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xsecretblastsx · 4 years

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1x09 - Blair Waldorf must pie!

Once again this took way longer than I wanted to. I guess it has a lot to do that this part of S1 is full of episodes that I loved and also are kind of important so I just feel that I have to be really in the mood to watch them with my full attention.

Anyway, enough about me, here’s the recap for this one after the break.

Thoughts I had while watching the episode

Loving the flashback of Serena in her wild days and Blair looking after her.

This flashback kind of messes up the timeline though. Because we’re told Serena was gone for a year, but that’s clearly not the case here.

Dan get’s to be Serena’s knight in shiny armor, great. To bad for him she was wasted.

How long ago was it that Blair’s dad been gone? Probs like quite a few months and he hasn’t come to visit her?

I mean I get that Dan is pissed with his mom, but that guilt comment was harsh

Harold Waldorf’s pumpkin pie, I don’t know if anyone has read as much fanfic as I have but this pie, is quite the celebrity.

The oh so casual mention that Blair takes Lexapro :/

Serena trying (and failing) to be casual when asking what Chuck’s doing today.

I think this is the first time that Serena (and later Nate) point out that Chuck and Blair are friends, considering they all were, this must mean that they were somehow closer friends.

This fight is such a clear example of how Blair and Serena go from besties to enemies in 5 seconds flat.

This one though is kind of funny to me in the way Serena’s like “I won’t judge” and then does exactly that.

Somehow Blair I don’t believe you when you say you don’t like Chuck’s natural musk, just a hunch.

I kind of feel Serena’s way of aproaching this topic was not the best, though to be fair Blair’s also really hard to approach.

Lilly how much I missed you last episode

Seeing Llily, Eric and Serena in Chinatown is giving me life for some reason

So by thanksgiving sophomore year Blair was already in recovery from her ED, she was really young when she started then.

Wow, “not this one Harold, we have to go together” this line implies so much and I can’t believe I never noticed before

Blair sending Nate to deal with Serena it’s interesting, because I wouldn’t imagine her being naive enough to not noticed Nate’s interest in Serena, granted she trusted them, but still

I love Dorota, always there for Blair, always loyal.

The mood at Nate’s thanksgiving dinner is so misserable.

Lily, Allison’s and Rufus faces are priceless. Let the drama begin!

“Oh the blond you stalk at school” really they told us and we didn’t listen!!!

Not that didn’t earned herself the harsh comment but, “he didn’t left us, he left you” kind of made me feel bad for Eleanor

Forget it, she was really insentive, and Blair’s face when she grabbed that pie is just heartbreaking.

I can’t believe I forgot about her throwing up incident after that dinner with Nate in the pilot... like wow.

Do you need to go with her? sorry Allison

This dinner is hilariously akward. Sorry Jenny, but I don’t think that song was about your mom.

This is one of my favorite Serante scenes, it’s so them.

Honestly this show needed more flashblacks. I love knowing more about their friendship pre series.

Nate thinking of calling Blair and then Serena, and realizing he can’t is the first time I think he truly gets how he really messed it up

It’s so weird now to see Blai’rs bathroom with the door conecting it to the other room.

Allison calling her character in a play Milly in reference to Lily sheds a bit of ligh in Dan’s abbilities in naming characters.

The captain reached rock bottom, poor Nate.

I wonder though if Anne was the one with the money, and yet Nate’s last name is prestigious, does that mean The Captain family had lost their money at some point and the only thing that remain was their last name?

I should have mentioned it before but Blair looks incredibly pretty this episode, and the dress is one of my all time favorites.

“But we’re not related” give it time Dan, give it time

Hi Cedric.

“Only a woman that had satisfied her sexual appetite in her youth could have married some of your step fathers” auch

And so Rufly ends... for now

Eleanor talking about the divorce paper and how she feels and how she acted because of it, reminded of a certain scene in S5. Blair’s truly her mother daughter.

The end of that flashback felt so much like this is why they say ignorance is Bliss. Except for Serena things are better for her now.

The New York setting makes this show even more awsome, that shot with the Bridge and the Manhattan skyline in the background while Dan’s family is having a merry old time is gorgeous.

So this episode was so good, it gave a lot of background information and added much more depth to some of the main characters, particularly Blair. But also Nate. I was really suprised by the amount of stuff I didn’t remember about this particular episode, so in that sense this feel like this is the episode I’ve enjoyed the most during my rewatch.

