Failing the power of friendship you can always try believing in the heart of the cards.
I spent a lot of time in primary school drawing pikachus. It was a time when finally, my art was deemed worthy by my peers! ... For about five minutes until they got sick of me again. Regardless, it feels kinda weird to be at it again... I don't think I ever did really grow up much.
Oh yeah. I bought it. Pokemon Black. ... .... Once again I've been suckered into this whole thing. I haven't enjoyed playing one since silver, but we'll see. I can't be bothered looking at what the new pokemon are or organising a team already, so I'm just going straight in with Hard Mode.
And who should wander along! A whole five pages without his smoke clogging up the page.
this exact same thing happened to me.. it took me hours to get a pikachu in original blue but it took my brother just 1 step... i sense a blood bath coming. funny how she didn't notice pikachu watching her in the background though.
Now now. Atticus didn't even know how to fight a pokemon battle, how could he possibly understand the fine art of catching a pokemon? Where's that teacher when you need him?
after seeing the pikachu magically appear in the last panel, and looking at the alt message, and some other stuff, I notice that... it was there the whole time, just watching her...
Hmm... I hope he doesn't scare it off.
hmmm...am i the only one that noticed that atty seemed to bring about the appearance of the pikachu?i mean,it might just b because of the fact that there werent any panels showing the grass until atty walked in,but...
Heart of the...Just keeping Believing in the power of friendship! Or the heart of the cards! Or the heart of the dice! Or the heart of the... pokeball! Or just go rage face and jam the a button.
lol playing Black now actualy, no ida what half of the pokemon are or types, kinda threw myself in there, but the story line is pretty good, though i think i thought the story line would be longer than what i hoped. I hoped for sumthing like R/S/E where u go the league and then save the world on the side but it isnt. They the bad guy N is differently different from being a rival SPOILERS-HeTakesYouOnAFerrisWheel-/SPOILERS but its good. the gyms where tougher at thestart but the last 3 gyms are a piece of piss.
Saw it commingAnd now cut to those two hiding in the bush laughing just shy of (Homer Simpson) ROFL-copter because this guy finds a Pikachu without even trying!
Atticus catches it and girl ends up following him as 'Misty'.
PUNT THE RATThe best possible outcomes here would be:
-Atty punts / steps on rat-thing.
-Atty throws ball and catches rat-thing without a battle.
-Atty defeats rat-thing to train dragon-thing rendering it uncatchable.
XDI can SO imagine what a bunch of the other people who commented about your comic said about what Atty will do along with what'll happen with the pikachu. ^_^ Oh god, it would be so funny if Atty caught the pikachu by accident (like Misty with Psyduck in that one episode that I don't remember the number or title of) after all the hard work the girl has in trying to catch the darn yellow ninja mouse. XD
Augh, augh, each of your panels is always so superb. CATCH IT, ATTY. CATCH IT CATCH IT CATCH IT CATCH IT DON'T LET WEEDLE GIRL BEAT YOU THERE YOU HAVE TO BE THE VERY BEST AND MAKE LOTS OF MONEY TO SPEND ON CIGS AND CHOCOLATE.
NostalgiaA classmate of mine just gave me her old Gameboy Advanced and a bunch of games - including gold, silver, and yellow version. And the gold and silvers haven't died yet! I am very excited, and back to playing my favorite pokemon games before I go to sleep.
I don't even know where one finds a Pikachu in gold version...
I love that second-to-last panel, where Atty is watching her like, "What's her problem?"
The elusive Pikachu! It's always those super-rare Pokemon that people really wanna catch.
Atty's gonna catch it and she will HATE HIS GUTS! Or maybe he'll scare it away and she will still hate his guts. Or possibly she will get jealous of his adorable Dragonthing when all she has is an army of caterpillars.
It's her fault anyway. Obviously she was only PRETENDING to believe in friendship, judging by that penultimate panel. At least Atty was upfront about his distaste for such things. (Or maybe that was his magic powers?! Notice the only page she's cynical is the one in which Atticus looks her way! It's infectious!)
...I can't wait for the next panel. Thad's been fun, but I'm missing Atticus. Besides, seeing what the two villains behind the hedges think of Atty should be plenty amusing in its own right.
I love how not only her needed yellow rat is just... right there... in the background the entire comic. And of course Atticus is worth mentioning too! (We "-icus" people hafta stick together.)
Seriously tho! The "legend himself" used a pikachu... yeah Ash was a BRILLIANT trainer, full of love, compassion, and EMPTY POKEMON BOXES! I gave up watching the show a LOOONG time ago, but my friends still watch it... and have you noticed how many of Ash's pokemon he lets free? Butterfree and Charizard just to name a couple! I don't care the reasons, you don't release them! The whole point of the game is to capture them, and let them rot in the boxes.
