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318 - Let it slide

by Luke on May 24, 2010 at 12:00 am

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  1. Alectric
    Alectric
    May 24, 2010 at 12:20 am | # | Reply

    Denounce is not the same as expose. It’s actually almost the opposite. Yeah, I never really understood that line.

    • Jack
      May 24, 2010 at 6:53 am | # | Reply

      @Alectric- Actually, denounce is just about the same as expose: “to condemn or censure openly or publicly”. “to make known, disclose, or reveal”

      • Len
        May 24, 2010 at 9:35 am | #

        There is a significant difference: denounce is always negative. Expose can be positive.

      • (x, why?)
        (x, why?)
        May 24, 2010 at 1:52 pm | #

        While “expose” can be positive, if you were exposing “the evils of”, it’s a fair bet that it’s negative.

  2. Novil
    Novil
    May 24, 2010 at 12:35 am | # | Reply

    Maybe I’m missing an important wordplay, but I’m completely lost.

    Explanation plz.

    • Mike
      May 24, 2010 at 8:01 am | # | Reply

      Pokemon references

  3. PTTG
    May 24, 2010 at 12:45 am | # | Reply

    Novil; ye are not geeky enough.

  4. Truncatd
    May 24, 2010 at 12:48 am | # | Reply

    It’s a spin on the Team Rocket introduction from Pokemon cartoons.

  5. JehTehHuh
    May 24, 2010 at 2:10 am | # | Reply

    I liked it already, but the part that really got me was the “previous slide” and “next slide” titles.

  6. Ahmed
    May 24, 2010 at 3:01 am | # | Reply

    This is spectacular. Currently wondering what the presentation says about their, um, “exit strategy”, though…

  7. That guy over there
    May 24, 2010 at 3:37 am | # | Reply

    I love it. I didn’t get it the first time, but once I went back and read it again… genius. Those Previous and Next Slide markers are brilliant.

    I believe there is a reason Jessie and James’ motto makes them sound like good guys. In a few episodes, we are introduced to two other Team Rocket operatives, Butch and Cassidy, with a similar motto: “To INFECT the world with devastation / To BLIGHT all peoples in every nation / To denounce the GOODNESS of truth and love / To extend our WRATH to the stars above.” I think this is the actual TR motto, and Jessie and James’ motto is meant to be a joke in the series because they don’t realize that they have the whole thing wrong and are in fact proclaiming ideals OPPOSITE of those of Team Rocket. I could be wrong and each pair could simply have a different variant of the motto, or it could be some horrible mistake perpetrated by the writers of the English script of the series, but that’s what makes the most sense to me.

    Hooray, I just killed the joke.

  8. danineteen
    danineteen
    May 24, 2010 at 5:01 pm | # | Reply

    I can’t believe that I couldn’t recall Team Rocket’s motto and had to look it up.

    Great joke! I especially love the “Previous” and “Next” slides ;)

  9. Franny
    June 1, 2010 at 12:21 am | # | Reply

    haha! great! I didn’t get it at first but then I saw the “team rocket inc.” in the corner. XD

  10. Blake
    June 3, 2010 at 1:21 am | # | Reply

    … I think Ash is really evil. He goes around catching these wild animals and make them fight until they cant even stand up. Remind anyone of dogfighting?

  11. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    June 23, 2010 at 8:14 pm | # | Reply

    I want that as a t-shirt.

  12. Ädamas
    October 3, 2010 at 4:04 am | # | Reply

    “Previous” and “Next” slides
    ftw

  13. Rory
    October 17, 2010 at 3:12 am | # | Reply

    For the full text of all of Team Rocket’s mottos in the Pokémon anime, see http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket_mottos.

  14. Funny Facebook
    November 9, 2011 at 4:40 am | # | Reply

    I feel dumb for not realizing this was a Team Rocket reference at first. I’ve played quite a bit of pokemon in my day…

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