Episodes 1-20 Episodes 21-40 Episodes 41-60
#41. Wake Up Snorlax: Now, most people when confronted by a snorlax sleeping in the middle of the road would use a pokeflute. Not our little entrepenuers! Molestation time! Unfortunately, Snorlax is a very deep sleeper...but that doesn't stop Ash-tachi! Once they see that molesting Snorlax doesn't work...they molest him some more! Then, Team Rocket suggests tying together all the chopsticks they saved, which naturally prompts the question from Ash, "Why would anyone have that many chopsticks?" Jesse and James then confess to the fact that they order out every night, despite not having a physical house most nights...then comes the flashback about the years of eating disorders that began in Pokemon Tech and continued to the present day. After a good cry(partner hug!)they then help Ash-tachi construct a giant poking instrument with the chopsticks, poke Snorlax until it wakes up, very angry, and uses the mighty attack...REST! So, at this point, everyone decides to give up and go get something to eat. James gives Snorlax a swift kick, causing it to...okay, snorlax doesn't have an evoltion, so nothing happens and everyone heads over to the nearest Burger King to get some happy meals and Reawor toys! Fighting breaks out when Meowth's Jane with Kung-Fu Grip attacks Ash's cross dressable Jeremy(with brushable hair!).(no, I haven't seen this one either)
#42. Showdown at Dark City: The Yaz and Kaz gyms. It's like West Side story, only there's no musical numbers and the gangs have even stupider names. But we learn some important things. Like Ash-tachi's inability to think up pseudonyms. And Pikachu's crippling ketchup addiction. And Electabuzz and Scyther's random hatred of red. For example, ketchup pisses 'em off, and Team Rocket covered in red paint pisses 'em off, but Jesse's bright red hair doesn't seem to bother them...
#43. March of the Exeggcutor Squad: Melvin, world's crappiest magician, enlists Misty to be his trick wench. Ash and Brock naturally see the show and naturally never let Misty hear the end of it. And don't remember this one too well, but something, something else, all the exeggcutes evolve without leaf stones, Team Rocket blasts off again, group hug, everybody learns somethin', and exeggcutes and exeggutors piss me off.
#44. The Problem With Paras: Love is in the air...well, the selfish part of love as Jesse and James decide to leave Meowth behind since he's too sick to move. Fortunately Cassandra, a charming young girl, heals him and yells at J+J for treating their pokemon so badly. This causes J+J to snicker and say that there is no way in hell that Meowth is theirs. But eventually Meowth gets better and falls in love. Awww! And James knows just how he feels...hmm, well, anyway, Cassie has a paras that sucks. Like the static electricity caused from Pikachu rubbing his feet on carpet causes poor Paras to faint. Poor, poor Paras. So Meowth, not wanting to go for the standard flowers, chocolates, and years of taking verbal and physical abuse routine favored by 2 out of 3 Rocket members, says that he's going to pump up little Paras. Using Arbok and Wheezing, who are, by this point, professional losers. Since it's their pokemon, Jesse and James naturally want to know what's in it for them. Meowth promises to cut them in once Cassandra markets her medecine with him as the mascot.("All aboard the Gravy Train!")Ash-tachi is again surprised that "TR did something right" after finding out that they beefed up Paras and got him to evolve to his 'shroomalicious Parasect self despite the fact that TR were also the ones to get Ditto to transform right...but when it comes down to mascot picking, Cassandra chooses...a Persian! So Meowth can stay with the same people who let him sit and rot under a tree with a burning fever. Awww, what a girl!
#45. The Song of Jigglypuff: Ash-tachi stumbles across a happy little Jigglypuff...who can't sing.(which is bloody worthless which is why you should never leave Jigglypuff at the day care center...)So while Misty tries to teach it to sing(Pikachu also helps, but is tone deaf)Team Rocket sees Jigglypuff and decides its the perfect item to put everyone in surly Neon Town to sleep...so they can steal their pokemon! It's also the perfect, ratings killer opportunity for a team song! Whoo-hoo! And when Jigglypuff finally learns to sing, she puts everyone to sleep. Then draws on their faces! Team Rocket had prepared for this with a tape recorder, but unfortunately the entire team snores. Fortunately, there's always a giant stage and ear plugs! So they whip out their punk rock suits, give Jigglypuff the stage, then end up being put to sleep again as their plan fails. And Jigglypuff decimates her marker on all of Neon Town. But at least everyone's happy because they finally got sleep. Yay.(in my experience, no sleep kind of makes you crazy and all whacked out...)