Having a flashback was easily the best part of this episode in the sense that it gives us a clear idea of how things were before the series and how disaster was brewing just beneath the surface. What a diference a year makes.The previous thanksgiving was at the height of Serena’s wild days, and it’s sad to see how her life was pretty much a never ending haze of parties and alcohol, she may be acting goofy but it’s an empty happiness and it let’s you feeling like this is the only way she can deal with her life. And always looking after her is Blair.

The Blair of a year before seems really happy, she’s on the road of recovery from her eating disorder, her parents are together, her mother is showing actually some concern for her, and Nate is still a loving boyfriend. And yet in many ways this is all a lie. Her parent’s marriage is just a charade, Eleanor’s comment asking Harold not to go after Roman, is so telling and it makes me wonder how long did Eleanor knew her husband was gay? that must have been such a burden for her, and it’s probably the reason why she was so focused in her work and wanted everything else to be perfect, in some ways it also explains her treating of Blair, wrong as it was.

Also the timing of this makes me kind of mad at Harold, he’s always comes across as the nice good parent, but this episode makes it really obvius how much his absence hurt Blair. Think about it. When the show starts it’s established that a few months before Harold had left his wife and the country in favor for a life in Paris with another man. So considering that november the previous year (only a year before the current episode) is the first time Harold hears about Roman this means he decided to leave his family for a guy he had just meth a few months before, I guess he must have really fallen in love and really quickly, and I understand his need to live a free life, but what a shock it must have been for Blair and how unloved she must have felt that his father was leaving her in New York with a mother that was incredibly hard on her, for a guy he just met. And this at a time when she was still recovering.

There’s also the Nate-Serena-Blair issue. At some poing after Thanksgiving, the Shepperd Wedding happened, which means like I mentioned before that Serena was gone less than a year, and the way Blair encouraged Nate to help her with Serena means that even if she may have suspect Nate’s interest in Serena she still believed that Nate did love her and that Serena would never do that to her and therefore she wasn’t worried about it. Blair doesn’t trust easily and in this case she did and it end ups with her being betrayed, and yet it was a long time coming. Just as I mentioned in previous recaps that there was lowkey something to Blair and Chuck’s friendship, the same can be said about Nate and Serena, I don’t like to mention at least not much future events in these recaps but really compare this scene of Nate and Serena goofing around in the bathroom with any of their scenes in the second half of S3 and they’re really similar, same vibe and chemistry. Nate and Blair goodbye at the end of the flashback even if he gaves her a kiss and calls her sweetheart, seems so lacking in comparison to his previous moment with Serena, and yet Blair smiles and it’s really happy about her life.

So all of this shows how much she had been hurting at the start of the show, her father gone, her best friend gone and a distant boyfriend who by this point couldn’t hide his interest in Serena coming across by how afected he was by her absence, and when the show starts it gets even worse. All the flashbacks of Blair dealing with food and even throwing up once when she was trying to forgive Nate his infidelity show us the depth of her problems and suffering and helps us to understand her so much more and feel for her. And in her moment of weakness she calls Serena, the fight at the star of the episode was a way of letting us know that in some ways Blair hasn’t let go completely of her betreyal and yet how easily their dissagrements go out of the picture the moment they really need each other, is such a deep friendhip, and yet how conflicting it must be for Blair to love and need so much a person who in many ways is a reminder of how things have gone wrong in the last year.

That is the crux about their friendship, they’re both there for each other when it really matters but it’s undenaible that they have hurt each other deeply, even without meaning too, Serena is a the root of some of Blair self steem issues, is not her fault but it has done Blair incredibly damage, at the same time Blair may be always there for Serena looking after her, but she’s frequently incredible cruel with her at times without a real reason beyond a missplaced sense of hurting her too, which causes scenes like their fight this episode where Serena tries to be a friend, becomes a little judgy and Blair overreacts and Serena understandably fights back... it’s a really complex relationship, and one of the aspects of the show that make’s it stand out.

Lastly, this episode is a good reminder of how ultimetly Ruflly and Derena can’t really function at the same time without it being weird for everyone involved, it also establishes the similitudes between both relationships, a warning of how things could end for Dan and Serena if they’re not careful, and this is only the start. Nate’s storyline this episode was super sad, last episode had him standing up to his parents, this one finally gets him to have some honest conversations with them, and while it hurts is nice to see him finally get to that moment. It’s a moment of real growth for him. It also gives some interesting background to his family history, about how Anne’s family (the Vanderbilts) are the real force behind his family life, the house, his father job... everything was given by the Vanderbilts. It makes me wonder a lot about the Captain’s family, and his history with Anne: did the captain came from a family with a prestigious Last name but that had lost their money at some point?, or was he an upstart? I can’t see snobish Anne falling in love with a nobody, but who nows.

