Gotta Recap Em'All!

Today on Gotta Recap Em' All: Our hosts see what happens when birds aren't jerks in 'Carrying On!' and after that we see Brock's 94th attempt at romance in 'Hassle in The Castle!'

Today on Gotta Recap Em' All: LumRanmaYasha and Tyler observe the a rock that wishes it were a tree in 'Type Casting' and then witness Ash and friends encounter some familiar prehistoric faces in 'Fossil Fools!'

Today On Gotta Recap Em' All, LumRanmanYasha and Tyler witness the magic of radio in 'Air Time' and then the return of a beloved recurring character in 'The Bug Stops Here!' We're also doing a giveaway to help raise money for those who were affected by the California Wildfires. You could win an unopened Ivysaur or Incineroar Amiibo! To Enter: Message Tyler on Twitter or Bluesky a picture of a receipt of at least 10 dollars to either Greater Good Charities or the California Fire Foundation. Message with a receipt of at least 20 dollars and be entered for both! You can also email the receipts to Tyler at tgorman83@gmail.com They're will also be various pokemon comics and memorabilia donated in the future. The Giveaway will continue until the end of February https://greatergood.org/disaster-relief/california-wildfires?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=disaster-wildfires-california-fy25&utm_term=donate%20california&utm_campaign=DELVE_US_GGC_G_SEARCH_NB_BROAD_NewAudiences_Disaster&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=6245854046&hsa_cam=22123597901&hsa_grp=173641342499&hsa_ad=729056519009&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-330708835420&hsa_kw=donate%20california&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4rK8BhD7ARIsAFe5LXIsnFtiSKAuNCw2HivythVvvV0hXKCGybZsywRyqNw6um7hoOO8CaQaAqS7EALw_wcB https://www.cafirefoundation.org/?utm_source=arnoldspumpclub.schwarzenegger.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=are-you-wasting-your-money-on-creatine&_bhlid=207d1f7023422219f082d20716fd4fb8c880009f 

Today on Gotta Recap Em' All: LumRanmaYasha returns and together we discuss how nature hath no fury greater than a cow that can spindash sonic style in 'A Goldenrod Opportunity', after that we take a trip to a dairy farm and see Ash apply some good ol' fashioned strategy in 'A Dairy Tale Ending'!

Today on Gotta Recap Em' All: Tyler is joined once again by LumRanmaYasha of Manga Mavericks to talk about giraffes, palindromes and Team Rockets shoddy giant robot design in 'The Psychic Sidekicks!' Then Misty gets her personality summarized way to accurately and James finds newfound confidence in 'The Fortune Hunters!'

We all live in a Pokemon world. And Today Tyler and LumRanmaYasha watch as Ava takes on Worlds in the fourth and final episode of Pokemon Path to the Peak!

Due to a bad case of me forgetting things, I realized I didn't actually upload the episode where LumRanmaYasha and I talk about Episode 1 of Path To The Peak. Here it is now. Listen as the two of us talk about this delightful Pokemon Spinoff about a young girl being the very best like no one ever was in a much different way than we've seen with Ash.

LumRanmaYasha Of Manga Mavericks returns as we cover Path To The Peak Episode 3 and watch as Ava makes fans and goes up against snooty rich people!

LumRanmaYasha joins the podcast again to talk about Ava going to regionals in Path to the Peak Episode 2!

Today on Gotta Recap Em All: Tyler and LumRanmaYasha recap episode four of Pokemon Concierge! Listen as we talk about how Haru has grown as a person and how the two hosts talk about Detective Conan (Case Closed) for a few minutes. All this and more!

Today Tyler is joined again by LumRanmaYasha of Manga Mavericks to talk about Episode 3 of Pokemon Concierge!

Today Tyler is joined by LumRanmaYasha to discuss the second episode of Pokemon Concierge!

Today on Gotta Recap Em All: We drastically change the format of the show As Tyler is joined by Lan to talk about how gosh darn relaxing the first episode of Pokemon Concierge is!

 today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! What's worse than Beedril? Try a human sized bear with a human scream that wants to kill you! It's “Forest Grumps!” Then our heroes meet the first little giraffe friend and we find out how powerful psychic Pokémon actually are in “The Psychic Sidekicks!” Featuring: Kyle Poddig! Plus a special announcement!

 today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL! Everyone's favorite dancing croc boy falls in love and Team Rocket, at long last, finally decide to join the circus in “Love, Totodile Style!” Then we meet probably the strangest Character of the Day for awhile, a bird is a jerk and Shiny Pokémon appear far earlier than anyone probably ever thought in “Fowl Play!”

