Hail to the Chef!

            Our heroes are still headed to the Saffron City Pokemon Contest.  Munchlax lets itself out and start running.

            Team Rocket is starving when they happen to run across a restaurant.  They run in in their excitement forgetting that they have no money.  It’s no problem though because the restaurant, Rhoda’s, is having a grand opening where all the food is free.

            Evidently a restaurant was Munchlax’s goal as well. This one is called Rhonda’s and she has a Mr. Mime for a chef.   

            Rhoda’s has a sneazel for a cook and it is a little rude, especially to Meowth.  Rhoda is very apologetic, especially since she thinks Jesse is a top coordinator.  Rhoda promises their food will be up soon.

            Back at Rhonda’s Mr. Mime puts on a show as it cooks.  It uses psychic abilities to cook the food.  Brock hits on Rhonda again, but Max gets in the way.

            The food at Rhoda’s isn’t very pretty, but it’s great.  Except for Meowth’s…  his is terrible.  He finally steals some of Jesse’s food and he loves it.  So Meowth attacks sneazle.

            At Rhonda’s the food looks great but it taste terrible.  In fact, Brock is afraid he’s going to die.  Just then Meowth bursts through the wall.  Rhoda runs in after.  Rhonda and Rhoda are twins.  One only values taste and the other only presentation.  Their father evidently ran an amazing restaurant with good tasting, good looking food and great presentation.  They make Team Rocket and our heroes judges in a contest between the two of them.

            Team Rocket heads back with Rhoda who begs them to help Sneazel learn to make pretty food.  She thinks that Jesse, as a coordinator, will have a great sense of style.  Jesse plays along because she plans to steal sneazel, Mr. Mime, and Pikachu.

            Rhonda wants Brock to teach Mr. Mime to cook.  Brock agrees because he wants the sisters to make up.  Rhonda says that would be nice, but isn’t likely to happen because Rhoda treats her like an amateur and they always end up fighting. It is actually going pretty well for Mr. Mime.   Things aren’t going as well for Sneazel until Team Rocket goes to sleep and it decides to work on presentation itself.

            At the competition things appear to be pretty evenly matched.  Then suddenly both chefs and Pikachu are snatched. Meowth is upset because he thinks they are going to replace him with sneazel.  They tell him not to be crazy.  Rhoda is heartbroken because Jesse lied to her.  To her surprise Rhonda steps in to help.  When Team Rocket gets away and no attacks seem to work Rhonda has Mr. Mime use trick to switch his ladle for the key to the cage and then psychic to unlock the door. The freed pokemon attack and send Team Rocket and their Meowth balloon flying.  For once Rhoda compliments Rhonda and says she can have the restaurant.  Rhonda isn’t too happy though, she hires her sister as co-manager and sneazel as head chef.  She convinces Rhoda to agree because that’s what their dad would have wanted.  

            Combining their talents the two pokemon chefs make amazing food that looks good, tastes good, and puts on a beautiful show.

            Location: Two restaurants in the woods…

            Notes: This season is going to take forever if we have to follow May and Ash again…

                        Yay!  Brock is hitting on a girl again!

                        Rhoda and Rhonda look almost identical…

                        Pokemon chefs?

                        I knew where this would end the moment we got to see the food in the second restaurant.  Duh, they have to join forces!

                        Why isn’t Mr. Mime using psychic attacks anymore?

                        Who gave Jesse a whip?

                        The computer graphics added in are so out of place…

                        They didn’t leave at sunset for the second episode in a row ^_^  Are they getting smarter?