00:02:41] Um...

[00:02:41] And I gotta say, I know you probably wouldn't have...

[00:02:45] I mean, I'm sure just through osmosis, you kinda get it a little bit.

[00:02:49] But, uh, just gonna go ahead and say, uh, whoever the author for this series is, definitely an Attack on Titan fan.

[00:02:57] Yeah, we brought that up during the anime swap, because it's pretty...

[00:03:01] Because there's a lot of shades of Attack on Titan in there.

[00:03:05] It's like a more modern setting version.

[00:03:08] Yeah.

[00:03:08] Yeah.

[00:03:09] But, I mean, I enjoyed it for what it was.

[00:03:11] It was definitely, uh...

[00:03:13] I liked, like, the kinda, like, goofy aspect to it.

[00:03:17] Like, I liked how he's kinda like the unsuspecting hero kinda thing.

[00:03:21] It's a lot funnier than it should be.

[00:03:23] And all of it...

[00:03:24] It's like, it's a lot less bleak than Attack on Titan supposedly is, so...

[00:03:27] I love that he's just horrible at everything.

[00:03:29] And the only reason he's good at stuff is because he has that power.

[00:03:33] Well, he's horrible at everything, but he's actually really smart when it comes to certain things.

[00:03:38] So he's kind of...

[00:03:40] Kafka's personality is very interesting.

[00:03:43] Yeah.

[00:03:43] Well, I mean, like, just the fact that he, you know, has the background knowledge of being on the cleanup crew.

[00:03:50] And he understands how these monsters' bodies work and stuff.

[00:03:53] Like, I don't know.

[00:03:53] It's cool.

[00:03:54] Oh, yeah.

[00:03:54] I like it.

[00:03:56] I don't like the weird, like...

[00:03:57] I don't even know what the hell you call it.

[00:03:59] The mushroom one?

[00:04:00] Kaiju number eight?

[00:04:01] No, Kaiju number nine?

[00:04:02] Kaiju number nine.

[00:04:03] I don't like that that's the one that survived and is, like, carrying on to the next one.

[00:04:07] I don't know.

[00:04:08] I don't like him.

[00:04:08] I don't like him.

[00:04:09] He kidnapped Clark Kent.

[00:04:11] Like, I mean...

[00:04:14] Yeah.

[00:04:17] Yeah, I...

[00:04:17] But I'm enjoying it.

[00:04:19] I've watched a little anime this week.

[00:04:21] Like, I started...

[00:04:22] I wanted to watch another dumb slice of life.

[00:04:24] So I was just kind of browsing Crunchyroll.

[00:04:27] And I'm watching this one called, like, Beat the Ice Guy and His Cool Assistant or whatever.

[00:04:33] It's very cutesy and, like, slice of life-ish.

[00:04:36] But for some reason, there's, like, random people with, like, magical powers and, like, a random fox girl.

[00:04:42] So I don't know.

[00:04:44] I'm like, this isn't what I expected.

[00:04:46] And I'm like, I'm just kind of going with it.

[00:04:48] It's only a 12-er, so...

[00:04:50] I gotcha.

[00:04:50] I've been pretty late this week myself.

[00:04:53] Well, I also...

[00:04:54] I didn't go into work on Monday, which...

[00:04:58] Because it was my daughter's first day of school.

[00:05:00] So I, um...

[00:05:03] You know, I had to take the day off and be a part of that, which was nice.

[00:05:09] And she's really taken to it.

[00:05:10] She's really liking it.

[00:05:12] So I didn't really watch a whole lot that...

[00:05:15] Well, no, I think I watched some Boruto that day.

[00:05:17] Because I have been watching Boruto again.

[00:05:19] I'm actually further than you now.

[00:05:21] Even because I've been skipping all the anime-only stuff.

[00:05:27] I just got to the part where Kawaki was introduced, so...

[00:05:30] Yeah.

[00:05:34] And...

[00:05:35] Let's see.

[00:05:37] Yeah, I watched Kaiju number 8, I believe on Tuesday.

[00:05:40] And then...

[00:05:42] I think Wednesday, for some reason or another, I forgot to prepare a show for work.

[00:05:51] And I ended up...

[00:05:52] Because I just happened to have a couple of Star Trek episodes queued up.

[00:05:56] I think specifically because I had a couple episodes of Delta Flyers that I wanted to listen to.

[00:06:02] Because whenever I listen to those kinds of review podcasts, I always watch whatever it is.

[00:06:07] Like, first and then immediately go to the episode.

[00:06:12] So, um...

[00:06:13] So, yeah, I managed to fill up my time with that.

[00:06:16] And, uh...

[00:06:17] I also recently finished the Golden Age arc of Berserk in the manga.

[00:06:21] So I've been re-watching the movies.

[00:06:24] I think I still have the last one to go.

[00:06:27] But...

[00:06:27] Yikes.

[00:06:29] Uh...

[00:06:30] Then today...

[00:06:31] Today, uh...

[00:06:32] Instead of continuing with, like, uh...

[00:06:35] A new show, I...

[00:06:37] I watched some old Pokemon episodes in preparation.

[00:06:40] Because this was kind of like a last minute thing.

[00:06:42] And it's been a while since I watched Pokemon, so...

[00:06:44] Yeah.

[00:06:45] I wanted to watch some of the...

[00:06:46] Some of the old favorites from when I was a kid.

[00:06:50] Yeah.

[00:06:51] I've been exhausted this entire week.

[00:06:53] Like, yesterday...

[00:06:54] I left work at, like, 3.

[00:06:57] I usually stayed until 4.

[00:06:58] But I left at 3 yesterday.

[00:07:00] Because I was just...

[00:07:00] I was falling asleep at my machine.

[00:07:03] Um...

[00:07:04] Then I get home.

[00:07:05] And, like...

[00:07:05] Me and Alex did a podcast.

[00:07:07] And then...

[00:07:08] I went to sleep at, like, 9.

[00:07:10] And I, like...

[00:07:12] Flipped in until, like, 6.

[00:07:13] And I was like, shit.

[00:07:13] I'm late for work.

[00:07:15] I was...

[00:07:16] I was like, fuck.

[00:07:17] My body is like...

[00:07:18] You're retired.

[00:07:19] Go to sleep.

[00:07:20] So...

[00:07:21] Yeah.

[00:07:22] It's been a...

[00:07:23] It's been a rough week.

[00:07:25] Just trying to...

[00:07:25] Like, Daylight Savings fucked everything up.

[00:07:27] Like, that's still...

[00:07:28] Off from that.

[00:07:30] Yeah.

[00:07:31] Oh, and we...

[00:07:32] Monday night we recorded a...

[00:07:33] Well, it's already out at the time of this recording.

[00:07:36] He wasted no time posting it.

[00:07:38] But, um...

[00:07:38] We did another network special.

[00:07:40] My first appearance on one.

[00:07:42] The first episode of the Superpod Super Show.

[00:07:45] Where we talked about absolutely nothing for an hour and a half.

[00:07:49] I literally talked about nothing for, like, the first 40 minutes.

[00:07:54] We were talking about sharks for, like...

[00:07:57] We were talking about sharks for so long that I'm really confused why he didn't put sharks in the thumbnails.

[00:08:02] But...

[00:08:02] I mean, that was the part of the show where I actually started getting involved.

[00:08:05] See, this thing is, like...

[00:08:10] It's hard for me to jump in when, like...

[00:08:12] When, uh...

[00:08:13] Like, for instance, when Thurac's going on his, like...

[00:08:16] One of his rants about, like, game developers and all that other stuff.

[00:08:19] Like, I have nothing to add to those conversations.

[00:08:21] So it was just kind of...

[00:08:22] And then he kind of turns around and he's like,

[00:08:24] Hey, Matt, what do you want to talk about?

[00:08:25] Like, I don't know.

[00:08:27] I don't know how to transition out of that.

[00:08:30] Yeah.

[00:08:30] Your mic was also really quiet.

[00:08:32] So I think a lot of people didn't hear you at first.

[00:08:34] Oh, it was?

[00:08:36] It was at first.

[00:08:37] It got better as we went on.

[00:08:39] Oh, okay.

[00:08:40] Also, we had...

[00:08:41] We had both Thurac and Nave in the episode.

[00:08:44] So that led to a lot of chaos.

[00:08:47] I love that...

[00:08:48] Was that Nave who, like...

[00:08:50] Like, we would talk about something for a minute.

[00:08:53] Then, like, five minutes later, he would bring it up.

[00:08:54] Like, not realizing we were talking.

[00:08:56] Five minutes later.

[00:08:57] That happened, like, five times.

[00:09:00] That was like a funny.

[00:09:02] Oh, yeah.

[00:09:03] It was a good time, though.

[00:09:03] I enjoyed it.

[00:09:04] It was fun.

[00:09:05] It was.

[00:09:06] So I got an update from our one-year anniversary special.

[00:09:10] Alex listened to it because, of course, she did.

[00:09:16] She sent me some follow-up questions because, in her own words,

[00:09:20] I have questions for Matt, not for Bill because you said I was mean.

[00:09:27] So she was...

[00:09:29] She got really butthurt that we called her out for the questions not being directed towards you.

[00:09:35] So she wrote some follow-up questions just for you.

[00:09:38] Okay.

[00:09:39] Would you like to hear them?

[00:09:42] Right.

[00:09:42] I'm here.

[00:09:44] All right.

[00:09:44] These are Alex's questions, so be prepared.

[00:09:47] Oh, God.

[00:09:48] Number one.

[00:09:49] What is your favorite brand of baked beans?

[00:09:53] I mean, you can't really argue with bushes, you know?

[00:09:57] It's fair.

[00:09:57] Especially, yeah, the ones with, like, the little bacon bits in there.

[00:10:00] Country style.

[00:10:02] Oh, yeah.

[00:10:03] I think that's the kind.

[00:10:04] There's so many of them.

[00:10:05] I'm like, I didn't realize there was this many kinds.

[00:10:07] We're talking about beans on weekend.

[00:10:08] So, my God.

[00:10:12] Question two.

[00:10:13] Do you know what planet I came from?

[00:10:16] I being me.

[00:10:18] I have not been able yet to find out.

[00:10:21] This is Alex asking the question.

[00:10:25] I'm confused.

[00:10:26] What planet you, Bill, are from?

[00:10:28] Or what planet Alex?

[00:10:29] Okay.

[00:10:30] She wants to know what planet I am from.

[00:10:33] Um.

[00:10:36] Yeah, I'm trying to think of a funny answer, but, uh.

[00:10:39] I don't know.

[00:10:42] Is there.

[00:10:43] Are there any.

[00:10:45] Planets that I can associate with Miniyasha at all?

[00:10:49] Earth.

[00:10:50] I mean.

[00:10:51] I guess.

[00:10:52] That's not funny.

[00:10:55] This question.

[00:10:56] That question's not funny.

[00:10:58] I think she's.

[00:11:00] She's from planet Claire, as far as I'm concerned.

[00:11:03] That's a reference to.

[00:11:05] That only some people will get.

[00:11:08] Oh, wait.

[00:11:09] Isn't.

[00:11:10] Isn't.

[00:11:10] Isn't.

[00:11:10] Um.

[00:11:13] Isn't Ultima from another planet?

[00:11:17] Or Ultimecia.

[00:11:18] Whatever the fuck her name is.

[00:11:19] In Final Fantasy VIII.

[00:11:21] I never really knew what planet they were supposed to be from in that game.

[00:11:24] I know sevens like Gaia.

[00:11:27] Um.

[00:11:29] Yeah.

[00:11:29] I don't know.

[00:11:30] Question number three.

[00:11:31] What is your favorite form of potato?

[00:11:34] Sweet potato.

[00:11:35] Sweet potato.

[00:11:35] Okay.

[00:11:36] Although.

[00:11:39] I mean.

[00:11:42] Any tomato that.

[00:11:44] Tomato.

[00:11:45] Any potato that same game G is cooking.

[00:11:48] See, I was going to just say French fry.

[00:11:50] But.

[00:11:51] But I am a big fan of sweet potato.

[00:11:55] That works.

[00:11:59] Okay.

[00:11:59] I don't know what shoes on.

[00:12:01] Question number four.

[00:12:02] Does the shape of food affect how it tastes?

[00:12:05] Round or square pizza?

[00:12:09] I'm going to go ahead and say yes.

[00:12:11] I think it does matter.

[00:12:13] Um.

[00:12:13] I don't know why.

[00:12:15] I don't understand the logistics of it.

[00:12:17] But a square pizza definitely tastes different than a round pizza.

[00:12:22] That's fair.

[00:12:25] Okay.

[00:12:27] Question number five.

[00:12:29] If you could fire Bill.

[00:12:30] Why would you hire me.

[00:12:32] Alex.

[00:12:33] As the new co-host of Geek Addicts.

[00:12:36] Um.

[00:12:40] Maybe because.

[00:12:41] Uh.

[00:12:41] Neither Bill nor I.

[00:12:42] Are chaotic enough.

[00:12:44] So having that chaotic energy.

[00:12:46] Would have a balance.

[00:12:47] I guess.

[00:12:48] The trade.

[00:12:48] I feel like Bill and I.

[00:12:49] Phil and I are both very chill.

[00:12:51] In a lot of ways.

[00:12:52] So.

[00:12:54] The problem is though.

[00:12:55] If she.

[00:12:56] If um.

[00:12:56] You fired me.

[00:12:57] And replaced me with her.

[00:12:58] Then the podcast would just stop happening.

[00:13:00] Because no one would edit it.

[00:13:02] Yeah.

[00:13:03] No one edited it.

[00:13:03] No one would edit it.

[00:13:04] Neither.

[00:13:04] Neither I nor Alex.

[00:13:06] Uh.

[00:13:06] Have a StreamYard account.

[00:13:08] Nor can we access the.

[00:13:10] The podcast feed.

[00:13:11] So.

[00:13:12] Yeah.

[00:13:13] It would have to be a whole new podcast.

[00:13:14] At that point.

[00:13:15] She didn't think that one through very well.

[00:13:18] Um.

[00:13:19] Question number six.

[00:13:21] Is a hot dog a sandwich?

[00:13:23] Now this is a very.

[00:13:25] Highly debated question.

[00:13:27] I'm gonna say.

[00:13:29] This is.

[00:13:29] You know what's funny is.

[00:13:30] Uh.

[00:13:30] I'm pretty sure.

[00:13:31] The last time.

[00:13:33] Uh.

[00:13:34] When.

[00:13:35] I don't remember if it was when.

[00:13:36] You were doing the Q&A with Thrak.

[00:13:39] Or when you were doing like.

[00:13:40] The Super Pod special.

[00:13:42] But I was going to ask this question.

[00:13:45] Uh.

[00:13:47] The follow up is yes.

[00:13:49] A hot dog is absolutely a sandwich.

[00:13:50] I've seen fights break over.

[00:13:52] Break out over this question.

[00:13:54] Like in the past.

[00:13:55] I'm a firm believer of.

[00:13:57] Hot dog equals sandwich.

[00:14:00] I mean theoretically.

[00:14:01] It's a piece of meat between pieces of bread.

[00:14:05] I don't know anymore.

[00:14:06] I mean I could say.

[00:14:06] I would say a burger is a sandwich too.

[00:14:08] You know it's.

[00:14:09] You got fixings in between.

[00:14:11] Between slices of bread.

[00:14:12] Even if it's a bun.

[00:14:13] It's still bread.

[00:14:15] Did you know that there's a.

[00:14:16] There's like an actual like hot dog council.

[00:14:19] A what?

[00:14:20] There's a hot dog council.

[00:14:22] Like there's a group of people.

[00:14:23] That actually dictate.

[00:14:24] How you should properly eat a hot dog.

[00:14:26] That is.

[00:14:28] Okay.

[00:14:29] I don't know what to think about that.

[00:14:31] It's a real thing.

[00:14:32] Like apparently you're not supposed to put ketchup on a hot dog.

[00:14:35] Like that's considered.

[00:14:35] Hot dog Illuminati.

[00:14:38] So I.

[00:14:39] I want.

[00:14:40] Out of all places I discovered this.

[00:14:42] It was in a fucking IndyCar podcast.

[00:14:44] Because they made a joke on their show.

[00:14:45] What is going on with your fucking IndyCar podcasts?

[00:14:49] Or whatever.

[00:14:50] You fucking.

[00:14:51] All these.

[00:14:52] The one I watch.

[00:14:53] It's always something weird.

[00:14:54] Like you like stock car race.

[00:14:56] Like every time it's always the stock car race guys.

[00:15:01] To be fair.

[00:15:01] The IndyCar podcast I listened to.

[00:15:04] They jokingly refer to themselves as a travel podcast.

[00:15:06] Because they barely ever talk about IndyCar.

[00:15:08] And they talk more about their traveling stories.

[00:15:10] But.

[00:15:11] Fair.

[00:15:12] They.

[00:15:12] They made a joke about like hot dogs or something.

[00:15:14] And like.

[00:15:15] The president of the hot dog council actually responded to them.

[00:15:18] And they brought him on the show.

[00:15:19] And he actually gave him.

[00:15:21] Came on for an episode.

[00:15:22] It was weird.

[00:15:25] Yeah.

[00:15:25] Hot dog council is a thing.

[00:15:29] That's what we catch up on hot dogs.

[00:15:30] Huh?

[00:15:31] Yeah.

[00:15:31] I guess that's sacrilege.

[00:15:34] I'm still going to do it.

[00:15:35] Because.

[00:15:36] Because hot dogs are such a sacred.

[00:15:39] Delicacy.

[00:15:41] See.

[00:15:42] My.

[00:15:42] My follow-up question.

[00:15:43] This isn't on Alex's list.

[00:15:45] But my follow-up question to the hot dogs.

[00:15:47] The sandwich.

[00:15:47] What is.

[00:15:47] I'm always like.