Today on Gotta Recap 'Em All! Ash and Misty meets everyone's favorite dancing alligator boy and feud over who gets to take him home in "The Totodile Duel!" Then a big steel bird shows up and Cyndiqul is a very good baby in "Hot Matches!"

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! An episode that basically has nothing to do with its title sees two of the pinkest Pokémon fight and Meowth confront his abandonment issues in “Tunnel Vision!” Then Team Rocket steals a ham, Wobuffet acts like a person and Ash can apparently lift an entire dog despite being a child in “Hour of the Houndour!”

today on Gotta Recap Em All! Our heroes deal with a surprising reunion, an unexpected competition and a sudden farewell in “The Fire-ing Squad!” Then we finally get to see Wobuffet in action…sort of…and meet perhaps the silliest Pokémon ever in “No Big Woop!”

Today on Gotta Recap Em All! Our heroes meet the Pokémon equivalent of Tanjiro and Team Rocket are genuinely frightening in “A Farfetch'd Tale!” Then Team Rocket is finally complete with the arrival of the legend himself—Wobuffet!—in “Tricks of the Trade!”

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Our heroes maybe discover some more about the mysterious GS Ball and our hosts find out Pokéball crafting was a thing long before LEGENDS ARCEUS in “Going Apricorn!” Then Ash faces off against a gym leader with an appropriate name and very short shorts and team rocket fails at disguises in “Gettin' The Bugs Out!”

today on Gotta Recap Em All! We finally meet Gen 2's fire starter stand he's just a. Little. Boy!!! Plus Team Rocket build a megazord and make fun of Power Rangers in “Good ‘Quil Hunting.” Then our heroes finally make it to Azalea Town…which turns out to be the site of a cult! And Heracross deadlifts a robot tank. It's “A Shadow Of A Drought” Plus! A special giveaway! Win an unopened Ivysaur or Incineroar Amiibo! To enter: DM Tom or myself a receipt of at least 10 dollars to the Entertainment Community Fund to be entered to win one. To enter for both. DM one of us a receipt of at least 20 dollars. Results will be drawn August 20th https://secure2.convio.net/afa/site/Donation2?df_id=8117&8117.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T

Today on GOTTA RECAP 'EM ALL! Our heroes meet and promptly get attacked by an electric sheep, Pikachu becomes a sheepdog and Team Rocket get electrocuted in the debut of Mareep in "Mild & Wooly!" Then its bug vs bug once again as our heroes and villains run up against Anime Charles Bronson and a laptop shinobi (20 years before Boruto did it!) and we see how the movie MONEYBALL works with Pokemon in "Wired For Battle!"

Today on Gotta Recap 'Em All! Our heroes meet a meteorologist with a poorly designed house and a little Oddish that just wants to fly with its Hoppip buddies and Tom gets sad over a cartoon plant. Meanwhile, Meowth wants to go legit and commit tax fraud in "Fair Weather Friends!" Then our heroes meet their world's answer to Batman and/or Kamen Rider while Jessie lives her best life as a supervillain in "The Superhero Secret!"

Today on Gotta Recap 'Em All!: Pokemon is the show that dares to ask: what if a sunflower had depression? Ash and co set out to answer the question and Meowth gets into hijinks in "Grin to Win!" Then the long-running gag of Chikorita being possessive of Ash comes to a head when she runs away and winds up leading a gang (REALLY) in "Chikorita's Big Upset!" Tom's appearance on Word Balloon: https://spreaker.com/show/3143082/episodes/feed https://t.co/TDEpS1I6i5 Tom's appearance on Lakeshore Public Radio:   https://t.co/Mb9z1k2WUU The Letterboxd link

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Our heroes team up with Team Rocket to stop a runaway giant tank while Togepi and a new friend have the time of their lives in "Tanks A Lot!" Then Team Rocket winds up helping Ash (without him knowing) as we see Charizard realize his limitations and vow to get stronger. It's an episode to inspire heroic tears of determination! It's "Charizard's Burning Ambitions!" Plus our hosts have some news!!!

Today on GOTTA RECAP 'EM ALL! Our heroes witness the first extreme sports enthusiast in Pokemon history, some clever thinking on Meowth and Pikachu's parts and Charizard suplex a Pidgeot in "Fighting Flyer With Fire!" Then it's finally a Misty solo episode in which she teams up with Pikachu and an easily scared Merrill in "For Crying Out Loud!"

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Kyle Poddig joins our hosts once again as they tackle the densest, richest and just plain wild Pokémon movie yet: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE: SPELL OF THE UNOWN! Featuring discussions of early 2000s CGI, the very dark undertones of this story, crying over how great Quagsire is and freaking out over how awesome all the battles in this are, listen and see why it took them all 2.5 hours to discuss an 84 minute movie!

