Team Rocket's Podcast Gets Cancelled

Thanks to Hannah Chapin for voicing Jesse!
/ hannah_chapin
Footage source: Pokémon Journeys Episodes 70 & 106.

[@TurboJehtt]

Thanks to Hannah Chapin for voicing Jesse! She's very talented and you should follow her. twitter.com/hannah_chapin

[@mndsgn1]

Griffith did nothing wrong

[@Lunatic89097]

@@mndsgn1 Wrong

[@kaphizmey6229]

wait a sec, you used a different female va than izziibel? impossible

[@mndsgn1]

@@Lunatic89097 wong

[@idrewablank8354]

More of this please

[@scylla1772]

"You're sympathizing with a genocidal terrorist"-- iconic line from James Pokemon

[@JayTohab]

JAMES POKEMON 🤣

[@comics4556]

I didn’t know his last name was Pokémon….good to know lol

[@seaangel1430]

@@JayTohab Sans Undertale

[@neonotterpop2528]

@@seaangel1430 kel omori

[@Lemuel928]

Pokémon XY in a nutshell.

[@brigidmadden5577]

Honestly the characterization here is pretty on point. James expressing the most empathy for other people and Pokémon, Jessie constantly fumbling what could be good ideas, meowth having no filter, and the podcast being a simple get rich quick scheme that has larger consequences (albeit positive initially)

[@amuro9624]

Yea I honestly thought it was a real scene until they start swearing

[@Mephistel]

Team Rocket are really just Always Sunny in Philadelphia but for kids

[@BrianMagnan]

@@amuro9624 me too. It was VERY convincing.

[@classicsonicandtailsanimation]

@@BrianMagnan Exactly. 😊

[@gengarzilla1685]

Hmm... I figured it wasn't real when they were discussing Wooper's Ice Punch. The anime never touches upon such extremely illogical moveset options like that.

[@misguidedkpopper8674]

I'd unironically listen to full podcasts made by these 3.

[@JustDave-kw9jp]

Same

[@OmarKhaled-vp6fv]

They should make this into a series

[@kiseki8351]

4 *W* *O* *B* *B* *U* *F* *F* *E* *T*

[@BrodyDoesStufff]

the only podcast id listen to

[@ClodsireBcuzYes]

like dead serious. bonus points if its the actual voice actors tho.

[@logan_rice]

I LOVE the idea of 7.8/10 being a pro-Magma dogwhistle in the Pokemon world

[@mikamo]

“7.8 out of every 10 tiles in Hoenn is a water tile! And it’s time we DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!” Like 7.8 is the 88 of Hoenn lmao

[@mikamo]

Wait so in my own theory, Team Magma are straight up nazis and Maxie is hitler. ………always knew I liked Archie more! And there’s absolutely nothing more to be read into! Team Aqua did nOTHING WRONG!

[@mamutepeq]

An okidogiwhistle

[@thesunwillneverset]

Seems more like a play on the 13/50 dogwhistle about black crime statistics@@mikamo

[@Jugement]

​@@thesunwillneverset13/60 actually 😉

[@hollowichigo1023]

I could watch a whole spinoff series of the rocket podcast. Especially with radical meowth

[@dmman33]

DUDE YES!!!!!!!!

[@jeremyrossi2716]

“I don’t like them putting Muks in the water that turn the freaking Poliwags gay!”

[@Gabo2oo]

Team Rocket actually had a whole radio show in Japan IRL where the actors would take more liberties to talk than within the anime's script. Obviously it's not quite the same but the concept of "casual" TR always works really well

[@Brown95P]

I could watch a whole spinoff series of the rocket podcast period.

[@whattheduck2106]

@@jeremyrossi2716 "Drifloons are racist? Baloongate?"

[@StealthySceptile]

Team Rocket didn’t deserve to be cancelled, Meowth was THIS close to giving Hoenn a nice 7.8/10!

[@KiraSlith]

A nice Magnitude 7.8

[@ZeeJBC]

Awesome! That’s tantamount to 78%.

[@BlackHermit]

I feel old for getting this joke

[@ChalkMuncher]

7.8/10 Too much water

[@solidseagull4062]

Your profile picture matches up so well here

[@yingkaishao2939]

"The way I see it, Kyogre is surrounded. Because what's under the water? More earth." -Meowth, probably

[@noinfo1018]

When are they gonna invite homophobic ferrothorn onto the podcast?

[@AnimationisTHEfuture]

@@noinfo1018 Meowth should catch a Ferrothorn

[@456MrPeople]

Lol real geologists know that there's more water underneath Earth's crust than in the oceans on the Earth's surface.

[@ramonreyes7421]

What's inside us? Blood. What is blood made of? Water. Kyogre and Groudon both have blood in them.

[@froginabucket7294]

@@ramonreyes7421what’s in blood? Iron. Checkmate, liberal.

[@ThatADHDFlygon]

"You know, I was going to give Hoenn a 7.8/10" is peak comedy. Perfect reference.

[@siyahseeker]

Darn you, IGN! Rating games just because of how much water they have instead of over their quality. You know, I was going to make a list of every game I played that has water in it and where, but it’d be too long for KZbin.

