PS Recap Seven: Herp de Derp
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elementalheroIn which Red is a brilliant human being.
Chapter Twenty-One: Vs. Nidoking (American title: Long Live the Nidoking!)
We open up in Fuschia City's Safari Zone, and one of the best visual shout-outs ever:
This bodes well.
Red leaves his Pokemon at the front desk and hops into a raft with some robot Pidgey safety guides for a trip through the magical wildlife preserve known as the Safari Zone! :D We're on an adventurrrre~~ Red gets to see rare Pokemon he's never seen before, and fascinating interactions between the Safari Zone residents. Two Nidoking are fighting over a Nidoqueen (kind of like deer or bighorn rams do), and Red pulls out a Pokeball he managed to sneak in like a delinquent. He chucks it at one of the Nidoking while the robot Pidgey isn't looking. However, he misses, and instead captures the Nidoqueen the males were fighting over.
Oops.
A huge, pissed-off Nidoking smashes the raft with a single punch. Red is knocked into the water and regains consciousness way downriver of where he was. Luckily, one of the robot Pidgey guides survived, and is now telling Red off for being a moron. Oddly advanced A.I., huh. So basically, they have to trek through the jungle-like environment of the Safari Zone without getting eaten, mauled, or killed. GOOD JOB, RED.
The Nidoking finds them and attempts to beat the shit out of Red for screwing up his chances to get laid. Robot Pidgey gives Red a special emergency Safari Ball for his own protection, but it has no effect. Red can't weaken the Nidoking without his Pokemon. Since that's not happening, Red falls back on Plan B: chuck a sharp rock. ...It only makes the Nidoking angrier. THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN DAY.
Back at the ranch, the people in charge of the Safari Zone are very worried about the young man currently lost in their wildlife preserve. Pika and Saur look at each other with grave concern.
Back to Red and the vicious Nidoking. It finally manages to score a hit, and the strong acid contained in its claws burns through his jeans and sears Red's leg. Red gasps and stumbles. Is this the end?!
Suddenly, the robot flies out and takes the punch intended for Red! ZOMG THE HUMAAAAAAANITY. Red distracts the Nidoking from finishing the guide off and throws another sharp rock - this time, scoring a hit right in its eyeball. The Nidoking howls and writhes, clutching its face. Time to go! Red scoops up the Pidgey and they get the hell out of dodge.
But the Nidoking's still alive and vengeful, and Red's limping on his injured leg...
The Pidgebot tsuntsuns when Red asks how its wing is doing. A tsundere robot. Awesome.
All seems to be winding down, but suddenly, Red is snagged by the tendrils of a Victreebel! If the giant carnivorous plant swallows him, he'll be digested instantly! OH NO!
This is a great series for tentacle fetishists.
Red: AAAAAH
Pidgebot: SLOW MOTION NOOOOOOOOOO
Victreebel: /GULP
Chapter Twenty-Two: Vs. Victreebel (American title: A Hollow Victreebel)
Last Time, on PokeSpe: Red was a moron and pissed off a Nidoking, but that doesn't matter now because he got eaten.
Except he didn't! He's managed to prop himself above the pool of digestive acid and avoid death!
This so doesn't look like it should work.
The Victreebel seems like, "yeah, whatever," grabs Red again, and this time sets off into the jungle, with Red writhing and complaining loudly, demanding to know where he's being taken.
Turns out he's being taken to a SECRET EVOLUTION RITUAL where all the Bellsprout and Weepinbell get together and get fed munchies so they can evolve. Red's freaking out, naturally, and the robot Pidgey somehow manages to show up next to him (fridge logic: it has springs sticking out where its wing is supposed to be. How does it move around?) and they devise a Clever Plan using the items Red's got in his bag.
The Clever Plan works! (Obviously I am tired and I don't feel like regurgitating every step of how it works. It was pretty clever, though.) However, Nidoking has caught up to them, and an epic shitshow of a battle is about to go down. The Victreebel and co. don't want their food escaping, Nidoking wants to rip Red's arms off, and Red's trying to get out of there. The Nidoking manages to weaken the Victreebel, which is trying to shoo it off so it doesn't kill their food, and Red throws his last Safari Ball...and captures Victreebel! Now he can battle the Nidoking.
By weakening the Nidoking, Red manages to catch it! Except...now he's got the entire Safari Zone to battle...
Oh, that turned out well after all.
Chapter Twenty-Three: Vs. Magmar (American title: Make Way for Magmar!)
The good people of Viridian City are concerned that their Gym Leader, Giovanni, is never around. It sucks because no one ever gets to fight him - apparently he's been missing for a while.
Wait a minute...
