dUM Misstakes in Pokiémon

Terminology

Alpha Episodes: Refers to syndication episodes (Pokémon! I choose you! to March of the Exeggutor Squad)

Beta Episodes: Refers to First-Season Kids' WB episodes (The Problem With Paras to The Breeding Center Secret)

Gamma Episodes: Refers to Second season episodes (Princess vs. Princess to The Power of One)

Delta Episodes: Third season episodes.

General Errors

- For the first 10 or so episodes of Pokémon, none of the characters pronounce Pokémon (poh-KAY-mon) correctly, something they really should know.

- For someone so completely obsessed, Ash doesn't know very much about Pokémon.

- Unlike the game Pokédex, Ash's Pokédex provides information before a Pokémon is captured (which makes more sense, anyway).

- Okay, why does Team Rocket spend so much time sneaking around, only so they can be very obvious and predictable when they attack (because they're stupid)?

-This is so bad, it could be its own section. In case you didn't know, Pokémon has some of the worst closed captioning in all of television. Here are a few examples:

- If Pikachu is so important to Team Rocket, why does Giovanni keep sending the same people to try and catch it over and over?

The Punchy Pokémon

- According to Team Rocket, only fighting Pokémon are allowed in the fighting tournament (talk about logic), but Brock enters Geodude, a Rock/Ground type.

- Why doesn't Team Rocket's device activate until after Pikachu delivers it to them? There's no reference to any defusing or modification of it.

Wake Up, Snorlax!

- Why doesn't anyone consider digging a ditch for the river around Snorlax (granted, there were thorns behind it, but they didn't know that until Snorlax moved)?

Pokémon: The First Movie

-The new theme song.

-In Pikachu's Vacation, watch the group of Pokémon that runs by Pikachu in the first part of the film. One of them is Psyduck. However, Psyduck again appears in the group of Pokémon by Togepi.

-During the race, Marril appears to be headed on a course perpendicular to Squirtle (this occurs after Starmie blasts Marril, without apparently spinning it).

-Also, in the race, Squirtle occupies the left lane, and Marril the right. However, Squirtle's friends are on the right side, and Marril's on the left.

- In the film, a woman claims that Pokémon no longer cry. Now, I know Togepi's rare, but he/she/it has cried on several occasions.

- Is it just me, or does the head scientist look a lot like Egon Spangler from Ghostbusters (actually, that makes sense if you think about it)?

- Speaking of said scientist, early in the film he makes a note that Team Rocket has created the most powerful Pokémon ever. Later in the film, the log becomes much longer. He didn't have time to make it.

-Pikachu knocks out a ground Pokémon (Golem) with an elecric attack, which is impossible.

- Also, the destruction on new island seems pretty complete, but when we go back, it seems to have been completely rebuilt (is Mewtwo really Bob Vila in disguise?).

- It's really a shame when writers get something right in one spot and wrong in another. You see, clones inherit only physical characteristics from their parent, not memories (no matter what you think). Therefore, Mewtwo should know nothing of that existence. They got things right later in the movie, though. Meowth's clone shouldn't-and doesn't-speak English, since Meowth had to learn that.

-Along the same lines, how does Mewtwo know how to speak English?

- Of course, the biggest mistake comes at the end. After we've spent over an hour learning all these important lessons, Mewtwo decides we're better off forgetting the whole thing (must be what college is like). This makes the entire movie seem unimportant, and- along with the confusing messages- kills return sales. By the way, the point of the story is: Mewtwo was actually worse than the human trainers, because he treated Pokémon as numbers and statistics, blind to all things but his hatred for humans. In other words, he failed to realize that there is no "I" in "team." Something like that, anyway.

-Doesn't it seem a bit convenient that the trainers who made it to New Island own a Venusaur, Blastoise, and a Charizard. Mewtwo didn't really know who was going to make it.

Stage Fight

-Either the actors of the Pokémon showboat are world-champion voice throwers, or Team Rocket is really, really stupid. At one point, the actors use their voice to fool the Rockets into thinking the Pokémon are talking. Problem is, the actors are behind Team Rocket, and the Pokémon are in front of them. You do the math.

2.B.A. Master

-In "Everything Changes" Brock speaks after Metapod evolves into Butterfree. Problem is, he wasn't there.

Pokémon: The Movie 2000

-You gotta hand it to Melody. She hasn't been introduced to Misty, yet she knows her name.

-It's kinda sad that Tracey barely has any lines at all.

-The theme song.

-Not rereleasing The Wizard already!

Charizard Chills

- In this episode, Charizard remembers its life. However, these memories are in third-person. I know mine aren't.

Spinarak Attack

- Officer Jenny States that her 8-generation ancestor captiured the original Black Arachnid. Since each generation is about 30 years, this means we're talking about 1760. Even if we account for the shortenening of generations, we're still talking about the early 1800's. Not only does this put women's lib a little ahead of its time, but it seems a little unrealistic for the area to be settled so completely back then.

- At midnight, a meal is provided for our heroes. Problem is, most police departments prohibit this type of activity.

- It doesn't really matter that any of the objects. Unless the deceleration was sufficiently slowed (and they weren't), they would still break.

Pokémon the Movie 3

-This movie suffers once again from being released out of order. Some of the Pokémon seen in this movie have yet to be caught in Kids' WB.

-The blasted theme song!

-Do scientists really make so much they can own big mansions and the like?

-Could somone explain why that girl they meet is even in the movie?

Pokémon Trading Card Game League

- The badge book switches the locations of the Soulbadge and the Marshbadge.

Pokémon Puzzle League

- Ritchie says Giovanni hasn't seen the puzzle leader, but since Mewtwo is the puzzle leader, well...

- Speaking of Mewtwo, since this game takes place after Pokémon: TFM, shouldn't he be off that "I'm the best" kick?

-Why isn't there a code to directly play as Mewtwo (as in versus any trainer)?

-Also, why can't you play same trainer VS same trainer?