Also, not that noticible at this point of the show beyond the paralles between Dan & Serena and Rufus and Lily, but in the last two episode some scenes of Eleanor and the captain had reminded me of future scenes and situations and Nate and Blair having similar reactions. Anyway I love this episode, the then and now, and how much more there is to these characters.

Random bits:

This is the first direct mention of Blair having an eating dissorder (not sure though, this is why I wanted to be faster with these recaps, so I don’t forget details)

Dorota’s wearing a themed apron, how cute

First mention of the Snowflake Ball, I like consistency hahaha.

Nate’s house look lovely, not sure if these are the real interiors of the house, probably not, but I did read somewhere the house used to be on rental? can’t remember.

There was a picture behind Jenny while they were having dinner of a kid wearing a suit, I know the cast used some actual photos of the cast as kids, so I don’t know if the kid is Penn but god the kid is so cute.

I’m not a New Yorker, but that place where Dan and his family are playing it’s really changed now isn’t it? There’s this guy called Action Kid in youtube and he was amazing videos about New York, and of this location in particular if my memory serves me right.

And because we rarely got to see Serena in her wild days, I feel I should end this post with just that.

#gossip girl #gossip girl recap #gossip girl rewatch #1x09 #blair waldorf must pie

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ghostmartyr · 5 years

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Pokémon FireRed Nuzlocke [Part 7]

Finally free from the horror that is Koga and Silph Co., it’s time for the no-grinding Nuzlocke to reach for another plateau. Or something.

I need Surf.

There are a few things that I’m unsure of about this place. The most obvious is I’m not sure if the different areas count as different... areas. I know that some spots have different pokemon than others, and theoretically it would be reasonable to catch the first thing out of each section, but I don’t follow that logic with caves.

Then, if I’m not going to catch a thing per area, what’s the best place to wander through the grass? Is there even anything high enough level for me to care?

To Google.

Ugh. You know, the freedom to make your own rules often feels more like a trap.

So given that the only reason to catch things would be to convenience my way into maybe having a prayer at the Exp. Share, I’m gonna go with the first encounter for the entire Zone being the one and only. Whatever it is, I’m probably not going to use it, and so just stacking my pokedex to make my life easier feels like it really goes against the spirit of this particular Nuzlocke.

That’s mostly going to involve trying to step in as little grass as possible, probably. Otherwise I’ll just make myself sad.

Well, so much for that.

Paras, your name is Winner, and we will not meet again.

This place is so stressful. “Figure out where you’re going and get there in 600 steps. Find pokemon you want that will regularly run away from you!”

Yay.

Sprinkle learns Surf. Life is marginally better. But now we have to find the old man’s teeth. I think I know where they are, which is mildly disturbing given how long ago I played these games, but the sooner I can find them, the happier I’ll be.

Oh. Found them. Snap.

600/600 steps later, and I have to contemplate if there’s anything worth spending 500 more pokedollars on to grab. ...You know what. I really don’t care enough. Partly because Serebii’s page for this seems slightly broken, but that counts as a reason to me.

Also I want to fool around in the ocean.

See? This guy. He gets me. Swimmer Tony understands. He has a level 30 Horsea. Then another.

Swimmer David, what have you got for us? A level 29 Goldeen. ...Oh, whoops, I forgot to give the old man his teeth back before I did this. Uh. Allenby, mop up so we can go back and deal with it. Shellder next. Seaking.

Done, and okay, going to give the old man his teeth back. For great Strength.

Mission complete, back to the ocean.

Where it’s time to catch a thing.

With the power of Zaft and Sonicboom, I believe.

Yay, Tentacool get. Uh. Flaga.

Back to battling.

Swimmer Matthew has a level 30 Poliwag. Then a Poliwhirl. Sprinkle is finally level 30, and Zaft is staring at me in sad judgment at all the exp that was promised.

Sis and Bro Lia & Luc want to battle. Yay. They have a level 30 Goldeen and Seaking. They are swiftly defeated because Zaft is good.

