Line #12 Recap/PokemonSS3WereNoAngels


1	!!Japanese Title: ''Persevere! Look Forward, Rocket Gang''
2	!!!Original Air Date: December 17, 2002
3	!!!US Air Date: July 1, 2006
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6	[[caption-width-right:200:Is there any way that you could stay here, and join our village, and live with me — I-I mean, with us?]]
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9	From his castle high on a hill, a mad scientist dispatches a giant robot to the village below. The villagers sound the alarm, afraid that the robot will ruin their crops, and a girl named Kate hopes that the angels of justice will save her village. Instead, Team Rocket—fresh from being blasted off by Pikachu—land right in front of the villagers, and Kate mistakes them for the superheroes known as Team Righteous. To convince the villagers of their villainy, Team Rocket knocks the robot out of commission. That just convinces everyone that they really are heroes!
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11	The grateful villagers tell Team Rocket that the stranger in the castle keeps sending robots to destroy their fields during the harvest season, and they want Team "Righteous" to protect them. Surprisingly, Jessie thinks this is a great idea; they'll fool the village and turn it into Team Rocket territory. Meowth makes a Meowthmobile mecha out of the robot they destroyed, and Team Rocket heads for the castle.
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14	!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
15	* AbuseMistake: Type 2 with Team Rocket. They enact acquisitive plots and don't shy away from the fact that they're criminals; but, even so, the villagers are steadfastly convinced they're heroes. [[spoiler: Type 1 with the robots' inventor, Professor Brown. The villagers believe he sends robots to destroy their fields, but he actually wishes to ''help'' during harvest season and befriend them.]]
16	* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: The stranger in the castle who sends the harvest-destroying robots is visually introduced in nigh-darkness, with ScaryShinyGlasses and a menacing, shrill voice. In truth, he's a shy professor who simply wants to make friends and revolutionise the villagers' farming methods for the better.]]
17	* BecomingTheMask: James very nearly commits to a HeelFaceTurn after big doses of GoodFeelsGood and [[LoveRedeems falling in love with Kate]]. [[spoiler: Then, he accidentally pushes a button inside the Meowthmobile mecha that sends them blasting off again.]]
18	* ComplimentBackfire: Team Rocket consider being called "superheroes" an insult.
19	* CrushBlush: It appears on James and Kate both.
20	* IdenticalStranger: The serial reveals that Team Righteous looks almost exactly like Team Rocket, right down to having a talking Meowth (portrayed by an actor). No explanation is ever given.
21	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler: Professor Brown's real motivations.]]
22	* LoveRedeems: James plans to live and experience happiness with Kate, as well as [[GoodFeelsGood truly become the hero they believe him to be]].
23	* MadScientist: The villagers reckon that an EvilGenius type created the robots. [[spoiler: They were in reality invented by a bashful, magnanimous scientist whose robots prove beneficial to the villagers.]]
24	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Meowth muses that their attempt to prove they're not heroes actually ''did'' do good for the villagers.
25	* StylisticSuck: The Team Righteous movie shown looks so badly done you have to wonder how the villagers mistook it for reality, time warp or no.

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