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* AshFace: When Vulpix uses Flamethrower on Team Rocket, they are burned to three different levels of severity, which they {{Lampshade}}. Meowth, Arbok, and Weezing are "rare", and lightly singed, Jessie is "medium" and is charred brown, while James is "well done" and is completely charred black.
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* AtrociousAlias: The aliases Ash, Misty and Brock use while in Dark City are Tom Ato, Ann Chovi and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Caesar Salad]]. It’s not much better in the Japanese version where they have aliases based on Ketchup, Chicken Rice and Curry Rice…

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* AtrociousAlias: The aliases Ash, Misty and Brock use while in Dark City are Tom Ato, Ann Chovi and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Caesar Salad]].Salad. It’s not much better in the Japanese version where they have aliases based on Ketchup, Chicken Rice and Curry Rice…
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[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where...]] [[NeverLiveItDown Pikachu shows an interest in ketchup]].
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* CargoShip: In-Universe, Pikachu and the ketchup bottle. The heartbroken look on Pikachu's face when Scyther slices the bottle in half...

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* CargoShip: In-Universe, Pikachu and the ketchup bottle. [[MourningAnObject The heartbroken look on Pikachu's face face]] when Scyther slices the bottle in half...



* CurbstompBattle: Literal examples in Electabuzz and Scyther's cases; Electabuzz manages to effortlessly blast away Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Mankey, and Machoke with a powerful Thunderpunch attack and Scyther uses Cut attack to destroy a building the Team Rocket trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth happened to be sitting on before they get taken along with the collapsing building.

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* CurbstompBattle: CurbStompBattle: Literal examples in Electabuzz and Scyther's cases; Electabuzz manages to effortlessly blast away Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Mankey, and Machoke with a powerful Thunderpunch attack and Scyther uses Cut attack to destroy a building the Team Rocket trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth happened to be sitting on before they get taken along with the collapsing building.
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** Played UpToEleven on this episode: two rival gyms are so willing to do anything in order to become official (and the only gym in town) that they have escalated into a full-blown MobWar which has made many town residents leave because of their fear for their lives and livelihoods becoming collateral damage.

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** Played UpToEleven on this episode: two Two rival gyms are so willing to do anything in order to become official (and the only gym in town) that they have escalated into a full-blown MobWar which has made many town residents leave because of their fear for their lives and livelihoods becoming collateral damage.
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* NonDubbedGrunts: Like many Pokémon, Electabuzz retains its Japanese vocals in the dub, though 4Kids decided for some reason [[https://youtu.be/s7tmSCZl0FE 4Kids decided to recycle a single voice clip of the Pokémon.]] [[https://youtu.be/21zQL_t1BiI The full range of its Japanese voice (0:45-0:50)]] can actually be heard in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.

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* NonDubbedGrunts: Like many Pokémon, Electabuzz retains its Japanese vocals in the dub, though 4Kids decided for some reason [[https://youtu.be/s7tmSCZl0FE 4Kids decided to recycle only a single voice clip of the Pokémon.]] [[https://youtu.be/21zQL_t1BiI The full range of its Japanese voice (0:45-0:50)]] can actually be heard in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
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* NonDubbedGrunts: Like many Pokémon, Electabuzz retains its Japanese vocals in the dub, though 4Kids decided for some reason [[https://youtu.be/s7tmSCZl0FE 4Kids decided to recycle a single voice clip of the Pokémon.]] [[https://youtu.be/21zQL_t1BiI The full range of its Japanese voice (0:45-0:50)]] can actually be heard in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
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* AtrociousAlias: The aliases Ash, Misty and Brock use while in Dark City are Tom Ato, Ann Chovi and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Caesar Salad]]. It’s not much better in the Japanese version where they have named based on Ketchup, Chicken Rice and Curry Rice…

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* AtrociousAlias: The aliases Ash, Misty and Brock use while in Dark City are Tom Ato, Ann Chovi and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Caesar Salad]]. It’s not much better in the Japanese version where they have named aliases based on Ketchup, Chicken Rice and Curry Rice…



* BullSeeingRed: The Pokédex mentions Scyther and Electabuzz become enraged at the sight of the color red. Incidentally, this fact is also mentioned in the Pocket Monster Encyclopedia, essentially the writers bible for the original games. Before the Japanese Pokémon Blue was released, they were exclusive to the Red Version.

