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Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 110
Umm, a recap of the last two minutes of the previous episode. I guess they wanted to remind us that Judai was hospitalized. That's it.
TITLE SCREEN! TYRANNO KENZAN AND JIM OF THE FOSSIL DRAGON gee, i wonder if there will be any scientific inaccuracies in this one.
Back at Obelisk Blue, O' Brian is still feeling wasted from his dis-duel with Judai, and is gorging down lots of food to recover. Oh, and among the items he's eating? Fried Chicken. That seems just a bit in poor taste, to put it mildly. And I swear, if that's supposed to be grape juice...casual racism aside, this is a reminder that O' Brian has no idea what PROFESSOR COBRA really has planned, which leaves him open for a Heel Face Turn later on. Okay, he says that the Dis-Duels were the same as they were back at the West Campus, and this never happened before, and of course Amon Garam is eavesdropping. Boy, it sure is convenient when people speak out loud important plot points when they're all by themselves, isn't it? Amon ponders just what does it all mean, and takes off. Cut to the morning, and Shou and Kenzan drop by to visit Judai. And yeah, Shou's back in his Ra Yellow uniform, for all the difference it makes. Anyway, they are surprised to find that Judai seems to be full of energy, and he is gorging himself, just like O' Brian was doing. Yeah, apparently Asuka and Rei heard what happened, so they prepared lots of food for him. Of course they did. Blah blah blah, Ayukawa says she'll be keeping Judai until she gets the full results of her check-up on him, and at least Judai's not a complete assmunch as he thanks Asuka and Rei for the food they fixed for him. He's still an assmunch, since he runs out in explicit defiance of Ayukawa's express orders for him to sit his ass down. Shou and Kenzan run after him, leaving the ladies behind. Blah blah blah, the rules don't ever apply to Judai, and that's pretty much it.
Kenzan and Shou have caught up with Judai but demonstrate no interest in dragging his ass back to bed like they should be, and then Johan shows up. Blah blah blah, Johan was spying on O' Brian, lots of spying going on this season, but before that can get anywhere, Kenzan gets bit on the butt by Jim's crocodile. Jim runs up and is apologetic, and apparently the croc's name is Karen. Also, this is a really freaky looking crocodile. Kenzan yells at Jim to keep his pet crocodile under better control, but according to Jim, Karen's been acting weird ever since yesterday. Then he starts spouting technobabble about powerful electro-waves on the island, which apparently stirs the fighting instincts of reptiles. Yeah, I'm going to call bullshit on this right the hell now. Oh, how cute, Jim has an "Electro-wave meter". This still doesn't make this shit legitimate. You can put the reptile section right next to the electronics section, you're not going to have an issue. Anyway, these "Electro-waves" started up last night, and Johan leaps right to the conclusion that this must have at the same time as Judai's duel with O' Brian. Wouldn't it be hilarious if Jim were to then say that the "Electro-waves" started up like three hours before that duel even began, or something like that? And now Johan wonders if there's a connection to these "Electro-waves" and Judai fainting. Jim has no idea, but thinks its worth a look. Cut to Amon continuing his spy routine, and inside PROFESSOR COBRA'S obvious secret base, he is talking to his lava lamp of PURE EVIL. He tells it that the duel energy is burning with great speed, the time of the promise is near. *beep, beep*. PROFESSOR COBRA responds and walks to his console, where the plot-significance detecting device has picked up on Jim, and not on Amon. Clearly it is busted. In any event, PROFESSOR COBRA decides that now is the perfect time to gather Jim's energy as well.
