History Recap / PokemonS1E48HolyMatrimony

* DidYouDie: When recalling his fake childhood memories, James tells the tale of how he and his Growlithe were caught out in the cold and James tragically froze to death. This causes everybody else to cry in tears... [[OnlySaneMan with the exception of Misty]], who immediately points out that James is alive and standing right here, knowing that his story is only a fake.

* ContinuityNod: When James claims he cannot remember his childhood he claims that all he does remember is flunking out of Pokemon Tech and joining a bicycle gang, two things earlier episodes mention him and Jessie doing together.
* DidYouDie: When recalling his faint childhood memories, James tells the tale of how he and his Growlithe were caught out in the cold and James tragically froze to death. This gets a heartfelt reaction from the listeners... [[OnlySaneMan except Misty]], who immediately points out that James is alive and standing right there.

* FakingAmnesia: James pretends he can't remember his childhood in order to dodge Jessie and Meowth's questions about it, hoping he can get away without them forcing him to claim his inheritance.

* TeamRocketWins: While this trope would recur in later episodes, this still stands as the only episode to date that Ash and his friends fall victim to the EndOfEpisodeSilliness ''instead'' of Jessie and James.

'''Jessie:''' [[YouJustHadToSayIt I'LL MAKE YOUR MOUTH EVEN BIGGER!!!]]

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* ShoutOut: James' fake story about him and Growlie dying in the show and being carried off by angels is a direct reference to ADogOfFlanders.

-->'''James:''' I'M ALL MIXED UP!!!!!!

'''Meowth:''' Told ya she's just like Jessie.

Ash and company continue their journey when they spot a missing persons sign. They are shocked to see that the child on the sign looks like James of Team Rocket. They later discover that James comes from a rich family and ran away when he was a just a boy. His parents are dead and James can only inherit his fortune if he marries his fiancee Jessiebelle. Jessie and Meowth overhear this and while James resists they restrain him and march him like a puppet to his family's manor to claim his money.

Unfortunately it turns out that this is a trap; his parents are not dead and Jessiebelle is violently aggressive in controlling everything James does. With the aid of Growlie, James's pet Growlith from childhood, Team Rocket escapes with their freedom, but none of James's fortune.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Jessiebelle is shown as shockingly violent towards James, paralyzing him with her Vileplume and beating him with a whip. James is not happy about it, but mostly complains about how controlling she is, and his parents seems to think it's great. There is a lot of slapstick comedy in Pokemon in general, but they certainly have never portrayed James smacking a woman around like Jessiebelle is shown smacking him around. Although everyone except James' parents and their butler think Jesiebelle is horrible.
* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: In an ironic role-reversal, the episode ends with Ash and his friends being chased by Jessiebelle, who is demanding them to take her to James.
* EnemyMine: Pikachu and Growlie team up to take on Jessiebelle's Vileplume.
* EyeCatch: The "Who's that Pokémon" was Vileplume for this episode, since Jessiebelle uses one.

* IdenticalStranger: Jessiebelle looks and sounds just like Jessie, only talking with a SouthernBelle accent.

* OjouRinglets: Jessiebelle looks like Jessie except her hair is in several large "drill curls." This is a pretty quick way to indicate her higher social status.
* RunawayFiance: James was betrothed to Jessiebelle when he was only barely a child and her controlling attitude and penchant for violence was enough to cause him to run away from home even then. At the end of the episode he runs away again and Jessiebelle declares that she is not going to give up on him that easily (although it takes over 500 episodes before she shows up again).

->"''We may not have a lot of money...''"
->"''But we sure do have our freedom!''"
-->-- '''Jessie''' and '''James'''

'''Meowth:''' Told ya she's just like Jessie.\\

-->'''Jessie:''' Hmm, this kid looks a lot like you.\\

* TakeThat: Meowth gets some of his best SnarkyCat moments in this episode.

->''We may not have a lot of money...''
->''But we sure do have our freedom!''
-->-- '''Team Rocket'''

* RunawayFiance: James was betrothed to Jessiebelle when he was only barely a child and her controlling attitude and penchant for violence was enough to cause him to run away from home even then. At the end of the episode he runs away again and Jessiebelle declares that she is not going to give up on him that easily (although it takes over 200 episodes before she shows up again).

