[PXFIRE Season 2] PXFIRE Caption Contest v. 2.0!

[EmeraldSky]

Another round of PXFIRE, another caption contest! We're back for another round of making up silly captions to Pokemon anime screenshots!

The basic rules:

--Each week, a new screenshot (or screenshots) will be posted here. Your job is to come up with the funniest, most creative captions (within reason and forum rules) that you can. The new twist here is that you may possibly have to caption multiple screenshots at once, in an attempt to create a "story" out of the captions.

--You receive 5 points for sending in a caption, but you can earn more for particularly creative captions up to 20 points. You will also receive feedback along with the leaderboard. You will still earn the same amount of points if multiple pictures are posted for the sake of consistency.

Good luck, captioneers! If you have any questions or concerns, let me know!

Here's your first shot:

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg

[Bulbasaur]

Can you give me a better idea of what you mean by "same old memes we've all seen a million times"? Examples, maybe?
EmeraldSky

[EmeraldSky]

Bulbasaur

Think outside "over 9000", "All your base" LOLCats, Despacito, Rickrolls, or the most interesting man in the world, to name but a few.

If you choose to use some of these, you may still get a secret bonus, but you may lose points.

[Cleobel]

Brock : The type chart is very interesting and useful for every Pokemon trainer. Ash, you should study it. You will win more Pokemon battles if you know the type chart, instead of just using Pikachu's Thunderbolt against every Pokemon...
EmeraldSky

[K'sariya]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg

Brock: *feeling the paper*
Ash: Huh? Brock, what are you doing?
Brock: This Braille map... I can feel it like I can open my eyes again...

[Neo Emolga]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg

While Ash and Misty always felt Brock was a great chef, they were a little surprised his newest plan to defend the gang from Team Rocket involved recipes from The Anarchist's Cookbook.

[Morzone]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg
Misty: What's with all the numbers and symbols?
Brock: Just a bit of algebra to figure out my best battle strategy.
Ash: Numbers and symbols help battling? What is algebra anyway?
Brock: How old were you two when you left school for your pokemon journey again?
Ash: 10 years old, why?
Brock: no reason.

[Coru]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg
"Ash an Misty couldn't quite believe the lengths Brock went to get Nurse Joy's attention. A love letter works but he probably shouldn't have gone into too much detail about his pokeballs...."

[Noblejanobii]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg

They couldn't believe their eyes when they beheld the back of the Declaration of Independence.

[[Desolate Divine]]

*Reading* "You are in breach of copyright of intellectual property owned by Game Freak Inc." What's a Game Freak?

[Chakramaster]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg

Ash: What is that? Some kind of new Pokémon?
Brock: The script Ash. Haven't either of you read the script?
Misty: What's a script?

[Bulbasaur]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg
Misty: Brock, just let me pull up Google Maps on my phon-
Brock: No. I'm planning the worst route possible in order to make ten episodes before we reach the next city.
Ash: Can you even read the map with your eyes closed?

[evanfardreamer]

It was about that point when Ash and Misty realized Brock's map was to the Almia region.

[VeloJello]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg

Brock: “The truth is, I flirt as much as I do because I’m heartsick. I left my best friend in the world behind when I came with you guys on this journey, and I feel so empty without him.”
Misty: “... Brock, is this a picture of your pet Meowth?”
Brock, sniffling gently: “I miss you so much, Boots. I’ll be home soon, I promise.”

[EmeraldSky]

Last call to get an entry in for this week--the leaderboard will be up later tonight!

[Bulbasaur]

Last call to get an entry in for this week--the leaderboard will be up later tonight!
It says we have until tomorrow here: http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?17561-PXFIRE-Season-2-Information-and-Rules-%26%239733%3BREAD-FIRST%26%239733%3B

[Neo Emolga]

It says we have until tomorrow here: http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?17561-PXFIRE-Season-2-Information-and-Rules-%26%239733%3BREAD-FIRST%26%239733%3B

^ Yep, this right here.

