These often get translated as “winking,” but I’m not sure on the word. ^ – ^ įirst up, we’ve got this winky-eyed little cutie from the Hopepita series. It’s a riveting little film, I assure you. But I was excited about it enough I made a little commemorative video. I guarantee I won’t have luck like that again any time soon. And then evolves! I’ve loved Yadon ever since.įor some reason, I had this run of luck winning Yadon plush on Toreba with only a few dollars (five, maybe?) spent plus free tickets over about nine days. And at the end was this utterly sublime scene, where Yadon (Slowpoke) just, well, sits. Anne was the first dubbed Pokemon episode!) It was just such a fun little story line, with tons of Team Rocket and iconic moments. (We were watching on VHS recorded from TV, but also St. Yadon doesn’t remember it at all.Įven those of us Pokemon dorks who didn’t have weird, prurient interests in seeing Kojirou/James shirtless (yeah, I know…) loved Battle Aboard the St. I even remember what episode it was, back in the original Pokemon anime.

I can’t remember the names of my students or deadlines I write down or the most basic tenets of the language I speak a good chunk of the time, but for some reason I remember exactly what made me love Yadon (Slowpoke) - well, I mean, other than my usual love of flat-affect, slightly dopey-seeming little creatures. In which that kind of Pokemon luck will never happen again, so I’m celebrating it to the point of making a commemorative video.

Huge slowpoke plush