[00:15:48] Do you eat hot dogs the long way or the wide way?

[00:15:52] You'd be amazed.

[00:15:53] Some people.

[00:15:54] Some people eat them the like.

[00:15:56] The wide way.

[00:15:57] And it's like.

[00:15:57] Okay.

[00:15:59] See.

[00:15:59] Those people are just iconic.

[00:16:01] Yeah.

[00:16:02] Yeah.

[00:16:03] I mean.

[00:16:03] Look at this way.

[00:16:04] A subway sandwich is still a sandwich.

[00:16:07] Yes.

[00:16:08] It's a sub.

[00:16:09] You know.

[00:16:10] So if a sub is a sandwich.

[00:16:11] Why wouldn't a hot dog be?

[00:16:14] Right.

[00:16:15] Very true.

[00:16:16] And I'd even make.

[00:16:17] I.

[00:16:17] I know this one's a little bit of a stretch.

[00:16:19] But I would still argue that a wrap is a sandwich as well.

[00:16:23] Yeah.

[00:16:24] If bread is.

[00:16:24] If bread is involved.

[00:16:26] Like with.

[00:16:27] With fixings inside.

[00:16:28] It's probably a sandwich.

[00:16:30] Hmm.

[00:16:32] The things people argue about online.

[00:16:36] Although.

[00:16:37] Well.

[00:16:37] I wouldn't call a burrito a sandwich.

[00:16:39] I feel like this could be a whole podcast discussion on its own.

[00:16:42] Yeah.

[00:16:42] It's one of those things where it's like.

[00:16:44] That question starts fights.

[00:16:46] Because.

[00:16:47] You.

[00:16:47] You think about it too much.

[00:16:48] And then it's like.

[00:16:49] What the hell.

[00:16:53] Um.

[00:16:54] Maybe we should move on.

[00:16:55] Yeah.

[00:16:57] Question number seven.

[00:16:59] There's ten of these by the way.

[00:17:00] So we're almost done.

[00:17:01] Question number seven.

[00:17:02] If you had a pet parrot.

[00:17:03] What would you teach it to say?

[00:17:06] A pet parrot?

[00:17:07] Yeah.

[00:17:12] That's tough.

[00:17:18] I don't know.

[00:17:19] That's a tough one.

[00:17:21] So.

[00:17:23] If I had.

[00:17:25] A pet parrot.

[00:17:26] I always said I would teach it like that.

[00:17:28] The phrase from Ace Attorney One.

[00:17:29] Where I think it's like the court number.

[00:17:31] So there's a point in Ace Attorney One.

[00:17:33] Where you actually have to interrogate a parrot.

[00:17:36] Um.

[00:17:37] Oh.

[00:17:37] And.

[00:17:38] When you're talking to the parrot.

[00:17:40] It makes.

[00:17:41] It says the phrase SL9.

[00:17:42] Which is the.

[00:17:43] One of the cases.

[00:17:44] It's like a long.

[00:17:45] Old case.

[00:17:47] From like the.

[00:17:48] Before the series started.

[00:17:49] And it's a.

[00:17:50] It's a whole.

[00:17:51] It's a whole thing.

[00:17:52] During the game.

[00:17:53] But if I ever had a pet parrot.

[00:17:55] I'd teach it to say that.

[00:17:56] Just because I think it'd be funny.

[00:17:57] Hmm.

[00:17:59] I'd probably just try to get it.

[00:18:00] To imitate the sound of a fart.

[00:18:02] Yeah.

[00:18:03] Because I think that would be funny.

[00:18:05] If you're just like hanging out.

[00:18:06] And there's just like.

[00:18:07] A big like wet fart sound.

[00:18:09] And everyone's just kind of looking around.

[00:18:10] Like who did it.

[00:18:12] Oh it was the parrot.

[00:18:14] It'd be like.

[00:18:14] It'd be like having like.

[00:18:15] A secret will be cushion at all times.

[00:18:17] That no one can ever find.

[00:18:19] Yeah.

[00:18:22] Uh.

[00:18:22] Okay.

[00:18:23] Question number eight.

[00:18:25] Would you audition for the co-host position.

[00:18:27] Of Water Bottle Facts.

[00:18:28] The podcast.

[00:18:28] podcast.

[00:18:31] Um.

[00:18:32] I mean.

[00:18:35] I'd audition.

[00:18:37] I don't know if I'd take the job.

[00:18:39] Yeah.

[00:18:41] Also she's forgetting that.

[00:18:42] Uh.

[00:18:42] Schnickerman already said he'd do it.

[00:18:44] So.

[00:18:45] What the hell Alex.

[00:18:45] Do you really need.

[00:18:46] Do you really need three hosts.

[00:18:47] For a Water Bottle podcast.

[00:18:50] Knowing Alex.

[00:18:51] Yes.

[00:18:53] Um.

[00:18:54] Plus I'd always have my wife.

[00:18:55] Yelling in the background.

[00:18:56] That Paul and Spring.

[00:18:57] Is the only correct answer.

[00:18:58] Except maybe like.

[00:18:59] Smart Water.

[00:19:03] Kirkland Signature.

[00:19:04] Because Costco.

[00:19:06] Um.

[00:19:07] Or whatever's cheapest.

[00:19:11] Um.

[00:19:12] Question number nine.

[00:19:13] Do you think the banner.

[00:19:14] At the bottom of the screen.

[00:19:15] Is cheating.

[00:19:16] And Bill should memorize.

[00:19:17] The podcasts.

[00:19:18] This is what I say to you Alex.

[00:19:21] Also.

[00:19:22] I'm the one who gave him.

[00:19:22] The idea for that.

[00:19:23] So.

[00:19:24] Yeah.

[00:19:29] It's nice for the.

[00:19:30] For some people.

[00:19:31] Don't.

[00:19:31] Can't hear as well.

[00:19:32] And it's nice to have a visual thing.

[00:19:34] You know.

[00:19:34] True.

[00:19:35] That's how I see it.

[00:19:37] I love that you.

[00:19:38] Do you play that.

[00:19:40] When you guys.

[00:19:40] See I never know.

[00:19:41] What banners you play.

[00:19:43] While you guys are recording.

[00:19:44] Because you guys rarely post videos.

[00:19:45] So.

[00:19:46] So whenever Alex is on her.

[00:19:48] Water Bottle tangents.

[00:19:49] Or reading like.

[00:19:50] Nutrition facts.

[00:19:51] I always put that in the bottom.

[00:19:52] Yeah.

[00:19:54] I also play like.

[00:19:56] I play lo-fi beats in the background now.

[00:19:58] And she's always like.

[00:20:00] Turn the music off.

[00:20:01] It just like.

[00:20:02] Breaks her entirely.

[00:20:04] It's so funny.

[00:20:05] Yeah.

[00:20:07] And.

[00:20:08] Really Alex.

[00:20:09] Her last question is.

[00:20:10] What are the last four digits.

[00:20:11] Of your social security number.

[00:20:13] Alex.

[00:20:14] No.

[00:20:14] Stop it.

[00:20:17] You don't have to answer that one.

[00:20:21] She's.

[00:20:21] She's trying very hard to dox me.

[00:20:23] She didn't have to try that hard.

[00:20:24] If you really.

[00:20:25] If you really pay attention.

[00:20:26] And listen.

[00:20:27] Actually.

[00:20:27] Listen to the podcast.

[00:20:30] You can probably figure out.

[00:20:31] Exactly where I live.

[00:20:33] Yeah.

[00:20:36] And those were Alex's questions.

[00:20:38] For the.

[00:20:38] For the thing.

[00:20:39] He wanted to follow up.

[00:20:40] Because she was mad.

[00:20:41] That we called her out.

[00:20:41] For not directing.

[00:20:42] Her questions previously.

[00:20:44] At both of us.

[00:20:46] Fair.

[00:20:47] Well I think.

[00:20:48] She just.

[00:20:48] Could she just.

[00:20:49] Couldn't resist.

[00:20:49] Poking fun at you.

[00:20:50] Which you know.

[00:20:51] Is just a typical.

[00:20:52] Sibling thing.

[00:20:55] I was actually.

[00:20:56] Going to say.

[00:20:56] Before.

[00:20:57] Before all that came up.

[00:20:58] Because I wasn't expecting.

[00:20:58] That at all.

[00:21:00] I was going to say.

[00:21:01] That when.

[00:21:03] When.

[00:21:05] The.

[00:21:06] What.

[00:21:06] Because I know.

[00:21:07] One of the questions.

[00:21:08] That she had asked.

[00:21:09] On that episode.

[00:21:10] Was like.

[00:21:11] Oh.

[00:21:11] What is your favorite podcast.

[00:21:13] Whatever.

[00:21:13] You should have just said.

[00:21:14] I already answered that question.

[00:21:16] And then not.

[00:21:18] Followed up with.

[00:21:19] I don't have a favorite.

[00:21:20] Because then she would have had to go back.

[00:21:21] And listen to the whole thing.

[00:21:22] To find out the answer.

[00:21:28] Yeah.

[00:21:34] I lost track.

[00:21:36] Where I am.

[00:21:37] I think we've.

[00:21:39] Waffled on enough though.

[00:21:40] For the start of this episode.

[00:21:43] Should probably get into our topic.

[00:21:47] Sure.

[00:21:49] I like.

[00:21:50] Yeah.

[00:21:52] So.

[00:21:53] We thought it'd be interesting.

[00:21:54] For this episode.

[00:21:55] To do.

[00:21:57] To do.

[00:21:57] We haven't.

[00:21:58] We were kind of in a.

[00:22:00] This week was a mess.

[00:22:01] So we kind of had to think of.

[00:22:02] An idea last second.

[00:22:04] I want to do another.

[00:22:05] Kind of retrospective.

[00:22:06] And I thought an interesting one.

[00:22:07] Would be actually talking about.

[00:22:08] The Pokemon anime.

[00:22:10] Because the.

[00:22:11] The Pokemon anime is.

[00:22:15] It was pretty big.

[00:22:16] Back in the day.

[00:22:16] Like I still remember.

[00:22:17] It was kind of like.

[00:22:17] A lot of people's first anime.

[00:22:20] Yeah.

[00:22:21] In a lot of ways.

[00:22:22] I honestly.

[00:22:22] I'm not 100% sure.

[00:22:24] If it was my first.

[00:22:25] It probably was.

[00:22:27] I'm.

[00:22:28] Thinking back.

[00:22:29] It's the earliest one.

[00:22:30] I can remember.

[00:22:32] But.

[00:22:32] It is entirely possible.

[00:22:34] There was something else first.

[00:22:35] But.

[00:22:37] Yeah.

[00:22:38] It's.

[00:22:40] I actually think.

[00:22:42] I.

[00:22:42] Because I know.

[00:22:43] I got my.

[00:22:44] I mentioned it on the.

[00:22:45] Last Pokemon episode.

[00:22:45] We did.

[00:22:46] But my.

[00:22:47] First.

[00:22:47] Like video game.

[00:22:48] That was mine.

[00:22:49] Was Pokemon Yellow.

[00:22:50] And I got that for my fifth birthday.

[00:22:51] So.

[00:22:52] I was already into Pokemon.

[00:22:53] By that point.

[00:22:54] At least to a degree.

[00:22:57] Yeah.

[00:22:59] It's kind of a fun.

[00:23:00] Like follow up too.

[00:23:01] Because we.

[00:23:02] We spent all that time.

[00:23:03] On the Pokemon manga.

[00:23:04] And then we did.

[00:23:05] One of the games.

[00:23:05] So having a.

[00:23:07] Having a third go around.

[00:23:08] At the.

[00:23:08] The classic anime.

[00:23:11] You know.

[00:23:11] Which kind of closes it out.

[00:23:13] Pretty nicely.

[00:23:14] The anime.

[00:23:15] Has always been like.

[00:23:16] An interesting.

[00:23:17] Anomaly to me.

[00:23:22] Yeah.

[00:23:22] It's.

[00:23:24] It's like.

[00:23:25] So weird.

[00:23:25] Because it's like.

[00:23:28] I mean.

[00:23:28] I'm not going to say.

[00:23:29] That it's like.

[00:23:29] Completely uncommon.

[00:23:31] Especially like.

[00:23:31] Back in the day.

[00:23:32] I definitely feel like.

[00:23:33] It was a little bit more.

[00:23:34] Often.

[00:23:35] But um.

[00:23:37] Like the.

[00:23:37] The kind of like.

[00:23:38] Quote unquote.

[00:23:39] Monster of the week.

[00:23:40] Animes.

[00:23:41] Like aren't.

[00:23:42] Super common.

[00:23:44] And that's.

[00:23:45] Pretty much.

[00:23:46] What Pokemon was.

[00:23:47] Back then.

[00:23:47] I don't know.

[00:23:48] If that's changed.

[00:23:49] I feel like.

[00:23:50] It did start.

[00:23:51] Start to kind of.

[00:23:52] Develop more.

[00:23:52] Like story arcs.

[00:23:53] Later on.

[00:23:54] By the.

[00:23:55] Like around the point.

[00:23:55] Where I dropped off.

[00:23:56] But.

[00:23:58] Um.

[00:23:59] But for a long time.

[00:24:01] It was.

[00:24:01] It was pretty much.

[00:24:02] Like.

[00:24:02] And like.

[00:24:02] Sometimes things would lead.

[00:24:03] Into other episodes.

[00:24:05] But.

[00:24:05] For the most part.

[00:24:06] It was just.

[00:24:07] Every episode was its own story.

[00:24:08] Kind of thing.

[00:24:09] And they all followed.

[00:24:10] Pretty much the same formula.

[00:24:13] Yeah.

[00:24:13] They did.

[00:24:15] It's interesting too.

[00:24:16] To me.

[00:24:16] Because like.

[00:24:16] When the.

[00:24:17] When the series.

[00:24:18] Like started.

[00:24:21] Um.

[00:24:22] It was interesting.

[00:24:23] How they like.

[00:24:24] Tried to kind of like.

[00:24:25] Follow the games.

[00:24:26] To a degree.

[00:24:26] Like they.

[00:24:26] They had a lot of interesting.

[00:24:28] Like.

[00:24:28] Concepts.

[00:24:29] Like.

[00:24:29] To me.

[00:24:30] I always thought it was interesting.

[00:24:31] Like how like.

[00:24:31] The first thing.

[00:24:32] Like Ash does.

[00:24:33] He catches a.

[00:24:34] A um.

[00:24:35] Caterpie.

[00:24:36] And then.

[00:24:38] He then.

[00:24:39] Catches up.

[00:24:40] Hitchy Odo.

[00:24:41] I think.

[00:24:42] Yeah.

[00:24:43] Yeah.

[00:24:44] And it's like.

[00:24:45] It's like.

[00:24:45] Those are like.

[00:24:46] Kind of the first two things.

[00:24:47] You'll kind of encounter.

[00:24:48] Like when you start the.

[00:24:49] Start your adventure.

[00:24:51] And then.

[00:24:52] It did also.

[00:24:53] Give us some interesting questions.

[00:24:55] Like.

[00:24:55] What would happen.

[00:24:56] If two like.

[00:24:58] Two uh.

[00:25:00] I'm forgetting the.

[00:25:01] The cocoon.

[00:25:03] Form of a.

[00:25:03] Metapod.

[00:25:04] Two metapods.

[00:25:05] Like fought each other.

[00:25:06] And it would literally.

[00:25:06] Just be a hardened battle.

[00:25:08] Yeah.

[00:25:08] Um.

[00:25:09] Especially in the.

[00:25:10] In the anime.

[00:25:11] Where like the concept of like.

[00:25:12] Like PP.

[00:25:13] Isn't a thing.

[00:25:15] So like.

[00:25:16] Would it just literally.

[00:25:17] Go on forever.

[00:25:18] Because in the games.

[00:25:19] Eventually.

[00:25:20] One of them would run out of PP.

[00:25:21] And they start using struggle.

[00:25:22] But.

[00:25:24] Although.

[00:25:25] I guess in the game.

[00:25:25] If you evolve the canopy.

[00:25:26] Into a metapod.

[00:25:27] You still have tackle.

[00:25:28] So.

[00:25:31] Yeah.

[00:25:33] It's.

[00:25:36] It's such a weird show.

[00:25:37] Like it was one of the.

[00:25:39] It was kind of like.

[00:25:40] One of those shows.

[00:25:41] That um.

[00:25:43] It was like.

[00:25:43] One of the first ones.

[00:25:44] That four kids had done.

[00:25:45] And like.

[00:25:46] Like four kids was kind of like.

[00:25:47] In that weird spot.

[00:25:48] Where like we didn't.

[00:25:48] They were.

[00:25:49] Kind of doing random stuff.

[00:25:50] But like.

[00:25:51] Pokemon kind of put them on the map.

[00:25:53] And it really kind of.

[00:25:54] Introduced us to like.

[00:25:55] A ton of um.

[00:25:57] Iconic anime voice actors.

[00:25:58] That are like.

[00:25:59] Still somewhat present today.

[00:26:00] Like.

[00:26:01] Obviously like.

[00:26:02] Veronica Taylor.

[00:26:03] Um.

[00:26:05] Eric Stewart.

[00:26:05] In particular.

[00:26:07] A lot of like.

[00:26:07] The main like.

[00:26:08] Four kids cast.

[00:26:09] And honestly.

[00:26:10] For the time.

[00:26:16] It was crazy.

[00:26:17] Oh yeah.

[00:26:18] Like there was a lot.

[00:26:19] Like to just.

[00:26:20] Uh.

[00:26:20] From the few episodes.

[00:26:20] I watched earlier today.

[00:26:22] Like.

[00:26:23] Like I was actually.

[00:26:24] Because.

[00:26:24] I think we talked about.

[00:26:25] A little bit about this before.

[00:26:27] But.

[00:26:28] This.