Here are the official cutoff deadline times for submissions:

SUNDAY 2pm PDT (Los Angeles)
SUNDAY 5pm EDT (New York)
SUNDAY 10pm BST (London)
MONDAY 7am AEST (Melbourne)

So yeah, there's almost a whole day left, so EmeraldSky, please hold off on judging until the deadline time hits. Thanks!

[EmeraldSky]

Neo Emolga

Okay---if you want to send something in, you have another day to do it!

[arnisd]

https://i.imgur.com/Mvw11iK.jpg

It was at this point Ash and Misty discovered Brocks hidden musical talent, they just wondered why all the song lyrics were about food and nurse joy.

[Shruikan]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/pm/031/016.jpg
Brock: Hmm, according to this, a Fiorian prince needs our help moving a large sum of money out of the country.
Misty: Even when we're lost, the scam mail somehow finds us.

[EmeraldSky]

Thank you all for all the great submissions! The leaderboard looks like this:

Cleobel--10
Coru--10
Desolate Divine--10
Chakramaster--10
Bulbasaur--10
arnisd--10
VeloJello--10
Noblejanobii--5
K'sariya--5
Morzone--5
evanfardreamer--5
Shruikan--5
Neo Emolga--5

Thoughts on the Entries This Week:

Cleobel--This was a great joke, and a lesson the show needs to take note of.
Coru--A very creative double entendre.
Desolate Divine--One of my favorite ones, and a neat way to break the fourth wall
Chakramaster--A funny way of breaking the fourth wall!
Bulbasaur--A good callout of a common episode scenario--one of my favorites.
arnisd--This was another of my favorites, because of the musical references
VeloJello--This was a very sweet caption, and definitely fits the character.
Noblejanobii--This joke was okay, but some people may not get it.
K'sariya--an old joke, but a good one!
Morzone--A hilarious take on schooling (or lack thereof) in the Pokeworld!
evanfardreamer--This one, I wasn't sure what the joke was trying to convey.
Shruikan--A nice Pokemonization of an all-too-common online problem.
Neo Emolga--A little obscure, but funny once you get it!

[Bulbasaur]

Thank you all for all the great submissions! The leaderboard looks like this:

Cleobel--20
Desolate Divine--20
arnisd--10
Coru--10
Shruikan--10
Chakramaster--10
VeloJello--10
Bulbasaur--10

Secret Bonuses found this week:

Cleobel--Fan Favorite! (+10 points!)
K'sariya--It Had To Be Done... (no points, but worth mentioning!)
Coru--They Went There... (no points, but worth mentioning!)
Shruikan--Whew! (no points, but worth mentioning!)
VelloJello--Aw... (no points, but worth mentioning!)
Linking this again: http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?17561-PXFIRE-Season-2-Information-and-Rules-%26%239733%3BREAD-FIRST%26%239733%3B&p=276768&viewfull=1#post276768

It says you have to give everyone at least one point.

[K'sariya]

Linking this again: http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?17561-PXFIRE-Season-2-Information-and-Rules-%26%239733%3BREAD-FIRST%26%239733%3B&p=276768&viewfull=1#post276768

It says you have to give everyone at least one point.

This. O: and I'm fine with scoring low with my entry and whatnot if that's the case, but just so I know how to improve on future entries! :
- Are the secret bonus qualifiers supposed to be kind of cryptic even after they've been revealed? I'm still not sure what any of those mean even after looking at the entries they applied to
- Will some of the secret bonuses always not give points? If so, what's the point of those ones that don't? I love the idea of rewarding creative ones, just not sure why some matter if they don't give points, and why some randomly don't give points
- Can you give feedback on how entries are scored so that we know how to improve on them later? IE why some got 20, some got 10, etc.

Appreciate you judging, just want to be sure how you're doing it so that we can try to improve our entries in the future! Thank you!

