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Jul 26, 2020 2:12 PM
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Such a great episode prob the best one out of the season!! Pikachu being jealous seemingly trying to return back home to Pallet town (home) along with the the help of Mr Mime was amazing. Pretty emotional & loved the use of the pokemon having flashbacks to their memories. mime carry pikachu & pikachu walking a tired mime was from a scene of a movie i cant think atop my head. One thing we know for sure now, Satoshi isnt stuck at 10 & its been a long journey.
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Jul 26, 2020 2:32 PM
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Ash and Pikachu is legendary !! really liked the nostalgia and flashback moments from when they first met, Mr. Mime and Pikachu part was also funny xD
Jul 26, 2020 2:55 PM
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This episode was so GODDAMN WHOLESOME I haven't cried this much in a Pokemon episode in such a long time aaaaaah the best of the season so far.

Loved seeing Petulant Pikachu again.
Jul 26, 2020 5:32 PM
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every gen has to have some sort of Bye Bye Pikachu episode. very uncharacteristic to give Pikachu the jealousy shtick considering how much it has grown and when Ash always had a project pokemon to train like Charizard, Lycanroc/Torracat, Greninja, etc

that said, this has to be like Mimey’s most active episode since his debut 20-some years ago. very underrated of the recurring characters/pokemon. i like the Spearow call-back to episode 1.

ngl, i expected Team Rocket to show up and Pikachu just went along with them lol

quite an adorable episode tho
Jul 26, 2020 6:01 PM
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the best episode of the "New" serie...By a long shot
Jul 26, 2020 6:09 PM
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This episode touches my sensitive fibers, really beautiful :')...
Jul 26, 2020 7:13 PM
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really enjoyed this ep was really cute
"one step at a time"
Jul 27, 2020 4:05 AM
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Ayeee this was a great episode. I absolutely loved the callback to the very first episode of Pokemon and the ending with Ash singing to Pikachu like how Delia did. Ash's mom was also great in this episode and of course Mr. Mime the MVP.
Jul 27, 2020 4:36 AM
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I laugh at how Ash's mom basically sleeps like him. Now we know who Ash got it from lol.
Jul 27, 2020 9:17 AM
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I loved this episode! Wasn't expecting much, but I was so wrong. It was such a wholesome episode, loved all the nostalgic throwbacks.
It made me smile, it's been a long time Pokemon, my friend.
Jul 27, 2020 6:43 PM

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Pikachus personality just took a 180 out of nowhere.
This was way out of character lol
Jul 27, 2020 7:56 PM

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By far the worst episode, Pikachu has been in the team for more than 1000 episodes, he isn't used in like 2-3 days and starts crying like a little bitch, Ash hasn't used things like Kingler since forever and I don't see them crying this much. Fuckin Pikachu is more clown than Mr.Mime
Jul 27, 2020 9:20 PM

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Wow Mr. Mime was so wholesome in this episode! :D

Interesting how we go from Yamper's jealousy to Pikachu's xD Electric Pokemon can be a bit toxic apparently lol It was a bit exaggerated in this case tho, Pikachu needs to remember that there is a HUGE difference between a newborn that really needs training (Riolu) and some electric mouse that defeated the likes of Dragonite, Regice, Latios, Silvally and freakin' TAPU KOKO xD
THANKS SENPIEX
Jul 28, 2020 9:09 PM

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Lol Pikachu was sulking cause Ash didn't give him much attention, that was kinda cute.
Jul 28, 2020 9:10 PM

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Floyd said:
Wow Mr. Mime was so wholesome in this episode! :D

Interesting how we go from Yamper's jealousy to Pikachu's xD Electric Pokemon can be a bit toxic apparently lol It was a bit exaggerated in this case tho, Pikachu needs to remember that there is a HUGE difference between a newborn that really needs training (Riolu) and some electric mouse that defeated the likes of Dragonite, Regice, Latios, Silvally and freakin' TAPU KOKO xD
Lost to a level 5 starter Snivy in Unova thou.
Jul 29, 2020 12:18 AM

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MegamiRem said:
Lost to a level 5 starter Snivy in Unova thou.