Cut to Red emerging from Diglett's Cave near Pewter City. He looks tired but happy, and turns to urge on his new BFF that he met in the tunnel:
Wait a minute...
Apparently they found some fossils (although Red's might be just rocks) and they're headed to the museum to check them out. Red asks Mr. Fossil Guy if he's sure that they haven't met before, since he just looks so familiar somehow. Mr. - oh, hell, we all know it's Giovanni, I'll just call him Giovanni - Giovanni smiles innocently and asserts that they haven't met before this, but any fan of Pokemon is a friend of his! /INNOCENT SPARKLES
Giovanni strokes Red's ego by being really admiring of his prowess as a trainer. Then we have this hilarious moment:
Red: "Even Gym Leaders stop in their tracks when they hear my name!"
Giovanni: /stops in his tracks
Then he covers it up by laughing like a derp and being comically slightly doubtful. Red is a little deflated and keeps boasting of the Leaders he's beaten, the Team Rocket admins he's trashed, the - oh, it seems Giovanni's changed the subject, saying geez how hot it is outside here and whatnot, making him sweat like that.
Red agrees and floats off on some other tangent, while Giovanni assesses the situation. It actually is too hot out - the heat is being caused by flames. He even determines, based on the temperature, the species of Pokemon causing it and how many there are. ("A Magmar...no, two Magmar!") Well, he did say he was a researcher. AND MEN OF SCIENCE NEVER LIE. 8/a
Red, having drifted on ahead, has already seen it - the museum's ablaze! Giovanni was right - there are two Magmar among the flames. Red tugs Giovanni out of the way like DON'T WORRY - I GOT THIS.
Giovanni thinks to himself how convenient this is - now he'll get to see Red in action. Hm. That doesn't sound villainous at all. :/a Red sends out Snorlax to block the flames with his body, as he restores his health continuously while sleeping, to buy time to figure out how to put the fire out. Giovanni asks if that isn't a little...brutal, but Red is too busy racking his little brains for a fire-putting-out strategy that doesn't involve Poli, who is low on health.
Deeeeeeefinitely not a villain.
Red sends out a Pokemon he'd just caught in Diglett's Cave - a Sandshrew. Gio's like, "whut," but Red demonstrates adaptability and ingenuity - the Sandshrew digs through the soft ground to smother the flames in sand and dirt, and also strikes the Magmar with it. Gio is impressed with these traits, but the sand is only annoying the Magmar. Red commands Sandshrew to run. Giovanni wonders if he is giving up, but this is Red we're talking about. The Sandshrew runs in a circle around the two Magmar, and Giovanni laughs to himself as he figures it out. The circular dashing of the small Pokemon stirs up the sandy ground, destabilizing it and sending the Magmar tumbling. Combined with the hits they take from the sand and the sudden sinkhole created by Sandshrew, they're out.
"He's fast-thinking and he knows how to use the abilities of his Pokemon to his advantage," Giovanni thinks to himself.
This is not villainous behavior IN ANY WAY WHATEVER.
However, Red recalls Sandshrew, confusing Giovanni. Red says he refuses to deliver the finishing blow to the Magmar, as they can no longer move, and he is too cute to do something like that. Giovanni laughs to himself and puts his Pokeball away, realizing that for all Red's ingenuity and skill, he's just a kid.
Red is saddened that the museum burned down and they didn't get to check out their fossils (or rocks). Giovanni says that since they probably won't meet again, Red can have the fossil he found as a parting gift. It looks like a bit of amber with a small black bug or something trapped in the center. Red, as an eleven-year-old boy, is quite pleased with this. They shake hands and part ways.
However, after Red runs off, the Magmar begin to stir. Giovanni speaks aloud that leaving them simply because they were incapacitated was a bad idea, as Magmar are savage, intelligent, and vengeful, and will track down anything that attacks them. Just then, the Magmar rise up and move as one to attack Giovanni from the back -
and are frozen solid in a split second by Giovanni's Cloyster.
"A fool like that," Giovanni smirks to himself, "will only destroy himself."
His Cloyster then KILLS THE MAGMAR by slicing up their frozen corpses. FUN TIIIIIIIIIMES.
Giovanni goes on to say that he became interested in Red when he heard what become of Surge and Koga, "but to think," he smirks, "that this child could pose a threat... to Team Rocket!"
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
Yeah, no one saw that coming.
Next Time: Legendaries, near-death hallucinations, extreme cuteness, and VILLAINOUS ACTIVITY. And plot! Plot is good.
Chapter Twenty-One: Vs. Nidoking (American title: Long Live the Nidoking!)
We open up in Fuschia City's Safari Zone, and one of the best visual shout-outs ever:
This bodes well.