Ash and company continue their journey when they spot a missing persons sign. They are shocked to see that the child on the sign looks like James of Team Rocket. They later discover that James comes from a rich family and ran away when he was a just a boy. His parents are dead and James can only inherit his fortune if he marries his fiancee Jessiebell. Jessie and Meowth overhear this and while James resists they restrain him and march him like a puppet to his family's manor to claim his money.

Unfortunately it turns out that this is a trap; his parents are not dead and Jessiebell is violently aggressive in controlling everything James does. With the aid of Growlie, James's pet Growlith from childhood, Team Rocket escapes with their freedom, but none of James's fortune.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Jessiebell is shown as shockingly violent towards James, paralyzing him with her Vileplume and beating him with a whip. James is not happy about it, but mostly complains about how controlling she is, and his parents seems to think it's great. There is a lot of slapstick comedy in Pokemon in general, but they certainly have never portrayed James smacking a woman around like Jessiebell is shown smacking him around. Although everyone except James' parents and their butler think Jesiebell is horrible.
* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: In an ironic role-reversal, the episode ends with Ash and his friends being chased by Jessiebell, who is demanding them to take her to James.
* EyeCatch: The "Who's that Pokemon" was Vileplume for this episode, since Jessiebell uses one.

* IdenticalStranger: Jessiebell looks and sounds just like Jessie, only talking with a SouthernBelle accent.

* OjouRinglets: Jessiebell looks like Jessie except her hair is in several large "drill curls." This is a pretty quick way to indicate her higher social status.
* RunawayFiance: James was betrothed to Jessiebell when he was only barely a child and her controlling attitude and penchant for violence was enough to cause him to run away from home even then. At the end of the episode he runs away again and Jessiebell declares that she is not going to give up on him that easily (although it takes over 200 episodes before she shows up again).

* ShoutOut: James' fake story about him and Growlie dying in the show and being carried off by angels is a direct reference to ADogOfFlanders.

Ash and company continue their journey when they spot a missing persons sign. They are shocked to see that the child on the sign looks like James of Team Rocket. They later discover that James comes from a rich family and ran away when he was a just a boy. He parents are dead and James can only inherit his fortune if he marries his fiance Jessiebell. Jessie and Meowth overhear this and while James resists they restrain him and march him like a puppet to his family's manor to claim his money.

* ShoutOut: James' fake story about him and Growlie dying in the show and being carried off by angels is a direct reference to ADogOfFlanders.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Jessiebell is shown as shockingly violent towards James, paralyzing him with her Vileplume and beating him with a whip. James is not happy about it, but mostly complains about how controlling she is, and his parents seems to think it's great. There is a lot of slapstick comedy in Pokemon in general, but they certainly have never portrayed James smacking a woman around like Jessiebell is shown smacking him around.

* DidYouDie[=/=]EpicFail: When recalling his faint childhood memories, James tells the tale of how he and his Growlithe were caught out in the cold and James tragically froze to death. This gets a heartfelt reaction from the listeners... [[OnlySaneMan except Misty]], who immediately points out that James is alive and standing right there.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Jessiebell is shown as being almost shockingly violent towards James, paralyzing him with her Vileplume and beating him with a whip. James is not happy about it, but mostly complains about how controlling she is, and his parents seems to think it's great. There is a lot of slapstick comedy in Pokemon in general, but they certainly have never portrayed James smacking a woman around like Jessiebell is shown smacking him around.

* OjouRinglets: Jessiebell looks almost exactly like Jessie except her hair is in several large "drill curls." This is a pretty quick way to indicate her higher social status.

* ThighHighBoots: James has bad luck with aggressive women in thigh high boots. First his teammate Jessie, and then Jessiebell changes into a pair right before she lays into him with the whip.

* DidYouDie: When recalling his faint childhood memories, James tells the tale of how he and his Growlithe were caught out in the cold and James tragically froze to death. This gets a heartfelt reaction from the listeners... [[OnlySaneMan except Misty]], who immediately points out that James is alive and standing right there.

* TheStinger: In an ironic role-reversal, the episode ends with Ash and his friends being chased by Jessiebell, who is demanding them to take her to James.
* ThighHighBoots: James has bad luck with aggressive women in thigh high boots. First his teammate Jessie, and then Jessiebell changes into a pair right before she lays into him with the whip.

Unfortunately it turns out that this is a trap; his parents are not dead and Jessiebell is violently aggressive in controlling everything James does. With the aid of Growie, James's pet Growlith from childhood, Team Rocket escapes with their freedom, but none of James's fortune.