PS Recap Six: Secret Agent Lady
Wait a minute... I've got a sneaking suspicion that something like a CONTINUOUS PLOT may be developing here... :/a
Chapter Eighteen: Vs. Ninetales (American title: A Tale of Ninetales)
The chapter opens with Green at the Game Corner, exchanging a huge bucket of coins won in the slot machine for a prize Pokemon. Remember kids, gambling is good for you~ The guy at the counter cautions Green that Pokemon not caught in the wild tend to be difficult to train.
Green: :|
Red, meanwhile, has decided to shake the dust of Celadon right off his shoes after that whole Team Rocket incident. He runs into Green, who is chasing the Porygon he just won, and their Pokeballs go flying. While each gathers up his stuff, Green recalls Porygon and Red is suitably impressed at Green's possession of a rare Pokemon. Green brushes off Red's fanboying and says that it's apparently proving near impossible to train. He gives Red a linefacey kind of nod of acknowledgment and they part ways. Huh. Guess that Lavender Tower stuff actually had a small impact on their relationship. EMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES IN A KID'S MANGA??
Red then sees some girls being chased down by a Rhydon. Eager to get laid prove he is a super badass like Green, he sends out...Charmeleon? What?! Turns out that Red and Green got each other's Pokeballs mixed up, and each now has the others' Pokemon. The girls recognize Green's Pokemon from the rumors abounding of a supreme badass in the area, and think Red is Green. Red's like, "whatever, so long as I'm getting laid BEING A HERO."
Red developing his fledgling kick-ass face.
Alas, Green's Pokemon are too awesome for this shit, and leave Red to get mauled. Red is embarrassed in front of the ladies, and his hopes of getting lucky are dashed once again. This is probably why he gives up and becomes a Chaste Hero/Oblivious to Love after this arc. Which is a shame because by then he has ladies hanging all over him. BUT ANYWAY. Red tries to offer the olive branch to Green's Pokemon, but they are having none of it. They go off to begin their running/working out/training regimen on their own - Red is way impressed by how well-trained they are.
Nevertheless, Red decides it is Having Fun Time, and whips off his clothes to go swimming! Green's Pokemon are baffled by the cute. CARE BEAR STAAAAAAAARE.
It's weird seeing him without chiseled abs and pecs. Oh well, four more arcs...
Meanwhile, Green is whipping Red's Pokemon into shape. PLAYTIME'S OVER. TIME TO NUT UP OR SHUT UP. Green checks his Pokedex and finds that he and Red swapped those by mistake as well. Cue badass grin. BD
Three days later: Red is trying to get Green Pokemon to gather by the campfire and sing our campfire song (our c-a-m-p-f-i-r-e-s-o-n-g song~), but they are still too tsuntsun for him to handle. Sheesh. He then sees a Ninetales fighting something off in the distance. Something like...his Pikachu! Green has apparently raised the badass quotient of Red's Pokemon by a significant amount. The Ninetales tries to run - directly at Red! Red sends out Green's Machoke, which gets entangled in a ferocious fight. Green is upset that Red is putting his Machoke in danger, and Red is upset that Pikachu is nearly wiped out. They are about to argue, when Machoke evolves into a Machamp! Meaning it now has four arms, and is pinning the Ninetales down. Both Red and Green throw a Pokeball. Red's captures it, but Green claims the Ninetales, as it was his Machamp that weakened the Pokemon in the first place. Red pouts.
They return each other's Pokemon to their rightful owners, and go on their respective ways. Green is miffed that he molded Red's Pokemon into total badasses, but Red apparently just slacked off with his - though, Green admits, Machoke couldn't evolve until he was traded (that's a game mechanic, non-Pokederps out there). Also, there's something off about them...
aaaaaaaalwaaaaaaays I wanna beeeeeeeee with you~
Meanwhile, Red is comically being chased around by his new badass team of badass. Ahaha.
Chapter Nineteen: Vs. Eevee (American title: Blame it on Eevee)
Blame it on the e-e-e-e-e-eevee, blame it on the e-ee-e-ee-eevee baby~ Er, um.