#46. Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon: Near the beginning of this episode, Meowth sighs, wondering where his teammates are and complains about how you can't depend on humans. J+J then pop out from behind a rock, shout "Ta-daa!"(sure are proud of themselves for something...), and say the motto. Meowth whacks them both on the head then accuses them of not planting the dynamite.(hmmm...they were gone for a long time, so what would they have been doing if...::gasp!:: Meowth, James is not that kind of girl!)Yes, this episode is important for several reasons. For me it was a special episode because it contains most of my examples of Rocketshipping(the "hand clasp, each with foor in the air" move, the "Jesse's hands on James' chest with James' hands on Jesse's arms like he's holding her"--also seen when TRHQ blows up--, and also, my personal favorite, blatant hand holding for no real reason...also, notice how when the vicious extinct aquatic beings appear, Jesse throws herself at James...) For Ash haters everywhere, this is the episode where the spunky hero asks, "What's a carnivore?" It comes up because TR's dynamite blows a giant hole in fossil canyon(where everyone's digging for dead poke-bits)that causes Jesse, James, Meowth, Ash, and Pikachu to plummet into a cave where ancient pokemon are still alive...and not happy to have been woken up. Now, so far we've learned that Squirtle has the worst aim of any pokemon, dynamite and thundershock don't mix, and that while our assorted cast members are tangled up so many screen grabbers have missed the perfect "orgy shot" opportunity! Then we learn that Ash eventually gets out because Aerodactyl grabs him and as a carnivore, wants to crush his bones on the rocks below, then devour the mashed goo that remains. Mmm!! But Charmeleon evolves because Aerodactyl pissed it off(this is proof to me that Charry-boy is a male...), semi-epic battle, Jigglypuff appears, sings, and everyone falls asleep. Then Ash steals an egg.("It was next to me when I woke up" doesn't make it legal, Mr. Ketcham.)Team Rocket, sadly, is still trapped with the ancient pokemon...
#47. A Chansey Operation: Dr. Proctor, despite his impressive arsenal, is probably not the best example of a doctor...still, after crashing...something...after somehow escaping that cave, he's who J+J go to for gettin' their pokemon fixed. Ash Ketcham, sensitivity master, of course says that Arbok and Wheezing should be left to wither and die on the grounds that their trainers are evil. As a sort of compromise, TR join Ash-tachi in helping Dr. Proctor take care of all the sick pokemon. Aww, how sweet! Brock isn't a big fan of Dr. P's, probably because the good doctor is quite the ladies man. And Ash "helps" pokemon by beating them silly...These kids today...Several brutal injuries later(including a massive beatdown on Meowth by a Chansey)Team Rocket basically says, "Screw helping people!" by whipping out their Magical Bondage Stretchers! Unfortunately for them, Arbok and Wheezing refuse to fight the people who made them better, completely throwing off the plan(like A+W could've really helped...)But their eventual painful landing causes Meowth's charm to either grow back or pop back out(ow! ow! ow!)And Ash-tachi leaves, probably having learning something about helping people.
#48. Holy Matrimony: All I ever need to know about bondage I learned from this episode. It's another Rocket flashback day! It turns out that James was a rich little bastard, and that his parents have kicked the bucket and he can only get his money if he marries his fiancee. When asked to explain, James tells a sad story about how he ran away from home and died in the snow. While the rest of us are having a good cry, Misty points out a few flashback flaws...such as the fact that James can't be dead if he's still here("Oh my god! They killed Jimmy!")Anyway, Jesse has a plan to get that money. Unfortunately, it would require James going inside his house, but that's what rope and invisibility suits are for!(now, maybe I'm wrong, but if he's tied up in his uniform and is dragged into his house in a suit...whoo-hoo!)So, Jesse and Meowth(dressed in their invisibility suits)drag the struggling groom into his house. Where dear old dead mom and dad have a surprise for him! Not only do they know the first two lines of the Team Rocket motto, they're also not dead!(Speaking of James' parents and TR, his mom reminds me of Jesse...eww! Oedipus complex!)And still 2/3 invisible, Team Rocket heads upstairs to meet James' fiancee. Wow, isn't she pretty? Oh, and she's lowering that fan in such a seducti--aaaahhh!!! She looks just like Jesse! Group scream! And charming girl that she is, she decides to take James(invisible escort and all)down to the family vault. Did she say vault? She meant the pleasure dungeon of painful yet arousing tortute! Ha, ha! Then, she pulls on her thigh high pink leather boots, and runs around the room chasing James(who ironically, is the best sub I've ever seen except for this). "If you were any kind of parents instead of sick BDSM whackos you'd stop this crazy dominatrix!" Nice try, James, but your parents and their dear Jessebelle probably tie up the butler and beat him("Jolly good eureka!!") out by the fishpond. But then there's some crap about freedom and bumblebees without noses, so let's skip to the end.(I'd be an official Rocketshipper, except I kind of broke the no sexual inneundo rule...a lot...I think J-belle's pleasure dungeon of painful yet arousing torture breaks that rule twice...)Jesse and Meowth are walking dejectedly away, when James swoops down in the Meowth balloon, pulls Jesse into it with him, and despite the cartoon chemistry(yes, it's real)...well, you know. "I don't get the money" "Well, we may not be rich but at least we have our freedom" I think it's a conspiracy. In Japan, it was probably, "I don't get the money" "Well, we may not be rich, but at least we have each other" "Let's have wild primeape sex!" "Wild primeape sex!" Meaningful look, meaningful look, cut to Meowth. Still, as was pointed out to me at some point, "You forgot Meowth again!" has some interesting possibilities...how many times have they ditched Meowth? Meanwhile, J-belle offers to teach Ash-tachi the proper way to run in terror and we learn what her and James' safe word is: Growlie.
