Torkoal

Torkoal - The Geezer

Torkoal is a grumpy, hard-of-hearing, old man with a little bit of a surfy, and a singy, with a styly, and a dark side.

General Information
 Team:  Terrific Terrakions

 First Line:  “Where am I again? Where are my dentures at? Is this the BINGO tournament? Why do I smell sea water?”

 Last Line:  “What!? No! You can't take me away; I'm not finished here! No!”

 Ranks:  41st & 24th

 Episodes Eliminated:  Pokémon… Don’t Have Talent  & Disguise Arise

 Eliminated Because: He performed poorly in the challenge, he couldn't communicate, he became an evil mastermind, and he was targeted by both teams.

 Gender:  Male

 Challenges Won: '' Dodgeb... You Know How it Ends  & Trivia Trial''



Not so Happy Go Poké
 Torkoal arrives on the island with Cyndaquil and Porygon, being the last to get off the Lapras. Confused, he asks where he is, where his dentures are, if this is the BINGO tournament, and why he smells sea water. Pikachu answers all these questions quickly, but then Torkoal confuses the word “dock” with “duck” and “rock.” Pikachu tries to correct him, but gives up after a number of mistakes. At the campfire, Pikachu announces that Torkoal is on the Terrakions’ team. In the challenge after eating the Volcano Cookie, Torkoal performs very well, making it to the final five, running out right before Litwick and after Gulpin. Despite performing strongly, his team does lose. However, he receives the second berry of the ceremony, moving him to episode two.

Awakethon
 Torkoal didn’t talk at all in this episode. He managed to stay awake during Spiritomb and Gastly’s fight, but was the first to fall asleep during Cryogonal’s boring life story. Despite doing poorly in the challenge and losing for his team, he received the ninth berry, moving him to another episode.

 Dodgeb… You Know How it Ends

 During the dodge-ball game, Torkoal sort of disappears to the side halfway through the game while Wailmer eliminates everyone except for Torkoal on the other team. Torkoal actually wins the competition (accidentally), by flying in from the left and hitting Wailmer with a regular Poké-Ball after Wailmer believes he won the competition, bringing the Terrakions their first win of the season. While Wailmer is in the bottom two, Pikachu explains that it is because he got hit by an “Eighty-year-old turtle with cataracts so bad he can’t tell Selena Rotom from Stan Hitmonlee.”

Pokémon… Don’t Have Talent
 At the campfire, Pikachu announces that it will be a talent competition. In the confessionals, Torkoal is happy he can finally show what he can do. Despite being incredibly excited about the challenge, he is the last on his team to volunteer. He then explains that he can rap. Sentret, the current leader of the Terrakions, thinks he means wrap, as in wrap presents. Torkoal corrects her and says that he can actually rap. Sentret agrees, and they are ready for the day’s challenge. In Solosis’ taunt, he says, “Torkoal, for you to hear us, we have to scream super loud.” This actually plays a part in Torkoal’s elimination. Torkoal performs directly afterwards, singing this: “In BINGO, I place the chips on the number. If I lose, it is such a bummer. But I never cheat or break the rules. I also never lose because I rule. If I lose, you know what I do? I play canasta-ca-ca-ca-canasta. Word!” Torkoal gets a surprising six stars out of ten. Pikachu calls this surprising because it was torturous and completely awful. Confused by this remark, Torkoal thanks him. The Terrakions lose, thanks to Torkoal and Porygon’s poor scores. The first of the two berries in the elimination ceremony went to Eevee, leaving Torkoal and Porygon in the bottom two. Pikachu states that he’s there because Solosis made a good point in his song that he can’t hear or communicate very well. Confused again, he asks for the beans and endless salad bar. In Torkoal’s elimination ceremony close-up, even more confused, he asks for the price of the pudding. Porygon then receives the final berry, meaning that Torkoal is eliminated. At the dock, Pikachu warns Torkoal to wait for the Lapras, but Torkoal walks right of the dock and sinks. Happily, Pikachu states that he probably just died. In Pikachu’s outro, he asks the audience if Torkoal will get revenge on Solosis for playing a part in his elimination.

Bowling Fall
 This episode begins with a shadowy figure crossing the water. The figure is a Lapras carrying four former contestants that get to rejoin the game. Torkoal comes off of the Lapras after Bonsly and says, “Yo, dudes, what’s the haps?” Pikachu asks what happened to his voice and Torkoal doesn’t understand his confusion. Pikachu then explains that he used to talk like a geezer, doing a poor imitation of his previous voice. Torkoal then overdoes the work “oh” and then says that he’s an actor and that he’s trying out for the role of a hip surfer dude. Pikachu, with no confusion resolved, points out that he’s not on set. Torkoal then states that the natural comes more natural if you play it on your free time. Pikachu, still confused, simply diverts continuing the conversation. Pikachu states that the challenge is a bowling challenge, but the rules are slightly modified. When Torkoal bowled, he didn’t knock down any pins and claimed that he was bad at bowling. Gastly fails at hiding his excitement that someone on his team failed so that they would intentionally lose. Torkoal’s team lost partially because of his failure, but, despite failing miserably, he received the sixth berry in the elimination ceremony. In Pikachu’s outro, Torkoal is mentioned again and Pikachu asks the audience if he will realize that Solosis is the one who got him eliminated.