Swimmers are kind of weird in these games. They just go tread water out in the middle of the ocean, then stop and have some battles with a kid resting on a pokemon.

Swimmer Axle has a level 27 Tentacool. Sprinkle beats it up all by herself. I’m so proud. Another Tentacool. More pride. Tentacruel. And all of the successful confusion statuses come back to bite. Horsea brings us back to simpler times. Sprinkle learns Ice Beam. And last up is Staryu.

On to Swimmer Connie. She has a level 29 Staryu. Then another. Then another. Riveting.

Swimmer Alice is next! With a level 30 Goldeen! Allenby can help here. Seaking, similarly.

Last of this bunch is Swimmer Anya. Level 27 Poliwag. Goldeen. Seaking. Goldeen. ...My Lapras that I need for reasons of Special Attack is going to have better Attack than I ever needed. One last Poliwag for good measure.

Sprinkle makes it to level 32. Sigh.

The Team.

..Sprinkle’s name is the odd one out because when I got her it was an hour where things like naming themes just were not under any consideration.

Ocean.

Different ocean.

Swimmer Barry is taking some time off from being the Flash. He has a level 31 Shellder. Then Cloyster. I believe in you, Zaft. And my belief is rewarded.

Swimmer Darrin is next up. Cue level 28 Horsea. And another. Seadra. ...The Seadra poisons Zaft. Darrin, that costs me an Antidote. Come on. One last Horsea, and Sprinkle is level 33!

On we go, and Swimmer Shirley wants to battle. And thanks to the Code Geass movie, any use of the name Shirley is going to make me giggle for a while. She starts with a level 30 Seadra. Then a Horsea. I’m not sure I understand the order Swimmers put things in. Another Seadra coming up.

Yatta.

Swimmer Tiffany only has one pokemon. It is a level 35 Seaking. Allenby can assist here.

Yay, that’s done, and we hit a Seafoam Island. It looks like Route 20 only has Tentacool available for Surfing, so I’m going to use a Good Rod and see what we end up with.

Horsea. We already caught that.

Krabby! Welcome. I won’t be using you. Your name is Tarle.

That’s 35. Out of the 50 needed for the Exp. Share.

Sigh.

Oh look, another cave.

We find a Psyduck in it.

Uh. Hell, I don’t know. Tieria.

I can’t remember if this place has any Trainers in it. If it doesn’t, I’m sort of wasting my time here, and should just loop around and sail through the ocean via Pallet. Help me, Serebii, you’re one of about a dozen hopes.

Yeah, no Trainers. So my focus should just be on a way out.

Found a way out, going back to Fuchsia, and oh. I missed someone.

Swimmer Douglas, sorry for the oversight. You have a level 27 Horsea. Tentacool. Another Tentacool. Goldeen.

I hate switch training so much. It makes the whole game come to a screech. Not a halt, just a screech as it continues to move but requires small adjustments constantly.

Anyway, can Pidgey learn Fly? I don’t really want to commit to Heero having it just yet. It might be inevitable, but I would like to wait it out a little longer.

Ha, Pidgey can learn Fly. Ren, you’re of use! Quatre, you are being temporarily replaced.

To Pallet!

To Route 21. Let’s see what we get.

Tangela!

...Maybe. It doesn’t seem to like us much. Three Ultra Balls gone. Also known as all of the ones I had.

Is this thing really going to make me use a Master Ball on it.

HA! Last Great Ball gets it. Your name is Relena now.

I need to go buy more Great Balls now. For those pokemon I so desperately want and need.

Hm. Speaking of spending money on stuff, it looks like I have enough to bother with helping Sprinkle out a bit on the stats I’m looking for. Let’s go get us some vitamins.

-many many pokedollars later...-

And while we’re here, let’s rob the entire vending machine.

Oki doki.

What do you mean I can’t use Fly on the roof?

Oh, I just thought of something. I don’t think I’ve visited the Power Plant yet. I choose to deal with that before exploring the ocean more.

A Trainer! Happy day.

Oh hai Mark.

Mark has a level 29 Rhyhorn.

Sprinkle has Surf.

Next up is Lickitung. Allenby can share that one.

Sprinkle makes it to 34!

Are there Trainers in here, or just pokemon? ...Serebii?

No Trainers. Quick trip, I guess. What do we get?

Something that isn’t a Voltorb. Yes, really game. I know it’s confusing, but I already had one, and it’s still doing fantastic work for me.

Magnemite.

Caught! You are now Erde.