Red is cycling along happily when a Tangela jumps into his path. He wipes out, and gets up to see the Pokemon hop back to its owner - someone in one of those moving shrine things among a large crowd of people. Red stalks over to give whoever it is a Piece of His Mind, but is stopped by some of the crowd, admonishing him for attempting to bother nobility, namely the Lady Erika.
Erika, however, pops her head out and says it was indeed her fault, and that an apology is owed to Red.
Yamato Nadeshiko, anyone?
The aggressive guy says a real gem of a line: "Bow when you're apologized to by the daughter of the richest man in Celadon City, and also the Gym Leader!" (I never really cared to pay attention to setting in the first arc, but wasn't Red leaving Celadon last chapter? Maybe he went back when he realized he forgot to get the city's Gym Badge, I've done that.) Red hears "Gym Leader" and his ears perk right up. He challenges her and shows his two badges as proof he's a worthy contender.
Erika's posse attempts to admonish Red once more for daring to challenge the lady when she is clearly tired from a long journey, but Erika brushes them off and accepts Red's challenge... but first he has to prove himself. He has to catch a Pokemon of her choosing...Eevee.
Red runs to the Pokemon Center to call up the Professor, but he's out. However, someone else is in...Bill! After their video call, Bill heads over to Celadon from Cerulean to help Red find and catch the elusive Eevee. Luckily, Bill has a picture and some researchers' contact info to call around and see if anyone's got one lying around. Nope.
Meanwhile, Erika is practicing her Yamato Nadeshiko-ness by hanging out at the archery range and honing her badass skillz. One of her lady subordinates cautions her, saying that Eevee is "the project's main objective," and that trusting it to a young boy might not be such a good idea. Erika whirls around and commands her Vileplume to attack! The girl ducks, but it turns out she was being followed by a Drowzee, and Erika was taking it out. Aww, yeah~ BD Erika thinks to herself, "We must have that Eevee at all costs..." But what's with this mysterious conversation, anyway? Suspicious...
Bill finally strikes gold with a rumor that Eevee was sighted in the city of Celadon itself! Apparently, someone saw it breathing fire. Red extrapolates that Eevee must be a Fire-type, then. Bill has a tracky device that he sets to "find Fire-type," but while he's looking off in one direction, Eevee bounds off right behind him! Red sends out a Krabby to take Eevee down, but suddenly, Eevee blasts it with a lightning-based attack! Well...that can't be right.
Red switches to a Diglett, a Ground-type (because Lightning does NOT beat Ground; please ignore whatever Naruto tries to tell you), but Eevee then shifts and blasts Diglett with a Water-type attack. What's going on? Red sends out Ivysaur, then, but Eevee shifts back to fire.
Bill determines that this Eevee somehow has the ability to shift between Fire, Water, and Electric-type forms by detecting the opposing Pokemon's type by swiveling its large ears. Red sends Ivysaur out to cover its ears with leaves, restrain it with vines, and Solarbeam it into submission. Score!
But the Eevee seems badly hurt, moreso than Red would normally inflict. Bill gets closer ad finds a microchip device attached to one of Eevee's ears. It's this machine that gives Eevee the ability to partially evolve based on its surroundings...but it's hurting the poor Pokemon.
Red gets pissed. "I'm going to find that Erika, because I'm sure she knows more about this than we do!" he shouts, scooping up Eevee and running for the Celadon Gym.
Chapter Twenty: Vs. Vileplume (American title: Meanwhile...Vileplume!)
Hmm, we've reached Chapter 20. Only over three hundred more to go |D
The Gym is empty, apparently, and Red needs to get Eevee some medical attention ASAP. He recalls Eevee to a Pokeball and rushes it to the medical pad over in the corner. Bill finds a report entitled "Eevee Reconstruction Project." The report details how Eevee is already known to be able to evolve into three distinct types based on its surroundings. If, the report goes on, Eevee can be reconstructed to shift impermanently into each of these forms at will...
"...It can be a powerful weapon to us," Erika finishes quoting for Bill, as she shows up in the door of the Gym with her posse behind her. She then thanks Red for capturing the rogue Eevee for her. She offers Red the badge he wanted, but Red is Having None of This Shit. In that case, Erika brings out her Pokemon, asking Red if he still wants that battle. Three-on-three.
