Now this was a good episode! Not only did Team Rocket use thier old motto and battled to their Jukebox song, but, for at least this episode, they did put up a pretty good fight... until Meowth's attention to detail blew back up in their face. As for Ash and co., Dawn seriously needs to stop blaming herself for everything. Not only was Piplup just tired and at no risk of injury, it also was the one who overworked itself, Dawn just watched. Well to the review and other thoughts:

Round And Bubbley:
* Dawn is doing some Contest Training I see with Piplup, but isn't Piplup able to make a Bubblebeam Piplup without using Peck?
* This is odd, for some reason while Team Rocket read "A Lean Mean - Machine", Ash read the "Team Rocket" part.
* Ah one final Peck finished it off, bet Ash and Dawn wished that they could do that in battle... um, what's wrong with Piplup?
* Jeez, how many times has Piplup fallen ill? And speaking of ill, Team Rocket doesn't look very fit or sound quite right either.
* No way they could have gotten fat just from being at the Summer School, they did just as much work as eating and sleeping.
* Over exhausted itself just from doing Bubblebeam and Peck? Looks like Piplup has what Team Rocket has, minus the roundness.
* And back to Team Rocket, I think we just found out why they're fatter then usual. Meowth better put a life preserver on his Charm or he just might lose it in his own head.
* Well I don't think the Summer School alone did this too you, I mean eating all this food didn't help. And Meowth, I'm pretty sure that Giovanni doesn't have a Mew or a Celebi.

Working On The Basics:
* See Dawn, Piplup is perfectly fine like Nurse Joy said, so stop beating yourself up... Poetry man? Is that the only way you can identify Professor Oak or Gary?
* Ah, so Ash called Professor Oak for some Gliscor training tips. Though I think he's just making up poetry as a treat to Dawn.
* And there goes Dawn getting Pokemon Contest advice. Kind of reminds me of the games where you can walk up to about anyone and they tell you what's on their mind, lol!
* A Machoke training video... well if you're going to get into shape you might as well try for a body of a Machoke I guess. And looks like all of Team Rocket's Pokemon got fat.
* Back to Ash and co., Brock is trying to impress Nurse Joy by helping her out and somehow conned Ash into helping, at the small price of making everyone starve.
* Brock, you just thinking about Nurse Joy gets you too over excited that only a Poison Jab can knock you out of. Maybe Croagunk could use Poison Jab to make Brock cook some food now...

Playing The Old Jukebox:
* Team Rocket got thin pretty fast, and as it just so happened they are stealing from the Pokemon Center Ash and co. are in! I mean how coincidental is that? Though what's with the body armor and masks?
* Wow, Team Rocket is actually doing a pretty good job for once... at least until Carnivine coughed up the Poke Balls and woke Piplup up.
* What's the point of putting on a disguise that no one but Piplup saw and then tearing off a few seconds later... OMG... it can't be... but it is! THE OLD TEAM ROCKET MOTTO! A good ol' trip down memory lane indeed! ^w^
* If Team Rocket REALLY wanted to get "back to the basics" Jessie should have used Serviper being a snake-like Pokemon like Arbok. Hmm, don't know what the remote Meowth looks like, usually it's modelled after a Nintendo controller/handheld.
* How did they fit an entire robot into that small car? Even transformers have a limit of how big they can get... OMG! Team Rocket's Rockin'! They sure are bringing out all the old Team Rocket songs! ^w^

Problem In The Details:
* Whoa, Team Rocket is really wrecking the Pokemon Center! Though being the front of the car is the robot's head, shouldn't it have some kind of window washing?
* Oh for crying out loud Meowth, you wanted to go back to basics so much you decided not to make the machine electric proof? Though since there first mech is the Meowth Hot Air Balloon, Meowth is technically right.
* And to finish off this episode, we even have some of the old "the day is saved" music play. Thouhg better becareful Brock, you'll be crying in physical pain too if Croagunk gets Poison Jab happy.

With Piplup being exhausted from being overworked, it's like the writers literally took a page out of Pikachu Shocks Back #4 when Ash was overworking Pikachu, minus the whole R&R in the country.