How to Piss Off Your Dragon

**Season 2, Episode 9**

This is the ninth episode of Total Pokémon Action. Jellicent puts the remaining castmates to sleep and splits them up on a jungle set. They eventually find two others to form groups of three. They have to do whatever they can to bring a their respective dragons back to Jellicent. Two groups fail miserably and send a team to elimination. But, an annoying and unhelpful castmate gets the boot.

Right away, the castmates notice a Jigglypuff. Jellicent explains that their challenge is to befriend a dragon pokémon and return it to her. The last group or groups to do so will lose it for their team. Jigglypuff sings them to sleep and Hitmonlee wakes up in the middle of nowhere. Floatzel and Togekiss find him and they realize they’re a team. Hitmonlee isn’t happy to be left alone with anyone, but he’d be able to use them as shields in the event of an attack. Clamperl and Milotic find each other an start arguing. Then, Luvdisc shows up and gets them in check in order to focus on the challenge. Gallade helps a scared Simisear up from a cliff ledge, revealing that they and Gliscor are a group. Gliscor is weirded out by Gallade’s new leadership attitude, but decides to ignore it. Houndoom and Dragonite get together, but are interrupted by a panicked Carnivine hugging Houndoom and crying. Dragonite finds it funny. Ampharos and Ninetales are approached by Porygon-Z and form another team. Porygon-Z is a bit freaked out by how smart Ampharos has become since evolving considering he used to mentor her. Banette scares Cherrim and Delcatty who didn’t realize he was there to team up with them. Sudowoodo breaks down a tree to get to her teammates Lopunny and Persian. A concerned Dewgong is stuck with bickering Gothitelle and Metang. Tropius teams up with Smeargle and Pachirisu. Froslass is unenthusiastic to be teamed up with Claydol when Parasect makes a grand entrance by falling off a ledge into the water  next to them. Masquerain and Gastrodon are stuck with a bossy Vanilluxe who can’t agree on anything. Arbok and Unown are unsure, but let Altaria perform a dragon call to summon one. Ambipom, Absol, and Chimecho form a very unlikely group. Drifblim fears she’s been abandoned in the jungle “again,” but Jynx and Leafeon recognize her accent and appear from different sides. Purugly makes demands to more laid back Azumarill and Snorlax. During the challenge, Tropius angers a Garchomp by spraying her with water on accident. Sudowoodo snaps on Lopunny and Persian as they’re arguing and pisses off a Salamence. They, Pachirisu, Smeargle, and Tropius all make a run for it. Similarly, Gothitelle, Metang, Dewgong, Carnivine, and Houndoom meet up and are chased away by Druddigon and Noivern. Dragonite follows behind. Back to Jellicent, Latias and Latios are brought by Azumarill and Altaria respectively. Then, Absol, Parasect, and Gallade bring Hydreigon, Flygon, and Haxorus. Leafeon and Togekiss bring Turtonator and Drampa to Jellicent. Delcatty returns with Kommo-o. Then, Porygon-Z, Luvdisc, and Masquerain, arrive with Charizard, Dragalge, and Goodra. Dragonite settles the disputes between her teammates and the dragons, getting them to agree to return to the lot with them. Dewgong and Carnivine make it back with Druddigon and Noivern, making Team Toucannon the winners. Pachirisu, Smeargle, Tropius, Lopunny, Sudowoodo, and Persian finally return without dragons and are told that their team lost. Then, Garchomp comes and slices Tropius’s leaves, making him sad. Absol, Azumarill, and Gliscor hold an alliance meeting. Absol decides to get rid of dead weight which is Tropius, so Azumarill agrees to use her social prowess in order to make it happen. She talks to Floatzel, Pachirisu, Porygon-Z, and Togekiss. Porygon-Z talks to Persian, Purugly, and Smeargle. Smeargle talks to Snorlax, Ampharos, and Vanilluxe. Tropius walks in as Ampharos and Snorlax talked to Lopunny and Hitmonlee, but doesn’t even register what they were talking about and instead complains about his leaves. Lopunny talks to Ambipom and Simisear. At the Team Ribombee awards ceremony, it comes down to Sudowoodo and Tropius for angering their dragons and losing the challenge for the team. But, unsurprisingly, pretty boy Tropius gets the boot.