Pokemon - "Tentacool and Tentacruel"

Before I begin talking about this episode I like, I must first off begin by saying that I'm not in the know about what's been going on with Pokemon lately. It's just one of those shows that pass by my radar sometimes, I don't know, it's just one of those shows that I kind of forget exist, but I use to be a fan of it, and followed it during its 4Kids Era and the Battle Frontier season. Okay, with that out of the way, let's begin.

The plot centers around Ash, Brock, and Misty stranded in Porta Vista, the only town on the island with varies to the main land. During the next three hours, Misty captures a Horsea and they ntoice that a boat has been destroyed by Tentacool and paralyzed the sailors. Nastina, voiced by Kayzie Rogers, wants to exterminate the Tentacool, but Misty is so disgusted by this that she refuses. Once the town rallies to volunteer to exterminate the Tentacool herd, Team Rocket steps in and tries their best, except, their stun sauce causes a Tentacool evolve into a giant 50-feet tall Tentacruel, and with him being giant, he sends his army of Tentacool to attack Porta Vista as revenge for the people their destroying their home, the coral reef, where the hotel is built. How will Ash and his friends handle this? Stay tuned to find out!

Before I talk about what I like about the episode, let's talk about the temporary banning of this episode in America. The reasoning behind this was mostly because of the fact that 9/11 happened back in 2001, because of this, Kids WB flatly refuse to air a rerun of this episode for their block, it was also banned for a couple of weeks due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, due to the flood, if that was the case, then how come all The Powerpuff Girls were never banned due to 9/11? Oh, well, we'll never know. besides, if they were banned, we wouldn't have Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network, speaking of which, despite these disasters, Cartoon Network reran this episode a couple of times in 2002. Okay, enough of that jabber, let's say what's great about the episode.

This episode is just great, it has a lot of action and danger kind of like my previous review, the comedy was spot on, like James' line "Oh, it's a Tentacruel world." Team Rocket's lines are good, and with all that aside, it's a Misty story, It focused more on Misty more than Ash and Brock, mostly because these Pokemon are water type. I also kind of like how Tentacruel uses Meowth to speak through telepathy, but Brock prefers to it as using him as a puppet, doesn't he know the difference? Anyway, I especially like the fight where Pikachu, Pidgeotto, Butterfree, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Starmie, Staryu, Goldeen, and Zubat do their best to out do the Tentacool, but Tentacruel stops them in their tracks because according to him, they were battling to save the "destructive" humans. Only one person can stop him. That person being Misty.

So, bottom line, this episode is great despite the temporary banning in the US for 2001 and 2005. My only complaint is the fact is that it's not on Hulu. It's not anywhere on Hulu! Mom, if you're reading this, don't look for it for me. Besides you can watch it on DVD or online. Go ahead and check the episode out if your a big fan of Pokemon.