To Kill A Delibird - A Pokemon Rewatch & Analysis Podcast

Ever tasted your own medicine? What was that like? This week on TKAD we review and recap Ep. 200, “The Heartbreak of Brock” and Ep. 201, “Current Events”. Ep. 200 introduces Temacu, who is a stereotypically starry eyed obsessive love interest for Brock, so Graham gives Kellan a quick tutorial on the Deredere trope on anime. Ep. 201 is like the powerplant in the Gen 1 games, but without Zapdos. We'...

To Kill A Delibird hits episode 100! In celebration of a huge milestone we are reviewing and recapping ALL of the Pikachu shorts released before episode 200 of the anime. These are Pokemon-only adventures released before movies and as specials on VHS/DVD. We've got PK01, “Pikachu's Vacation”, PK02, “Christmas Night”, PK03, “Kanga Games”, PK04, “Pikachu's Rescue Adventure”, PK05, “Winter Games”, PK...

The masks we wear. The paint we huff. The Pokemon we watch. TKAD burns through Johto and Graham and Kellan are here for it! Ep. 198, “Control Freak!” has Jessie going queen diva mode with an ancient artifact. This is also probably the third mind control episode in Pokemon… at least. So that's something. Ep. 199, “The Art of Pokémon” showcases Smeargle, who has paint oozing out of their tail. Smear...

From the west…. Graham! From the east… Kellan! TKAD is back with 2 more Johto bonkers episodes to review, Ep. 196, “Ring Masters” and Ep. 197, “The Poké Spokesman”. Kellan does the opening bit this week..and it's to die for! The first episode reviewed is about Pokemon sumo wrestling. Turns out, being humungous is more important than skill. The second episode has Simon the swindler swindling about...

What's the key to life? Is all of life just a wild goose chase? Is it a dream? TKAD is exploring the big juicy questions this week with more Johto anime fun! In Ep. 194, “The Wayward Wobbuffet” Team Rocket puts Pikachu in prison and the only solution hangs on the whims of a wild wacky wandering Wobbuffet! In Ep. 195, “Sick Daze”, Brock gets sick and experiences a new level of blue balls. Wobbs and...

Hurry fast, we're almost out of Tickle-me Elmo's! It's toy fad week on To Kill A Delibird, as Graham and Kellan continue the Johto anime adventure. Ep. 192, “The Stolen Stones!” features three Arcanine, two siblings, and one moron who closes his eyes while driving. Ep. 193, “The Dunsparce Deception” has crazy kids going crazy over crazy things called Dunsparce. This episode is especially fun, as t...

Oh Snap, it's a triple! TKAD is back at it with a tenacious trio of Pokemon anime episodes to discuss. The 3 episodes make up a mini-arc where our friend and abrasive obsessive photographer Todd Snap returns, sees a bird, and leaves. Ep. 189, “Moving Pictures” reacquaints the viewers with Todd and introduces us to a sweet old lady who cannot stop lying. Ep. 190, “Spring Fever” features Swinub and...

Subscribe to get every new episode of To Kill a Delibird in your subscription feed. Welcome to "To Kill A Delibird", the Pokemon anime rewatch podcast that combines a love of literary puns and analytics with pure Pokemania. Join Graham (Pokemon expat/video game and manga fanatic) and Kellan (hard boiled Pokemon die hard) as they discuss the Pokemon anime and hopefully construct some fun sentences...

One more podcast episode and you've got a complete set! At least for one more week that is. We have a couple of Pokemon episodes to discuss this week that are very loosely affiliated with the concept of collecting. First off is Ep. 185, “Trouble's Brewing” with a collection of Eevee-lutions and the cool action chique kimono sisters. Following that is Ep. 186, “All That Glitters!” which features a...

Subscribe to get every new episode of To Kill a Delibird in your subscription feed. Welcome to "To Kill A Delibird", the Pokemon anime rewatch podcast that combines a love of literary puns and analytics with pure Pokemania. Join Graham (Pokemon expat/video game and manga fanatic) and Kellan (hard boiled Pokemon die hard) as they discuss the Pokemon anime and hopefully construct some fun sentences...

First he struck back, and now he has returned! We are reviewing the special feature “Mewtwo Returns” this week on TKAD. This one has another island, the same Mewtwo, and is really obsessed with the moon. Kellan and Graham both experienced this special for the first time for the purposes of review, so join and experience the anime sequel to the big first Pokemon movie through fresh eyes! We had fun...

Warning: This podcast provides one million percent of your daily recommended sugar intake. It's a super cute week on TKAD! We start with Ep. 180, “The Grass Route” that isn't very cute, but lots of desserts have sour flavours too, so it works. Ash is cocky and a Skiploom can move really fast. Ep. 181, “The Apple Corp!” has a ton of Pichu almost starving to death. Don't worry, they work it out. The...