[00:26:28] The soundtrack.

[00:26:29] That we're familiar with.

[00:26:30] Isn't the Japanese soundtrack.

[00:26:32] Right?

[00:26:34] Yeah.

[00:26:34] I'm thinking of like.

[00:26:35] The American soundtrack.

[00:26:36] Like even like.

[00:26:37] Over here.

[00:26:38] Like it was like.

[00:26:39] The background music.

[00:26:40] Was like really good.

[00:26:41] And it like.

[00:26:42] A lot of the times.

[00:26:42] Like they'll like.

[00:26:43] Neuter the music over here.

[00:26:45] Um.

[00:26:46] Yeah.

[00:26:46] They like.

[00:26:47] Integrated like.

[00:26:48] The.

[00:26:49] The music from the games.

[00:26:50] Too a lot.

[00:26:51] Which I noticed.

[00:26:53] Um.

[00:26:53] Hmm.

[00:26:54] Like even.

[00:26:54] Because I.

[00:26:55] Uh.

[00:26:55] One of the episodes I watched today.

[00:26:56] Was the Island of Giant Pokemon.

[00:26:58] Because I watched that whole little.

[00:26:59] Like shipwreck arc.

[00:27:00] That they did.

[00:27:01] It was like the first.

[00:27:01] Like kind of mini arc.

[00:27:02] In Pokemon.

[00:27:04] Um.

[00:27:05] And.

[00:27:06] Uh.

[00:27:06] I don't know if you remember.

[00:27:07] But the scene.

[00:27:08] It was like right after.

[00:27:09] They like figured out.

[00:27:10] That they were in an amusement park.

[00:27:11] Like towards the end of the episode.

[00:27:13] And you.

[00:27:14] You get that like.

[00:27:15] Reveal of like.

[00:27:15] All these people.

[00:27:16] Like pretty much.

[00:27:17] Going on like a guided tour thing.

[00:27:20] And like the.

[00:27:21] I don't remember.

[00:27:21] I think they were on a boat.

[00:27:23] Like a little like.

[00:27:23] Ferry boat.

[00:27:24] Like doing the guided tour thing.

[00:27:26] And.

[00:27:27] The music that's playing.

[00:27:28] In the background.

[00:27:29] Is the music that plays.

[00:27:30] While you're surfing.

[00:27:31] In the game.

[00:27:32] Like just like little.

[00:27:33] Little details like that.

[00:27:34] That you wouldn't expect them.

[00:27:35] To put that much effort into.

[00:27:39] Yeah.

[00:27:40] No.

[00:27:40] And especially like.

[00:27:41] The environments too.

[00:27:42] Like the environments.

[00:27:42] Were very much like.

[00:27:45] An interesting like.

[00:27:46] Interpretation of like.

[00:27:47] What we would see in the games.

[00:27:49] Hmm.

[00:27:51] For sure.

[00:27:54] Although I will say.

[00:27:56] Like.

[00:27:57] Yeah.

[00:27:57] I know that they did the best.

[00:27:58] They could.

[00:27:59] With.

[00:27:59] With the time.

[00:28:00] And this was just an ongoing thing.

[00:28:02] At that point in time.

[00:28:04] When.

[00:28:04] When the Pokemon anime.

[00:28:05] Started here.

[00:28:05] And it went on for a good.

[00:28:07] Maybe.

[00:28:07] Five years or so.

[00:28:10] But.

[00:28:10] God.

[00:28:10] Some of those line deliveries.

[00:28:12] Are really stiff.

[00:28:14] Like.

[00:28:14] Yeah.

[00:28:16] Um.

[00:28:16] I watched the.

[00:28:17] Uh.

[00:28:17] The episode where.

[00:28:19] Uh.

[00:28:20] Ash.

[00:28:20] Faces against Brock.

[00:28:22] For the first gym battle.

[00:28:24] And when he's talking to.

[00:28:26] Flint.

[00:28:27] Brock's dad.

[00:28:28] And like.

[00:28:30] He's like.

[00:28:30] Oh yeah.

[00:28:31] I'm gonna go fight the gym leader.

[00:28:32] And this and that.

[00:28:33] And Flint.

[00:28:33] Like this is like his.

[00:28:35] Like verbatim.

[00:28:36] His.

[00:28:36] His line delivery.

[00:28:37] He goes.

[00:28:38] Oh you're gonna fight Brock.

[00:28:40] Ha ha ha ha ha.

[00:28:42] Like.

[00:28:43] Literally.

[00:28:44] Like.

[00:28:45] That is like the stiffest.

[00:28:46] Line delivery.

[00:28:47] I've ever heard in my life.

[00:28:49] Like.

[00:28:50] I.

[00:28:51] Ah.

[00:28:51] And this was just a thing.

[00:28:53] With the time.

[00:28:53] With.

[00:28:54] Um.

[00:28:55] With dubbing in general.

[00:28:57] For.

[00:28:57] For animes.

[00:28:58] And.

[00:28:58] And.

[00:28:59] Things like that.

[00:28:59] But.

[00:29:01] It definitely wasn't.

[00:29:03] Where it is today.

[00:29:04] Like I.

[00:29:05] Honestly.

[00:29:05] It's a question that I'm really.

[00:29:07] I was pondering it earlier today.

[00:29:08] Like.

[00:29:09] If.

[00:29:10] Obviously not for kids.

[00:29:11] Because they're not a thing anymore.

[00:29:12] But if somebody were to go.

[00:29:13] And.

[00:29:13] Redub.

[00:29:15] That.

[00:29:16] Like.

[00:29:16] First.

[00:29:16] Like.

[00:29:16] Indigo League.

[00:29:17] Season.

[00:29:18] Like.

[00:29:19] I wonder what it would look like now.

[00:29:21] I wonder if they would use the current.

[00:29:24] Okay.

[00:29:24] Well.

[00:29:24] Actually.

[00:29:24] I don't even know what the current cast is.

[00:29:26] Because they retired Ash.

[00:29:28] Recently.

[00:29:29] Um.

[00:29:31] And unfortunately.

[00:29:31] Not all of the original.

[00:29:33] Actors are alive anymore.

[00:29:34] I know.

[00:29:36] Rachel.

[00:29:36] Uh.

[00:29:36] Lillis.

[00:29:37] Recently passed away.

[00:29:38] The voice of Misty and Jesse.

[00:29:40] From the anime.

[00:29:42] She's very young too.

[00:29:44] Yeah.

[00:29:45] That's why it was kind of shocking.

[00:29:47] Hmm.

[00:29:49] Like.

[00:29:49] Even like.

[00:29:50] Watching.

[00:29:50] Watching the show.

[00:29:51] It's like.

[00:29:52] Like.

[00:29:53] I know that those lines were.

[00:29:54] Recorded over 20 years ago.

[00:29:56] And honestly.

[00:29:57] Maybe even closer to 30 years.

[00:29:58] At this point.

[00:29:59] But.

[00:30:00] Um.

[00:30:00] Like you could tell.

[00:30:01] Like she was so young.

[00:30:02] When.

[00:30:03] When those were recorded.

[00:30:05] Hmm.

[00:30:06] Like.

[00:30:07] Younger than I am now.

[00:30:09] Yeah.

[00:30:10] No.

[00:30:10] They were all pretty young.

[00:30:11] Honestly.

[00:30:12] At the time.

[00:30:13] I always remember too.

[00:30:14] Like.

[00:30:15] What.

[00:30:15] Do you remember.

[00:30:15] Like when Team Rocket first showed up.

[00:30:17] And they were actually.

[00:30:18] Sort of intimidating.

[00:30:20] Yeah.

[00:30:21] Yeah.

[00:30:22] It was weird.

[00:30:23] And like.

[00:30:24] Yeah.

[00:30:24] Like James didn't have the.

[00:30:25] The same actor.

[00:30:26] At the first.

[00:30:28] And he also sounded very stiff.

[00:30:30] It wasn't until he got like.

[00:30:31] Super flamboyant.

[00:30:32] That like.

[00:30:33] James really got a personality.

[00:30:35] When Eric Stewart took over.

[00:30:36] And it just became.

[00:30:39] What he is.

[00:30:40] Nowadays.

[00:30:41] It just became.

[00:30:42] Very goofy.

[00:30:43] Like Pegasus voice.

[00:30:45] Yeah.

[00:30:45] Pegasus.

[00:30:46] I always laugh.

[00:30:47] Because it was.

[00:30:48] He voiced.

[00:30:50] And he voiced Brock.

[00:30:51] And Brock is his own.

[00:30:53] Brock is one of the funniest characters.

[00:30:55] In the anime.

[00:30:56] Because he is nothing like.

[00:30:57] He is in the games.

[00:30:58] Or the manga.

[00:31:00] Or the.

[00:31:01] Pokemon origins.

[00:31:03] Yeah.

[00:31:04] Yeah.

[00:31:04] Brock is one of those.

[00:31:05] Like weird enigmas.

[00:31:06] Where like.

[00:31:06] No matter.

[00:31:07] Every time.

[00:31:07] Like a different iteration.

[00:31:08] Of him comes out.

[00:31:09] It's always completely different.

[00:31:11] From all the others.

[00:31:12] Like.

[00:31:13] Yeah.

[00:31:14] Brock is also really.

[00:31:16] Interesting too.

[00:31:17] Because he is.

[00:31:17] A character that probably.

[00:31:19] Couldn't exist nowadays.

[00:31:24] I don't know.

[00:31:25] It's hard to say.

[00:31:26] Because I mean.

[00:31:27] This.

[00:31:28] That's always.

[00:31:29] And by.

[00:31:30] The standards of other shows.

[00:31:33] He's.

[00:31:33] He's pretty tame.

[00:31:35] As far as like.

[00:31:36] The quote unquote.

[00:31:37] Perv episode.

[00:31:38] Perv characters go.

[00:31:39] He had a few moments though.

[00:31:41] That were like.

[00:31:42] Okay.

[00:31:42] This is a little.

[00:31:44] Extreme.

[00:31:45] Yeah.

[00:31:46] Well there was the.

[00:31:47] There was the.

[00:31:48] The ghost of Maiden Peak episode.

[00:31:49] Where the episode starts with him.

[00:31:52] Ruminating on the fact.

[00:31:53] That summer is over.

[00:31:54] And no more girls in bikinis.

[00:31:57] Until next year.

[00:32:00] Yeah.

[00:32:01] I also think like.

[00:32:03] There's a lot of stuff in the anime too.

[00:32:04] That just doesn't make any sense.

[00:32:06] Out of context.

[00:32:07] Like.

[00:32:07] I still always will point over to like.

[00:32:09] Gary Oak driving the fucking car.

[00:32:11] When he's supposed to attend.

[00:32:13] With his entourage of ladies.

[00:32:15] Yeah.

[00:32:16] Of much older ladies.

[00:32:18] Mm-hmm.

[00:32:22] Also.

[00:32:22] I always laugh too.

[00:32:23] Because the early episode.

[00:32:24] Pikachu was a fucking asshole.

[00:32:26] Oh yeah.

[00:32:28] Even like.

[00:32:29] After the point where like.

[00:32:30] They were cool.

[00:32:31] And everything was good.

[00:32:32] Like.

[00:32:33] Every now and then.

[00:32:33] He would still just zap the shit out of Ash.

[00:32:35] For no reason.

[00:32:37] I always remember in the.

[00:32:39] The first movie.

[00:32:40] Like the one.

[00:32:41] Ash dies.

[00:32:42] Um.

[00:32:43] Pikachu's first instinct.

[00:32:44] Just to shock him multiple times.

[00:32:47] Yep.

[00:32:47] He's like.

[00:32:48] Okay.

[00:32:49] Everybody clear.

[00:32:50] I'm gonna get him up.

[00:32:51] Don't worry.

[00:32:52] Yeah.

[00:32:55] Um.

[00:32:58] Yeah.

[00:32:59] I'm trying to think of some other.

[00:33:00] Uh.

[00:33:01] Iconic moments.

[00:33:03] Um.

[00:33:05] Well.

[00:33:05] I mean.

[00:33:06] The.

[00:33:08] The.

[00:33:09] The like.

[00:33:10] Three episodes.

[00:33:11] Back to back.

[00:33:12] Of him getting.

[00:33:14] Bulbasaur.

[00:33:14] Charmander.

[00:33:15] And Squirtle.

[00:33:16] Are like.

[00:33:16] Oh yeah.

[00:33:17] Those are like.

[00:33:18] Super iconic episodes.

[00:33:20] Um.

[00:33:21] Which of course.

[00:33:22] They had to be among the ones.

[00:33:23] I watched today.

[00:33:24] And I gotta say.

[00:33:25] Uh.

[00:33:27] I have things to say.

[00:33:28] About all three of them.

[00:33:29] Um.

[00:33:30] First of all.

[00:33:31] I will start with the Bulbasaur one.

[00:33:32] Because that one started first.

[00:33:34] So.

[00:33:35] The.

[00:33:35] The whole concept of that episode.

[00:33:37] Was they're.

[00:33:37] They're traveling.

[00:33:38] They're.

[00:33:38] They're.

[00:33:39] You know.

[00:33:39] On their way to the next city.

[00:33:40] Or whatever.

[00:33:41] And.

[00:33:42] They encounter.

[00:33:42] Like a little like.

[00:33:44] Pretty much like a Pokemon.

[00:33:46] Like.

[00:33:54] Then re-releasing them.

[00:33:55] And all this other stuff.

[00:33:56] But she's literally.

[00:33:58] Setting death traps.

[00:33:59] For random travelers.

[00:34:01] Like.

[00:34:01] With no concept of like.

[00:34:03] Who's actually going to be passing.

[00:34:04] Like she rigged.

[00:34:05] A rope bridge.

[00:34:07] Like over.

[00:34:08] A very.

[00:34:08] Very.

[00:34:09] Very steep fall.

[00:34:09] Into like.

[00:34:10] Raging.

[00:34:11] A raging river.

[00:34:13] She rigged that bridge.

[00:34:14] To collapse.

[00:34:15] And Brock fell into it.

[00:34:17] She just happened to be passing by.

[00:34:19] It's the only reason.

[00:34:20] He survived.

[00:34:20] Like.

[00:34:21] Like.

[00:34:23] Yeah.

[00:34:25] Sounds weird.

[00:34:27] Yeah.

[00:34:28] So like.

[00:34:29] It's the thing.

[00:34:29] It's like.

[00:34:30] She.

[00:34:30] And they play her up.

[00:34:31] To be like.

[00:34:31] So like.

[00:34:31] Sweet and innocent.

[00:34:32] And all this other stuff.

[00:34:33] But she's like.

[00:34:33] Literally setting death traps.

[00:34:35] With random ass.

[00:34:36] Passers by.

[00:34:38] So that nobody captures.

[00:34:39] Her sick oddish.

[00:34:42] Yeah.

[00:34:43] What the fuck?

[00:34:46] And then.

[00:34:46] Like.

[00:34:47] There was also another scene.

[00:34:48] Later in that episode.

[00:34:49] Where.

[00:34:51] Where.

[00:34:52] Like.

[00:34:53] They're having a conversation.

[00:34:55] About like.

[00:34:55] Sick Pokemon ever.

[00:34:56] And Misty says.

[00:34:57] Oh like.

[00:34:58] Only.

[00:34:58] Only a bad trainer.

[00:35:00] Would.

[00:35:00] Would try to capture.

[00:35:01] This sick Pokemon.

[00:35:04] And.

[00:35:05] My immediate thought was.

[00:35:07] Yeah.

[00:35:08] You're right Misty.

[00:35:08] What a good trainer would do.

[00:35:09] Is find a healthy one.

[00:35:10] And beat the shit out of it.

[00:35:12] And then capture it.

[00:35:14] I mean.

[00:35:14] Beat it half to death.

[00:35:15] And then capture it.

[00:35:17] That's.

[00:35:17] That's what a good trainer does.

[00:35:21] Misty was.

[00:35:22] Also really weirdly.

[00:35:23] Out of character.

[00:35:24] Because like.

[00:35:24] She was like.

[00:35:25] Supposed to be the.

[00:35:26] The typical anime.

[00:35:28] Tsunare.

[00:35:28] Who's like.

[00:35:29] Always like.

[00:35:30] Angry.

[00:35:31] And like.

[00:35:31] Mad at times.

[00:35:33] Which is hilarious.

[00:35:34] Because in the.

[00:35:34] In the game.

[00:35:35] She's just another gym leader.

[00:35:37] True.

[00:35:39] Yeah.

[00:35:39] And the whole way.

[00:35:40] They handle her.

[00:35:40] Being a gym leader.

[00:35:41] In the.

[00:35:41] In the series.

[00:35:42] Is weird too.

[00:35:43] With her like.

[00:35:44] Three Valley Girl sisters.

[00:35:46] That are running the gym.

[00:35:47] But like.

[00:35:47] Not really giving a shit.

[00:35:48] And just giving up badges.

[00:35:50] Yeah.

[00:35:51] Oh yeah.

[00:35:51] We also have to talk about.

[00:35:52] How Ash just gets like.

[00:35:53] Gifted all the badges.

[00:35:55] Throughout the season.

[00:35:56] For the most part.

[00:35:57] Yeah.

[00:35:57] I was trying to think about.

[00:35:59] The ones he actually earned.

[00:36:00] Because actually.

[00:36:01] In the.

[00:36:01] In the episode.

[00:36:02] Where he.

[00:36:02] He goes to Cerulean.

[00:36:04] And challenges that gym.

[00:36:05] He makes a huge stink.

[00:36:07] About wanting to earn his badge.

[00:36:09] And then doesn't even win his battle.

[00:36:11] It ends up being a tie.

[00:36:12] Because Team Rocket interrupted it.

[00:36:14] And then they.

[00:36:15] They say.

[00:36:16] Oh.

[00:36:16] It's okay.