1, 2, 3… Can’t Find Me!
 Torkoal is sitting quietly while Pikachu says that this challenge is hide and seek from Muk, who will be hunting them down. Torkoal is show hiding in the campfire pit shown in every episode. He states that it’s a good idea to hide in something that already looks like him. He then changes to the color of the stones to blend in, idiotically states that he is gray, though it’s entirely obvious, and then proudly beams that he knows his colors. You see depressed Druddigon “hide” by openly sitting on one of the campground benches. He doesn’t seem to notice Torkoal, and they don’t interact during this time. Spiritomb, attempting to look like Pikachu, hides on one of the campground benches as well on the other side of the screen. None of the three guys interact or even subtly acknowledge each other. Torkoal is the fourth found by Muk, after Mareep, Bulbasaur, and Druddigon. At the campfire, Muk buys the poorly though out scheme of Spiritomb dressing up like Pikachu. Despite his terrible performance, his team wins, moving him forward to episode ten. In Pikachu’s outro, he asks the audience if Torkoal is really stupid enough that he couldn’t figure out that Solosis is the one who got him eliminated.

Pokéfight
<p class="MsoNormal"> Torkoal only sits quietly through the team meeting, the challenge announcement, and the three battles. His team loses, but he receives a berry, moving him on to another episode. On the dock, after Gastly leaves, Pikachu has almost completed his outro, but Torkoal quickly interrupts him and states that he thinks Solosis is who got him eliminated. Pikachu is infuriated, and screams at him for stealing his third cliff-hanging question. Pikachu just replaces it by saying, “Or some other third thing?”

Do Those Microchips Have Salt?
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> When Eevee states that her team needs a new leader and everyone puts a vote in the bowl, Torkoal receives a vote. However, it’s unknown who it was from. In the confessional, Torkoal says that, “Solosis is goin’ down.” This discomforts Solosis, making him emit a piercing shriek. Excited about his opportunity for revenge, Torkoal briefly mentions it in the confessionals. Torkoal tells Solosis to prepare to meet his make. As a taunt, not as an absentminded comment, Solosis says that his maker is Satoshi Tajiri. Torkoal calls Solosis stupid in reference to his taunt. Torkoal jumps to hurt Solosis, but, in midair, Druddigon falls right on top of him, putting an end to his attempt at revenge. This makes Solosis incredibly fond of Druddigon and Torkoal entirely fearful of Druddigon. Pikachu reveals that the challenge is a microchip-reading contest. Each microchip has a secret on it. If you can guess whose secret it is, you win. Torkoal’s secret was received by Litwick, the fact that he is afraid of stage lights. Litwick took an insightful approach and made the inference that it was him because he is never actually acting on stage; he’s always acting on the island. She correctly guessed on her first try. The secret that Torkoal had to guess was Zigzagoon’s: that he’s afraid of being near cell phones. Torkoal makes the inaccurate guess of Probopass. Because he guessed incorrectly, he had to wait for the guessing cycle to reach him again. He guessed for the second time Joltik; unfortunately, thus was wrong as well. He was one of the last four to correctly guess, but, on his third guess, he correctly guessed Zigzagoon. Torkoal’s team loses, but, even though he did awful in the challenge, he received a berry, moving him forward to yet another episode.

It’s Raining Baby Pokémon
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> In the confessionals, Torkoal falsely stumbles through a clearly scripted speech about how everything between he and Solosis is water under the bridge. In complete and udder fear, he validates it with Druddigon, and Druddigon approves. Torkoal gets to be in the order for getting to care for the egg, however, he never actually gets his turn. His team arrives first, but they accidentally left Seedot out, so the Vigoroths won, but the Vigoroths also left a teammate out, so no team officially won until later. They left to go find Seedot, but instead, they found Joltik, the member that was missing from the Vigoroths. However, Torkoal isn’t with his group there. Shelgon then comes up with a hair-brained scheme to trick Joltik. When they convince Joltik into going into the cave, Torkoal isn’t shown in the scene there either. Strangely, Torkoal is there when they actually find Seedot and when they run in with their full team for the win. Fortunately for him, his team won the challenge, making him safe from elimination and the Dock of Shame.