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* BullSeeingRed: The Pokédex mentions Scyther and Electabuzz become are among the few Pokémon that can distinguish colors, becoming enraged at the sight of the color red. Incidentally, this fact is also mentioned in the Pocket Monster Encyclopedia, essentially the writers bible for the original games. Before the Japanese Pokémon Blue was released, they were exclusive to the Red Version.
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* AtrociousAlias: The aliases Ash, Misty and Brock use while in Dark City are Tom Ato, Ann Chovi and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Caesar Salad]].

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* AtrociousAlias: The aliases Ash, Misty and Brock use while in Dark City are Tom Ato, Ann Chovi and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Caesar Salad]]. It’s not much better in the Japanese version where they have named based on Ketchup, Chicken Rice and Curry Rice…
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* BullSeeingRed: This particular Scyther and Electabuzz get angry at anything red they see.

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* BullSeeingRed: This particular The Pokédex mentions Scyther and Electabuzz get angry become enraged at anything red the sight of the color red. Incidentally, this fact is also mentioned in the Pocket Monster Encyclopedia, essentially the writers bible for the original games. Before the Japanese Pokémon Blue was released, they see.were exclusive to the Red Version.

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* CrazyPrepared: Ash and his friends set up multiple lightning rods to power up Pikachu's attacks, even though they are certain that they will be able to solve the conflict without fight.

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* CrazyPrepared: Ash and his friends set up multiple lightning rods to power up Pikachu's attacks, even though they are certain that they will be able to solve the conflict without fight.fighting.



--> ''(thinking)'' "That was dramatic..." ''(slips on ketchup stain and falls on his butt)'' "That was pathetic!"

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--> ''(thinking)'' "That was dramatic..." ''(slips on ketchup stain and falls on his butt)'' (out loud) "That was pathetic!"



* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the kids setting up to put an end to the war, they interestingly put lightning rods on the houses. Turns out it was part of a third option if the leaders decided not to stop after their initial plan.



* ThemeNaming: Ash and his friends use food-themed aliases. Ash is "Tom Ato" (tomato), Misty is "Ann Chovie" (anchovie), and Brock is "Caesar Salad".

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* ThemeNaming: Ash and his friends use food-themed aliases. Ash is "Tom Ato" (tomato), Misty is "Ann Chovie" (anchovie), (anchovy), and Brock is "Caesar Salad".
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Towards the end of the episode, Ash and Nurse Joy express their frustration over Yas and Kaz using their Pokémon for street fighting.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Towards the end of the episode, Ash and Nurse Joy express their frustration over Yas and Kaz resorting to using their Pokémon for illegal street fighting.
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* RedHerring: Most viewers who watch this the first time would think the mysterious stranger in the trench coat would be Jessie due to how she would often disguise herself, until you find out a bit later it wasn't her as she and the other Team rocket members were with the Kaz Gym and the stranger turns out to be Nurse Joy.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Nurse Joy expresses her frustration over Yas and Kaz using their Pokémon for street fighting.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Towards the end of the episode, Ash and Nurse Joy expresses her express their frustration over Yas and Kaz using their Pokémon for street fighting.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Nurse Joy delivers one to both respective leaders (being Yas and Kaz) of their Gyms.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Nurse Joy delivers one to both respective leaders (being expresses her frustration over Yas and Kaz) of Kaz using their Gyms.Pokémon for street fighting.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: When the young kids decide to become Pokémon trainers, they ask for Pikachu's autograph, causing Ash to faint. He figures this is because "Pikachu ''is'' the star".
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* FunnyBackgroudEvent: Pikachu seems to really love eating ketchup out of the bottle.

