There was actually a joke in Pokemon Journeys (ie the last season of the show that had Jessie, James, Meowth, and Ash) where Team Rocket hid the entrance to their hideout in a phone booth but none of the main cast comprised of 10 year olds knew what a phone booth was except Ash. Jabbing at all four of them about how old they are. That was some classic old school Pokemon humor that I miss.
I actually thought they did Bulbasaur well. He was projecting his fears onto others. He was already abandoned once already. Now, to his perspective, he's been abandoned again.
That's only just a fan theory, and it's unconfirmed whether that audio drama is even canon to begin with. Jessie's mother was never acknowledged as a Team Rocket member in any episode of the anime
@@Antymatters - "I'm a fan of he doesn't fire Jesse or James because there just eyes on his son Ash ketchup." Ah, yes~ Ash ketchup. Not to be confused with Ash mayo, Ash mustard, Ash relish, Ash vinegar, Ash salsa picante, or Ash truffle oil. 😭
I think everything from my/our childhoods is having that effect. More analysis, more fans exposed to media over time. I feel this happening with the halo trilogy and Pokémon. Warms my heart
@RAY296 these franchises are old enough now to get new new fans and new old fans. I'm glad I had good taste as a kid lol not everything from our childhood stood the test of time
What I find funny is that the two episodes you reviewed in this youtube video, were both written by the head writer of the Pokemon anime, Takeshi Shudo. He's also the same person who created Jessie, James, and Meowth, which is why they're more prominent in these episodes than they are normally, and it was his decision to keep Team Rocket in the anime all these years later 🙏 thank you, Takeshi Shudo
I always found it to be ridiculous how may when evolutions was first mentioned to her she literally both thought and imagined that her torchic was going to evolve into a big torchic with muscles for whatever reason
6:35 TheCartoonGamer8000 made a video about about how the Porygon debut episode that caused seizures forced reruns of the episodes to have frame rates cut to prevent any more possible risks. I believe that is why certain scenes look like that and you have to watch the episodes from more specific sources to get the more fluid original animation with all the frame rates intact.
That figures, that’s also probably why a lot of shots get darkened when there are flashing lights too. There was one in that very episode where everyone’s jumping into the mine cart
@@Totaraumin anime (in general, not just pokémon) darkening their flashy scenes has become the norm. I hate it, but is understadable. Got to take care of every gentle, defective soul that can't deal with light
I remember those two eps, so good and def a part of my childhood. Had no idea Rachel Lillis died, rip. I loved Misty so much as a kid, and her role as Jesse was so perfect too like omg
Great video. RIP to Rachel. Team Rocket absolutely the best characters on the show. That phone booth scene still makes me laugh as much as when I was a kid
I always found it to be hilarious how in the episode with the spaceship and the clafairy where in and Jessie sarcastically asked James what planet he was from and in another episode meowth jokingly called and asked for a transfer
For Bulbasaur saying that they probably abandoned them if you don't remember correctly that's fine but he was abandoned at one point so he just thought that he was abandoned again and he's a realist 4:01-5:00
The early installment weirdness of the first three arcs of the anime was kinda funny, like stuff like heracross sucking on bulbasaur’s bulb, the drying pan, or who can forget the mongoose
Bro i don't remember the Pokemon being subtitled at any point. They weren't subtitled with those shorts that used to come with the earlier movies on vhs right?
I don't think so, I know what you're talking about though. The shorts where the marill and cubone and a few others are the bad guys. I believe the subtitles were only in this episode
@@Totaraum Oh right, I was walking home while listening to the video and occasionally looking at the subs so I probably didn't catch that part. I thought you were talking about this being a regular thing whenever the trainers weren't around lol.