[EmeraldSky]

Bulbasaur

Okay, the math has been refigured and the leaderboard has been recalculated--I think I got everyone a score.

K'sariya:

You get 5 points just for entering a caption, and more if you have a particularly good caption, or discover a secret bonus that gives you points.

Some secret bonuses will give you points, some are just worth a mention, and some will make you lose points (nothing major, though)

I will reveal what you did to get them both on the leaderboard and on the first page, so everyone knows what gets you extra points, and what doesn't.

[Noblejanobii]

Thank you all for all the great submissions! The leaderboard looks like this:

Cleobel--15
Desolate Divine--10
K'sariya--10
arnisd--10
Coru--10
Shruikan--10
Chakramaster--10
VeloJello--10
Bulbasaur--10
Neo Emolga--5 points

Secret Bonuses found this week:

Cleobel--Fan Favorite! (Get the most likes on your caption for the week! +5 points!)
K'sariya--It Had To Be Done... (Use an obvious joke. No points, but worth mentioning!)
Coru--They Went There... (Use a double entendre. No points, but worth mentioning!)
Shruikan--Whew! (Get a caption in in the nick of time. No points, but worth mentioning!)
VelloJello--Aw... (Get the most heartwarming caption of the week. No points, but worth mentioning!)

Uhhhhhhh I wasn't mentioned? Do I not get any points for some reason? Also you said everyone gets ten points for entering, but Neo only got five. I get there's not enough points to evenly distribute ten but maybe you should knock it down to five per entry? Then evenly redistribute the points evenly.

[EmeraldSky]

Noblejanobii

That's a good idea--off to recalculate again!

UPDATE: Now everyone should've gotten scores--I didn't expect to get so many entries this time, which messed up my initial ideas for scoring.

[Neo Emolga]

Thank you all for all the great submissions! The leaderboard looks like this:

Cleobel--10
Coru--10
Desolate Divine--10
Chakramaster--10
Bulbasaur--10
arnisd--10
VeloJello--10
Noblejanobii--5
K'sariya--5
Morzone--5
evanfardreamer--5
Shruikan--5
Neo Emolga--5

Secret Bonuses found this week:

Cleobel--Fan Favorite! (Get the most likes on your caption for the week! +5 points!)
K'sariya--It Had To Be Done... (Use an obvious joke. No points, but worth mentioning!)
Coru--They Went There... (Use a double entendre. No points, but worth mentioning!)
Shruikan--Whew! (Get a caption in in the nick of time. No points, but worth mentioning!)
VelloJello--Aw... (Get the most heartwarming caption of the week. No points, but worth mentioning!)

Emerald, I'm sorry, but you can't do judging like this and this format goes against what was set in the judging rules:


Each Judge will need to write their own rules for their section and provide a standard and basis for how they're judging entries and performance. This is so contestants know how to target the Judge's expectations and submit the best qualities entries and performance they can.

This means you can't do these "Secret Bonuses" and attach point values to them (they're fine if none of them have points and are there just as a fun extra). What you're targeting and looking for in entries HAS to be made clear for the contestants. Also, awarding points just based on likes is unfair and is something a team could potentially abuse and influence. You're the one who does the judging, not everyone else.


Judges need to provide feedback for each entry. This in turn will also rationalize your reasons for awarding the quantity of points that you did. Was the entry great and that's why you gave it the largest share of points? Let them know what they did right! But if the entry or performance was lacking, tips and pointers toward what could have helped make the entry better helps contestants improve for the future.

You haven't done this and just handed some people 10 while others got 5 with no basis or rationalization as to why you did it this way. And while you need to award at least one point for each entry, awarding five just for throwing anything in there isn't a good practice either. Otherwise there's really no need for a judge and there's no need for a person to put effort into their submission. You're there to determine what was a good submission from one that could use some more effort and improvement. You should be leaving reviews like "hey, this was a pretty funny and witty caption" or "I think this was a bit funny, but I would have liked it a bit more if..." and so on. It doesn't have to be a huge review (and I know a lot of people submitted something), but there needs to be at least something that says you read them rather than just automatically threw a 10 or a 5 at them.

