Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Recap / PokemonS8E52AHurdleForSquirtle

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* WontGetFooledAgain: Harley tries pulling his NiceGuy act on May, acting as if he accidentally gave May bad information. She doesn't fall for it, and he reverts right back to his {{Jerkass}} persona right away the moment she calls him out.

to:

* WontGetFooledAgain: Harley tries pulling his NiceGuy act on May, acting as if he accidentally gave May bad information. She doesn't fall for it, and he reverts right back to his {{Jerkass}} persona right away the moment she calls him out.out.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


After narrowly managing to get into the Saffron City contest, May has her work cut out for her when she has to take Combusken and Squirtle to their limits in dealing with Harley and a disguised Jessie.

to:

After narrowly managing to get into the [[TownContestEpisode Saffron City contest, contest]], May has her work cut out for her when she has to take Combusken and Squirtle to their limits in dealing with Harley and a disguised Jessie.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* LoopholeAbuse: Harley's Ariados can't attack Wobbuffet because any offensive move will be redirected by Counter or Mirror Coat. However, he figures out that he can use String Shot to yank Wobbuffet around like a marionette on strings and fling it across the arena.

to:

* LoopholeAbuse: Harley's Ariados can't attack Wobbuffet because any offensive move will be redirected by Counter or Mirror Coat. However, he figures out that he can use the non-offensive String Shot to yank Wobbuffet around like a marionette on strings and fling it across the arena.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* LoopholeAbuse: Harley's Ariados can't attack Wobbuffet because any offensive move will be redirected by Counter or Mirror Coat. However, he figures out that he can use String Shot to yank Wobbuffet around like a marionette on strings and fling it across the arena.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ShockingElimination: Very narrowly [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The judges almost remove both Harley and Jessie from the contest when both parties refuses to make a move, but Harley just goes ahead with a defensive attack (String Shot) to keep himself in the match.

to:

* ShockingElimination: Very InUniverse, it's very narrowly [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The judges almost remove both Harley and Jessie from the contest when both parties refuses to make a move, but Harley just goes ahead with a defensive attack (String Shot) to keep himself in the match.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

After narrowly managing to get into the Saffron City contest, May has her work cut out for her when she has to take Combusken and Squirtle to their limits in dealing with Harley and a disguised Jessie.
----
* ColorFailure: Jessie ends up like this when Wobbuffet loses to Harley's Ariados. James and Meowth follow suit shortly thereafter.
* CurbStompBattle: The moment Ariados strings up Wobbuffet, Jessie goes down without even blinking.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Jessie surprisingly restrains herself when in the contest, and only loses because [[HoistByHisOwnPetard she underestimated Harley's cunning against her Wobbuffet]]. Brock suspected Harley was cheating, but he was just that good. Harley, upon his defeat, thought May only won because she cheated.
* EurekaMoment: May is hesitant to use Squirtle's ice beam attack again when it's all she has left against Harley's Ariados, due to the attack being too powerful. She then realizes it's her best chance, and him using it not only free's Squirtle, but it ends up freezing the entire webbing Harley had Ariados spray all over the arena, leaving the spider unable to safely maneuver around the field.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jessie tries using Wobbuffet to deflect Ariados' attack back at him, but Harley sees right through it. When both are almost eliminated for not attacking, Harley uses a defensive attack to get past Mirror Coat and Counter, turning the poor Pokemon into a puppet before knocking him out.
* MeatPuppet: How Harley's Ariados beats Jessie's Wobbuffet.
* ShockingElimination: Very narrowly [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The judges almost remove both Harley and Jessie from the contest when both parties refuses to make a move, but Harley just goes ahead with a defensive attack (String Shot) to keep himself in the match.
* SoreLoser: Harley's convinced May only won because she cheated.
* WontGetFooledAgain: Harley tries pulling his NiceGuy act on May, acting as if he accidentally gave May bad information. She doesn't fall for it, and he reverts right back to his {{Jerkass}} persona right away the moment she calls him out.

Top