I wish I liked classic Team Rocket, but like you said, they were, and still remain, 95% annoying interruptions for me… But then, everything changed when the Sun&Moon anime attacked. By far the best the anime has ever been and finally a season that allowed Team Rocket's comedy to fit in with the show overall. Because the majority of the show was a comedy, and a funny one at that. Now it's the "plot" that's the filler and the comedy hi-jinx that's the substance. And ironically, that approach allowed to actually introduce and legitimately DEVELOP many recurring characters, because we're not just travelling between single-episode-locations and meeting single-episode-NPCs. And that's not even mentioning the animation. Peak Pokémon anime, no contest. Sure, I liked that XY&Z actually did so much more plot than previous seasons, but the follow-up really showed that's clearly not what Pokémon was meant to be. It's a wacky world with wacky creatures with wacky powers. It should always do comedy. Disclaimer: Can't speak to the quality of the English dub, as I only watched with subs.
I passed on sun and moon when it started airing, I might have to give it a try someday. The comedy aspect is great, but I think each season focusing on different stuff could make the series more fun and interesting to go through overall
So when they did black and white, that's where I fully fell in love with team rocket as a kid. I didn't like them. But growing up, they are so underrated. As u said they are probably the best written characters in all of TV history. It's so good how they make u feel u summed it up perfectly
From trying to rewatch this anime as an adult, (I haven''t rewatched all the episodes yet) I too think that the Team Rocket trio are the best characters in the whole show. James is my favorite one of the human characters who ever made any appearances, and Eric Stuart was a great casting choice for him. RIP Rachel Lillis, you truly did a good job at voicing both Jessie and Misty.
The zapdos scene looked bad because the strobe effects had to be removed. Also i. Regards to the license plate, nya is the japanese onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes.
I just realized. Do you think Bulbasaur being so pessimistic is partly why Charmander rebelled when it evolved? Remember, Charmander was abandoned and abused by its last trainer. Maybe over time he started to fear Ash would do the same
I love how unhinged OG Pokemon was lol James used to cross dress😂 before we even met Ash, we saw Nidorina use HORN ATTACK on Gengar, that family that dropped their baby out the helicopter nd he got adopted by that Kangaskhan
You gotta rewatch season 1 from the beginning Bulbasaur isn't being a dick he was abandoned once before that's how he ended up with Melanie the pokemon daycare lady he hadn't been with Ash very long before the shipwreck he wasn't sure what happened so that's what his mind came up with which makes their relationship that much more special Bulbasaur stays the longest ( into Master Quest) of the Kanto starters and one of Ash's most loyal Pokemon.
Aye, the Kanto, Orange Islands and Johto seasons were pretty wacky in the comedic aspect most of the time. After that the next few seasons mellowed a bit, and I pretty much stopped at the Black and White seasons, considering that the anime isn't really giving Ash the development we wanted him to have.
i lived through the 90's and some of tge 80's.....and people were mych meaner back then absolutely zero chance it would wind up on tape, or you getting doxxed etc no cameras, no internet people are just mean to eachother online now
Old pokemon wasn't afraid of being dark, can't say the same for nowadays, plus Ash could be roastful at times. RIP Rachael Lillis, cancer has taken too many away from us.
The sad thing about cancer is that we do have the power to cure it, but the medical industry wants to milk it for money. Curing any diagnosis like cancer equals no more money donations it's all about monopolism my friend from the medical industry to insurance causing things to be expensive since profit. like back then in the early 1900's a medical procedure only cost $ 20 to have, but thanks to the introduction of the insurance concept they now can charge massively for medical procedures, house damage repairs, and vehicle repairs.
And what the new animes arnt? Seriously i watched the newer anime before and though i find it intresting. The fact go caught allmost every pokemon in every area he enters with out fail or battleing does get on my nerves as he is written to be A mary sue who can be A jerk. But i get it. Hes the new main charater and he needs to outshine ash in every way. But still makes me A bit mad.
There was actually a joke in Pokemon Journeys (ie the last season of the show that had Jessie, James, Meowth, and Ash) where Team Rocket hid the entrance to their hideout in a phone booth but none of the main cast comprised of 10 year olds knew what a phone booth was except Ash. Jabbing at all four of them about how old they are. That was some classic old school Pokemon humor that I miss.
These old episodes are so nostalgic. Always found it funny that Ekans and Koffing talked like Cookie Monster.
Him calling koffing a tumor killed me bro🤣🤣
I actually thought they did Bulbasaur well. He was projecting his fears onto others. He was already abandoned once already. Now, to his perspective, he's been abandoned again.
