Episode 3 begins with Serena trying to make one of the most difficult decisions a girl can make; which hat does she wear?! Definitely the pink one Serena. Always choose the pink one. Serena seems super duper excited today because guess what? She's going to Lumiose City to see Professor Sycamore for her very first Pokemon! And to be honest, I am super duper excited to see who she chooses.
We then find our newly formed trio making their way to the Pokemon Centre so Ash can register for the Kalos league. We meet the Kalos version of Nurse Joy for the first time; her hairs a little rounder and she's has a new outfit. I actually quite like this redesign of our favourite Pokemon Nurse. In order to register for the Kalos league, Ash needs to place his Pokedex on some fancy computer screen in the desk and ta-da! Ash is now registered. Is it just me or does the Pokemon world seem have some awesome high tech gadgets going around? Nurse Joy then informs Ash that he gets a free badge case, bought out by, wait, is it a Chansey? Is it a Audino? No it's a Wigglytuff!! Awesome to see a first generation Pokemon as Nurse Joy's loyal Pokemon healing sidekick.
Ah, Team Rocket. Still thinking that they are awesome villains who have the ability to successfully steal everyone's Pokemon. At least they make you laugh ey? They are skyping Giovanni (skype totally exists in the Pokemon world right?) and jumping for joy because they are the first Team Rocket members to set up base in Kalos. Good for you Team Rocket. Good for you.
Ash, Clemont and Bonnie all make the decision to travel together to Santalune City so Ash can earn his first gym badge. A few minutes into their journey, our trio come across a new Pokemon! Woh! Who is this new Pokemon? Well it's a Dedenne of course! Nawww, just look at those little whiskers. I'm with Bonnie on this one, it's SO CUTE!! Bonnie wants Clemont to catch Dedenne for her so she can look after it until she's old enough to become a trainer herself. Fair enough Bonnie. However this plan comes to a halt when a Fletchling decides to steal Dedenne's berry (how could you Fletchling, how could you?!) and impresses Ash with it's speed. So what does Ash decide to do? Try and catch it of course!
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| Who's that Pokemon?! |
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| It's Fletchling! |
So the battle to catch Fletchling ensues! Of course Ash wants to use Pikachu as it has the advantage over Fletchling, however Froakie has other plans. Not obeying orders, Froakie seems to begin a battle all on it's own, ultimately leading to a direct hit from Fletchling. Froakie doesn't seemed phased by this and jumps straight back up to continue the battle. Ash seems to see something that we don't, has a light bulb moment and apparently understands why Froakie had run away from it's previous trainers. Can you clue us in here Ash?
Apparently we're not important enough to know this information yet as we are back yet again, with Team Rocket. They have somehow managed to find their Meowth balloon. How that thing is still going strong after 17 seasons is beyond me. Our little croissant stealing Inkay appears and gives them all a face full of squid ink, much to their surprise.
And we're back to the battle between Froakie and Fletchling where Ash and Froakie take a hit from little Fletchling. Ash tells Froakie he understands that it wanted to get even with Fletchling for making Bonnie sad (that was the big light bulb moment Ash?! We could all see that from a mile away). Ash then decides he needs to find a way to lure Fletchling in, and this where Clemont gets all "the future is now thanks to science, Clemontic gear on!" and presents his flying type Pokemon attractor machine and Ash is all like "Science is so amazing!". Bonnie takes the words right out of my mouth again! "The name could use a little work". Amen Bonnie. Amen.
Clemont begins to use his flying type Pokemon attractor machine but wait. It's not attracting Fletchling, it's attracting Beedrill! Our newly formed trio make a run for it while Clemont doesn't listen to his intelligent younger sister when she says to turn it off. It ends up exploding and giving them all funky little afros.
Back in team Rockets balloon, James proceeds to catch Inkay after giving it sandwiches as bait. That has got to be the easiest capture I have seen in my life. James seems stoked by his new capture. Jessie and Meowth not so much.
And we're back to the battle between Froakie and Fletchling. Froakie has decided that he is now going to listen to Ash. Ash uses a new rocky battlefield to their advantage by having Froakie use the ledges to jump above Fletchling. A decoy Froakie made out of frubbles (ha! Ash and Froakie get the award for most creative battle move ever!) allows Fletchling to take a direct hit from bubble and Ash throws his Pokeball. One shake, and Fletchling breaks free! Aww! It appeared to be caught! But that's okay because a direct hit from a water pulse leaves Fletchling down and out. Ash throws another Pokeball! 3 shakes, yes, BOOM! Fletchling is caught!
With a newly caught Fletchling on the team, episode 3 concludes with our trio continuing their journey to Santalune City while Serena is in the midst of choosing her first Pokemon. So who's it going to be? I'm sure we'll find out, as the journey continues...
Casey
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