YMMV / The Flame Pokémon-athon!

• Fridge Horror: That one racer with the Rhyhorn—they try to cross the river, only to sink into it due to Rhyhorn's weight. Neither of them are seen in the rest of the episode...
  • Makes one wonder what might've befallen Serena if she took up Rhyhorn Racing and ever ran into this problem...
• Moment of Awesome:
  • Admit it, there was something cool about Ponyta evolving into a Rapidash during the race.
  • Ash winning the race counts as well.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Given how much of the episode was Ponyta learning to trust Ash and ultimately evolving because of it, it's kind of surprising that Rapidash ultimately didn't want to go with him in the end. Granted, Rapidash does already have a trainer, but that hasn't stopped Pokemon in the past or future going with him. Presumably, the only reason it didn't happen was that Ash already had a fire type.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Ash has to sub-in for someone for a Pokemon race with the main person to beat being a smug trainer with a Dodrio? Are we talking about Dario or Gary? Given how the rivalry has been mostly one-sided throughout Kanto, this could have been a nice way to finally allow Ash to get one over on him and actually have Gary take their rivalry seriously from then on.