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* FunnyBackgroudEvent: FunnyBackgroundEvent: Pikachu seems to really love eating ketchup out of the bottle.
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* FunnyBackgroudEvent: Pikachu seems to really love eating ketchup out of the bottle.
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* BrickJoke: When Ash comes up with fake names for him and his friends to avoid trouble in Dark City, Ash sees Pikachu obsessed with ketchup and decides to call himself "Tom Ato." Then near the end when Ash tells the Yas and Kaz to clean up the mess they made from the street fights, the leaders say "At once, Tom Ato," and Ash finally realizes how ridiculous his AtrociousAlias sounds.


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** Yas and Kaz when the mysterious ConspicuousTrenchcoat woman from the restaurant throws her Pokémon League Inspection Agency Pokéball. But when it turns out to be a Chansey (and the woman being Nurse Joy), Yas and Kaz collapse in the usual anime fashion.
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* LineOfSightName: Subverted. Ash spots Pikachu with a ketchup bottle and almost picks "Ketchup" until remembering that sounds too much like his own name, and adopts the alias "Tom Ato".

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* LineOfSightName: LineOfSightAlias: Subverted. Ash spots Pikachu with a ketchup bottle and almost picks "Ketchup" until remembering that sounds too much like his own name, and adopts the alias "Tom Ato".
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* AtrociousAlias: The aliases Ash, Misty and Brock use while in Dark City are Tom Ato, Ann Chovi and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Caesar Salad]].
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* CurbstompBattle: Literal examples in Electabuzz and Scyther's cases; Electabuzz manages to effortlessly blast away Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Mankey, and Machoke with a powerful Thunderpunch attack and Scyther uses Cut attack to destroy a building the Team Rocket trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth happened to be sitting on before they get taken along with the collapsing building.
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* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: A woman is seen at the restaurant disguised in a trenchcoat, sunglasses, fedora hat and a scarf over her mouth. Near the end, she then reveals herself to be a Nurse Joy working for the Pokémon League Inspection Agency (and [[OnceAnEpisode of course]], [[LovableSexManiac Brock blushes and moans lovingly among seeing her]]).

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* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: A woman is seen at the restaurant disguised in a trenchcoat, sunglasses, fedora hat and a scarf over her mouth. Near the end, she then reveals herself to be a Nurse Joy working for the Pokémon League Inspection Agency (and [[OnceAnEpisode of course]], [[LovableSexManiac Brock blushes and moans lovingly among seeing her]]).Agency.
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* {{Joisey}}: In the dub, Kaz talks with a UsefulNotes/NewJersey accent.
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* MassOhCrap: The Yas and Kaz gym members when Pikachu uses Thunder on them.

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* MassOhCrap: The Yas and Kaz gym members members, when Pikachu uses Thunder on them.



* MediationBackfire: After the heroes have managed to defeat the gyms' Pokemon, Ash gives them a well-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how they have become too hostile to be good Pokemon trainers with their rivalry. The gym leaders agree to bury the hatchet... and order their Pokemon to gang up on Ash and his friends. Nurse Joy ends up having to pull a BigDamnHeroes moment to save them.

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* MediationBackfire: After the heroes have managed to defeat the gyms' Pokemon, Ash gives them a well-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how they have become too hostile to be good Pokemon trainers with their rivalry. The gym leaders agree to bury the hatchet... and order their Pokemon to gang up on Ash and his friends. Pikachu and Nurse Joy ends up having have to pull a BigDamnHeroes moment to save them.stop them for good.



** The kids when they get shocked by Pikachu.

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** The kids three kids, when they get shocked by Pikachu.

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* ShoutOut: The entire episode is one BIG shoutout to Film/Yojimbo.


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* ShoutOut: The entire episode is one BIG shoutout to {{Film/Yojimbo}}.
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* ShoutOut: The entire episode is one BIG shoutout to Film/Yojimbo.

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