Jim and company are making their way through the woods/jungle, and Jim's doo-hicky starts reacting, and Karen starts acting up. Jim takes his ascot and wraps it around Karen's eyes, which somehow calms it down. Oh, and Jim stresses that Karen is not his pet, she is family. This show disturbs me. Oh, and now Kenzan is doing that stupid thing with his eyes again, and now he's growling too. Gee, I wonder if those magical electro-waves are causing a reaction with his Dino-DNA? BAD ANIMATION! No, seriously, that was a really badly animated sequence right there. Blah blah blah, gratuitous reminder of Kenzan's bullshit backstory that makes no sense in its own terms, violates multiple scientific principles, and is just plain stupid. So yeah, Jim is going to duel Kenzan, and I'm left with the horrifying realization that this is what PROFESSOR COBRA was hoping would happen. Ow, my brain. Oh, also? Jim is an expert on Geology and Archeology. Remember a couple episodes ago how Jim said he didn't do that whole "thinking" thing? Yeah, this is why that made no sense. Bad writing is bad. Oh, and Jim claims to have excavated a Tyrannosaurus once before. Sure you did, kid who's still in high-school. Sure you did. Blah blah blah, and it seems that Kenzan will just be roaring for the rest of the episode. Which, given the quality of his usual dialogue, isn't much of a change at all. Blah blah blah, seriously, lots of noise from these people that goes nowhere, and finally the duel begins.
Okay, seriously? Kenzan roaring every line is fucking hilarious. I am laughing my ass off here. You know what? If they had Kenzan doing this sort of thing right from the very beginning from when he was introduced, he would be my favorite character ever. So yeah, Kenzan special summons Gillasaurus, and then sacrifices it for Dark Driceratops, finishing his turn by setting a card. Noise from the peanut gallery, and Judai and Johan have disturbing priorities. Even Shou can't help rolling his eyes at the two of them. Jim swears he'll turn Kenzan back to normal because he's a big meanie who doesn't like when I'm laughing, and then summons Flint Cragger; by sending it to the grave, he deals five hundred points of damage to Kenzan, and oh noes! Kenzan's talking again! Go back to roaring every line, you ungrateful bastard! Blah blah blah, and Jim reveals his true strategy was to get a Rock-monster into his grave. This way, he can now activate Fossil Fusion. Get it? 'Cause he's into fossils! God damn, this writing is lazy. Anyway, this lets Jim fuse a rock-monster in his grave to a monster in Kenzan's grave. So Flint Cragger and Gilasaurus are removed from play, allowing Jim to fusion summon Cenozoic Fossil Dragon Skullgar. I prefer Trogdar the Burninator, but that's just me. But Skullgar has 2500 attack points, making it stronger than Dark Driceratops, and Jim explains about how when people first found fossils they thought they were dragon bones, and he DOESN'T hate that. You confuse me show, you really do. Blah blah blah, Kenzan blusters, and Skullgar destroys Dark Driceratops for 100 points of damage, and he sets a card to end his turn. Kenzan is super duper pissed over Jim using one of his dinosaurs as material for his own monster, and I'm wondering who the hell is supposed to buy this as an acceptable character motivation for anything?
EYECATCH!
Kenzan's turn, he summons Babycerasaurus, which has only 500 attack points. Then he plays Jurassic World, raising the attack and defense of all dinosaurs by 300. Finally, Kenzan activates his trap card, Volcanic Eruption; with Jurassic World on the field, he can activate it during the end phase to destroy every card on the field, including Jim's face down Cry of the Living Dead. More noise from the peanut gallery, and Kenzan reveals that when Babycerasaurus is destroyed and sent to the grave by a card effect, he gets to special summon a level-4 or lower dinosaur monster from his deck. So Kenzan summons Sabersaurus with 1900 attack points and no effect at all. Blah blah blah, Jim thinks that was just great so he'll start dueling seriously too, and takes his turn. He activates Dowsing Burn, and do I need to mention how dowsing is pure hokum? No? GOOD! Anyway, Dowsing Burn lets Jim remove a monster in the opponent's grave from play, and destroy an opponent's monster of the same type and lower level. So Dark Driceratops rises up as a fossil and drags Sabersaurus down below. Next, Jim summons Sample Fossil, who's attack power is a variable; it takes a dinosaur monster in the opponent's grave, and equips it to itself, gaining its attack power. So basically, an even worse version of Hell Kaiser's Cyberdarks. I did not think that was possible. In any event, Jim attacks Kenzan directly for 1900 points of damage, and he himself is still at full life points. Kenzan swears on the honor of the extinct, dead, and gone forever dinosaurs that he will not lose, and takes his turn. He plays Treasure of the Current, letting him draw two cards. Next he plays Living Fossil, special summoning Babycerasaurus from his grave. Then he sacrifices it to activate Big Evolution Pill, allowing him to summon high level dinosaurs without sacrifice for up to three turns. So Kenzan summons Saurobeast Brachion.