[@siyahseeker]

You know what? Here it is: -Super Mario Bros. - World 2-2 and World 7-2 -Super Mario Bros. 3 - Most World 3 levels Mega Man 1 - Ice Man -Mega Man 2 - Bubble Man -Mega Man 3 - Gemini Man -Super Mario World - Most levels, Soda Lake, the Sunken Ghost Ship -Sonic the Hedgehog - Labyrinth Zone -Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant, Aquatic Ruin Zone -Sonic Mania (Plus) - Chemical Plant -Mega Man and Bass - Intro Stage, Cold Man -New Super Mario Bros. series - Most World 3 levels -Sonic Rush - Water Palace (it’s even in the name) -Super Mario Odyssey - Cap Kingdom, Lake Kingdom, Seaside Kingdom, Snow Kingdom -Mega Man 4 - Toad Man, Dive Man -Mega Man 8 - Aqua Man -Super Mario Land 2 - Some Tree Zone levels, most Turtle Zone levels -Kirby series - Float Islands, nearly any beach/rocky mountain/underground cavern area And…that’s about it.

[@alptugraakan7490]

@@siyahseeker sonic mania has chemical plant too its not an exclusive level to mania plus.And the very first level of odyssey(not counting cappy's planet where there is a tutorial)has some water too

[@siyahseeker]

@@alptugraakan7490 I put Plus in parentheses since it’s featured in that game, too.

[@alptugraakan7490]

@@siyahseeker you forgot jungle joyride from sonic unleashed

[@Raph___A]

The fact that Officer Jenny just smiles as Meowth reveals they're part of an evil organization says alot about how seriously she takes her job in this canon.

[@rayclemenes7638]

She's a fed, not much surprise there.

[@vadarman9906]

I mean, she is a cop

[@PlebNC]

She's smiling because she's driving to a sting operation that's coordinating to take down their podcast.

[@GAOMaster]

@@vadarman9906 dude...

[@Christian-gr3gu]

@@vadarman9906 .....

[@Real_Genji]

It wasn’t until Meowth swore did I realize this was fan made

[@WorldWeave]

Same here 😜

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

@Team Plasma Colress [TPC] because only the audio is fanmade, the footage are spliced from real episodes. it IS real in a way.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I figured it out when he talked about Wooper's Ice Punch. The anime never covers weird moveset trivia.

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

Yeah same. I almost thought it was real

[@masterofroblox687]

idk if im trippin or not but the voices definitely didnt sound like the eng dub for me

[@Valcerv]

If they didn't curse I would of assumed this was a actual episode because the voices/animations are so accurate

[@lindseylindsey9200]

I’m pretty sure it’s dubbed over actual footage from the anime

[@brainthebrian3690]

Bruh no 😂

[@AnimationisTHEfuture]

*an

[@TheLobsterCopter5000]

*would have

[@Box-bp3wx]

Wobbuffets voice was too off

[@morgantellez758]

You know, everyone gives team aqua and magma loads of crap for having the worst plans in the franchise, but Idk if they were even trying to be that insane with it, when either of them learns their legendary is gonna go overboard with the whole thing and flood/dry the earth completely, they are pretty surprised. Maybe archie just wanted to change the coasts just enough to wet drought-prone areas, and Maxie just wanted to expand the coasts by just a bit or surface a landbridge between Hoenn's islands. The only problem is that neither of them were geologists or meteorologists. So effectively they're just like redditors arguing over the world's problems except they have legitimate followers and power.

[@MegaManJake]

Oh nonono. Most people I talk to see Lysandre and Team Flare as the worst. "We're going to reset the world!" "Okay, why?" "It's so ugly and cruel!" "And what will you do when you create this new world?" "Only Team Flare can belong!" "So criminals. Got it. F-- is your grade."

[@morgantellez758]

@@MegaManJake You managed to stay correct while wildly veering entirely off topic to the point where it doesnt even matter that you're right

[@MegaManJake]

@@morgantellez758 LOL WHOOPS WHAT WAS I DOING WHEN I WROTE THIS?!

[@starchild3215]

​@@MegaManJakeand to make matters worst, that whole "we need to reset the world" wasn't even their original idea, team Galactic tried pulling that shit years before flair even existed.

[@MariOmor1]

Their plans are expanded in the ORAS remakes: Maxie's plan is to give more land to humanity, Archie's plan is to give more space for Pokemon

[@moon_lava]

the fact that meowth is the one to get them cancelled is actually so in-character

[@moon_lava]

@Lilith does stuff this is a youtube comment ur not allowed to disagree with me sorry 😎

[@TheStarsTwilight]

This reminds me of that time J-Wittz covered the Pokemon Christmas Album and Meowth had some pretty insensitive takes there too.

[@moon_lava]

@@TheStarsTwilight meowth singing is not something i knew i wanted until i heard it, thank u for enlightening me

[@gore_lover]

Ikr

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

@@moon_lava If you was joking, that was a bad joke

[@GippyHappy]

Meowth goes from "Maybe Maxie wasn't entirely unjustified" to "I wish everyone in Hoenn was dead if it meant there was no water" over the course of 2 minutes

[@NeostormXLMAX]

people get radicalized the more people go against them or try to silence them, thats why free speech is important

[@Dan-zc3ou]

Pretty much the Alt-right raricalization pipeline on KZbin. Start with SJW owned videos and ends with Rogan, Jones and Nazis

[@GradeAMolvanian]

Yeah that's pretty much how it goes. I've got 'conservative' family who will start with border security or lower taxes... and when they're comfortable bring in their support of genocide and outright praising of Hitler.