They battle. After kind of failing in the first two rounds, Red brings out God-Mode Pikachu for the last round against Erika's Vileplume. However, Pikachu seems to be getting beaten! All seems lost! Erika congratulates Red on his courage and honor, and says that next time, he won't need to meet any special conditions now that he's retrieved Eevee for her. Red glances over to Eevee in the corner with concern.
Erika informs him that the Eevee is nearing its end...but that, sadly, is the fate of all lab rats. The best thing to do, she says, would be to open its Pokeball and put it out of its misery. Red protests dramatically from the floor. "That's sick!" he shouts. "If I don't stop you, you'll do this to more Pokemon!"
Oh wait, guess what time it is? GOD-MODE PIKACHU TIME!
Pikachu uses Substitute despite not having enough HP to utilize the move. Lol, god-mode strikes again.
Pika's energy clone is very quickly demolished by Vileplume...but the distraction succeeds long enough for the real Pika to get between Erika and Eevee.
Erika smiles and compliments Pikachu. "Instead of fighting, you used the last of your energy to help another Pokemon...Such kindness." Red and Bill are like, "wha." Erika presses a button on the machine Eevee's stored in...and Eevee is restored to full health.
Huh?
Erika apologizes to Red that she had to test him, but she wasn't entirely sure she could trust him, even after hearing about him from Brock and Misty. The Eevee he was sent to capture belonged to Team Rocket, who was performing those terrible experiments. Erika had to make sure that Red's loyalties did not lie with that organization, because they've already claimed many upstanding citizens, including some Gym Leaders. All of Celadon City is united with Erika and the good Gym Leaders against Team Rocket, as well. Erika pins the Earth Badge to Red's shirt, saying that a trainer with his strength and courage will be invaluable in their struggle. Red, of course, agrees to help.
The next day, Bill cautions Red against taking that Eevee with him, as Team Rocket might be able to track it, and it could be dangerous, and...hello? Is Red listening? Lol, no, of course not. |D But up in the sky, a mysterious lady with an Alakazam is watching...
Well, this looks promising.
Next Time: A safari from hell, Red is a Danger Magnet, and LOL OF COURSE THIS GUY ISN'T A VILLAIN.
Chapter Eighteen: Vs. Ninetales (American title: A Tale of Ninetales)
The chapter opens with Green at the Game Corner, exchanging a huge bucket of coins won in the slot machine for a prize Pokemon. Remember kids, gambling is good for you~ The guy at the counter cautions Green that Pokemon not caught in the wild tend to be difficult to train.
Green: :|
Red, meanwhile, has decided to shake the dust of Celadon right off his shoes after that whole Team Rocket incident. He runs into Green, who is chasing the Porygon he just won, and their Pokeballs go flying. While each gathers up his stuff, Green recalls Porygon and Red is suitably impressed at Green's possession of a rare Pokemon. Green brushes off Red's fanboying and says that it's apparently proving near impossible to train. He gives Red a linefacey kind of nod of acknowledgment and they part ways. Huh. Guess that Lavender Tower stuff actually had a small impact on their relationship. EMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES IN A KID'S MANGA??
Red then sees some girls being chased down by a Rhydon. Eager to get laid prove he is a super badass like Green, he sends out...Charmeleon? What?! Turns out that Red and Green got each other's Pokeballs mixed up, and each now has the others' Pokemon. The girls recognize Green's Pokemon from the rumors abounding of a supreme badass in the area, and think Red is Green. Red's like, "whatever, so long as I'm getting laid BEING A HERO."
Red developing his fledgling kick-ass face.
Alas, Green's Pokemon are too awesome for this shit, and leave Red to get mauled. Red is embarrassed in front of the ladies, and his hopes of getting lucky are dashed once again. This is probably why he gives up and becomes a Chaste Hero/Oblivious to Love after this arc. Which is a shame because by then he has ladies hanging all over him. BUT ANYWAY. Red tries to offer the olive branch to Green's Pokemon, but they are having none of it. They go off to begin their running/working out/training regimen on their own - Red is way impressed by how well-trained they are.
Nevertheless, Red decides it is Having Fun Time, and whips off his clothes to go swimming! Green's Pokemon are baffled by the cute. CARE BEAR STAAAAAAAARE.
