Pokemon Journey Episode 162

MARCELO AUGUSTO MABUCHI

I wish. There are some worse episodes.

DeScruff

If there is ONE thing I did actually like about this episode, its that it subtly hints that pokemon types might be artificial categories recognized by poke-scientists since the possibility what type a pokemon is can be put up for debate. This could be used to explain the introduction of new types, and pokemon type reclassifications like Magnemite gaining Steel type, or Clefairy becoming a fairy type. Its not that Magnemite all the sudden gained a weakness to fire, it might be that the definition of a steel type was not made yet. If types are an artificial thing it might also be used to explain weird inconsistencies like electric moves affecting ground pokemon sometimes. If types are an artificial concept then there might be some flexibility to the definition, like if a pokemon is just highly resistant to a move vs completely unaffected. Or if a pokemon is missing a specific weakness that every other pokemon of the type has.

Jack Christmas

I am so curious about what the disturbing "I'm your friend, like a friendly Lickitung!" thing with Brock was in the original dub. There's no logical link between friendliness and Lickitung/licking, so you know it wasn't a direct translation. I can only assume he was trying to use his spit to test Sudowoodo's vulnerability to Water type??? But without a Dogasu comparison to hand, who knows.

edmg7

...because he used the term Karen?

Chris

"It will be completely useless if its wet." Was that a nod to Phelous? If so then that is fantastic.

Marie Curie died of radiation poisoning, but Pierre Curie was actually killed in a street accident. He was run over by carriage I believe. ...Though if he had lived he most certainly would have also died of radiation poisoning.

Verdant Range

Here's the thing though: the episode seems to indicate that Marie didn't bother to examine any of the already available research on Sudowoodo, dismissing it all and declaring the information wrong without seeing why this is believed to be the case. Not helped by the fact that as demonstrated in the episode that the book could have easily refuted her theories. One example in the episode is that Sudowoodo is seen with a variety of different branches, but the book notes that they gather branches from off the ground.

AussieDragoon

3:27 huh, no wonder Sudowoodo became his favorite after he got one.

Actually, a scientist is not supposed to take people's word for it. They are supposed to test both new and established ideas. A proper scientist is trained to test, and not to assume. Eugenics used to be in textbooks too, you know. Testing 'obvious' and 'agreed upon' and 'settled' ideas is their job. Testing 'ideas' and 'theories' and 'hypothesis' are also their job. I hate 'trust the exprerts mentality, considering what 'experts' have thought about minorities, foreigners, animals, whether, physics, ect...

Wilson Bennett

did you really use the name "karen" as a pejorative. I thought you were a better person than that. I hate the use of that term because so many knee-jerk assholes use them to describe anyone who disagrees with them. This episode was terrible, both the episode you reviewed and your actual review here

Hestrir

these two were average scientists, Suede, but they were brilliant fighters!

Joe Crammond

why do i get the feeling this will be suede's least favorite episode this season

Verdant Range

This was a really fun thing to tear into this terrible ep.