Despite its size, it only has 1500 attack points, and now Kenzan plays his final card, Tail Swing; he designates a level 5 or higher monster on his side of the field, and then picks two monsters on the field of lower level, returning those monsters to the owner's hand. Thus, Kenzan gets back Sabersaurus, and Sample Fossil is returned to Jim's hand. Jim thinks this is cool too, and Kenzan attacks directly for 1500 points of damage. Noise from the peanut gallery, and Shou notes that everyone else seems to have forgotten that Jim and Kenzan will likely pass out at the end of the duel. And then Judai and Johan say the same thing at the same time. Get it?! And now at the end of the turn Treasure of the Current was used, Kenzan has to send a card from his hand to his grave, so back down the hole Sabersaurus goes. Jim comes to the conclusion that the "Electromagnetic Waves" aren't responsible for Judai passing out earlier, somehow, and then his Dis-Belt glows. So, wait, now I'm confused; if the "Electromagnetic Waves" aren't related to PROFESSOR COBRA'S evil plan, then what the hell is the deal with them? Ow, my brain again. Jim's turn, he draws another Fossil Fusion, and sends Sample Fossil in his hand to the grave to activate Specimen Inspection; now Kenzan has to send a monster of the level and type he declares from his hand or deck to the grave. Jim declares a Level-Eight dinosaur, and so Kenzna sends Ultimate Tyranno to the grave. And now Jim activates Fossil Fusion, using the Sample Fossil and the Ultimate Tyranno as materials to remove from play and fusion summon Paleozoic Fossil Dragon Skullgeos. Which has 3500 attack points. Noise from the peanut gallery, and Kenzan won't let it end like this and activates Brachion's effect; when the opponent summons a monster, it switches to defense, and it has 3000 defense points. Thus, Kenzan has bought himself one more turn...or has he?
Skullgeos attacks, Jim snaps his finger to pause the battle and explain Skullgeos's effect; when it attacks, he gets to choose the opponent's battle position, and can penetrate defense. Thus, Jim switches Brachion to attack, destroys it for 2000 damage, and wins. Good news everyone; THAT'S THE ONLY DUEL KENZAN GETS THIS ENTIRE SEASON! WHEE, THIS IS FUN! And then the Dis-Belts do their thing and suck out all their energy, sending it straight to PROFESSOR COBRA'S lava lamp of PURE EVIL. Jim realizes it was the Dis-Belts all along, and then collapses onto his face. Kenzan collapses onto his back, and now Judai and company have to drag their carcasses over to the infirmary. Oh look, they're smiling because they had such a good duel. I'm so...what's the opposite of moved? What that is, that's what I am. Back with PROFESSOR COBRA, he is pleased, but suddenly, it's a red alert! Yes, he's finally picked up on Amon Garam, about bloody time, and decides he can't let Amon live. End episode.
NEXT TIME! Manjoume and Amon are going to duel, and for some reason they're doing it up in the air on platforms carried by helicopters. No, I don't get it either. EPISODE TITLE, MANJOUME AND AMON OF THE CLOUD DECK card of the week is skullgeos, never released into the real game.