On that note, please rework these results.

[EmeraldSky]

Neo Emolga

All right--I will do away with the secret bonuses and add feedback to the captions with the leaderboard; as well as clarify scoring. I meant them to be a fun surprise for people to discover, but in light of this, I see they just aren't going to work

[Neo Emolga]

Neo Emolga

All right--I will do away with the secret bonuses and add feedback to the captions with the leaderboard; as well as clarify scoring. I meant them to be a fun surprise for people to discover, but in light of this, I see they just aren't going to work

They don't work because they're not fair. How is anyone supposed to work for a higher score when there are these secret bonuses that they don't know exactly to aim for? As it goes, people are under the impression that trying to come up with the funniest, wittiest, or most whimsical caption is the way to get points. If suddenly doing something completely random and unrelated gets additional points, how is that fair to anyone who is following directions? I mean be honest, would you want to be subjected to that if you were a participant?

Here's what I do for judging.

Take 100 (the points you're allowed to award) and divide it by the number of submissions (Let's say 13 in this case). That makes the average 7.69. On that basis, you say 7 or 8 is the score of an entry you found to be just average. If you think an entry is somewhat below average (because it was rushed, cliche, or something along those lines), you might give it a 4-6 depending. If you feel it's above average (because it was funny, witty, and more clever than most of the other submissions), then you maybe give it a 9 or 10. At the end, add up everything to ensure it hits 100 and if you're slightly over or under, you can adjust those accordingly. To me, this is the easier way to do it if you have a large number of submissions.

Also, Week #2's theme should have been up by now and this is the only section that hasn't set up for it yet. Please get that up there.

[EmeraldSky]

Neo Emolga

Here's your new shot for this week:

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/082/178.jpg

Good luck!

[Cleobel]

Brock : Stop using False Swipe and Stun Spore on us! We're not shiny Pokemon!
Ash : And if you have the Effect Spore ability... well, that's a pretty bad idea!
EmeraldSky

[Chakramaster]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/082/178.jpg

Brock: We've always trained our Pokemon. We never expected they'd be training us!

Ash: Less talking, more running Brock!

[Arrow-Jolteon]

Brock: See Ash? This is exactly why mushrooms are my least favorite pizza topping!

Ash: ...Anchovies are still worse.

[Noblejanobii]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/082/178.jpg

Brock: Why would you order extra mushrooms at a pizzeria owned by Breloom!
Ash: I figured they'd be really fresh!

[Neo Emolga]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/082/178.jpg

Ash: I don't know if we're both going to make it!
Brock: As long as I outrun you, Ash, I should be just fine!

[evanfardreamer]

Brock: "Ash, don't you remember how the Charge of the Light Breloom ends?"

[Bulbasaur]

Ash: Brock, I know you enjoy cooking, but couldn't we have found different mushrooms to put in your soup?!

[Morzone]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/082/178.jpg
No words passed between the two trainers, but they both agreed that having a strange curtain of orange light
chase them past a breloom herd was the weirdest thing they'd seen so far on their journey.

[Shruikan]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/082/178.jpg

Brock: Running just hasn't felt the same since we replaced Pikachu May and Max with Breloom.

[arnisd]

https://i.imgur.com/JOtfbTO.jpg

Ash and Brock quickly discovered why catching the only female breloom of an entire pack during mating season wasn't a good idea.

[K'sariya]

Maybe cracking open that Adrenaline Orb wasn't the best idea...

[VeloJello]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/082/178.jpg
Brock: "Something tells me these guys didn't really like your jokes!"
Ash: "C'mon, Brock, you know I'm a fungi! Get it? 'Fungi', like 'fun guy'?"
Brock: "You've got mushroom for improvement..."