[00:36:16] It's cool.

[00:36:17] You.

[00:36:17] You helped us out.

[00:36:18] So here's the badge.

[00:36:19] And he says.

[00:36:19] Okay.

[00:36:19] Cool.

[00:36:20] What happened to earning your badge bro?

[00:36:23] Finish your battle.

[00:36:24] Yeah.

[00:36:24] Because I know in the Pewter City gym.

[00:36:26] He does the bullshit.

[00:36:27] Where he fucking sets the sprinklers off.

[00:36:29] Like that.

[00:36:30] People always will bring that one up.

[00:36:32] Um.

[00:36:34] I know.

[00:36:35] The only gym.

[00:36:36] I can think he actually earns.

[00:36:37] Is he definitely gets some.

[00:36:39] Lieutenant Surge's badge.

[00:36:42] Legitimately.

[00:36:42] Lieutenant Surge.

[00:36:43] I believe Erica was a similar thing.

[00:36:45] With the Cerulean gym.

[00:36:47] Where like.

[00:36:47] They were battling.

[00:36:49] And I think a fire started.

[00:36:51] And he helped with the fire.

[00:36:52] And that's how he got his badge.

[00:36:54] That's also the gym.

[00:36:55] Where he dresses in drag to get in.

[00:36:56] Because they won't let him in.

[00:36:57] Because he's a guy.

[00:36:59] I was right with that.

[00:37:02] I could be mistaken.

[00:37:03] But I feel like he.

[00:37:05] I feel like he actually like.

[00:37:07] Dominated against the fuchsia gym.

[00:37:09] I don't know why.

[00:37:10] I feel like that was the case.

[00:37:11] But I think.

[00:37:12] I think he did.

[00:37:13] It's weird how I don't remember.

[00:37:15] That gym at all.

[00:37:16] I remember Sabrina's gym.

[00:37:18] Because that whole gym's fucking joke.

[00:37:20] Yeah.

[00:37:20] That was the anime.

[00:37:21] Yeah.

[00:37:21] Yeah.

[00:37:22] That was also kind of a nightmare.

[00:37:24] Like.

[00:37:24] It was kind of like spooky.

[00:37:25] He made her laugh.

[00:37:27] So here's your gym badge.

[00:37:29] Yeah.

[00:37:30] Pretty much.

[00:37:31] I guess I won't turn you into a doll.

[00:37:33] And stick you in my little fucking playhouse.

[00:37:35] I know Blaine.

[00:37:37] Blaine kidnaps.

[00:37:39] Him.

[00:37:40] On his rapid ash.

[00:37:42] Well he does.

[00:37:44] Defeat Blaine.

[00:37:45] Legitimately.

[00:37:47] But that was just because.

[00:37:48] Charizard had a bone to pick with.

[00:37:49] With Magmar.

[00:37:50] Char.

[00:37:50] He.

[00:37:51] He.

[00:37:51] He.

[00:37:51] Wasn't listening to Ash.

[00:37:52] He was just doing his own thing.

[00:37:54] Oh yeah.

[00:37:54] Because they hadn't.

[00:37:55] Oh yeah.

[00:37:55] Because we have to talk about.

[00:37:56] The fucking charm.

[00:37:57] Charizard arc.

[00:37:58] Because it's so fucking dumb.

[00:38:00] Um.

[00:38:03] The dumbest one though.

[00:38:04] Is still Giovanni's gym.

[00:38:05] Where the fucking thing.

[00:38:07] Just kind of lands in his hand.

[00:38:08] He's like.

[00:38:08] Cool.

[00:38:09] Got it.

[00:38:10] Yeah.

[00:38:11] Yeah.

[00:38:11] Because Jesse and James.

[00:38:12] Were the ones defending the gym.

[00:38:14] Actually.

[00:38:14] Because I think that.

[00:38:16] When he went to that gym.

[00:38:18] Is when like.

[00:38:19] The Mewtwo breakout.

[00:38:20] Is supposed to happen.

[00:38:22] Because I think it was.

[00:38:23] Referenced.

[00:38:24] Or like you see like.

[00:38:25] Mewtwo flying off in the distance.

[00:38:26] Or something.

[00:38:27] Right before he goes to challenge that gym.

[00:38:30] Um.

[00:38:31] Yeah.

[00:38:32] Actually.

[00:38:32] Because he.

[00:38:33] He bumps into.

[00:38:34] To Gary.

[00:38:35] Right before he's going there.

[00:38:37] And Gary's like all beat up.

[00:38:38] And like.

[00:38:38] Ugh.

[00:38:39] That place is awful.

[00:38:41] Um.

[00:38:43] But yeah.

[00:38:44] That was a.

[00:38:45] That was a weird thing.

[00:38:46] Although like.

[00:38:48] I'll give him credit with that one.

[00:38:49] Because like.

[00:38:50] In that particular battle.

[00:38:52] They had some like crazy.

[00:38:53] Like.

[00:38:55] Crazy thing rigged up.

[00:38:56] Where.

[00:38:57] Uh.

[00:38:57] You would feel the pain.

[00:38:58] The Pokemon is going through.

[00:39:01] Yeah.

[00:39:01] That's.

[00:39:02] That sounds like the Pokemon anime.

[00:39:03] All right.

[00:39:05] Um.

[00:39:06] It sounds more like the manga.

[00:39:09] Yeah.

[00:39:09] That's some crazy shit.

[00:39:10] That would happen in the manga.

[00:39:12] Um.

[00:39:13] And honestly.

[00:39:14] Like.

[00:39:15] I kind of like.

[00:39:16] That aspect of it.

[00:39:18] Like.

[00:39:19] I kind of feel like.

[00:39:22] Like.

[00:39:22] If that had been a more.

[00:39:23] Like.

[00:39:24] Like.

[00:39:24] If it was like a bond.

[00:39:25] Kind of thing.

[00:39:26] And it wasn't a technology based.

[00:39:28] And it just happened.

[00:39:29] In every battle.

[00:39:30] I feel like that would have made.

[00:39:31] The show more interesting.

[00:39:34] Um.

[00:39:36] So.

[00:39:37] I mean.

[00:39:37] I.

[00:39:37] I.

[00:39:38] I guess he's batting like.

[00:39:39] 50.

[00:39:40] You know.

[00:39:41] He's.

[00:39:42] He's.

[00:39:42] Bat.

[00:39:43] What?

[00:39:43] The batting 500.

[00:39:44] Is that the.

[00:39:44] That's the phrase.

[00:39:46] I think he earned about half of them.

[00:39:48] To some.

[00:39:48] To some greater or lesser degree.

[00:39:51] Yeah.

[00:39:51] They could.

[00:39:52] They definitely got better with it.

[00:39:53] In the later seasons.

[00:39:54] But season one is such a.

[00:39:56] Season one's a joke.

[00:39:58] Like.

[00:39:58] It's kind of where like.

[00:39:59] Most.

[00:40:00] Oh God.

[00:40:01] I was going to say.

[00:40:02] It's like where most of like.

[00:40:03] The whole like.

[00:40:04] Ash.

[00:40:04] Like.

[00:40:04] Doesn't deserve anything.

[00:40:06] Memes come from.

[00:40:08] Hmm.

[00:40:09] Yeah.

[00:40:10] It was a.

[00:40:11] It was pretty wild.

[00:40:12] And yeah.

[00:40:13] The whole thing with.

[00:40:14] Charmander.

[00:40:14] Because like.

[00:40:15] The.

[00:40:15] Because when you first meet.

[00:40:16] Charmander.

[00:40:18] Like.

[00:40:18] Like that first.

[00:40:19] Charmander episode.

[00:40:20] Is probably.

[00:40:21] Probably not the only reason.

[00:40:22] But it's a big reason.

[00:40:24] Why Charmander is my favorite.

[00:40:25] Because that was just like.

[00:40:26] The saddest episode.

[00:40:28] Yeah.

[00:40:30] Especially like.

[00:40:31] Well.

[00:40:32] First of all.

[00:40:32] I'm going to talk about.

[00:40:33] How stupid that beginning was.

[00:40:34] Because they like.

[00:40:36] Literally.

[00:40:36] They walk up to this rock.

[00:40:38] And they're like.

[00:40:38] Oh my God.

[00:40:39] And some giant Pokemon.

[00:40:41] And they're literally standing like.

[00:40:43] Four feet away from this rock.

[00:40:44] And they can't tell that.

[00:40:46] It's just a Charmander on top of a rock.

[00:40:49] Yeah.

[00:40:51] Like you guys going to tell me.

[00:40:53] Your eyes are that bad.

[00:40:54] It's broad fucking daylight guys.

[00:40:55] What the fuck.

[00:40:58] Yep.

[00:41:00] The shadows aren't that deep bro.

[00:41:03] Relax.

[00:41:03] Relax.

[00:41:05] It was so sad too.

[00:41:06] It just.

[00:41:06] It's just sitting up there.

[00:41:08] And it just is like.

[00:41:08] Dejected.

[00:41:10] Yeah.

[00:41:11] Yeah.

[00:41:12] It was.

[00:41:13] Like that whole scene.

[00:41:14] With them like rushing it.

[00:41:15] To the Pokemon Center.

[00:41:16] And the rain.

[00:41:17] Like the flames about to go out.

[00:41:18] Like.

[00:41:19] That was like.

[00:41:20] One of the few.

[00:41:21] Like there are a handful.

[00:41:22] Of episodes.

[00:41:24] Of like that first season.

[00:41:25] That do make me a little emotional.

[00:41:26] And that's definitely one of them.

[00:41:29] I will say.

[00:41:30] The whole.

[00:41:31] The Charmander arc.

[00:41:32] Where like.

[00:41:33] He evolves.

[00:41:34] And he's.

[00:41:35] Because Ash has this really weird tendency.

[00:41:36] Of just not letting his Pokemon.

[00:41:38] Fucking evolve ever.

[00:41:41] Like.

[00:41:42] I'm pretty sure.

[00:41:42] Within like the first.

[00:41:43] Like five seasons.

[00:41:44] He has like.

[00:41:45] Half the starters.

[00:41:46] But he's only evolved.

[00:41:46] Like maybe like two of them.

[00:41:49] Yeah.

[00:41:49] Because.

[00:41:50] He didn't evolve.

[00:41:51] The Charmander is the only one.

[00:41:52] Out of the original set.

[00:41:53] That evolved.

[00:41:55] And.

[00:41:56] If memory serves.

[00:41:58] He only let Cyndaquil.

[00:41:59] And.

[00:42:01] Chikorita.

[00:42:02] Evolve once each.

[00:42:03] Like neither of them.

[00:42:04] Got their final forms.

[00:42:05] If I remember right.

[00:42:07] Yeah.

[00:42:08] Cyndaquil didn't evolve.

[00:42:09] Until the fucking.

[00:42:10] Diamond and Pearl era.

[00:42:11] Which was.

[00:42:12] Bizarre.

[00:42:13] Yeah.

[00:42:15] You sure?

[00:42:16] I could have sworn he.

[00:42:18] No.

[00:42:18] Because it was.

[00:42:19] By the end of Johto.

[00:42:20] No.

[00:42:21] It was a cool.

[00:42:22] It literally happened in.

[00:42:24] In Diamond and Pearl.

[00:42:25] Because Don.

[00:42:26] Somehow also gets a Cyndaquil.

[00:42:28] And Ash was like.

[00:42:28] Oh this would be cool.

[00:42:29] For me to bring my Cyndaquil.

[00:42:31] And then his Cyndaquil.

[00:42:32] Evolves during it.

[00:42:33] And it's like.

[00:42:33] Wow.

[00:42:34] Cool.

[00:42:35] Old Pokemon.

[00:42:35] This will totally get the fans to watch.

[00:42:38] Oh.

[00:42:38] And yet.

[00:42:39] One of the like.

[00:42:39] Most bullshit things ever.

[00:42:41] Is like.

[00:42:41] How like.

[00:42:41] Ash.

[00:42:42] Oh.

[00:42:42] I'll never evolve my Pokemon.

[00:42:44] Pretty much.

[00:42:44] And then.

[00:42:45] The first.

[00:42:47] Fucking time.

[00:42:48] He uses his Krabby.

[00:42:49] It evolves.

[00:42:51] Yeah.

[00:42:52] Literally.

[00:42:53] First battle.

[00:42:54] He's ever used this thing in.

[00:42:55] And it was like.

[00:42:56] A shrimpy Krabby too.

[00:42:58] Like.

[00:42:59] Compared to like.

[00:42:59] Gary's.

[00:43:00] And then it just pulls.

[00:43:01] Hyper Beam out of fucking nowhere.

[00:43:03] It's like.

[00:43:03] Okay.

[00:43:04] Sure.

[00:43:04] For real.

[00:43:05] It's fucking ridiculous.

[00:43:06] I think that's like.

[00:43:07] I think he.

[00:43:09] I swear he uses it like.

[00:43:11] One other time.

[00:43:12] Like.

[00:43:12] Two seasons later.

[00:43:13] And then it never gets seen again.

[00:43:15] Mm-hmm.

[00:43:16] Like.

[00:43:16] It's one of those things where like.

[00:43:17] I.

[00:43:18] Like.

[00:43:18] I know I've mentioned it a bunch of times.

[00:43:20] I stopped watching.

[00:43:22] By the time.

[00:43:23] Like.

[00:43:24] The voice cast changed.

[00:43:25] Like.

[00:43:25] Around the time when Diamond and Pearl started.

[00:43:27] So like.

[00:43:28] Right.

[00:43:28] Right around Battle Frontier.

[00:43:30] Yeah.

[00:43:31] Right around there is where I.

[00:43:32] And even then like.

[00:43:33] That was the first season with new voices.

[00:43:36] Yeah.

[00:43:36] And even then like.

[00:43:37] I stopped watching like.

[00:43:39] Diligently after Johto.

[00:43:40] Like.

[00:43:40] I caught.

[00:43:41] Episodes here and there.

[00:43:42] Of like Ruby Sapphire.

[00:43:43] And then like a little bit of Battle Frontier.

[00:43:46] But like.

[00:43:47] I wasn't watching as.

[00:43:48] As consistently as I was with the.

[00:43:50] With the.

[00:43:51] The first two regions.

[00:43:53] Um.

[00:43:54] And I'm like.

[00:43:55] Really curious to like.

[00:43:56] Check out one of the more recent series.

[00:43:59] Like.

[00:44:00] Um.

[00:44:00] I forget which one it was.

[00:44:01] I know.

[00:44:02] Um.

[00:44:03] One of the Pokemon.

[00:44:04] One of the more recent ones.

[00:44:06] Um.

[00:44:06] Um.

[00:44:07] Was on Jared's list.

[00:44:08] When we did the.

[00:44:08] Anime Fight Club.

[00:44:09] A few years back.

[00:44:12] Um.

[00:44:12] Yeah.

[00:44:13] I was thinking about checking that one out.

[00:44:14] I think was it.

[00:44:15] Was it Journeys?

[00:44:16] Was that it?

[00:44:17] Maybe.

[00:44:18] I'd have to re-listen to it.

[00:44:19] Because I know there's been.

[00:44:20] Because I.

[00:44:21] I fell off the series.

[00:44:22] Right around black and white.

[00:44:24] Um.

[00:44:25] Um.

[00:44:25] Which is ironic.

[00:44:26] Because that's my favorite.

[00:44:27] Storyline.

[00:44:28] Like in the series game wise.

[00:44:29] But um.

[00:44:32] Uh.

[00:44:33] Going back though.

[00:44:33] We were talking.

[00:44:34] Um.

[00:44:35] The Charmander arc.

[00:44:37] Right.

[00:44:38] Right.

[00:44:39] The Charmander arc is kind of like.

[00:44:41] It was their way of explaining the whole concept of.

[00:44:43] If it's a Pokemon you didn't.

[00:44:45] That you kind of got from somebody else.

[00:44:47] Once it evolves.

[00:44:48] It might not listen to you.

[00:44:49] Because it's higher level than your respect level.

[00:44:52] Essentially.

[00:44:52] Mm-hmm.

[00:44:53] And they make a whole big deal about.

[00:44:55] Ash is a Charmander evolves into a Charmeleon.

[00:44:59] And then it's just an asshole.

[00:45:01] For like the next two episodes.

[00:45:03] Um.

[00:45:04] You know what?

[00:45:05] I didn't even think of that.

[00:45:06] I didn't even think about it in that way.

[00:45:08] Because I know like the whole concept of like.

[00:45:09] Oh.

[00:45:10] If you traded Pokemon.

[00:45:11] I wouldn't listen to you.

[00:45:12] And though Charmander wasn't technically traded.

[00:45:15] It was the only one out of those starters.

[00:45:17] That he technically received directly from another trainer.

[00:45:22] Yeah.

[00:45:22] Even though he kind of like chose to turn his back on that trainer.

[00:45:26] And go with Ash.

[00:45:27] But.

[00:45:28] I guess.

[00:45:29] Yeah.

[00:45:29] I guess that would.

[00:45:30] That would work.

[00:45:32] In that respect.

[00:45:32] That was kind of the implication I thought.

[00:45:35] Like at least what it was going for.

[00:45:38] But I thought the.

[00:45:40] I don't know.

[00:45:41] Maybe I just didn't register that.

[00:45:42] Because it was established that both Bulbasaur and Squirtle.

[00:45:45] Were also abandoned by their trainers.

[00:45:48] But I guess in both of those cases.

[00:45:50] It had been a bit since then.

[00:45:51] And.

[00:45:52] Well I think in that case.

[00:45:54] Coming wild Pokemon again.

[00:45:55] Their trainers were just like long gone by that point.

[00:45:58] Yeah.

[00:45:59] Whereas with Charmander.

[00:46:00] That.

[00:46:01] Charmander had to like directly turn away from.

