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1	!!Original Title: ''Pochama Goes Astray!''
2	!!!Original Airdate: February 18, 2010
3	!!!US Airdate: July 17, 2010
4	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pokemon_piplup_up_and_away.png]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:All Piplup wanted was for Gible to be punished. But sometimes, you can't always get what you want.]]
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7	When Piplup runs off, fed up with being the ButtMonkey for Gible learning Draco Meteor, Team Rocket sees an opportunity to use him to finally get Pikachu.
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9	!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
10	* AnimalWrongsGroup: Team Rocket poses as a group dedicated to caring for mistreated Pokémon and reprimanding their abusive trainers. The downside is their intent to steal Pokémon in the process.
11	* CutLexLuthorACheck: As usual, Meowth acts as translator, this time blabbing to Team Rocket about Piplup dealing with Gible.
12	* EleventhHourSuperpower: Piplup learns Hydro Pump at the episode's climax. Sadly, Gible's success with Draco Meteor continues to elude it.
13	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Ash and Dawn fall into this, as their attempts to encourage Gible to continue working on Draco Meteor causes them to ignore how Piplup was always getting hit with it and how it felt about the issue. The final straw for Piplup was Dawn happily petting Gible and saying that it “didn’t mean to harm anyone”, resulting in Piplup deciding to run away and return to Professor Rowan’s. It takes Jessie and James calling them out for not scolding Gible and revealing that Piplup ran away because of it for Ash and Dawn to realize they had disregarded Piplup’s feelings and that they need to apologize.
14	* JerkassHasAPoint: Regardless if it was an act or not, Jessie and James do rightfully point out to Ash and Dawn how they had disregarded how Gible kept on hitting Piplup with Draco Meteor and how Piplup felt about it, ultimately driving the Penguin Pokemon to runaway when they refuse to scold Gible for its continued bad behaviour.
15	* PaperThinDisguise: It's really amazing that Jessie and James can get away with these so often, but they manage to fool Piplup.
16	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Piplup runs away from the twerps when they console Gible for not perfecting Draco Meteor, instead of punishing him for repeatedly striking Piplup with it.
17	* SpannerInTheWorks: A Rhyperior repeatedly shows up and Hyper Beams the other characters at the precise times to interrupt their current plans. It has also been in a fight with its trainer.
18	* TookALevelInBadass: Piplup learns Hydro Pump.

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