Well, this episode was stupid as all hell, bu since it involved Kenzan getting beaten senseless, it's not all that bad.
TITLE SCREEN! TYRANNO KENZAN AND JIM OF THE FOSSIL DRAGON gee, i wonder if there will be any scientific inaccuracies in this one.
Back at Obelisk Blue, O' Brian is still feeling wasted from his dis-duel with Judai, and is gorging down lots of food to recover. Oh, and among the items he's eating? Fried Chicken. That seems just a bit in poor taste, to put it mildly. And I swear, if that's supposed to be grape juice...casual racism aside, this is a reminder that O' Brian has no idea what PROFESSOR COBRA really has planned, which leaves him open for a Heel Face Turn later on. Okay, he says that the Dis-Duels were the same as they were back at the West Campus, and this never happened before, and of course Amon Garam is eavesdropping. Boy, it sure is convenient when people speak out loud important plot points when they're all by themselves, isn't it? Amon ponders just what does it all mean, and takes off. Cut to the morning, and Shou and Kenzan drop by to visit Judai. And yeah, Shou's back in his Ra Yellow uniform, for all the difference it makes. Anyway, they are surprised to find that Judai seems to be full of energy, and he is gorging himself, just like O' Brian was doing. Yeah, apparently Asuka and Rei heard what happened, so they prepared lots of food for him. Of course they did. Blah blah blah, Ayukawa says she'll be keeping Judai until she gets the full results of her check-up on him, and at least Judai's not a complete assmunch as he thanks Asuka and Rei for the food they fixed for him. He's still an assmunch, since he runs out in explicit defiance of Ayukawa's express orders for him to sit his ass down. Shou and Kenzan run after him, leaving the ladies behind. Blah blah blah, the rules don't ever apply to Judai, and that's pretty much it.
Kenzan and Shou have caught up with Judai but demonstrate no interest in dragging his ass back to bed like they should be, and then Johan shows up. Blah blah blah, Johan was spying on O' Brian, lots of spying going on this season, but before that can get anywhere, Kenzan gets bit on the butt by Jim's crocodile. Jim runs up and is apologetic, and apparently the croc's name is Karen. Also, this is a really freaky looking crocodile. Kenzan yells at Jim to keep his pet crocodile under better control, but according to Jim, Karen's been acting weird ever since yesterday. Then he starts spouting technobabble about powerful electro-waves on the island, which apparently stirs the fighting instincts of reptiles. Yeah, I'm going to call bullshit on this right the hell now. Oh, how cute, Jim has an "Electro-wave meter". This still doesn't make this shit legitimate. You can put the reptile section right next to the electronics section, you're not going to have an issue. Anyway, these "Electro-waves" started up last night, and Johan leaps right to the conclusion that this must have at the same time as Judai's duel with O' Brian. Wouldn't it be hilarious if Jim were to then say that the "Electro-waves" started up like three hours before that duel even began, or something like that? And now Johan wonders if there's a connection to these "Electro-waves" and Judai fainting. Jim has no idea, but thinks its worth a look. Cut to Amon continuing his spy routine, and inside PROFESSOR COBRA'S obvious secret base, he is talking to his lava lamp of PURE EVIL. He tells it that the duel energy is burning with great speed, the time of the promise is near. *beep, beep*. PROFESSOR COBRA responds and walks to his console, where the plot-significance detecting device has picked up on Jim, and not on Amon. Clearly it is busted. In any event, PROFESSOR COBRA decides that now is the perfect time to gather Jim's energy as well.
