I'm surprised there weren't any referrences to the 'Charizard' incident. After what Ash went through with that flying fire-breather, you'd think he'd be more help to Dawn now that she's having a similar crisis.

For once it is Ash and company that start the conflict, instead of Team Rocket.

Did I ever mention how it seems like the Pokemon Company are repeating plot lines? Anway, if you ignore that it's a pretty good episode. Dawn has her work cut out for her, though at least once she does get through she'll have a newly evolved and very powerful Mamoswine at her disposal! But until then, Ash and co. better get good at jumping out of the way of a few ton wall with tusks charging at them.

Pumped Up For Contests And Gyms:
* Kenny and Nando sound to be doing quite well collecting Ribbons, infact Nando is almost done.
* Chocovine Town has the next Contest huh, I guess it's a no brainer where we'll be heading next... after Ash's 6th Gym Battle... hopefully.
* Err, I'd becareful with using a newly evolved Pokemon in a Contest Dawn, remember Ambipom's first Pokemon Contest right after it evolved?
* Scratch? Ash, in a Metal-type Gym, I think Chimchar's Fire-type attacks are what you should be working on. Looks like Gliscor is getting impatient though.
* There we go with Flame Wheel, and being Grotle is a Grass-type, we can see how effecitive it's against types that are weak to Fire.
* Hey Dawn, I know you want to train Piloswine but Gliscor has been begging Ash to train with it a bit. No training practice cuts.

Like Training The Deaf:
* Err... there is nothing mentioning Piloswine are lazy though they do look like the sort that would be. Sadly Piplup, your help isn't as useful as Pikachu's calming Gliscor down.
* Dig? Err... yay... is there any food that might be underground? Piplup goes to check things out and... OH MY ARCEUS! IT USED TAKE DOWN ON PIPLUP!
* Gah! Piloswine just isn't listening to Dawn! I don't think a Poffin... or two... of five... okay, now I know what's wrong, Dawn is spoiling it!
* EEK! Piloswine is ATTACKING Dawn! Its on a Take Down frenzy (and hit Piplup again)! And now it's firing Ice Shard (I think) while chasing Ash and Dawn!
* Lol, sorry Gliscor, but being a Ground/Flying-combo, Ice-types aren't really a good type to battle for you.
* Piloswine froze half of Grotle! Looks like it's Gliscor time to shine and... nevermin... fire? Oh, Gliscor knows Fire Fang! That should be good against Piloswine.
* Oh, Gliscor used the Fire Fang to free Grotle. Piplup, try a Water-type attack... too late. Thankfully Gliscor flew up and caught it. Can anything stop Piloswine... oh, apparently Happiny can.
* If it wasn't listening to Dawn normally, I don't think it'll listen to her in battle. Forget spoil, I think Piloswine is going through the "inferior trainer" phase a certain Fire Lizard/Dragon we know and love went through with Ash.
* I've got to give Piloswine this, like Grotle it is acting like a pretty decent tank. Oh, and is also learned Ancient Power... wait, doesn't it evolve when it knows that attacks?

An Unfair Blasting Off:
* Oh no, I guess that "smoke" we saw pass by its nose was actually a food scent. Hope it's not a trainer who has the food... Team Rocket! This is going to be interesting.
* Team Rocket, you better get to eating it rather then arguing about fair shares because... Piloswine is here and did a blast off over a Sponge Cake. One of the few moments you feel sorry for Team Rocket.
* Dawn, maybe you should use another Pokemon for the Chocovine Contest until you got this thing with Piloswine fixed. Ash used Charizard in the Indigo Plateau during this phase and lost because of it!
* And of course, Team Rocket isn't going to take having their food being stolen lying down. Well, they sure got to a plan quick. You know, those disguises look kind of like the ones they wore in EP045 "The Song of Jigglypuff"!
* Wow, two costumes change in one episode, and they hooked in Ash and co. hook, line, and sinker. Um, where did Team Rocket got the money to make a whole obstacle course?
* Ash & Grotle and Brock & Croagunk are doing fine, but looks like Piloswine isn't exactly in a team spirit mood, at least the worst that happened is that Dawn just got soaked.
* Lol! Grotle looks funny trying to follow the position patterns as well as Piplup who is trying to get Piloswine to do them using its ears.

Now A Fair Blasting Off:
* Trainers in one circle and Pokemon in another, this has pit trap all over it.
* Oh, only pit trap for Ash and co. (and not a very deep on at that) and a cage for the Pokemon. And Dawn, do you really want an answer to "How did you trick us"? ;-_-
* Grotle and Pachirisu didn't do anything, but it looks like Piloswine didn't like the static from Pachirisu and began rocking the cage, and now all the Pokemon are doing it!
* On the ground again and man, Team Rocket are really being evil today. Poor Piloswine, I know it disobeys but it doesn't deserve being hit attack after attack after... glowing?
* Took it awhile to do so, but being it knew Ancient Power it was no doubt it would evolve into Mamoswine (kind of like with Jessie's Yanmega).
* At least it broke the cage, though it sent everyone in the cage scattered in all direction. However by the look on its face that's the least of its worries, and the most of Team Rockets.
* LOL! I love Meowth's comment on how they are talking while frozen through ice, but like with Piloswine before, Team Rocket suffer through another (but this time deserved) icy blast off!

Owning Your Very Own Self-Mobile Battle Ram:
* Oh man, I guess Mamoswine must still be angry about Dawn having no more of her Poffins. And poor Piplup is once again bounced off like a ball.
* If they could have used a Pokeball to stop Mamoswine from charging, then why didn't they do that with Piloswine earlier in the episode?
* Mamoswine is definietly going to need some special training to at least have it keeps its cool. Ash, maybe you can provide some advice since you went through the exact same thing with Charizard.
* Speaking of fire types, Chimchar better get ready, because apparently Byron is back from Iron Island (I wonder if Barry is with him so he can watch Ash's battle)!

Poor Dawn... She now has to cope with her disobedient Mamoswine. Onto the review:

Obviously the main point of interest is the focus of characterization of Piloswine (and now Mamoswine), and how Dawn will have to cope with its disobedience. Not a bad episode at all, but not really anything I'm going to remember in a couple of weeks. Slightly stupid regarding the Pokémon Friendship School and how gullible the twerps were. Overall, a decent and fairly "plain" episode.

"A Breed Stampede!" revieves an 8.2