[Bulbasaur]

Thank you for all the submissions this week! Here is the updated leaderboard:


VeloJello--20
Cleobel--15
Coru--15
evanfardreamer--15
Bulbasaur--15
Morzone--15
arnisd--15
Desolate Divine--10
Arrow-Jolteon--10
Chakramaster--10
Noblejanobii--10
Neo Emolga--10
Shruikan--10
K'sariya--10

Thoughts on the entries this week:

Cleobel: A little confusing if you don't know the finer points of Shiny hunting, but if you've ever encountered a Shiny, you'll get this one!
Chakramaster: One of my favorites--a hilarious way of showing the tables get turned
Arrow-Jolteon: A clever food joke, and fitting because Breloom resembles a mushroom.
Noblejanobii: A different and hilarious take on the mushroom joke--one of my favorites
Neo Emolga: A bemusing play on the classic option for a shot like this--the chase scene
evanfardreamer: This reference to and Pokemonizatiion a classic of literature make me smile, having read the poem in question. One of my favorites!
Bulbasaur: Food jokes seem to be the theme this week, but this is a hilarious take on it!
Morzone: An original gag that breaks the fourth wall--one of my favorites!
Shruikan: This one was interesting, but a bit of an obvious joke.
arnisd: A great choice of a gag given the shot. One of my favorites.
K'sariya: A funny item based gag that makes a lot of sense.
VeloJello: A great way to put a new twist on an old groaner--one of my favorites!
There's still 25 minutes left to submit...

Also I'm pretty sure that's more than 100 points.

[EmeraldSky]

I'll go back and refigure the math, recalculate accordingly, then repost when it is time.

[EmeraldSky]

Thank you for all the submissions this week! Here is the updated leaderboard:

VeloJello--10
Cleobel--10
evanfardreamer--10
arnisd--10
Arrow-Jolteon--10
Chakramaster--10
Noblejanobii--10
Neo Emolga--10
Shruikan--5
K'sariya--5
Bulbasaur--5
Morzone--5


Thoughts on the entries this week:

Cleobel: A little confusing if you don't know the finer points of Shiny hunting, but if you've ever encountered a Shiny, you'll get this one!
Chakramaster: One of my favorites--a hilarious way of showing the tables get turned
Arrow-Jolteon: A clever food joke, and fitting because Breloom resembles a mushroom.
Noblejanobii: A different and hilarious take on the mushroom joke--one of my favorites
Neo Emolga: A bemusing play on the classic option for a shot like this--the chase scene
evanfardreamer: This reference to and Pokemonization of a classic of literature make me smile, having read the poem in question. One of my favorites!
Bulbasaur: Food jokes seem to be the theme this week, but this is a hilarious take on it!
Morzone: An original gag that breaks the fourth wall--one of my favorites!
Shruikan: This one was interesting, but a bit of an obvious joke.
arnisd: A great choice of a gag given the shot. One of my favorites.
K'sariya: A funny item based gag that makes a lot of sense.
VeloJello: A great way to put a new twist on an old groaner--one of my favorites!

In the meantime, here is your new shot for the new week:

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/138/137.jpg

Good luck!

[EmeraldSky]

Just as a friendly reminder, here is your shot for this week:

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/138/137.jpg

Good luck!

[Morzone]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/138/137.jpg
Bad CGI music notes aren't things that are considered when balancing the pokeverse,
but these... do put a smile on our faces.

[Bulbasaur]

Jessie: I never knew Elton John wrote you such a beautiful theme song, James.
James: Rocket Man was actually written before the anime was even around. Crazy...

[Cleobel]

Jigglypuff : Jiggaly...puff...jiggaly...puff! Jiggaly...puff...jiggaly...
Jessie : This song makes me so Drowzee...
James : Speaking of songs, I need to take a Chinese singing lesson, but I feel sleepy as well... I guess I'll just wet myself while I'm asleep.
Meowth : Maybe the smell will be bad enough to deter Jigglypuff from drawing on our faces...
EmeraldSky

[arnisd]

https://i.imgur.com/Q96cVCN.jpg

The three of them had gotten so hungry, the grumbling of their bellies became a musical number, all with jelly made musicnotes floating around for their amusement.