[@healgoth]

@@NeostormXLMAX EXCEPT Meowth only cared about the water from a personal perspective, of course a cat hates water… that doesn’t mean the humans should evaporate even part of the ocean! Giving in to their demands is how you get those evil Meowth variants in Alola and Galar! We got more land routes and now all of us have to live with Garfield the Pokémon, now with additional Nermal and Arlene variants!

[@fahn.k.3348]

Meowth doubled, then tripled down LOL

[@sadvec6328]

I really think a show about these guys talking for 20 minutes would be the GOAT

[@yt_MLM3]

I love how the team rocket justifies considering themselves above team magma by saying they don't do their jobs well

[@kenxiong9776]

During the whole "I hate water, team magma was justified, " I forgot Meowth is a cat.

[@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn]

That's the entire basis of it. Lol. Meowth ain't fooling nobody!

[@Maxxatron]

To be honest, 52 episodes before getting canceled isn't half bad considering they blatantly advertise themselves as wanted criminals. Even the police listen to the podcast

[@Aflay1]

Because they speak the truth....and this is probably the least threatening thing they could be doing at any given moment.

[@roberttaylr]

Stop self snitching, shout out Bruce Rivers

[@stanb1455]

@@roberttaylr what?

[@floricel_112]

I mean....in their own words: "We don't KILL people! We only STEAL pokemon! Well....one specific pokemon, really....and even that we don't do particularly well"

[@mr.incognitoyt2235]

@@roberttaylr Wtf are you on about?

[@antitheist3206]

As a lifelong member of Team Magma, I support this message.

[@DefgirRZawa]

Go Team Aqua!

[@BenMorelliRG]

AQUA GANG RISE UP 🌊🌊🌊

[@thesterrave]

water cooler than magmaa 100%

[@jackstar7204]

Land's hotter than lame water

[@GiordanDiodato]

have fun with the infinite zubats in caves

[@averagemariorpgfan4131]

As a Floridian- Louisianan I can verify that Team Magma is saving us from rising sea Level

[@KillerCraft_GD]

As a floridian myself i 100% qgree

[@negligible_reality]

tbh Florida kinda deserves to sink into the ocean, its the only way to make all the Florida Men pay for their sins

[@christopherbravo1813]

yes, he's really doing Arceus's work. I am typing this from my underwater house.

[@notmariolevi2863]

As a Hawaiian, I would rather not have my country become the next Atlantis, so I'm voting Team Magma in the next chance I get

[@MustraOrdo]

As a Nevadan-Californian, I disagree

[@diamonddust4486]

I love how officer Jenny's listening to that like it's no big deal. Though to be honest, with how bad they are at stealing, the only crime they can really be arrested for is child harassment.

[@BigBoy257]

And their not good at that either

[@gamerpeck8517]

@@BigBoy257 they're*

[@brandonhughes4076]

Ah yes, only harassing a child, no biggie

[@User_Here414]

@@gamerpeck8517 why do you care that he used the wrong there seems kind of stupid to me to fix his grammar

[@maromania7]

The worst part is that's really the only crime they're bad at. on the rare occasion they try something else they succeed with flying colors. Ignore ash and they steal stadiums of pokemon, wreck towns, snag ultra beasts, infiltrate near any organization with ease. In gen 5 they went back into the past through a time gate and started snagging ancient pokemon. In thier backstory episode they pulled off a great heist. Ash always hunts them down and stops them when they ignore him, but if they just left the kid alone and went elsewhere they'd have great success. and we would have no show XD

[@retrohanska4441]

"You're sympatizing with genocidal terrorist!" Worse. He's sympathising with IGN journalist.

[@Demaad]

Maxie seemed more of a eco-terrorist than a genocidal one.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Yeah, that's one of the most heinous things you can do.

[@lautarogomez9711]

But what did IGN did?

[@UsherGT3]

@@lautarogomez9711 They do a lot of bad things. Didn't they gave Doom Eternal a low rating cuz' they suck at the game?

[@lautarogomez9711]

@@UsherGT3 Ohhh, Well. Should we raid IGN?

[@eertikrux666]

When Wobbuffet says “Wobbuffet”, I really felt that, tears started to run down my face for the truth has been told. Truly one of the moments

[@DialE4Eggs]

Meowth calling James "Jimmy" made my day

[@bldrun1504]

Don't worry guys, Meowth did an Apology video later and got everything sorted out.

[@arko5959]

Yes and surprisingly it surpassed more views than that social media star Pogan -Laul- Lol's apology vid

[@amb3rrif1c]

I mean yeah but u can tell it was rly just to save his ass from getting more public flack over what he said, more like he was sorry he got caught. Then Meowth will probly go on Twitter and say smth abt how cancel culture ruined him so I wouldn’t give his apology too much thought

[@user-sm1bi5ix6l]

Meowth got in the Daily Wire after Twitter banned him.