Fear! Appear!
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> In this episode, Lampent gets the ball rolling of biggest fears. Torkoal starts to admit his fear, but Seedot quickly asks him about his change in voices and addresses him as Torkoal. Torkoal resents this and acts as if he doesn’t know who Torkoal is and claims he is hair stylist intern, Marcie J. Phillips, introducing a new alter ego. Bulbasaur then explains that he got a new role, and Torkoal is appalled at being called a “he.” Though his fear is never stated, it was mentioned a few episodes before this one, so Pikachu still knew his biggest fear. Pikachu then admits to having cameras on them 24/7 so he knows their fears. Therefore, that day’s challenge was fear-facing. In the fear-facing montage, he has to get on the same stage as in episode three, unfortunately for him, he fails to stay on stage. Torkoal’s team loses, but he receives a berry, but not easily. When Pikachu throws him his berry and calls on him as Torkoal, Torkoal then forces Pikachu to call him by his character’s full name. Pikachu hesitantly agrees and continues with the ceremony. During Pikachu’s outro, one of his questions to the audience was if Marcie J. Phillips will ever be eliminated and stay eliminated.

Trivia Trial
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> Torkoal stands idly by while Eevee rants about an aggravating secret and on the dock when Lapras drops off the scoreboard. Pikachu reveals that that day’s challenge will be a trivia challenge because he needed to legally have a challenge that wasn’t deadly. Torkoal is the third to volunteer on the Terrific Terrakions team to compete in the trivia. He happily decides, though still being Marcie, to compete in the berry section. The berry section is first, so Torkoal went up against Druddigon. Druddigon, from his pill in episode 13, made him guess all of the wrong answers and, on a majority of the berry-based questions, eliminate every choice except for the correct one. This gave Torkoal the opportunity to get all five points of that round, and he took it, getting a five out of five points. The game ended in a tie, so Salamence and Zweilous went head-to-head for the win. Salamence won, meaning that Torkoal’s team won the challenge, moving Torkoal on to the next episode.

Sing a Song! Run Along!
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> While Torkoal is being forced to sing whilst running through the woods, he indirectly reveals a new role, singing internet sensation, Amaris Natalia. This is his fourth and last alter ego, after Baxter Smith, Chad Glitt, and Marcie J. Phillips. His song is: “I am an internet sensation filled with love, peace, and inspiration. I like to sing about all things. I really, really, really love to sing everything.” His placement in the race is unknown, but he wasn’t one of the last two. His team lost thanks to Porygon, but Torkoal received a berry, moving him to another episode. In Pikachu’s questions at the end, he asks the audience if Torkoal will always be incognito.

Pokéthlon
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> Torkoal wasn’t mentioned and didn’t speak in this episode. Despite this, his team won.

Capture the Swag
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> Pikachu announced that that day’s challenge was to be Capture the Flag. Ivysaur, the current leader of the Terrakions, gave Torkoal the position to guard the Moon Stone with him, and a few others on the team. Torkoal attacks Masquerain with Swablu, Gulpin, and Seedot, but, when he sees Probopass take it, him and the other three chase him. Torkoal, still as Amaris Natalia, commands Probopass to give him the stone. However, what the guarders didn’t see was Lickilicky take the stone, so, despite his effort, Torkoal’s team lost. Fortunately for him, Torkoal receives a berry, avoiding elimination.

Berries and Brownies and Barbie. Oh My!
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> Torkoal doesn’t participate, isn’t mentioned, and doesn’t talk in this episode. His team also loses thanks to Eevee and Seedot’s petty arguing and Houndoom’s poor cooking skills. However, despite his lack of participation, he receives a berry, moving him to episode 19.

Stuffed Goat Head for Sale!
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> Seedot, at his team meeting after the challenge-announcement states that they lost twice in a row and that they shouldn’t let that happen again. Torkoal then responds snidely and Seedot states that he wishes Torkoal would get a job as a statue so that he wouldn’t be able to talk anymore. Torkoal, still refusing to admit it is nothing but a persona, states that the “Torkoal” he spoke of was going to an open audition for a statue. Seedot quickly switches the conversation to challenge-based matters after this. Thanks to Gulpin, Torkoal’s team won. Torkoal was then entered for a chance to win invincibility, but Skorupi won it instead.

