ENGLISH NAME	JAPANESE NAME	POKEMOPOLIS NAME	DODGINESS RATING	ANIMATION	STORY	TEAM ROCKET	MORAL LEARNT
550: The Psyduck Stops Here!	555: Kodakku no Tosenbo!	Baby Ducks with Headaches			The twerps get stymied by three confused ducks	ALSO stymied by three confused ducks	Ducks are confused by rapists

Today finds the twerps making their way to their next city, Hearthome a total bust in terms of getting Ash another Gym Battle so instead they're heading for Dawn's next Pokémon Contest. But as they move through a narrow ravine, they see three shapes standing before them..... PSYDUCKS!

PSYDUCKS!

The twerps are pleased at first to see the delightfully confused ducks, but when Ash asks if they can move past, their eyes glow and the twerps are lifted into the air and dropped on their butts. Ash is furious, how dare they block the road and attack them!?! He charges angrily while yelling, a strategy that has worked for him maybe once in the last decade, and the Psyducks psychically slam him backwards before all cocking their heads simultaneously, which is a little creepy.

Well, it looks like....



The twerps strategise to try and figure out a way around the Psyducks, but Dawn insists this will cause them to miss the Contest. Ash is determined though, and if the Psyduck are going to get in his way, then he'll just have to throw down and fight them..... via proxy!

He sends in Turtwig that manages to bite one of them on the head (worsening its headache which SHOULD make it stronger!) but that allows the other two to toss it back with Psychic. Ash recalls Turtwig and Piplup insists it will negotiate.

PIPLUP! NEGOTIATE!?!

It stomps up self importantly and squeaks away at them and they seem to be listening, but when it turns to shout out to the twerps, they smash it backwards with a concerted attack. Furious, Dawn orders an attack which is turned back by the Psyduck, so she and Piplup go for the big guns with Whirlpool..... which ends about as predictably as you might expect.

Piplup is knocked out, so Brock tries to fight creepy with creepy and sends in Croagunk with Poison Sting. But the Psyduck reverse it, then blast Croagunk before it can use Poison Jab and knock it out. Ash sends in Chimchar but one flamethrower isn't enough to stop three Psyduck, and he has to call it back... and then they hear laughter... it's Team Rocket!

They're up on the top of the ravine mocking the twerps for their failure to get past three small yellow fluffy confused ducks. They insist they can get past the Psyducks and make the twerps look foolish, and come down the ravine and send in Meowth to chat with the ducks. Unfortunately Meowth's negotiations rely on the idea that the Psyducks probably want to help them capture the twerp's Pikachu, which really isn't high on their agenda. After offering them a bribe of food, the Psyduck have heard enough and lift Team Rocket into the air, then begin bopping their heads together!

Psyducks? More like.... PSYJERKS!

The twerps suggest that Team Rocket needs a hobby, but of course they already have one, as they crash and Meowth suggests they capture those three Psyducks for the Boss!

Back at the ravine, Brock has become desperate(r) and sends in Happiny to match their threefold strength. When they blast it backwards though the little baby becomes infuriated and hauls up a massive rocky outcropping... realises it is overcommitted and staggers about as the twerps scatter in panic, then loses its grip and crashes down, knocking itself out.

Dawn sends in Swinub to dig under them and deliver a sneak attack, but the Psyducks see it coming and lift Swinub out of the ground with Psychic and toss it back. The twerps are forced to retreat again, trying to understand WHY the Psyducks are blocking the passage.... maybe to protect them? Ash thinks if he can get Gliscor to fly him up higher he can see past the blocking Pokémon, and he climbs up as far as he can before calling out Gliscor, then Staravia to kick up a wind to allow it to glide. Back down on the ground, Dawn is yelling up to Ash to be careful when suddenly, out of nowhere, Brock shows her his maracas!

Oh like you wouldn't.

He wants Dawn to shake her maracas with him, insisting it is to "provide a distraction".... yeah, that's it... a distraction... sure. Yeah. That's why. It works though, the Psyduck watch and.... yeah, they're pretty confused.

