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This episode fucking rules
>episode starts, they're ALREADY at the eating contest
>this eliminates any need to waste time establishing what the contest is, having Ash and Goh hear about it and decide to enter, what Pokemon to choose, etc
>this saved time is used to add more gags and actual content in the episode
Why are so few episodes of Pokemon written this way? By jumping straight into the interesting part, the episode can use its entire length to be entertaining.
