Pokemon Advanced:Tree's a Crowd Vol 2

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Summary: New Pokemon, New Friends, New Adventures
Review: This DVD contains 5 episodes. A Poached Ego, Tree's a Crowd, A Tail with a Twist, Taming of the Shroomish, and You Said a Mouthful.

A Poached Ego - A poacher is on the loose! Ash and friends learn about Pokemon hunter, Rico, from Officer Jenny, and immediately volunteer to help her catch him. Unfortunately, they don't run into him first: Team Rocket does! Arbok and Weezing are set on rescuing the many Ekans and Koffing that the poacher has captured, but Rico and his Tyranitar are too strong. Can they free the Pokemon? Also, James makes a new friend, an overaffectionate Cacnea. Quite a good episode.

Tree's a crowd - Ash and friends come into a great forest, inhabited by Treecko! Ash is set on capturing a certain stubborn Treecko. However, Treecko just wants to take care of its home, a huge and ancient tree that seems to be dying. Can they save the tree? This isn't my favorite out of these five, but it's quite good.

A tail with a twist - Ash's newly caught Treecko enters a battle with a Seviper to rescue May's Torchic, and is injured in the process. Meanwhile, Jessie has her eye on this Seviper, and is determined to catch it. Treecko then goes out to train alone, bent on defeating that Seviper. Can it achieve its goal? This is very good, and TR's new team - Seviper and Cacnea - quite makes up for the loss of Arbok and Weezing.

Taming of the Shroomish - Ash and friends have come into a great city. While Brock and May go shopping, Ash and Max look for Pokemon, and find a lone Shroomish. Brock and May find a creepy old mansion, rumored to be haunted! What connection does this mansion have with the Shroomish? It's pretty good, though not quite as good as the others.

You said a mouthful - Ash, Brock, May, and Max now find the "World's most Powerful Pokemon:" a Pelipper! This Pelipper is unusual, able to use fire, grass, and electric attacks, along with water attacks! However, Max finds this Pelipper to be very suspicious, and is determined to uncover its trainer's secret.

None of these are at all the best out of what Hoenn has to offer, but they are all very good and will help us wait for such places like Rustboro, Dewford Island, and Slateport City.