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Description
Series: Pokémon
Episode: 22
Year: 1997 (Japan)/1998 (USA)

Writer(s): Junki Takegumi (Screenplay)
Director(s): Osamu Inoue (Assisstant Storyboard Director), Hiroshi Sakai (Animation Director)

Sabrina, many of us who've played the original Red and Blue versions remember what a challenge this witch really was, since back then there was no true way to harm a Psychic Pokemon, Ghost attacks did squat and other than Pin Missle and Twineedle, there were no super powerful Bug moves. Her anime adaption lives up to her reputation tenfold here. She's yet another monster from my childhood, everything about her was creepy, from her monotone voice provided by the incomparable Lisa Ortiz (Amy Rose, Lina Inverse), to that little sentient doll she has, to the fact that like Raven from the Teen Titans cartoon, her powers are extremely broken, with a Pokemon to match! In retrospect, she still unnerves me, she's perhaps the creepiest villain in the whole show next to Pokemon Hunter J, and her reputation makes her just as memorable as Mewtwo. Like with Lieutenant Surge, Ash was put through the ringer when figting her Kadabra, though on an almost godlike scale, and he very nearly lost his life battling her, she's the closest thing to a demon we'd get in the series for many years to come. This is the real Sabrina the Teenage Witch! It also has a very lovely homage to The Twilight Zone if you pay close attention to the episode. I dare not reveal all the details, this episode is one you really have to experience if you're a true Pokemon fan. And before you ask, yes, I do consider this to be the most disturbing episode of the show, it stil sticks with me even to this day.

Pokemon is owned by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.

1001 animations is from Mr. Enter.

Artisanking101

Description
Series: Pokémon
Episode: 22
Year: 1997 (Japan)/1998 (USA)

Writer(s): Junki Takegumi (Screenplay)
Director(s): Osamu Inoue (Assisstant Storyboard Director), Hiroshi Sakai (Animation Director)

Sabrina, many of us who've played the original Red and Blue versions remember what a challenge this witch really was, since back then there was no true way to harm a Psychic Pokemon, Ghost attacks did squat and other than Pin Missle and Twineedle, there were no super powerful Bug moves. Her anime adaption lives up to her reputation tenfold here. She's yet another monster from my childhood, everything about her was creepy, from her monotone voice provided by the incomparable Lisa Ortiz (Amy Rose, Lina Inverse), to that little sentient doll she has, to the fact that like Raven from the Teen Titans cartoon, her powers are extremely broken, with a Pokemon to match! In retrospect, she still unnerves me, she's perhaps the creepiest villain in the whole show next to Pokemon Hunter J, and her reputation makes her just as memorable as Mewtwo. Like with Lieutenant Surge, Ash was put through the ringer when figting her Kadabra, though on an almost godlike scale, and he very nearly lost his life battling her, she's the closest thing to a demon we'd get in the series for many years to come. This is the real Sabrina the Teenage Witch! It also has a very lovely homage to The Twilight Zone if you pay close attention to the episode. I dare not reveal all the details, this episode is one you really have to experience if you're a true Pokemon fan. And before you ask, yes, I do consider this to be the most disturbing episode of the show, it stil sticks with me even to this day.

Pokemon is owned by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.

1001 animations is from Mr. Enter.

Artisanking101