When was Bulbasaur abandoned? Ash caught it at hidden village. Charmander was abandoned.
@@Drewdiabetesshhh only dreams now
@@Drewdiabetesall of the village Pokémon were abandoned by their previous trainers
@@pn2294 huh, I thought he was just the guardian of that. I need to rewatch the original at some point
bulbasaur wasnt abandoned lol
Meowth could walk on water and Meowzie would be like "oh look, you can't swim. How pathetic"
Fun fact the reason why Giovanni doesn't fire jessie is because Jessie's mother was team rocket best grunt but she disappeared looking for mew.
That's only just a fan theory, and it's unconfirmed whether that audio drama is even canon to begin with. Jessie's mother was never acknowledged as a Team Rocket member in any episode of the anime
I'm a fan of he doesn't fire Jesse or James because there just eyes on his son Ash ketchup.
@@Antymatters - "I'm a fan of he doesn't fire Jesse or James because there just eyes on his son Ash ketchup."
Ah, yes~ Ash ketchup. Not to be confused with Ash mayo, Ash mustard, Ash relish, Ash vinegar, Ash salsa picante, or Ash truffle oil. 😭
@@afro025 i thought the drama CD was confirmed to be canon?
Idk why pokemon is getting more attention from people outside the poketuber community but Im not complaining since its my favorite anime
Hell yeah
Could be because it's the most popular franchise in the world. Just saying.
honestly this, OP is tweaking lmao
I think everything from my/our childhoods is having that effect. More analysis, more fans exposed to media over time. I feel this happening with the halo trilogy and Pokémon. Warms my heart
@RAY296 these franchises are old enough now to get new new fans and new old fans. I'm glad I had good taste as a kid lol not everything from our childhood stood the test of time
After all these years I just realized they made an "R" out of the telephone cord in the booth.
What I find funny is that the two episodes you reviewed in this youtube video, were both written by the head writer of the Pokemon anime, Takeshi Shudo. He's also the same person who created Jessie, James, and Meowth, which is why they're more prominent in these episodes than they are normally, and it was his decision to keep Team Rocket in the anime all these years later 🙏 thank you, Takeshi Shudo
"No Pokémon do bad things"
Meanwhile the pokedex...
Snorlax casually starving entire villages
Drifloon just stealing children lol
Facts even kid me was like that just can't end well I was 8 at the time lmao @@Sackm4n
hypno
I always found it to be ridiculous how may when evolutions was first mentioned to her she literally both thought and imagined that her torchic was going to evolve into a big torchic with muscles for whatever reason
Forreal like bruh you live in HOENN you’ve most definitely seen a blaziken and a combusken before !
Thanks for the great video. I had not heard that Rachel Lillis had passed away. May she RIP.
6:35
TheCartoonGamer8000 made a video about about how the Porygon debut episode that caused seizures forced reruns of the episodes to have frame rates cut to prevent any more possible risks. I believe that is why certain scenes look like that and you have to watch the episodes from more specific sources to get the more fluid original animation with all the frame rates intact.
That figures, that’s also probably why a lot of shots get darkened when there are flashing lights too. There was one in that very episode where everyone’s jumping into the mine cart
@@Totaraumin anime (in general, not just pokémon) darkening their flashy scenes has become the norm. I hate it, but is understadable. Got to take care of every gentle, defective soul that can't deal with light
The filler episodes of pokemon are PEAK because of how iconic they are.
I remember those two eps, so good and def a part of my childhood. Had no idea Rachel Lillis died, rip. I loved Misty so much as a kid, and her role as Jesse was so perfect too like omg
Great video. RIP to Rachel.
Team Rocket absolutely the best characters on the show. That phone booth scene still makes me laugh as much as when I was a kid
I always found it to be hilarious how in the episode with the spaceship and the clafairy where in and Jessie sarcastically asked James what planet he was from and in another episode meowth jokingly called and asked for a transfer
For Bulbasaur saying that they probably abandoned them if you don't remember correctly that's fine but he was abandoned at one point so he just thought that he was abandoned again and he's a realist 4:01-5:00
Never better yourself for a female cat guys, better yourself for yourself!!
