Thread: BW96: Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!

A new ep, it seems.

Meloetta and the Undersea Temple (This title sounds familiar...

You'd think they'd just use the ruins, but I guess the writers prefer a temple.

Note: Undersea Temple is similar to the Abyssal Ruins' Japanese name. The key difference is "Temple" instead of "Ruins".

Yet, like the Celestial Tower, they aren't using it for some reason.

Whatever.

I wouldn't be surprised if this IS an episode involving Manaphy, to be honest.

We haven't had a random Legendary episode in all of Isshu, whereas Sinnoh was filled with them.

Considering this is the place the Rockets investigated last month, it's obviously the start of the big Rocket episodes.

I was about to ask is this the episode we were seeing in the preview? The next ep might bring back the Kami trio legends.

Originally Posted by Eitarou

Note: Undersea Temple is similar to the Abyssal Ruins' Japanese name. The key difference is "Temple" instead of "Ruins".

Yet, like the Celestial Tower, they aren't using it for some reason.

Whatever.

They replaced Celestial Tower with Mistralton Tower due to the former being a cemetery. For the same reason, Lavender Town was heavily abridged in the anime, and Mt. Pyre and the Lost Tower were skipped. In this case, the writers probably don't want to bother with the Abyssal Ruins' history (which is a mess even in the games), including but not limited to the grave of an ancient king.

Originally Posted by The Fighting Misty

I was about to ask is this the episode we were seeing in the preview? The next ep might bring back the Kami trio legends.

Obviously, but most of the preview is probably from the next episode, or possibly the one after that.

The ordering of the episodes seems odd here - I'd have thought that Marlon would have a bit of an involvement with an episode about an undersea temple, but there's that nursery school filler in between the two. I wonder how they will go about engineering the reason for Ash going down there, something that would be far easier to do if they had Marlon there to take them down to sightsee. I suppose that's needed to avoid having him there for the Team Rocket episodes, but it still seems odd to go undersea two episodes after a water Gym.

Since we're going underwater, can Palpitoad and Stunfisk finally get some screen time together again?

Originally Posted by Moe

The ordering of the episodes seems odd here - I'd have thought that Marlon would have a bit of an involvement with an episode about an undersea temple, but there's that nursery school filler in between the two. I wonder how they will go about engineering the reason for Ash going down there, something that would be far easier to do if they had Marlon there to take them down to sightsee. I suppose that's needed to avoid having him there for the Team Rocket episodes, but it still seems odd to go undersea two episodes after a water Gym.

It's not as if Marlon helps the player in the games with much of anything; he even expresses a clear philosophy about not getting involved. I would think that Team Rocket would kidnap Meloetta, leading Ash and co. to follow them to the temple.

Wonder if Manaphy will stop by from the temple down the road?

Though it would be kinda neat if Walker, Pokemon Ranger, showed up to help.

Originally Posted by Silktree

Originally Posted by Eitarou

Note: Undersea Temple is similar to the Abyssal Ruins' Japanese name. The key difference is "Temple" instead of "Ruins".

Yet, like the Celestial Tower, they aren't using it for some reason.

Whatever.

They replaced Celestial Tower with Mistralton Tower due to the former being a cemetery. For the same reason, Lavender Town was heavily abridged in the anime, and Mt. Pyre and the Lost Tower were skipped. In this case, the writers probably don't want to bother with the Abyssal Ruins' history (which is a mess even in the games), including but not limited to the grave of an ancient king.

Thank you. Everyone needs to remember that the Pokemon creative staff are the most spineless people in the entire anime industry (outside of 4Kids (inrony!)).

Originally Posted by Moe

Since we're going underwater, can Palpitoad and Stunfisk finally get some screen time together again?

Stunfisk having a role in somthing important? That's almost unheard of.
Palpitoad having a role? That's even rarer.

I think they've lost out by not focusing on their relationship, we'll probaly get to see Oshawott and Samurott/Mantine if the new rival is sticking around.

Why is Palitoad and Stunfish in this episode?

We have no idea who's in this episode aside from the regular cast and Rockets.

Originally Posted by L-05308

Originally Posted by Moe

Since we're going underwater, can Palpitoad and Stunfisk finally get some screen time together again?

Stunfisk having a role in somthing important? That's almost unheard of.

Hey, him being in the opening over Pansage has to mean SOMETHING, right?