[Coru]

When all of your life plans have been foiled by a 10 year old and your boss doesn't care about you but at least you have your tunes to keep you going.
*Plays 'Bring me to Life' by Evanescence*

[Neo Emolga]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/138/137.jpg
After just barely winning that drinking contest, it seemed only right that Team Rocket would imagine "We Are the Champions" would be playing in their imagination.

[Chakramaster]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/138/137.jpg

Who knew, once you mastered to read music. Even so much as music notes alone could soothe even the worst of the worst.

[evanfardreamer]

All: "Team Rocket is blasting jams again!"

[Noblejanobii]

It turned out Brock's new mixtape was a lot better than Team Rocket anticipated.

[VeloJello]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/138/137.jpg

Jessie: Okay, I thought Every Time We Touch couldn't get any better, but the soft piano cover is out of this world.

[EmeraldSky]

Here are the results for this week:

Bulbasaur--10
arnisd--10
Morzone--10
Cleobel--10
Neo Emolga--10
Noblejanobii--10
VeloJello--10
evanfardreamer--10
Chakramaster--10
Coru--10

Thoughts on the entries this week:

Morzone: A hilarious way to call out bad CGI!
Bulbasaur: A hilarious observation that wouldn't be out of place considering James' personality. One of my favorites
Cleobel: A funny (if a little disgusting) way to play off the actual context.
arnisd: This one gave me a funny mental image--one of my favorites!
Coru: A funny way to lampshade Team Rocket showing up in every episode.
Neo Emolga: A clever way to play off the looks on Team Rocket's faces.
Chakramaster: Another creative take on the bad CGI!
evanfardreamer: A clever take on Team Rocket's typical schtick.
Noblejanobii: A great way to play off of the context--one of my favorites!
VeloJello: Yet another good way to play off the context.

[Bulbasaur]

Here are the results for this week:

Bulbasaur--10
arnisd--10
Morzone--10
Cleobel--10
Neo Emolga--10
Noblejanobii--10
VeloJello--10
evanfardreamer--10
Chakramaster--10
Coru--10

Thoughts on the entries this week:

Morzone: A hilarious way to call out bad CGI!
Bulbasaur: A hilarious observation that wouldn't be out of place considering James' personality. One of my favorites
Cleobel: A funny (if a little disgusting) way to play off the actual context.
arnisd: This one gave me a funny mental image--one of my favorites!
Coru: A funny way to lampshade Team Rocket showing up in every episode.
Neo Emolga: A clever way to play off the looks on Team Rocket's faces.
Chakramaster: Another creative take on the bad CGI!
evanfardreamer: A clever take on Team Rocket's typical schtick.
Noblejanobii: A great way to play off of the context--one of my favorites!
VeloJello: Yet another good way to play off the context.
So they were all equally funny?

[EmeraldSky]

Bulbasaur: Strangely enough, yes they were!

[Bulbasaur]

So when's the next caption being posted...? EmeraldSky

[EmeraldSky]

Bulbasaur

Here it is!

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/105/081.jpg

Good luck!

[Noblejanobii]

Despite Brock's insistence that the telephone phrase was "Cacturne Stamps", Lombre was pretty sure Brock was sorely mistaken.

[Cleobel]

Brock : Hey Lombre, could you please not fart when I'm talking with a pretty girl? I'm sure this Officer Jenny went away because of the awful smell!
EmeraldSky

[evanfardreamer]

Brock: "Now remember, when they get off the bus, hit their shirts with water gun."

