May Evolution Be With You

Season 2, Episode 13This is the thirteenth episode of Total Pokémon Action. The castmates are put into duels and five evolutions take place. Even though a certain castmate won their duel, their brash and cocky bully behavior didn’t sit right with the team. So, they found themself blindsided at the awards ceremony.
The movie franchise of the day is the Star Wars movies. Jellicent informs the castmates that they will be competing in randomly chosen 1-on-1 lightsaber duels. Whichever team has more duel wins are the winners. Team Ribombee has one extra member, so Vanilluxe is chosen by Jellicent to sit out because they’re technically two people in one. Houndoom and Persian find themselves in the same room. That’s when Jellicent explains that it’ll be a surprise who won their duels because they’re all going to be in separate rooms. Houndoom overtakes Persian and is excited to prove himself after losing in the boxing challenge. Floatzel calls Clamperl little lady which irritates her. It empowers her to knock the lightsaber out of Floatzel’s hands. Afterward, a deep scale is thrown to her and she evolves into Gorebyss. Girafarig easily wins against Snorlax. Dewgong gets scared as Gallade charges at him, but Gallade knocks the lightsaber away from him. Manaphy wins by default as he fled from Ambipom who dropped his lightsaber reaching for him. Jynx is looking to blow off some steam, but Absol is more than prepared and takes her out. Pawniard and Farfetch’d charge at each other, but Pawniard does a flip and pulls a sneak attack, winning the duel and evolving into Bisharp. He is thrilled to be able to play to his full potential. Sudowoodo quickly takes down the unmotivated Gothitelle. In a waiting area, Vanilluxe meets Absol, Ambipom, Bisharp, Floatzel, Gallade, Persian, Snorlax, and Sudowoodo. Together, they realize it’s a tied game. Azumarill applies advice from Absol to take Carnivine down. Ninetales is adamant about not being underestimated, but underestimates Leafeon. He dodges her lightsaber and knocks hers out of her paws. Gliscor is thrown off guard when faced with a female opponent, but Froslass uses it to easily get the upper hand and win the duel. Wailmer and Dragonite are locked in combat, but Dragonite loses her grip on her lightsaber and Wailmer evolves into Wailord. Wailord isn’t very happy to be evolved since he worries about being bigger and being helpful in future challenges. Arbok scares Smeargle off and Smeargle is disqualified. Though she put up a good fight, Drifblim is overpowered by Porygon-Z and loses the duel. Masquerain and Chimecho are paired up against Castform and Unown. They all charge, but the winner is kept a secret. In another waiting area, Dewgong, Farfetch’d, Girafarig, Gorebyss, Gothitelle, Houndoom, Jynx, and Manaphy reunite with Arbok, Carnivine, Castform, Dragonite, Drifblim, Froslass, Leafeon, and Unown. They figure out that they have 9 wins to Team Ribombee’s 7 wins. Banette sneaks up on Gastrodon and knocks the lightsaber away, scaring Gastrodon off because he fears ghosts. Shaymin is too strong for Luvdisc and Shaymin wins. But, the two share a sweet moment congratulating each other on a good fight. Hitmonlee charges at Parasect who throws his lightsaber on the ground out of fear. Hitmonlee, pissed about winning because of forfeit, kicks Parasect. Togekiss hypes herself up, but Metang easily knocks her lightsaber away and evolves into Metagross. He expresses that he feels much stronger. Purugly wastes time talking down to Milotic who spins around and uses her tail to swing the lightsaber and knock Purugly’s out of her paws. Purugly hisses out of annoyance. Delcatty, eager to win, charges at Ampharos, but Ampharos dodges and Delcatty runs into the wall. Zorua catches Cherrim off guard as she’s talking and knocks her over as well as sending Cherrim’s lightsaber flying. Zorua wins the duel and evolves into Zoroark. Lopunny lets Claydol win easily to keep up the impression that she’s weak which isn’t completely untrue. All the castmates gather again. Jellicent admits that she gave Gorebyss the deep sea scale so that she could evolve with everyone else. Team Toucannon, though a close fight, are declared the winners. Claydol runs to Gothitelle to tell her that he helped the team win the challenge by winning the final round. To his surprise, she is pissed off at him because she wanted to lose. Ampharos approaches Floatzel, Porygon-Z, Gastrodon, Sudowoodo for advice. Purugly, Persian, and Smeargle are together. Purugly expresses that she’s annoyed that the team lost again and Persian asks what they should do. So, Purugly thinks about a pair that makes it harder for them to control the team which is Hitmonlee and Lopunny. Smeargle offers to spread the word. At the awards ceremony, it comes down to Hitmonlee, Lopunny, Persian, and Purugly. But, despite being the only one of the four to win his duel, Hitmonlee gets the boot because he had been rubbing the team the wrong way. He angrily heads to the limo and Lopunny expresses sadness, but quickly gets over it as she’s still in the game.