[00:46:04] His previous trainer to go with Ash.

[00:46:06] So.

[00:46:06] Yeah.

[00:46:07] I guess in that.

[00:46:07] In that regard.

[00:46:08] Charmander.

[00:46:09] It would be different.

[00:46:10] I never really thought about it that way.

[00:46:13] Hmm.

[00:46:14] I always remember though.

[00:46:15] Because he's only a Charmeleon for like two episodes.

[00:46:18] Yeah.

[00:46:18] Like literally.

[00:46:19] Like I think he evolves in the Paris episode.

[00:46:22] He does.

[00:46:22] And it's like.

[00:46:23] Mostly on Spike.

[00:46:24] The episode.

[00:46:25] Yeah.

[00:46:25] Exactly.

[00:46:26] And then there's one episode.

[00:46:28] In between.

[00:46:29] And then the episode after that.

[00:46:30] I believe was.

[00:46:32] The one where they were hunting for fossils.

[00:46:35] And that was the episode.

[00:46:36] That he evolved into Charizard.

[00:46:37] It was also the episode where they got the.

[00:46:39] The Togepi egg.

[00:46:41] Yes.

[00:46:41] The Togepi egg.

[00:46:43] Was a very interesting arc.

[00:46:45] Because.

[00:46:45] I love that.

[00:46:46] Because Ash finds it.

[00:46:47] And then they're just like.

[00:46:48] Fuck you.

[00:46:55] It hatches and looks at Misty.

[00:46:56] And then it's obvious.

[00:46:57] All of a sudden it's hers.

[00:46:58] Like that's so bullshit.

[00:47:00] Yeah.

[00:47:01] I'd be pissed.

[00:47:03] I mean it was useless anyways.

[00:47:05] But.

[00:47:06] I came in clutch when it was necessary.

[00:47:08] It was the wild card.

[00:47:10] Yeah.

[00:47:12] But.

[00:47:13] I mean to be fair.

[00:47:14] The second it became useful.

[00:47:15] He would have just gotten rid of it anyway.

[00:47:16] So.

[00:47:18] You know.

[00:47:19] I always forget that.

[00:47:21] Because it takes a while.

[00:47:22] Like the Charizard arc to me.

[00:47:24] I like the concept of it.

[00:47:26] Because it's really.

[00:47:26] It's playing into the whole.

[00:47:28] Idea that.

[00:47:30] Created Pokemon.

[00:47:31] Don't always obey.

[00:47:32] I feel like they.

[00:47:33] They stretch that out.

[00:47:35] Way too long though.

[00:47:36] Yeah.

[00:47:37] I definitely agree with you.

[00:47:39] I think part of that.

[00:47:41] Is.

[00:47:42] Because I don't know if you remember.

[00:47:43] But later on.

[00:47:44] Like.

[00:47:44] Towards.

[00:47:45] The part.

[00:47:46] Like point where.

[00:47:47] I think he had most of his.

[00:47:48] Most of.

[00:47:49] Or all of the.

[00:47:50] Indigo badges.

[00:47:52] They did like a weird thing.

[00:47:54] Where they kind of like.

[00:47:55] Turned the time back.

[00:47:57] And all of a sudden.

[00:47:58] Like.

[00:47:58] We had some episodes.

[00:47:59] Where Charmander.

[00:48:00] Was still a Charmander.

[00:48:03] Yeah.

[00:48:04] I don't.

[00:48:04] I don't.

[00:48:04] I never understood.

[00:48:05] I think it was.

[00:48:07] I think that was an American thing.

[00:48:08] Like.

[00:48:09] I think they.

[00:48:09] Skipped some episodes.

[00:48:10] And then like.

[00:48:11] Replayed them or something.

[00:48:12] It's possible.

[00:48:13] Because I know there was the episode.

[00:48:14] Where like.

[00:48:16] Where they were on like.

[00:48:17] A mountain or so.

[00:48:18] They're trying to get over a mountain.

[00:48:19] Or something.

[00:48:20] And Ash got separated.

[00:48:21] From everybody else.

[00:48:22] And it was just him and his Pokemon.

[00:48:24] And like.

[00:48:24] They were pretty much.

[00:48:25] Going to freeze to death.

[00:48:26] And.

[00:48:27] That was another one of the ones.

[00:48:28] That like.

[00:48:29] Touched me.

[00:48:30] In like a weird way.

[00:48:31] Like.

[00:48:32] It was a very touching episode.

[00:48:35] Yeah.

[00:48:35] Yeah.

[00:48:38] And honestly.

[00:48:38] Like the fact that we didn't get a lot of like.

[00:48:40] Charmander.

[00:48:41] Like.

[00:48:41] Little Charmander.

[00:48:42] That kind of bugged me a little bit.

[00:48:44] Because I love Charmander.

[00:48:46] And then like.

[00:48:46] As soon as he becomes a Charmeleon.

[00:48:47] He's just such an asshole.

[00:48:49] For no reason.

[00:48:51] Yeah.

[00:48:53] Um.

[00:48:55] I always forget too.

[00:48:56] Like.

[00:48:56] In the first movie.

[00:48:57] He's still like.

[00:48:58] Being a fucking disobedient prick.

[00:49:01] Um.

[00:49:01] Yeah.

[00:49:02] But.

[00:49:03] Because of the.

[00:49:03] The way the movie is.

[00:49:05] Like.

[00:49:05] It's kind of like.

[00:49:06] Overshadowed.

[00:49:06] So I always forget that.

[00:49:07] Occasionally.

[00:49:09] Yeah.

[00:49:09] Well.

[00:49:09] About the second movie.

[00:49:10] He's good.

[00:49:11] So.

[00:49:11] Because it was.

[00:49:12] Um.

[00:49:13] It was in the Orange Islands.

[00:49:14] It took until the Orange Islands.

[00:49:16] For the Charmander.

[00:49:17] To finally like.

[00:49:18] Get over that.

[00:49:19] Yeah.

[00:49:20] Because it was the episode.

[00:49:20] Where he gets frozen solid.

[00:49:23] Hmm.

[00:49:23] Um.

[00:49:23] Which I'm always like.

[00:49:24] That's how that works.

[00:49:25] Yeah.

[00:49:26] I'm like.

[00:49:26] That should have killed him.

[00:49:27] Like.

[00:49:28] By their logic.

[00:49:28] That he should have died.

[00:49:30] Um.

[00:49:30] Yep.

[00:49:31] Well.

[00:49:32] Yeah.

[00:49:32] I think the tail was still poking out.

[00:49:34] But.

[00:49:34] Either way.

[00:49:35] He couldn't breathe.

[00:50:04] So.

[00:50:06] Isles.

[00:50:06] As opposed to gyms.

[00:50:08] Like.

[00:50:08] The Orange Islands.

[00:50:09] Did that forever ago.

[00:50:10] I feel like.

[00:50:11] That's just a really big coincidence.

[00:50:14] Because I.

[00:50:14] Highly doubt.

[00:50:16] Game Freak.

[00:50:17] Thought back that far.

[00:50:18] But.

[00:50:19] Um.

[00:50:19] That is an interesting parallel.

[00:50:23] Because they were both.

[00:50:24] Series of islands.

[00:50:25] That they had to travel between.

[00:50:26] There was.

[00:50:27] Multiple like.

[00:50:28] A quote unquote.

[00:50:29] Trials.

[00:50:30] As opposed to just.

[00:50:31] Straight on gym battles.

[00:50:33] Uh.

[00:50:33] Because I remember like.

[00:50:34] There was a.

[00:50:35] There was like a.

[00:50:36] A race that they had to do.

[00:50:38] At one point.

[00:50:38] In the water.

[00:50:40] Um.

[00:50:41] One of them was like.

[00:50:44] Not an obstacle course.

[00:50:45] But it was like a.

[00:50:46] Shooting range.

[00:50:47] Kind of.

[00:50:47] Where they had to go through like.

[00:50:49] This like track.

[00:50:50] And like.

[00:50:50] Shoot targets.

[00:50:52] There's like all sorts of weird stuff.

[00:50:53] Like that.

[00:50:56] Which I mean.

[00:50:57] The concept of.

[00:50:58] Like.

[00:50:58] It's a fun concept.

[00:50:59] And of course.

[00:51:00] That's like.

[00:51:01] The only one he actually wins.

[00:51:02] Is the one that's not.

[00:51:03] A real fucking league.

[00:51:05] Well.

[00:51:05] Besides the.

[00:51:07] Final.

[00:51:07] Season with Ash.

[00:51:08] But that's.

[00:51:09] Besides the point.

[00:51:10] Yeah.

[00:51:11] Well.

[00:51:11] If it takes him over 20 years.

[00:51:13] To do it.

[00:51:13] Then I.

[00:51:14] Well.

[00:51:15] What do you.

[00:51:15] What do you.

[00:51:15] What do you talk about?

[00:51:16] It's only been a year.

[00:51:18] Yeah.

[00:51:18] That makes sense.

[00:51:19] The sheer episode count alone.

[00:51:21] Disproves that.

[00:51:22] And he had.

[00:51:22] Multiple birthdays.

[00:51:24] During the series.

[00:51:26] Even if.

[00:51:27] Even if each episode.

[00:51:28] Is only.

[00:51:29] Is one day.

[00:51:31] That's still like.

[00:51:32] Three years.

[00:51:34] That's a retcon.

[00:51:35] That they didn't think about.

[00:51:36] And it's like.

[00:51:36] It just.

[00:51:37] Annoys me.

[00:51:38] Like.

[00:51:38] To this day.

[00:51:38] And it's like.

[00:51:39] How is he still 10?

[00:51:41] Also.

[00:51:41] Gary gets older.

[00:51:43] Like.

[00:51:43] It doesn't make any sense.

[00:51:46] I don't know man.

[00:51:49] I know.

[00:51:50] There's also.

[00:51:50] The theories about.

[00:51:51] The Ash Coma Theory.

[00:51:52] Man.

[00:51:52] That shit.

[00:51:53] Keeps me up at night.

[00:51:54] Pokemon theories are insane.

[00:51:57] Yeah.

[00:51:57] A little bit more fucking wild.

[00:51:59] And there's like.

[00:51:59] I think there's also a theory.

[00:52:00] That like.

[00:52:01] When he saw Ho-Oh.

[00:52:02] He like.

[00:52:03] Like made a wish.

[00:52:05] Or something.

[00:52:05] And like.

[00:52:06] That's why he doesn't age.

[00:52:08] There's all sorts of crazy theories.

[00:52:10] With.

[00:52:11] With.

[00:52:11] With that.

[00:52:11] That.

[00:52:14] Yeah.

[00:52:15] Orange Islands.

[00:52:16] Is such a weird.

[00:52:17] Season though.

[00:52:17] It's like the one season.

[00:52:18] With Tracy.

[00:52:20] Who.

[00:52:21] Didn't last very long at all.

[00:52:24] Yeah.

[00:52:25] I mean.

[00:52:25] He pops up every now and then.

[00:52:27] After that.

[00:52:28] But yeah.

[00:52:28] He's not.

[00:52:29] Super common.

[00:52:30] Yeah.

[00:52:30] He just lives in Professor Oak's lab.

[00:52:32] At that.

[00:52:32] After that.

[00:52:34] Yeah.

[00:52:34] Well we saw him.

[00:52:35] In.

[00:52:36] Pokemon forever.

[00:52:39] We did.

[00:52:40] We did.

[00:52:41] See I always remember.

[00:52:42] Because.

[00:52:43] Rock.

[00:52:44] Goes away that season.

[00:52:45] Because he's hanging out.

[00:52:46] With Professor Ivy.

[00:52:47] And then.

[00:52:48] He comes back.

[00:52:49] After that.

[00:52:49] He refuses to.

[00:52:50] Acknowledge anything.

[00:52:51] That happened.

[00:52:52] The previous.

[00:52:53] Yeah.

[00:52:53] He's like.

[00:52:53] Super traumatized.

[00:52:54] For some reason.

[00:52:56] Yeah.

[00:52:56] Like what happened.

[00:52:57] Like.

[00:52:58] We'll never know.

[00:53:00] I don't know.

[00:53:01] I'm sure there's plenty of theories.

[00:53:03] About that too.

[00:53:05] Yeah.

[00:53:06] I'm sure.

[00:53:07] I'm sure.

[00:53:08] Actually come to think of it.

[00:53:09] I think that was.

[00:53:10] That topic was.

[00:53:11] Broge during the Ashcoma theory.

[00:53:13] It's been a long time.

[00:53:13] Since I listened to that.

[00:53:14] It's like a 20 minute.

[00:53:15] Video.

[00:53:16] Just like.

[00:53:18] Deeping.

[00:53:19] Deep.

[00:53:20] Deeping.

[00:53:20] Diving deep.

[00:53:21] Deep into like.

[00:53:22] The whole concept.

[00:53:23] Of his psyche.

[00:53:26] Also.

[00:53:27] The.

[00:53:27] I always remember.

[00:53:27] The Orange Islands too.

[00:53:28] Because that's like.

[00:53:29] The season where he had a.

[00:53:31] He had a lapras.

[00:53:32] For most of the season.

[00:53:32] Then he just lets it go.

[00:53:33] At the end.

[00:53:34] And I'm like.

[00:53:34] Cool.

[00:53:36] Yeah.

[00:53:36] Every time he gets.

[00:53:37] Every time he gets a great fucking Pokemon.

[00:53:39] He lets it go.

[00:53:40] He had the same thing in.

[00:53:41] In Johto.

[00:53:42] He had a fucking Larvitar.

[00:53:43] And I know like.

[00:53:44] The whole.

[00:53:44] Let it go.

[00:53:44] The whole thing.

[00:53:45] It wasn't technically his Pokemon.

[00:53:47] He was specifically.

[00:53:49] Bringing it somewhere.

[00:53:50] Somewhere.

[00:53:50] But.

[00:53:51] There comes a point.

[00:53:52] Where it's like.

[00:53:52] Yo man.

[00:53:53] We've been traveling together.

[00:53:54] Like.

[00:53:54] We got this bond.

[00:53:55] Like.

[00:53:55] You should just come with me.

[00:53:56] Like.

[00:53:57] He could have totally had that haunter too.

[00:53:59] But.

[00:54:00] No.

[00:54:00] He had to give it to Sabrina.

[00:54:01] I don't think Sabrina ever acknowledges it again.

[00:54:03] After that.

[00:54:04] That.

[00:54:05] And as soon as the Primeape starts listening to him.

[00:54:07] He gives it away.

[00:54:08] Yeah.

[00:54:10] Gives Charizard away to the fucking horde of Charizards.

[00:54:14] Pidgeotto finally evolves.

[00:54:15] Sets it free.

[00:54:17] Butterfree.

[00:54:17] Let's go.

[00:54:19] This is one of the other very emotional episodes.

[00:54:22] Yeah.

[00:54:22] Especially because when you think about it.

[00:54:24] That Butterfree is probably dead.

[00:54:25] Now.

[00:54:26] I know.

[00:54:28] What do you mean?

[00:54:29] It's only been a year.

[00:54:30] That's true.

[00:54:31] Fuck.

[00:54:32] I didn't think so.

[00:54:34] I fucking hate the Pokemon continuity so much.

[00:54:38] See.

[00:54:39] This is why the manga makes so much more sense.

[00:54:42] Yeah.

[00:54:44] Ass pulls and all.

[00:54:45] Ass pulls and all.

[00:54:46] The anime would be so much more interesting with green in it.

[00:54:50] Yeah.

[00:54:52] Which I'm surprised honestly that they never threw her in the mix.

[00:54:56] Just for.

[00:54:56] Even if they called her something different.

[00:54:58] Did a different thing with her.

[00:54:59] Well.

[00:54:59] I think she.

[00:55:00] I think she appears in the background of like.

[00:55:03] One of the movies.

[00:55:04] Kind of like how like.

[00:55:06] A few of the other.

[00:55:08] Unnamed.

[00:55:08] Like I think.

[00:55:09] Blandon appears in the background of one of them.

[00:55:12] At one point.

[00:55:14] You just call him Blandon.

[00:55:15] Yeah.

[00:55:16] Because.

[00:55:16] Let's face it.

[00:55:19] Besides his.

[00:55:20] Besides Ruby.

[00:55:21] All other versions of him are boring as fuck.

[00:55:23] Fair.

[00:55:25] I was trying to think.

[00:55:27] What is the.

[00:55:30] That's not green.

[00:55:31] That's in the first movie.

[00:55:32] Is it.

[00:55:33] Who had the Blastoise.

[00:55:34] I feel like it's a completely different character design.

[00:55:36] It's a completely different character.

[00:55:37] It's been a long time since I watched it.

[00:55:39] It's been a while since I watched it.

[00:55:45] Yeah.

[00:55:45] He gives away all of his best Pokemon.

[00:55:48] The ones he doesn't get rid of.

[00:55:49] He gets rid of all the ones that are evolved.

[00:55:52] Or.

[00:55:53] Or.

[00:55:54] Just.

[00:55:55] Overpowered.

[00:55:57] Well you still.

[00:55:57] Whatever happened to Snorlax.

[00:55:58] He had a Snorlax.

[00:55:59] Didn't he?

[00:55:59] He still does.

[00:56:00] It just lives at Professor Oak's lab.

[00:56:02] With all his other.

[00:56:03] Yeah.

[00:56:03] And in Pokemon.

[00:56:04] With his muck.

[00:56:05] And his 18,000 Tauros.

[00:56:08] Oh yeah.

[00:56:08] Speaking of those.

[00:56:09] We should talk about the banned episodes.

[00:56:12] I mean.

[00:56:13] The.

[00:56:13] There's like a main.

[00:56:14] Like.

[00:56:15] A few.

[00:56:16] That I can think of.

[00:56:17] Well the most famous one.

[00:56:19] The Tauros one is.

