Thread: BW 110 "A Friend...His Name is N!"

Ok, I may be willing to take it back. TR is genuinely beginning to impress me. Anyway, N turned out to not be what I was expecting, which thank goodness, because we didn't need that kind of conflict. Oh no. You can't dare bring up BW001 again and not expect you to do something with that. So N can summon wild pokemon to help him. Interesting. Ok, you have my attention. Do not disappoint me.

Dat face. /shot

Haven't watched the episode yet because I can't find any good subs, but from what I've seen from the screenshots on Serebii, the animation gets a bit... Off-model at a lot of points.

Team Rocket's personalities are still serious though, despite blasting off.

I don't think the writers are aware of what to do with them.

Which was the version of the motto used?

Originally Posted by PTOldMan

Which was the version of the motto used?

The first one.

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Originally Posted by Silktree

Originally Posted by SatoshiKun

He isn't much taller than Cilan, so he could be 16 or 17.

N is clearly as tall as most adults characters on the show, if not taller. We know from Game Freak's documents that his height is supposed to be 1.80m (5'11"), and he didn't seem to have grown in the two years between the games.

Cilan himself is rather tall, which makes sense since some 15 year old teenagers are close to their final height.

The height of adults in this show varies. Based on height charts I've seen, the Rockets are about 6'4", and Sakaki is 7'4". Lt. Surge must have been 9 feet tall.

I see the writers gave Pigg an early birthday present. :D

I have to admit, this episode was pretty good. I was worried for the longest time the writers were going to warp N into some kind of constantly happy and confident type like they normally do to every major older character. They managed to keep him pretty true to his personality, this gives me a little more hope for this arc to be good. His ability to call upon the Amolononolonolmonolonolonmolon- *smacks his head* Alomomola was a neat trick I would expect from him.

Team Rocket's plan was a bit surprising, it seemed to relay on them knowing how Axew is easily distracted and how Pikachu would follow after him. An odd bit of genre-savvyness on their part. I do hope they get a little more spotlight later on in the arc to show some more quirkiness and personality. I can understand they didn't have much time to work with it in this episode, but I would had liked to see a few exaggerated eye pops or Meowth slashing up his comrades ay some point. I also noticed they were only trying to steal Pikachu and didn't bother trying to take Axew. Kinda makes me wonder if they have something in mind for Pikachu, maybe relating to the Thundurous incident.

Good to see Unfezant is getting well acquainted with her new rival Mr. Meowth Balloon esq, least she's getting some usage. It was nice to see Boldore doing some battling, and I also liked seeing Axew help solve the problem he technically caused.

Oop, another episode ending at sunset. *takes a shot of Jack Daniels*

I liked the animation in this episode. Reminded me of Late AG/Early DP.

TR is still missing something important. Can anyone HONESTLY see *this* James owning a Mime Jr.?

Originally Posted by Silktree

What did N say about Reshiram and Zekrom, anyway?

Yeah. Somebody, please, translate what they said about Reshiram and Zekrom.

It was more or less the same as what's said in the games, IIRC.

And at the end of the episode, when N's talking to himself, he talks about how Satoshi meeting Zekrom wasn't just some chance encounter and that something big will happen as a result.

Originally Posted by Dogasu

It was more or less the same as what's said in the games, IIRC.

And at the end of the episode, when N's talking to himself, he talks about how Satoshi meeting Zekrom wasn't just some chance encounter and that something big will happen as a result.

Marriage.

It just dawned on me. I think this is either the first or one the first times Team Rocket has ever commanded/had their Pokemon directly attack Ash.

Originally Posted by Dogasu

And at the end of the episode, when N's talking to himself, he talks about how Satoshi meeting Zekrom wasn't just some chance encounter and that something big will happen as a result.

Maybe Zekrom gave Pikachu the power to save Reshiram from Ghetsis' grasp.

Two things worth noting (TR related):
- We heard a new part of the remixed Sinnoh motto theme (based on a part of the extension of the original one) for the first time (if I recall correctly)
- Though I have no idea of what they were saying, that scene with N talking to them (leaving Meowth kind of upset) was pretty "old Team Rocket"ish, with Meowth arguing and Jessie with a confused expression.