Jim and company are making their way through the woods/jungle, and Jim's doo-hicky starts reacting, and Karen starts acting up. Jim takes his ascot and wraps it around Karen's eyes, which somehow calms it down. Oh, and Jim stresses that Karen is not his pet, she is family. This show disturbs me. Oh, and now Kenzan is doing that stupid thing with his eyes again, and now he's growling too. Gee, I wonder if those magical electro-waves are causing a reaction with his Dino-DNA? BAD ANIMATION! No, seriously, that was a really badly animated sequence right there. Blah blah blah, gratuitous reminder of Kenzan's bullshit backstory that makes no sense in its own terms, violates multiple scientific principles, and is just plain stupid. So yeah, Jim is going to duel Kenzan, and I'm left with the horrifying realization that this is what PROFESSOR COBRA was hoping would happen. Ow, my brain. Oh, also? Jim is an expert on Geology and Archeology. Remember a couple episodes ago how Jim said he didn't do that whole "thinking" thing? Yeah, this is why that made no sense. Bad writing is bad. Oh, and Jim claims to have excavated a Tyrannosaurus once before. Sure you did, kid who's still in high-school. Sure you did. Blah blah blah, and it seems that Kenzan will just be roaring for the rest of the episode. Which, given the quality of his usual dialogue, isn't much of a change at all. Blah blah blah, seriously, lots of noise from these people that goes nowhere, and finally the duel begins.
Okay, seriously? Kenzan roaring every line is fucking hilarious. I am laughing my ass off here. You know what? If they had Kenzan doing this sort of thing right from the very beginning from when he was introduced, he would be my favorite character ever. So yeah, Kenzan special summons Gillasaurus, and then sacrifices it for Dark Driceratops, finishing his turn by setting a card. Noise from the peanut gallery, and Judai and Johan have disturbing priorities. Even Shou can't help rolling his eyes at the two of them. Jim swears he'll turn Kenzan back to normal because he's a big meanie who doesn't like when I'm laughing, and then summons Flint Cragger; by sending it to the grave, he deals five hundred points of damage to Kenzan, and oh noes! Kenzan's talking again! Go back to roaring every line, you ungrateful bastard! Blah blah blah, and Jim reveals his true strategy was to get a Rock-monster into his grave. This way, he can now activate Fossil Fusion. Get it? 'Cause he's into fossils! God damn, this writing is lazy. Anyway, this lets Jim fuse a rock-monster in his grave to a monster in Kenzan's grave. So Flint Cragger and Gilasaurus are removed from play, allowing Jim to fusion summon Cenozoic Fossil Dragon Skullgar. I prefer Trogdar the Burninator, but that's just me. But Skullgar has 2500 attack points, making it stronger than Dark Driceratops, and Jim explains about how when people first found fossils they thought they were dragon bones, and he DOESN'T hate that. You confuse me show, you really do. Blah blah blah, Kenzan blusters, and Skullgar destroys Dark Driceratops for 100 points of damage, and he sets a card to end his turn. Kenzan is super duper pissed over Jim using one of his dinosaurs as material for his own monster, and I'm wondering who the hell is supposed to buy this as an acceptable character motivation for anything?
EYECATCH!
Kenzan's turn, he summons Babycerasaurus, which has only 500 attack points. Then he plays Jurassic World, raising the attack and defense of all dinosaurs by 300. Finally, Kenzan activates his trap card, Volcanic Eruption; with Jurassic World on the field, he can activate it during the end phase to destroy every card on the field, including Jim's face down Cry of the Living Dead. More noise from the peanut gallery, and Kenzan reveals that when Babycerasaurus is destroyed and sent to the grave by a card effect, he gets to special summon a level-4 or lower dinosaur monster from his deck. So Kenzan summons Sabersaurus with 1900 attack points and no effect at all. Blah blah blah, Jim thinks that was just great so he'll start dueling seriously too, and takes his turn. He activates Dowsing Burn, and do I need to mention how dowsing is pure hokum? No? GOOD! Anyway, Dowsing Burn lets Jim remove a monster in the opponent's grave from play, and destroy an opponent's monster of the same type and lower level. So Dark Driceratops rises up as a fossil and drags Sabersaurus down below. Next, Jim summons Sample Fossil, who's attack power is a variable; it takes a dinosaur monster in the opponent's grave, and equips it to itself, gaining its attack power. So basically, an even worse version of Hell Kaiser's Cyberdarks. I did not think that was possible. In any event, Jim attacks Kenzan directly for 1900 points of damage, and he himself is still at full life points. Kenzan swears on the honor of the extinct, dead, and gone forever dinosaurs that he will not lose, and takes his turn. He plays Treasure of the Current, letting him draw two cards. Next he plays Living Fossil, special summoning Babycerasaurus from his grave. Then he sacrifices it to activate Big Evolution Pill, allowing him to summon high level dinosaurs without sacrifice for up to three turns. So Kenzan summons Saurobeast Brachion.