Now we got to Pallet and ocean. And the land of Fishermen. Fishermen like Wade. With his six Magikarp.

I love these games.

There is much that also inspires hate.

Fisherman Ronald, are you going to make me hate you? The level 28 Seaking says no. Goldeen keeps up the dream. Seaking. One last Seaking. For reasons of me being. ridiculous, honestly, Sprinkle only gets exp from the first while Po cleans up. I just can’t make myself keep wasting EVs on Attack for her.

Why does this Trainer class use two types of And. It doesn’t matter, and yet it annoys me.

They have a level 33 Seadra and Starmie. Nice.

Except for the part that every Seadra seems to have Poison Point and a passion for making me suffer. Zaft’s at 40 now, though. Hooray!

Swimmer Spencer brings out yet another Seadra. Level 33. I approve. Tentacruel is similarly helpful. I think I like this side of the ocean better.

Fisherman Claude has a level 31 Shellder. Oooh, and Cloyster. Allenby can help out with that. And Sprinkle makes it to 35. Thanks, Claude.

Fisherman Nolan goes back to Seaking at level 33. Then there’s the Goldeen.

Swimmer Jack only has one pokemon, and it’s a... ... ... level 37 Starmie.

I definitely prefer this side of the ocean.

Swimmer Roland has a level 32 Poliwhirl. And a Tentacool. And a Seadra. Which basically just translates to using up another Antidote.

Swimmer Jerome has a level 33 Staryu. As well as a Wartortle.

Heeeey, we made it. Time to turn in our Dome Fossil for Cinnnabar’s creature of choice.

Though in the meantime, we do have other choices.

Caught! Uhh. Milli. Swell.

And now to wander the Mansion in deep confusion as I continue to run into Trainers that will hopefully level me in a suitably speedy fashion.

First up, Youngster Johnson! He has a level 33 Ekans because this game cares not for my wants. Then there’s another one, and I just feed it to Allenby. And I’m not going to bother switching back for the Raticate.

...I put on a Repel. So I keep running into level 36 Raticate. Pain.

Bandit Arnie has a level 34 Charmander. Followed by a Charmeleon.

Sprinkle needs multiple turns to run away from all the Raticate that show up in these parts. I am going slowly mad. I am going fastly angry. I thought the worst part about no grinding was going to be the increased difficulty. But no. It’s the difficulty in running away from everything when the first thing in your party doesn’t have the most wonderful Speed.

I don’t want to end up putting Zaft in front and switching in Sprinkle every time I see a Trainer. I feel like that might have to happen if this keeps up.

Yep. One necessary Hyper Potion later, Zaft goes in front.

This is the closest I will know peace in this entire Mansion.

He has a level 38 Ninetales.

Redact that previous statement.

Sprinkle, stop hitting yourself. Please.

Thank you.

I hate this place so much.

Scientist Braydon, why is your name, and what have you got for me? A level 33 Magnemite. Voltorb. Magneton. Geez. The worst threat of this place is I hate walking through it so much I haven’t been to the Pokemon Center since starting. A crit anywhere would have killed Heero. Not good.

Scientist Ted is next. With a level 29 Electrode. Po goes in for fear of Selfdestruct. And stays in for the Weezing.

....Aaaaaand I failed the maze, so I’m outside, so I guess I’ll go to the Pokemon Center!

...

I hit something on my keyboard.

The window closed.

All of my hate.

But thanks to being paranoid about such things, loading the last save just puts us in the middle of fighting Braydon right before he sends his Voltorb out. And somehow the Magneton goes better despite me doing the exact same thing and Heero being confused.

Hey, guess what. This time the Electrode uses Selfdestruct. Po’s fine. And I get to be right about things. Yay.

Back to where we were, except without going outside by accident.

Save me from myself, Lewis. You and your level 34 Growlithe are my only hope in this desolate building. The Ponyta has its inspiring features too.

Back to walking around. And reading forbidden Mewtwo lore that I might care about in a different mood. For someone not familiar with the story, it’s actually really cool. For me right now, go away, stop giving me extra things to click A at.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET YOUR EXCLAMATION POINT OF NOTICING ME BEFORE THE SCREEN EVEN ALLOWS ME TO SEE YOU.

FUCK YOU, SCIENTIST IVAN. YOU ARE THE REASON EVERYTHING IS WRONG. YOU AND YOUR LEVEL 34 MAGNEMITE. AS WELL AS YOUR ELECTRODE.

