LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Now if only they could have more lines like this instead of becoming a one-trick pony all the time.....must resist rant on how Jesse and James were handled in the anime.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a bad post Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Y'know it'd be nice if they actually succeeded once and while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 They should have succeeded many times, but most episodes ended like. 1.) Team Rocket almosts gets away with it 2.) Team Rocket gets a little greedy and sticks around for that one more Pokemon. 3.) Blasting off again. They could have stolen many Pokemon if they would just leave while they were ahead. Or avoid Ash and go steal some other Pokemon. In fact, if they just wait after failing to steal certain rare Pokemon until Ash and Co. leave, they'd be able to nab them. Yes I know it's for the show, good guys gotta win. But it's sad. Jesse and James were the best and most interesting characters in the show, imo, but only when they weren't being reduced to the same gags/plot devices. tldr; Pokemon anime could be amazing but they often fall short and don't use the full potential. Oh god I ranted, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 You know, in the first season of the Black/White era anime, Jesse and James became incredibly competent. Every move they made seemed to be a Xanatos Gambit. Every action they took looked to have a big, foreboding conclusion. It was all building up to this epic confrontation between Team Rocket and Team Plasma in the Relic Desert. ...Which never aired, because that two-parter season finale was cancelled on account of the Tohoku Earthquake... ...BECAUSE THE EPISODE SOMEHOW INVOLVED EARTHQUAKES!!! And Jesse and James immediately reverted back to their normal selves, without any indication on WHY THEY BECAME SO F**KING AWESOME, AND WHY THEY SUCKED AGAIN!!! UGH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 You know, in the first season of the Black/White era anime, Jesse and James became incredibly competent. I noticed. I was actually really happy with that part of the anime because of that. Thing is, they have been really competent, though that was the longest period. It's frustrating with how much backstory and personality they gave them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 I noticed. I was actually really happy with that part of the anime because of that. Thing is, they have been really competent, though that was the longest period. It's frustrating with how much backstory and personality they gave them. 22 glorious episodes of the duo being an actual threat...and it all went down the drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Isn't there a thing where they've always been competent, but because they keep messing with Ash, they lose? Part of it is them being obsessive, the other is they keep trying to overspecialize to beat him. I haven't seen the anime for years now, but I seem to remember that half the time they'd have some sort of mech that resists 2 or 3 specific things (electricity, fire, etc), and something they didn't predict ends up beating them. And because they're obsessed, they don't get seen accomplishing anything because they keep failing against the same specific people, and the majority of the Pokemon world actually seems hideously ill-equipped to stop them in a timely manner. I'm sure you can count on one hand the number of times that they steal something, and the victim was actually equipped to chase them down and stop them without Ash's Pokemon or support. If they targeted people who weren't in the vicinity of Ash, they'd be incredibly successful. As a result of them constantly tangling with Ash, any credibility they had as threats has vanished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Isn't there a thing where they've always been competent, but because they keep messing with Ash, they lose? Part of it is them being obsessive, the other is they keep trying to overspecialize to beat him. I haven't seen the anime for years now, but I seem to remember that half the time they'd have some sort of mech that resists 2 or 3 specific things (electricity, fire, etc), and something they didn't predict ends up beating them. And because they're obsessed, they don't get seen accomplishing anything because they keep failing against the same specific people, and the majority of the Pokemon world actually seems hideously ill-equipped to stop them in a timely manner. I'm sure you can count on one hand the number of times that they steal something, and the victim was actually equipped to chase them down and stop them without Ash's Pokemon or support. If they targeted people who weren't in the vicinity of Ash, they'd be incredibly successful. As a result of them constantly tangling with Ash, any credibility they had as threats has vanished. Which is why the first 22 episodes of B/W were such welcome changes. THEY BARELY TANGLED WITH HIM AT ALL, AND EVEN WHEN THEY DID, THEY KEPT THEIR MISSION'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE, WHICH WAS NOT TO CATCH PIKACHU, IN MIND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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