Despite its size, it only has 1500 attack points, and now Kenzan plays his final card, Tail Swing; he designates a level 5 or higher monster on his side of the field, and then picks two monsters on the field of lower level, returning those monsters to the owner's hand. Thus, Kenzan gets back Sabersaurus, and Sample Fossil is returned to Jim's hand. Jim thinks this is cool too, and Kenzan attacks directly for 1500 points of damage. Noise from the peanut gallery, and Shou notes that everyone else seems to have forgotten that Jim and Kenzan will likely pass out at the end of the duel. And then Judai and Johan say the same thing at the same time. Get it?! And now at the end of the turn Treasure of the Current was used, Kenzan has to send a card from his hand to his grave, so back down the hole Sabersaurus goes. Jim comes to the conclusion that the "Electromagnetic Waves" aren't responsible for Judai passing out earlier, somehow, and then his Dis-Belt glows. So, wait, now I'm confused; if the "Electromagnetic Waves" aren't related to PROFESSOR COBRA'S evil plan, then what the hell is the deal with them? Ow, my brain again. Jim's turn, he draws another Fossil Fusion, and sends Sample Fossil in his hand to the grave to activate Specimen Inspection; now Kenzan has to send a monster of the level and type he declares from his hand or deck to the grave. Jim declares a Level-Eight dinosaur, and so Kenzna sends Ultimate Tyranno to the grave. And now Jim activates Fossil Fusion, using the Sample Fossil and the Ultimate Tyranno as materials to remove from play and fusion summon Paleozoic Fossil Dragon Skullgeos. Which has 3500 attack points. Noise from the peanut gallery, and Kenzan won't let it end like this and activates Brachion's effect; when the opponent summons a monster, it switches to defense, and it has 3000 defense points. Thus, Kenzan has bought himself one more turn...or has he?
Skullgeos attacks, Jim snaps his finger to pause the battle and explain Skullgeos's effect; when it attacks, he gets to choose the opponent's battle position, and can penetrate defense. Thus, Jim switches Brachion to attack, destroys it for 2000 damage, and wins. Good news everyone; THAT'S THE ONLY DUEL KENZAN GETS THIS ENTIRE SEASON! WHEE, THIS IS FUN! And then the Dis-Belts do their thing and suck out all their energy, sending it straight to PROFESSOR COBRA'S lava lamp of PURE EVIL. Jim realizes it was the Dis-Belts all along, and then collapses onto his face. Kenzan collapses onto his back, and now Judai and company have to drag their carcasses over to the infirmary. Oh look, they're smiling because they had such a good duel. I'm so...what's the opposite of moved? What that is, that's what I am. Back with PROFESSOR COBRA, he is pleased, but suddenly, it's a red alert! Yes, he's finally picked up on Amon Garam, about bloody time, and decides he can't let Amon live. End episode.
NEXT TIME! Manjoume and Amon are going to duel, and for some reason they're doing it up in the air on platforms carried by helicopters. No, I don't get it either. EPISODE TITLE, MANJOUME AND AMON OF THE CLOUD DECK card of the week is skullgeos, never released into the real game.
Well, this episode was stupid as all hell, bu since it involved Kenzan getting beaten senseless, it's not all that bad.