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* NotHelpingYourCase: When Officer Jenny confronts Simon, believing that is lying about being able to understand Pokémon and running a scam, he doesn't exactly make himself innocent when he tells her to ask the Pokémon to prove he's not lying.

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* NotHelpingYourCase: When Officer Jenny confronts Simon, believing that is lying about being able to understand Pokémon and running a scam, he doesn't exactly make himself sound innocent when he tells her to ask the Pokémon to prove he's not lying.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While Officer Jenny attempted arrest Simon because she believe he was the one scamming Pokémon trainers by falsely claiming to understand what Pokémon say, she doesn't turn a blind eye to Jessie and James, once she recognizes them as members of Team Rocket.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While Officer Jenny attempted arrest Simon because she believe he was the one scamming Pokémon trainers by falsely claiming to understand what Pokémon say, she doesn't turn a blind eye to Jessie and James, once she recognizes them as members of Team Rocket. Also she doesn't hesitate to help get Ash and his friends to the local Pokémon center to get Pikachu medical help after Pikachu inhales a lot of smoke the from the smoke bombs set off from the the conmen who are really scamming Pokémon trainers. At the end of the episode once the conmen are caught, and Simon prepares to allow himself to be arrested, Officer Jenny lets him off the hook after being told be Nurse Joy how he helped save the Pokémon in the Pokémon center when the conmen were having Magnemite and Magneton drain the power, then thanks Simon and arrests the conmen.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: When Officer Jenny confronts Simon, believing that is lying about being able to understand Pokémon and running a scam, he doesn't exactly make himself innocent when he tells her to ask the Pokémon to prove he's not lying.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While Officer Jenny attempted arrest Simon because she believe he was the one scamming Pokémon trainers by falsely claiming to understand what Pokémon say, she doesn't turn a blind eye to Jessie and James, once she recognizes them as members of Team Rocket.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Officer Jenny makes the rather outrageous claim that Pok&ecaute;mon can't understand human language despite being obviously untrue throughout the entire series.

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* ContinuitySnarl: Officer Jenny makes the rather outrageous claim that Pok&ecaute;mon Pokémon can't understand human language despite being obviously untrue throughout the entire series.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Officer Jenny makes the rather outrageous claim that Pok&ecaute;mon can't understand human language despite being obviously untrue throughout the entire series.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that Simon ''isn't'' running a money-making scam is tipped off early on when, after focusing on getting Pikachu some help, he comments that he normally charges for his services but won't do so in this instance.
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Ash and company meet Simon; a man who claims to be able to understand and speak to Pokémon. Is he for real?

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Ash and company meet Simon; a man who claims to be able to understand and speak to Pokémon. Is But is he for real?



* ConArtist: A quartet of {{Thugly}} conmen go around claiming that they can interpret Pokémon speak by telling the naive trainers what they want to hear, putting the minimal amount of effort in. Simon is obviously unamused by this.

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* ConArtist: A quartet of {{Thugly}} conmen go around claiming that they can interpret Pokémon speak by telling the naive trainers what they want to hear, putting the minimal amount of effort in. Simon is obviously unamused by this.



* MotivationalLie: Meowth gives this to Simon in the final scene, using his own human-speaking ability to encourage the latter that he'll be able to hear the Pokémon speak once more.

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* MotivationalLie: Meowth gives this to Simon in the final scene, using his own human-speaking ability to encourage the latter that he'll be able to hear the Pokémon speak once more.



* ShoutOut: Simon is named after the “Simon Says” game

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* ShoutOut: Simon is named after the “Simon Says” game"Simon Says" game.
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* PetTheDog: Team Rocket is genuinely touched by Simon's plead to the Magnemite and Magneton, with Meowth feeling it deep in his heart. In the final scene, the latter goes a step further and uses his human language to encourage the old man that he can truly speak to Pokémon.

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* PetTheDog: Team Rocket is genuinely touched by Simon's plead to the Magnemite and Magneton, with Meowth feeling it deep in his heart. In the final scene, the latter goes a step further and uses his human language to encourage the old man that he can truly speak to Pokémon.Pokémon.
* ShoutOut: Simon is named after the “Simon Says” game

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Team Rocket falls into this, rescuing Simon only so they can profit off of his genuine Pokéspeak talents.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: ConArtist: A quartet of {{Thugly}} conmen go around claiming that they can interpret Pokémon speak by telling the naive trainers what they want to hear, putting the minimal amount of effort in. Simon is obviously unamused by this.
* GoodFeelsGood: James lampshades this after Meowth's PetTheDog moment listed below.
* MotivationalLie: Meowth gives this to Simon in the final scene, using his own human-speaking ability to encourage the latter that he'll be able to hear the Pokémon speak once more.
* PetTheDog:
Team Rocket falls into this, rescuing Simon only so they is genuinely touched by Simon's plead to the Magnemite and Magneton, with Meowth feeling it deep in his heart. In the final scene, the latter goes a step further and uses his human language to encourage the old man that he can profit off of his genuine Pokéspeak talents.truly speak to Pokémon.
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* ClearMyName: Simon goes through this.

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* ClearMyName: Simon goes through this.this.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Team Rocket falls into this, rescuing Simon only so they can profit off of his genuine Pokéspeak talents.
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Ash and company meet Simon; a man who claims to be able to understand and speak to Pokémon. Is he for real?

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* TheCameo: Cassidy and Butch appear on a wanted poster of Officer Jenny's as she identifies Team Rocket.
* ClearMyName: Simon goes through this.

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