It's weird seeing him without chiseled abs and pecs. Oh well, four more arcs...
Meanwhile, Green is whipping Red's Pokemon into shape. PLAYTIME'S OVER. TIME TO NUT UP OR SHUT UP. Green checks his Pokedex and finds that he and Red swapped those by mistake as well. Cue badass grin. BD
Three days later: Red is trying to get Green Pokemon to gather by the campfire and sing our campfire song (our c-a-m-p-f-i-r-e-s-o-n-g song~), but they are still too tsuntsun for him to handle. Sheesh. He then sees a Ninetales fighting something off in the distance. Something like...his Pikachu! Green has apparently raised the badass quotient of Red's Pokemon by a significant amount. The Ninetales tries to run - directly at Red! Red sends out Green's Machoke, which gets entangled in a ferocious fight. Green is upset that Red is putting his Machoke in danger, and Red is upset that Pikachu is nearly wiped out. They are about to argue, when Machoke evolves into a Machamp! Meaning it now has four arms, and is pinning the Ninetales down. Both Red and Green throw a Pokeball. Red's captures it, but Green claims the Ninetales, as it was his Machamp that weakened the Pokemon in the first place. Red pouts.
They return each other's Pokemon to their rightful owners, and go on their respective ways. Green is miffed that he molded Red's Pokemon into total badasses, but Red apparently just slacked off with his - though, Green admits, Machoke couldn't evolve until he was traded (that's a game mechanic, non-Pokederps out there). Also, there's something off about them...
aaaaaaaalwaaaaaaays I wanna beeeeeeeee with you~
Meanwhile, Red is comically being chased around by his new badass team of badass. Ahaha.
Chapter Nineteen: Vs. Eevee (American title: Blame it on Eevee)
Blame it on the e-e-e-e-e-eevee, blame it on the e-ee-e-ee-eevee baby~ Er, um.
Red is cycling along happily when a Tangela jumps into his path. He wipes out, and gets up to see the Pokemon hop back to its owner - someone in one of those moving shrine things among a large crowd of people. Red stalks over to give whoever it is a Piece of His Mind, but is stopped by some of the crowd, admonishing him for attempting to bother nobility, namely the Lady Erika.
Erika, however, pops her head out and says it was indeed her fault, and that an apology is owed to Red.
Yamato Nadeshiko, anyone?
The aggressive guy says a real gem of a line: "Bow when you're apologized to by the daughter of the richest man in Celadon City, and also the Gym Leader!" (I never really cared to pay attention to setting in the first arc, but wasn't Red leaving Celadon last chapter? Maybe he went back when he realized he forgot to get the city's Gym Badge, I've done that.) Red hears "Gym Leader" and his ears perk right up. He challenges her and shows his two badges as proof he's a worthy contender.
Erika's posse attempts to admonish Red once more for daring to challenge the lady when she is clearly tired from a long journey, but Erika brushes them off and accepts Red's challenge... but first he has to prove himself. He has to catch a Pokemon of her choosing...Eevee.
Red runs to the Pokemon Center to call up the Professor, but he's out. However, someone else is in...Bill! After their video call, Bill heads over to Celadon from Cerulean to help Red find and catch the elusive Eevee. Luckily, Bill has a picture and some researchers' contact info to call around and see if anyone's got one lying around. Nope.
Meanwhile, Erika is practicing her Yamato Nadeshiko-ness by hanging out at the archery range and honing her badass skillz. One of her lady subordinates cautions her, saying that Eevee is "the project's main objective," and that trusting it to a young boy might not be such a good idea. Erika whirls around and commands her Vileplume to attack! The girl ducks, but it turns out she was being followed by a Drowzee, and Erika was taking it out. Aww, yeah~ BD Erika thinks to herself, "We must have that Eevee at all costs..." But what's with this mysterious conversation, anyway? Suspicious...
Bill finally strikes gold with a rumor that Eevee was sighted in the city of Celadon itself! Apparently, someone saw it breathing fire. Red extrapolates that Eevee must be a Fire-type, then. Bill has a tracky device that he sets to "find Fire-type," but while he's looking off in one direction, Eevee bounds off right behind him! Red sends out a Krabby to take Eevee down, but suddenly, Eevee blasts it with a lightning-based attack! Well...that can't be right.