[@kaphizmey6229]

@@user-sm1bi5ix6l “today on the daily wire, trans people are taking over the sinnoh region! meowth has more on the subject…”

[@rebeccadoyle600]

@@kaphizmey6229 “but in other news, Meowth has to report on the phenomenon of gender neutral pokemon. Meowth?” “Thanks Barbara. So anyways, STARMIES AND STARYUS ARE OUT HERE PROMOTING NOTHING BUT PROPAGANDA! WHEN IT COMES TO GENDER PICK ONE AND STICK WITH I-“ ---- “So I got cancelled again. “Goddamnit.”

[@sukunasgaylover]

The way Meowth slowly goes from being just slightly in bad taste to condemning an entire culture to threatening genocide is exactly how most last episodes of podcasts before they get cancelled go.

[@PatrickRatman]

How tf is water a culture. Like i understand the parallel but water is not a culture.

[@dansmith1661]

Shame it doesn't happen to media. The mainstream is increasingly unhinged.

[@mainlander3920]

If you're a communist you can support genocide and no one cares though.

[@juannaym8488]

@@dansmith1661 I sometimes feel like there's some kind of U-shape of depravity. On one end, there are the unhinged people dwelling in the darkest corners of the world. On the other is mainstream media

[@dansmith1661]

@Cirrus I am joking. He was made an incel and got radicalized over the internet.

[@mitchellbarton7915]

The writing in this is incredible. The script is exactly like it would be in the show with a good deal of adult humor thrown in. Masterfully written!

[@Gammxa]

he's got a point, one of the grunts said that they wouldve had a nice house in hoenn if there were more land, because house prices are probably extremely high there, and the rest of the world too. team magma didnt want to get rid of ALL the water, just about 20% of it (making it a 50/50 ratio) so that humans could develop further into the future, however it was a horrible miscalculation in the end (if i got any of this wrong, i played pokemon alpha sapphire)

[@theflaminggroundon632]

Depending on the game they fight, Team magma hates water in Ruby, but the pirates got a brain and on sapphire the roles swap

[@BlueAizu_]

Team Magma and Team Aqua's plans only have a proper motive in ORAS. In the original games they're only trying to expand the land/sea just for the sake of the games having an evil plot related to the box legendaries to thwart. I will say Maxie wanting to make more land so Hoenn could have more livable space has better intentions than Archie wanting to flood Hoenn to "reset the world". ORAS is notably the first time the absurd house/population ratio usually found in Pokémon games is ever lampshaded as a main plot point. Awakening Primal Groudon and not being able to control it still would have horribly disrupted the nature, wildlife, and human population of the region, if not destroy it all outright.

[@No-Community1380]

"He tried to destroy the world" "That sure seems to happen a lot these days" Team Rocket has a point

[@khristopherkomodoensis4734]

Basically every main-series original Pokemon Game at this point.

[@ThomastheRiolpixQueen]

@@khristopherkomodoensis4734 well every one after team rocket but before team yell so like 4 out of the 9 gens

[@ThomastheRiolpixQueen]

@@Madara8989 yeah but Im saying after team rocket not before team rocket when i said before i was referring to before team yell you know the gen 8 bad guy teams

[@xX_DarkPriestessDemonDragon_Xx]

you would think that at this point they would've already thought up of making a unity of pokemon trainers specifically meant for dealing with these kinds of threats but eh to be fair these so-called bad guys are always getting thwarted by pre-teens so

[@redgerran]

"If there was more land, I'd be able to get a house of my own!" This grunt made me really empathize with Team Magma.

[@budgetcoinhunter]

Completely forgetting the many, _many_ spots even a child can go and build their own furnished 'home-away-from-home'.

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

Personally I prefer the "What did I do to deserve this guard posting? My left ear is burning up!" guy from Emerald.

[@xX_DarkPriestessDemonDragon_Xx]

@@budgetcoinhunter Hey! Not anyone can just get their hands on that TM!

[@Galeboy]

What? who said that lmfao, timestamp?

[@redgerran]

@@Galeboy It was on Mt. Chimney in Ruby/Sapphire version.

[@Sylveon386]

It took me TOO long to realize this was fan-made, good job. 👌

[@-DARKABYSS-]

1:22 bro literally he isn’t wrong like going to the Pokémon league in brilliant diamond encountering wingulls and tentacruel makes me go craaazzzyy

[@gengarzilla1685]

But that region has only one story-required water route. Hoenn has several.

[@jahkt667]

This is proof that a Pokémon show with adult humour would be the best thing ever.

[@rifasclub]

At least target it for young adults, more. It's not nice that they focus on little kids so much.

[@ericx6969]

I mean some lore in pokemon pretty dark like the ultra beast that genocide pokemons and humans in 1 dimension

[@Sparkle8205]

Yeah what op said

[@Sparkle8205]

@@ericx6969 *looks at the lore all the way back in gen 1* yeah it’s had dark elements since the beginning, not including the mangas

[@kingcamelot1395]

@@Sparkle8205 Gamefreak just tries so hard to pretend those moments don't exist. But we have a long memory.