[K'sariya]

this is probably super unoriginal but it made me laugh at my own joke pretty hard so. spoilers b/c linked lyrics may be a lil mature, I can't remember the full song
Brock: *whispers* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbZS1BZd5Xw)

[Arrow-Jolteon]

Brock: Okay Lombre, here's the plan, you distract him while I set up a sneak attack and give him a hard kick in the groin. It's foolproof!

[Neo Emolga]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/105/081.jpg
Brock felt confident enough to share all his dirty little love secrets with Lombre, and Lombre felt confident in that he didn't understand a lick of English and couldn't comprehend anything Brock was saying anyway.

[Bulbasaur]

Brock's secret Poffin recipe was not at all what Lombre expected. Lombre now kind of wished he hadn't asked.

[Suicune's Fire]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/105/081.jpg
Brock: "That green makes you look fat!"

[Morzone]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/105/081.jpg
Brock had a theory that if he told enough people that Nurse Joy loved him,
it would eventually come true.

[EmeraldSky]

Thanks for all the hilarious entries this week! Here is this week's scoreboard:

Morzone--15
Bulbasaur--15
Suicune's Fire--10
Neo Emolga--10
Arrow-Jolteon--10
K'sariya--10
evanfardreamer--10
Noblejanobii--10
Cleobel--10

Thoughts on the entries this week:

Noblejanobii--This one makes a plausible scenario given the shot
Cleobel--This one gave me a hilarious mental image--one of my favorites
evanfardreamer--This one is a great setup for a plan gone horribly wrong--picturing what would likely happen next made me grin!
K'sariya--Very clever on using an audio clip for the caption!
Arrow-Jolteon--Another one that made me smile imagining what would happen next.
Neo Emolga--This one fits the picture perfectly! One of my favorites
Bulbasaur--A great description that makes for a plausible scenario.
Suicune's Fire--Lombre's look fits the caption well.
Morzone--A clever and plausible scenario for the picture!

[Bulbasaur]

And the week 5 caption?

[K'sariya]

Oh wow, wrong tab so I replied on the wrong thread. The universal [PXFIRE] tag killed me there haha. ignore. :(

[EmeraldSky]

Bulbasaur

Here it is:

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/dp/173/139.jpg

Good luck!

[K'sariya]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/dp/173/139.jpg

The Descent, 1921, colorized.
In 1852, Team Rocket discovered that the only way to keep the world's women away from Brock was to literally rocket them all into the depths of hyperspace. Here, we see the celebrated return of the first of the world's women after his passing.

[Noblejanobii]

Meowth: "Rockets are way too expensive! So we've devised a different way for us to get to space! Solar steps!"

Jessie: "I'm not sure how I feel about walking down these stairs in this dress, but at least my thighs look great!"

[Morzone]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/dp/173/139.jpg
Jessie: Meowth I swear if you don't get your big head out of my moment I will get James to double your trouble.

[Neo Emolga]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/dp/173/139.jpg

It was Team Rocket's most nefarious plan ever. Taunt Brock with a beautiful girl on top a dazzling flight of stairs after leg day at the gym.

[Suicune's Fire]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/dp/173/139.jpg
It was the first time Meowth had flipped off Jessie, but upon seeing quickly she could descend ethereal steps in a dress, he knew it would certainly be the last.

[Cleobel]

Jessie : Being in the space, walking down stairs and wearing a beautiful dress at the same time is awesome!
Meowth : Well, I guess it's only a matter of time before you are also able to play the piano standing (https://lyrics-on.net/en/1065203-il-jouait-du-piano-debout-lyrics.html)...
EmeraldSky

[Bulbasaur]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/dp/173/139.jpg

Meowth: Wow! With that dress, she might just actually seem attractive to Brock!

[Arrow-Jolteon]

Meowth: It's a good thing I somehow learned how to use Pay Day! Or this ridiculously over-the-top setup might have left us irreparably broke.
Jessie: How are these stairs holding themselves up?!