You need to do more of this, this was very enjoyable
The anime Kanto bike theme is so underrated
The early installment weirdness of the first three arcs of the anime was kinda funny, like stuff like heracross sucking on bulbasaur’s bulb, the drying pan, or who can forget the mongoose
great video, we need more of this!
16:28 I’m surprised you didn’t also mention that nya is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat meowing.
Go West Young Meowth was changed so much by the dub...
Bro i don't remember the Pokemon being subtitled at any point. They weren't subtitled with those shorts that used to come with the earlier movies on vhs right?
I don't think so, I know what you're talking about though. The shorts where the marill and cubone and a few others are the bad guys. I believe the subtitles were only in this episode
@@Totaraum Oh right, I was walking home while listening to the video and occasionally looking at the subs so I probably didn't catch that part. I thought you were talking about this being a regular thing whenever the trainers weren't around lol.
2:45 OAK NO LMAO
6:18 isn't that pikachu hearing the trainer gang calling for them or am I trippin and they just actually had random screaming
Is nobody going to talk about this nightmare of a thumbnail?
awesome video!
Old pokemon is so comfy. Its so corny and cheesy and it's wonderful for that
Fr, it has a charm the later seasons don’t have. it’s cool that they all have their own merits that make them worth revisiting
I love that the Detective Pikachu doesn’t shy away from how bonkers the Pokemon lore is.
I wish I liked classic Team Rocket, but like you said, they were, and still remain, 95% annoying interruptions for me…
But then, everything changed when the Sun&Moon anime attacked. By far the best the anime has ever been and finally a season that allowed Team Rocket's comedy to fit in with the show overall. Because the majority of the show was a comedy, and a funny one at that. Now it's the "plot" that's the filler and the comedy hi-jinx that's the substance. And ironically, that approach allowed to actually introduce and legitimately DEVELOP many recurring characters, because we're not just travelling between single-episode-locations and meeting single-episode-NPCs.
And that's not even mentioning the animation. Peak Pokémon anime, no contest. Sure, I liked that XY&Z actually did so much more plot than previous seasons, but the follow-up really showed that's clearly not what Pokémon was meant to be. It's a wacky world with wacky creatures with wacky powers. It should always do comedy.
Disclaimer: Can't speak to the quality of the English dub, as I only watched with subs.
I passed on sun and moon when it started airing, I might have to give it a try someday. The comedy aspect is great, but I think each season focusing on different stuff could make the series more fun and interesting to go through overall
So when they did black and white, that's where I fully fell in love with team rocket as a kid. I didn't like them. But growing up, they are so underrated. As u said they are probably the best written characters in all of TV history.
It's so good how they make u feel u summed it up perfectly
@13:26 I’m dying bro ☠️🤣🤣
My nostalgia can't escape enjoying the old pokemon episodes. Even if it felt like the same thing every episode but with a different pokemon. 👴
who’s the character shown at 9:31 ?
Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries
Goated show you should watch it
11:58 Shinji pose out of nowhere caught me off guard lol
3:53 Did homie just call charzard a dog? 😭😂
1:19 who always take helping *meowth* with videos
From trying to rewatch this anime as an adult, (I haven''t rewatched all the episodes yet) I too think that the Team Rocket trio are the best characters in the whole show. James is my favorite one of the human characters who ever made any appearances, and Eric Stuart was a great casting choice for him. RIP Rachel Lillis, you truly did a good job at voicing both Jessie and Misty.
This video truly sings about me, but im dying of thirst so great video
15:17 I’m dying of thirst too
Team Rocket were there cheering for Ash when he won his title as Pokemon master. In their defence they were always there for him.
Pokemon only got better over time (ignoring xy ofc). Also 4kids undisputed GOAT that drastically improved the series
The zapdos scene looked bad because the strobe effects had to be removed. Also i. Regards to the license plate, nya is the japanese onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes.
16:29 hmm... and pikachus number is 25... HEY WAIT A MINUTE!
