Applying for a position of the rookie refereeness, please.

Mock Battle: Pa T. Pooper vs. Univi Ted

Pre-Round Stats

Team Pooper


Goldie (F)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Ready to rain on TPM ASB’s parade
Pa T. Pooper’s Commands:
Perish Song – Rain Dance – Water Pulse

Team Ted


Clump (F)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Upset that she wasn’t invited to the party
Univi Ted’s Commands:
Thunderpunch – Low Kick – Mega Kick

Arena: TPM ASB Block Party!

Sunny Day is in permanent full effect
Other weather effects take place in addition to the sunlight

The whole of TPM ASB has turned out for a barbecue! Chris2.0 is cooking the food, while RaZoR LeAf is serving drinks. It's taking place in a huge garden, with a 5 foot brick wall around three edges, and a building against the other. A pool lies at the far end, where various water types are cooling off with their trainers. There's a lot of people chatting and enjoying themselves. Who on earth thought about starting a battle here?

Round One: Begin!

The sun is shining brightly and it’s a perfect day for a barbecue! The moderators of TPM Forums’ ASB have invited all of their animé-style battling friends and their Pokémon to come and share some hot dogs, hot wings, iced sodas and a dip in a spacious swimming pool. Well, almost all of their friends and Pokémon…

Just as RaZoR LeAf is handing a nicely chilled Coke to The Missing Link and right before TheBlueAvenger takes a big bite of some spare ribs, two trainers break down the backyard gate and come charging into the middle of the crowd. Amid screams of shock and anger Pa T. Pooper leaps on top of a picnic table, laughing maniacally about how he hates seeing people having fun at parties and how he can’t wait to make them all miserable for no good reason. Meanwhile, a very disgruntled Univi Ted shoves darktyranitar and Wolfsong out of the way, snarling things about not being invited to the BBQ bash and how wonderful it’ll feel to get sweet revenge on all of the ASBers. Despite the fact that both Mr. Pooper and Mr. Ted are mostly upset with the TPM ASB crew, they decide to take their wrath out on one another and toss two Pokeballs into the air. Two shiny Pokémon are released: a golden female Azumarill named Goldie on Pa T.’s side and a yellowish Sudowoodo on Univi Ted’s side, christened Clump. Both Pokémon chuckle evilly with their respective thoughts of troublemaking and vengeance as their human partners shout out their battle orders.

Goldie inflates her jellybean-like body with a deep breath and lets out a soft, plaintive wail; ASBers everywhere scramble to call their Pokémon back into their Pokeballs to prevent them from feeling the effects of the aqua rabbit’s Perish Song. Clump, obviously not a fan of Goldie’s singing, draws her fist back as it begins to crackle with electrical energy. The Sudowoodo dashes forward and slams her fist into Goldie’s stomach, sending the electrocuted Azumarill flying backwards into the pool. While the attack and its resultant flying rabbit are quite effective in scaring anyone who was left out of the water, the Thunderpunch comes too late to stop Goldie’s haunting song from taking effect. A strange feeling seems to whisper in the ears of both battlers, telling them in a quiet, beautiful voice that it would be so lovely to just give up and relax in just a short while…

Angry, Goldie climbs out of the pool, twitching slightly due to the electricity still coursing around her body. Despite the little bit of numbness she feels, the golden hare is still perfectly capable of clasping her front paws together and chanting a strange, ancient prayer. She shuffles slowly and rhythmically back and forth, wishing and hoping with all her evil might that some clouds might gather and pour rain over all of the ASBers’ fun. The Rain Dance proves somewhat successful—clouds do appear and a light downpour begins, but the sun is still shining brightly through a rather large gap in the clouds. Goldie is so distracted by this bittersweet success that she fails to notice Clump sliding across the patio and slamming into her with a Low Kick until she’s already feeling the pain. Again Goldie skids backwards, this time knocking over Chris 2.0’s lovingly tended grill and spilling all of the now-soggy barbecue goodness on the ground for the ants to get to. Chris 2.0 curses and Goldie, despite her pain, smiles at how angry she’s made him.

As Clump picks herself up from her slide and prepares to come at Goldie again, the Azumarill decides that she’s sick and tired of taking hit after hit and is ready to start swinging back. Drawing on the reserves of water stored within her round body, Goldie lets fly with a Water Pulse, a blast of water infused with a bit of high-frequency, confusing sound. Since Clump is charging straight at Goldie the attack hits dead-on and she feels intense pain on contact with the icy water; luckily, the Sudowoodo lets out such a loud shriek of agony that it drowns out the confusing side effects of the assault. Wincing at the combined wetness of the falling rain and the painful Water Pulse a furious Clump stands up and charges at her foe again, plowing through tables and partygoers before finally connecting with a powerful Mega Kick… or, almost connecting. Having gone right through so many obstacles has reduced much of the Rock-type’s momentum and caused her to deliver nothing more than a stinging but glancing blow. Both she and Goldie slide across the slippery, slimy lawn, both Pokémon still glaring maliciously at all and sundry.

The first exchange of attacks ends with Pa T. Pooper and Univi Ted oblivious to their Pokémon’s pain; more important to them is how much fun they’re having showing off and making the ASBers pay for daring to have fun without them. All the same, they think hard about what next to tell their battlers. Goldie is feeling quite a bit of pain although the light rainfall does a little bit to soothe her injuries; Clump, on the other hand, is not enjoying the dampness at all. Both Pokémon sway a little bit before fighting off an inexplicable, temporary urge to just lay down and drift off into unconsciousness, but neither is sure how much longer she will be able to resist the temptation…

Round One: Close

Post-Round Stats


Goldie (F)
Health: 73%
Energy: 82%
Status: Perish count = 3; enjoying the rainfall and feeling very spiteful


Clump (F)
Health: 78%
Energy: 79%
Status: Perish count = 3; very uncomfortable in the rain and still upset about the callous lack of invites

Other Notes:
Rain Dance still in effect; 4 more rounds
Sunlight is still in effect; indefinite
Perish Song still in effect; 3 more rounds

...How was that?