This episode might be the most controversial thing to happen in the history of Pokemon.

More controversial than Sword and Shield not have the national decks.

More shocking than the stories about people getting hit by cars while playing Pokemon Go.

Even more unbelievable than the fact that Ash Ketchum just became a

Pokemon League champion in the anime.

Seriously, the claim I'm about to make

will change the course of Pokemon history. I'm about to prove to you

that all-electric lightning type Pokemon, including everyone's favorite sparky little hamster

Pikachu, are absolutely useless. and come at me all you want but

might I recommend not doing it with an electric type Pokemon because seriously I'm

going to show you why that would be super ineffective. Hello internet.

Welcome to Game Theory.

For once the cold open actually cut right to the chase.

I am in fact here to make everyone in the Pokemon community angry

for probably like the 27th time since this show began

Okay, let's start our discussion today by talking about Rychu Rychu Pikachu Pikachu's cooler

oranger evolution that failed to capture everyone's heart like

Pikachu relies on his signature lightning bolt moveset when he

charges up his cheeks and kind of blows out a big lightning bolt that to his

credit seems to deliver a pretty decent wallop.

According to Rychu's Pokedex entry and Fire Red and Pokemon Sun,

as well as episode 14 of the anime, Rychu, quote,

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