ENGLISH NAME	JAPANESE NAME	POKEMOPOLIS NAME	DODGINESS RATING	ANIMATION	STORY	TEAM ROCKET	MORAL LEARNT
686: Facing Fear With Eyes Wide Open!	691: Gamagaru, Maggyo! Mizube no Tatakai!	Feeling The Need For Weed			Oshawott faces his fears, the other Pokémon need weed	Toking up somewhere else	Legalise Medicinal Marijuana

Today finds the twerps stopped by a beautiful lake against a mountain/forest backdrop. Iris is enthralled, Cilan decides to stop for lunch and Iris asks Axew if it wants to play while they wait for Cilan to cook her food. Ash seems less than pleased though, still thinking about Trip telling him that Oshawott was retarded, and decides he is going to get in some training with the mad little otter. Iris tells him to leave his other Pokémon to get in some fun time, she'll keep an eye on them, and Cilan asks her to watch his too. They call out their Pokémon (Emolga and Snivy deliberately ignoring each other), and Ash tells Oshawott they're going to get in some (more!) special training, making it cock its head in confusion. It's time Oshawott, time for...



Ash strips down to his swim trunks and he and Oshawott do some stretching while Iris runs around with the other Pokémon. Oshawott jumps into the water and backstrokes happily, and Ash tells him that while he might be an awesome swimmer, he needs to learn how to open his eyes under water. Holding Oshawott's clubby little paws in his hands, he tells Oshawott to put his head under the water and open his eyes, and Ash will be there to help him if needed. Oshawott tries, not all that pleased with the situation, and Ash looks under and finds that.... his eyes are squeezed shut in a near panic!

They lift out of the water and Ash explains again to his little otter he can't keep his eyes closed. They try again, this time together, Ash telling Oshawott to look at him, but once they're under water Oshawott's eyes are squeezed shut again as the little otter whimpers in fright. Ash, ever diplomatic and subtle, grabs Oshawott's eyelids and FORCES THEM OPEN!

Oh Ash.

Freaking out, Oshawott blasts him with Water Gun and knocks him out of the lake and onto the grass, where he lays twitching in pain.... and it serves him right! Meanwhile, Iris is knocking a ball about for the Pokémon to hit about, only Emolga gets it into her head to take Snivy down a peg or two. She bats the ball towards Snivy who with an indifferent sniff knocks it aside... straight into a panicked Dwebble which throws its pincers up and.... deflates the ball! As it freaks out and Iris tries to calm it down, Snivy and Emolga are glaring daggers at each other and Scraggy is stumbling about in the bushes where it locates.... flat Pokéballs? No... mushrooms!?! Bizarre little mushroom style Pokémon whose "hats" look like Pokéballs and are glaring angrily at Scraggy. Scraggy reacts as Scraggy must, with a headbutt, and it kicks off a rumble that gets the attention of all the other Pokémon which rush off leaving an astonished Iris behind. Cilan comes spiralling in singing,"IT'S.....LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH TIIIIIIIME!" only to discover that the Pokémon have taken off, running straight into what looks like a bizarre combination of Smog/Stun Spore and getting knocked out.

Meanwhile Ash and Oshawott are back to trying, Oshawott freaking out and not wanting to do it. Iris and Cilan call to Ash that Pikachu (and the others) are in trouble, and he rushes up to find all the Pokémon down and looking feverish. Iris says it was Poison Spore from the Foongus (the mushroom Pokémon) and Ash checks them out with his Pokédex, learning they use Poison Spores as a defence to prevent being captured. Cilan says he is out of the antidote for the poison, and that there isn't a Pokémon Center within miles. Iris suggests a weed that can be used for the Poison, and Cilan checks it out with his little computer thingymajig that has a name that I forget, and discovers there is plenty of the weed nearby. He, Ash and Oshawott head out to locate it, and of course by a REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE they learn that the weed is located in narrow crevices at the bottom of the lake that Ash is too big to get into. Luckily Ash declares they have Oshawott, and holds him out proudly saying that Oshawott can do it!



Oshawott seems.... less than enthused.

Cilan says that it'll be difficult to see in the best of circumstances, but if Oshawott won't even open his eyes then it'll be impossible. Ash has a solution though, he'll tug on Oshawott's ears to indicate direction. As he says this, he DOES pull on Oshawott's ears, causing him to look around in confusion, just wondering what the hell is going on. Ash puts a rebreather in his mouth, then leaps into the water with Oshawott and heads down for the crevasse.

Meanwhile Iris is making juice from Oran Berries to feed to the Pokémon - it won't heal them but it'll give them energy and make them feel better. She tells Axew that Ash will be back soon with the weed they need (not that type of weed!), they just need to hold on.

Down in the water, as Ash swims along with Oshawott, a Palpitoad spots them and looks pissed off (why? Is it possibly the same one Trip was trying to capture?). It turns and grumbles at some frightened looking Tympole (they look like flat faced Mudkips!) and they set off to do its bidding as it leers in pleasure.