TKAD is bugging out! It's a couple of insect episode this week! In Ep. 178, “Ariados, Amigos” we meet a giant spider that stands still and at other times, moves. In Ep. 179, “Wings 'N' Things” we meet a happy dragonfly who hates windows. He must work for Apple!! Anyways. More on Apple next week. See you then Subscribe to get every new episode of To Kill a Delibird in your subscription...

Smaller is better this week on To Kill A Delibird! What does that mean? Stay tuned to find out. Johto continues with Ep. 176, “Imitation Confrontation”, featuring the return of Duplica and Ditto. This time Duplica has a fun, pint-sized friend named Mini-Dit. We get to see a tiny Wobbuffet at one part, so that's cool. Then in Ep. 177, “The Trouble with Snubbull” we get another returning charact...

Welcome listeners to the greatest town in Johto! Grab a seat among the vibes of Wobbuffet and listen to our Pokemon anime Johto recap! We start with Ep. 174, “Mountain Time” where superhero ladybugs help children get promoted into RCMP. Then Ep. 175, “Wobbu-Palooza!” features the aforementioned town where Wobbuffet are hallowed and beloved and festivities reign supreme! This is a pair of filler ep...

If you already find our podcast weird, prepare to be pushed to the limit. This week on To Kill a Delibird we do a deep dive into the strange sensational penicillin machine known as Shuckle. The tentacled phenomenon makes its anime debut inEp. 172, “A Better Pill to Swallow”. The episode has the whole gang searching for the most potent mind control drugs while navigating the tricky world of pokemon...

Contests, contests, contests! Is there a TV show that isn't directly a competition show that has more competition themed episodes than Pokemon? Who knows! We have a couple of competition episodes this week. Ep. 170, “Hook, Line, and Stinker” features a SeaKing fishing competition and gives Misty and Poliwhirl a chance to muscle up. Ep. 171, “Beauty and the Breeder” brings back a character of t...

This episode is dedicated to Rachael Lillis, voice actor of Jessie, Misty and many others, who passed away this week. Thanks for bringing some of our favourite characters to life for all those years! And f*** cancer. Welcome to another TKAD episode, where we continue the Johto adventure with Ep. 168, “Two Hits and a Miss” and Ep. 169, “A Hot Water Battle”. The first episode has an anthropomorphic...

It's about time your daddies Kellan and Graham sat you down and told you all about the birds and the bats. Fundamental lessons of life are what this week's To Kill A Delibird is all about. The Johto adventure continues with recaps and reviews of Pokemon Anime Ep. 166, “Carrying On!” and Ep. 167,  “Hassle in the Castle”. The first episode taught us that Pidgey are called Poppo in Japanese....

Do you think Sudowoodo should be a grass type? You may be suffering from a common ailment known by experts as “Kellan Probably Hates You” syndrome. The cure is to listen to this episode of To Kill A Delibird right away! This week we recap Ep. 164, “Type Casting” and Ep. 165, “Fossil Fools”. The first episode has the gang debate what Kellan and I are also debating and what you may or may not be deb...

Would you like chaos in your chaos? Didn't ask? We don't care. Eat up, children. Shovel all of our puns, tangents and banter straight down your gullet. We can pre-chew and spit it out like you're a baby bird. This week on TKAD, Graham and Kellan are joined by their producer Nolan, and oh baby does the conversation get wild! The Johto League Champions season continues with Ep. 162, “Air...

Hey all, it's time to start Season 4 of the Pokemon anime, Pokemon: Johto League Champions! Kicking the season off is dairy week on To Kill A Delibird with Ep. 160, “A Goldenrod Opportunity” and Ep. 161, “A Dairy Tale Ending”. It's all cows, all the time. The moos will never end! The first episode has Ash facing his biggest challenge yet: a cartoon cow that never slows down. The second epi...

Our horoscopes say we are going to talk about Pokemon on the internet this week. Jokes on them, we talk about pokemon on the internet every week! Welcome back to To Kill A Delibird where we are finally at the end of The Johto Journeys with Ep. 158, “The Psychic Sidekicks!” and Ep. 159, “The Fortune Hunters”. First we talk about fortune tellers in media. Then the first episode sees us commiserating...

Grab your crystal popcorn and cozy up with your cuddly lion daddies! It's movie 3 week on To Kill A Delibird. Graham and Kellan continue their adventures in Johto with a fun cinematic diversion by recapping “Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei”. The discussion has no shortage of shenanigans, like usual, but the material the boys have to bounce off of is exemplary! You won't want to mi...

Shine bright like a diamond. Shine on you crazy diamond. Your granny lied, I'd rather be shiny. Welcome back to the To Kill A Delibird podcast where Poke-noob Graham and Poke-fanatic Kellan continue their journey into Johto by reviewing Ep. 156, “Fowl Play!” and Ep. 157, “Forest Grumps”. Kellan starts the episode by hitting Graham with a quiz on Shiny Pokemon. Then the anime hits Ash with a qu...