In other news, Zaft is finally saying farewell to Charge. The time of the Light Screen is upon us. I liked Zaft having a move that upped Special Defense and the damage of Spark, but the damage-upping is unreliable, and Light Screen can help the whole team.

Finally.

I have Escape Ropes. Peace out.

I guess now we’re at the point where we really have to fight a Gym Leader. Sabrina or Blaine. Only that’s not much of a choice. Sprinkle is too inexperienced for me to want her to nom all the Growlithe. For what I’m trying to do with her moveset, I want Sabrina to be trained against first.

In case my clear avoidance didn’t make it obvious.

I do not want to fight Sabrina. I can’t remember why the caution is buried so deep, and yet. The fear.

We remember how fun teleporttion is, right? Yeah? ...No?

Let’s get this over with.

Psychic Cameron is our first contestant. With a level 33 Slowpoke.

Huh. tfw things go better than expected. Another Slowpoke, and then a Slowbro that Zaft can help out with.

Psychic Tyron is next, which is not going to help future me a little because I draw the line at establishing which teleport I use each time. No. I have had enough with the teleporting.

Anyway, he has a level 34 Mr. Mime. Followed by a Kadabra.

Sprinkle murders all.

Psychic Johan. Starting with a level 31 Kadabra. You mock me, sir. Mr. Mime next. Oh damn it, Psybeam caused confusion. Why. Mr. Mime also knows Magical Leaf. Why. Slowpoke’s next, and I think Zaft is going to help just because of the awkwardness of the damn mime. Kadabra again. Same thing, just for the heck of it. Yay. Win.

That is what I’m here for. Channeler Tasha. She has a level 33 Gastly. Followed by another. Wrapping up with a Haunter.

Psychic Preston of the unfortunate name has a level 38 Slowbro. Oh snap. Zaft, whaddya think? Electricity? yes, good.

Channeler Amanda has a level 34 Gastly. Also a Haunter. Not anymore.

Channeler Stacy only has one. Ominous. It is a level 38 Haunter.

That’s it, right? Seven done in a box of nine, one’s the entrance and one’s Sabrina?

I guess that means it’s time to fight Sabrina.

That is not something I really want to do. Even now. But let’s. Get it done. I guess.

OG sprite best sprite.

Out first is a level 38 Kadabra.

Reasons to not want this fight near me.

I think I’m going to let Po have the Mr. Mime. To possibly eat the Future Sight the Kadabra got off, and also just. I don’t know. There’s no basis to the comfort Po handling the Mr. Mime brings. Mr. Mime is level 37. That helps me feel even more better.

Why does Psybeam confuse everything it touches in this run.

And then Sabrina Baton Passes her level 38 Venomoth in. Okay, fine. And with the Mr. Mime mostly dead, Sprinkle can handle it safely now.

Final pokemon! ... ... ... Level 43 Alakazam!

Perish Song is my new best friend and also I do not like this. It uses Future Sight, so I want Po to come back in, but I’m probably also going to want a potion for her. She’s eaten a lot of damage for me.

Future Sight failed for... some reason someone who actually reads the conditions for these things could probably tell me. Good. After the hit of a Calm Minded Psychic, that might have actually killed Po.

Sprinkle, you’re a good egg.

So that’s done with, and I have ominous feelings about what awaits us in Blaine’s Gym. Let’s maybe continue to put that off by visiting more Trainers in the ocean. At this point, though... I think we’re probably reaching the most difficult part of the run. Maybe because I added Sprinkle to the lineup, but the decision there already happened, so no point whining about having a Water pokemon.

Yeah, I left a Fossil there and it’s too inconvenient to pick up. Swimmer Melissa with the level 31 Poliwag. Allenby gets the Seaking.

Picnicker Missy is on an island. She has a level 31 Goldeen. Seaking for Allenby again.

Swimmer Dean only has one pokemon, and it’s a level 35 Staryu. We can let Zaft help. Zaft’s going to miss a lot of the coming action.

Swimmer Nora has a level 30 Shellder. Then another. Then a Cloyster.

Another island, and we have a Bird Keeper by the name of Roger. He has a level 30 Fearow. Sprinkle has an Ice Beam. Po gets the next Fearow. Zaft can have the Pidgeotto.

Well. Here we go. Our last available Trainer before Blaine’s Gym.

Cue the dramatic music.

Picnicker Irene has a level 30 Tentacool. Then a Horsea. Then a Seel.