[00:56:20] The whole reason the Tauros one got banned.

[00:56:22] Is because the storekeeper.

[00:56:24] Points a gun at Ash's head.

[00:56:25] Well I think it's the kind of gun.

[00:56:27] That he points at him.

[00:56:28] Because.

[00:56:29] Looking back.

[00:56:30] Even just a few episodes.

[00:56:31] That I watched today.

[00:56:33] People were pulling guns on him a lot.

[00:56:36] Like.

[00:56:36] I think it was just because.

[00:56:37] In that particular episode.

[00:56:39] It was like a German.

[00:56:40] Like World War II pistol.

[00:56:42] He also had it like.

[00:56:43] Right at his head.

[00:56:43] Like up close.

[00:56:44] And it was like.

[00:56:45] What the fuck?

[00:56:46] Yeah.

[00:56:47] Because people have definitely.

[00:56:48] Pulled guns on that.

[00:56:49] In Ash.

[00:56:49] And in other episodes.

[00:56:52] So.

[00:56:53] I think it just depends.

[00:56:54] On what kind of gun it was.

[00:56:57] Yeah.

[00:56:59] The other one.

[00:57:00] Obviously the most famous.

[00:57:02] Banned episode.

[00:57:03] Is the.

[00:57:03] The Electric Warrior.

[00:57:04] Porygon episode.

[00:57:06] Which.

[00:57:08] Is.

[00:57:09] I always laugh.

[00:57:10] Because.

[00:57:10] The one who caused the explosions.

[00:57:11] Wasn't even Porygon.

[00:57:12] It was Pikachu.

[00:57:14] Hmm.

[00:57:15] Have you ever watched that episode?

[00:57:18] Um.

[00:57:19] I don't think I've ever watched it.

[00:57:21] To completion.

[00:57:22] I have seen clips of it.

[00:57:24] You've seen the scene though.

[00:57:26] With like the.

[00:57:26] The flash.

[00:57:27] That supposedly.

[00:57:28] Gave millions of Japanese children.

[00:57:30] Seizures.

[00:57:31] Yeah.

[00:57:33] Um.

[00:57:34] Yeah.

[00:57:34] That's an interesting episode.

[00:57:35] Because it actually is the reason.

[00:57:36] Why Porygon never appears again.

[00:57:39] Like in the series.

[00:57:40] Because they basically just made it.

[00:57:41] They went out of their way.

[00:57:42] To like.

[00:57:42] They were like.

[00:57:43] Never again.

[00:57:44] Even though it wasn't even Porygon that did it.

[00:57:46] Yeah.

[00:57:47] It was Pikachu.

[00:57:47] Of all things.

[00:57:49] Figures.

[00:57:51] Supposedly.

[00:57:52] Four kids dubbed that episode.

[00:57:54] But.

[00:57:55] It never.

[00:57:56] Will probably never see the light.

[00:57:57] It'll never see the light of day.

[00:57:59] Interesting.

[00:58:01] There was another episode.

[00:58:03] That wasn't.

[00:58:04] It wasn't.

[00:58:05] Like.

[00:58:05] Banned overall.

[00:58:06] But it was not allowed in America.

[00:58:08] For a little while.

[00:58:09] Oh.

[00:58:10] The Beach Babe episode.

[00:58:12] Uh.

[00:58:13] No.

[00:58:13] That one.

[00:58:14] They just cut that one scene out.

[00:58:15] I believe.

[00:58:16] Because I actually.

[00:58:16] I have that.

[00:58:17] I have that on my hard drive.

[00:58:18] And that one scene.

[00:58:19] When it gets to it.

[00:58:20] Just switches to Japanese.

[00:58:21] And then as soon as the scene's over.

[00:58:22] It switches back to English.

[00:58:24] Yeah.

[00:58:25] They.

[00:58:25] They.

[00:58:26] For those who don't know.

[00:58:27] There's literally a scene in the episode.

[00:58:29] Where.

[00:58:30] They cut to Jesse and James at the beach.

[00:58:32] And James has giant inflatable boobs.

[00:58:34] And he's in a bikini.

[00:58:35] And it's like.

[00:58:36] What the fuck is.

[00:58:36] He's making fun of Misty.

[00:58:38] For having small boobs.

[00:58:39] And.

[00:58:40] Yeah.

[00:58:41] For kids.

[00:58:43] Um.

[00:58:45] Yeah.

[00:58:46] That.

[00:58:46] That scene is.

[00:58:47] That whole scene is bizarre.

[00:58:49] Yeah.

[00:58:50] The one I was referring to though.

[00:58:51] Was the.

[00:58:52] Um.

[00:58:52] The Tentacool and Tentacruel episode.

[00:58:55] Because.

[00:58:55] Oh.

[00:58:55] Because 9-11.

[00:58:56] Came out literally right after 9-11.

[00:58:58] And then you got this giant tentacruel.

[00:59:00] Knocking down.

[00:59:01] City buildings and whatnot.

[00:59:03] Like.

[00:59:03] Yeah.

[00:59:03] It was.

[00:59:04] Very poor timing.

[00:59:06] Yeah.

[00:59:07] Like.

[00:59:07] There.

[00:59:07] There's just like.

[00:59:08] So many.

[00:59:10] Bizarreities.

[00:59:11] Which is funny too.

[00:59:13] Because I don't even think I was aware of this.

[00:59:14] Like.

[00:59:15] Until like.

[00:59:16] Way later.

[00:59:16] Because I had the VHS tape.

[00:59:19] With that episode on it.

[00:59:20] It was the.

[00:59:21] The episode where they were trapped underwater.

[00:59:23] On the SSN.

[00:59:25] The episode where they all get separated from the Pokemon.

[00:59:27] And we actually know what the fuck the Pokemon are saying for once.

[00:59:30] And then that Tentacool, Tentacruel episode was the third one.

[00:59:35] And.

[00:59:36] Actually me and my cousin watched that particular tape of episodes so many times.

[00:59:39] So obviously those were some of the ones I watched today.

[00:59:42] Because.

[00:59:43] Those ones are pretty heavily like burned into my memory.

[00:59:46] Like I.

[00:59:46] Those are always ones I go back to.

[00:59:50] I always remember the.

[00:59:53] So I.

[00:59:54] We hit.

[00:59:54] Me and Alex had a VHS tape similar.

[00:59:56] We had.

[00:59:57] It had a.

[00:59:58] Three episodes.

[00:59:59] It had the.

[01:00:00] The.

[01:00:01] The fighting Pokemon one.

[01:00:02] The one where he gives up Primate.

[01:00:05] It had the.

[01:00:06] The episode where he gets muck.

[01:00:08] With all the.

[01:00:09] The Grimers and the.

[01:00:11] Magnemites.

[01:00:12] Magnemites.

[01:00:14] And then it had the.

[01:00:15] The Diglett episode.

[01:00:17] Oh.

[01:00:17] The Diglett episode.

[01:00:18] That's the one where.

[01:00:20] Atkinson and Copping evolve.

[01:00:22] Isn't it?

[01:00:22] It is.

[01:00:24] You want to talk about episodes that make.

[01:00:26] That are fucking tragic.

[01:00:27] The episode where Jesse and James give up.

[01:00:30] Copping and wheezing.

[01:00:31] I mean.

[01:00:32] Wheezing in.

[01:00:33] Arbok.

[01:00:34] I think that was one of the episodes.

[01:00:36] Like it was like right when Diamond and Pearl started.

[01:00:39] Because.

[01:00:39] That was way before.

[01:00:40] So.

[01:00:40] Why.

[01:00:41] That was way before Diamond and Pearl.

[01:00:42] That was right at the start of.

[01:00:44] The Advanced Era.

[01:00:48] Are you sure?

[01:00:49] Well.

[01:00:50] Because she got the Seviper.

[01:00:51] While she was in home.

[01:00:52] Right.

[01:00:53] Right.

[01:00:54] Seviper is a Gen 3 Pokemon.

[01:00:55] That's right.

[01:00:56] Oh yeah.

[01:00:57] And James got the Cacturn.

[01:00:59] Yeah.

[01:01:00] Among other Pokemon.

[01:01:03] Yeah.

[01:01:03] I think that was one of the episodes.

[01:01:04] That made me kind of like.

[01:01:07] But at the same time.

[01:01:08] Like.

[01:01:09] Looking back on it now.

[01:01:10] I.

[01:01:11] I feel like that was probably a smart move.

[01:01:14] Because if you're going to have a Team Rocket.

[01:01:16] Constantly showing up.

[01:01:17] Should probably change out their Pokemon.

[01:01:19] Every now and then.

[01:01:21] Yeah.

[01:01:21] That was just such a sad episode.

[01:01:23] It was like wow.

[01:01:24] It's like.

[01:01:25] Fragic.

[01:01:26] How about the.

[01:01:27] The episode.

[01:01:27] Would you find out that James is actually a rich kid?

[01:01:30] Yeah.

[01:01:31] He's got a Growlithe back home.

[01:01:32] And a fiance.

[01:01:33] And all this crazy shit.

[01:01:35] Yeah.

[01:01:35] They actually left.

[01:01:36] What's hilarious is they.

[01:01:38] They still remember he's rich.

[01:01:40] But they always forget about the.

[01:01:41] The fiance and the Growlithe.

[01:01:43] Yeah.

[01:01:44] And you know what's really funny too.

[01:01:46] Is as I was watching.

[01:01:47] I noticed in the early episodes.

[01:01:49] It seems like they're never hurting for food.

[01:01:52] It's not until.

[01:01:54] James buys the Magikarp.

[01:01:56] Because he used both his.

[01:01:58] And Jesse's salary for that.

[01:02:00] The first time.

[01:02:01] And that's when they.

[01:02:02] That's when they start like.

[01:02:03] Eating scraps.

[01:02:04] Like out of the trash.

[01:02:05] After that point.

[01:02:08] He gets duped by the Magikarp.

[01:02:09] Magikarp salesman.

[01:02:10] So many times throughout the series.

[01:02:12] Yeah.

[01:02:13] I find that so funny.

[01:02:14] That it's the same dude every time.

[01:02:15] Like always tricks him.

[01:02:17] He's like.

[01:02:17] Hey wait.

[01:02:18] You seem kind of familiar.

[01:02:20] I always remember too.

[01:02:21] Because it's right at the end of the.

[01:02:22] S.S. Anne episode.

[01:02:23] Where like.

[01:02:23] They all escape.

[01:02:24] And then Jesse and James are like.

[01:02:25] What do we do?

[01:02:26] We don't have any water Pokemon.

[01:02:27] James is like.

[01:02:28] Wait.

[01:02:28] I have this one special Pokemon.

[01:02:30] It's Magikarp.

[01:02:31] And I'm just like.

[01:02:32] Yeah.

[01:02:34] Yeah.

[01:02:35] Then it evolves into Gyarados.

[01:02:36] And tries to kill them.

[01:02:39] Yeah.

[01:02:40] It's funny.

[01:02:41] Whenever everybody says like.

[01:02:42] Oh.

[01:02:42] James is actually the best trainer.

[01:02:44] About all of them.

[01:02:45] He's like.

[01:02:45] Yeah.

[01:02:46] Remember that time he kicked his Magikarp.

[01:02:47] And then I tried to kill him.

[01:02:49] Yeah.

[01:02:49] What a great trainer.

[01:02:55] But.

[01:02:55] I mean.

[01:02:56] His relationship with his Growlithe.

[01:02:58] Is very sweet though.

[01:02:59] Yeah.

[01:03:00] Too bad they forget about it.

[01:03:01] Immediately after that episode.

[01:03:03] Should have taken it with him.

[01:03:04] I mean.

[01:03:06] Also.

[01:03:06] I love the concept.

[01:03:08] Like the.

[01:03:08] The Island of Giant Pokemon episode.

[01:03:10] Where like.

[01:03:10] You actually get to see what all the Pokemon are saying.

[01:03:13] To each other.

[01:03:14] And there's that one part.

[01:03:16] Where like.

[01:03:17] Uh.

[01:03:18] Coughing and Ekans are like.

[01:03:20] Like.

[01:03:21] What do you mean?

[01:03:21] We're not going to attack them.

[01:03:22] Like.

[01:03:23] Pokemon aren't inherently bad bro.

[01:03:25] Like.

[01:03:25] We.

[01:03:25] We just have shitty trainers.

[01:03:27] That's all.

[01:03:27] Like.

[01:03:28] We only do.

[01:03:29] We only do that shit.

[01:03:30] Because they tell us to.

[01:03:31] I always remember that episode.

[01:03:32] The implication.

[01:03:33] The implication there being that Meowth is just an enigma.

[01:03:36] Because he's a piece of shit.

[01:03:38] Yeah.

[01:03:41] I find that very funny.

[01:03:43] Meowth is a weird one.

[01:03:44] I will.

[01:03:45] Like that one time.

[01:03:46] When they're all fighting for Togopi.

[01:03:48] And Meowth is like.

[01:03:49] I'm going to use my water attack.

[01:03:51] And he just throws buckets of water.

[01:03:52] On the fucking field.

[01:03:53] They're like.

[01:03:54] You can't throw water on the field.

[01:03:55] You asshole.

[01:03:59] Um.

[01:04:01] Yeah.

[01:04:01] God.

[01:04:01] There's.

[01:04:02] There's so many episodes.

[01:04:03] Like.

[01:04:04] Um.

[01:04:05] I'm trying to think.

[01:04:06] So I had a few different VHS tapes.

[01:04:07] With different episodes.

[01:04:08] I know I had.

[01:04:09] The one that I mentioned earlier.

[01:04:11] I had the.

[01:04:12] The trio.

[01:04:13] Of episodes.

[01:04:14] Where Bulbasaur.

[01:04:16] Charminers.

[01:04:16] Grudel.

[01:04:17] Were introduced.

[01:04:18] And I had another set of three.

[01:04:20] I think it was.

[01:04:21] Um.

[01:04:24] I know it was the.

[01:04:24] The bridge episode.

[01:04:27] Where.

[01:04:27] Uh.

[01:04:28] Where they.

[01:04:28] The biker gangs.

[01:04:30] Yep.

[01:04:31] That like.

[01:04:32] Idolized Jesse and James.

[01:04:34] Um.

[01:04:35] There was the one with the.

[01:04:35] The ditto chick.

[01:04:40] The ditto.

[01:04:40] Yeah.

[01:04:41] Chick with a ditto.

[01:04:43] I figure what the last one was.

[01:04:45] It might have been the ghost of Maiden Peak.

[01:04:46] I'm not 100% sure.

[01:04:50] That one was a creepy episode.

[01:04:52] There was a lot of really weird episodes in the anime.

[01:04:55] Yeah.

[01:04:58] Yeah.

[01:04:58] Yeah.

[01:04:59] Team Rocket broke the fourth wall a lot.

[01:05:02] They did.

[01:05:04] Also I love like.

[01:05:05] Whenever like.

[01:05:05] One of the side characters.

[01:05:06] Would catch a Pokemon.

[01:05:07] It would be like a big deal.

[01:05:08] Like whenever Brock caught something.

[01:05:09] It was like.

[01:05:10] Oh my god.

[01:05:10] He caught a Pokemon.

[01:05:12] And he got gifted a Vulpix.

[01:05:15] Woo.

[01:05:15] And then lost it.

[01:05:16] By the end of the season.

[01:05:18] Yep.

[01:05:20] And then.

[01:05:24] Trying to think.

[01:05:24] I mean.

[01:05:27] I mean.

[01:05:27] And it was weird too.

[01:05:28] Because the first two seasons.

[01:05:29] Like Ash gets all three starters.

[01:05:31] And then.

[01:05:33] From Hoenn onward.

[01:05:34] It's like.

[01:05:34] Okay.

[01:05:35] I get one.

[01:05:36] And each of my companions.

[01:05:37] Also gets one.

[01:05:38] It just always perfectly works out that way.

[01:05:41] You know what's bizarre?

[01:05:42] So like.

[01:05:44] The first two seasons.

[01:05:45] He got all three.

[01:05:46] Then in season.

[01:05:47] In Hoenn.

[01:05:48] He got just a.

[01:05:50] Kriko.

[01:05:51] Then in.

[01:05:52] Sinnoh.

[01:05:53] He gets both.

[01:05:55] A Turtwig.

[01:05:56] And a Chimchar.

[01:05:57] And he evolves both of them.

[01:05:58] To the third form.

[01:05:59] That's like the.

[01:06:00] It was like the one weird point.

[01:06:01] In his.

[01:06:01] Ash's career.

[01:06:02] Where he straight up.

[01:06:04] Evolved his Pokemon.

[01:06:05] Ironically.

[01:06:06] Don.

[01:06:06] Who had the Piplup.

[01:06:07] Didn't.

[01:06:09] Huh.

[01:06:10] Then.

[01:06:10] I believe.

[01:06:11] In the black and white seasons.

[01:06:13] He actually has all three.

[01:06:14] Of those starters too.

[01:06:15] And once again.

[01:06:16] Doesn't evolve.

[01:06:17] Well.

[01:06:17] I think he might evolve.

[01:06:18] Just to pig.

[01:06:19] Maybe.

[01:06:21] I don't know.

[01:06:21] I didn't watch enough of those.

[01:06:23] But.

[01:06:23] Yeah.

[01:06:24] So weird.

[01:06:26] Weird.

[01:06:26] Yeah.

[01:06:27] The Sinnoh.

[01:06:27] Sinnoh's weird though.

[01:06:28] Because he does.

[01:06:29] Evolve his Turtwig.

[01:06:30] And his.

[01:06:31] Chimchar.

[01:06:37] Part of me kind of wants to touch on some of the movies.

[01:06:40] But I feel like those.

[01:06:41] Should be separate episodes.

[01:06:45] Probably.

[01:06:46] I mean.

[01:06:46] They are.

[01:06:46] Pretty iconic.