#49. So Near, Yet so Farfetch'd: Wow, a rare Farfetch'd! Boy, people will trade just about anything for one of those...like all their pokemon! Misty gets hers swiped, then Team Rocket ends up in a sinking boat(hey, Jesse, how come you're missing two pokemon? I thought you only had one...)but eventually justice prevails, and the boy feels very sorry for what he's done. Well, probably not sorry for sticking Team Rocket with another truckload of voltorbs, but possibly sorry for everything else he's done.
#50. Who Gets to Keep Togepi: I still say it should've been Meowth. Remember that stupid egg Ash stole? Well, Team Rocket stole it from him. And Meowth...well, we all know how meowths love circular objects so, Meowth gets bit attached. Like majorly attached. To the point where J+J are ready to leave their very close together beds to beat the crap out of him. But once the egg starts hatching, it's time to fight over it! Meowth takes out Onix(I think most people's dead grandmothers could take out Onix with their iced tea), Pikachu whups Psyduck(of course, all you really need to beat Misty's pokemon is a bathtub and a hairdryer), Pikachu creams Meowth. Then it turns out that Togepi(as Dexter calls him)is really Misty's because it saw her first. Still, it's better than if a persian got Togepi...
#51. Bulbasaur's Myseterious Garden: Our little bulbasaur's growing up...it's almost time for him to go to the magical happy place where bulbasaur's go to evolve. So, while all the bulbasaurs are gathered 'round the magical tree of evolution and stuff, Team Rocket decides to try to break in. After hacking down a good ton of foliage, they get vine whipped to next Tuesday. But perserverance is always important! That's why there is the Meowth balloon. That's also why there are giant vacuums. Now, Ash's Bulbasaur decides not to evolve(I always thought that evolution was also an age thing, at least for wild pokemon, so how could he...nevermind)which makes him heavier than the ivysaurs and venussaurs the vacuum sucks up! Probably just so he can save the others. Which he does. Yay. And Ash tells his pokemon that he can evolve whenever he wants too(looks like Bulbasaur's been hangin' around Meowth too long...)
Okay, this is where Zelda's unique numbering system kicks in. I've been using the one from Universal Pokemon Network but they've got "Princess vs. Princess" next and, well...that's not the way it worked, at least not here in America. So, pardon the strangeness and get over it.
#52. Case of the K-9 Kapers: Today, boys and girls, we're going to learn how growlithes identify people: by scent and sound! And did you know that certain kinds of gas can screw up the sense of smell and other kinds of gas(also know as "helium") can cause people's voices to be high pitched. Ain't science great? It's the same thing that can make a megaphone that can cause someone's voice to sound like someone else's voice! So, add helium, anti-sense of smell gas, two Officer Jenny outfits, two voice changing megaphones, and two ambitious Rocket members, and voila! It's the perfect recipie for a king, queen, and cat of crime! Unless said Rockets get greedy and decide to go after Pikachu, who according to Brock could "remember the goodness in Ash's heart" or something like that but who according to anyone who can actually think, Ash could figure out that since Jesse is taller than Ash and since Jesse looks nothing like Ash that Pikachu might have some basic intelligence about this. And the growlithes remember Jenny and goodness and all that crap from Brock's feminine side, attack TR, TR runs like hell.