[EmeraldSky]

Thanks for all the hilarious entries this week! Here's the weekly leaderboard:

K'sariya--15
Noblejanobii--15
Morzone--15
Neo Emolga--15
Suicune's Fire--10
Cleobel--10
Bulbasaur--10
Arrow-Jolteon--10

Thoughts on the entries this week:

K'sariya: A hilarious description that almost sounds like a documentary--one of my favorites!
Noblejanobii: This sounds like something Team Rocket would say, which makes it all the more funnier.
Morzone: I can only imagine Meowth's reaction if Jessie really said this--one of my favorites.
Neo Emolga: A perfectly nefarious Team Rocket plot indeed!
Suicune's Fire: This made me grin imagining what happened next!
Cleobel: Love the interplay here! One of my favorites.
Bulbasaur: This sounds perfectly like something Meowth would say!
Arrow-Jolteon: Yet another plausible thing Jessie and Meowth might say!

[EmeraldSky]

Your final picture:

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg

Good luck!

[Noblejanobii]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg

Brock: Come on Lombre! Shake like a maraca!

[Cleobel]

Brock : Dancing is good for digestion! Let's do the Great Poop Dance together!
EmeraldSky

[K'sariya]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg
When the mob chased them up a marble pillar to take back the maracas that Brock had stolen from the street performer, he and Lotad tried the classic deflection tactic of putting on their own show. Telling from the raised fists in the angry crowd, it isn't going over well...

[Morzone]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg
Many people say Brock's Maraca dance is the secret 8th wonder of the world.
None of those people are ones who have witnessed it.

[Neo Emolga]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg

And this is why Brock is pursuing becoming a Pokémon Breeder rather than a self-help motivational speaker.

[Arrow-Jolteon]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg
This photograph is the last known sighting of Brock, who went missing after his mariachi act was violently trashed by both critics and general audiences alike. Emphasis on violently.

[Chakramaster]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg

It was then Brock and Lombre learned the true meaning of the words "shake it up."

[Suicune's Fire]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg

The people of this small town had never heard music, so simple maracas were enough to get them raving.

[Bulbasaur]

https://www.filb.de/content/anime/ag/086/280.jpg
Brock: Ugh, shouldn't have had so much Taco Bell before all this dancing...

[evanfardreamer]

Brock: "I can see now why Team Rocket always dresses up for the big reveal, this is fun!"

[EmeraldSky]

Thank you for all the entries for one last week! Here is the leaderboard:

Arrow-Jolteon--10
Neo Emolga--10
Morzone--10
K'sariya--10
Cleobel--10
Noblejanobii--10
evanfardreamer--10
Bulbasaur--10
Suicune's Fire--10
Chakramaster--10

All the captions were very good, so everyone got an even number of points.

Thoughts on the entries this week:

Noblejanobii--This both fits the picture, and sounds like something Brock would say.
Cleobel--I can only imagine the mess that ensued!
K'sariya--a hilarious description of what may be taking place--one of my favorites!
Morzone--This has a great nature/history show host vibe to it
Neo Emolga--This actually makes sense, as well as fits the picture!
Arrow-Jolteon--I can only imagine what that looked like.
Chakramaster--Another case where I can just picture the hilarity that ensued.
Suicune's Fire--Perfectly fits the scene--one of my favorites!
Bulbasaur--This made me giggle picturing the mess that ensued.
evanfardreamer--This also sounds like something Brock would say.

[Cleobel]

Thank you very much for the Caption Contest, EmeraldSky! :D


The new twist here is that you may possibly have to caption multiple screenshots at once, in an attempt to create a "story" out of the captions.

I wish this twist had actually happened, though.

[EmeraldSky]

Cleobel

After many of the new surprises ended up breaking the event, I decided to shelve it for now--maybe next year!

[Cleobel]

EmeraldSky

Okay, no problem. Thank you for your reply and for the Caption Contest! :)

[EmeraldSky]

Cleobel

And thank you for participating! Hopefully next year I can come up with new additions that won't break the game.