2 reasons why I want a Vaporeon now
I just realized. Do you think Bulbasaur being so pessimistic is partly why Charmander rebelled when it evolved? Remember, Charmander was abandoned and abused by its last trainer. Maybe over time he started to fear Ash would do the same
I love how unhinged OG Pokemon was lol James used to cross dress😂 before we even met Ash, we saw Nidorina use HORN ATTACK on Gengar, that family that dropped their baby out the helicopter nd he got adopted by that Kangaskhan
You gotta rewatch season 1 from the beginning Bulbasaur isn't being a dick he was abandoned once before that's how he ended up with Melanie the pokemon daycare lady he hadn't been with Ash very long before the shipwreck he wasn't sure what happened so that's what his mind came up with which makes their relationship that much more special Bulbasaur stays the longest ( into Master Quest) of the Kanto starters and one of Ash's most loyal Pokemon.
tfw you recognize the Vaporeon clip: 💀
Every single time I came across this video in my history it had a different thumbnail. You okay? 😂
@@raccoonchild it’s running several at once to test which one performs the best. I promise I’m sane lol
05:30 good pokemon follow orders
Most bad ass character in pokemon and Dangerous, Hunter J 😂😂😂😂😂
the good old times where episodes is about the pokemon not the human characters
Very nice video
Aye, the Kanto, Orange Islands and Johto seasons were pretty wacky in the comedic aspect most of the time. After that the next few seasons mellowed a bit, and I pretty much stopped at the Black and White seasons, considering that the anime isn't really giving Ash the development we wanted him to have.
All these things are what make Pokemon special 😂😂 like they were great at breaking the 3rd nd a half wall ctfu
i lived through the 90's and some of tge 80's.....and people were mych meaner back then
absolutely zero chance it would wind up on tape, or you getting doxxed etc
no cameras, no internet
people are just mean to eachother online now
8:20
I am in tears lmfao they are so dumb
Goated episodes. Rip rachael lillis. Pokemon horizons is peak tho
Ash vs markus from digimon data squad, who wins?
Old pokemon wasn't afraid of being dark, can't say the same for nowadays, plus Ash could be roastful at times.
RIP Rachael Lillis, cancer has taken too many away from us.
Modern Pokémon actually does have its moments
Stountland’s death in sun and moon especially broke me
That's completely incorrect
The sad thing about cancer is that we do have the power to cure it, but the medical industry wants to milk it for money. Curing any diagnosis like cancer equals no more money donations it's all about monopolism my friend from the medical industry to insurance causing things to be expensive since profit. like back then in the early 1900's a medical procedure only cost $ 20 to have, but thanks to the introduction of the insurance concept they now can charge massively for medical procedures, house damage repairs, and vehicle repairs.
I hate the giant Pokemon episode. Not that it wasn't great😥 I just hate it be in Ash 's predicament. Running around, always in danger, being miserable
I miss the kyo ani days
The Hollywood Callifornia is just a America thing the translators changed it to Hollywood Callifornia due to Copyright reasons
That rich lady looks like a One Piece character 😂
Actual Hollywood=Region in California pokemon
Kidding a tumor LMAO
Gigantamax Pokemon 😂
Meowth Such a Simp.
90s cartoons are mean because they hadn’t taken the lead out of the gasoline yet
pokemon is an anime jackass,if you were a real anime fan you would know the difference between cartoons and anime,how dare you
12:37
"The Animatronics characters here do get a little bit quirky at the day"
Idk why i quoted phone guy here, i just tought it was funny
Well... anyone else tired of there child hood dying
And what the new animes arnt? Seriously i watched the newer anime before and though i find it intresting. The fact go caught allmost every pokemon in every area he enters with out fail or battleing does get on my nerves as he is written to be A mary sue who can be A jerk. But i get it. Hes the new main charater and he needs to outshine ash in every way. But still makes me A bit mad.
Roy?
More please
Meow from Hollywood California region
I hate to be that guy, but this dude's brother was way funnier and more entertaining than he was. Is he on TH-cam?
XY was and still is my favorite season of Pokémon
I barely watched a lot of this
this is pre 9-11 hahahahaha
Pre 9/11💀
SMH I wish my son and I could watch your videos WITHOUT all the unnecessary profanity..
to be funny?
0:28 bruh