Red leaves his Pokemon at the front desk and hops into a raft with some robot Pidgey safety guides for a trip through the magical wildlife preserve known as the Safari Zone! :D We're on an adventurrrre~~ Red gets to see rare Pokemon he's never seen before, and fascinating interactions between the Safari Zone residents. Two Nidoking are fighting over a Nidoqueen (kind of like deer or bighorn rams do), and Red pulls out a Pokeball he managed to sneak in like a delinquent. He chucks it at one of the Nidoking while the robot Pidgey isn't looking. However, he misses, and instead captures the Nidoqueen the males were fighting over.
Oops.
A huge, pissed-off Nidoking smashes the raft with a single punch. Red is knocked into the water and regains consciousness way downriver of where he was. Luckily, one of the robot Pidgey guides survived, and is now telling Red off for being a moron. Oddly advanced A.I., huh. So basically, they have to trek through the jungle-like environment of the Safari Zone without getting eaten, mauled, or killed. GOOD JOB, RED.
The Nidoking finds them and attempts to beat the shit out of Red for screwing up his chances to get laid. Robot Pidgey gives Red a special emergency Safari Ball for his own protection, but it has no effect. Red can't weaken the Nidoking without his Pokemon. Since that's not happening, Red falls back on Plan B: chuck a sharp rock. ...It only makes the Nidoking angrier. THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN DAY.
Back at the ranch, the people in charge of the Safari Zone are very worried about the young man currently lost in their wildlife preserve. Pika and Saur look at each other with grave concern.
Back to Red and the vicious Nidoking. It finally manages to score a hit, and the strong acid contained in its claws burns through his jeans and sears Red's leg. Red gasps and stumbles. Is this the end?!
Suddenly, the robot flies out and takes the punch intended for Red! ZOMG THE HUMAAAAAAANITY. Red distracts the Nidoking from finishing the guide off and throws another sharp rock - this time, scoring a hit right in its eyeball. The Nidoking howls and writhes, clutching its face. Time to go! Red scoops up the Pidgey and they get the hell out of dodge.
But the Nidoking's still alive and vengeful, and Red's limping on his injured leg...
The Pidgebot tsuntsuns when Red asks how its wing is doing. A tsundere robot. Awesome.
All seems to be winding down, but suddenly, Red is snagged by the tendrils of a Victreebel! If the giant carnivorous plant swallows him, he'll be digested instantly! OH NO!
This is a great series for tentacle fetishists.
Red: AAAAAH
Pidgebot: SLOW MOTION NOOOOOOOOOO
Victreebel: /GULP
Chapter Twenty-Two: Vs. Victreebel (American title: A Hollow Victreebel)
Last Time, on PokeSpe: Red was a moron and pissed off a Nidoking, but that doesn't matter now because he got eaten.
Except he didn't! He's managed to prop himself above the pool of digestive acid and avoid death!
This so doesn't look like it should work.
The Victreebel seems like, "yeah, whatever," grabs Red again, and this time sets off into the jungle, with Red writhing and complaining loudly, demanding to know where he's being taken.
Turns out he's being taken to a SECRET EVOLUTION RITUAL where all the Bellsprout and Weepinbell get together and get fed munchies so they can evolve. Red's freaking out, naturally, and the robot Pidgey somehow manages to show up next to him (fridge logic: it has springs sticking out where its wing is supposed to be. How does it move around?) and they devise a Clever Plan using the items Red's got in his bag.
The Clever Plan works! (Obviously I am tired and I don't feel like regurgitating every step of how it works. It was pretty clever, though.) However, Nidoking has caught up to them, and an epic shitshow of a battle is about to go down. The Victreebel and co. don't want their food escaping, Nidoking wants to rip Red's arms off, and Red's trying to get out of there. The Nidoking manages to weaken the Victreebel, which is trying to shoo it off so it doesn't kill their food, and Red throws his last Safari Ball...and captures Victreebel! Now he can battle the Nidoking.
By weakening the Nidoking, Red manages to catch it! Except...now he's got the entire Safari Zone to battle...
Oh, that turned out well after all.
Chapter Twenty-Three: Vs. Magmar (American title: Make Way for Magmar!)
The good people of Viridian City are concerned that their Gym Leader, Giovanni, is never around. It sucks because no one ever gets to fight him - apparently he's been missing for a while.
Wait a minute...
Cut to Red emerging from Diglett's Cave near Pewter City. He looks tired but happy, and turns to urge on his new BFF that he met in the tunnel:
Wait a minute...