It was level 16 if it knew Leaf Tornado but yeah, Unova as a whole wasn't one of the anime's brightest writings, even for its own standards xD Now that you mention Unova, it's really ironic that Ash has his own Riolu now, the same Pokemon from someone who humilliated Ash so badly in gen 5 league :P
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Jul 29, 2020 1:05 AM

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Floyd said:
MegamiRem said:
Lost to a level 5 starter Snivy in Unova thou.


It was level 16 if it knew Leaf Tornado but yeah, Unova as a whole wasn't one of the anime's brightest writings, even for its own standards xD Now that you mention Unova, it's really ironic that Ash has his own Riolu now, the same Pokemon from someone who humilliated Ash so badly in gen 5 league :P
Oh right I forgot but still it shouldn't have been possible for a pikachu that has been used in 4 regions before to lose to a snivy of that level. Pikachu's level and EV should be maxed out and yet he loses to the most random pokemon using him. So level and training is an invalid fact in the anime no matter how u look at it.
Jul 29, 2020 11:19 AM

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the flashback to the 1st episode of season 1, as well as how they made the same thing between Pika-chan and mom, and Pika-chan with Ashe, aaaaaaand, how they made Pika-chan and Wanpachi last episode...this really was quite fun :D
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Jul 29, 2020 12:44 PM

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MegamiRem said:
So level and training is an invalid fact in the anime no matter how u look at it.


I'm not sure about that. Maybe level is an invalid fact since weak moves can be effective here but not training. Pikachu lost a lot of battles before XY season started but, since then up to now, he got like 7 losses iirc. That's through two entire regions only! :O This gives him a better consistency in his strength, even if he isn't as overpowered as Alain's Charizard. Right now, he only lost to Charizard (again lol) but it was the World Champion :P
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Aug 14, 2020 1:54 PM

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The best episode so far! It's very rare for Pikachu to rebel against Ash.
Dec 9, 2020 4:57 AM
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That was so wholesome. At the same time, I was expecting to see the previous Pokémons of Ash.
Apr 7, 2021 7:45 PM

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This episode was unexpected, but now it has to be my favorite so far in the season! Huge amount of nostalgia, and it was nice seeing more of Delia. Seeing Pikachu jealous like that was cute.


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Sep 26, 2021 12:42 AM

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Very nice episode. Loved the fanservice with the first ever episode of Pokemon.
Oct 10, 2021 1:10 PM

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reminded me the episode "goodbye pikachu" from season 1 only the opposite.

kinda saw that ending, both pikachu wants to return and ash to be in pallet xD

ash's mother looks like a teenager when she sleeps.
and lol she's sleeping exactly like her son xDD
Aug 28, 2022 9:39 AM
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Oh God the copious amount of nostalgia and tasteful recreation of the moment that made a generation fall in love with this series.
OLM, Take a bow. You respect your legacy and so do we !
Nov 15, 2022 5:51 AM
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on of my favourite episodes :]
Dec 4, 2022 11:30 AM

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this episode was precious! specially the end when ash and pikachu singed the lullaby together😭 that was the most adorable thing iv seen in pokemon definitely one of the best pokemon episodes for me loved it.
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LMAOOOO 🤣🤣🤣

Jan 16, 5:02 PM

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Kinda torn on this episode.
I love the cute scenes between Ash's mom and Pikachu, the fooling around with Mr. Mime and I LOVED Pikachu singing along with Ash falling asleep.
On the other hand though it felt very out of character for Pikachu to suddenly be overcome with that much jealousy to want to run away from Ash, especially after all they've been through.

The episode is still fine though, just wish it didn't feel so forced in terms of Pikachu.
Mar 28, 8:15 PM
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Kinda weird that they went with the same theme as last episode but whatever.
Mimey was the MVP in this one, though he could have used telekinesis to pull Pikachu out of the river I guess.
Also the fact that that trucker pulled over for Pikachu’s round shiny butt was… well, what was that? Better off not knowing some things I guess.
Overall a very emotional episode. Wondering if there’s ever been a Pokemon species so consistently portrayed as evil as Spearow and Fearow.

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