#53. Pokemon Paparazzi:Someone's stalking Pikachu! You see, unbeknownst to Ash-tachi, a nice old couple has hired Todd to capture Pikachu on film because...because...they just want this Pikachu so, so badly! ::sniffle:: Unbeknownst to Todd, the nice old lady is neither nice nor old, and her husband--who is never described as nice or old--is also neither. They are in fact...Team Rocket!(duh) They also don't want Todd/Snap/Weenie-Boy to capture Pikachu on film, they think he can actually capture Pikachu due to Meowth's shoddy reading skills. And unbeknownst to Team Rocket, once Ash finds out his new friend is a well equipped photographer, he hires him to set up his zoom lens outside of the Team Rocket campsite. Todd spends a good many days there, since Team Rocket have apparently holed up in a nursing home, posing as a married couple(woo-woo!)which would probably explain why I just made that up so I could convince the doubters that Unaired Episode #1 is factually based. I think it eventually all comes down to some bombs, a dam, Ash and Todd become the best of friends, and TR going up the river(but not in the way that you'd expect) Group picture!
#54. The Ultimate Test: This begins the "Nurse Joy has as many interests and additional jobs as Barbie" period. Yep, now you can take a long, ulcer inducing test involving multiple choice and random pokemon instead of getting all your badges! Sounds perfect for Ashy-boy! It'll save the time it takes to sweet talk your average gym leader! TR meanwhile, decide that any time's a good time to play dress-up("You look hideous!") and sick uncles and dentist appointments aside, Jesse's resume could use some work and James just wants to be a pokemon master, make fun if you must. Naturally, no test can face the wrath of Jesse's temper after one wrong answer too many--leaving James to vow to kick ass in her name! Of course, then Fate gives him a pikachu against a graveler. And it's apparently against the rules to call out all of the pokemon given to you. Gee, Jesse, you look pretty disappointed that he didn't win this one for you...meanwhile, Ash gets an Arbok, a Weezing, and a Meowth--oh the irony! And somehow these are magical TR pokemon who's exact same attacks actually work! Still, J+J take notes("Must find way to harness protagonist power...that should make up for our crappy luck...") And then Todd kidnaps Meowth(after a few photos of Jess and Joy for Brock...)and gives him to the evil Sweedish teacher.
#55. The Breeding Center Secret: And what, pray tell, is the secret? Well, it's just a cover for Butch and Cassidy's Sundance Strip Club! Todd gets arrested for taking pictures, leaving Brock the only one who doesn't seem to care that they're in a sleazy near-brothel. Meanwhile, Meowth notices that they're a smidge light on cash so he persuades Jesse and James to audition. Thanks to the magic of inflatable boobs, all goes well...unfortunately, J+J learn the hard way that you can't hide certain things in a thong. Butch and Cassidy don't seem to mind though(haven't seen it.)
#56. Princess vs. Princess: Cat fight! Misty, stupid youngest child, wants Princess dolls of her own because all she had were hand me downs. Boo-hoo, suck it up, younger siblings don't deserve new things.(guess who's the oldest in her family) Meanwhile, Jesse bursts into tears because she never had any dolls, so James says he knows what'll make her feel better...winning a doll set now! So...uhm...something with Lickitung, James and Meowth and all their pokemon dress up like dolls so Jesse doesn't slit her wrists while Misty dances around triumphantly. Stupid bitch.(didn't see it)
#57. The Purr-fect Hero: Uhm...there's a dirty magic show in this one. Jesse's shirt has a big hole missing from it, so during the show, James turns to her and says, "Hey, Jess, wanna see me pull a nidoran out of your cleavage?" And Jesse gives him this come hither look and replies, "Only if you can pull one of out your pants, too." Gratuitous sex ensues, and the kids learn something.(Saw it, too lazy to write a real summary)
#58. Riddle Me This: Ash and friends attempt to stay in a PokeCenter, but it's crowded...or...uhm...and there's this hippy dude, and they find their way to his gym so Pikachu can face the Blair Witch wrath of Magmar!
#59. The One After Riddle Me This: Ash wins his dumb badge. Or something. And Team Rocket comes in with ice guns, dances around, then gets the crap kicked out of them. Which causes the Gym inside a volcano to explode(what kind of moron builds a pokemon gym inside a volcano anyway? Retard!)
#60. Beach Blank-Out Blastoise: Ash-tachi takes a magical voyage to the Galapagos islands to meet a bunch of turtles. Whoo. It seems that having a jigglypuff crammed in his cannon(does that sound as bad as I think it does?)makes Blastoise and everyone within a five mile radius fall asleep. At least until Jigglypuff relocates to a certain gyarados sub! Before she leaves, Puff is kind enough to draw Brock some real eyes. Now that's class.