[@TheTrashyboi]

This feels like something straight out of a SolidJJ video, but actually animated Its humor and everything is simply amazing

[@Pixel-go2nd]

Holy crap I didn't even realized this wasn't Solid JJ until you pointed it out!

[@lukahmei2000]

Jehtt is way better anyway

[@kernium]

Welcome to Jehtt, I hope you enjoy your stay!

[@TheTrashyboi]

@@lukahmei2000 I feel like you're just saying that cuz you haven't watched double J's content as much cuz I certainly wouldn't call comparison between such great voice actors

[@kaphizmey6229]

@@TheTrashyboi i personally don’t think jehtt is better than JJ, but his content does appeal to me more. JJ focuses on various old comic book/tv franchises, whereas jehtt does a few video game IPs (mainly sonic) that are more in line with my interests as an epicc heckin gamer

[@MrPhange]

Why did it take me until just now to realize that wooper learning ice punch is weird because wooper has no arms

[@alexmark6580]

All y'all be hatin on meowth but you forget he made graduation

[@typryor2227]

I appreciate Wobbafet’s input. Very insightful

[@Delta21OnYT]

he's obviously the audio producer/engineer that tried to de-escalate the situation

[@wingedbluj1674]

That's the way it is

[@PlatinumHustle]

🤣

[@JayPlusForerunner]

I thought his take was a bit too political, but yes, very insightful

[@anentity8960]

@@JayPlusForerunner Yes, but that's what I like about him. He doesn't shy of being political if he needs too. And I think the particular aspect that he highlights does have a political impact. Indeed, we can always count on Wobbafet to point out certain things that people tend to overlook.

[@ryebread117_]

MORE POKEMON SKITS PLEASE. This was fucking brilliant

[@calebnotnoob5415]

Specifically more team rocket skits

[@gabeheartz13saravia97]

I honestly hope that these characters return one day in the anime as side characters

[@stefaniarusso]

Yeah I agree

[@iamkuroki]

All I'm saying is that everybody had something to bring to the table, especially Maxie

[@saffy18]

Okay but your voice acting? Absolutely amazing, your James, Meowth and Wobuffet are so good! They sound so similar to the actual voices, it was hard to spot the difference. I hope you do more Pokemon skits because this one was hilarious and your acting makes it even better!

[@WhiteCaneV1]

knowing the other stuff, I was like "where's this from? where's this from?"

[@Bear_Song]

I stopped watching Journeys a while ago, so I thought that this actually happened in the show until about halfway. This was so good. ❤️🤣👌

[@SarahSyafiqaAllya]

I legit thought it was real but I recognised Jessie's voice was abit off but still this is amaaaaaazing I laughed so hard at 'too much water'

[@garr_inc]

Meowth was easier to spot, since the lower tones were very much not fitting. But those were handled so well they worked excellently.

[@Box-bp3wx]

Wobbuffets voice felt the most bad

[@tytris203]

The "we don't kill people" statement had me flash back to that pokemon safari episode where they put a revolver to an old man's head. I remember thinking as a kid "Oh man this shit got real"

[@gengarzilla1685]

Oh yeah, _that_ banned one. The one that went too far for even the gun-toting USA.

[@bradleydalton7563]

but that episode never aired outside of Japan?

[@christmasgrinch4017]

He saw it on that one KZbin video that got reccomended a few days ago

[@tytris203]

@@christmasgrinch4017 No, when I was 13 I heard that there were "illegal" pokemon episodes and said to myself "well now I need to watch them". I found them on some bootleg streaming site and that is the story of how I discovered anime streaming as a child.

[@SirEdigarious]

@@tytris203 facts. The internet shows you everything bro. Even things that you shouldn’t see. The internet is a big ass place.

[@fancyturtle1267]

Bro predicted the kanye podcast 💀

[@coldflykid]

looked for this

[@KoopatheQuick]

😂

[@neonotterpop2528]

"You're sympathizing with a genocidal terrorist!"

[@user-yl3xj8pc8m]

This is my favorite one you've done thus far. Just love the set-up and how genuinethe characters come across ; D

[@Memorie__]

I don’t think a lot of people would have noticed but, “Wobbufett”’s Japanese name means “that’s the way it is” and since the anime is produced in Japan and Wobbufett was a joke character used for this purpose, and him saying that after James said “and killed a lot of people too” implies he is on Meowth’s side. Also that concerned cry of Wobbufett at the end is probably him siding with Meowth and telling Jessie and James not to “silence” him.

[@dhanriel4519]

as in the words of the great thinker wobbufett "it is what it is." team magma did nothing wrong and if you think otherwise you're eating the team aqua fake new propaganda!

[@BreadLoeuf]

I'm disappointed that the localisers didn't make an attempt with this name like they did with wynaut.

[@wannabehistorian371]

Actually he’d be on James’ side.

[@Emmariscobar]

@@BreadLoeuf Maybe they could have called him something like " _itswatis_ " after "" _it_ i _s_ _w_ h _at_ _it_ i _s_ "? It's not a very catchy name but it carries over the pun.