Come on, all, how many of you actually release your pokemon after you catch them? I would be surprised if more than 10 of you did. My friend Mike does, only because he doesn't care. I mean, those special events where you get legendary pokemon.... do you keep them? Or do you release them after you get them? You keep them right? Do you use them? Do you actually train them? Naw, they sit and ROT IN THE BOX, like all the pokemon you catch that you don't prefer using.
:OI think Atticus would be more likely to punt the pikachu than to catch it.
Since it's just another rodent.
But if he did try to catch it I'd picture him stepping on the ball to make sure it didn't escape.
"No, I don't need to know the fine art of catching a Pokémon. I beat the crap out of a cute creature, then stuff it in a tiny ball. That's how it works."
FOR THE LOVE OF GODFOR THE LOVE OF GOD DONT MAKE THAT PIKACHU
SEEM IMPOSSIBLY STRONG SO THAT THE TERRORIST ORGINIZATION
WANTS TO CAPTURE IT AND ONLY IT
FOR NO REASON WHAT SO EVER
I'm with Esproc!Punt the pikachu. Do it. It will INFINATELY make my day. Please. For me. Please.
*puppy eyes*
(Note: Having Atticus punt her sought critter would make for a good meeting for the two characters. Not to mention add some good ol' fashion comic drama!)
So do it. Punt the vermin! If not for the comic, then for me, this buncha words on the page that has no name, identity, or whatever have you. You will make my day!
Damn! So close for her to have a breakdown... That'd be awesome. Stupid Pikachu.
But really, they're not thaaaat rare, she just need some mods for speeding the game. Oh wait.
PuntO.k. I've decided...
Atticus walks up
"Not another god-damn rat thing."
*Punts Pikachu into a tree*
"Hm, I guess I need pokemon to rob other trainers with."
*lobs ball at rat-thing, possibly braining it as well as catching it*
I totally didn't notice the pikachu was there until after the last panel. Can't wait to see what Atticus does XD
I got white version when it came out, but I've only been able to play it off and on. Just got past the second gym leader (who I managed to beat with a full party, where at the very end I beat it with my evolved starter at 1 hp... I don't think I have ever beat someone with only 1hp total at the end collectively). That being said I am liking the game so far. The story is interesting and it is cool to only see new Pokemon (it's like playing red and blue again). So far you are the only person I "know" that has black version (air quotes around know for obvious reasons) and it would be awesome if we could trade/battle online sometime if you can play online. My friend code is 5286 0742 0350. Comment if you are interested. I know this will mostly likely be ignored but I was thinking, "Hey, you never know unless you ask.. you may be surprised." Love your comic and can't wait to see what happens next.
A wild pikachu appears
1. fight
2. bag
3. pokémon
4. run
Dragon thing used scratch
Critical hit
Wild pikachu was k.o
gained 18exp
Dragon thing grew to lv 8
Dragon thing learned ember
Alright, POSSIBLE adeptation to my previous statement.
(A) He punts the pikachu, I will be pleased!
(B) He punts the pikachu, then for SOME reason or another, keeps it. But he MUST name it something bad. "Vermin" is my favorite nickname for a pikachu. "Rodent" is also a good one! I would recommend against using "rat-thing" as "dragon-thing" is the name of his charmander, and that might make the joke become a tad stale, if overused.
Lol. I wonder if Pikachu decides to stalk Atticus after he simply ignores it or does something to it. And because of this, the girl will follow the pikachu hence also stalking Atticus or become a leech/"friend" just to acquire that pikachu.
>=3 i hope this turns out like my battle against a pikachu did and after a nice long battle, run out of pokeballs and it flees leaving the girl with all her pokemon defeated and one badly injured
"If the legend had one, it must be worth having"!?
Pikachu's are pathetic pokemon, besides being whores. I daresya they're the weakest electric pokemon out there. I had one, and it fainted on me every second frikkin battle. Even after I gave it HP up. Even after it evolved into Raichu. Even against water pokemon!
I loathed that thing so, so much.
The heart of the cards is cool and all, but it's worthless since none of the casinos have blackjack. Nooooo, they have to go with slot machines and Voltorb Flip.
Also, welcome to the "Relapse Club". We mostly just sit around playing Pokemon and remembering the years between us getting clean and the games drawing us back (for most, this time period is known as "puberty").
WHYPokemon game references, Final Fantasy references, and now a Yu-Gi-Oh ref... why are you so awesome! And how could you not enjoy Ruby/Sapphire? That was the best generation IMO.
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