Ash spots a crevice in the rocks and it IS incredibly narrow, so narrow you might think there is an Oshawott shaped hole in the far distance on the other side. The weeds are inside, and Ash tells Oshawott to grab them, but then the Tympole attack. Ash darts aside but Oshawott doesn't know what is going on, his eyes still closed. Ash shouts a warning for Oshawott to open his eyes but he can't, and gets blasted by blasts of Water Gun and a type of Sonic Attack by the Tympole, barraging it from all sides like a girl who made some bad life decisions.

Cilan sees the eruptions of Water Gun, while Iris is wondering where Ash is. Down in the water, Oshawott tries to use Razor Shell but the Tympole easily dodge, and Ash finally convinces him to open his eyes. He narrowly opens them, looking like Mr. Magoo, but it is too late and the Tympole strike, knocking him about. Ash yells (through the rebreather) to open his eyes, he MUST open his eyes, and finally Oshawott does it. He carves through the Bubble Attacks from the Tympole and they freak out, and in typical Oshawott fashion the little otter becomes a little TOO proud of himself after finally learning to do something.



Love that Otter.

The Tympole cheese it and Ash congratulates Oshawott, and they decide to head out in case the Tympole return. As they head for the surface, the Palpitoad grumpily looks down at the lake floor and grumbles something, and.... the most hilariously ugly fucking Pokémon responds. It's a Stunfisk, and its face is on its back, wide-eyed and gaping mouthed and looking utterly retarded. The bottomfeeder lifts up, takes instruction from Palpitoad and then heads up after Ash and Oshawott, blasting them with an electric attack. They're blasted out of the water to Cilan's feet, and Stunfisk emerges from the water to laugh like a happy retard in their direction - my God it is so ugly and stupid, I love it!

They check it out with the Pokédex and learn that it smiles all the time it is attacking foes. It's like a flat Jabba the Hutt, and Ash is concerned that they can't get back in while Stunfisk is in the way. Cilan tells him not to worry though because.... IT'S FISHING TIME! He whips out a short purple dildo, causing Ash's eyes to widen, then unscrews it to reveal it is actually a fishing rod, and he even has a little Cilan lure! As he poses bravely and talks about the battle to come between himself and Stunfisk, Ash beams with pleasure much like Iris did when Cilan waxed lyrical about romance a few episodes ago.

Cilan makes a dramatic backhand cast and skims the lure across the glittering water, but then frowns, saying there is something wrong - an out of place recipe in a tried and true recipe. But he gets a bite and begins hauling on the line, pulling loose and... dragging Stunfisk up to the surface! It flaps in stupid alarm on the shore, drowning in the burning air while Ash and Cilan celebrate... but then that out of taste ingredient joins them above the water!



UH OH!

It's Palpitoad, come to face them itself at last. Ash checks it out with his Pokédex as it... whips out a long-ass tongue and blasts some kind of gunk at them. Stunfisk takes the chance to jump up and blast gunk/sludge at Cilan. The lure is still in its mouth though, and Cilan says he will handle Stunfisk while Ash deals with Palpitoad. To do this, he.... starts swinging Stunfisk around his head! Haha, what an amazing jerk!

Ash tells Oshawott he needs to face Palpitoad, and Oshawott looks brave at first till the big toad roars at him and he tries to figure out a way to back out. Ash tells him Pikachu and the others are relying on him though, so Oshawott steps up to the plate with Water Gun.... which gets blasted straight through by Hydro-Pump!

Oshawott crashes down in front of Ash, mud in its face, but it isn't giving up, because now it has been embarrassed! It tries to use Razor Shell but gets a blast of Super-Sonic right in the face from Palpitoad's huge mouth, followed by Mud Shot, sending blasts of gunk into Oshawott. He recovers though, while Ash says it is really strong... and he is going to catch it! Going for all or nothing, he has Oshawott use AquaJet... but his eyes are closed! He slides off to the side out of control again, and Palpitoad blasts another Mud Shot at him. Ash yells at Oshawott that he must open his eyes, he has to! Oshawott remembers back in the lake and despite being horrified and terrified, he forces his eyes open and..... starts kicking some ass! Zipping between the Mud Shots, he blasts straight into a horrified Palpitoad and knocks him the fuck out!



MOTHERFUCKING OSHAWOTT!

Ash throws his Pokéball and captures Palpitoad (despite it being knocked out!) and Cilan decides to do the same with Stunfisk. He has apparently been swinging it around his head this entire time, which is a hell of an introduction for a Pokémon to its new trainer. He crashes it into the ground, knocking it out, then captures it in the Pokéball. Oshawott scoops up the Pokéball happily with his little paws and runs it over to Ash, who along with Cilan celebrate their new captures. Ash's Pokéball switch is glowing red though, and Cilan reminds him that since he already has Six Pokémon with him, the Pokéball won't work till he does a transfer.

Ash asks Oshawott to go and get the weed by itself now, knowing he can do it. Oshawott happily agrees, swimming down with eyes wide open and collecting it. They return to Iris who makes up the antidote, feeding it to all the Pokémon. The camera lifts to the sky for some reason as the music hits a crescendo.... then returns to the lake where everybody is running around feeling much better. Ash insists it is because of Oshawott that the Pokémon are okay, and the Pokémon gather to thank him, causing him to blush with pride... and this time, well deserved pride!

Love that fucking Otter.

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