That’s sort of it, isn’t it? We have Blaine and. Yeah.

I’m trying to think out the available stuff, and unless I’m missing something, there’s nothing for me to do after Blaine except Giovanni. Then there’s the Elite Four. Victory Road might cut me some slack, but we’re largely out of trainers. I think because these are the gen three remakes, there’s some stuff after Blaine, but I can’t remember if that’s actually after Blaine, or after the whole game. With Bill and Cinnabar and. stuff.

I haven’t checked the leveling, but isn’t one of Lance’s Dragonites in the 60s?

I guess we really are hitting the difficult part of this run.

For now, Gym.

Let’s do this, (ex)Burglar Quinn.

A level 36 Growlithe is up first. Right, I was going to switch between Sprinkle and Allenby for this. Since Allenby still has Rock Slide. Vulpix comes next. Followed by Ninetales.

Yay, we did it. Next room.

Super Nerd Erik has a level 36 Vulpix, Vulpix, and Ninetales. I’ll spare you the details, but Sprinkle was involved.

Super Nerd Avery shares the room and starts with a level 34 Ponyta! I can’t remember if we’ve seen one of those yet. I love Ponyta. Charmander, Vulpix, and Growlithe round out his team, and we’re off to the next room with no problems.

Burglar Ramon doesn’t tell us he’s stopped stealing stuff, so we can safely assume that Blaine just lets whoever likes Fire pokemon into his Gym. Morality comes last in concerns.

Anyway, Ramon has one level 41 Ponyta. It’s gone now.

....

Okay, so I remembered Blaine liked quizzes, and was thinking how odd it was that they didn’t include that in this version. Because I was just going around battling the Trainers. Then I got curious and actually clicked on the machine that each room has had.

Oh, look, quizzes.

Let’s fight Super Nerd Derek anyway. He has a level 41 Rapidash.

Sprinkle’s killing everything, if you couldn’t tell.

Burglar Dusty has two pokemon. A level 37 Vulpix and a Growlithe.

That does not make you sound smarter, Super Nerd Zac. Even your level 37 Growlithe is disappointed. Vulpix is next and meets the same fate.

The time has come.

Final room.

Penultimate Gym Leader.

Blaine.

I believe in you, Sgt. Sprinkle.

A level 42 Growlithe is out first. That feels like overkill. Nothing compared to what Sprinkle does to it, but still. Level 40 Ponyta shows up next, and outside of Sprinkle eating a Fire Blast, same result.

The level 42 Rapidash comes out to play. Its Fire Blast does a little more damage, and burns Sprinkle (unforgivable), but it still only survives one Surf.

Arcanine is last, and Allenby is going to deal with it. Sprinkle’s too hurt, and Pokemon Go has taught me that Arcanine sometimes knows horrible Electric moves. Staying away from all of that and giving Allenby something to do sounds like a better move for everyone.

Holy shit, this thing’s level 47??

Uhhh. I foresee maybe letting this be Po’s problem. Allenby can get a hit in, but I doubt a non-STAB Rock Slide from something that’s had its Attack lowered by Intimidate is going to kill in one hit. The things the Arcanine might do, on the other hand....

Allenby gets a crit.

Because she loves us and life and being alive.

So that’s that! Seventh badge get!

No, it’s gen five where you can’t leave a Gym in peace. Go away, Bill, Sprinkle needs heals.

Bill just waits for us to leave the Gym so he can ask us to hang out with him on a private island. We’re ten, Bill.

Why are they named the way they are.

Bill throws a Meteorite at us to go deliver to another one of his friends on Two Island. This isn’t a private island getaway, this is Bill recruiting an unattended ten-year-old for free labor.

I’m not big on this section of plot, but given that Blaine had a level 47 Arcanine, I can’t just go around skipping things at places that might have Trainers. So.

Bill Gaiden. Start.

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While it might feel like 2011 was only a few years ago, the actuality is that it was ten whole years ago! An entire decade has gone by which makes it the perfect time to look back on some of the iconic movies that premiered in 2011.

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While major franchises dominated the box offices and comedy and dramas have audiences in tears of laughter and sadness, it was the family-friendly genre that truly hit its stride in 2011. From animated classics to fun live-action films, the PG and under movies released in 2011 definitely deserve to be celebrated for their fun and original plots.

