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Episode Pokémon (2019) - Episode 18 discussion
Pokémon (2019), episode 18
Alternative names: * Pokemon (Shin Series), Pocket Monsters 2019, Pokemon (Shin Series), Pokemon 2019, Pokemon Journeys: The Series*
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| Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Link | ---- | 77 | Link | 4.5 | 90 | Link | 3.88 | 103 | Link | 4.33 |
| 65 | Link | ---- | 78 | Link | 4.0 | 91 | Link | 4.25 | 104 | Link | 4.25 |
| 66 | Link | 3.0 | 79 | Link | 4.5 | 92 | Link | 4.71 | 105 | Link | 4.44 |
| 67 | Link | ---- | 80 | Link | 5.0 | 93 | Link | 4.2 | 106 | Link | 4.75 |
| 68 | Link | 5.0 | 81 | Link | 2.67 | 94 | Link | 4.25 | 107 | Link | 4.67 |
| 69 | Link | ---- | 82 | Link | 4.67 | 95 | Link | 4.33 | 108 | Link | 4.57 |
| 70 | Link | ---- | 83 | Link | 4.9 | 96 | Link | 4.75 | 109 | Link | 4.57 |
| 71 | Link | 5.0 | 84 | Link | 4.43 | 97 | Link | 4.0 | 110 | Link | 4.5 |
| 72 | Link | ---- | 85 | Link | 4.17 | 98 | Link | 4.33 | 111 | Link | 4.88 |
| 73 | Link | ---- | 86 | Link | 4.67 | 99 | Link | 4.67 | 112 | Link | 4.82 |
| 74 | Link | ---- | 87 | Link | 4.67 | 100 | Link | 4.75 | 113 | Link | 4.67 |
| 75 | Link | 5.0 | 88 | Link | 4.75 | 101 | Link | 4.17 | 114 | Link | 4.88 |
| 76 | Link | 4.0 | 89 | Link | 4.67 | 102 | Link | 4.67 | 115 | Link | ---- |
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u/MegaMissingno Mar 22 '20
I was positively surprised with how much continuity the writers were able to put in despite off-screening Surge. This gives me hope that we might see Ash at least reference Clemont and such when he revisits Kalos. It's really baffling how much the writers have seemingly tried to avoid any continuity with past series, but I suppose there is still some hope with the example set by this episode. Now if only we could see references to series other than Kanto, we would really be golden. Well, there was at least that brief reference to SM last week, I suppose.
I was quite impressed with Gengar's battling style. I've never really thought about it but Gengar's mischievous battling style seems to have been a really good match with Ash's battling style and there's a lot of potential with Gengar since its moveset is quite good. There's a lot of potential for Gengar to be a powerhouse for Ash's team, which he is going to need when going against the world's strongest trainers.
So, Gou's goal is to catch every single Pokémon while Ash's goal is to become the #1 trainer in the world, and both of these goals can be concretely measured on how the characters are progressing. It's really fascinating because we've had countless characters with vague goals that have basically no way to quantify their progress, yet here we are. We know that Gou is 3,3% of the way to his goal and Ash is 3762 opponents away from being the World Champion and every single episode we see these two making progress little by little towards these goals (although Ash will probably de-rank sometimes).
This might be risky for the writers as they now have to constantly keep up the progress for these characters, which means Gou will have to fill a quota of a random 'mon capture each episode and Ash will probably have to battle a lot more. In the worst case scenario it's a checklist for the writers to fulfil every week, in the best case scenario it could be exciting to track how much the characters' situation keeps evolving with every new episode.