[01:06:47] At least the first three.

[01:06:50] Yeah.

[01:06:50] I mean.

[01:06:52] I personally.

[01:06:53] Have a lot of.

[01:06:55] A lot of nostalgia.

[01:06:57] For the fourth movie as well.

[01:06:58] But.

[01:06:59] I mean.

[01:06:59] I watched them all.

[01:07:00] Up until.

[01:07:01] The first.

[01:07:02] Diamond and Pearl movie.

[01:07:03] So I.

[01:07:04] I have good memories with them.

[01:07:05] I mean.

[01:07:06] The first.

[01:07:08] The first.

[01:07:09] Hoenn movie.

[01:07:10] Jirachi Wishmaker.

[01:07:10] That movie's fucking nightmare fuel.

[01:07:12] Like I still say to this day.

[01:07:14] And I remember specifically.

[01:07:16] I got that movie.

[01:07:17] On DVD.

[01:07:17] Because I loved Groudon.

[01:07:20] And I saw like Groudon.

[01:07:21] On the cover.

[01:07:22] And then.

[01:07:23] Oh there's a.

[01:07:24] Happened.

[01:07:24] I was like.

[01:07:25] Oh.

[01:07:25] This is not what I thought.

[01:07:27] This is going to be.

[01:07:27] There's.

[01:07:28] There's a Groudon.

[01:07:29] In the film.

[01:07:29] Kind of.

[01:07:31] Yeah.

[01:07:32] It's something.

[01:07:32] In the same.

[01:07:33] In the same way.

[01:07:34] There's a Kyogre.

[01:07:35] In the Emerald Arc.

[01:07:35] Of the manga.

[01:07:37] Yeah.

[01:07:38] Pretty much.

[01:07:42] And in the future.

[01:07:43] I do want to cover the.

[01:07:45] The.

[01:07:46] Pokemon.

[01:07:46] I choose you.

[01:07:47] To that movie.

[01:07:48] Is phenomenal.

[01:07:49] Very good movie.

[01:07:51] It does like a.

[01:07:52] Fun thing.

[01:07:53] Where it kind of like.

[01:07:53] Reboots the story.

[01:07:54] Where it kind of starts.

[01:07:55] Ash on his journey again.

[01:07:56] But with the context of.

[01:07:58] All these other regions.

[01:07:59] Already exist.

[01:08:01] And he's not traveling.

[01:08:02] With Brock and Misty.

[01:08:03] They're two completely.

[01:08:04] Different characters.

[01:08:05] Yeah.

[01:08:06] That's so weird.

[01:08:08] And there's like.

[01:08:09] One small.

[01:08:10] Jesse and James cameo.

[01:08:11] But they're like.

[01:08:12] Not in the movie.

[01:08:13] Otherwise.

[01:08:13] Like.

[01:08:13] It's a really interesting.

[01:08:15] Like take on it.

[01:08:16] And I kind of wish.

[01:08:18] That they had spun off.

[01:08:19] It's own anime.

[01:08:20] With that.

[01:08:20] Because that would have been really cool.

[01:08:22] It's kind of like.

[01:08:23] Kind of like a branch off.

[01:08:24] What I was saying earlier.

[01:08:25] About like.

[01:08:26] If they were to do.

[01:08:27] The first season now.

[01:08:29] Yeah.

[01:08:30] Like what it would be like.

[01:08:31] And that's kind of like.

[01:08:32] I feel like that movie.

[01:08:34] Kind of encapsulates that.

[01:08:36] It's kind of like.

[01:08:36] How I wish.

[01:08:37] Like Pokemon origin.

[01:08:38] Was like a full on series.

[01:08:39] And not no VA.

[01:08:41] Yeah.

[01:08:42] Well I mean.

[01:08:42] That's kind of just a.

[01:08:44] A branch off of.

[01:08:45] Us wanting the manga.

[01:08:46] To be adapted.

[01:08:47] I know it's not the same story.

[01:08:49] But.

[01:08:50] They're both kind of.

[01:08:51] Based off of the game.

[01:08:52] So they're related in a way.

[01:08:53] That the.

[01:08:54] The Ash anime isn't.

[01:08:57] Yeah.

[01:08:58] Like if.

[01:08:58] I always say like.

[01:08:59] If the manga was truly.

[01:09:01] Adapted.

[01:09:01] That would be such a.

[01:09:03] Dark anime.

[01:09:04] It'd be so good though.

[01:09:06] It would.

[01:09:07] Like that'd be in like.

[01:09:08] Probably one of my top animes.

[01:09:10] If they did that.

[01:09:11] I don't know if they'd do it justice though.

[01:09:14] It depends on.

[01:09:16] Who did it.

[01:09:18] I mean.

[01:09:18] Obviously the Pokemon company.

[01:09:19] Would have their hands in it.

[01:09:20] In some degree.

[01:09:21] But.

[01:09:25] I'm sure they can make something work.

[01:09:26] I mean.

[01:09:27] This is also the same company.

[01:09:28] That had all those weird.

[01:09:32] Background lore.

[01:09:33] That was recently released.

[01:09:35] Or leaked.

[01:09:35] Or whatever the fuck you want to say.

[01:09:37] They sure did.

[01:09:39] Which is funny too.

[01:09:40] Because I could have sworn.

[01:09:41] That the whole like.

[01:09:44] Sexual relations with Pokemon thing.

[01:09:46] Was already a thing in the lore.

[01:09:48] I just feel like it was kind of.

[01:09:49] Buried underneath.

[01:09:50] It was a very apparent thing.

[01:09:53] You could.

[01:09:53] You could find it.

[01:09:54] If you just happen to look.

[01:09:56] In the right place.

[01:09:57] But it wasn't like.

[01:09:58] In the public knowledge.

[01:09:59] Like it is now.

[01:10:00] I just want to know.

[01:10:01] Who the fuck.

[01:10:02] Who thought that was a good idea.

[01:10:04] Because.

[01:10:04] If memory serves.

[01:10:06] There was like.

[01:10:06] I think it was like.

[01:10:07] A did you know gaming.

[01:10:08] Or something like that.

[01:10:09] That I watched.

[01:10:10] I don't know if it was that one in particular.

[01:10:11] But it was some video I saw.

[01:10:13] Where like.

[01:10:13] There's a translation.

[01:10:16] Like.

[01:10:16] It was like a localization.

[01:10:19] Change that they made.

[01:10:19] In the Diamond and Pearl games.

[01:10:21] That's when.

[01:10:22] When you go to the library.

[01:10:24] And like.

[01:10:25] You're reading all like.

[01:10:26] The history books and stuff.

[01:10:27] And I think.

[01:10:27] They changed it.

[01:10:29] In the American version.

[01:10:30] But apparently.

[01:10:30] In the Japanese.

[01:10:31] It mentions that people.

[01:10:33] People in Pokemon.

[01:10:34] Were kind of like.

[01:10:37] Both evolved from the same.

[01:10:39] Beginning point.

[01:10:40] And did used to like.

[01:10:42] Intermarry and stuff.

[01:10:45] So.

[01:10:45] I mean.

[01:10:46] The concept of that.

[01:10:47] Was already existed.

[01:10:48] It just.

[01:10:49] Not in the.

[01:10:49] Level of detail.

[01:10:50] That.

[01:10:51] We've been made aware of now.

[01:10:55] Yeah.

[01:10:57] Oh.

[01:10:59] This.

[01:10:59] The worst part is.

[01:11:00] This just fuels the fandom.

[01:11:02] And like.

[01:11:03] This is like.

[01:11:03] Yeah.

[01:11:05] Yeah.

[01:11:06] Well.

[01:11:06] You know.

[01:11:07] Keep your safe search on.

[01:11:09] When you look up Pokemon.

[01:11:10] That's all I'm saying.

[01:11:13] Yeah.

[01:11:14] Well.

[01:11:14] I mean.

[01:11:14] You go on fanfiction.net.

[01:11:16] And the number one category.

[01:11:17] And under video games.

[01:11:18] Is Pokemon.

[01:11:20] Yeah.

[01:11:20] Let that sink in.

[01:11:21] For a minute.

[01:11:23] Let's move on from that.

[01:11:25] Yeah.

[01:11:27] So.

[01:11:28] Did you ever.

[01:11:29] Like.

[01:11:29] I only remember.

[01:11:30] Catching a couple of them.

[01:11:31] Here and there.

[01:11:32] But.

[01:11:32] Do you remember.

[01:11:33] Pokemon Chronicles.

[01:11:35] It was like.

[01:11:35] A little side.

[01:11:37] Were those the ones.

[01:11:38] That followed.

[01:11:38] Like.

[01:11:39] The character.

[01:11:39] That's supposed to be gold.

[01:11:40] But his name's Jimmy.

[01:11:41] Or whatever.

[01:11:42] One of.

[01:11:43] One of them was.

[01:11:43] Because I.

[01:11:44] I believe.

[01:11:44] Each of them.

[01:11:45] Was like.

[01:11:45] A separate story.

[01:11:47] Revolving around.

[01:11:47] Different characters.

[01:11:48] One of them was.

[01:11:51] Quote unquote.

[01:11:51] Jimmy.

[01:11:52] But it was gold.

[01:11:53] Played by Sean Shemel.

[01:11:54] Actually.

[01:11:55] Yeah.

[01:11:56] That was always so weird to me.

[01:11:57] Like.

[01:11:57] I was like.

[01:11:58] I'm like.

[01:11:58] It's just.

[01:11:59] Yeah.

[01:12:00] Brain.

[01:12:00] Brain does not compute.

[01:12:02] And he had a typhlosion.

[01:12:03] And.

[01:12:04] And the.

[01:12:04] The special revolved around Raikou.

[01:12:06] Which I was really.

[01:12:08] I really liked that.

[01:12:10] Because that was the only one of the dogs.

[01:12:11] That didn't get its own movie.

[01:12:13] Yeah.

[01:12:13] Raikou kind of got fucked over.

[01:12:14] Because Entei.

[01:12:15] Entei was in.

[01:12:16] The third movie.

[01:12:17] And then.

[01:12:18] Suicune was in the fourth movie.

[01:12:20] Yeah.

[01:12:20] And they.

[01:12:21] They both were.

[01:12:22] Like.

[01:12:22] Very big.

[01:12:23] Big.

[01:12:24] Aspects of those movies.

[01:12:25] And then Raikou just kind of got the shaft.

[01:12:27] Yeah.

[01:12:28] Um.

[01:12:29] So I.

[01:12:30] I like that.

[01:12:31] That he kind of got his own thing.

[01:12:32] And.

[01:12:32] Um.

[01:12:33] We got a little bit of gold.

[01:12:34] In some degree.

[01:12:35] Even though it's not the gold I.

[01:12:37] I like the most.

[01:12:38] You know what's funny though?

[01:12:39] A different gold.

[01:12:41] Appears in the background.

[01:12:42] Of like.

[01:12:43] One of the movies.

[01:12:44] Which is even more bizarre.

[01:12:46] Which one was it?

[01:12:48] I forget.

[01:12:49] I'd have to look it up.

[01:12:50] But like.

[01:12:51] Because they.

[01:12:51] You know how they always do those.

[01:12:52] Like.

[01:12:52] Like pre-segments.

[01:12:53] Before we get to Ash.

[01:12:54] Where they're just talking about.

[01:12:55] The world of Pokemon.

[01:12:56] Yeah.

[01:12:58] Um.

[01:12:58] And they show like.

[01:12:59] Battles going on.

[01:12:59] I know in one of the movies.

[01:13:01] I think it's probably.

[01:13:02] It's probably one of either.

[01:13:02] The Diamond and Pearl movies.

[01:13:04] Because that was around the time.

[01:13:05] HeartGold SoulServer was out.

[01:13:07] That was nice.

[01:13:08] There is a scene in the background.

[01:13:10] Where I think you see like.

[01:13:11] It's supposed to be like.

[01:13:12] Ethan fighting back there.

[01:13:14] Because it's his.

[01:13:15] Diamond.

[01:13:15] It's his HeartGold SoulServer design.

[01:13:17] And I was like.

[01:13:18] And you look at the character.

[01:13:19] And it's very clearly.

[01:13:19] Not the same character.

[01:13:21] As Jimmy.

[01:13:21] Was.

[01:13:22] Hmm.

[01:13:24] Yeah.

[01:13:24] Because Jimmy had like.

[01:13:25] The weird like.

[01:13:26] Like.

[01:13:26] You know how like.

[01:13:27] Gold has like.

[01:13:27] The little bit of hair.

[01:13:28] That comes out of his hat.

[01:13:29] Yeah.

[01:13:30] Jimmy's was like.

[01:13:30] For some reason.

[01:13:31] Jimmy's was like.

[01:13:32] It was like.

[01:13:33] Jesse's hair.

[01:13:33] But turned around.

[01:13:34] It defied gravity.

[01:13:36] It defied gravity.

[01:13:36] It was very.

[01:13:38] Exaggerated.

[01:13:39] Yeah.

[01:13:40] Well I mean.

[01:13:41] Everything's pretty exaggerated.

[01:13:42] In Pokemon.

[01:13:43] Everybody survives things.

[01:13:44] They have no business surviving.

[01:13:46] Yeah.

[01:13:49] Pokemon Chronicles.

[01:13:50] Was a weird.

[01:13:51] Thing though.

[01:13:51] Like.

[01:13:51] Because those.

[01:13:52] Oh.

[01:13:52] Those were.

[01:13:53] Pretty much all.

[01:13:54] Standalone episodes.

[01:13:56] Yeah.

[01:13:56] And they were like.

[01:13:57] You know.

[01:13:57] They're just like little.

[01:13:58] Like 45 minute.

[01:13:59] To an hour long.

[01:14:00] Specials.

[01:14:00] And like.

[01:14:02] It was cool.

[01:14:03] Having like.

[01:14:03] Those kind of little.

[01:14:04] Like side stories.

[01:14:05] Like.

[01:14:06] That don't revolve around.

[01:14:07] The characters.

[01:14:08] That we've.

[01:14:09] Been following.

[01:14:10] For decades.

[01:14:12] Um.

[01:14:13] Which I suppose.

[01:14:14] Isn't really much of an issue anymore.

[01:14:16] Now that we've.

[01:14:17] Now that it's going to be.

[01:14:18] Following other characters.

[01:14:19] But.

[01:14:21] I remember.

[01:14:21] There was one.

[01:14:22] That revolved around.

[01:14:23] Like Ash's friend.

[01:14:24] That had like.

[01:14:25] The other Pikachu.

[01:14:26] The one with like.

[01:14:26] The spiky hair.

[01:14:27] For some reason.

[01:14:28] I loved that guy.

[01:14:29] Like.

[01:14:30] Those.

[01:14:30] Old episodes.

[01:14:31] When like.

[01:14:31] The first.

[01:14:32] I forget his name.

[01:14:34] So.

[01:14:35] I know he had like.

[01:14:36] Fun nicknames.

[01:14:37] For his Pokemon.

[01:14:37] Like.

[01:14:38] Like.

[01:14:38] He had a Charmander.

[01:14:39] Named.

[01:14:39] Um.

[01:14:40] Zippo.

[01:14:41] Yeah.

[01:14:42] I think his Pikachu.

[01:14:42] Was like Sparky.

[01:14:43] Or something.

[01:14:44] I can't.

[01:14:45] Yeah.

[01:14:46] What the hell was his name?

[01:14:47] Was it Todd?

[01:14:49] I don't think it was Todd.

[01:14:51] I always remember though.

[01:14:53] When I think of like.

[01:14:53] The nicknames.

[01:14:54] I always remember.

[01:14:55] The scene in the first movie.

[01:14:56] Where like.

[01:14:57] The three people.

[01:14:58] They need like.

[01:14:59] Three of the starters.

[01:15:00] To show up.

[01:15:01] Um.

[01:15:01] In their final forms.

[01:15:02] And I remember like.

[01:15:02] These two like.

[01:15:03] Random Pokemon.

[01:15:04] Random trainers.

[01:15:05] Are like.

[01:15:06] Here's my Blastoise.

[01:15:07] And Venusaur.

[01:15:08] And they have like.

[01:15:08] Weird names.

[01:15:09] And Ash is like.

[01:15:09] Mine doesn't have a name.

[01:15:11] But here's Charizard.

[01:15:12] And it's like.

[01:15:13] He also doesn't listen to me.

[01:15:14] Because he hates my guts.

[01:15:15] Yeah.

[01:15:15] He's an asshole.

[01:15:16] But here he is.

[01:15:18] Yep.

[01:15:22] So yeah.

[01:15:23] Those.

[01:15:23] Those.

[01:15:24] Pokemon Chronicles.

[01:15:24] They.

[01:15:25] I'd love to find those.

[01:15:26] And watch those now.

[01:15:27] Um.

[01:15:28] Just to see how they hold up.

[01:15:30] Uh.

[01:15:31] There was also a.

[01:15:32] Um.

[01:15:34] There was also a pilot episode.

[01:15:36] Made for a.

[01:15:37] Mystery dungeon.

[01:15:38] Anime.

[01:15:39] And I'm like.

[01:15:40] Really upset that that didn't take off.

[01:15:42] Yeah.

[01:15:42] I think it was just too.

[01:15:43] Obscure.

[01:15:44] Or like.

[01:15:46] The problem is.

[01:15:47] But.

[01:15:47] Especially with like.

[01:15:48] How much everybody loved the episode.

[01:15:50] Where like.

[01:15:50] You get the subtitles.

[01:15:52] And you actually know what the Pokemon are saying to each other.

[01:15:54] You'd think.

[01:15:54] A series completely based around like.

[01:15:58] Like.

[01:15:59] Pokemon.

[01:15:59] That like.

[01:16:00] Fully have their own communities.

[01:16:01] And can talk to each other.

[01:16:03] You'd think that would have done well.