[@eafesaf6934]

In German his preevolution is called "Isso" and the last stage "Woingenau". "Isso" is slang in German and comes from the saying "Es ist so!" /"Ist so!" which translated means "That's how it is!"/"It is like that!". "Woingenau" sadly loses its Japanese meaning and is basically "Wohin genau?" which translated means "Where exactly?"

[@heorfromomori]

Now that takes "The thing We didn't know We needed" to another level

[@seventhspud]

the thing was water

[@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464]

@@seventhspud no water is too wet

[@bonebard6178]

You know the idea of a scripted in universe podcast by the team rocket crew sounds like a great promotional material

[@Strider_Volnutt2048]

This is absolutely absurd, wonderful, and probably what they ended up doing after the show went off. Serious props, guys!

[@Nathanieltan100]

Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet's voices are truly on-point. They almost sound like actual voices in the anime series. It feels like I'm watching an actual episode of the series.

[@panayiotianavas3380]

James doesn't sound exactly like he did in Journeys unless they changed VAs after season 23. He sounds like an old Englishman who is mildly bemused all of the time in Journeys, this sounds closer to his voice early on in the anime, and is more tolerable as such.

[@pinkpeppers5580]

I thought it was real until Meowth said he was going to go apeshit

[@ryandewitte8109]

@@pinkpeppers5580 yeah, that kinda clued me in too

[@darkphoenixgaming8253]

@@pinkpeppers5580 SAME

[@darkphoenixgaming8253]

@@pinkpeppers5580 I thought that they were changing their voices to maybe not get recognized or something I haven't seen the episode yet lol I've been watching the whole anime in order and only seen the 1st season on the gen 8 anime.

[@zidanez21]

For those who don’t watch the Journey’s anime this was a filler episode where Team Rocket needed to recruit people to Team Rocket and so decided a radio show/podcast was the way they did episode 1 and found 0 viewers, and so tried and revamped the entire thing forgetting their original goal and making a relatively popular podcast The episode is surprisingly good for a Pokémon filler episode if you plan on watching Journey without fillers give this episode a chance instead of skipping it

[@planeded5885]

I did watch all of pokemon journeys, but didn't find this filler episode. H u h

[@lilboygthorns7373]

Does it really count as filler when the podcast appears over several episodes with narrator-chan

[@zidanez21]

@@planeded5885 I assume this hasn’t been dubbed in English yet

[@planeded5885]

@@zidanez21 huh

[@hazysnowstudios7553]

Oh which episode is this? I probably skipped it thinking it was filler, but this actually seems really dope

[@Deejayjax]

This is so well done I didn’t even realize it was fanmade until the end part

[@thema1998]

I'm so glad that I discovered this tonight. This nearly had me dying from laughter! 😂

[@no1ryomafan585]

I like how the punchline of this is “meowth agrees with magma only becahse he’s a cat.” Also wow, this really is still in character even if it would never happen in the show. Idk how you do it but this was funny.

[@slippinjenny7410]

The punchline is that RSE/ORAS actually does have too much water and that "too much water" is a completely valid complaint about those games

[@chrisdawson1776]

@@slippinjenny7410 do you agree with the unabomber?

[@t_y8274]

@@chrisdawson1776 uncle ted is correct

[@chrismanuel9768]

@@slippinjenny7410 No, it doesn't. You get the ability to fly early on and if you're annoyed by Tentacools battling you, use a Repel. It's literally half land, half water, and the water routes are all relatively short and self contained.

[@SHMOUSEY86]

Reading this comment plus the thread gave me multiple tumors in my ass.

[@Sazazezer]

You know I don't like how everyone is so dismissive of Wobbafett on this stream. He expertly dismantled Meowth's entire argument before it even got started with one succinct statement, and everyone just ignored him. Maybe it's better that this show get cancelled.

[@Biodeamon]

naw its thinking like that is poisonous to the industry

[@BlooGremlin]

I mean honestly wobbafett was the only one on the podcast speaking reason for the 52 episode runtime, I think he should just go off and make his own podcast honestly

[@TheLordTash]

That's canon. There used to be scenes where Team Rocket is talking about their stupid plan, Wobbuffet goes "Wobbuffet!", and Meowth goes "who asked you?". He's the group's voice of reason. They just never listen to him.

[@bradcarver8127]

I guess you could say Wobuffet had a perfect Counter to Meowths argument.

[@tgkafg]

frfr, dese nigguz bêê hatin' on tha nigga Wobuffet . . .

[@itsclassified1539]

are we just gonna ignore the fact that meowth called james "jimmy"?

[@murderfaery5715]

This was epic and hilarious. Would love to see more

[@queencepha]

the best thing ever is that in Sun and Moon if you take a picture of a Pokémon with too much water in the background one of the replies you might get actually is "7.8/10 too much water." the fact that GameFreak (or at least the localizers) know and embrace the meme just makes my day

[@---oq5kb]

@Bill Clinton Enjoyer "7.8/10 too much water." Is an infamous criticism for oras from ign. That's where the meme comes from.

[@Autistic_Hermit]

Sun and Moon came out in 2016, and this was made in 2022, so it's the opposite way around (Especially since James talks about Chairman Rose, the main antagonist in Sword and Shield which released 3 years after Sun and Moon)

[@queencepha]

bruh i'm talking about my actual experience playing the 2016 game. there is a line of text in the game that says "7.8/10 too much water" which can appear in the photography minigame. i know when the games came out. to spell it out for you, i am just commenting on the popularity of the 7.8/10 meme, which originated with oras (2014).