10 Mr. Popper's Penguins - 6.0

Turning 10 on June 17th is the Jim Carrey led Mr. Popper's Penguins. Inspired by the children's novel of the same name, Mr. Popper's Penguins tells the story of Thomas Popper Jr. (Carrey), a successful real estate developer whose life is turned upside down when his late father gifts him a live penguin.

Soon one penguin becomes 5 and Mr. Popper becomes responsible for the mischievous penguins while also trying to figure out his estranged relationship with his own children and ex-wife.

9 Cars 2 - 6.1

Pixar Animation Studios has a pretty strong history of releasing a new animated feature film every year, except for a few hiatuses. In 2011, Pixar hit theaters with the Cars 2, the sequel to their 2006 hit animated feature. This time around Lightning McQueen is competing in a World Grand Prix race and decides to take Mater along with him for the journey.

While Cars 2 was a major success at the box office the movie was met with mixed reviews. In fact, it regularly is ranked one of Pixar's worst movies of all time.

8 Dolphin Tale - 6.8

The family-friendly movie genre in 2011 was dominated by movies inspired by true events which is exactly what Dolphin Tale is. Released in September, the movie centers on the bond a rescued dolphin who lost her tail has with a young pre-teen boy who is struggling to find his place in the world.

Together, Winter and Sawyer defy the odds and help each other become the best version of themselves. The movie even earned a sequel that was released in 2014.

7 Rio - 6.9

Arguably one of Blue Sky Studios' most memorable and unique animated movies is Rio. The movie was several decades in the making but finally released in theaters in April 2011.

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The movie centers on Blue, a beloved pet macaw who gets kidnapped by smugglers when his owner takes him to Rio to meet the only other blue macaw in the world. As if the trip isn't enough, Blu getting kidnapped forces him to deal with the consequences of living his entire life in captivity, like the fact that he has no idea how to fly.

6 Soul Surfer - 7.0

Soul Surfer is a family-friendly biographical movie. The movie was inspired by the real-life of professional surfer Bethany Hamilton and her autobiography and was released in April 2011.

AnnaSophia Robb plays Bethany Hamilton, a young professional surfer hopeful who gets the shock of her life when she is attacked by a shark while surfing with the friends one day. Though the movie may be intense, it is also hopeful.

5 We Bought A Zoo - 7.1

Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson are two of the most influential and talented actors in Hollywood and they both landed roles in the 2011 iconic family-friendly movie We Bought A Zoo. The movie, like many live-action family movies, was inspired by the real-life of Benjamin Mee who wrote a memoir of his adventure.

The movie centers on Benjamin Mee (Damon), a newly widowed father, who decides to purchase a run-down zoo for his family to live on. While the decision starts out as a disaster, Benjamin and his family eventually bond with each other, and the zoo crew, creating a brand new home for them.

4 Kung Fu Panda 2 - 7.2

DreamWorks Animation is no stranger to creating successful sequels to their animated movies and that certainly didn't change in 2011. Released in May 2011, the movie once again entered on Po the Panda who must confront his own past in order to save China.

Kung Fu Panda 2 set a lot of records and became the highest-grossing movie to be directed solely by a woman at the time.

3 Rango - 7.2

Rango is one of those animated movies that are more popular among adults than kids despite its kid-friendly aim. The unique animation and story paid off and Rango ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, becoming the first non-Disney or Pixar movie to do since 2006.

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Produced in partnership between Nickelodeon and ILM, Rango tells the story of a pet chameleon who is going through an existential crisis. When Rango is accidentally left in a frontier town, he decides to embark on a journey to discover who he really is by becoming the town's new sheriff.

2 Winnie The Pooh - 7.2

2011 wasn't the first time Walt Disney Studios created a Winnie the Pooh animated movie but it was the first time in a very long time.

Set in the Hundred Acre Woods and inspired by the popular novels by A.A. Millie, Winnie the Pooh follows Pooh and the gang as they try to locate Eeryoe's missing tale while also hiding from the mysterious "Backson" that the gang believes kidnapped Christopher Robin.

1 Hugo - 7.5

Martin Scorsese isn't a name that synonymous with family-friendly movies but that didn't stop him from directing Hugo, an underrated family-friendly movie that premiered in November 2011. And in true Scorses fashion, he made the movie a work of art earning 11 Academy Award nominations.

The movie centered on Hugo, a young orphan who is being raised by his uncle who lives in the walls of a train station. Hugo is tasked with keeping the clocks working while also keeping a broken automaton safe from intruders.

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