[01:16:06] But for some reason it didn't.

[01:16:09] Yeah.

[01:16:10] You know what I think it is too.

[01:16:11] Because.

[01:16:12] I swear to God.

[01:16:13] Like.

[01:16:13] Four kids.

[01:16:14] Did not do a great job promoting that.

[01:16:16] Like.

[01:16:16] And I think it kind of went under the radar.

[01:16:19] Hmm.

[01:16:19] Because I just happened to catch it on TV.

[01:16:21] And I remember like.

[01:16:21] They played it for like a month.

[01:16:23] Or something like that.

[01:16:24] And then.

[01:16:24] And just nothing ever.

[01:16:26] Ever again.

[01:16:27] Ever happened.

[01:16:27] And it was very upsetting.

[01:16:28] I just don't think.

[01:16:29] It made the ratings.

[01:16:30] I think that's.

[01:16:31] That was the problem.

[01:16:32] Like.

[01:16:32] It just kind of.

[01:16:33] It was a kind of a flop.

[01:16:34] You know what it is?

[01:16:37] It played it in the summer.

[01:16:40] Everyone was outside.

[01:16:41] Yeah.

[01:16:42] Or playing video games.

[01:16:44] Back when kids went outside.

[01:16:45] What a novel time.

[01:16:46] Yeah.

[01:16:47] That's what it was.

[01:16:48] I remember.

[01:16:48] Because this was during the time.

[01:16:50] When.

[01:16:50] They were like.

[01:16:51] Throwing a bunch of random shit.

[01:16:52] Against the wall.

[01:16:53] To see what would stick.

[01:16:53] I think it was the same time.

[01:16:55] That Andre 3000 cartoon came out.

[01:16:58] Yeah.

[01:16:59] Anybody remembers that?

[01:17:01] When Andre 3000 had a music school.

[01:17:03] Yeah.

[01:17:05] Oh.

[01:17:05] So.

[01:17:06] I've been thinking of random episodes.

[01:17:07] I remember one of the ones with Ash's.

[01:17:09] Friend with the.

[01:17:10] With Sparky.

[01:17:11] I can't.

[01:17:11] I can't.

[01:17:11] I can't remember his name.

[01:17:12] But I remember the Pikachu.

[01:17:13] I always remember this episode.

[01:17:15] Because it was the one where.

[01:17:18] There was like.

[01:17:19] Team Rocket was doing one of their schemes.

[01:17:21] And they had like.

[01:17:22] All of these trainers.

[01:17:22] Like.

[01:17:23] All right.

[01:17:23] Dump your Pokemon to this bag.

[01:17:24] We got to check them before the.

[01:17:26] The gym battle.

[01:17:27] And everyone just immediately goes.

[01:17:28] Oh yeah.

[01:17:28] That makes sense.

[01:17:29] Just dumps their Pokemon in.

[01:17:31] Yeah.

[01:17:31] And it's like.

[01:17:32] Surprise.

[01:17:33] Team Rocket.

[01:17:33] Stole your shit.

[01:17:35] And then I remember.

[01:17:36] Because like.

[01:17:37] Ash.

[01:17:37] Like.

[01:17:37] They.

[01:17:38] They steal back the Pokemon.

[01:17:39] But they can't find.

[01:17:40] But because they're all the same.

[01:17:41] Pokeballs.

[01:17:42] They can't figure out who's are who's.

[01:17:43] And his friend's like.

[01:17:44] Yeah.

[01:17:45] Oh.

[01:17:45] I.

[01:17:45] I put stickers on my Pokeballs.

[01:17:47] So of course I can find mine.

[01:17:49] And it's like.

[01:17:50] Yeah.

[01:17:51] I didn't ask.

[01:17:51] I always remember that scene.

[01:17:52] I was like.

[01:17:53] What an asshole.

[01:17:56] Yeah.

[01:17:56] That was.

[01:17:57] That was really funny.

[01:18:00] And I feel like that kind of like.

[01:18:02] That kind of like.

[01:18:03] Opened up the.

[01:18:04] Idea for.

[01:18:06] The.

[01:18:08] Like the.

[01:18:09] Capsules or whatever.

[01:18:10] In the.

[01:18:10] In the.

[01:18:11] Fourth game.

[01:18:12] In Diamond and Pearl.

[01:18:13] Where you can kind of like.

[01:18:14] Make little like.

[01:18:15] Designs pop.

[01:18:15] Whenever you throw the Pokemon ball out.

[01:18:17] Hmm.

[01:18:18] Sorry.

[01:18:19] I'm trying to figure out what the.

[01:18:20] How that kid's name is.

[01:18:21] Because it's driving me nuts now.

[01:18:24] You know what's funny too.

[01:18:25] Like.

[01:18:25] I always remember like.

[01:18:26] In the Johto season.

[01:18:27] They introduced like.

[01:18:28] The idea of like.

[01:18:29] Different Pokeballs.

[01:18:31] And.

[01:18:34] Because they brought up.

[01:18:35] The whole like.

[01:18:35] Customized ones.

[01:18:36] Made out of the Apricorns.

[01:18:38] And I always remember.

[01:18:39] Because they only end up making like.

[01:18:41] Three of them.

[01:18:42] They get a couple quick fastballs.

[01:18:44] And then they get the.

[01:18:45] The lure balls.

[01:18:47] And like.

[01:18:48] There's like this.

[01:18:49] Very brief.

[01:18:50] Like.

[01:18:50] I think it's because it's like.

[01:18:52] Literally only.

[01:18:52] Totodile.

[01:18:53] And whatever Pokemon Misty used to catch it.

[01:18:55] Yeah.

[01:18:56] The lure ball.

[01:18:56] And it would just always be that weird.

[01:18:58] Blue and red ball.

[01:18:59] That Ash would throw.

[01:19:00] Yeah.

[01:19:01] And I think Brock.

[01:19:01] You is like a heavy ball.

[01:19:02] To catch a pinecoat or something.

[01:19:04] It was either that or the fastball.

[01:19:06] Or whatever it was.

[01:19:07] I don't know.

[01:19:07] The one with like.

[01:19:09] His name is Richie by the way.

[01:19:11] Richie.

[01:19:12] Yeah.

[01:19:15] What I could.

[01:19:15] Yeah.

[01:19:15] He disappeared after the Johto's era.

[01:19:17] I think he popped up every now and then.

[01:19:20] But like.

[01:19:20] It was very infrequent.

[01:19:23] I still think the funniest thing though.

[01:19:25] Is this is just like.

[01:19:26] Referencing the end of the series.

[01:19:27] When Ash is fighting his.

[01:19:28] Big championship battle.

[01:19:30] Literally the only person who shows up is Don.

[01:19:32] Don.

[01:19:32] Like what the hell.

[01:19:34] I find that really funny.

[01:19:36] It's like out of all characters.

[01:19:37] It's Don.

[01:19:38] All the friends he made along the way.

[01:19:40] All those.

[01:19:41] All those.

[01:19:42] Episode of the week.

[01:19:44] Friends that he made along the way.

[01:19:46] The only one.

[01:19:47] Not even.

[01:19:48] Mystier.

[01:19:48] Not even Mystier Brock.

[01:19:51] Yeah.

[01:19:51] Brock who was with him.

[01:19:52] Pretty much the entire time.

[01:19:54] From.

[01:19:55] The beginning.

[01:19:56] Even when they were.

[01:19:56] The end of Sinnoh.

[01:19:58] Aside from Orange Islands.

[01:20:00] Even when they weren't.

[01:20:01] Planning on traveling together.

[01:20:03] They would just bump into each other.

[01:20:04] Randomly and say.

[01:20:04] Well I guess we're companions again.

[01:20:07] Yeah.

[01:20:08] I still think Sinnoh is the funniest one.

[01:20:10] Where like.

[01:20:10] He's like in a truck.

[01:20:11] With some lady.

[01:20:12] And like he pops out.

[01:20:14] Because he sees Ash.

[01:20:14] He's like.

[01:20:15] Yo.

[01:20:15] I'm just traveling across the.

[01:20:16] The country with this bitch.

[01:20:18] And then like.

[01:20:18] As he's talking.

[01:20:19] She just drives off.

[01:20:20] And it's like.

[01:20:21] Oh.

[01:20:22] It's like.

[01:20:23] Yeah.

[01:20:23] That tracks.

[01:20:24] That tracks.

[01:20:27] Um.

[01:20:27] Um.

[01:20:28] So are there any.

[01:20:29] Any particular episodes.

[01:20:30] That stand out to you.

[01:20:32] Like some of your.

[01:20:33] Your favorites growing up.

[01:20:35] I mean.

[01:20:35] I love the.

[01:20:36] The first appearance of Muck.

[01:20:38] Because I always found that episode.

[01:20:39] Super.

[01:20:40] Crazy.

[01:20:41] Especially the ending.

[01:20:42] Where like.

[01:20:42] Professor Oak gets the Muck.

[01:20:44] He's like.

[01:20:44] Why'd he send me a Muck?

[01:20:46] Why does it stink through the Pokeball?

[01:20:49] Yeah.

[01:20:49] And then it just like.

[01:20:50] It just harasses him.

[01:20:51] Forever after that.

[01:20:53] Yep.

[01:20:54] Um.

[01:20:54] That episode always stuck with me.

[01:20:57] I'll always remember the.

[01:21:01] The episode where.

[01:21:04] Krabby evolves into Kingler.

[01:21:05] Is pretty iconic.

[01:21:06] Just because it's so.

[01:21:08] Then the fucking Kingler.

[01:21:09] The sound it makes is.

[01:21:10] It's literally.

[01:21:10] It's like.

[01:21:11] Cookie.

[01:21:11] Cookie.

[01:21:12] It's like.

[01:21:12] What the fuck is that?

[01:21:15] Oh.

[01:21:15] One of my favorites is.

[01:21:17] The episode.

[01:21:19] Where you.

[01:21:19] You see.

[01:21:20] An Electabuzz.

[01:21:21] For the first time.

[01:21:22] Electabuzz is legendary.

[01:21:25] That is my favorite.

[01:21:26] Like.

[01:21:27] Pokemon sound.

[01:21:28] Ever.

[01:21:29] In all of the show.

[01:21:31] It's fucking great.

[01:21:32] For anyone wondering.

[01:21:33] Just look up Electabuzz.

[01:21:34] Cry.

[01:21:35] Pokemon anime.

[01:21:36] It is.

[01:21:36] It is something else.

[01:21:38] It's.

[01:21:38] I always laugh.

[01:21:39] I can't help it.

[01:21:40] Like.

[01:21:43] I just want to know.

[01:21:44] What the direction was.

[01:21:44] Because for the most part.

[01:21:46] All of them say their names.

[01:21:47] And then it's like.

[01:21:48] You get to that.

[01:21:48] And it's like.

[01:21:48] What the fuck.

[01:21:49] Like.

[01:21:49] Okay.

[01:21:50] Sure.

[01:21:51] It's like.

[01:21:51] I feel like.

[01:21:52] They were trying to make it sound.

[01:21:53] Like he's like.

[01:21:54] Being electrocuted.

[01:21:55] Or something.

[01:21:55] But it just.

[01:21:56] Comes off silly.

[01:21:58] As fuck.

[01:21:59] Yeah.

[01:21:59] I always remember that.

[01:22:01] Um.

[01:22:02] One episode.

[01:22:03] I always remember.

[01:22:04] Is from like.

[01:22:05] Towards the end.

[01:22:05] Of that first season.

[01:22:06] Was uh.

[01:22:08] The surfing episode.

[01:22:09] The surfing Pikachu.

[01:22:10] Pikachu.

[01:22:12] Yeah.

[01:22:12] Because they had to reference that.

[01:22:14] Yeah.

[01:22:15] Um.

[01:22:15] With the one like.

[01:22:16] Random Pikachu.

[01:22:16] That can sense the waves.

[01:22:19] Do you remember.

[01:22:20] Do you remember what the.

[01:22:21] The wave was called?

[01:22:22] The big wave?

[01:22:24] No.

[01:22:25] I don't remember.

[01:22:25] It was called.

[01:22:26] Humonga Dunga.

[01:22:29] Humonga Dunga.

[01:22:33] Oh god.

[01:22:35] That's just gotta be.

[01:22:36] That's.

[01:22:36] That should be a channel name.

[01:22:37] In the Superpod Network.

[01:22:40] That.

[01:22:41] Shit.

[01:22:41] We should have named our podcast that.

[01:22:43] That would have been great.

[01:22:44] Humonga Dunga.

[01:22:45] Humonga Dunga.

[01:22:46] The Humonga Dunga Podcast.

[01:22:50] Oh.

[01:22:52] I'm not gonna remember that in the morning.

[01:22:53] But we should bring that up more.

[01:22:55] Well.

[01:22:56] Whenever Jared inevitably.

[01:22:58] Spins off a.

[01:23:00] Specifically Pokemon themed podcast.

[01:23:02] We'll toss him that one as a freebie.

[01:23:04] Humonga Dunga.

[01:23:06] And he lives in California too.

[01:23:08] So that works.

[01:23:09] Yeah.

[01:23:13] Um.

[01:23:14] I always love the whole running gag too.

[01:23:16] Of anytime Ash runs into a female.

[01:23:18] Their bike gets fucking obliterated.

[01:23:20] For no reason.

[01:23:22] Yeah.

[01:23:23] His bikes have bad luck around him.

[01:23:24] For whatever reason.

[01:23:26] It happened to Misty.

[01:23:27] It happened to May.

[01:23:28] It happens to Don.

[01:23:30] Although.

[01:23:30] Ash isn't involved when it happens to Don.

[01:23:33] I think even the girl from Black and White.

[01:23:35] Her bike gets destroyed somehow.

[01:23:36] Wow.

[01:23:37] Is the girl from Black and White.

[01:23:38] Is that the chick with the dragons?

[01:23:40] It's supposed to be Iris.

[01:23:42] From uh.

[01:23:42] Who's the gym leader.

[01:23:44] Okay.

[01:23:45] Because we couldn't have.

[01:23:47] Because I didn't watch any of those.

[01:23:49] Uh.

[01:23:49] I only.

[01:23:50] I watched one movie.

[01:23:52] For some reason.

[01:23:53] I watched it like three or four times.

[01:23:55] Just on completely separate occasions.

[01:23:57] For different reasons.

[01:23:58] I don't know why it kept coming up.

[01:23:59] But it did.

[01:24:00] Um.

[01:24:01] But I remember she was there.

[01:24:03] And she just like.

[01:24:04] Pulls out all these like.

[01:24:04] Like pseudo legendary dragons.

[01:24:06] I'm like.

[01:24:07] Where the fuck is this bitch been?

[01:24:09] Like.

[01:24:10] I think Ashley's to take a page out of her book.

[01:24:12] Like god damn.

[01:24:13] He's gonna throw away all his Pokemon.

[01:24:15] After every.

[01:24:16] After every new region.

[01:24:19] He's.

[01:24:20] He's got literally.

[01:24:21] He's got a Charizard.

[01:24:22] He's got a Sceptile.

[01:24:24] He's got a Torterra.

[01:24:25] He's got a.

[01:24:28] Infernape.

[01:24:29] He's got a lot of fucking really powerful Pokemon.

[01:24:31] But he's like.

[01:24:32] Nah.

[01:24:32] Gonna start fresh with my Pikachu.

[01:24:34] I refuse to evolve.

[01:24:35] He's got a Snorlax.

[01:24:37] He's got a fucking horde of Tauros.

[01:24:39] Yeah.

[01:24:40] Horde.

[01:24:40] He's got a Muk.

[01:24:42] Um.

[01:24:43] A lot of other Pokemon.

[01:24:46] Trying to think.

[01:24:46] Oh.

[01:24:47] Heracross.

[01:24:48] Heracross.

[01:24:49] One of my.

[01:24:50] One of my favorites.

[01:24:51] Um.

[01:24:52] He's got a shiny Noctowl.

[01:24:54] Yeah.

[01:24:55] Right.

[01:24:55] That was a weird one.

[01:24:57] Come on.

[01:24:57] He brought that back.

[01:24:59] During the Sinnoh.

[01:25:00] Um.

[01:25:00] Championship battles.

[01:25:02] Um.

[01:25:02] And he like.

[01:25:03] I remember he.

[01:25:04] He brings it out for a one fight.

[01:25:06] And like.

[01:25:06] One of the people that cross like.

[01:25:07] That Noctowl is a different color.

[01:25:09] And it's like.

[01:25:11] Okay.

[01:25:12] It sure is.

[01:25:14] Yeah.

[01:25:15] Um.

[01:25:17] What other weird.

[01:25:18] I don't think.

[01:25:19] Oh.

[01:25:19] He had an A-Pom.

[01:25:20] For like half a season.

[01:25:21] And then.

[01:25:22] Gave it to Don.

[01:25:23] And then it ditched Don.

[01:25:25] That's so funny.

[01:25:27] Especially since.

[01:25:28] That was Diamond and Pearl.

[01:25:29] So A-Pom could have evolved.

[01:25:31] But.

[01:25:31] Of course.

[01:25:32] It does.

[01:25:32] It does evolve.

[01:25:33] Don evolves it.

[01:25:35] And then it runs.

[01:25:35] And then it ditches her.

[01:25:36] To be a Ping Pong champion.

[01:25:39] Wow.

[01:25:39] Okay.

[01:25:41] God.

[01:25:42] The Pokemon anime is so fucking weird.

[01:25:45] You know what's hilarious though?

[01:25:46] Like.

[01:25:46] I love when like.

[01:25:47] Because like.

[01:25:48] May.

[01:25:48] May comes back during.

[01:25:50] Diamond and Pearl.

[01:25:51] And during Hoenn.

[01:25:52] May had got her hands on a.

[01:25:56] A Squirtle.

[01:25:57] And a.