Today on Gotta Recap 'Em All!, Tom and Tyler manage to wring nearly an hour's worth of talk out of a 17-minute short! It's "Pikachu and Pichu!!!" Tune in to find out what happens when Pikachu wanders away from the group. Plus, Meowth has a job and we get the best Psyduck joke of all time!

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Our heroes head to Happy Town (literally) and meet a very happy-go-lucky but trouble-prone Blissey...who turns out to have a surprising connection with Jessie! If you ever wanted to hear two people sob over and be confused by the sentience of a big pink egg woman, look no further than "Ignorance is Blissey!" Then Ash meets a mini-him who is a big jerk and helps that kid see that sometimes little guys can be very helpful while Team Rocket has custom kimonos in "A Bout With Sprout!"

Today on GOTTA RECAP 'EM ALL! Our heroes find a big smooth round boy who loves collecting round things! It's the debut of Quagsire in "Once In A Blue Moon!" Then our heroes help a young lady and her 6 ladybug friends battle Team Rocket in "The Whistle Stop!"

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! It's Pokémon Meets Bambi time first as Brock befriends a baby Stantler and we get perhaps the funniest team rocket intro ever in “The Little Big Horn!” Plus ROBO STANTLER Then Ash meets a Pokémon more stubborn then Pikachu was and gets caught in a snowstorm again in “The Chikorita Rescue!” Plus Tyler talks about their experience with Pokémon Scarlet!

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Our heroes arrive in a city being plagued by a gentleman thief and a Meowth who seem suspiciously familiar…and make a spider friend in “Spinarak Attack!” Then a pink dog that's also a Muppet is tired of a life of luxury and we see how the other half lives in “Snubbull Snobbery!” Plus we talk about Ash achieving his dream!!!

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Our heroes get lost in a spooky forest and need a Hoothoot to guide them through. But is this Hoothoot up to the task of fighting “Illusion Confusion!”? Then in the town of Flornando, our heroes meet a pair of dancing Bellossom and we see the best Jessie and James costumes yet! It's “Flower Power!”

today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL! Ash and pals make a new bug friend and learn about nature while Team Rocket pilots a robot in “A Sappy Ending!” Then we meet one of Tyler's favorite Pokémon who's just a Little Guy(tm), a wrestling match happens and Team Rocket become poachers (again) in “Roll On, Pokémon!”

today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL! The Johto Journeys finally begin and everyone's favorite crocodile boy shows up and we meet a Pokémon academic almost as goofy and annoying as Seymour! It's “Don't Tiuch That ‘dile!” Then just in time for this year's World Series, Ash and friends meet obsessed baseball fan Casey and her Chikorita, we learn how baseball teams work in the Pokémon universe and Team Rocket has their best motto sequence in ages in “The Double Trouble Header!”

today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL, it's been almost a whole year but the Orange Islands arc is finally finished! Our heroes return to Pallet Town triumphant and run into some old friends and also Team Rocket is there and Meowth is an actual clown, plus MIMEY in “A Tent Situation!” Then it's the battle you've been hoping for: Gary Vs Ash! Eevee Vs. Pikachu! It's “The Rivalry Revival!”

today on Gotta Recap Em All! The end of the Orange Islands is in sight as our hosts witness the most One Piece-y Pokémon type episode yet as our heroes take on a pirate ship with cannons of poke balls and Ash says another goodbye in the horribly titled “Viva Las Lapras!” Then our heroes meet a Cowboy Bebop side character and Team Rocket actually foes honest work (?!?) of a sort in “The Underground Round Up!”

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Tyler and Tom are joined by Crunchyroll senior writer and author of the upcoming book MONSTER KIDS: HOW POKÉMON TAUGHT A GENERATION TO CATCH ‘EM ALL, Daniel Dockery, for the two most exciting Orange Island episodes yet. So exciting they're just one big fight! First, Ash faces a challenge unlike anything he's ever faced before in Drake the Gym leader in “Hello, Pummello!” Then the action heats up and some of the greatest, coolest Pokémon action ever occurs in “Enter the Dragonite!” Plus Tom and Tyler talk to Daniel about his book, where the idea came from and his excitement when he found out who's narrating the audiobook! The book is out October 4th! Don't miss it!

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Our hosts bust out their mutually great Groucho Marx impressions as our heroes meet Quincy T. Quackenpoker and learn Pokémon science in “The Wacky Watcher!” Then it's a Misty solo episode as she tries to get medicine for a sick Ash and Tracey in “The Stun Spore Detour”! Feat. Poliwag! James in drag! And an incredible Psyduck fight!

