Ekanssss on a Plane

Season 2, Episode 43
This is the forty-third episode of Total Pokémon Action. For the challenge, the castmates are put on a fake plane and the goal is to avoid being poisoned by the Ekans or being scared off by them. A huge comeback is made and a duo is split up at the elimination ceremony.
Jellicent informs the castmates that the movie of the day is Snakes on a Plane. Floatzel starts to panic about flying, but Jellicent reassures him that it's a fake plane that will be on the ground. The challenge is to avoid the Ekans, possibly Arbok, as long as possible without leaving the plane. Whoever is left standing wins for their team. Vespiquen questions why snakes and Jellicent answers that they couldn't do it with Arbok in the game. So, with him gone, they have the green light to do it and it'll torture Team Cresselia in particular. Delcatty, Gastrodon, Pachirisu, and Sudowoodo agree to watch each other's backs and Pachirisu comments on how boring the challenge is. An Ekans shows up and scares Delcatty immediately, so Pachirisu flips and kicks it away out of revenge. Persian and Purugly continue to play up their fake fighting, then begin fighting Leafeon and Shaymin after they commented on it. Then, an Arbok shows up and scares all of them off the plane. But, it is revealed to be one of Zoroark's illusions and Vespiquen tells her good job. Zoroark expressed that she feels wrong for it, but her team is in desperate need of a win. Houndoom tells an Ekans off, encouraged by Carnivine and Gliscor, only to be poisoned. The other two realize the actual danger possessed by the challenge and flee. Jellicent announces that if they get poisoned, they are still eliminated. Dewgong, Milotic, and Ninetales also leave out of fear. Drifblim is humming as she feels invincible because she can fly, but an Ekans crawls up a seat and poisons her, scaring Floatzel and Porygon-Z into running from it. Arbok sneaks up on Gastrodon and Sudowoodo who aren't scared until he reveals that he is the real deal and he controls the Ekans. This scares Gastrodon and Sudowoodo off the plane. He tried to scare Pachirisu as well, but it didn't work. Vespiquen and Zoroark figure out all that remains: them, Floatzel, Pachirisu, and Porygon-Z. Floatzel and Porygon-Z run by screaming for help as they are chased by an Ekans. It stops and sees the girls, but Zoroark had turned into Arbok again to get it off the trail. It leaves them alone and continues chasing Floatzel and Porygon-Z. They ask Pachirisu for help, but end up getting cornered and poisoned by two Ekans. Jellicent announced that Team Cresselia won for a change.
Team Cresselia celebrates their win as Delcatty looks down on the fact she was out first. Milotic, Dewgong, Ninetales, Leafeon, Shaymin, and Purugly form an unlikely alliance to discuss their targets and they want to go after a strong group. Ninetales wants to gun for the trio of Houndoom, Gliscor, and Carnivine because they're unbreakable whilst Persian is fighting with Purugly. Milotic convinces her to let it go because she is aligned with Houndoom and Carnivine. So, Floatzel and Porygon-Z come up as targets because they're a duo and will flip to Pachirisu and Delcatty at merge. Floatzel is seen as a social threat who will fly under the radar, but Porygon-Z had been proving himself recently. Everyone was down for it except Dewgong because he's friends with them. Drifblim, Floatzel, and Porygon-Z decide on targeting Purugly and Carnivine shows up. He agrees to it and says he will spread the word. Carnivine runs to tell Gliscor and Houndoom the plan to vote Purugly, but they shut it down by saying Floatzel and Porygon-Z are in question. This really upset Carnivine. Gliscor made a case for Porygon-Z seeing as he's better for challenges while Persian shows up to say he'll do the opposite of whatever Purugly does. Milotic, Dewgong, Houndoom, and Carnivine decide which of the two they want to vote out. Houndoom and Milotic are good with it, but the same could not be said for Carnivine and Dewgong. Sure enough, it comes down to Floatzel and Porygon-Z at the awards ceremony. But, it's the brainiac Porygon-Z who is booted and sent down the red carpet into the limo.