Hey, everyone! PAPAYA here, back once again for yet another set of write-ups! April saw us releasing Episodes 17 and 18, so let's talk about them!
Gold makes to-do lists? The episode picks back up with Gold flying back to that damn Lighthouse to deliver the mysterious Secret Potion to Jasmine for her sick Pokemon. Once Amphy is cured, Jasmine finally returns to her Gym after all the hassle Gold had to go through. When it comes to this gym battle, there really wasn't much I could do with it to try to create a tight, back and forth battle. I mean, if you had Typhlosion in your party back in the Gen 2 days as I often did, you wouldn't have had any problem at all dominating the battle as Gold did here. Aw, well. Easier time editing for me! After the battle, we hear that Gold heads to the PokeCenter and finds Nurse Joy knocked out by the Fat Man who looks VERY similar to our favorite character, Carl! He challenges Gold to a fight, which leads to Gold kicking his arse, Bruce Lee style! The sequence of Gold exhibiting his superior martial arts skills is exactly the way it went down in a scene from Bruce Lee's movie "Way of the Dragon," hence the Fisherman guy bringing up Lee's name right after. Gold then heads for Mahogany by once again disregarding the rules of the Official Pokemon League Bylaws and Regulations Rulebook and flying to a new city. Once he arrives, he easily gets sidetracked by local candy bars being on sale. Who can blame him? Candy is GOOD. Unfortunately, his enthusiasm causes him huge barf problems and he then ends up in his worst nightmare: Being physically tended to by Nurse Joy! I mean, at least she didn't take him into the inner sanctum of the PokeCenter, carve him of all his appearance, and turn him into another Joy... All creepypasta theories aside, we then find that someone is blocking the door to the Mahogany Gym. Since in the games this person also closely resembles our wonderful friend, Carl, I decided to make him be the one blocking the door! He leads Gold to the Lake of Rage all while playing a certain installment of the latest generation of Pokemon. How did he know about it, much less get his hands on a 3DS and a copy of X if it's supposed to be 2000? And how did he access a wireless internet connection to battle and trade online? Your guess is as good as mine!
Now, onto Episode 18. If you noticed the background music being a little too loud in certain spots throughout most of the episode, I apologize for that. It clearly wasn't my best music editing here. However, I digress. I decided to shake the opening narration up a bit here by having our good buddy, Carl, interrupt Gold! Carl's "narration theme," if you will, was an 8 bit version of Metallica's song "Carpe Diem Baby." As Gold would, he kicks Carl out of his private space through a window, Bruce Lee style! The episode picks up with Gold in hot pursuit of the Lake of Rage and the shiny Gyarados. As it occurs in the game, Gold finds a familiar Rocket asking for a fee to pass through. Will that Rocket ever get the saying of "make like a tree..." right?! Time may or may not tell. To avoid battling two Pokemaniacs and further editing hassle, I had Gold trick them into going to that same passageway for "free Pokemon." Gold then reaches the Lake of Rage and jumps in for a night time swim! This was a way to have him get in the water without having to use Surf. Then, out of nowhere, like a bullet, from the night, the shiny Gyarados attacks! After a tough battle that included Typhlosion escaping fire vs. water logic, Gold manages to catch the 6th Pokemon in his party! We then meet Lance the Batman Guy! I concocted this idea after YEARS of thinking how much Lance's sprite resembled Batman to me as a youngster. I have no idea why but I decided to mimic the voice of Snake from The Simpsons for the character. I don't know, it just stuck with me and the others while recording. Pitch his voice down just a bit and you get what you heard in the episode! Totally oblivious of Batman and Sherlock Holmes, Lance leads our hero back to Gotham to investigate a mysterious mystery in the local shop. It turns out to be yet another Team Rocket conspiracy! So, naturally, Gold defeats all the Rockets with virtually no problem. After getting his Pokemon healed by Lance just because he's Lanceman, Gold then discovers A DOOR. A door that requires a password. Here, I brought out a Spongebob reference from one of the old school episodes, "Survival of the Idiots." Ah, good ol' Spongebob from 1999-2004. Good times. After defeating the same Rockets yet again, Lance informs Gold that indeed TWO passwords are needed. How will Gold obtain them, and when? You shall find out in the next episode!
Speaking of the next episode, that leads me to the updates for the immediate future. Episodes 19 and 20 are recorded! Draftmaster, Arch Canine, and I got together during spring break and recorded these four episodes all in the same day. We are hoping to release both sometime in May. One thing for certain is that they'll be released long before our 3rd Year Anniversary rapidly approaching on good ol' June 24! As far as the Anniversary goes, I have a few ideas for what we may do but nothing is set yet. This is your opportunity to provide us with any ideas you may have, similarly to last year! After all, it is our way of thanking YOU for listening and supporting FireGold throughout these years! So, if you have anything you'd like for us to discuss/perform for a 3rd year special, feel free to leave a comment below! You can also tell us via email (pdafiregold@gmail.com) and on our Facebook page! Further updates on the Anniversary will be provided for you in the next blog post.
And, yes! That is about it! Until next time, blog ya all later!
-PAPAYA