Today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Ash breaks a Poké Ball, nearly gets eaten by Snorlax and has to dress in a fruit costume…and that's before we get to the fact that Team Rocket has a Meowth Iron Man suit. It's “Pokémon Food Fight!” Then Team Rocket retaliates with a literal Rhydon Zord and Ash faces a new kind of battle for the fourth Orange League badge in “Pokémon Double Trouble!”

today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL!, Ash and Charizard finally FINALLY reach an understanding as they fight the baddest Poliwrafh around and Team Rocket has a pneumatic drill in “Charizard Chills!” Then our heroes discover what happens when Pokémon staff your emergency services and Squirtle has a crisis of confidence and overcomes it in the most badass way possible in an episode with the most misleading dub title yet, “The Pokémon Water War!”

today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! Rey joins Tom and Tyler again and our heroes see Misty deal with the smoothest MF alive, “Gary Oak's face on an adult body” and Team Rocket get repeatedly owned in “Misty Meets Her Match!” Then a literal sitcom trope finds its way into Pokémon, GIANT BIRDS AND RHINOS and the return of everyone's favorite duck in “Bound For Trouble!” All this and Tom has a special announcement!

today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL, our heroes meet anime John Wayne, find out it's possible for Magnemites to be herded and Ash lives out his rancher fantasies in “Git Along, Little Pokémon!” Then…it took a long time but we finally find a character worse than Seymour and we find out what the Pokémon equivalent of sewer alligators in “The Mystery Menace”!

today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL! It's the 99th and 100th Pokémon episodes! First, In another banned episode for reasons that aren't about Jynx, Ash learns some very very good lessons from a member of the Elite Four (kinda sorta; we'll explain) and Misty meets her hero in “The Mandarin Island Miss Match!” Then, in the 100th episode, our heroes help a pair of star-crossed Nidorans fulfill their love and Tom and Tyler lose their minds at getting the context behind Team Rocket's amazing wedding getup! “Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?” Is simply…amazing. Here's to 100 episodes!!!

today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL! A new catchphrase reveals itself and Tracey meets a samurai who is a big bug and Jessie gets a cool haircut in “Tracey Gets Bugged!” Then the gang tries to take a siesta but Jessie is all about that hustle and Charizard has character development in “A Way Off Day Off!”

Today on Gotta Recap 'Em All! Our heroes find themselves in a positively Scooby-Doo-y situation when they track a stolen antique trophy and Team Rocket to a haunted ship in "A Shipful Of Shivers!" Then our heroes are...barely in this episode as it's all about our favorite talking cat and the hijinks that ensue when he calls himself a god! It's "Meowth Rules!" It's got comedy, violence and Tom explaining to you youngsters what Urusei Yatsura is!

today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL, we've got movie sign and a Lugia on the horizon! Our hosts with special guest Carolyn Poddig cover POKÉMON THE MOVIE 2000. Feat: SLOWKING! Giant bird kaiju! An evil British guy! Good CGI Actually! Team Rocket's Face Turn! Amazing Music! A Crazy Political Anecdote! In short: it's a rollicking good time!

today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL!, Misty falls for and Ash has to challenge…a completely normal human being who is a gym leader. No, really. It's fun times on a mountain in “Navel Manuevers.” Then Fat Bear (ok, fat cat but you get it) Season comes early with islands full of grapefruits and everyone's favorite Big Boy, Snorlax, in “Snack Attack!” All this and a brief discussion of why Psyduck is great

today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL, it's water Pokémon ahoy as Misty makes a new friend and Psyduck proves why he's the undisputed champ in “Bye Bye Psyduck!” Then…there're many Nurse Joys in this show but we're about to meet the strongest of them all and meet Magikarp the Big Red Fish in “The Joy of Pokémon!”

today on GOTTA RECAP EM ALL!, our heroes meet what is either the coolest or creepiest Pokémon of them all and Ash tackles a grown man in “Shell Shock!” Then our heroes get caught up in the world of Pokémon theater and we see the origin of Pikachu's amazing outfit and Ash makes a very meta joke in “Stage Fight!”

Today on GOTTA RECAP ‘EM ALL, our heroes explore even more uncharted strangeness in the Orange Islands! First, in “The Crystal Onix,” our heroes team up with a glass blower who's lost his mojo to find…well, the thing in the title. Then in “In the Pink,” our heroes meet some strangely colored Pokémon, nearly get killed twice and Team Rocket has quite possibly their best costume change yet. All this plus the debut of Tracey's Merrill and more of Arceus' greatest creation: Psyduck!