[@captainpumpkinhead1512]

I read this in Nia's voice

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

Same

[@STikER326]

Honestly, it sounds like an actual conversation these three (four if we count Wobbuffet) would have

[@algar6616]

We count Wobbuffet.

[@brandondennis7527]

@@algar6616 Always.

[@OrRaino]

Nah Jessie is never going to be that polite. It's not possible.

[@SunnLikesStuff]

If you don't count Wobbuffet, fix yourself.

[@LittleTimmy2016]

Meowth made graduation though

[@dogs3556]

POV my extended family during thanksgiving

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

Props for the voices, absolutely nailed all three.

[@christhe2dprotogen511]

Especially wobbuffet

[@tctyt]

WOBBUFFET!!? 😠😡🤬

[@christhe2dprotogen511]

@@tctyt ye

[@skell6134]

@@christhe2dprotogen511 he said 3,not 4

[@webbrentgaming5187]

Exept WHUBBOFET he sounds exactly like meowth

[@galatheumbreon6862]

I’ll gladly tune in to this podcast everyday, Jessie, James and Meowth’s voices sound so accurate it sounds like you got the real voice actors to do this

[@numbernumber25]

Yup, hopefully they work on more videos together. This stuff sounds and looks great for the jokes.

[@trumpeterjen]

I've come back to this video at least five separate times now. The humor and the voices are just too good.

[@David-dz1cb]

Loved this. Would really enjoy seeing another one like it, with the gang saying goodbye to honor their departure in the anime.

[@mspdgamer]

I like how Jehtt is doing other things and not just sonic videos but I still love those videos.

[@kaphizmey6229]

ikr? nice to see him branching out

[@greatwavefan397]

I wonder which other franchises he'll try next

[@jaceangel9916]

Some variety I did not expect, but I highly welcome.

[@Tenchinu]

hope this turns into a series. Team Rockets insightful views on those kind hot, modern topics is what the people are truly craving for

[@arrakistoxic1765]

Fr make a podcast

[@pringles4368]

I would genuinely love to see a “team rocket discusses” type podcast

[@metl6929]

If you could sign this petition

[@TomJacobW]

This is your best video. I congregate here every couple of months. This is a 10/10 masterpiece!

[@GAMMASAMURAIDBL]

We need a full version of this podcast 😂

[@guccifer764]

God, this feels like a TFS Abridged show, and I mean that as a compliment in every way

[@kinoppix90]

So true lol

[@TheLaserpoint]

More like pokemon briged from 1 kids. Too bad they don’t do more episodes anymore

[@reckapple5641]

It's fucking hilarious

[@constantinethe2hpencil409]

he isn't exploiting his patreon fans so not really

[@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970]

@@constantinethe2hpencil409 that's...not what happened.

[@gojiraptor0616]

Meowth does have a good point though. I do get tired of running into Tentacool’s and Wingull’s, so maybe drying some water would do some good. Edit: I have no idea what’s happening in the replies, so I suggest you don’t go down there.

[@TRUECEOofGaming]

He wants to kill people.

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

That's not the fault of the water or the water monsters. It's the fault of old game design because random encounters suck ass.

[@KiraSlith]

@@DrCoeloCephalo Congratulations, you identified half the joke.

[@TRUECEOofGaming]

@@DrCoeloCephalo Fair point, but I feel for Meowth a little (not with the whole killing Pokemon thing) but like I'm not trying to swim foward a tad bit, and get encounter every single time

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

@@KiraSlith It doesn't play into the joke at all.

[@imcookinsumramen]

This is so good the voices and the editing

[@LuckyOwI777]

Genuinely one of the best fan edits/dubs I've seen. Maybe the best

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

This one got me laughing my bum off today, thank you!

[@cassiopeia36]

Wobbuffet, as usual, is speaking nothing but facts here!

[@kaphizmey6229]

a truly underrated hero

[@rogerdavila8426]

That's right!

[@curtisashby768]

That is right!

[@withercraft7627]

that is right!!

[@_Pickle_Cat_]

Fun fact: wobbufet’s name in Japanese means “that’s the way it is”.

[@Zeyegin]

10/10 please produce full series.

[@j.corbygaming]

This is immaculate work!

[@thatonebonkchoyguy]

That was hilarious, I genuinely thought this was an actual episode until Meowth swore

[@Brown95P]

...Y'know, maybe Maxie *was* onto something. I mean, just the fact you need diving gear to actually access Sootopolis City, a place important enough to have a Gym, *should* be a red flag; what if someone doesn't have that gear and/or drowns trying to access the city? What then? Also, Hannah did a pretty solid job with Jesse, ngl.

[@Bolpokmon121]

But For some reason I guess about team magma they’re actually doing something that could benefit than team the other team now that I think of it

[@valdavies5071]

To be frank, we *do* need more land, on earth we have *MUCH* more water than we do land. Maxie relates to us.