Apparently they found some fossils (although Red's might be just rocks) and they're headed to the museum to check them out. Red asks Mr. Fossil Guy if he's sure that they haven't met before, since he just looks so familiar somehow. Mr. - oh, hell, we all know it's Giovanni, I'll just call him Giovanni - Giovanni smiles innocently and asserts that they haven't met before this, but any fan of Pokemon is a friend of his! /INNOCENT SPARKLES
Giovanni strokes Red's ego by being really admiring of his prowess as a trainer. Then we have this hilarious moment:
Red: "Even Gym Leaders stop in their tracks when they hear my name!"
Giovanni: /stops in his tracks
Then he covers it up by laughing like a derp and being comically slightly doubtful. Red is a little deflated and keeps boasting of the Leaders he's beaten, the Team Rocket admins he's trashed, the - oh, it seems Giovanni's changed the subject, saying geez how hot it is outside here and whatnot, making him sweat like that.
Red agrees and floats off on some other tangent, while Giovanni assesses the situation. It actually is too hot out - the heat is being caused by flames. He even determines, based on the temperature, the species of Pokemon causing it and how many there are. ("A Magmar...no, two Magmar!") Well, he did say he was a researcher. AND MEN OF SCIENCE NEVER LIE. 8/a
Red, having drifted on ahead, has already seen it - the museum's ablaze! Giovanni was right - there are two Magmar among the flames. Red tugs Giovanni out of the way like DON'T WORRY - I GOT THIS.
Giovanni thinks to himself how convenient this is - now he'll get to see Red in action. Hm. That doesn't sound villainous at all. :/a Red sends out Snorlax to block the flames with his body, as he restores his health continuously while sleeping, to buy time to figure out how to put the fire out. Giovanni asks if that isn't a little...brutal, but Red is too busy racking his little brains for a fire-putting-out strategy that doesn't involve Poli, who is low on health.
Deeeeeeefinitely not a villain.
Red sends out a Pokemon he'd just caught in Diglett's Cave - a Sandshrew. Gio's like, "whut," but Red demonstrates adaptability and ingenuity - the Sandshrew digs through the soft ground to smother the flames in sand and dirt, and also strikes the Magmar with it. Gio is impressed with these traits, but the sand is only annoying the Magmar. Red commands Sandshrew to run. Giovanni wonders if he is giving up, but this is Red we're talking about. The Sandshrew runs in a circle around the two Magmar, and Giovanni laughs to himself as he figures it out. The circular dashing of the small Pokemon stirs up the sandy ground, destabilizing it and sending the Magmar tumbling. Combined with the hits they take from the sand and the sudden sinkhole created by Sandshrew, they're out.
"He's fast-thinking and he knows how to use the abilities of his Pokemon to his advantage," Giovanni thinks to himself.
This is not villainous behavior IN ANY WAY WHATEVER.
However, Red recalls Sandshrew, confusing Giovanni. Red says he refuses to deliver the finishing blow to the Magmar, as they can no longer move, and he is too cute to do something like that. Giovanni laughs to himself and puts his Pokeball away, realizing that for all Red's ingenuity and skill, he's just a kid.
Red is saddened that the museum burned down and they didn't get to check out their fossils (or rocks). Giovanni says that since they probably won't meet again, Red can have the fossil he found as a parting gift. It looks like a bit of amber with a small black bug or something trapped in the center. Red, as an eleven-year-old boy, is quite pleased with this. They shake hands and part ways.
However, after Red runs off, the Magmar begin to stir. Giovanni speaks aloud that leaving them simply because they were incapacitated was a bad idea, as Magmar are savage, intelligent, and vengeful, and will track down anything that attacks them. Just then, the Magmar rise up and move as one to attack Giovanni from the back -
and are frozen solid in a split second by Giovanni's Cloyster.
"A fool like that," Giovanni smirks to himself, "will only destroy himself."
His Cloyster then KILLS THE MAGMAR by slicing up their frozen corpses. FUN TIIIIIIIIIMES.
Giovanni goes on to say that he became interested in Red when he heard what become of Surge and Koga, "but to think," he smirks, "that this child could pose a threat... to Team Rocket!"
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
Yeah, no one saw that coming.
Next Time: Legendaries, near-death hallucinations, extreme cuteness, and VILLAINOUS ACTIVITY. And plot! Plot is good.
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Date: 2010-07-05 06:01 am (UTC)SCRATCH THAT, I LOVE EVERY PANEL GIOVANNI'S IN.
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Date: 2010-07-05 06:07 am (UTC)I want him to show up in HGSS hnnnnnnngh alongside sixteen-year-old Silver hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngh
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Date: 2010-07-05 06:17 am (UTC)/SCREAM. YES YES YES.
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Date: 2010-07-05 06:23 am (UTC)I want it to be like, Silver's fighting someone and on his last legs and Giovanni just shows up and then they team up for GREAT JUSTICE.
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Date: 2010-07-05 06:24 am (UTC)no subject
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