Gotta Recap Em'All!

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!"