[@jaguarnick4643]

You can also fly to Sootopolis, I'd assume flying taxis would be used like those in Sword/Shield nowadays

[@Brown95P]

@@jaguarnick4643 Yes, but that'd require having been to Sootopolis City *beforehand,* which can only be done by diving underwater. Do you see the problem, here? EDIT: Also, what if you just started your adventure in Sootopolis City? You'd have nowhere else to fly to, and the ability to dive underwater out of the city is only possible if you beat Mossdeep City's Gym, which you can't fly to yet.

[@jaguarnick4643]

@@Brown95P not talking about in game mechanics, moreso real life implications as its just more likely people fly there

[@ElectricalFlare7201]

1:11 Officer Jenny just thinking "all the criminal tell on themselves these days" lol.

[@adaptable1553]

The funny thing is, Meowth didn't even want to hurt anyone at the start. He just disliked getting wet a bit. But then they started shooting it down and hurting his feelings without explaining what was wrong with what he was saying, so he got very aggressive about it. Which actually happens when you don't deal with dangerous thoughts in the correct approach.

[@MsAnimefan95]

They said flat-out that it was a sensitive topic and that the water routes are part of Hoenn's culture. Meowth just decided that his personal comfort was more important.

[@YOTSUBA_desu]

@@MsAnimefan95Meowth is right. Stupid cultures should be left behind. Groudon could have just created a big volcano in the middle of the hoenn islands to create new land without killing anyone.

[@MrDibara]

In other words: argument, not censor. When people just seem to want to shut you up instead of simply elaborating why they disagree with you, it's natural for you to want to get a one-up on them. *Even if you unintentionally end up becoming a radical.* 🤦‍♂️

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

​@@YOTSUBA_desuWhat about hoenns culture is stupid, other than "it bothers me personally therefore bad"

[@YOTSUBA_desu]

@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong There is less land for individuals to live, therefore hoenn's sea culture is objectively worse than a groudon land culture.

[@skellyelly5689]

The added detail of Officer Jenny listening to the podcast and nodding along with it is excellent

[@PygmentSplat]

"and we can't feed Morpeko, so make it double" I love those smaller jokes so much, this is a masterpiece

[@KaiCyreus]

this is amazing, anime abridged renaissance NOW

[@mauriceisaac3646]

I love how in-character it felt for all of them.

[@gore_lover]

SAME

[@thesoundconfectionary]

Meowth is giving off raw "Thanos did nothing wrong" energy and I love it.

[@St33lStrife]

The voices are so on point it's amazing

[@Tuskor130]

Well this aged incredibly well.

[@exoticismisaword4635]

Even though I don't agree with Meowth entirely, there's one thing we all agree in from his argument: The Wingulls and the Tentacools piss us off every time we try to surf on Hoenn's waters

[@Bolpokmon121]

But For some reason I guess about team magma they’re actually doing something that could benefit than team the other team now that I think of it

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

i don't know which i hated more, the fact that i keep running into a wingull/pellipper or tentecool/tentacruel or the fact that i only run into them despite the fact that there should be a lot of water type species in the big ocean

[@craniifer]

@@wilsonweiseng6485 I think that's the biggest issue. The game had plenty of water types, but largely running into the same two for much of the game was annoying. Maybe they could throw a rare out of bounds spheal or clamperl here or there.

[@dayvonlouis5187]

@@craniifer a Relicanth or a Lanturn could’ve worked too as well as buffing the spawn rate/locations for Feebas I’m not sure why there was such a lack of different water types in gen 3

[@biako90]

Me with stacks of repel, max repel and other items that Zigzagoon gave me : I don't get it.

[@MrFlame-zk5cy]

The cut to officer Jenny in her van just adds so much and is such an unnecessary thing to do I love it so much this is great as always

[@inkugaru]

New Skin Unlocked: Meowth Monark

[@tweets009]

i enjoy rewatching this

[@brandonhughes4076]

If wasn’t until I was about half way through this video that I remembered this is a parody and not an actual Pokémon anime skit. The voice acting is really good and this kinda sounds like the sort of inane discussion TR would have in the show. Might actually be better than a lot of your Sonic videos

[@amuro9624]

Yes honestly at the beginning I thought this was just one of those jokes that goes over the head of most kids

[@porters.5811]

"You can't just say Hoenn has too much water; that's a really sensitive topic!" Freaking nailed it. I smiled the whole time watching this, lol.

[@Goodstuff-fk7ym]

1:29 When meowth said “Primeape-Shit” I found out this was a voice over all along

[@TESGamer-kf2hz]

I just love how Officer Jenny is just driving in her car listening to this without a care in the world

[@fataleflare]

These are some damn good Team Rocket impressions. Need more of this.

[@refl9630]

Pros: clever jokes Great voice acting Cons: Too much water 7/10

[@rosykindbunny1313]

Nah, solid 7.8

[@dantran9962]

@@rosykindbunny1313 more like a fluid than a solid.

[@rosykindbunny1313]

@@dantran9962 Yeah, my bad

[@Laitos_Tavita]

Speedrun de Monark.

[@slimewizard7350]

Breaking news: Meowth has been arrested in Sinnoh after his box of poffins was identified as being from a restaurant in the Sinnoh region.