Rumorwatch

**Season 2, Episode 2**

### Challenge:

Three members from each team swim out and each bring another teammate back to shore

### Overall Episode Number:

44

This is the second episode of Total Pokémon Action. One castmate tries to protect another by starting a huge rumor with some information they received. It gets back to the castmate the rumor actually affects, so another rumor is created and a completely innocent castmate gets the boot.

Jellicent reassures the cast that someone actually will win this challenge. Their first real movie of the day is Baywatch. Two captains are chosen: Ambipom for Team Ribombee and Jynx for Team Toucannon. They, along with two other teammates that volunteer or get picked, will have to go into the water and bring someone back to the shore. Team Ribombee gathers and not a lot of people are willing to do it. Lopunny tells Hitmonlee to do it and, flattered, he accepts. Audino also volunteers. Team Toucannon gathers and Jynx suggests water types. Milotic agrees to it and Dewgong claims he’s in if Milotic’s in. Before the challenge, Ambipom and Jynx meet up and challenge each other.

Jellicent admits that Team Toucannon went with who she expected while Team Ribombee had interesting picks. This leaves Ambipom unsure with his decisions. Jellicent tells them that there will be point A, the closest, point B, and point C, the furthest. Once you get to a point, you cannot back out and have to rescue that person. Milotic and Dewgong tell Jynx to get point A since they’re water types and can get the further ones, so she takes off. Ambipom tries to ask Audino if she wants to go, but Hitmonlee forces his way into going first to point A because it’s the closest and he just wants to be done. Jynx finds Cherrim and they head back. Hitmonlee isn’t thrilled to find Snorlax and tries to back out, but Jellicent reminds him that he can’t. Jynx gets back and Milotic goes next while Hitmonlee is still trying to carry Snorlax. Milotic finds and starts carrying Arbok. Hitmonlee finally makes it back and Audino runs out as Milotic is almost back to shore already. Audino finds Flaaffy and starts taking her back. When she gets back, she realizes Ambipom has already left and reached Lopunny. But, Milotic reassures them that Dewgong has a huge lead as he starts heading back with Leafeon. Dewgong beats Ambipom back to shore and Team Toucannon wins the challenge. Hitmonlee is worried that his life in the game is on the line, but Lopunny tells him that she has some information that can save him. Apparently, Swablu blabbed to her that a girls alliance was forming on Team Toucannon. Lopunny begins spreading information of a girls alliance around to take the heat off of Hitmonlee. Word gets back to Milotic when Dewgong asks her about it, but she says she has never heard of it before and he assumes it’s on Team Ribombee. Milotic says she knows who could be starting it. In the end, it comes down to Audino and Hitmonlee at Team Ribombee’s awards ceremony, but a confused Audino gets the boot because Milotic tried to squash the rumor by starting her own rumor that Audino was the one trying to start a girls alliance so she’d get eliminated.