As the two dance and the Psyduck try to make sense of what they're seeing, Ash, Gliscor and Pikachu glide overhead but start to lose height. Staravia kicks up a fresh wind for them but Gliscor has trouble maintaining a straight path with Ash holding on and they crash into the walls, eventually hitting the ground and landing, hurt but alive. Gliscor does not take its failure very well.



Ash, Pikachu and Staravia continue on down the path after recalling Gliscor, and discover the reason for the roadblock, it's a pond full of Psyducks! With Psyduck eggs!

Meanwhile Dawn is bored and so are the Psyducks, only Brock interested in continuing his dance. When Dawn points out that the Psyducks aren't even watching anymore, Brock gasps out an astonished,"QUEEEEE!?!?!"

Just then Ash returns, gripping Gliscor's legs and weaving wildly out of control as they drop too low and he accidentally kicks one of the Psyduck's in the head, causing the three to look about in confusion trying to figure out what the hell just happened.

Ash crashes and explains what happened with the Psyduck eggs, but as they try to work out what to do next, smokebombs crash down out of nowhere over the Psyducks. What was that!?!

"It's not a question of what but rather who!"
"Though asking why is strictly taboo!"
"On the wind!"
"Past the stars!"
"I see you!"
"Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace!"
"Dashing all hope, putting fear in its place."
"Rocking your twerpish world in a snap!" says Jesse as she and James snap their fingers.
"Making everything worse while fitting the flap!" adds James.... wait, what?
"It's Jesse!"
"And it's James!"
"Meowth, now dat's a name!"
"When you're a team you're a team all the way!" giggles Jesse, snapping her fingers in unison with James and Meowth, doing a little West Side Story.
"And that Team's Team Rocket!"
"Here to stay!" they finish together.

They grab the Psyducks about the heads with suckers (they just had them, okay!) and lift them up. The twerps try to help them, Croagunk succeeding in jabbing the balloon and crashing it. The Psyducks are knocked free, and the twerps have their Pokémon battle Team Rocket, the Psyducks joining in to send Team Rocket blasting off again!



Yep, there they go!

The twerps thank the Psyducks for helping and ask if they realise they're friends yet. Just then another Psyduck arrives crying out for attention, and the others rush off after it, followed by the twerps. And the reason? BABY PSYDUCKS!



Little baby Psyducks with headaches!

The twerps take a step forward and the Psyducks angrily step forward to block them. Rather than accept that maybe these Pokémon don't want humans stomping up to their NEWBORN GODDAMN BABIES! the twerps decide to stick around and interfere and gain their trust, making them food to eat for their first meal so they'll imprint on the humans instead of their mothers.

After successfully feeding them, the twerps notice that the Psyducks are all living in a small pond instead of the nearby Lake Psyduck. Hearing the name, the Psyducks grab at their heads in pain, so the twerps head over to the lake to see what is what. The lake is much bigger and nicer with plentiful food, but it is deserted..... almost! As Ash approaches the water, it bubbles and surges to reveal.... MUKS! Rapist Muks!

They attack the twerps to either scare them off or gain access to Dawn and her scandalously short skirt. Luckily the twerps have an ace up their sleeves - earlier their Pokémon got their asses kicked by the three Psyduck which these three Muk have obviously easily defeated in the past. So the twerps fight the Muks off using their Pokémon that couldn't beat the Psyducks who themselves couldn't beat the Muk! The logic is fullproof! They beat the shit out of the Muks, smacking them with everything they've got, including Croagunk shattering the non-existent skull of one of the slimy rapists.

Eventually the Muks are blasted off, flying through the air and crashing into a thick and polluted mess of a different lake. They haul up out of the murky water and... are delighted! They much prefer this kind of muck to the clear water of Lake Psyduck! They begin splashing each other and giggling (ever seen a huge fat rapist giggle? Now imagine three of them!) and then spot three other Muks. Girl Muks!

Oh my God it's rapist love!

They dance off together through the murky water, raping happily ever after.

The Psyducks return to their Lake with their babies, diving back into the water as the twerps watch. It seems like everyone has been left happy.... except for Team Rocket.

Unless they happened to fall into Lake Naked Giovanni.

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