Red switches to a Diglett, a Ground-type (because Lightning does NOT beat Ground; please ignore whatever Naruto tries to tell you), but Eevee then shifts and blasts Diglett with a Water-type attack. What's going on? Red sends out Ivysaur, then, but Eevee shifts back to fire.
Bill determines that this Eevee somehow has the ability to shift between Fire, Water, and Electric-type forms by detecting the opposing Pokemon's type by swiveling its large ears. Red sends Ivysaur out to cover its ears with leaves, restrain it with vines, and Solarbeam it into submission. Score!
But the Eevee seems badly hurt, moreso than Red would normally inflict. Bill gets closer ad finds a microchip device attached to one of Eevee's ears. It's this machine that gives Eevee the ability to partially evolve based on its surroundings...but it's hurting the poor Pokemon.
Red gets pissed. "I'm going to find that Erika, because I'm sure she knows more about this than we do!" he shouts, scooping up Eevee and running for the Celadon Gym.
Chapter Twenty: Vs. Vileplume (American title: Meanwhile...Vileplume!)
Hmm, we've reached Chapter 20. Only over three hundred more to go |D
The Gym is empty, apparently, and Red needs to get Eevee some medical attention ASAP. He recalls Eevee to a Pokeball and rushes it to the medical pad over in the corner. Bill finds a report entitled "Eevee Reconstruction Project." The report details how Eevee is already known to be able to evolve into three distinct types based on its surroundings. If, the report goes on, Eevee can be reconstructed to shift impermanently into each of these forms at will...
"...It can be a powerful weapon to us," Erika finishes quoting for Bill, as she shows up in the door of the Gym with her posse behind her. She then thanks Red for capturing the rogue Eevee for her. She offers Red the badge he wanted, but Red is Having None of This Shit. In that case, Erika brings out her Pokemon, asking Red if he still wants that battle. Three-on-three.
They battle. After kind of failing in the first two rounds, Red brings out God-Mode Pikachu for the last round against Erika's Vileplume. However, Pikachu seems to be getting beaten! All seems lost! Erika congratulates Red on his courage and honor, and says that next time, he won't need to meet any special conditions now that he's retrieved Eevee for her. Red glances over to Eevee in the corner with concern.
Erika informs him that the Eevee is nearing its end...but that, sadly, is the fate of all lab rats. The best thing to do, she says, would be to open its Pokeball and put it out of its misery. Red protests dramatically from the floor. "That's sick!" he shouts. "If I don't stop you, you'll do this to more Pokemon!"
Oh wait, guess what time it is? GOD-MODE PIKACHU TIME!
Pikachu uses Substitute despite not having enough HP to utilize the move. Lol, god-mode strikes again.
Pika's energy clone is very quickly demolished by Vileplume...but the distraction succeeds long enough for the real Pika to get between Erika and Eevee.
Erika smiles and compliments Pikachu. "Instead of fighting, you used the last of your energy to help another Pokemon...Such kindness." Red and Bill are like, "wha." Erika presses a button on the machine Eevee's stored in...and Eevee is restored to full health.
Huh?
Erika apologizes to Red that she had to test him, but she wasn't entirely sure she could trust him, even after hearing about him from Brock and Misty. The Eevee he was sent to capture belonged to Team Rocket, who was performing those terrible experiments. Erika had to make sure that Red's loyalties did not lie with that organization, because they've already claimed many upstanding citizens, including some Gym Leaders. All of Celadon City is united with Erika and the good Gym Leaders against Team Rocket, as well. Erika pins the Earth Badge to Red's shirt, saying that a trainer with his strength and courage will be invaluable in their struggle. Red, of course, agrees to help.
The next day, Bill cautions Red against taking that Eevee with him, as Team Rocket might be able to track it, and it could be dangerous, and...hello? Is Red listening? Lol, no, of course not. |D But up in the sky, a mysterious lady with an Alakazam is watching...
Well, this looks promising.
Next Time: A safari from hell, Red is a Danger Magnet, and LOL OF COURSE THIS GUY ISN'T A VILLAIN.