Toad Town High Soccer Tournament

The Toad Town High Soccer Tournament is an annual event that takes place at Toad Town High School. It is featured in *Toad Town Strikers*, where it is a major part of the plot. The tournament features many students competing in games of soccer in order to come out on top. In addition, an adult is chosen to coach the teams, as Calvin does in *Toad Town Strikers*.

## History

Whilst discussing the tournament at dinner, Calvin reminisces of his time in the tournament, in which he and his group of friends competed and were popular for it. He states that back then people played for the love of the sport rather than for appreciation from others. A background poster showcases this was during 1989, showcasing the tournament has been a thing at Toad Town High for a long time.

## Teams and Players

The teams that compete in the tournament seem to be made up of several students from all over Toad Town High. The teams contain eight students, one of which as the goalie, and are coached by an adult. It is unkown precisely how many times there are, however up to four have been named.

### Furious Flygons

The Furious Flygons is the team Carl, Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo played in in *Toad Town Strikers*. Their uniforms are green and red, and they are represented by the mosquito Pokemon Flygon. Calvin was also shown to have played for that team when he was at Toad Town High. It was initially coached by Coach Johnson in the episode, however due to his sheer incompetence, Calvin took over. The team went on to tie with the Dreadful Drapions in the episode after a close game.

### Dreadful Drapions

The Dreadful Drapions is the team Gooper's gang played in in *Toad Town Strikers*. The team wear purple and black uniforms and are represented by the scorpion Pokemon Drapion. In *Toad Town Strikers* they were the final time the Furious Flygons faced against, and were coached by Warren G. McInnes, a former friend of Calvin's who ended up running off with his fiance at his wedding. The team were given Super Mushrooms to enhance their skills against the Flygons, which Grace, Talia, Roxanne and Kylie found out, but were tied up during the game so they couldn't tell anyone. The teams had a close game, however ultimately tied, and Warren was later arrested after Linda and Felix found out about his shady tactics.

### Brutal Braviarys

The Brutal Braviarys were the first time the Flygons were shown facing off against in *Toad Town Strikers*. The team wear red and blue uniforms and are represented by the eagle Pokemon Braviary. They were initially were very skilled against the Flygons due to Coach Johnson's incompetent coaching. However, after Calvin took over, the Flygons managed to gain a narrow victory over the Braviarys. Two of Gooper's grunts that were seen in previous episodes played in the team.

### The Sharpedos & The Beedrills

Not much is known about the Sharpedos or the Beedrills, as they were never showcased on screen. All that is known is that they were defeated by the Flygons and the Drapions respectively before they could make it to the finals.

## Trivia

* Flygon was chosen to be the Pokemon that represented Carl's team due to it's first stage evolution, Trapinch, having a slight resemblance to Piranha Plants, tying to Carl's pet Piranha Plant Marvin.