Eat, Eat, Eat, Deceit
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> This episode opens with the Vigoroths team meeting and Palpitoad saying how much he loves his mustache. Torkoal then randomly runs in, steals his mustache, and runs out in the opposite direction. Palpitoad then chases him, threatens his life, and states how sad he is in the confessionals. Directly after, Torkoal cleverly says that Palpitoad might need a save or a shave. Just after this, Nuzleaf says that he thinks Torkoal got a new role as an evil mastermind because he’s been acting weird. At the Terrakions’ meeting, Nuzleaf brings donuts, and, along with most of the teammates, Torkoal ate so many that he fell over. Palpitoad, attempting specifically to beat Torkoal, eats all of the sauerkraut on his team’s table, but this plan quickly backfires when Pikachu says that he is disqualified because everyone has to eat their own food. At the beginning of the challenge, Torkoal is eating practically everything, despite the copious amount of donuts he ate previously. Torkoal actually lost the challenge when he had to eat money, but, because Glaceon stole the money from the table, she was taken from the game instead. While they’re all eating pickled salmon, Gulpin says that he’s impressed with how well Torkoal is doing in the challenge. Torkoal responds by saying it is perfect. Gulpin, while they’re eating mushrooms, commands Torkoal to eat them and Torkoal says that that’s fine by him. Torkoal makes it to the last seven of the challenge, but fails to eat the Vienna sausage. Torkoal’s team won, thanks to Gulpin, so Torkoal moved on to the next challenge. While Nuzleaf was talking to Ursaring, Torkoal was eavesdropping, and then he maniacally said “Perfect.” In Pikachu’s questions to the audience, he asks if Torkoal will sabotage Nuzleaf. This is clearly answered in the next episode.

Disguise Arise
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> Torkoal is the first character seen, and he is in the confessional. He states that it’s too easy and that the competition has just been handed to him. He also claims that he knows how to get Zweilous and Nuzleaf, the leader of each team, wrapped around his finger. Masquerain lies to her alliance that Torkoal is after them and everyone believes her except Lampent. Zweilous asks Nuzleaf to lose on purpose because Torkoal is evil and Zweilous wants him out, but Nuzleaf still believes it’s a role. Zweilous finally convinces him to lose and to tell everyone except Torkoal to vote him off and Nuzleaf agrees under the lines that Zweilous has to intentionally lose in the next challenge. Torkoal flies in after their conversation and Nuzleaf finds out he was listening. Nuzleaf asks what he’s going to do to him. Torkoal says that he might tell a little secret. Nuzleaf says that Torkoal doesn’t have any dirt on him, but Torkoal quickly and cleverly responds by saying it’s more like quicksand; they’ll sink and then crumble down. Nuzleaf asks what the secret is and Torkoal says that he sure would hate to see how his team felt about Nuzleaf’s “little helper.” Nuzleaf unconvincingly says that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but Torkoal brings in a calm, tied-up, upside-down Ursaring and rhetorically asks if he knows who it is. Torkoal then leaves Nuzleaf concerned, saying that he gets the picture. Nuzleaf then tells his team, except for Torkoal, to, under all circumstances, vote for Torkoal to be eliminated. Torkoal blackmails Zweilous with Quilava into letting him see his riddle. Torkoal admits his plan in the confessional: he wants to hack into the wireless printer system, find his team’s riddles, hide Zweilous’ item where he’ll never find it, and win up until the merge. Nuzleaf and Zweilous reveal in an unbelievable fashion that they are shocked that Torkoal is threatening Ursaring and Quilava. Nuzleaf, in a failed attempt to sabotage his own team, rhetorically asks where his item is. Torkoal quickly runs in, makes a snarky remark, takes the item, and runs. Obviously this annoyed Nuzleaf. Three scenes in a row, you see Torkoal pick up items and say that it’s too easy. Zweilous also looks in the volcano, following his clue, but, as Torkoal mentioned earlier, he already hid it away. Nuzleaf touched a Leaf Stone and evolved and, soon after, Torkoal stormed in and asked where the Leaf Stone was and how Nuzleaf evolved into Shiftry. Because Nuzleaf accidentally used it to evolve, the Leaf Stone was gone. Shiftry answered by saying that it was a costume and that he had no idea where the Leaf Stone was. He ended this question by testing Torkoal’s devotion to this role. Torkoal says in the confessional that Shiftry is stupid for believing this was still a role, confirming that he never was an actor. Shiftry called Torkoal stupid for believing that it was a costume and that he didn’t really evolve. Torkoal, along with Zweilous, is one of the last two not to be back at the campfire, so they are called over the speakers on the island. Torkoal came to the campfire and states that he’s pretty sure he knows where the Leaf Stone is, though this is obviously flawed, and that he hid Zweilous’ item where he’ll never find it. Spiritomb wanted Pikachu to disqualify him, but Pikachu said no because of the positive impact Torkoal had on the show’s ratings. Torkoal was warned, but he said that Zweilous would never find it, but Zweilous barged into the scene with the Poké-ball, much to Torkoal’s disbelief. Pikachu hesitantly and immediately eliminated Torkoal, and Torkoal tried to physically stop him, but this is hindered by the PBT (Pokémon Battle Tournament.) The PBT then force him out and that is the end of Torkoal’s reign of terror. In the end, Pikachu asks the audience if Torkoal will return this time, but that answer lies in the show.

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