"The Princess and the Togepi" Review Thread

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Also, he may have said something different in the Japanese version.

Not according to the fansub I have.

[Big-Eyed Girl]

Princess Sarah is so pretty! She looks like Nausicaa but more flashy.

[Roses Ablaze]

One: is the Pokemon League aware of the fact that one of their gym leaders is in charge of a crime syndicate?

Well, if Ash or Gary reported the fact that the gym was controlled by Team Rocket, then he's probably not a gym leader any more. My theory is that he was reported, then when the Pokemon League/ govornment came to investigate/ arrest him, he fled to Johto where he was out of their jurisdiction.

And two: since when does J&J work for somebody *other* than Giovanni?

They've done it plenty of times. Basically, they'll work for anyone who gives them food or money.

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Well, if Ash or Gary reported the fact that the gym was controlled by Team Rocket, then he's probably not a gym leader any more. My theory is that he was reported, then when the Pokemon League/ govornment came to investigate/ arrest him, he fled to Johto where he was out of their jurisdiction.

Except we've seen him in his gym office from "Battle for the Badge" several times since then. Heck, we saw him in that office in "Ruin with a View".

If the League didn't depose Sabrina for turning people into dolls, I don't think they'd depose him. At least not before they got around to investigating her, anyway.

[Geodude]

He could easily have moved his office somewhere else and made it identical to his old one.

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I doubt it. We've seen him in a few different offices, so why would he go through the trouble of making a new one to look exactly like his old one?

[Geodude]

Well, you're more observant than I am.

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Wow, that's the first time anyone's ever said *that* to me!

[Pokemon Fan]

Except we've seen him in his gym office from "Battle for the Badge" several times since then. Heck, we saw him in that office in "Ruin with a View".

The gym was destroyed so I doubt Ash felt the need to report anything. It wasn't like they had any eivdence they could link to Giovanni anyway. I too think that Giovanni probably rebuilt the gym quite quickly, and things went back to how they were.

If the League didn't depose Sabrina for turning people into dolls, I don't think they'd depose him. At least not before they got around to investigating her, anyway.

I doubt they'd have reason to. Aside from Ash's group the only person Sabrina turned into a doll appeared to be her mother, probably during whatever incident caused the family to finally break apart. After that it seems that Sabrina was a coldhearted but efficient gym leader, complete with students, and her father apparently never reported anything to the authorities, likely blaming himself for what happened. For whatever reason Sabrina treated Ash rather differently, as no one else warned Ash or spoke of the threat of being turned into a doll, only that Sabrina was dangerous and that he lacked the power to defeat her.

Instead, Sabrina is observing Ash before he even enters the city, then goes out of ehr way to make sure he is able to challenge her. *ample speculation as to her reasons ensues*

Regardless, since she apparently didn't hurt anyone else, once Ash helped her regain her emotions, there was no reason for her parents to report anything to the authorities.