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Recap / Pokemon S 17 E 37 The Cave Of Mirrors

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  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Ash unsurprisingly wins against Mirror!Serena with his Froakie against Mirror!Serena's Fennekin. Bonus points for the type advantage.
  • Despair Event Horizon: Bonnie, Clemont and Serena (most especially the latter) nearly cross one when they are running out of ideas to find Ash.
  • Mirror Universe: Ash spends most of the episode in one of these, which he travels to by literally going through a mirror inside the cave. Everything there is the complete opposite of his own world. His mirror counterpart is a timid crybaby. Mirror!Pikachu is a troublemaker. Mirror!Serena is hostile and aggressive, including towards Ash (her own Ash anyway). Mirror!Clemont is athletic and into magic, rather than science. Mirror!Bonnie is mature, ladylike, and openly admires her brother with no snark. Mirror!Team Rocket are celebrated heroes.
  • Mood Whiplash: As it is per tradition by now, Clemont's invention of the day malfunctions and explodes. This is NOT Played for Laughs, however, as this is the point where they are crossing the Despair Event Horizon.
  • Negative Continuity: The main world's Team Rocket winds up in the mirror universe for no explained reason, despite the episode justifying Ash's presence. In addition, they fail to return to their world before the dimensions separate. Nevertheless, they appear as normal in the next episode as if nothing had happened.
  • Shipper on Deck: The normally-aggressive Mirror-Serena tells her real world counterpart to take good care of real world Ash.

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